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New blog layout and style update now live!
The latest Designer Gamer Geek layout and style update is now live, check it out and let me know what you think in the comments!
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Top Drum & Bass Tunes as Listed by You
We have a wealth of great drum & bass producers and tracks to highlight from the last twenty years, but what will rate number one, what will be the best drum & bass tune of all time?
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Motorized Lego AT-AT
The guys over at Geekscape got me this awesome Lego AT-AT for helping launch their new website.
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Society6 shop opened and featured
I finally got around to setting up a shop for some of my illustration work over the holiday weekend, and I was rewarded with a feature.
Need geek gift ideas?
Lots of birthdays have gone by recently, lots of geek birthdays to be specific. I’ve got some great ideas from friends who’ve started posting their geek gift ideas a lists.
Securing your WordPress website: Notes on extra protection
WordPress is a wonderful CMS with a huge library of well written plugins –it’s my engine of choice for most projects– and is perfectly secure providing you keep it up to date. There are a number of recommended plugins and …
Sign up for Extra Life 2010 – Be a gaming hero
Over the last two years charity gaming event Extra Life has raised over $300,000 for Children’s Hospitals and the fight against Cancer. In 2009 my friend Alick told me all about the event and together with a small group of …
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How Facebook could have avoided all the fuss
Facebook Privacy issues have been all over the News, in the Blogs and all over Twitter for some time now. If you use Facebook it’s hard to avoid the issue and chances are you know at least a little about …
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In the end you’ve still got to build your Flash correctly
Fellow internet dwellers will recall the Apple open letter about Flash support on it’s mobile platform, the inevitable Adobe follow up and a world of News coverage. I’ve made my opinion known on Twitter a couple of times. If your …
Valve has taken an important first step, now we need to follow through
This week Valve, the creator of the legendary Half Life series of games has been releasing some teaser images hinting that it’s Steam platform may soon be on the way to an Apple computer near you. This is an important …
The facts about bottled water
Caught this today on Twitter via @invisiblepilot. I’m sure information like it has gone around in the past but this infographic is really nicely produced and highlights some of the things people forget about bottled water.
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Nick Pike Juggler parts 2 and 3
Nick is back again with two new videos in his dangerous juggling series and this time he’s going crazier than walking on broken glass while juggling. Did you know there’s such a thing as a flaming unicycle? I didn’t…
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Nick Pike Juggler
Our friend Nick, another Brit who married an American girl, just so happens to be a mighty fine juggler. He’s juggled all over the world on ships and at gigs, you may have even seen him before. Now he’s back …
Extra Life charity event this weekend
This weekend is the Extra Life event. That’s right, it’s time for some 24 hour charity gaming action!
Updating the blog address
Some advanced warning for my readers and RSS users: today I’ll be switching my blog over to it’s new permanent URL http://www.designergamergeek.com. With the way my server is setup you shouldn’t actually notice any difference and you’ll still be able …
Barack Obama on the Economy
Today president elect Obama made his views and plans for the economy known in a press conference. I have to say I’m presently surprised that it all seems to make sense.
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Baking with Dad: Pear Glazed Pie
Wherein Dad and I find some pears deep within the fridge, then bake an awesome Pear Pie with them. Now with pictures!
Ad Minimizing: would you use it?
Would you like/want/use an Ad minimization function like the one located at the top of this site – if you have cookies enabled that is – here I discuss the idea in more depth.