I was traveling back to Southend from London a while back and was on my way to the station. I whipped out my iPhone and went onto the National Rail application to check times and if there are any delays (this app really is worth the £5 in saving you trouble with delays, cancellations etc.). I found this:
Before you begin thinking, no it ain’t an edited picture or me trying to be funny. That is genuinely what was the output on the screen and what made me giggle quietly to myself. So missing 5 stations due to unforeseen events (actually, even Fenchurch Street is cancelled) will save 13 hours on a line with only two tracks with many services running within those 13 hours so it would have to wait for the earlier trains to actually get to their destinations? I see! Then it goes from being early to being 15 hours late. I think it’s worth some chuckling at
Disclaimer: Obviously it’s a simple error of the time stamp on West Horndon being set to 00:00
Yes I am now a pawn in the Microsoft empire, wasn’t I already? I mean, they had me naked serving Windows 7 hot dogs with mustard I am that pleased with it. In all seriousness, I needed a games console, something to fill any spare time I have. It was always out of the Wii or the 360 but I just couldn’t have a Wii, I mean why would I want to stand there flicking the controller around like a fairy on my own if I don’t have friends round that day?
My gamertag is Traygon123, if you have XBOX Live then add me, and yes I can advertise my profile on here as it’s my blog! I am normally found shouting and ranting on Halo 3 or being a soar loser on Halo Wars, haven’t really ventured online in any other game just yet.
All this talk of one set of fan boys arguing against another since the beginning of time is just starting to get irritating, especially when both sides are completely wrong. Is Microsoft better? No. Is Apple superior? No. Let me explain the day I have had with trouble from both sides, pathetic problems that shouldn’t even be present.
Windows 7
Okay, so this Operating System is okay, apart from the fact that I received four BSOD’s (Blue Screen of Death) yesturday and today it seems to want to keep bugging me to restart my machine and install updates, which of course… fail. When I do have a chance to actually do something on the machine I get notifications of files being ready to burn to a disc. I haven’t copied any files to be burned to a blank CD and when I go the built-in burning feature (which is crap in itself), it’s blank!
Windows Media Player
I don’t know who oversees the development over at MHQ, but this person must have been either stoned or pissed out their face when he or she approved and released this bad boy into the world. Not only has it got a ridiculous interface, terrible track sorting and not being able to have your songs in a nice tight list is just beyond belief. Importing music? No problem… wait! Where is the import feature? Oh so I need to go and select a destination for music to be automatically updated? Sounds good to me! I’ll leave it there for 5 minutes to update the library.
Seems I haven’t blogged for around 150 years, poor blog. First post of this fantastic new year of 2010 will be about an advert, you read correctly, I am writing about a TV advert! I’m sure you have seen this around on channels and/or on Youtube, if not, then here is a view:
It really is great to watch, to see the way they have used object combinations and transformation, along with much computer power, to present audiences with powerful media. Although some may argue it is not as pointless as the advert for SellCar-UK.com, which contains people dressed up as penguins. Of course, penguins have a lot to do with selling your car. Please note, I am aware that no animals were harmed in the making of the video.
In the end though, who can ever hope to beat the advert for WeBuyAnyCar.com? Any takers on betting with me for how long it will take the track to reach the music charts? The advert they created is just pure bliss in the realms of random and stupidity.
How one can stick at fishing day in and day out is normally looked upon as either sad or bizzar. To be honest it’s the best skill to train, make money off and do other things until your character is screaming at you to move him to a new spot or his arms are about to snap off holding too much weight.
Although the experience gain isn’t the best in a non-combat skill, it does well against the likes of mining or alternatives.
I like it a lot, it is definately what Vista should have been but at least we are slowly getting there. Even though Microsoft are still money making vampires and throw out crap ‘fake party’ launch adverts, we all still love them!
I previously had the evaluation copy for a good 4 months and was impressed, although I did allow the machine to slowly fail with fragmentation, screwed registry entries and viruses. This time round I am doing things properly, enough fooling around.
Since I am going to get a nice £100 graphics card, my onboard graphics will have to make do. Don’t underestimate the power of the XFX 8200 motherboard. This baby plays RuneScape on full with x4 Anti-Aliasing, Oblivion on medium and Fallout very nicely.
