Author Archives: ro

Building a CMS with CodeIgniter: Part 4 File Uploading

Posted on May 16, 2012 by ro

so i’m cheating a bit here because i already have a file upload script i prepared earlier. this script allows the upload of an image to a directory. no extra fancy features. there are plenty of upload plugins out there … Continue reading →

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Building a CMS with CodeIgniter: Part 3 Basic text input

Posted on May 16, 2012 by ro

so the point of this post is to first show how to make form input controls with Code Igniter, then to plug in a basic wysiwyg editor. for form inputs, just check this official code igniter page now for a … Continue reading →

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Building a CMS with CodeIgniter: Part 2 Authentication

Posted on May 8, 2012 by ro

I’ve discovered a really annoying video tutorial by nettuts, but it gets the job done. just be glad you don’t have to listen to the annoying voice over. if you really want to bash your ears, find the video here … Continue reading →

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Building a CMS with CodeIgniter: Part 1 Installation

Posted on May 8, 2012 by ro

This tutorial series is more for my own benefit than anything else as I’ve decided to learn CodeIgniter and as with learning any technology, information is sprawled all over the web. I’ll be building a basic CMS using the CodeIgniter … Continue reading →

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FlashDevelop AS3 Deus Ex:HR syntax colour

Posted on February 11, 2012 by ro

yep this is as nerdy as it gets people. i had some time to finally do a custom syntax colour scheme for flashdevelop, my tool of choice and here it is, based on Deus Ex:HR. Note this is only for … Continue reading →

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planned obsolescence and printers

Posted on February 10, 2012 by ro

home printers in my view are one of the most blatant examples of capitalism saying: “i don’t give a fuck about anything but money”. for starters, it’s nearly cheaper to buy a new printer, than get replacement cartridges. then they are just designed to … Continue reading →

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Making Photoshop a tilemap editor with ExtendScript

Posted on February 7, 2012 by ro

i’ve been working on a basic actionscript tile engine for making 2d games for ages. i’ve played around with a few frameworks on the net, most notably flixel and while these tools are great, i just want something really simple. … Continue reading →

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2011 wrap up

Posted on December 19, 2011 by ro

no one probably gives two shits what i think was the best things to come out of this year, but hey it’s a good record for myself. so if you are reading this, give yourself a pat on the back … Continue reading →

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AIR 3.0/FP 11.0 Mobile game test: Pure AS3 vs Flixel vs Starling

Posted on October 21, 2011 by ro

since the new air runtime is out for mobiles i thought i’d give it’s new performance benefits a speed test. i’ve created a simple demo which continuously generates a bitmap sprite and drops it down the screen at a random … Continue reading →

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tutorial: twitter hashtag display with jquery

Posted on October 19, 2011 by ro

so i had an idea for a friend’s party to have a live twitter feed – kind of like Q&A if you know that program on abc. the idea was to have a constant stream of tweets so people could … Continue reading →

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