Switching from VBulletin to PHPBB?

Ever heard of someone switching from VBulletin back to PhpBB? I was surfing and came across an article about someone who switched to VBulletin with the VBSEO mod and was used as a poster boy for how much money he was making on it. Then I visit his blog and see a subsequent post about him wanting to switch back to PHPBB. He likes the new template engine on PHPBB 3.0 Olympus.

Here’s the blog post:

http://skeymedia.com/tag/phpbb/

Here’s the article from VBSEO about how great VBulletin and VBSEO are:

VBSEO Rags to Riches Story

Leave you a little confused? I have a lot of PHPBB forums and was looking at options for a major upgrade at the end of the year. I’m still running PHPBB 2.22 (2.0.22). What are your thoughts?

Bioshock uses Unreal gaming engine

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Bioshock uses the Unreal gaming engine from Unreal Technology. From what I’ve read it’s a $350,000 investment for the engine, so not really an option for the indie gamer like the more inexpensive Torque engine from GarageGames.

Excerpt from full article at: http://www.unrealtechnology.com/case-studies.php?ref=bioshock 

In addition to the hard work and dedication that the team put into the game, Chey credits Unreal Engine 3 in helping create this original adventure game—a game that has been called a masterpiece by game critics and gamers, alike.

“For BioShock, the advantage of us working with an existing engine allowed us to get started prototyping art and gameplay without waiting to get basic renderer, editor and other functions on the line,” said Chey. “With Unreal’s mature technology we benefited a lot from the work Epic did to get the engine running on Xbox 360.”

Ken Levine, the creative director of BioShock, wanted to find some place where the player could be cut off from the rest of the world, so he came up with the notion of an underwater city. The architectural influences from the game came from New York, specifically, Rockefeller Center.

“It was there that the visual concepts of Rapture began to form,” said Chey. “Ken and his wife and spent a day at Rockefeller Center with cheap cameras bought at the gift shop, photographing every lighting fixture, door knob, and Diego Rivera mural they could find. They followed that up by going to the Empire State Building, which hosts the inspiration for the ‘wall coins’ you find in the lighthouse sequence.”

In addition to the art deco architecture of New York City, the team was influenced by a variety of media when creating the world of Rapture and the story of BioShock. Chey said the largest literary influences were “The Fountainhead” by Ayn Rand, “The Shining” by Stephen King and “Animal Farm” by George Orwell. The music of Bernard Hermann and movies like “Fight Club” and “Logan’s Run” also helped formulate ideas and themes for the story.

The Rescuing Hug

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This is a picture from an article called “The Rescuing Hug.” The article details the first week of life of a set of twins. Apparently, each were in their respective incubators, and one was not expected to live. A hospital nurse fought against hospital rules and placed the babies in one incubator. When they were placed together the healthier of the two threw an arm over her sister in a endearing embrace. The smaller baby’s heart rate stabilized and her temperature rose to normal.

Above excerpt from: http://www.snopes.com/glurge/hug.asp 

I get weary of feel-good stories that aren’t true. They bug me. Why send a made up one when there’s plenty of real material out there. So when I received this in my email, my first automatic response was to go to Snopes (a website that debunks urban myths).

Much to my surprise, Snopes lists this story as true. I also didn’t find a debunk on urbanlegends.com – What a nice surprise! So you can enjoy the story, be warmed by it, and know that it’s now cheezy internet fodder.

Snopes said of the story:

“As glurgirific as it must sound, this is actually a true story.” 

Game Creation Software Makers

List of video game software to create original role playing, first person shooter and MMORPG games. Put together your own team of artists to build a the newest online interactive video game from scratch. Want to know how to design your own video game for a massive multiplayer online role playing game? Here’s a start. Also visit GarageGames.com

3D Game Makers

DarkBASIC

Make a game with DarkBASIC, it has become one of the more
popular choices of game design programs for both beginners
and the more advanced hobby game programmers out there.

DarkBASIC Pro

The more advanced option of DarkBASIC. If you have the extra
cash this is just as a good option as DarkBASIC, or even better
in many ways.

GLBasic

Wish to create your own video games that have high quality
on your own with little time to waste creating a game engine,
a 3D framework or network components, then GLBasic could be
a good choice.
Lawmaker Game Engine

The Lawmaker Game Engine is a powerful and robust 3D game engine
tailored for novice and advanced game designers. The 3D game
engine and tools provide a complete development solution for
current and next generation games.

The 3D Gamemaker

With the 3D Game maker you can make your own game in seconds.
You don’t have to know any programming to make games
with The 3D Gamemaker.

Game Maker

Game Maker is a gamer design program that allows you to make
your own computer games without having to learn any programming.

3D Game
Engine Torque Game Engine SDK

The Torque Game Engine (TGE) is for the more advanced game
designers. The 3d game engine features multi-player network
code, state of the art skeletal animation, seamless indoor/outdoor
rendering engines, drag-and-drop GUI creation, a C-like scripting
language and a built in world editor.

Gamespace 3D

3D game programming with gameSpace can deliver stunning results.
No longer are eye photorealistic 3D graphics limited to the
domain of large game and film studios.

3D GameStudio

3D GameStudio is a very popular game design software amongst
independent game developers. Many successful games have been
published using game engines that were created using 3D GameStudio.
3D
Adventure Studio

3D Adventure Studio is an Adventure game maker for making
adventure games in style of Gabriel Knight 3.

2D Game Makers

Game Editor

Game Editor is a game design software that lets you design games
with little or no programming or technical knowledge.

RPG Game Makers

RPG Toolkit

RPG Toolkit is a very powerful editor and game engine that lets
you create your own RPG game.
Explorations
RPG Game Engine

Explorations RPG Game Engine is a powerful role playing game
engine that lets your make your own RPG game.

RPG Maker 95

RPG Maker 95 is a program created by ASCII in 1997, allowing
the creation of RPG. You can do drawings, music, dialogues,
maps and more.

RPG Maker 2000

RPG Maker 2000 is designed to create console-type RPG games.
The results will look very much look like and old SNES game.

RPG Maker 2003

Based on the very popular RPG maker 2000, RPG maker 2003 lets
you make your own RPG games.

RPG Maker XP

With the new RPG Maker XP, you can make even better RPGs than
with RPG maker 2000 and 2003!
RPGds

RPGds is a RPG game creator and has a single primary purpose:
to allow you to create your own RPGs.

Sphere : 2D RPG Engine

Sphere is a 2D RPG engine, in development since 1997. It allows
you even if you don’t have much programming experience
make a RPG game like Final Fantasy VI or Phantasy Star.

Hephaestus

Hephaestus is a construction kit for making computer role playing
games (often called an “RPG maker”). The scripting
is done in the Java programming language and it also features
a map editor.

IRE Role Playing Game Engine

IRE is an attempt to create a cross-platform computer role-playing-game
engine similar to Ultima 6.

Fighting Game Makers

Fighter Maker 95

Fighter Maker 95 as one could guess from the title lets you
make your own fighting game.

MUGEN

MUGEN is a very popular 2d game maker for making your own fighting
game. You can make your own character and supply them to the
game or you can download some of the thousands of characters
other people have made from one the many MUGEN fan sites.

Adventure Game Makers

Adventure Game Studio

With the Adventure Game Studio you can create your own 2d
point-and-click adventure games, much like the old Sierra
and Lucasarts games.

Inform – Interactive Fiction Game Engine

Inform is a text adventure game maker and consists of a compiler
and a library of standard rules written in the Inform language:
you will need both of these to get anything done.

ITADS

TADS is a set of programming tools specially designed for
writing adventure games.

ADRIFT Generator

ADRIFT Generator is a program that allows you to create your
own Text Adventures. It is written for Windows 95/98/NT/2K/ME/XP.

Aiee!

Aiee! allows you to create and play interactive text adventures,
or “interactive fiction”.

GameScroll

GameScroll is a program for playing and writing interactive
fiction games like.

Game Assets

Royalty Free Music, Sound Effects and Stock Footage

Preview and download high-quality original music, sounds and stock footage for use in your projects at Productiontrax.

Other Tools and Software

Video Game Design Pro

Video Game Design Pro is an industry-specific software solution which features
tools and functionality exclusively for the use of the creation, management,
and implementation of video game design documentation.

How to Calculate Delay Time to Tempo Beat

Here’s how to calculate millisecond delay time to your tempo so you can make adjustments on the fly (or just set it correctly for a hardline beat delineation.) Needless to say, if you’re not going for strict tempo beat pulses then you can skip equations and do this “by feel”.It’s very simple if you remember this equation:

* Delay time in ms (Milli-seconds) = 60000/BPM (Beat Per Minute)

Will give you a quarter note delay time.

OR

* Crotchet (Quarter note) timing in ms (Milli-seconds) = 60000/120 (BPM) = 500 ms

A millisecond is 1/1000th of a second, and tempo beats per minute (BPM) gives you an exact beat count per minute. (120BPM is 120 beats per minute.)

The above equation gives you the timing for every beat (i.e. the delay repeats will be synchronized with your beats).

The same thing in a musicians term will be as under :

* Delay time for crotchet in ms = 60000/BPM (Beat Per Minute)
* Delay time for Quaver in ms = 60000/BPM/2 (Beat Per Minute)
* Delay time for Semi-Quaver in ms = 60000/BPM/4 (Beat Per Minute)

Example :

Suppose your song tempo is 120 BPM, then the delay calculation is as follows:

* Crotchet (Quarter note) timing in ms (Milli-seconds) = 60000/120 (BPM) = 500 ms
* Quaver (Eighth note) timing is = 500 ms / 2 = 250 ms
* Semi-Quaver (Sixteenth note) timing is = 500 ms / 4 = 125 ms

Explanation :

BPM means beats per minute. So a tempo of 120 BPM means that the song is playing 120 beats per minute. Therefore 120 beats / 60 seconds = 2 beats per second. Since 1 second = 1000 Milli-seconds, hence if we divide 1 second (1000 Milli-seconds) by 2 Beats, we get 1/2 seconds ( 500 Milli-seconds) for every beat.

Dead Can Dance

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Dead Can Dance is a new group to me. Heard them for the first time a couple days ago. When it played I couldn’t speak. I was lost in the odd combination of melody, words and harmony. It was very strange, like two different songs playing at the same time. But somehow it made sense.

There is a Baroque feel to some of their music. Sometimes they sing hymns from the 1400’s. That’s just too cool.

There are plenty of videos of them on YouTube.com so you can check them out. I would describe it as dark, Euro-world music. The male singer sounds like a ringer for Jim Morrison of the doors. The female vocalist has more of an Enya quality in some songs.

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DEAD CAN DANCE

Assigning a musical genre to Dead Can Dance is difficult, as its style is particularly eclectic. However, its early work could be considered “darkwave”. In their later work, including and subsequent to the release entitled The Serpent’s Egg, Dead Can Dance would take ancient or various musics from around the world as primary sources, with Gerrard singing glossolalia, giving it a very distinctive style. As a result, their later albums sound quite different from the first three. Various sources have labelled those latter releases as neo-classical, ethereal or dark world music

Dead Can Dance Discography

1984 – Dead Can Dance / 01 – Dead Can Dance – The Fatal Impact.mp3
1984 – Dead Can Dance / 02 – Dead Can Dance – The Trial.mp3
1984 – Dead Can Dance / 03 – Dead Can Dance – Frontier.mp3
1984 – Dead Can Dance / 04 – Dead Can Dance – Fortune.mp3
1984 – Dead Can Dance / 05 – Dead Can Dance – Ocean.mp3
1984 – Dead Can Dance / 06 – Dead Can Dance – East Of Eden.mp3
1984 – Dead Can Dance / 07 – Dead Can Dance – Threshold.mp3
1984 – Dead Can Dance / 08 – Dead Can Dance – A Passage In Time.mp3
1984 – Dead Can Dance / 09 – Dead Can Dance – Wild In The Woods.mp3
1984 – Dead Can Dance / 10 – Dead Can Dance – Musica Eternal.mp3
1984 – Dead Can Dance / 11 – Dead Can Dance – Carnival Of Light.mp3
1984 – Dead Can Dance / 12 – Dead Can Dance – In Power We Trust The Love Advocated.mp3
1984 – Dead Can Dance / 13 – Dead Can Dance – The Arcane.mp3
1984 – Dead Can Dance / 14 – Dead Can Dance – Flowers Of The Sea.mp3
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1986 – Spleen And Ideal / 01 – Dead Can Dance – De Profundis (Out Of The Depths Of Sorrow).mp3
1986 – Spleen And Ideal / 02 – Dead Can Dance – Ascension.mp3
1986 – Spleen And Ideal / 03 – Dead Can Dance – Circunradiant Dawn.mp3
1986 – Spleen And Ideal / 04 – Dead Can Dance – The Cardinal Sin.mp3
1986 – Spleen And Ideal / 05 – Dead Can Dance – Mesmerism.mp3
1986 – Spleen And Ideal / 06 – Dead Can Dance – Enigma Of The Absolute.mp3
1986 – Spleen And Ideal / 07 – Dead Can Dance – Advent.mp3
1986 – Spleen And Ideal / 08 – Dead Can Dance – Avatar.mp3
1986 – Spleen And Ideal / 09 – Dead Can Dance – Indoctrination (A Design For Living).mp3
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1987 – Within The Realm Of A Dying Sun / 01 – Dead Can Dance – Anywhere Out Of The World.mp3
1987 – Within The Realm Of A Dying Sun / 02 – Dead Can Dance – Windfall.mp3
1987 – Within The Realm Of A Dying Sun / 03 – Dead Can Dance – In The Wake Of Adversity.mp3
1987 – Within The Realm Of A Dying Sun / 04 – Dead Can Dance – Xavier.mp3
1987 – Within The Realm Of A Dying Sun / 05 – Dead Can Dance – Dawn Of The Iconoclast.mp3
1987 – Within The Realm Of A Dying Sun / 06 – Dead Can Dance – Cantara.mp3
1987 – Within The Realm Of A Dying Sun / 07 – Dead Can Dance – Summoning Of The Muse.mp3
1987 – Within The Realm Of A Dying Sun / 08 – Dead Can Dance – Persephone (The Gathering Of Flowers).mp3
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1988 – The Serpent’s Egg / 01 – Dead Can Dance – The Host Of Seraphim.mp3
1988 – The Serpent’s Egg / 02 – Dead Can Dance – Orbis De Ignis.mp3
1988 – The Serpent’s Egg / 03 – Dead Can Dance – Severance.mp3
1988 – The Serpent’s Egg / 04 – Dead Can Dance – The Writing On My Father’s Hand.mp3
1988 – The Serpent’s Egg / 05 – Dead Can Dance – In The Kingdom Of The Blind The One Eyed Are Kings.mp3
1988 – The Serpent’s Egg / 06 – Dead Can Dance – Chant Of The Paladin.mp3
1988 – The Serpent’s Egg / 07 – Dead Can Dance – Song Of Sophia.mp3
1988 – The Serpent’s Egg / 08 – Dead Can Dance – Echolalia.mp3
1988 – The Serpent’s Egg / 09 – Dead Can Dance – Mother Tongue.mp3
1988 – The Serpent’s Egg / 10 – Dead Can Dance – Ullyses.mp3
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1990 – Aion / 01 – Dead Can Dance – The Arrival And The Reunion.mp3
1990 – Aion / 02 – Dead Can Dance – Saltarello.mp3
1990 – Aion / 03 – Dead Can Dance – Mephisto.mp3
1990 – Aion / 04 – Dead Can Dance – The Song Of The Sibyl.mp3
1990 – Aion / 05 – Dead Can Dance – Fortune Presents Gifts Not According To The Book.mp3
1990 – Aion / 06 – Dead Can Dance – As The Bell Rings The Maypole Spins.mp3
1990 – Aion / 07 – Dead Can Dance – The End Of Words.mp3
1990 – Aion / 08 – Dead Can Dance – Black Sun.mp3
1990 – Aion / 09 – Dead Can Dance – Wilderness.mp3
1990 – Aion / 10 – Dead Can Dance – The Promised Womb.mp3
1990 – Aion / 11 – Dead Can Dance – The Garden Of Zephirus.mp3
1990 – Aion / 12 – Dead Can Dance – Radharc.mp3
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1991 – A Passage In Time / 01 – Dead Can Dance – Saltarello.mp3
1991 – A Passage In Time / 02 – Dead Can Dance – Song Of Sophia.mp3
1991 – A Passage In Time / 03 – Dead Can Dance – Ullyses.mp3
1991 – A Passage In Time / 04 – Dead Can Dance – Cantara.mp3
1991 – A Passage In Time / 05 – Dead Can Dance – The Garden Of Zephirus.mp3
1991 – A Passage In Time / 06 – Dead Can Dance – Enigma Of The Absolute.mp3
1991 – A Passage In Time / 07 – Dead Can Dance – Wilderness.mp3
1991 – A Passage In Time / 08 – Dead Can Dance – The Host Of Seraphin.mp3
1991 – A Passage In Time / 09 – Dead Can Dance – Anywhere Out Of The World.mp3
1991 – A Passage In Time / 10 – Dead Can Dance – The Wrtiting On My Father’s Hand.mp3
1991 – A Passage In Time / 11 – Dead Can Dance – Severance.mp3
1991 – A Passage In Time / 12 – Dead Can Dance – The Song Of The Sibyl.mp3
1991 – A Passage In Time / 13 – Dead Can Dance – Fortune Presents Gifts Not According To The Book.mp3
1991 – A Passage In Time / 14 – Dead Can Dance – In The Kingdom Of The Blind The One Eyed Are Kings.mp3
1991 – A Passage In Time / 15 – Dead Can Dance – Bird.mp3
1991 – A Passage In Time / 16 – Dead Can Dance – Spirit.mp3
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1993 – Into The Labyrinth / 01 – Dead Can Dance – Yulunga (Spirit Dance).mp3
1993 – Into The Labyrinth / 02 – Dead Can Dance – The Ubiquitous Mr. Lovegrove.mp3
1993 – Into The Labyrinth / 03 – Dead Can Dance – The Wind That Shakes The Barley.mp3
1993 – Into The Labyrinth / 04 – Dead Can Dance – The Carnival Is Over.mp3
1993 – Into The Labyrinth / 05 – Dead Can Dance – Ariadne.mp3
1993 – Into The Labyrinth / 06 – Dead Can Dance – Saldek.mp3
1993 – Into The Labyrinth / 07 – Dead Can Dance – Towards The Within.mp3
1993 – Into The Labyrinth / 08 – Dead Can Dance – Tell Me About The Forest (You Once Called Home).mp3
1993 – Into The Labyrinth / 09 – Dead Can Dance – The Spider’s Stratagem.mp3
1993 – Into The Labyrinth / 10 – Dead Can Dance – Emmeleia.mp3
1993 – Into The Labyrinth / 11 – Dead Can Dance – How Fortunate The Man With None.mp3
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1994 – Toward The Within / 01 – Dead Can Dance – Rakim.mp3
1994 – Toward The Within / 02 – Dead Can Dance – Persian Love Song.mp3
1994 – Toward The Within / 03 – Dead Can Dance – Desert Song.mp3
1994 – Toward The Within / 04 – Dead Can Dance – Yulunga (Spirit Dance).mp3
1994 – Toward The Within / 05 – Dead Can Dance – Piece For Solo Flute.mp3
1994 – Toward The Within / 06 – Dead Can Dance – The Wind That Shakes The Barley.mp3
1994 – Toward The Within / 07 – Dead Can Dance – I Am Stretched On Your Grave.mp3
1994 – Toward The Within / 08 – Dead Can Dance – I Can See Now.mp3
1994 – Toward The Within / 09 – Dead Can Dance – American Dreaming.mp3
1994 – Toward The Within / 10 – Dead Can Dance – Cantara.mp3
1994 – Toward The Within / 11 – Dead Can Dance – Oman.mp3
1994 – Toward The Within / 12 – Dead Can Dance – The Song Of The Sibyl.mp3
1994 – Toward The Within / 13 – Dead Can Dance – Tristan.mp3
1994 – Toward The Within / 14 – Dead Can Dance – Sanvean.mp3
1994 – Toward The Within / 15 – Dead Can Dance – Don’t Fade Away.mp3
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1995 – The Mirror Pool / 01 – Lisa Gerrard – Violina (The Last Embrace).mp3
1995 – The Mirror Pool / 02 – Lisa Gerrard – La Bas (Song Of The Drowned).mp3
1995 – The Mirror Pool / 03 – Lisa Gerrard – Persian Love Song (The Silver Gun).mp3
1995 – The Mirror Pool / 04 – Lisa Gerrard – Sanvean (I Am Your Shadow).mp3
1995 – The Mirror Pool / 05 – Lisa Gerrard – The Rite.mp3
1995 – The Mirror Pool / 06 – Lisa Gerrard – Ajhon.mp3
1995 – The Mirror Pool / 07 – Lisa Gerrard – Glorafin.mp3
1995 – The Mirror Pool / 08 – Lisa Gerrard – Majhnavea’s Music Box.mp3
1995 – The Mirror Pool / 09 – Lisa Gerrard – Largo.mp3
1995 – The Mirror Pool / 10 – Lisa Gerrard – Werd.mp3
1995 – The Mirror Pool / 11 – Lisa Gerrard – Laurelei.mp3
1995 – The Mirror Pool / 12 – Lisa Gerrard – Celon.mp3
1995 – The Mirror Pool / 13 – Lisa Gerrard – Venteles.mp3
1995 – The Mirror Pool / 14 – Lisa Gerrard – Swans.mp3
1995 – The Mirror Pool / 15 – Lisa Gerrard – Nilleshna.mp3
1995 – The Mirror Pool / 16 – Lisa Gerrard – Gloradin.mp3
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1996 – Spiritchaser / 01 – Dead Can Dance – Nierika.mp3
1996 – Spiritchaser / 02 – Dead Can Dance – Song Of The Stars.mp3
1996 – Spiritchaser / 03 – Dead Can Dance – Indus.mp3
1996 – Spiritchaser / 04 – Dead Can Dance – Song Of The Dispossessed.mp3
1996 – Spiritchaser / 05 – Dead Can Dance – Dedicacé Dutò.mp3
1996 – Spiritchaser / 06 – Dead Can Dance – The Snake And The Moon.mp3
1996 – Spiritchaser / 07 – Dead Can Dance – Song Of The Nile.mp3
1996 – Spiritchaser / 08 – Dead Can Dance – Devorzhum.mp3
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1998 – Duality / 01 – Lisa Gerrard – Shadow Magnet.mp3
1998 – Duality / 02 – Lisa Gerrard – Tempest.mp3
1998 – Duality / 03 – Lisa Gerrard – Forest Veil.mp3
1998 – Duality / 04 – Lisa Gerrard – The Comforter.mp3
1998 – Duality / 05 – Lisa Gerrard – The Unfolding.mp3
1998 – Duality / 06 – Lisa Gerrard – Pilgrimage Of Lost Children.mp3
1998 – Duality / 07 – Lisa Gerrard – The Human Game.mp3
1998 – Duality / 08 – Lisa Gerrard – The Circulation Of Shadows.mp3
1998 – Duality / 09 – Lisa Gerrard – Sacrifice.mp3
1998 – Duality / 10 – Lisa Gerrard – Nadir (Synchronicity).mp3
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1999 – Eye Of The Hunter / 01 – Brendan Perry – Saturday’s Child.mp3
1999 – Eye Of The Hunter / 02 – Brendan Perry – Voyage Of Bran.mp3
1999 – Eye Of The Hunter / 03 – Brendan Perry – Medusa.mp3
1999 – Eye Of The Hunter / 04 – Brendan Perry – Sloth.mp3
1999 – Eye Of The Hunter / 05 – Brendan Perry – I Must Have Been Blind.mp3
1999 – Eye Of The Hunter / 06 – Brendan Perry – The Captive Heart.mp3
1999 – Eye Of The Hunter / 07 – Brendan Perry – Death Will Be My Bride.mp3
1999 – Eye Of The Hunter / 08 – Brendan Perry – Archangel.mp3
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2001 – Box Set / CD 1 / 01 – Dead Can Dance – Frontier.mp3
2001 – Box Set / CD 1 / 02 – Dead Can Dance – Labour Of Love.mp3
2001 – Box Set / CD 1 / 03 – Dead Can Dance – Ocean.mp3
2001 – Box Set / CD 1 / 04 – Dead Can Dance – Orion.mp3
2001 – Box Set / CD 1 / 05 – Dead Can Dance – Threshold.mp3
2001 – Box Set / CD 1 / 06 – Dead Can Dance – Carnival Of Light.mp3
2001 – Box Set / CD 1 / 07 – Dead Can Dance – In Power We Entrust The Love Advocated.mp3
2001 – Box Set / CD 1 / 08 – Dead Can Dance – De Profundis (Out Of The Depths Of Sorrow).mp3
2001 – Box Set / CD 1 / 09 – Dead Can Dance – Avatar.mp3
2001 – Box Set / CD 1 / 10 – Dead Can Dance – Enigma Of The Absolute.mp3
2001 – Box Set / CD 1 / 11 – Dead Can Dance – Summoning Of The Muse.mp3
2001 – Box Set / CD 1 / 12 – Dead Can Dance – Anywhere Out Of The World.mp3
2001 – Box Set / CD 1 / 13 – Dead Can Dance – Windfall.mp3
2001 – Box Set / CD 1 / 14 – Dead Can Dance – Cantara.mp3
2001 – Box Set / CD 1 / 15 – Dead Can Dance – In The Kingdom Of The Blind The One Eyed Are Kings.mp3
2001 – Box Set / CD 1 / 16 – Dead Can Dance – Bird.mp3
2001 – Box Set / CD 1 / 17 – Dead Can Dance – The Protagonist.mp3
2001 – Box Set / CD 2 / 01 – Dead Can Dance – Severance.mp3
2001 – Box Set / CD 2 / 02 – Dead Can Dance – The Host Of Seraphim.mp3
2001 – Box Set / CD 2 / 03 – Dead Can Dance – Song Of Sophia.mp3
2001 – Box Set / CD 2 / 04 – Dead Can Dance – The Arrival & The Reunion.mp3
2001 – Box Set / CD 2 / 05 – Dead Can Dance – Black Sun.mp3
2001 – Box Set / CD 2 / 06 – Dead Can Dance – The Promised Womb.mp3
2001 – Box Set / CD 2 / 07 – Dead Can Dance – Saltarello.mp3
2001 – Box Set / CD 2 / 08 – Dead Can Dance – The Song Of The Sibyl.mp3
2001 – Box Set / CD 2 / 09 – Dead Can Dance – Spirit.mp3
2001 – Box Set / CD 2 / 10 – Dead Can Dance – Yulunga.mp3
2001 – Box Set / CD 2 / 11 – Dead Can Dance – The Ubiquitous Mr. Lovegrove.mp3
2001 – Box Set / CD 2 / 12 – Dead Can Dance – Sloth.mp3
2001 – Box Set / CD 2 / 13 – Dead Can Dance – Bylar.mp3
2001 – Box Set / CD 2 / 14 – Dead Can Dance – The Carnival Is Over.mp3
2001 – Box Set / CD 2 / 15 – Dead Can Dance – The Spider’s Stratagem.mp3
2001 – Box Set / CD 2 / 16 – Dead Can Dance – The Wind That Shakes The Barley.mp3
2001 – Box Set / CD 2 / 17 – Dead Can Dance – How Fortunate The Man With None.mp3
2001 – Box Set / CD 3 / 01 – Dead Can Dance – I Can See Now.mp3
2001 – Box Set / CD 3 / 02 – Dead Can Dance – American Dreaming.mp3
2001 – Box Set / CD 3 / 03 – Dead Can Dance – Tristan.mp3
2001 – Box Set / CD 3 / 04 – Dead Can Dance – Sanvean.mp3
2001 – Box Set / CD 3 / 05 – Dead Can Dance – Rakim.mp3
2001 – Box Set / CD 3 / 06 – Dead Can Dance – Gloridean.mp3
2001 – Box Set / CD 3 / 07 – Dead Can Dance – Don’t Fade Away.mp3
2001 – Box Set / CD 3 / 08 – Dead Can Dance – Nierika.mp3
2001 – Box Set / CD 3 / 09 – Dead Can Dance – Song Of The Nile.mp3
2001 – Box Set / CD 3 / 10 – Dead Can Dance – Sambatiki.mp3
2001 – Box Set / CD 3 / 11 – Dead Can Dance – Indus.mp3
2001 – Box Set / CD 3 / 12 – Dead Can Dance – The Snake & The Moon.mp3
2001 – Box Set / CD 3 / 13 – Dead Can Dance – The Lotus Eaters.mp3

Cybernations.net – Free Nation Simulation Game

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CyberNations.net is a nation simulation game. Create a nation anywhere in the world and decide how you will rule your people by choosing a government type, a national religion, ethnicity, tax rate, currency type, and more in this new geo-political, nation, and government simulator. Build your empire by purchasing infrastructure to support your citizens, land to expand your borders, technology to increase your nation’s effectiveness, military to defend your interests, and develop national improvements and wonders to build your nation according to your choosing.

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Declare war on others and purchase from a wide variety of military options including soldiers and tanks used to defend against and attack your enemies, cruise missiles to bomb their cities, and nuclear weapons to bring wrath upon those who dare cross you. View your nation on real world maps and watch as your borders expand (or recede) over time. Communicate with other nations through private internal messages or discuss and debate issues in the Cyber Nations Forums. Send foreign aid packages and trade with other nations to grow your nation and improve your status in the Cyber Nations world.

How to Make Scrambled Eggs

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How to Make Scrambled Eggs

The secret to successfully scrambling eggs is slow cooking. A rubber spatula does a good job of moving the eggs. Don’t worry about melting the rubber – the heat is (or should be) too low to damage it.

Always remove scrambled eggs from the heat when they are almost set but still appear shiny and a bit underdone. If it is necessary to hold scrambled eggs for a short time before serving, it helps to avoid direct heat. Place a pan of hot water between the pan of eggs and the heat source.

Tip:  After removing the pan with the scrambled eggs from the heat, add a teaspoon of cold light cream of milk for each four eggs and stir fast for a second. This is to stop the cooking, which would otherwise continue for a few minutes by the internal heat retained by the eggs. Without this last step, the eggs would be overcooked and dry.

How to Cook Bacon

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Argghhh…splattered grease everywhere, a room full of smoke, and little curled up pieces of char that is supposed to be bacon. Here are some tips for cooking bacon.

Bacon Cooking Tips

Quick Tips: Turn often, remove rind, lower heat.

• Use a butter knife to separate the bacon.

• When frying bacon, it’s important to keep a close eye on it and turn it often. It can burn quickly.

• Pour or baste off the fat as it accumulates in the pan. Use medium to medium-low heat. Cook slowly, turning often, to render out the most fat and help reduce shrinkage. Pricking with a fork will help alleviate any curling problems.

• How can you reduce splattering problems? Part of the problem arises from today’s quick salt-brining method (known as pickle-curing) used by producers. The liquid naturally soaks into the meat, and you know what happens when liquid hits hot oil — snap, crackle, pop! Be sure the bacon slices are cold from the refrigerator and start with a cold pan. Use medium to medium-low heat and take your time cooking the slices, turning often. It’s preferable to thaw frozen bacon in the refrigerator to reduce moisture, but even then some of the moisture may naturally seep out. Towel off the slices before cooking to avoid excess splattering.

• Most slab bacon is sold with the rind attached. Remove the rind before using. Render the fat from the rind by frying and you have cracklings, a favorite Southern snack.