Dec. 6, 2008
I should nick this and add it to my wall!
Oct. 19, 2008
After accidentally knocking the Xbox while I was handling it, it seems to have burst back into life! I’ve managed to successfully play it for a day, with no failures.
Looks like I may still be able to play on it, and play with some friends!
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Oct. 16, 2008
I never thought it’d happen. It did. I was busy enjoying a ranked multiplayer match of Halo 3, until the screen vanished, and I heard a very frightening “click” from inside the 360. The rings began to flash, and the fan stopped spinning.
Thank god I bought the extended warranty.
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Oct. 16, 2008
I’ve been working on a little something for the wonderful community of Garry’s Mod, and mostly useful for people running Citrus or XPL on their Garry’s Mod Server. I’m going to first give it a try on the kudomiku.com community, to see how well it works.
Anyway, why type down a crap-load when a picture is worth a thousand words? Enjoy!
(Click to Enlarge…)
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Sep. 4, 2008
Just thought I might give a quick update about everything. I’m testing IE8 Beta 2 and Google Chrome. Both are really cool, but Chrome still has a little way to go until it’s ready for everyday usage. IE8 now pretty much boasts the features that FF3 is adored for, and does a better job of it, too. IE’s Safety Filter gives more positives than Firefox does, and what’s more, Firefox is a resource hog by comparison. Firefox takes about 20 seconds to load on my machine. IE8 takes 1. Also, IE8 and GC are more crash-resistant. If something goes horribly wrong on a webpage, the tab will go down, not the whole browser. Both browsers even have a privacy mode, where history and logins are not recorded.
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Jun. 4, 2008
Well, Portugal was very hot, and very sunny. It rained for a few mornings, but apart from that, it was fantastic. We stayed in a place we’ve stayed before, and it was very nice there. We stayed in Carvoeiro. (Click it for a map), which seems to have a large English presence there. There was even a Barclay’s Bank!
We’ll be getting a new dog soon, called Mickey. He’s a Portugese sheep dog, and therefore rare in every country except Portugal. I don’t quite know how to welcome him, because we’ve already got two cats, and I really like them. I have no idea how they’re going to respond, except that if they could talk, they’d say, “Hey, back off! This is our turf, man!”
In other news, my exams are nearly over. Just got one English paper, 1 French paper, 1 German and 1 Geography paper. After that, I’ll have a bit of work experience in London Victoria. (No, not in the station, but near it, and not as a sweeper, but in an office nearby; hopefully not on a photocopier!)
Adeus!
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May. 2, 2008
Ah, it’s finally out! There are now new achievements to work for (in the form of 39 medic achievements), and new unlockable weapon upgrades when you collect 12, 24 and all of them.
Also, there is a new gamemode called “Payload”, and an accompanying map called “Goldrush”. Payload is really clever; all you gotta do is push the “payload” to the target, then watch the fireworks! I have noticed that the Goldrush map feels very similar to Dustbowl, the 3-stage Capture Assault map.
Finally, I really want to get GTA IV, but I’ve got dreaded up-coming exams, and don’t want to get hooked onto GTA when I’m supposed to be doing revision. Ah, well. Something to look forward to.
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Mar. 28, 2008
I find this incredibly useful with every YouTube Video I want to watch, because I am fortunate enough to have 16Mb Unlimited broadband, thanks to Sky. This means I have no worry about playing anything hi-res.
Get your favourite video, say, Rockstar by Nickelback:
Nickelback - Rockstar from YouTube
I got that off YouTube in MP4 format, which is High Quality. If you want to view your favourite video in HQ, grab the video link, and add “&fmt=18″, for example:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uK4niyFhERs&fmt=18
Go on, try it.