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Ajaxian Chat Module for Drupal content management system
by Victor Agreda, Jr. Aug 2nd 2005 at 11:25PM
So the open-source content management system Drupal got yet another feather in its cap: a chat module using Ajax. It's a very early build (we're talking alpha here), but it looks pretty cool. You'll need the buddylist module first, making sure you have buddies of course, and obviously a Drupal site.There are other ways to chat using Drupal, but they either require external apps or are just plain old HTML. Expect some rough edges as it's mostly a proof-of-concept at this point, but word is that it's working well in Firefox.
And for those of you who don't know, Drupal is great for making things like blogs and forums, and is currently used to power Linux Journal.
With Halloween fast approaching, it's a great time to get in some practice defending your territory against zombies. In Graveyard Shift, you take aim at zombies and other creepy-crawlies, blasting them into splatters of cartoony green guts. It's a casual first-person shooter, and it's very easy to get the hang of - use the mouse to aim, click to fire. Graveyard Shift has at least 15 levels, and it might even have some secret stages I haven't unlocked yet.
They key to getting good at Graveyard Shift is learning to use ...
