I have been playing a lot of Minecraft lately. It is an awesome little game, that can be very addictive if you are into the idea of surviving in a world all by yourself and building this, that and the other just because you can. However, jumping into Minecraft with no guide at all might be a little intimidating to some. Thankfully though I have found a great tutorial series by a man named Coe that will help guide you through the world of Minecraft.
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Minecraft 101 with Coe’s Quest
Fat Princess Mage Class Guide
Want to unleash your inner pyromaniac? Fat Princess is the best place to do it. Grabbing a mage hat and setting the other players aflame is a very satisfying experience. Of course, turning them all into hunks of ice is pretty fun too. Let me guide you through the ways of being a mage in the PS3 multiplayer game, Fat Princess.
Mages might only have four hearts for health, but over time they have become a great melee character used to turn the tide of any battle. The mage class in Fat Princess has two stages to it too. Before that mage hat machine is upgraded, you can use the mage’s hat to burn people. After the mage hat machine is upgraded, you can freeze them with the upgraded ice mage ability.
Best of Mitchelaneous (2009 Edition)
It is that time of the year where every news source out there gets so lax in creating content, they can only muster up the strength to put together a year in review for this, that or the other. Never to be one to disappoint, I thought now would be the perfect time to join the masses and share with you your favorite things I have posted.
Here are the ten most popular stories, tips, articles and tutorials I published in 2009 on Mitchelaneous.com.
#10 – Instant Drama Sound Effect
My new favorite web site, when you need that instant sound effect action is DramaButton.com. Once pushed, you get that duh duh DUHHHH that has always been a favorite for the old dramatic moments on your favorite old TV shows and movies.
- More Sound Effect Fun: Six and a Half Instant Sound Effect Sites to Keep Handy
Quick Screencast Recording with Screenr
Need to share a screencast in a hurry? Have a Twitter account? Screenr will help you create and share your own mini tutorials from your desktop with the world. The benefit here is that you can use a web-based recorder, on Macs or PCs to share how to do something or how something might look.
Sticky Post Help in WordPress
Sticky posts, will let you bump a story to the top of the homepage – without the need of editing the time stamp over and over again. This is handy for me, because with the Web Hosting Show’s site, I wanted to keep the most recent podcast pinned to the top of WebHostingShow.com – with new content following bellow it. With a little template editing, WordPress interface knowledge and some hard work – you can do the same.
Free Google Analytics Training from Google
Want to learn how to use Google Analytics better?
While checking out what it takes to become an authorized Google Analytics consultant, I stumbled across a series of videos online that anybody can use to get to know their own Google Analytics account a little better.
I am still debating if I will or if I will not take the Google Analytics Individual Qualification (IQ) test, however it is good to know these tutorials are here for people in the world who just want to become a more knowledgeable Google Analytics user.
Free SFTP and FTP Browsing for Windows
The WinSCP program (for Windows users) is a great alternative FTP client you should really try out. Totally open source, this program makes it safe when copying files between a local and remote computer.
I really like it when any FTP program can give me better integration with my operating system, and WinSCP does do that and more. You can create your standard shortcuts to it, add it to Window’s “Send To” context menu, and it can also be setup to be the default handler for SFTP and SCP URL addresses.
The WinSCP installer can also install drag&drop shell extension to improve WinSCP capability of downloading files using drag and drop.
Not sure where to start, after you downloaded it? They have a plethora of guides and useful tutorials to help get you setup. So next time you are looking for a free FTP program, and you have tried the other popular names out there, give WinSCP a shot. It might be the free FTP program experiance you’ve been looking for.
Bonus: Need more help? Check out the FTP FAQ from the Web Hosting Show!
Free Photo Editing Bliss in Photobie
Now you can often hear me singing the praises of Paint.net, because it is an awesome free alternative to some of the most expensive photo and graphic editors out there. Another good one you should try is Photobie. It is a free download for photo editing, scrapbooking, animation, screen capturing and more.
Here is a screen shot of the program’s interface:
Here is a little more about the program from the developers:
Photobie is built upon .NET framework 2. It contains all general photo editing and painting features. It is a perfect screen capture tool for you to do screen capture and editing in one place. It is also a perfect digital scrapbooking tool that allows you to apply embellishment, masking and templating easily and efficiently. And it is a perfect animation tool that allows you to create GIF animation efficiently. It supports many embedded filters as well as Photoshop free 8bf filters. It supports user customized brushes, textures, masks and regions.
Now that might look like a lot of bells and whistles to play with. Thankfully, they have a lot of tutorials too. Here a few of my favorite Photobie tutorials I have found thus far out there (I’m sure I’ll find many more later!).
- Photo Editing Tutorials
- Paint and Graphic Project Tutorials
- Screen Capture and Manipulation Tutorials
You can pick up this free image editing tool at Photobie.com. How do you think it stacks up to some of the other free image editors out there?
WordPress Recipes
It isn’t often that I write up a post to highlight somebody else’s post – but this one is so great I had to share. This list of over twenty WordPress recipes is a collection of code that anybody who deals with WordPress should keep close at hand. Via this link you can find out how to:
- Display Tags In A Dropdown Menu
- Automatically Insert Content In Your Feeds
- Display Most Commented Posts In 2008
- Display Related Posts Based On Post Tags
- Display The Future Posts
- Randomize Posts Order
Plus a whole lot more. That is barely scratching the surface. You can check out the full collection here:
Also, for more WordPress code snipits you can use in your own layouts and designs, be sure to check out WpRecipes.com, another great resource for neat ways to modify your WordPress powered web site.
Simple Downloadable DHTML and AJAX Code
I really have a hard time learning more about anything, unless I can get into it, tinker with it, later break it and then figure out how to put it back together again. Most of the web site design knowledge I have was achieved using this method, and at this point I think any of you are happy to hear I never became a doctor.
Many people out there are looking for an easy way to learn more about DHTML and AJAX code, so to help you learn like I did – try MiniAjax.com. This web site provides you with many nice looking, simple DHTML and AJAX code examples to play with and learn from. Here are a few tutorial examples I found there:
- Facebook Style Input Box
- AJAX Star Rating Bar
- GreyBox: An easy javascript popup box
- Tabbed content browser
Check these code examples out (and many more) at MiniAjax.com.
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