Aaron Bassett

My ideal squad(s)

Wed, 02 Nov 2011 13:28:52 +0000

I’ve been putting a little bit of time in with Battlefield 3, and I’ve had some thoughts about what my ideal 4 man squad would be. I’ve actually got a couple of different squads depending on how the opposition is playing.

I also tend to play only objective based game modes (rush & conquest) not TDM, so that has an impact on the setup. It should also go without saying that the squad should be actively communicating on Mics and playing the objectives and their roles (dishing out medi-packs, throwing down ammo, etc).

Opposition is pwning with Helis / Jets

2 Engineers (with SAM), 1 Support & 1 Assault — Engineers should concentrate on bringing down the air-support working as a pair. Both lock-on to same plane, Engineer 1 fires, target will likely fire flares, Engineer 2 waits for flares and then fires before the pilot can re-deploy counter-measures. Support keeps the engineers stocked up with rockets and looks out for ground-troops. Assault should hang back ready to revive if necessary.

Opposition is using tanks

1 Engineer, 1 Support, 1 Assault & a Recon (with SOFLAM) — Recon needs to be marking vehicles for engineer. Support and Assault the same as before.

Do not roll your own.

Tue, 18 Oct 2011 14:51:13 +0100

I’m still astounded by how many agencies are still rolling their own CMSs. There is no reason to be doing that in this day and age.

I’ve just read an announcement from a previous agency I worked with, an agency who I setup with an awesome Django stack, that they have released a new version of their own proprietary CMS. Within this announcement they post links to some of the sites they’ve completed in their new system. Every one of them has XSS holes.

If you do not know enough to prevent against XSS you are in no position to be developing such a complex piece of software. Other much smarter people have done the hard work for you already. Use it. There is zero benefit to your clients from rolling your own, but many, many disadvantages. As well as the security there is the issue of vendor lock-in.

If you need a website developed please, for your own sake and sanity, ensue the agency is using an open-source system* or be prepared to pay a premium to make another agency eat their proprietary dog-food, if you ever need to move.

* even if it is not open-source, ensure that it is from a 3rd party and has a healthy developer community such as Magento, Perch or Expression Engine.

The Itsy Bitsy spider did what again?

Mon, 12 Sep 2011 13:38:02 +0100

The Itsy Bitsy spider did what again?

The Dusty Programmer: Most Pressed Keys and Programming Syntaxes

Fri, 09 Sep 2011 16:09:08 +0100

The Dusty Programmer: Most Pressed Keys and Programming Syntaxes:

dustyprogrammer:

I switch between programming languages quite a bit; I often wondered what happens when having to deal with the different syntaxes, does the syntax allow you to be more expressive or faster at coding in one language or another. I dont really know about that; but what I do know what keys are pressed…

Lazy man's TV guide.

Wed, 07 Sep 2011 18:12:28 +0100

I hate flipping through TV channels trying to find anything on. I don’t even want something to watch, I simply need background noise. But it still needs to be something which doesn’t annoy me too much.

So what is the solution? A site where I can enter the TV shows I like (or at least don’t hate), which then scans the currently playing TV listings and gives me a short list of channels currently playing something which would suit me. Recommendations should contain the show title, episode title, season and episode number, short description, time played, time remaining, network and channel (it should also show the name of the show immediately following the recommended episode so I can tell if I will need to repeat the process after the episode finishes)

There should be a couple of conditions as well.

It should not recommend programs with less than 20 mins remaining, unless the show immediately following the suggestion is also on my “like” list.
It can recommend shows which have not started yet, as long as they are due to start in the next 3 minutes.
It shouldn’t recommend the same episode within any 6 month period, irregardless of which channel.

So who wants to build it?

Complete History Of The Soviet Union, Arranged To The Melody Of...

Mon, 05 Sep 2011 12:09:09 +0100

Complete History Of The Soviet Union, Arranged To The Melody Of Tetris (by pigwiththefaceofaboy)

NAACP calls Hallmark graduation card racist (by FreeThinkerUS)

Mon, 29 Aug 2011 15:36:34 +0100

NAACP calls Hallmark graduation card racist (by FreeThinkerUS)

Dear People of the World,

Tue, 23 Aug 2011 21:46:26 +0100

Dear People of the World,

Our Project Manager (@afocs) is always complaining that I bounce...

Sun, 14 Aug 2011 22:52:18 +0100

Our Project Manager (@afocs) is always complaining that I bounce from topic-to-topic seemingly at random, making it difficult to compile work-logs and check-off milestones.

I’m not seeing it myself…

Bitch please…

Wed, 03 Aug 2011 02:56:05 +0100

Bitch please…

I can’t find my LSD!!

Thu, 28 Jul 2011 12:58:41 +0100

I can’t find my LSD!!

CAN’T HUG EVERY CAT — a song about loving cats (by...

Thu, 28 Jul 2011 10:34:19 +0100

CAN’T HUG EVERY CAT — a song about loving cats (by schmoyoho)

Pug sings Batman theme (by neotropic9)

Mon, 25 Jul 2011 13:58:43 +0100

Pug sings Batman theme (by neotropic9)

Remember kids!

Sun, 24 Jul 2011 23:31:36 +0100

Remember kids!

You gonna light that pipe?

Sun, 24 Jul 2011 23:26:55 +0100

You gonna light that pipe?

Voicemail lawl

Wed, 20 Jul 2011 12:54:20 +0100

As @afocs was recording her voicemail name I shouted MONGATRON. We thought it was funny as it’s only heard by her when she calls her voicemail, not played to anyone else. Never considered that her voicemail might break. And the tech might have to leave test messages and check them.

Last 20 minutes has been spent giggling like school girls every-time the tech called Becky’s (MONGATRON) voicemail on speaker phone.

The 3 Batman (reboot) posters together.

Mon, 18 Jul 2011 11:38:14 +0100

The 3 Batman (reboot) posters together.

Pick me a font (or 4) I need a large headline font, a secondary...

Fri, 15 Jul 2011 23:56:36 +0100

Pick me a font (or 4)

I need a large headline font, a secondary headline, a main body copy and an aside.

I would quite like a serif font for the headline(s) which looks good in huge sizes. Maybe something like Georgia? Really like thin fonts, but not going to rule any out or even a chunky font which looks good in letterpress? Secondary headline can be same typeface as large in smaller size, without bold, or can be completely different, but should work well together. Again am thinking serif?

Body copy I would like sans-serif but am open to ideas as long as compliments the headline font(s). Aside should be very different, perhaps even Mono? Will be for stats or technical information, not adverse to a sans rather than Monospace, as long as it looks slightly technical and contrasts well with the others :)

What would be your suggestions? If you can pick typefaces which are available via Google fonts, Typekit or Squirrel fonts I will love you forever.

This is fluffy.

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 15:29:27 +0100

This is fluffy.

9-bits: Some free, vector social Glyphs from GSIX Corp.

Sun, 10 Jul 2011 21:57:43 +0100

9-bits:

Some free, vector social Glyphs from GSIX Corp.