After, no joke, months of research and study, I think I have finally compiled the parts list for me new PC. I thought I'd post it here first and get prepared for my Worklog that will go in the main forums.
Project History: The Beginning
I've been long overdue for a new PC for quite some time. Those who have been here at GR.net for a while probably remember me struggling to run GRAW (and even some [GR] mods) on my old Athalon 6400+ / Radeon 9500Pro desktop. Yeah, it sucks. I had a couple PSUs
Wow... that's how long since my last blog entry. Hmmn. I have a lot to say.
For those who are blind and can't read the forums... story of Ruin's life since last post:
-Came home and worked for the summer.
-Tore up the Transmission in my Jeep.
-Got my 69 'Vette running.
-Enlisted in the Army National Guard
-Broke the Vette
-Went to Ft. Knox and trained as a 19 Delta Cavalry Scout.
-Left Ft. Knox and got home just over a week ago.
-Fixed Transmission in the Jeep.
-Waiting on Signing Bo
Adding a mp3 ringtone to a Palm Device, an aid memoir.
* Use file encoding tool Super to re-encode the mp3 in mono at a constant bitrate.
* Start RealPlayer on PC
* Connect Palm to PC
* Start Realplayer on Palm
* On Realplayer on PC, click on Media Library Tab
* Click on PalmOne Device.
* Drag mp3 from file manager to RealPlayer and click Transfer
* On Palm, open Minitunes and select the mp3
* Click ADD
* In Contacts, edit contact to use new Ri
I've been doing a fair bit of training for the last few weeks. I always train a minimum of 4 nights a week anyway, but for the last six weeks it's been more like every night. That's because today was my 2nd Dan grading, and I've been preparing for it like mad. It's been 12 years since I passed my 1st dan, and I've never stopped training since, so the thought of going for a grading after all that time was a tad stressful to say the least.
Chief Instructors from Europe were over for a 3 day cou
Ok, ever since my wife started doing 12-hrs shift, I find myself, free from her reign of watching celebrity shows and food network channel---sorry Rachel Ray, hasn't been the same since you left me for another man.
So it's 3AM again, and I'm once again lurking the forums here and BFS...trying to catch SnowFella's early release on whatever he's working on---both here and BFS.
Yep, check the porn sites---nothing new ....back to BFS...no new image---wait...there is one! Can't see it? Join t
Well, what's new? Been single (yet again) for at least a month now.. For once it doesn't involve constant pain - I actually feel pretty good.
Buying a new PC helped.. Finally I'm able to play high-end games again! Although I spend most of my gaming time on World of Warcraft (Undead Rogue FTW) and Titan Quest.. And I'm completely hooked on the GRAW2 PC demo, so I'll be adding that to my collection as soon as payday comes. If I get enough cash rolling in, I'll even invest in some paintball gear
As a preface, I was born and raised a Catholic, but I have not been a practicing Catholic for many years. There are many doctrines of this faith I don't believe in, but that isn't what this post is about.
On Sunday, I was working one of my many jobs. It was business as usual. The work was the same, the coworkers were the same, etc. Go home that evening thinking that I would be doing this all again tomorrow. Get to work the next day only to find out that a coworker (JC) passed away the
So I eventually got around to getting rid of my disapointing X360. Nobody wanted to buy it, so I traded it in for a new Wii - and after a day playing the Wii I wish I had done it a long time ago.
The games I got were 2 family type games where the kids could playing bowling and boxing etc, and two for me I just went for two of the highest rated games, RE4 and the latest Zelda game.
I have never played Zelda in my life, so I was keen to see what all the fuss was about, because I understa
Hello, and welcome to yet another edition of "Day's Life".
Quit my current job - just two more nights this weekend to go - so next week I'll start strolling around a nearby mall instead. I'll miss all the 'action' I get into by working night shifts in Oslo, but it's well worth it for the more social hours and reduced weekend-working.
Got my Supra running again after getting a new turbo again, luckily covered by the warranty, then decided to sell it. It's proving more difficult than I expec
This week I joined the widescreen gaming community with the purchase of a 20" Samsung 204BW. While games are really awesome, there was one thing bothering me, and that was text ; reading text just isn't as easy or comfortable as it was on the trusty old CRT. Trying to resolve this "issue" led to an educational Google chase and an interesting call to Samsung support. Anyway, in my usual fashion, I got a strange impulse to document the whole thing, so here goes - if anyone stumbles upon this while
Urgh.. 1330 is too early for me to get out of bed. Anyways...
So I tried World of Warcraft a few months back, and got positively hooked. It's probably one of the best MMORPGs I've ever played, and I've done a few. Made me miss Star Wars Galaxies - damn you Sony and your New Game Experience! Sadly, I don't have a lot of time to play inbetween work, day-to-day errands, Christina and all the other stuff I play; so my human rogue is still only level 29. Haven't been logged in for weeks now.. If a
Funny how I always set out to blog on a regular basis, yet end up having these huge gaps between entries. My fingers are itching again, so the one or two (possibly imaginary) persons who enjoy reading this - enjoy.
Where to begin.. At the most recent events, I suppose. I just finished Rainbow Six Vegas on the XBox 360 - and what a great ride it was. I've barely been able to put the controller down for the past week or two since I bought it. Sure, it's nothing like ye olde Rainbow Six and Rogu
The last band I talked about (albeit 8 months ago!!) was The Mars Volta, and the genre of music that has gripped me of recent could not be any further away from the psychedelic rock of Omar and Cedric. I used to think of Folk as dainty music that was enjoyed by the 50+ whilst they landscaped a rockery in their garden. Boring.
I've since realised that folk music entails all the ethos of punk and can be performed more energetically than any of the new metal garbage knocking around. A case in po
I've got an infestation problem.
Cats. Three of the buggers.
Love `em to death.
My local pet supply store had an in-store 'mascot' cat. His name was Mickey, and he literally was older than the store. He died yesterday, at the age of 17.
His health had been problematic for the past year or so, although luckily he wasn't suffering by it. Discomforted, sure, but not in pain. Luckily, though, his role as the cat everyone sucks up has been passed on to Esse, an abandoned medium hai
Looking at my various web accounts, I realize one thing. I have way too many pictures.
So... I'm in the process of doing a massive reconstruction of all of my sites, including this blog. I've got tons and tons of pictures to sort through and organize and caption. This will involve roughly 4000 pictures, so give me time.
There seems to be something of a buzz around the board lately...and the internet in certain places concerning the possibility that Blackfoot Studios is wickedly up to no good. Well, it's true. At least that is what I read.
Getting a game into production often occurs like overnight success in Hollywood used to occur...after years of hard work and perseverence. Although I can't say what is happening at the moment, I will say that I will sleep very well tonight. Actually tomorrow as I will certa
Will you be playing GR on your moment of clarity, otherwise know as, mid-life crisis?
A shock came to me as I browsing the toy section of TJ Maxx hoping to see a bargain PC game: I'm approaching 40, childless, in debt and I'm still in a toy section of bargain store. Desperate times calls for desperate measures. Is this my mid-life crisis?
My younger brother is getting married, two years after acquiring a studio in downtown Hawaii.
I remember seeing him collect bottles during lunch
Videocard Fund Jar
So I'm freaking out after seeing those videos from Armed Assault. Actually I've been freaking out ever since Crysis movies started coming out. Well maybe even further than that. After I played the F.E.A.R demo came out. Or was it Half-Life 2: Lost Coast?
As I browse through Newegg's videocard selections. Again. I filter those that have rebates. I see an eVGA 7900 GT with $20 rebate, bringing the price down to $200 and change.
I head into our kitchen and star
Since I last made an entry or even a post on GR.net. The reason is not that I have turned my back on GR.net or anything like that, it is simply because I have been unable to use the Internet regularly.
I moved out in September and now reside in a house with three fellow students in Headingley, Leeds. Our Landlady is an old lady of about 70 and she doesn't much care for anything bar the basic requirements needed to rent a house out. The decor of the house is like a Retirement Home and the util
I'm going to expand on this later, but for now here are my top two one reasons why the 360 sucks.
1. Bear with me here... it's a console; console's are primarily aimed at and bought by people who for one reason or another do not have a (gaming) PC. The reason these people probably do not have a gaming PC is because they cannot justify the cost of building/buying a PC with enough juice to run the latest games. Remember that demographic, and recall it again in a sentence or two.
Now consider
