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Finally saw Pacific Rim…
…and despite really wanting one of those suits (without the helmet though), I didn’t think a whole lot of it. I do think whoever did the VFX did a great job, it was certainly a great demo reel for them.
Also, this;
Sphero – The coolest thing that nobody really needs
I have no idea why this is awesome, but it is.
Randomly sort an array using PHP’s shuffle() function
If you ever need to randomise a PHP array, and want to do it in one line, use the shuffle() function. It’s especially useful when you just want to draw one array member randomly, like in a lottery or something.
$values = array(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10); shuffle($values); //randomise the array members echo array_pop($values); //outputs a random number from $values
What kind of gamer are you? The Bartle Test
This isn’t just one of those regular facebook style stupid social quizzes, this is a real psychological categorisation test to see what kind of gamer you are, mostly in an MMO context but for me it definitely extends to other types of games.
I’m firmly in the Explorer camp, which was confirmed recently at #PAXAus where I needed to see and buy ALL THE THINGS.
See for yourself: http://www.gamerdna.com/quizzes/bartle-test-of-gamer-psychology
#PAXAus – Still on high (“Still Alive” customisation)
Got creative about #PAXAus, to the tune of ‘Still Alive’ (the Portal song) by Jonathan Coulton.