W3bbo.com

Hi, I'm David, and this is what I do...

Main Stuff, lol

Anolis, xpize, and Vize

Programs that make Windows look nicer. xpize is for Windows XP, Vize is for Windows Vista, and Anolis is a software framework I wrote to automate the process, it also contains a damned good ResHacker-alternative called Resourcer.

Bockipedia

Powerbocking is a hobby of mine. Whilst I'm not activly participating (since it's the winter), my gift to the community is a hosted wiki all about the sport. I sometimes keep it up to date and add articles...occasionally. Prod me if you'd like anything specific written. No, I can't do backflips... yet

Image Macros for Forums

A while ago I made my own compendum of popular image macros. They're available from here and here (the URLs are just aliases for the same directory on the server).

Web Hosting?

I have a few reasonably powered servers colocated (not rented) in a Manchester (UK) datacentre. If you're interested in cheap-but-powerful Windows Server 2008 hosting please let me know. I also have an affiliate scheme (earn easy money by selling your soul).

Other Stuff

I'm the soul who leaked Royale Noir to Long Zheng in 2006. Microsoft has yet to set their legal attack dogs on me. I also played a significant role in the Windows 7 UAC "By Design" debacle in early 2009.

Roughly 8 years ago I was into a little BBC flash series called Other Animals by Son of Ken. I made a collection of episodes I've archived on my computer since then. In retrospect it isn't that funny, but I liked it at the time.

In late 2008 I made a statement about Demon Internet (now a part of THUS) after the Virgin Killer incident. If you're a customer of Demon or THUS I strongly recommend quitting them and joining a competent ISP like ADSL24.

Past and Insignificant Stuff (i.e. me bragging and name-dropping)

• I was the editor of PlanetCnC.Gamespy.com from 2005 through late-2008. I'm temporarily "retired" whilst I work on more important things.
• I've been on TV at least three times. The first was December 2007 when I was in an episode of Battlecast Primetime. The second was a documentary segment on Capital Bocking. The third was a smaller documentary on bocking shown on The Community Channel.
• I headed up a total-modification for Command & Conquer: Generals - Zero Hour in 2004. The project was a disaster. The less said the better.
• I've met Mark Shuttleworth (Ubuntu) and Simon Peyton-Jones (Haskell) in person (in fact, I have Simon's ID card from an MSDN event in 2008).
• I wrote a bunch of terrible ASP3.0 scripts and put them on my website. They're awful so I've removed the links from this homepage, but if you have the old link it'll still work.
• I've achieved British Trampolinig Federation (now defunct) Star 5 rating.
• I've also had the honor of holding the title "World's Youngest Person".
• If I submitted my Tetris DX scores to Twin Galaxies I'd be the world's 5th best Tetris DX player.
• If you're incredibly sad check out my current Winamp playlist.

Contact Me

You can reach me by this handy Contactify form. I am also reachable over MSN Messenger (or whatever Microsoft is calling it thesedays), just ask me for it on the Contactify form.

I'd also like to mention that "W3bbo" isn't a unique name on the Internet, there are other people online (and on ham-radio) who use the same handle. I'm the original though :)

In particular, "W3bbosworld" on MySpace is not me: I was not born in 1982, I don't live in London, and I am significantly more attractive.