Summer Holiday Goals Results

Alas, my summer break has ended now, but, it isn't all bad news. At least, I hope that, for my sake. Is it always very hard to get back into your daily 'routine'? I can say that it definitely is for me. But anyway, here are the results of my summer holiday goals (ie: if I've completed them or not):

Blogging
Yes! This is one (well, two really) of my goals complete. What a great start. Here, I've finished blogging about My Top Gaming Sites, as you can see, if you've read those posts. Also, I've finished blogging about the body (in CSS and HTML terms), on CSSBytes. That's two out of six goals complete, already.

Neopets
This is the bad one for me. I have completed none of my goals for Neopets. I have managed to code about three of my four petpages on Neopets (just about), but that isn't really good enough. I got sidetracked making userlookups, so really it's only my fault. And, to add to that, I got nowhere near raising enough virtual funds for the Secret Lab Map.

Reading
This is a positive one. I read the Harry Potter book (the last of the series) with plenty of holiday time to spare. It was fairly sad seeing the series end, but, all great things do have to come to one. I also cut it a little late, but I finished the Northern Lights, by Philip Pullman. The plot was ruined for me, when 'sin', and all of those things came into it. Still, that's three out of six so far.

And Finally
I have enjoyed my holiday. Yes, I've done a lot of things which I enjoyed (and some which I haven't, but nothing's perfect). So that makes four out of six. Not the best score, but a good one nonetheless, and good enough for me.

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My Top Gaming Sites - Miniclip

This is the last of my top gaming sites, and it has actually been voted the best online gaming website on the internet. Although, I wouldn't say it was my favorite of the top gaming sites (although it would be either Miniclip, or AddictingGames.com). Here we go.

Miniclip has a very large variety of Games, all very well organized into categories, like on most gaming sites. The homepage is fairly well set out, showing off the newest games on the site quite clearly, with interesting flash animations, that loop between the three newest games. One of my favourite features on the site, is a list of all of their games, at the bottom of each page. You can choose to hide this if you do not want it. It's a quick way to find the game you want.

Probably my favourite bit of the site, is that with every game, it has simple instructions on how to play it. It shows you the controls, with small pictures of the keys you need to press as well, which some other sites do, but it also tells you the objective of the game, which at times, can be very, very useful.

Miniclip does allow you to embed some of their games on your own website, giving you the code and all, but unfortunately, most of these are the older games, which aren't necessarily the ones you want on your website. Nonetheless, below, is a game I particularly like, called smashing. The aim of the game is to break all of the boxes on each level. There are power-ups to collect and such, too. Move your mouse to control the paddle, and click, to release weapons gained from power-ups, if you get the right ones. Good luck!

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HIRO CAN HAS CHEEZBURGER?

Ok, so this post is just a quick thing, about two of my favorite things, one on the internet, one on TV. Heroes - the brilliant show that's already been shown in America, but is now being shown in the UK, on the BBC - I'm loving it! No spoilers please... x( And then, there's the I CAN HAS CHEEZBURGER? funny blog with lolcats. So anyway, here's a funny picture of the two combined, which I got from SOTI.

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Another Short Break

I'll make this quick. Basically, I'm going on another short break, from Thursday to Wednesday, so don't expect any updates in that short period. I may write a new post on the Wednesday I'm back, on either CSSBytes, or here, but that is not definite. If you
are interested, I'll be going to Plymouth in that time. I'm not sure what I will do there, though. x3 So anyway, bye for now.

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Summer Break Goals Update

Now, on CSSBytes, I've finished the body section, which is one of my six targets that I wish to complete in my summer break. Hurray! CSSBytes is now nearly reaching 1000 hits, too.

As for the stuff on Neopets, I have now nearly coded three out of four petpages, but I am unsure about whether I'll complete that target or not. :( Also, I have roughly collected half the funds for the Secreat Lab Map, so that looks doubtful too. :(

I finished Harry Potter and Deathly Hallows ages ago, to be honest. I really enjoyed it, great book, but not perfect, and probably not the best Harry Potter book so far, but it's up there. As for the Northern Lights, I've nearly finished that as well.

And finally, I would say that I have enjoyed my Summer Break quite a lot so far. I still have a couple more weeks of it, so hopefully I can enjoy them too. I hope you enjoy (or have enjoyed) your Summer Break too. Bye!

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GMail: A Behind the Scenes Video

After flicking through my email on my GMail account, I came across a link in the top corner of the page. Yes, there are often quite a lot of these, but I soon found out that this one was a little different. Basically, GMail (also known as Google Mail), is making a special video, trying to show how an email message travels around the world, as they said. Here is the video so far:





Basically, they want us, (ie: the people who use GMail), to add to this video, showing how an email can be passed on. They say that the best ones will be added to the current video, so you can see your own clip on the internet. It seemed quite interesting to me, so I thought I'd blog it. If you want more information, then click here. That's it for now, so bye, and good luck if you enter the competition.

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My Top Gaming Sites - Candystand

Yep, so the next top gaming site is Candystand.com. It's a little different to all of the other top gaming sites, except for maybe Neopets, but all will be explained, in the review of it, which is now!

Unlike some of my other top gaming sites (such as AddictingGames.com, and Egg2.com), Candystand doesn't just show games made by any producer. Yes, that means they make all of their own games, but that isn't what's mainly different about them. Candystand is owned by the large company Wrigley's, so all of the games will subtly, or not, as it sometimes is, advertise their products.

However, do not let this deter you from enjoying the online games site. It still has loads of great games for you to enjoy, with carefully explained instructions. To add to that, it has something which the other top gaming sites don't. These are called trophy games. If you become a member on the site, you can do a lot of extra things, but one of them is trophy games. Basically, if you score a certain score on some games, you get a bronze, silver, or gold trophy. Your supposed to try and collect them all! My favourite games on the site would have to be the following.

Firstly, there's a game called Dodgeball. Yes, that pretty much explains what you do in the game. But how many other dodgeball games do you know of? None, for me. All the controls for it are explained, and it does take a while to get the hang of, but I still think it's a great game. Click here to play!

And secondly, there's a game called H.O.R.S.E. But I think I'll just be calling it Horse, to keep it simple. This a Basketball game, where you have to try and do certain moves, or you can play the classic game of Horse. Don't know what that is? Worry not, the instructions for it will explain. Click here to play H.O.R.S.E!

That is it for my review of Candystand. It might not have as many games as other sites, and yes, it is trying to advertise it's products, but nevertheless, most of the games are brilliant, the site is clearly set out, and there are loads of great features for members. I suggest you give the site a visit. I hope this review helps you!

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Huzzah! Finally, My Own User Lookup!

Well, I had just got the hang of making Neopets user lookups, when the site got a new layout, which really did tick me off. Still, after a while, and with some help from a great tutorial, I have finally coded my own User Lookup! I'm really happy and proud of it, and hopefully I'll be able to make more slicker ones in the future. But for now, I shall just enjoy what I made. You can go see it by clicking here, and you can have a look at the great tutorial by looking here. Bye!

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My Summer Holiday Goals

Yes, so I am back from my week's holiday Dorset, and it was very nice, in case you were wondering (although I doubt you were). On the way back, I thought that it might be a good idea to blog about my goals, or aspirations of things to do in my summer break. So... here they are:

• To continue blogging on here, and to finish telling you all about My Top Gaming Sites.


• Also, to continue blogging on my other blog, CSSBytes, and finish explaining about the body (HTML-wise), and what you can do with it.


• On Neopets, to raise a lot of funds, and get the Secret Laboratory Map, so I can zap my Neopets.


• As well as that, I want to get all four of my petpages on Neopets up and running, with something decent, instead of the plain old default oner, which is terribly boring.


• To read all of the last Harry Potter Book - Harry Potter and the Deahtly Hallows, as well as The Northern Lights, a book by Phillip Pullman. Both of them are great!


• But most of all, what I want to do more than anything, is enjoy my summer break! Now then, that is the end of my post, but expect many more updates coming soon!
  

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Woohoo! Summer Holidays!

So, yes, if you have read the title yet, my summer holiday (or vacation) has finally started. After lost of weeks of hard work, I am finally rewarded with six weeks to relax, and do what I want. Even though it is a holiday, I will do my best to blog as much as I can. So expect My Top Gaming Sites to be finished by the end of the summer holidays. And that's a promise.

But, yes, there is a but, I won't be blogging on this blog, or CSSBytes, for the next week, because I am going to the lovely Dorset on holiday. Bye for now!

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My Top Gaming Sites - Addicting Games

Addicting Games.com could actually be the best of all of the gaming sites that will be in this feature. Yes, that means that there are more of them to come.

The site has lots and lots of games, all specified into their own categories, so that means that you don't have to search blindly for what you want. The games are mostly of a high quality, made by some top brands, like Mousebreaker, for instance. Some games are also made only for Addicting Games.com.
Some examples of some great games on the site, are Bloons, a game in which you need to pop all of, or a certain amount of balloons on a level, with your darts to proceed (I usually resort to going on Infinite Darts mode, because I'm rubbish), PacXon, a pacman-like game, although there are a few differences, which you'll find out if you play it. Also, there is Oversize XXL, which is basically a monster truck racing game, like the name probably suggests, as well as Electric Man 2, a game I've showed you in an earlier post.

Like one of the gaming sites showed before though, my favourite part of Addicting Games.com, is the fact that it allows you to embed some games onto your blog, or website, which is great. To show you this, I have placed a game called Pinch Hitter on the blog. It's a baseball game, where you simply move your mouse to get your bat in the right place, then click to hit the ball. You get points for how far you hit it. Beware, get three strikes and you're out, and if you get caught, then you're straight out! My top score is 8851. Can you beat it?


Play Games at AddictingGames

I believe that Addicting Games.com is truly a brilliant gaming site. My only criticisms for the site, is that there can often be a couple of annoying pop-ups, and the layout is a little messy. But apart from that, you should really visit it. And that's it for my review of Addicting Games.com. Thanks for reading!

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The Turing Test

Yes, it has been a long time since I last posted, and I reckon I have little to no excuses as to why. Anyway, today I shall ramble on about the Turing Test. Originally, the computer was invented by a man called Alan Turing (or at least something we'd call a computer). After this, many people argued about whether a computer could actually think or not. The answer was no, but a computer can learn things, and use them. This was when the Turing Test came in. The Turing test, is basically you having a conversation with your computer, to see how smart it is. Your computer can learn phrases you say, and use them correctly in conversations with you. It's really cool. I would know, because I've been training one! Well, that's all I have for now. Bye!

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Also...

Keeping on the subject, I hope some of you saw the Glastonbury music festival, on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Some great bands played, like The Automatic, The Kaiser Chiefs and The Arctic Monkeys. It's strange how you hardly ever get to see what musicians look like, isn't it? I was surprised what some of those people actually looked like. So anyway, I saw this strange band, called Gogol Bordello playing. At first, I thought they were from East Europe, perhaps, but it turns out they're from New York. They called themselves Gypsy Punks, which was a little unnerving at first. But in the end, one of their songs started to grow on me, and someone I knew bought it for me. It's called Start Wearing Purple (yes I know, strange). I suggest you buy it now!
Check this place out for some Glastonbury Highlights: http://scienceoftheinvisible.blogspot.com/2007/06/glastonbury-highlights.html

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Great Song, Great Video

Yeah, so I was just looking around YouTube, seeing as there had been the launch of YouTube UK - I can't say it's that impressive, it's really just UK slapped onto the name of YouTube, really, except that this is supposed to be just for us Brits. So anyway, I found this great video of F1 Crashes, (don't worry, there's no gore, or blood in it, just some great crashes. The main thing that stood out though, was the absolutely brilliant music. It was actually featured on a retro game for the PlayStation 1 (yes, a very long time ago, I know) game called Tunnel Runner. So the music is called Keep Hope Alive by Crystal Method. I just love the song, for some reason, so I bought it off iTunes. And, without any further ado, here's the video:

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Wow...

I really hadn't noticed how long it has really been since a last posted (on this blog, not CSSBytes of course). And, as well as that, I don't really have much to say. I've been searching the internet for the next top gaming site. What could it possibly be? There are so many great ones out there. Post coming soon. Well, goodbye for now, I assume.




But... in case you haven't noticed, the blog has a new domain name! Now, it's the AllTheThingsILike blog, instead of that old, fairly ugly one. xP

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My Top Gaming Sites - Egg2

Sorry I haven't been able to post much lately. I've just been wrestling with a bug on Wordpress, for CSSBytes, and generally haven't had much time to write this post. But anyway, it's here now, so enjoy:


Egg2, is the next featured gaming site. It does have quite a large variety of games, some of them my favourites. What's more, you don't have to click millions of links just to find one game, like you do on most other sites. On the other hand, the layout (especially the homepage) is pretty messy, and split up by adverts. Also, the site doesn't particularly inform you about whether they have added new games or not. So overall, it is a good site, but probably the worst out of these featured sites. Here are two games that particularly stand out for me:


Tanks:
Tanks. As you'd expect, it involves tanks. Basically, you can set up rounds with 2-5 Tanks, all armed with weapons, that are basically supposed to blow each other to bits. The Tanks are named by you, and given a colour by you. You can also decide whether any of the players are computer controlled or not. This game is really fun, and quite retro too. I have no violence, or anything like that to warn you about, except for animated explosions. This is a link to it. There is actually a second version of this game, but to be honest, all it has really done is add some nicer graphics.


Bug On a Wire
Here is another retro game, that is still fun to play. The idea is, that you play a bug, running across the wires on those communication pole things, somewhere very hot. You need to avoid crows, and anything that might try and eat you. This is a great game to consume some spare time that you have. And for some reason, it never seems to become tedious. Usually, I can only survive for up to a minute and a half or so, but others can survive for over and hour! Click here to try and beat my score. Have fun playing on Egg2!

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POTC - At World's End

Yep, I saw it. Pirates of the Caribbean - At World's End, the third film in the saga. To be honest though, I wasn't particularly impressed. Don't worry, I'm not going to give you the full review, because you probably don't want one, due to the spoilers I might give away and all. Anyway, the film really wasn't that good. I'll admit that the actors who acted in it were good, and I did enjoy some parts of the plot, but not others. My favourite part of the film was probably when Captain Jack Sparrow had a battle with Davey Jones (I think that is what he's called, I mean the guy with the tentacle beard). So basically, I'll some it up like this:

• Too long


• Too cheesey

I have nothing more to say, except that the end of the film did hint that a forth Pirates of the Caribbean film would be coming out, but after this one, I don't know if I would really want to see it. Anyway, goodbye, and enjoy the film if you do choose to watch it!

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INCREDIBLY Funny Video

Yeah, err... sorry I haven't been posting for a while, despite the fact that it is now the holidays (yay!). I've just been quite busy. Anyway, just now, I have found an incredibly funny video off YouTube. It is about Star Wars but it doesn't matter if you have seen the films before or not, really. It is just soooo funny. The film is suitable for all, the rudest part of it being the title: Darth Vader Being a Smartass.

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My Top Gaming Sites - FreeOnlineGames

Hey, it's that time again. My next top gaming site is a place called FreeOnlineGames.com. It has a large variety of games, and also allows you to have videos and pictures on it, if you are a member (I am not, so I will not say anymore about it). By the way, don't ask why I'm angry...


My favourite bit about FreeOnlineGames.com, is the fact that it actually gives you the code, for putting their games on your website (or in this case - my blog). This is quite rare on websites, and usually when it is there, it is only on a minimal about of games. Alternatively, the website also gives you the code for linking to it, which is still good. Because of the game option, I have actually put a game on the blog, called: Ninja Rampage. (Warning: Does contain violence, blood, gore and death.)





These are the controls:
- Left arrow key to move left
- Right arrow key to move right
- Up arrow key to jump, as well as jumping onto walls to climb or jump off of them.


The point of the game, basically is to advance through the levels, killing your enemies (any other person) on the lesson. If they see you, you lose points, and they might kill you. Just a warning: watch out for traps. Good luck, and have fun playing!

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CSSBytes...

Alright then. CSSBytes, I'll admit that sounds a bit random, maybe a bit puzzling and/or crazy, but nevertheless, it is the name of my new blog. Don't worry though, the log here is still here to stay. CSSBytes is something completely different. Basically, it is a blog which will give you advice and tips on CSS every post. It has only just started, so if you want to know about CSS (and a little about HTML), the things that make webpages, like my blog, then keep checking back at it! Here is the link to it: cssbytes.wordpress.com/. Remember to bookmark it, as well as this blog, and keep visiting both!

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