Monthly Archives: September 2007

My Halo 3 Profile

Posted on September 30, 2007 by Daz

I never knew that so many damn stats were taken from each game!

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Pixelmator Released

Posted on September 25, 2007 by Daz

The new image editing app come Photoshop contender for OS X got its full release today. I have to say that it does look very good, and at only $59 (less than 30 of our shiny british pounds) any license … Continue reading →

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One Day to Go…

Posted on September 25, 2007 by Daz

Yay! Halo 3 is out tomorrow and getting good reviews. I think i’d better get ready to rush into my local Game at some point tomorrow! From a certain point of view, Halo 3 is without a doubt the biggest … Continue reading →

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At Last! iCal to Show Correct Date!

Posted on September 23, 2007 by Daz

This makes me happy… One final note: It looks like Leopard’s iCal dock icon displays the proper date at all times! The dozen or so people who have clamored for this may rejoice. via

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Making Editable Tables With Catalyst and TableKit

Posted on September 23, 2007 by Daz

Catalyst is an MVC web-development framework for Perl, very similar in concepts, ideas (and even some of the implementation) to Ruby on Rails. I’m using Catalyst a lot in my job now, and one of the first challenges that i’ve … Continue reading →

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Macs Really Do Run Windows Better

Posted on September 22, 2007 by Daz

Oh so very true… Ever since Boot Camp appeared on the scene, there have been several comments about Macs being better Windows machines than Windows machines. The weird thing is it’s actually true. via

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Let’s Get Started…

Posted on September 11, 2007 by Daz

Welcome to the introductory post to hocuspokus.net! So, what’s going on here then?!? Well, basically this is going to be a place for me, Darren Oakley to dump my thoughts and little ideas that I have on a semi-regular basis… … Continue reading →

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