@foxinni» Foxinni is Malan Joubert, a Wordpress Designer http://foxinni.com Designer, Programmer, Gamer Thu, 17 Jun 2010 19:17:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 WordPress 3 http://foxinni.com/blog/wordpress-3/ http://foxinni.com/blog/wordpress-3/#comments Thu, 17 Jun 2010 19:13:04 +0000 Foxinni http://foxinni.com/?p=488

It Takes a Village

I’m proud to acknowledge the contributions of the following 218 people to the 3.0 release cycle. These are the folks that make WordPress what it is, whose collaboration and hard work enable us to build something greater than the sum of our parts. In alphabetical order, of course.

More at http://wordpress.org/development/2010/06/thelonious/

“Blaas your vuvuzelas”
Happy WP3 guys.

Cheers,
Fox

]]> http://foxinni.com/blog/wordpress-3/feed/ 0 State of the Internet 2009 http://foxinni.com/blog/state-of-the-internet-2009/ http://foxinni.com/blog/state-of-the-internet-2009/#comments Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:15:31 +0000 Foxinni http://foxinni.com/?p=485 Infographics - State of the Internet 2009

]]> http://foxinni.com/blog/state-of-the-internet-2009/feed/ 0 Amsterdam, totsiens http://foxinni.com/blog/amsterdam-totsiens/ http://foxinni.com/blog/amsterdam-totsiens/#comments Sun, 31 Jan 2010 22:20:00 +0000 Foxinni http://foxinni.com/?p=467 I loved Amsterdam. I can do nothing but rave about how great it is. I most likely should be complaining about how expensive or how cold the weather was, but all I want to do is revisit this wonderful city with it’s whirling bikes and cobbled alley ways.

One thing I really loved about Amsterdam was the language. Afrikaans is not too far off from Dutch, so getting around and understanding the city was actually allot of fun, rather than it being a pain.

Walking around took some getting use to; bicycle ninjas are all over the place and you never hear them coming. And if you had to ask, the Redlight district is kinda hard to find, but once you were in it, you start asking yourself some really philosophical questions. Still, I can see the attraction.

]]> http://foxinni.com/blog/amsterdam-totsiens/feed/ 0 Torchlight, Diablo 3 killer? http://foxinni.com/blog/torchlight-diablo-3-killer/ http://foxinni.com/blog/torchlight-diablo-3-killer/#comments Sun, 31 Jan 2010 21:24:12 +0000 Foxinni http://foxinni.com/?p=458 I’m making a ridiculous statement right out the gates and oddly so because Diablo 3 has not even been released yet. Why say it’s a killer? That’s because Torchlight is exactly what you’d expect the next Diablo to be like.

From the start Torchlight submerges you in a neat new world, instantly throwing you into the action, where your character and your character’s (very useful) pet quickly start delving deeper into the troubled dungeons below.

Torchlight hugely surprised me in terms of it’s gaming experience and accessibility. Let me break it down for you…

Pros:

  • Gorgeous. Torchlight in-game is absolutely beautiful and crisp.
  • Smooth. This game runs smoothly on PC’s older than 3 years. It’s obviously very well built.
  • Tiny. Torchlight is less than 500MB in size! Most decent games average 5 to 8 Gigs.
  • Cheap. This game is going for $19.95 and is ready for download right now.
  • Playable. Torchlight is accurate, fast and really easy to play, with unique new interface features that makes this game loads of fun.

Con:

  • No multiplayer, yet. Currently in development for the MMORPG realm, Torchlight could become a serious contender in the online gaming genre. Good luck to you I say.

Blizzard will to be dangling the release date carrot in front of Diablo fans for a really long time to come. In the mean time I hope that Torchlight makes a big splash with their online gaming experience as they totally deserve it with this well polished game.

If you’re a gamer and haven’t played Torchlight yet,  I highly recommend you do.

Next follows some eye candy for you to feast on…

Torchlight Screenshots

Torchlight Videos

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Italy is an incredibly beautiful part of the world with amazing culture, breathtaking monuments and ridiculous traffic. For the backpacking traveler, Rome has a incredibly cheap metro system taking you right across town at €1 a pop. Definitely the best way to travel around the inner city.

]]> http://foxinni.com/blog/rome-florence-rome/feed/ 1 A night in Betties Bay http://foxinni.com/blog/a-night-in-betties-bay/ http://foxinni.com/blog/a-night-in-betties-bay/#comments Sun, 31 Jan 2010 17:54:48 +0000 Foxinni http://foxinni.com/?p=425 Nils and Christi, my “doctor friends”, invited me along for a night with the old gang for a braai, two nights before I had to leave for Ireland. The next morning we went for a dive to take out crayfish. Sadly I don’t have any photos of myself in the Neoprene cladding.

Please invite me again, I absolutely love this place.

]]> http://foxinni.com/blog/a-night-in-betties-bay/feed/ 0 The Killers, Cape Town, 2009 http://foxinni.com/blog/the-killers-cape-town-2009/ http://foxinni.com/blog/the-killers-cape-town-2009/#comments Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:32:01 +0000 Foxinni http://foxinni.com/?p=410 As promised, I will be sharing some of the love The Killers showed the attendees of yesterdays concert.

Any chance we as Cape Townians get to go to a big concert, we leap at the opportunity. This was the case with The Killers live in concert, churning out about 20 000, individuals ready for big sound and one killer live act.

The venue was good and the vibe was wonderful. All the heartache with traffic in and out of the venue aside, there was very little to complain about. The opening band, Zebra & Giraffe stepped up with and extraordinary performance, starting things up stunningly.

I got to snap some videos and images of the Killers in action (mostly from the wedged person position) .

]]> http://foxinni.com/blog/the-killers-cape-town-2009/feed/ 1 Version 4 http://foxinni.com/blog/version-4/ http://foxinni.com/blog/version-4/#comments Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:47:06 +0000 Foxinni http://foxinni.com/?p=400 An emotional moment comes as I finally polish up this LONG overdue theme for my site. Many things can attribute to this theme taking well over 6 month to complete. Among those are the love/hate relationship I have with design, the lack of focus and the need to get everything perfect.

My site is not perfect. It started off heading into one direction and then started going into other directions as time went on. Right now I’m very involved with WooThemes to really create a vicious web property, not to mention the obvious to just go less.

So just to tell you more about the latest design. I’m not a strong blogger and but I still want to push out updates. That’s why I opted for a sticky based homepage, with a few posts taking main stage. I wanted to try out something fluid, giving me space to explore the wide open spaces. And brown… brown is my favorite color.

Right now there is a very big WooThemes pluck on the site. Why? Simply because I want to get more people onto our great product. And big fat sections of advertising will do exactly that. The goal it to convert my traffic into something I spend allot of time on.

Foxinni.com is suppose to be my online business card, but my business card is doing some decent SE traffic… so the inner posts and old-to-ancient content I can’t do away with, or rather, I won’t. Further more, I intend to develop an above standard Portfolio section. I’ve done a bit of design in my day, hence forfeiting the Portfolio section for now. If it’s worth doing, it’s worth doing right.

Feel free to browse and comment on any features you like and do not like, it’s all fair game. I added some screenshots to the post using ThemeSmith. It will be making a big difference to the way I blog from now on.

* Expect some browser bugs. Firefox and Safari for the win.

]]> http://foxinni.com/blog/version-4/feed/ 14 District 9 out of 9 http://foxinni.com/blog/district-9-out-of-9/ http://foxinni.com/blog/district-9-out-of-9/#comments Sun, 11 Oct 2009 20:24:07 +0000 Foxinni http://foxinni.com/?p=377 This past week I went to go see District 9 again. The make of any good movie is one that you can watch twice in quick succession only to appreciate it even more. The subtle South African flavor coupled with a unique story, told in an uncanny documentary style fashion made for an enjoyable second ride. The certain individuals I’ve coaxed into watching  this big screen action movie,  found that my recommendations were sound.

Remember, the Tamatometer never lies…

]]> http://foxinni.com/blog/district-9-out-of-9/feed/ 1 We Love Boobs http://foxinni.com/blog/we-love-boobs/ http://foxinni.com/blog/we-love-boobs/#comments Sun, 11 Oct 2009 19:39:50 +0000 Foxinni http://foxinni.com/?p=375 WooThemes is doing something special this October. We’re raising awareness and funds for a noble cause. The “We Love Boobs” campaign has already had lots of success due to the power of social media, and makes me proud to be a WooThemer. :)

During the month of October, we will be donating a percentage of our proceeds to a local South African breast cancer charity. We’re hoping that you will buy a bucketload of themes from us during this next month, enabling us to make a significant financial contribution to this charity’s breast cancer awareness efforts.

So get cracking! Read more on our Breast Cancer campaign.

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