tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91018936841886867672012-02-16T11:52:54.568-08:00A repository for the views and ramblings of ShapeThrowerShapeThrowerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04871206336854728718noreply@blogger.comBlogger141100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9101893684188686767.post-83905399641390742762008-04-16T06:06:00.000-07:002008-04-16T06:33:23.594-07:00

So this week saw the release of firmware 2.30 for the PS3Most of us were excited about the redesign of the Playstation Store, with good reason as it now loads significantly faster than before along with being much more user friendly in the navigation stakes.The other little tit-bit that had people counting down was the news that with the store update they'd be opening up the Metal Gear Online

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Rock Band that is ......All across the web a wave of discontent and disgust is heading in the direction of EA because of what they announced this week concerning this game.The game was originally released in November last year for the US and since then the other markets have been waiting patiently to partake of the fun that this game has brought to our US brethren ....This week they announced

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For the first time in a very long time my job has decided to send me to another part of the country and leave me there for a couple of days ... which means I've had to pack clothing etc. to last me ...Along time ago now, my weekends would consist of heading out and "maybe" making it home on Saturday night.In case of instances like this I kept an emergency kit bag in the boot of the car, which

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So it appears to be my turn for the "Eight Random Things" after being tagged by DanaceaThe question is what to choose from my "dark & distant" past .... Well here I go ....1) I've been working for Blockbuster since October '93.It was a fill-in job whilst I tried to decided what to do with my life. After doing every job in the field other than district manager, I now find myself in the IT dept.

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Insomnia ...... It's a pain in the backside ....Mind you I'm not sure if what I have is actually insomnia.I've never been a morning person .. evah !! Dedicated night owl me, happiest when it's dark outside.Since the days of my GCSE's I've always needed very little sleep, about 3 hours a night was the norm.As I've gotten a bit older it's stretched to 4 hours with the odd "system crash" every

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Rainbow Six: Vegas was a staple for the lads from work and I on Xbox Live for a long time.Then Halo 3 hit followed by Call Of Duty 4 and the group splintered amongst the two titles.Follow this up with the glut of releases that hit in the last couple of months last year and you can kiss our Wednesday night gaming sessions goodbye ...However this week sees the release of Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 ....I

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Many moons ago I was given on my 30th birthday a plant by the mother unit.It was carnivorous in nature as I have a fascination for these slightly weird, yet striking plants.I actually wrote a thesis on them for my A-level Biology course concerning their feeding habits.The plant was one of the "pitcher" variety and duly christened "Carni" .. original I know ;)He was watered regularly and tended to

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Well .. Almost ... If you're curiousThe nice new TV is in place and looking very swish indeed ... Lots of hi-res visuals all over the place.HDMI ports on the rear have been occupied by a PS3 and Xbox 360 Elite and the component cable for the Wii has added a little bit of sparkle to the little one's output.The only thing remaining now is a DVD recorder with internal hard drive and HDMI ...Haven't

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Well we finally got the bonus announcements through from the big cheeses ... and for once they were highly AWESOME !!!! :DSo now comes the assignment of portions of said bonus to things ...First off a sizeable chunk is heading to the "wedding fund" which made the G/f very happy.Then there's the usual sensible things .. Car tax & insurance (booooooo)And then .... there's the fun stuff ... The MMU

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Okay .. I'll admit it this update has been a long time coming but to be honest, work was mental in the run up to christmas and getting things back to normal post festive period took awhile ...So what is my first post of the new year going to contain ....Well .. I'm getting married in September of this year and earlier on this week I got to talking with some of the guys at work about stag do type

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Well that's a bit of an overstatement I suppose .... but this morning did not go according to plan.I awoke bright and early and got my morning hating self breakfasted, showered and out the door at 08:15. Bang on time .... "Superb" thinks I but somewhere someone was having other ideas.I travel a very busy stretch of motorway (The M40) every morning, and I have done for the last 13 years, so I'm

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So we reach the month of November ..Que the local "yoof massive" purchasing fireworks that they shouldn't be getting their grubby little mits on and setting them off on the green outside the flat.Now the majority of the time I'll turn a blind eye and let them mess about with explosives as they're not my kids, however when they're doing it at midnight it's not exactly inspiring goodwill towards

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Just the start you need first thing on a monday morning. Stationary traffic, so stationary in fact that I'm sat here with the engine off ... This does not bode well for the rest of the day :-(

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So I've finally done it .....I've finally got round to starting a blog.This is something that I've been meaning to do for what seems like forever but I thought now would be as good a time as any to actually go ahead and do it.It's a bit basic at the moment but there'll be bits and pieces popping up as and when I get round to them but for now there's feeds from Twitter and Last.FM (feel free to

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