Charlie Chaplin, the star of silent movies of a bygone era spoke with a Kerry accent. Well, he did when he spent time in the town of Waterville in that county of Ireland. So his daughter says in this RTE documentary called “Kerry and the Tramp”. It’s a wonderful documentary to listen to, especially as they interviewed his family and people who met him who all had their own stories about the actor. I did not know that he was practically forced out of the United States because the authorities there suspected he was a communist. They let him back […]
Games
Now playing: Saints Row the Third
It’s wacky, it’s crazy and it’s insane. This is part of the intro level. Absolutely love it! I also got Skyrim and various other games in the Steam sale but SRtT has to be my favourite recently purchased game.
Ireland , Web
Makerbot 3D Printer makes a Church
Last Saturday I went to the Coderdojo party in the NSC with my son Adam to see what it was all about. We arrived late and all the pizza was gone but there were loads of balloons for the younger kids to play with! The adults and older kids watched a 3D Makerbot printer demo. I love the open wooden case the printer is made from and when it started making a replica of St. Anne’s Church all eyes were glued to it as layers of plastic were laid down layer by layer. I posted some more photos here too. […]
Android
Kids Place Android Parental Lock
My new favourite app is Kids Place. It’s an application launcher for Android that only allows access to the apps you want. The parental lock is protected by a 4 digit PIN but the launcher can be disabled by rebooting the phone. A launcher app, with child lock, for Kids to protect your personal data & apps. Creates a safe area on you device for kids. Child lock protects your personal information when kids are using your phone or tablet by restricting them to apps you approve My son loves playing games on my phone and I usually put it […]
WordPress
WP Super Cache 1.0
WP Super Cache is a fast page caching plugin for WordPress that can significantly speed up websites. The first release of this plugin was in September 2009 so this has been a bit too long in the making. Back then the main caching plugin was WP Cache, which this plugin is based on, but now there are quite a few including W3 Total Cache, Hypercache, Quick Cache and many more. Version 1.0 is an incremental upgrade from the previous release but it has a number of bugfixes and new features: The all new scheduler and admin bar link should please […]
Android , Games
Your favourite iOS and Android Games in Real Life!
Cut The Rope, Airport Mania, Angry Birds and Plants vs Zombies all feature in a new music video by HeyGeronimoMusic. My favourite part is the dog in the Cut the Rope scenes but the Plants vs Zombies bits come close! Great fun!
WordPress
WP Super Cache Scheduler and Admin Bar Link
I made a few changes to WP Super Cache over the last week. The garbage collection user interface received an overhaul and it’s now possible to schedule the those jobs using a timer or a clock. It can also send you an email each time it runs! Another major change was the addition of a “Delete Cache” link on the admin bar for logged in users. This may seem strange, but it will only show if you have disabled caching for known users. Unfortunately this is needed because of the security measures required. It only deletes the supercache file(s) for […]
Games
Darwinia’s Spectrum Roots
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVjJOVMeSV8 I bought Darwinia as part of a recent Humble Bundle. In fact it was really the only reason I bought it as I enjoyed Multiwinia and heard that the original game was great too, and it is! Anyway, here’s an intro that greets you when you start the game. It’s only one of a number of different ones but it’s my favourite. Took me right back to my Speccy owning days in the late 80’s! Oh, go get the Introversion bundle, well worth the asking price (whatever you decide to pay!)
Games
Battlefield 3 Death Rail
This is one of the craziest things I’ve seen so far in Battlefield 3.
WordPress
Bye Bye Digg, Hello Stephen Fry!
Last week The Hibbs Lupus Trust posted a tweet thanking various people after their site was mentioned in a tweet by Stephen Fry. Lupus is a horrible condition and the Trust aims to help raise awareness of it, support sufferers and help GPs diagnose it. Lupus causes the body’s immune system to go into overdrive and starts to attack itself. It is believed that over 50,000 people throughout the UK suffer with Lupus of whom 90% are female. The symptoms are many and varied, and the condition often seems to mimic other diseases. This gives rise to difficulty in diagnosis […]