300 APM

300 APM

Jul 16

Many gamers think that with a little more time to practice, with a touch more dedication, they could be competitive at their favorite games. The truth? Those who make money gaming competitively do very little else with their days, nights, and weekends. This video, from the documentary The Hax Life, shows just how intimidating the competition can become.

In StarCraft, your...

Install Windows 7 from USB device

Install Windows 7 from USB device

Jun 23

The Windows 7 downloaded image that many online software retailers supply is simple too large to install from a single CD, being about 2.2Gb
This short guide has step-by-step instructions on how to install Windows 7 from any USB device with more than 2.3Gb free space.

You will obviously need an original Windows 7 DVD or image file.
If using an image file it will need to be...

Centering divs

Centering divs

Jun 13

I often get asked how to properly align divs and containers on website pages.
The most common bugbear is centering divs either vertically and horizontally, which can be a pain unless you know how.
This post has three examples of how to position the divs and should help clear up any confusion you may have.

Text is simple to align with css using the “text-align”...

Update 5 Rise of the Guilds Coming Soon!

Update 5 Rise of the Guilds Coming Soon!

Jun 13

Turbine has announced the release of Update 5: Rise of the Guilds.
Update 5 will be available for VIPs on June the 28th and premium / F2P accounts shortly after.

This update will include :

  • Guild housing (well… airships, but close enough), Guild Renown and Guild Trophies!
  • Carnival of Shadows adventure pack.
  • New Bard & Favored Soul Hireling...

Healbot 101 (Human Cleric Build)

Healbot 101 (Human Cleric Build)

Mar 20

This build is designed to be a pure healbot.
No offence really, except items.
Dual wield weapons that help your casting, but don’t go into melee unless you have to because you won’t hit much and for low damage.
If you need / want to go solo or with a small group, this build is best used for Crowd Control (CC).
I’ve been playing a build like this in

The Vault of Night Raid Guide

The Vault of Night Raid Guide

Feb 15

There have been a few changes to the Vault of Night raid since DDO’s “Update 3″.
It seems like a good time to write a short guide on how to complete it.

The Vault of Night is a level 10 raid designed for a 12 person party, but can be completed with 6 people or less.
The raid is part 5 and 6 of the quest chain,...

DDO Rewards

DDO Rewards

Feb 10

I am going to list several static rewards you can get in DDO.
Some of these are for accumulating favour points, turning in Eberron Dragonshards and suchlike.

This post will change as I add more to it. But for now, let’s start with Favour rewards!

DDO Favour Rewards

General favour...

Jailbreak my bank account!

Jailbreak my bank account!

Dec 08

While the Mac OS may be almost impervious to trojans and virii, the iPhone isn’t.
In recent weeks there have been three different trojans aimed at taking control of jail broken iPhones and one of these trojans tries to steal any banking data stored on the phone! As more and more banks release iPhone apps to make banking on the move easier, the possible attack vector for the...