Update - 6/15/08 - Link updated to the most recent version of PHX. Since this version is slightly different, I ammended the text accordingly.  The old screenshots are still there. Don’t let this confuse you. There is only one phx folder instead of three.
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This is my completely redone version of the original tutorial I wrote back in July. I have read all of the comments and it seems that I was pretty clear the first time; however, I have tested all of the following steps to verify that they are correct. Vista users should have no issues. Hopefully these instructions will clear up some of the problems and fix deadlinks. Screenshots should clarify any issues.

Step 1: Download the PHX mod. The latest and most complete version that I found is located at http://garrysmod.org/downloads/?a=view&id=30329. If this is incorrect, I’d love to know. A zip file of about 63 mb will download. Save this to your desktop or some other easily accessible place (don’t click run or open; click save).

Step 2: Open My Computer and browse to:

C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\<username>\garrysmod\garrysmod\addons

If you have no other addons installed, this folder should contain only a few files.

Step 3: With the addons folder window still open, right click on the file you downloaded to your desktop and click Explore.

Step 4: Select the phx2 folder and drag it to your addons folder. It should take about two minutes to copy the contents to the addons folder.

Step 5: You are done. If you followed directions correctly, the PHX folder should now be in your addons folder along side the original folders.

Open up Garry’s Mod and try it out. That is about as simple as I can make this tutorial. Read it a few times to make sure you don’t miss anything. If you receive errors when you spawn models, make sure you followed the directions exactly. Folder placement is the most important thing.

Finally, enoy this awesome mod!

If you still need help or if changes occur that I missed, please feel free to leave a comment.

You have no doubt realized from various sources that Safari was released for Windows as a beta yesterday. Since then there have been many negative blog posts and comments about the different bugs. I have read a few comments and even a benchmark concerning Safari’s Flash performance. It blows away my other browsers. It is incredible. I chellenge you to confirm this for yourself.

Check out this game from Teagames.com.

Give it a whirl in all of your browsers (especially Firefox) and compare it to Safari.

It is doubtful that this will have any effect on a superfast processor, but my old Sempron 2600+ machine can really tell the difference. It is almost unplayable in anything but Safari.

Have fun, and let me know if you encounter the same results.

Now, if only they had open-sourced it!

I realize that Ubuntu 7.04 has been out for a bit already, but today is the first day I have actually done a fresh installation of it. I ran the upgrade on my desktop and it was fine, I just never really bothered to check out anything new.

I formatted my laptop and installed the latest version of Ubuntu using the alternate install CD (my preferred method). The whole process took about 45 minutes. A little longer than previous versions, but not by much.

I am not going to give a review here, I just wanted to point out some things I noticed. I just finished the installation about 20 minutes ago and I am only posting some thoughts.

The first thing I always do is set up networking. Previously this required me to search around the Ubuntu forums for a tutorial thanks to my Broadcom wireless card. The card was detected, but the firmware was not installed by default. All I needed to do was install the bcm43xx-fwcutter package and the network manager picked up the network and I was online instantly. Another plus is that the included network connection manager (the one that sits in the notification area) actually worked. On 6.10, I had to configure the network manually. This is definitely convenient for switching between multiple access points.

So now that I am online, I can begin to look around. I remembered hearing about an improved wobbly windows setup, so naturally I had to track that down. It happens to be conveniently located in the System menu under Preferences, labelled as Desktop Effects. Open it and you are greeted by this program.

It is about as simple as it gets - on or off and whether you want the cube that spins through workspaces. I clicked enable and checked both boxes. The screen flashed and I had wobbly windows. Amazingly simple, easy to deactivate, nothing to configure.

As I said, I have spent less than an hour with Ubuntu Feisty Fawn and I am quite impressed as it is. When I get done playing around with the new stuff and tweaking it to my liking, I may write a full review, but that is probably not necessary.

Check out Feisty Fawn!