Archive for July, 2005

PHP Snippet: Reverse Proxy ?

I’m not suffering from Blog Burnout, just a little playstation distraction ;) Actually, I’ve spent a lot of time learning PHP for my potential new project; during this I found the function: file_get_contents, which in turn leads me to ask:

Is it possible to make a PHP Reverse proxy ?

I’m thinking yes, but it wouldn’t be easy. file_get_contents allows you to open a file or even a URL from a PHP script running on your webserver, just this simple thought gave birth to this snippet of code:


<?php
$URL=$_GET
["url"];
$self=$_SERVER["PHP_SELF"];

if ( $URL == "") {
?>
No URL Given:

New Wallpaper - GnomeGhost

Another mad moment, and another wallpaper.

This time I couldn’t decide which version to publish so here’s 2 !

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At first I followed the art.gnome theme, and kept the foot sharp & crisp, and then I thought it’d be more ghostly if the foot was faded, but I still can’t decide which is better, maybe the folks at gnome-look will have an opinion.

Which actually reminds me of something weird, “gnome art” opinions, you’d think that the generally good wallpapers would be easily recognisable, but when it come to my CodenameGnome piece, the folks at art.gnome didn’t release it, but it’s actually my highest ranked at gnome-look, I guess it goes to show how wrong I was ! ;)

Retro Gaming Heaven - NES Style

X-Mas about 15yrs ago a small boy’s dream came true when his parents brought him a Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) and now, direct from eBay for £40 the revival, sweeeeeet retro gaming heaven ! :cool:

I’ve got a TVcard on my desktop at work so here are some screenshots and a couple of cam-phone picy’s for you enjoyment.

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Hello PS2

If I’m not messing with linux, then I’m playing PS2.

This website just doesn’t reflect that, so I’ve updated the ps2 section to include all my games, not just the ones I’ve completed.

The ps2linux section has also taken the sideline until I have some content

Here’s a screen shot of what I’m playing at the moment ;)


StarWars Revenge of the Sith

I hope my reviews help anyone who’s having difficulty choosing good games :cool: