Author Archives: Joseph

Xbox Live script

Posted on Monday 20th June, 2011 by Joseph

If you’re not a member of the XCDP, the only way to access gamertag information is via the public “gamercard”, here.  Microsoft, being Microsoft, hasn’t really left the information in a particularly useful format, so here’s a small script that boils all the HTML down to the bare stats and facts. (more…)

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PHP syntax highlighter

Posted on Friday 3rd June, 2011 by Joseph

Here’s a basic PHP “syntax highlighter” function: (more…)

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PHP: empty(), is_null() and isset() comparison

Posted on Monday 18th April, 2011 by Joseph

The subtle differences between empty(), is_null() and isset() are common source of confusion and uncertainty.  So in this post I’ll try and clarify how these three (boolean) functions work. (more…)

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MW2 stats

Posted on Sunday 10th April, 2011 by Joseph
  • XP: 1,469,406
  • Score: 1,985,550
  • Kills: 20,894
  • Headshots: 2,047
  • Assists: 3,165
  • Streak: 20
  • Deaths: 25,005

Primary weapons

Assault rifles

Kills Headshots
M4A1 1194 99
FAMAS 1959 177
SCAR-H 735 43
TAR-21 1834 192
FAL 175 13
M16A4 352 37
ACR 509 54

Sub-machine guns

Kills Headshots
MP5K 129 16
UMP45 258 31
Vector 117 6
P90 1077 107
Mini-Uzi 123 20

Light machine guns

Kills Headshots
L86 LSW 407 52
RPD 108 7
MG4 135 13
AUG HBAR 314 23
M240 135 10

Sniper rifles

Kills Headshots
Barrett .50cal 432 115
Intervention 756 185
WA2000 76 24
M21 EBR 288 95
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2011 F1 Quotes

Posted on Tuesday 29th March, 2011 by Joseph

Each race of the 2011 season I’ll be picking out the Quote of the Weekend (or two) from the BBC’s coverage.

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Get ‘The Chain’ to Number 1

Posted on Wednesday 16th March, 2011 by Joseph

Get Fleetwood Mac’s, The Chain, to Number 1 for the start of the 2011 F1 season!

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BF:BC2 and MOH stats API

Posted on Wednesday 9th March, 2011 by Joseph

I’ve put together a small API that provides basic statistics for Battlefield: Bad Company 2, and Medal of Honor in XML form.  The stats are sourced from StatsVerse.com and not direct from EA.  Feel free to use the API as you see fit, but bear in mind that the API is reliant on a third-party (Stats Verse), so I cannot guarantee its reliability. (more…)

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C: Maths

Posted on Tuesday 8th March, 2011 by Joseph

Virtually any program you write from now on will need use maths of some sort, so it’s probably going to be useful to know how to do it.  And it’s really simple. (more…)

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Logic gate simulation

Posted on Tuesday 8th March, 2011 by Joseph

To compliment yesterday’s post of logic gates, I’ve put together a series of super-simple little functions that simulates the output of the gates.  This is not so much a post on programming, since the functions are so small and basic, but it may help you understand exactly how these gates work. (more…)

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Logic gates

Posted on Tuesday 8th March, 2011 by Joseph

A and B are input logic variables, so they have two possible values 0 (false) or 1 (true).  F is the output variable.  In theory, logic gates (with the exception of the NOT gate) can have any number of inputs, but in reality they only ever have one or two. (more…)

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