What They Play is a site with the intent to make parents a little less clueless about the video games their kids are playing or are begging to play. Utilizing but going well beyond the ESRB ratings that you may already be familiar with, What They Play is a great resource for parents that explains without demeaning them. "Them" meaning I am not a parent; on the contrary, I was … [Read more...]
Archives for 2009
An MP3 Player for Inline MP3 Attachments in phpBB3
phpBB has some really neat features for file attachments that you might use automatically with a post. For example, if you upload an image and hit the button "Place Inline", some BBcode will be added to the text box and when you preview or submit your post the image will be rendered inside of the post instead of just a link to download the image. Similarly, if you upload a .wma … [Read more...]
Resources for High-Res Wallpapers
I know desktop wallpapers seem to have had their time in the sun and now their hype is done and gone. I think a big part of that has been that few wallpapers are made with wide-screen monitors in mind; wallpapers are lagging behind increasing resolutions. Standard wallpapers at full screen resolutions just don't look good on the wide-screen monitors and usually result in some … [Read more...]
Five Websites to End the Boredom
If you're looking to kill some time or you're bored out of your mind, check out these sites. They're guaranteed to keep you entertained and informed about the latest and greatest things going on across the web. The Awesomer - There's no need to worry about a truth-in-advertising lawsuit here, this site is awesome. Updated several times throughout the day, The Awesomer … [Read more...]
How to Permanently Disable the DiggBar
Digg recently introduced the DiggBar to all links to articles from its site. This bar at the top of a page allows you to digg or bury an article, share it via e-mail, twitter, or facebook, and more. Personally, I don't like it. I found myself closing it every time I was looking at an article redirected from Digg. If I wanted to share a link, I'd get the original source … [Read more...]