http://garion.gwplus.net Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 11 Jun 2008 05:31:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en With the recent launch of the iPhone yesterday, I started to think which phone is superior, the (new) Apple iPhone or the (upcoming) Nokia N96. To be fair, I will only review the features that I think are important (CPU speed is not), and I must say that I am ... http://garion.gwplus.net/2008/06/iphone-vs-nokia-n96/ Well it's been one year since I started work on movopia, and in that one year, things have come a long way. As some of you may know, I started a project called Gamed in December 2006. The idea was very similar to Yoyo Games where you could upload and share ... http://garion.gwplus.net/2008/05/movopia/ Well, after 2 years of hosting at Frihost, I'm moving on. My new webhosts' package may not be as good as Frihosts', but is now located on an Australian server, and hopefully will have better uptime then frihost.I was first referred to Frihost back in 2006 by this thread. It ... http://garion.gwplus.net/2008/05/a-new-chapter/ Well it's about time I give my theme an update, and here it is. I've been busy working on movopia (amongst other things) but haven't had much time to do anything else. However, I do I have few goals I want to get completed by the end of May. First of ... http://garion.gwplus.net/2008/04/april-update/ During my Easter break, I got hard at work on movopia. But as I complete more of it, I am starting to think about what it will be like once it’s finished. When I think about it movopia isn’t really brining anything new to the table apart from an API, ... http://garion.gwplus.net/2008/03/mini-reviews-for-movopia/ As you may know, the positioning of the ads on yoyo games is really annoying. Fortunately help might be on the way. A while back (maybe 4 weeks ago) I sent in a help ticket to Yoyo Games enquiring about the ads and weather they would be doing anything about them. ... http://garion.gwplus.net/2008/03/better-ads-coming-for-yoyo-games/ Last year, I post on the 10 things I hate about Game Maker. I then followed it up 6 months later. Now I'm bringing the topic back up again to see exactly what progress Yoyo Games have made in the past year. Starting with a positive, Yoyo Games recently held their ... http://garion.gwplus.net/2008/02/yoyo-games-now-and-then/ When you look at console wars, the PS3 is losing badly. And its no wonder with its high price. But can you really call it Video Game Console or should it be classed as a media centre.If you asked me a year ago what I thought of the Play Station ... http://garion.gwplus.net/2008/02/game-console-or-media-server/ Today I downloaded the Windows XP Service pack 3 from Microsoft. It's a heavy coming in at 330 megabytes but hopefully its worth it. It's only a beta version, with the final edition expected sometime this year . Read on for my full review. On my first attempt at installing it, ... http://garion.gwplus.net/2008/01/windows-xp-service-pack-3/ Let me be the first to say Happy New Year! 2007 was a big year for me and my blog, but 2008 will only be bigger. In December 2006 I announced Gamed, a new project allowing people to upload games to a central location. I had already been working hard on ... http://garion.gwplus.net/2008/01/welcome-to-2008/