Thingy Ma Jig is the blog of Nicholas Thompson and contains any useful tips, sites and general blog-stuff which are considered interesting or handy!
I'm a big fan of free stuff and this is a list of all my favourite stuff, from software to websites.
15 September 2010
geek
free
Drupal
cool
Did anyone else get a Drupal EyeGrow (or Druplipets as they seem to be known) from DrupalCon CPH?
I started growing mine around a week ago and, as you can see, it's coming on pretty well!
24 February 2009
websites
free
design
cool
My friend over at Kasha Music has just released a REALLY nice free wallpaper. It's based on a starfield background with Kasha's face screened over the top. It's really effective!
30 November 2008
websites
free
design
cool
As part of my RSS reading, Smashing Magazine is rapidly becoming something I look forward to reading. Every month they do a roundup of desktop wallpapers which include a calendar and are, in some way, seasonal. This month is no exception! They have a fantastic selection of christmassy wallpapers for you to chose from and they're all free!
My mate and Kasha have done a REALLY nice remix of the fairly recent song American Boy by Estelle. You can hear it on KashaMusic.co.uk…
30 April 2008
mac
iphone
free
design
I treated myself to a nice new iPhone last week and am LOVING it!
My phone is jailbroken and unlocked now (using PwnageTool). This means I can run all kinda of funky apps and games. I decided recently to design my own theme to make my phone feel more like "mine". Here are some screenshots. I'm working with a friend on how to release this theme along with some he has done too…
31 December 2007
YADS
mobile phone
k850i
free
Any regulars to this site will know that...
So logically I want to customize mine to make it a little different from everyone else's K850i... Bring on Themes4UrMobilePhone.com!
17 December 2007
free
Drupal
design
After Matt Farnia posted about the utter lack of Drupal Wallpapers, my friend and I decided to have a Photoshop Tennis contest.
10 October 2007
mobile phone
k850i
free
I just got off the phone with the O2 Upgrades team. I suggested that I was interested in either the Nokia N95 OR the Sony Ericsson k850i. I was informed that neither the N95 or k850i could not be done for free on the budget/contract I was asking for so I asked to be put through to the retention team. After being on hold for a few minutes the call was retrieved from the abyss that was the call waiting queue and I got a good offer…
03 August 2007
websites
n95
mobile phone
free
cool
Are you in need of free Nokia N95 themes? I think I might have found just the site for you. Themes4urMobilePhone.com has just released a new section dedicated for Nokia N95 Themes - and they're all FREE!
A while ago I write a blog article about Free Nokia N73 Themes and it has proven very popular. I'm personally thinking about getting an N95 and this is definately going to be the site I use to customise it!
20 May 2007
programming
Ogre3D
games
free
With some help from a good friend, I took my first steps into game-making using C++ last night. I used a graphics engine called Ogre3D and tried to mimic a game I started making in Dark Basic Pro a few weeks ago. To my astonishment, within a few hours I'd managed to replicate the basic layout of the game using tools which cost absolutely nothing!
11 May 2007
software
free
Drupal
announcement
I've been working on it for a few days now, but its finally released. Social Statistics is being used on this site and can be found on any page on an enabled site in a block. It provides pluggable statistics for (currently) 3 major Social Networking websites; Del.icio.us, Digg and Ma.gnolia. It currently boasts caching of statistics for a configurable amount of time, AHAH retrieval of statistics which are not cached (thus not slowing down page loads) and an API to make the project extendible to anybody who cares to add a Social Network to the mixture!
The core module consists, mostly, of a few menu callbacks and an API. This API allows the user to enable any number of enabled modules to add their contribution to the block. The 3 enabled sites all have an XML based API, but each does things slightly differently - hence my choice in using them as examples of the module as a whole.
You can find this module over in the Drupal Projects section.
23 April 2007
websites
miscellaneous
free
cool
A friend sent me a link to one of those optical illusion thingies. I'm often very sceptical of them however upon inspection, this one seemed different and legitimate. I don't think its fake - but I equally don't understand why its screws with your eye's so much! Here are the instructions from the website…
05 April 2007
YADS
websites
review
n73
free
Drupal
cool
mobile phone
Need themes for Nokia N73? Download Nokia N73 Themes for free for your Nokia N73 handset.
I found this site while looking around the net. I am considering getting a Nokia N73 and I wanted to know what resources were out there. Then I found this site…
07 March 2007
websites
mac
free
design
ColorJack is a recently popularized Color Theory Application
They have a fantastic online system and an offline OSX Dashboard Widget. Basically, they have a whole load of settings which you chose from. You then drag one of the points around on the colour "sphere" (circle) and you are provided with a list of complimentary colours.
To try this out, get your browser over to the ColorJack Sphere where you can try it online.
21 February 2007
photos
mobile phone
K800i
free
Browsing around the web this morning, I found a really cool site for getting Free mobile phone wallpapers.
This site has wallpapers for all kinda of phone makes and models, for example:
There are literally tens of thousands of pages covering wallpaper styles from CGI to Celebrity
20 February 2007
software
programming
games
free
Dark Basic Pro
cool
announcement
I've just released a new game - its a VERY simple adaptation of the classic, pong, but it has a twist in the form of tennis. You must rally the ball back and forth - the ball gaining speed slightly on every return. Players win points (and serve) by knocking the ball past their opponent, either through a cunning move or by making them lose out in a game of reactions.
Checkout the game here - Pongis - Where Pong Meets Tennis
17 January 2007
websites
review
free
design
cool
I have a never ending quest to find good free stuff. Finding free stuff is easy - its the GOOD bit that stumps me…
Often I dont even mind paying for something if its quality, but obviously free is better!
Quality Icons are something I am always on the lookout for and I have been a member of Icon Buffet for a long time now — I'm a big fan of the free deliveries — and, although I've purchased a few packs (Oslo, Oslo Buzz and Soho), they are very expensive for a "bedroom programmer" such as myself.
14 January 2007
programming
games
free
Dark Basic Pro
cool
I just found this plugin (again) on The Games Creators Forum. Basically it adds new features to Dark Basic Pro. I'd used an older version of it but this one seems to have plenty more! Hopefully I'll put the project I'm using it for up soon - a resource management game
10 October 2006
programming
mysql
linux
geek
free
cool
This morning I am faced with a task that will involve repeatedly dropping and reimporting a lot of data. MySQL has DROP TABLE and DROP DATABASE but there is no command to drop all tables or truncate the database.
02 October 2006
cool
free
software
Over 20 free windows applications under 2mb, courteously of revision3 forum member, lordfoul. Definately a list to look into. Applications range from miscellaneous software, command utilities, system performance tools, and more.