Dark Storm Designs

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Dark Storm Designs has switched theme – check out our cool new look!

Did you ever encounter a situation where you need to process a DB query multiple times, causing your script to get “stuck” while waiting for the results?

Well I sure have, and it’s annoying!

Sure, you can optimize your query, but in  the end, even the most optimized query will not do you any good if you have to run it 10,000 times…

Today, I’ll share with you how I handled this situation by creating a “Loading…” page that also counts down the time till your results are show.

It won’t help speed things up but it will make sure your users don’t think that their browser is stuck!

For my example, I used  PHP, MySQL and JavaScript – but I’m sure you can make this work in any other languages and\or DB platforms.

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Google recently released a set of tools to easily show graphs and charts on your websites, called “Google Chart Tools“.

They’re release came in an excellent time for me personally, since I needed some graphs done for a PHP application I’m developing for my workplace. (more…)

For all you Twitter addicts out there, this is for you! (No I’m not an addict, I can stop when ever I want!)

 

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I recently had the… well i won’t call it “Pleasure” but the “Have some free time, nothing better playing right now” of watching the movie “G.I.Joe”.

There is not much i can say, it’s pretty much what you’d expect. You can’t take this movie too seriously, it’s like a parody only not very funny.

People would say it’s kinda like “Transformers” but I disagree. Transformers was funny! it was a good movie that knew it was about robots from outer space and even made fun of itself.

G.I.Joe on the other hand, tries to be serious with slight humor moments and that just doesn’t work.

They even try to fit in a love story and some kitsch moments that feel very out of place. Don’t even get me started on those annoying flashbacks that suppose to give you some back story about the characters but end up messing things up.

Basically, if you want to see stuff explode, no real plot, bad acting and don’t mind when things don’t make sense – this movie is for you!

For those of you who don’t know what The Guild is, here is a little info.

The Guild is a web series created by Felicia Day (“Dr. Horrible Sing-Along Blog”, “Buffy”). It tells the story of a group of people who are in a “Guild” together in this MMORPG (Massive Multilayer Online Role Playing Game) which is kinda like World of Warcraft.

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Hello and welcome to the new version of Dark Storm Designs!

For those of you who don’t know me or this site, my name is Gil and i first created DSD several years ago, in order to display my 3D Artwork and other creations.

It might be a while beofre I have new creations to share here, so I plan to post some general cool stuff I find online.

I hope you enjoy your visit here, please feel free to send me any feedback or suggestions.

Also, if you have something cool to share with the world and would like me to post it here, please contact me.