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vicrabb blogged

Free Technology For Teacher: A Visual Guid to Creative Commons - Sharing it.

I loved this man for its finding for the Education world. Anyway, he found this. I'm sharing it.

http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2014/08/a-visual-guide-to-creative-commons.html

Free Technology for Teachers: A Visual Guide to Creative Commons Licenses

freetech4teachers.com

Remember that post? I've deleted it because well, I need to update it but I don't want to create a post for saying it's updated. In other words, well, I'm lazy and I prefer to copy paste everything. So here we go again.

When something isn't good enough for my eyes, I'm always trying to arrange that. Even if stylesheets aren't my forte, I can use it basically for my needs.

If you remember my schema m:m, you already know that I'm speaking about videogames. I've generated a module "jeux" (jeux = games in French) with the command doctrine:generate-module. So, what Doctrine and Symfony did? They've generated everything that I needed basically, as the forms.

So, you can see me already adapting the form in order to have visually pleasant for me. The file GameForm.class.php is under lib/form/doctrine and is empty. Yes, it's empty. So how it's generating my form? In reality, that file is used for override and to customize some options you can find in BaseGameForm.class.php (under lib/form/doctrine/base).

You'll ask me that I could do changes in it but in the Jobeet tutorial, they're not doing it and besides, it's better not to touch the "source" code.

Anyway, after a few tries, I've finally what I wanted:

__phpcode0__

As my comments are in French, I'm explaining here what I did:

1) Change the date range: Symfony is putting by default a 10 years range (2005->2015) with the current year as reference. But I wanted to add Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis as adventure game for testing and well, that game is from the nineties, so with a such range, I'm just a little stuck. So, I used a code I found on Symfony – Forms in Actions (unfortunately not linked on the website – Google is your friend in that case) in order to extend the range.

2) I wanted a list of genres as a checkbox one (like on Neoseeker) and not a dropdown one. So, I used sfFormDoctrineChoice which is better in the case of m:m (and it's that widget which's been generated in BaseGameForm.class.php), I added what it needed in order to work like the model (genre), if it will be an unique choice or a multiple one (multiple is set at true when you want a multiple choice), if you want a select, a checkbox or a radio (in our case, I want a checkbox, so expanded is at true), etc.. Here is a little reminder about multiple and expanded:

1. I want a dropdown list (so the user has only one choice possible):
'multiple'=>false,'expanded'=>false

2. I want a dropdown box (so that the user can do multiple choices):
'multiple'=>true,'expanded'=>false

3. I want a list with radio buttons:
'multiple'=>false,'expanded'=>true

4. I want a list with checkboxes:
'multiple'=>true,'expanded'=>true

So I'm done (after setting appropriate labels with setLabels()). But when I saw the results, it was: "WTF are doing li tags just before my checkboxes? I didn't ask that!".

They're rendering it like that and I'm not so advanced in Symfony to try a renderer class or to modify anything in the code source. I found an answer but unfortunately, it was related to sfFormChoice and not my widget, who isn't supporting an argument like "renderer_class".

Today (well a few days ago now), I decided to come to an end to that. So, I tried other options. And what I couldn't see two weeks ago just popped up in my head like that. It's not hurting and it's just for newbies like me but well, these horrible li disappeared and I'm happy right now. So, here are the methods:

strip_tags()

PHP has a function that can elimitate html tags in a string. So, I opened the _form.php under apps/frontend/jeux/templates (remember, the module we're speaking about is jeux, so, it's there I need to go) and I changed the line __phpcode1__ by __phpcode2__

The tag is removed but by doing so, you don't have anymore a vertical list of genres. If you're not being bothered by that, it's good. Don't forget to put the allowed tags instead of list of tags as Neoseeker doesn't see that they're not meant to be interpreted (I saw closing tags at the end of the post).

|I've solved this today|

But you can do the following if you really want them vertically:
__phpcode3__

You replace the closing tag for li by the tag br and save the new form in a new variable which will be printed with the echo. Don't forget to add the tag br in the allowed ones.

Oh yeah!

CSS method

Well, open the file main.css (or any css you've included for your form) under web/css and add:

code

li{
list-style-type: none;
}

While the li tag is still present, at least, you don't see any squares, circles, etc. and your list is vertical. But well, if you're using any li and you need a visual reference, unless you create a special class for them or add a style attribute, you're doomed.

|I've solved this today|

So how to solve that? Create a new CSS (form.css for example) and put it under web/css. Put the code above in it. Then, go to _form.php and add that line at the beginning:

__phpcode4__

Oh yeah!

Anyway, this post is merely a reminder for myself about the pros and the cons of it but I think that it can help newbies trying to search an answer and not finding one.

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vicrabb blogged

Dec 13, 10 4:49pm

Wow a delete comment option? It's Christmas on Neoseeker!

Uhm, well, yeah, many of us, the Neobloggers, were waiting for that: to delete a comment that can be spam, insulting or anything else not constructive at all.

So for me, it's Christmas on Neoseeker (and Christmas for Neoseeker, as I'm beginning to come back slowly with profiles, box scans and faqs).

By the way, I lost my Handyman in TF2 (a deal with my best friend there) but as I was letting him the hat he crafted with it, I asked him to find one of these: napper, merryweather or vintage soldier stash. He found me the napper in 20 minutes ^^. I've used the light pink color but I hope to find Pink as Hell. Yes, I've this little girly side: after all, why should I always act as a 27-year-old-nearing-her-28-years?

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vicrabb blogged

Dec 7, 10 11:15pm

Disabling email login with sfDoctrineGuardPlugin

A fast post for a little tip: I've searched without success how to disable email login.

If you prefer, I've downloaded the sfDoctrineGuardPlugin, one of the most importants when you're developping with Symfony. It's used mainly for signin and also registering but even if the basic readme is already complete for the basic changes, it was missing this: HOW TO DISABLE THE EMAIL LOGIN WHEN YOU WANT A USERNAME ONLY?

And the answer is just as simple as what will follow.

Well, just put that line in the app.yml of your application (in my case apps/backend/config):

code

all:
  sf_guard_plugin_allow_login_with_email: false

As usual, this post is mainly for me but if it can spare to people some useless research in the files, it's also good.

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vicrabb blogged

Dec 7, 10 7:58pm

Between Symfony, Steam's promotions and TF2's hats....

I'm busy. I mean, I was already busy trying to get a grip a Symfony but with the Steam deals recently, I have purchased a indie pack (puzzle if you want to know: Tidalis, Shatter, Puzzle Dimension, Cogs and Droplitz). But today, with their treasure hunt (and the promise of a hat in tf2), I'm being kinda anxious.

I mean, I've 3/4 achievements for the two first days: avatar, Chime (yep, I've Chime) and Poker Night (yep, I've unlocked the Iron Curtain - it was my third unlock on the game).

But what if it's about games I don't want to buy or I don't have enough space on my hard drive? Please Santa Valve, do something about one achievement in TF2 and L4D/L4D2... or Alien Swarm...Or Audiosurf...or Flight Control... or well, Half-Life ^^. I've more than 100 hours on both L4D, I've a good part of unlocks in TF2 (and all achievements), I've done 14 min. with Ninja Mono (elite) for achievements, I've all achievements on Half-Life saga. I'm also ready to play CS:S if needed.

But hey, guess what? I got Ze Goggles for the Medic from a crate and a friend handed me the Handyman Handle for a Bonk Helm I got from a deal (a sticky jumper against it, yes, it's a shame but I wasn't going to miss it as it wasn't for me).

Well, I'm going back to my symfony. I'm a noob in it but apparently, I'm learning quickly. I plan to write a noob guide by a noob ^^. Maybe I'll publish it here step-by-step ^^.

By the way, after TF2, HL2/E1/E2, you can add Fluttabyes as game with all achievements unlocked. Chime will be following as I'm only missing the 100 cubes. Yes, I did cover the grid in 3 min mode for each level. Isn't it great? Flight Control HD also should be soon joining the club as it's a matter of number of games played.

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vicrabb blogged

Dec 2, 10 6:38pm

Créer un schéma m:m dans Symfony (French version)

Vic utilise Netbeans 6.9 and Symfony 1.4.. This is the French translation of the previous blog post, so, don't begin to tell me to do it in English, it's already done!

Je suis bien consciente que je ne suis pas toujours très précise ou exacte sur la définition de certains éléments mais c'est ainsi que je les ai compris.

Après une mauvaise expérience de génération de schéma avec une commande Doctrine intégrée dans Symfony, j'ai dû réécrire mon fichier schema.yml qui définit ma base de données. Mon projet test concerne les jeux vidéo dont voici un aperçu (textuel et graphique):

Un jeu peut appartenir à plusieurs genres tout comme il peut sortir sur plusieurs plateformes. Une plateforme possède une bibliothèque de jeux, ce qui vaut aussi pour le genre qui peut en regrouper plusieurs.

Donc comment générer mon schema.yml sans passer par build-schema?

Tout d'abord, je me suis attaquée à la définition de la table Game qui reprend les jeux. N'oubliez pas que l'indentation est importante dans YAML et que le blog ne me permet pas de faire des bout de codes. Je garde aussi la colonne id pour bien vous montrer la structure, sachez donc que leur déclaration ici est inutile (à moins que vous vouliez que votre champ id s'appelle numéro par exemple).

code

Game:
  columns:
    id:
      type: integer(4)
      autoincrement: true
      primary: true
    name_game:
      type: string(255)
      notnull: true
    developer:
      type: string(100)
      default: Inconnu
    publisher:
      type: string(100)
      default: Inconnu
    background:
      type: string()
    release_date:
      type: date(25)

Bien que Game a une relation m:m avec Genre, je ne la précise pas dans ma table. Il suffit que je l'écrive dans la définition de la table Genre pour que Doctrine fasse le lien automatiquement.

A présent, attaquons-nous à Genre:

code

Genre:
  columns:
    id:
      type: integer(4)
      autoincrement: true
      primary: true
    name_genre:
      type: string(50)
      notnull: true

Jusqu'ici, rien de bien méchant et d'inconnu n'est apparu. C'est donc à la suite de ce code que vous pouvez ajouter la partie « relations ».

code

Genre:
  columns:
    id:
      type: integer(4)
      autoincrement: true
      primary: true
    name_genre:
      type: string(50)
      notnull: true
  relations:
    Games:
      foreignAlias: Genres
      class: Game
      refClass: GameGenre
      local: genre_id
      foreign: game_id

Donc, comment comprendre cette partie?

Je donne le nom de la relation en utilisant le nom de la table avec laquelle Genre est lié (Game au pluriel). Ensuite, je lui donne un alias optionnel qui correspond cette-fois à ma table courante (à nouveau le nom au pluriel).

Class représente en fait la classe (la table) qui est liée à Genre.

Nous savons déjà que la représentation d'une relation m:m se fait traditionnellement avec une table intermédiaire (faites l'expérience dans Mysql Workbench et vous verrez la naissance de la table de liaison) où les relations seront stockées. Donc, nous indiquons dans notre schéma quelle table utiliser dans ce cas-ci: Doctrine saura que GameGenre stocke les clés primaires des jeux et des genres. Mais nous avons besoin d'un autre paramètre que nous verrons plus tard.

Local se réfère à l'objet courant, ici Genre, en donnant le nom de la colonne le concernant dans GameGenre (puisque refClasse est GameGenre). Foreign fait la même chose mais avec l'autre table.

Définissons maintenant GameGenre qui doit impérativement se trouver dans votre schéma, sinon, Doctrine ne saura pas quoi faire.

code

GameGenre:
  columns:
    game_id:
      type: integer(4)
      primary: true
    genre_id:
      type: integer(4)
      primary: true
  relations:
    Genre:
      onDelete: cascade
      local: genre_id
      foreign: id
      foreignAlias: GameGenres
    Game:
      onDelete: cascade
      local: game_id
      foreign: id
      foreignAlias: GameGenres

Les explications sont similaires par rapport à Genre. Il y a trois différences:

- onDelete: cascade, qui est notre paramètre à donner afin de supprimer les lignes concernant soit un genre soit un jeu si celui-ci est supprimé.
- Le nom des tables concernées est le nom de la relation.
- Local représente toujours notre colonne de la table concernée mais Foreign ici prend le nom de la colonne dans la table conservée. C'est ainsi que si les clés primaires ont un nom autre que id, Doctrine sait faire le lien.

Une fois que vous savez cela, vous pourrez définir la relation entre Game et Platform:

code

Game:
  columns:
    id:
      type: integer(4)
      autoincrement: true
      primary: true
    name_game:
      type: string(255)
      notnull: true
    developer:
      type: string(100)
      default: Inconnu
    publisher:
      type: string(100)
      default: Inconnu
    background:
      type: string()
    release_date:
      type: date(25)

Genre:
  columns:
    id:
      type: integer(4)
      autoincrement: true
      primary: true
    name_genre:
      type: string(50)
      notnull: true
  relations:
    Games:
      foreignAlias: Genres
      class: Game
      refClass: GameGenre
      local: genre_id
      foreign: game_id

GameGenre:
  columns:
    game_id:
      type: integer(4)
      primary: true
    genre_id:
      type: integer(4)
      primary: true
  relations:
    Genre:
      onDelete: cascade
      local: genre_id
      foreign: id
      foreignAlias: GameGenres
    Game:
      onDelete: cascade
      local: game_id
      foreign: id
      foreignAlias: GameGenres

Platform:
  columns:
    id:
      type: integer(4)
      autoincrement: true
      primary: true
    name_platform:
      type: string(50)
      notnull: true
    acronyme:
      type: string(10)
      notnull: true
  relations:
    Games:
      foreignAlias: Platforms
      class: Game
      refClass: GamePlatform
      local: platform_id
      foreign: game_id

GamePlatform:
  columns:
    game_id:
      type: integer(4)
      primary: true
    platform_id:
      type: integer(4)
      primary: true
  relations:
    Platform:
      onDelete: cascade
      local: platform_id
      foreign: id
      foreignAlias: GamePlatforms
    Game:
      onDelete: cascade
      local: game_id
      foreign: id
      foreignAlias: GamePlatforms

Avec ce schéma, vous pouvez générer des fichiers et des formulaires qui vont vous faciliter la vie, notamment dans l'insertion de données sans que vous ayez à requêter vous-même.

Plus d'informations sur:
- http://www.doctrine-project.org/projects/orm/1.2/docs/manual/yaml-schema-files/en#relationships
- http://melikedev.com/2009/12/09/symfony-w-doctrine-saving-many-to-many-mm-relationships/

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vicrabb blogged

Nov 26, 10 5:17pm

Creating your schema.yml m:m in Symfony

Vic is using Netbeans 6.9 and Symfony 1.4. She is already sorry for her skills in technical langages when it comes to English but she hopes you can understand what she's trying to mean. She might publish the same message but in French.

After a bad experience of generating schema with a Doctrine command... uhm what? Oh yeah, what's Doctrine?

« Object relational mapper (ORM) for PHP that sits on top of a powerful database abstraction layer (DBAL). One of its key features is the option to write database queries in a proprietary object oriented SQL dialect called Doctrine Query Language (DQL), inspired by Hibernates HQL. This provides developers with a powerful alternative to SQL that maintains flexibility without requiring unnecessary code duplication. » - from Doctrine Project.

So, after using a Doctrine command integrated in the symfony framework, I had to rewrite myself my schema.yml, used to define my database. My test project was about... videogames. So, here is the model:

A game can have several genres as he can be supported on several platforms. A platform can have a library of several games and it's the same for the genre.

So how to generate my schema.yml without using any plugin doing it automatically?

Well, first, I've decided to write the definition of the Game table (indentations are really important in YAML) because the game is in the center of my schema:

code

Game:
  columns:
    id:
      type: integer(4)
      autoincrement: true
      primary: true
    name_game:
      type: string(255)
      notnull: true
    developer:
      type: string(100)
      default: Inconnu
    publisher:
      type: string(100)
      default: Inconnu
    background:
      type: string()
    release_date:
      type: date(25)

You don't have to precise the relationship between it and another table (in our case Genre or Platform) if you plan to do it in the latter. In other words, Doctrine can make the link between two tables as far as you have the relationship defined in one of them.

Well, now, it's time to see what Genre must contain.

code

Genre:
  columns:
    id:
      type: integer(4)
      autoincrement: true
      primary: true
    name_genre:
      type: string(50)
      notnull: true

Seen like that, it's still easy. But here comes the part where you're defining the relationship:

code

Genre:
  columns:
    id:
      type: integer(4)
      autoincrement: true
      primary: true
    name_genre:
      type: string(50)
      notnull: true
  relations:
    Games:
      foreignAlias: Genres
      class: Game
      refClass: GameGenre
      local: genre_id
      foreign: game_id

So, what's important?

First, I'm giving the name of the relationship (related to the other table in this case): Games. After, I give an optional alias for the relationship (related here to the current table). Class is representing the name of the table (or the class if you prefer) which is tied to Genre (Game).

But as we already know, m:m relationships are better with a « middle » table where the links are stored. So, we need to specify it in refClass. Now, Doctrine will know that if something is changing or in Game or in Genre, it will be reflected in GameGenre (but we need to give a parameter in GameGenre, which we'll do in a few minutes).

Local is refering to the current object (here Genre) but with the name of the id in GameGenre, so that he knows that id in Genre equals to genre_id in GameGenre. Foreign is doing the same except that it concerns the other table.

Now, it's time to define the linking table. If it's not in your schema, Doctrine will not know where to store the data related to that. Besides, should I remind you that schema.yml is defining your database, so, all the tables must be in it?

code

GameGenre:
  columns:
    game_id:
      type: integer(4)
      primary: true
    genre_id:
      type: integer(4)
      primary: true
  relations:
    Genre:
      onDelete: cascade
      local: genre_id
      foreign: id
      foreignAlias: GameGenres
    Game:
      onDelete: cascade
      local: game_id
      foreign: id
      foreignAlias: GameGenres

It's based on the same explanation I gave above. The only new option you can see here is onDelete: cascade, so that, if a game is deleted, the link with genres will be also deleted (same if it's concerning a genre).

Another difference is that you give directly the class which is concerned (don't forget it's the linking table).

Once you did that and you understood that, you can do platform without problem for obtaining our schema.yml.

code

Game:
  columns:
    id:
      type: integer(4)
      autoincrement: true
      primary: true
    name_game:
      type: string(255)
      notnull: true
    developer:
      type: string(100)
      default: Inconnu
    publisher:
      type: string(100)
      default: Inconnu
    background:
      type: string()
    release_date:
      type: date(25)

Genre:
  columns:
    id:
      type: integer(4)
      autoincrement: true
      primary: true
    name_genre:
      type: string(50)
      notnull: true
  relations:
    Games:
      foreignAlias: Genres
      class: Game
      refClass: GameGenre
      local: genre_id
      foreign: game_id

GameGenre:
  columns:
    game_id:
      type: integer(4)
      primary: true
    genre_id:
      type: integer(4)
      primary: true
  relations:
    Genre:
      onDelete: cascade
      local: genre_id
      foreign: id
      foreignAlias: GameGenres
    Game:
      onDelete: cascade
      local: game_id
      foreign: id
      foreignAlias: GameGenres

Platform:
  columns:
    id:
      type: integer(4)
      autoincrement: true
      primary: true
    name_platform:
      type: string(50)
      notnull: true
    acronyme:
      type: string(10)
      notnull: true
  relations:
    Games:
      foreignAlias: Platforms
      class: Game
      refClass: GamePlatform
      local: platform_id
      foreign: game_id

GamePlatform:
  columns:
    game_id:
      type: integer(4)
      primary: true
    platform_id:
      type: integer(4)
      primary: true
  relations:
    Platform:
      onDelete: cascade
      local: platform_id
      foreign: id
      foreignAlias: GamePlatforms
    Game:
      onDelete: cascade
      local: game_id
      foreign: id
      foreignAlias: GamePlatforms

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vicrabb blogged

Aug 26, 09 9:28pm

I'm still alive...

Yeah yeah, I know I promised Football review but currently, Zynga is doing some changes to their games - Special Forces is ugly now, Fashion Wars is finally getting some order in the job, Vampire Wars is growing with features, Mafia Wars is in the same case and with a possibilty of a new Mafia Wars Russia, Farmville is growing everyday, etc.. -.

And when I'm finally done with my games, I'm helping my mom with some work we're doing. We're renovating the TV room/diner room/relax room or if you prefer, we're doing the first floor. So you can imagine that I've totally let Neo out of that.

Well, today, I felt like contributing!

And for not changing, it's for iPhone.

It's feeling good. Because the poor iPhone section hasn't really growing up since last time I've checked. I've provided a good start for the iPhone section with all the games contributed. And now, I'm believing that I was perhaps the only one to carry the task to make a good section. Eeer, well, it's true that I had a high rate of contributing at that time and that it's kinda hard to follow the same rate for someone else...

I've missed a lot during four months of absence. I can't imagine the casual games I'll have to contribute.... and iphone! When I let it down, apptism was somewhere around 37000 apps. They have now 73000. With probably a lot of games.

I'm not returning now for resources. I'm doing profiles. I'm getting back slowly...

It should make happy some of you.

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vicrabb blogged

Jul 27, 09 3:45pm

Next review....

Stay tuned, I've decided to review Football by Zynga and I've just made my screenshots :).

Apart from that, I've found casual games in French and in keep cases, which means that I can finally buy them without a credit card or downloading them in English with ads. For what I saw, you have MFC: Ravenhearst, Mystery PI: The Lottery Ticket (I bought it) and Vegas Heist (alos bought), Hidden Expedition: Titanic, Jewel Quest 2, Zuma, The Lost cases of Sherlock Holmes, Mahjong Quest 2, Mortimer Becket and the Mystery of Spooky Manor and a lot of others ones I know but well, I can't get the names in English.

Damn, I had to buy only two because I know myself. I would have bought the entire collection except for Jewel Quest 2 and Mahjong Quest 2.

I'll see if I can find them on ebay in keep case.

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vicrabb blogged

Jul 14, 09 5:40pm

FARMVILLE UPDATE!!! - Animals producing

Yeah, yeah, as I've said, Farmville was a new game and it seems to have expanded well in a week: not only you can expand your farm (which I've done gladly) but now and contrary to Farmtown, your animals are producting: cows and goats give milk, ducks give feathers, pigs give truffles, chickens give eggs and sheeps give wools. We still don't know what the rabbit will give but for sure, I'm happy to see that finally, Farmville is evolving in the good sense and not staying like a Farmtown clone.

For now, I'm hesitating between reviewing Football from Zynga or Drinking Wars.... Mmmmm well stay tuned!

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vicrabb blogged

Jul 5, 09 7:55pm

FACEBOOK GAME REVIEW: Farmville or the Farmtown clone

FARMVILLE: A CLONE OF FARMTOWN THAT CAN BE BETTER THAN IT

Being a farmer is fun

Well, for those who don't know, before getting on Neoseeker, I was playing some Internet games, mainly created by French/Belgian developers and expanding towards the English World like Exolandia for example. I was playing the Renaissance Kingdoms, Animefight and My E-Farm.

My E-Farm was putting you in the shoes of a farmer with animals to take care (and make babies) and with a production to assure in the level 3. The level 3 was really hard, so, I just gave up playing that game who was good.

It's not a surprise that I'm playing Farmtown on Facebook... and now Farmville from Zynga still on the same network.

Note that Farmville is clearly inspired by Farmtown, even in the name as ville = town. But the style is different. Even if...

So what's the matter?

Farmville is the new game by Zinga, who is a successful developer for Facebook and MySpace. They're behind Mafia Wars (also on... iPhone), Vampires Wars (also on... iPhone under the name of Vampire Bloodlust), YoVille, Football, Gang Wars, Heroes vs Villians, Pirates, Space Wars, etc..

Farmville is putting you in the shoes of a farmer. You have to plow with the "plow" tool for making a field and then you buy at the market the seeds you want to plant. You can also put trees, animals, or decorations on your land for getting a beautiful farm. Trust me, some on Farmtown are really great, so, as Farmville is only... a week or two old, you can imagine what it will be like in some weeks.

So, what about the seeds? The seeds are put in a plowed field, on Farmville, you can find: eggplants, rice, wheat, soya beans, squash, artichokes, pumpkin, strawberries, etc.. Each of them is growing up in a certain time: for example, strawberries are ready to harvest after 4 hours, when pumpkins are after 8 hours and artichokes after 4 days. So, you can understand that each product is having a different price and that when you're selling your harvest (which happens when harvesting), you'll get different prices. Personnally, I don't want to play Farmville or Farmtown every four hours, so I'm just buying seeds that need a day or more for being ready to harvest.

When it's ready to harvest, you have just to click on it for seeing your little buddy, the farmer, harvesting it. You have to plow your field again if you want to put seeds on it. The fact of plowing and putting seeds are making you earn XP, Farmville being a game with farmer levels. You have to level up if you want to unlock more trees, animals or seeds.

And it's the same with trees, well nearly, you don't have to plow.

Yes, you can earn some money by harvesting trees. You can buy them or... just waiting that a Facebook Friend playing the game send you a gift. The gift can be an animal or a tree, for now, I can send: Orange, Apple, Apricot, Cherry, Fig and Avocado tree. You can use or sell your gift.

As for the animals, they're just there for making your farm looking as a farm: cow, chickens, pigs, sheep... or you can still sell them for money if you're being gifted one.

The decoration is just there for the look: tent, waterwell, barn, etc.. It's perhaps sometimes expensive but the fact of building it can earn you xp. I'll refer to Farmtown but it's applying also on Farmville, though the number can't be the same: building an expensive decoration can make you earn 200 XP for example.

As Farmville is new, you can't interact with other people unless they're in your friend lists and playing the game: you can send them gifts but you can ask them to be your neighbour, which is easier for you to visit them.

Indeed, visiting a friend's farm and accepting to do the proposed task can earn you coins (money) and xp, which is really great when you're a low level or without a big farm.

They keep coming. Everyday, since my arrival, they're coming to see me, to observe me as if I was a sort of alien, someone not of their kind. And still, I'm born like them, I've grown up with them and I would have died peacefully like them, on the account that nothing would happen to me.

Unfortunately, I don't know anymore if I'll die in a bed in my room, in a bed in jail or during an planned execution.

I didn't kill my friends. I killed my father, yes, but I didn't kill my friends. I don't blame William, he was under the influence, so, I can honestly say that it wasn't a human being who murdered the crew that week.

Since the arrival of the rescue team, I'm a prisoner. They discovered that I was using my father's name, so, when they took a grip on me, it was easy for them to believe that I did the rest. It wouldn't have been easy if my cover was still on but at least, they would have done research.

With already a murder on my hands, they didn't do nothing. But the psychiatrists have a consensus on me: they still don't know how I could murdered my friends as my mental status is clean and not corresponding to a serial killer's profile.

Since then, they interned me in New Delhi Mental Institute, where I'm like a curiosity.

They'll finish by convincing me that I've killed them. I'm only thinking again and again about what happened. If I was the murderer, it would be easy for me.

I didn't kill Barry, I only killed his corpse which was possessed by DeFoe's spirit. I didn't kill Serena, I was outside when she was abducted and killed. I didn't kill Angela, she put me in jail and was killed in front of me by the Barry zombie. I didn't kill Adam, he was sucked into space, because William jammed everything. I didn't kill William, the one who promised him so much things killed him, just for his eyes. I would have been next if I didn't kill what William has made, a new body for DeFoe, just before the Charisma arrival.

But somewhere, I've killed Barry. I should have tried to convince him to throw back to space the package we've found and that he ordered to bring aboard. The inscription said that we shouldn't disturbed John DeFoe's eternal sleep. It was from 1997. Given the fact that everything happened in August 2385 and that we're the 3rd February 2386, a warning from nearly four centuries ago is just as sand on the beach: nothing important.

I've killed Serena. I should have come back in the ship when I heard the noises. I shouldn't have tried to find clues about where Barry's body went.

I've killed Angela. I was in jail and so? I should have tried to disrupt the beams when I saw the zombie enter the room.

I've killed Adam. I didn't give my hand for trying to retain him and to shut down the door. He just said to run, knewing that he would die and that he was at least saving my life. But see the result.

I've killed William. He was a rookie. He was having nightmares. I should have done more for him. He wouldn't have been influenced by the spirit.

We were in the Caracus Galaxy when it happened. William was explaining that he wasn't feeling well, that he wasn't belonging to the crew and that everyone, including his father, was looking at him as he wasn't part of the painting.

William Taylor was our physician. That was his first trip in space. My father was specialised in the counselling in close environment, especially when it comes to space. I tried to be the famous doctor like him but failed. When the man in red suggested me to push my father in the stairs and to take his identity, I didn't hesitate. I didn't want to push him to his death. But that killed him. 65 years of a life just ended. I took his ID and boarded the Mephistopheles. They discovered one week prior the end of the nightmare that an imposter was using Jonathan Somerset's ID.

Anyway, William came to me thinking that I was the great John Somerset. I knew what to do, after all, I've studied for this job but I didn't have the experience of it.

Then he just went to his sickbay. I decided to speak about William with Barry when he asked us to go in the meeting room.

Barry Chahal was nearing the retirement. It was his last mission. He was having the nasty use not to listen to recommendations. It wasn't this time that he would do an exception.

Angela Garret was the first mate. An efficient one. But she is too logical, for her, everything must be in place: no ghost, no spirit, no worthy feeling. Everything was rationalised.

Serena Kyle was also a rookie but she isn't really afraid of venturing in space. She was our pilot. She is used to every computer here. But also, she is someone who is following rules strictly. The fact that the Captain wasn't that kind of officer was worrying her.

Adam Gilkennie is our clown. He's always humoring everything. So, taking his job seriously isn't his forte. But he's a wonderful engineer. He was my roommate, so, I was close to him.

And then, me, Malcolm Somerset, aka Jonathan Somerset, the one with whom you share your feelings, the one who is helping you feeling better. I'm not the kind of person to stay in a white cell, just waiting that someone will do research about DeFoe and just say: hey, he's innocent for the Mephistopheles!

Everything was set. Barry found a package floating in space, well, the sensors detected it. Serena explained everything and just said that the highers were contacted and recommended to let it to a research ship.

As it wasn't an order, Barry asked Adam to bring it aboard. After that, he told me that If I needed to speak, his door was open and announced me that my presence was required by a first contact scenario rule. Great, I didn't knew that but managed to tell him that I was thinking that for a simple object, it wasn't the case.

After that, I took his invitation and spoke with him. Nothing important, just my concerns about the crew, about me and some other little things. I decided to speak with everyone except Adam who was working. I wanted to know their feelings about it.

As expected, it wasn't a big deal for them, except for Serena. After all, Barry did ignore a recommendation. But the rest wasn't worrying. Angela was just thinking about a motor and William, well, it wasn't the thing on his mind.

Just at the moment I wanted to look in my files, Barry required my presence. I went to the cargo bay for discovering a sort of black crate. Angela recorded a rapport. And I saw this inscription with a hat. Don't disturbed John DeFoe's eternal sleep or something like that. It was dated from 1997.

A dead. It was the last house for a man. Or I thought.

Anyway, it was time to sleep. We let the casket there.

Bad idea.

I've dreamed that it was opening itself.

I didn't know it at that time but it was a dream. A dream which happened the same night in the reality.

to be continued

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vicrabb blogged

Jan 18, 09 10:02am

Hope that now, I'll keep a blog

Yeah, yeah, I've tried to have a blog but I have no patience to maintain one. Hope that now I'll do it.

You will not find here my life.

No. I already what you will find here. Some critics that I can't submit to Neo like the countdowns I've mentioned in my 6DAS review.

Or some writing. In English. I've already a sort of fanfic in my head. And I can still publish again my old thoughts, with my own OC in videogames world. He he, I feel some HL/Max Payne/R6 coming back again to life.

Anyway, I'm just here for sharing.

I wish everyone could understand French, my writing is much better in my language than the one in English.

Ok, going to sleep, it's 2.00 AM in Belgium and I need my rest.

Perhaps tomorrow?

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