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Execute Command on All Files in Directory Structure by Extension

Monday, December 29th, 2008

I’ve been looking into converting a bunch of OGG files to MP3 files for a friend using BASH.  As the files are organised in a directory structure, I need to traverse the directory structure, and run lame against each file to convert it.  Having a look around for BASH scripts to traverse a directory structure, [...]

Wordpress Pro Tip #1

Monday, December 15th, 2008

Here’s a pro tip for anyone working with Wordpress.  If you’re ever faced with a completely blank page when you visit your site, check that the theme you are meant to be using actually exists.  I just spent about half an hour checking permissions and error logs for my development environment, only to find that [...]

MAMP After Upgrading to Leopard

Sunday, December 14th, 2008

I just went to do some work on a Wordpress theme for my girltrond and discovered that upgrading to Leopard has broken my MAMP setup.  Here is a quick rundown on what I’ve done to fix it.  First of all, trying to visit pages under my user account’s Sites folder left me with a HTTP [...]

Modding Oblivion

Monday, November 10th, 2008

I’ve been playing Oblivion on and off for the last couple of years, and I’m ashamed to admit I haven’t even finished it yet.  This is in no way a reflection on the quality of the game, more an indication of how busy I’ve been and the quality of competing games (Team Fortress 2, GTA [...]

TetroGL - OpenGL/C++ tutorial

Sunday, August 31st, 2008

I’m currently planning on a career in games programming and was looking for some beginners’ tutorials in OpenGL using C++ and found a goodun over at code project.  It’s a 3 part tutorial, and as I’m writing this the first two parts have been posted, complete with code and Visual Studio project files.  As a [...]

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