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Tuesday, May 17, 2011

HAARP causes Earthquakes

A good read from another blog.

http://www.ufo-blogger.com/2010/03/nasa-haarp-causes-earthquakes.html

Explains how HAARP could be the reason for all these earthquakes around the world, and whats worse is their reasons for it.

Thursday, April 28, 2011

DotA 2!

I know it has been ages since I posted! So here is a game I'm looking forward to.
This is a link to the up coming game DotA 2, it looks really amazing! Can't wait till it is officially released.
"From now until the release of the game next year, this will be a place where you can get information on our progress as we build the game.
But first some of you might be thinking, “What is Dota 2?” Dota began as a user-made modification for Warcraft 3 and has grown into one of the most played online games in the world. Following in the tradition of Counter-Strike, Day of Defeat, Team Fortress, Portal, and Alien Swarm, Dota 2 is the result of Valve hiring the community developers who built the mod and giving them the chance to finally build a full product out of their idea with the help of a professional team of developers and artists at Valve."
Some characters posters:
Drow Ranger
Lina
Morphling



Thursday, April 21, 2011

Comic of the day 18

Sunday, April 17, 2011

Comic of the day 17

Thursday, April 14, 2011

Comic of the day 16

Monday, April 11, 2011

Adsense biggest cheque

Wow this guy got a good payday from google ...$132,994.97















"This was the bigest paper check I have ever recieved. It was way back in August of 2005. 100% of this income was earned with organic seo. I had not heard of search engine arbitrage at the time and did not buy traffic from MSN Yahoo or Google itself. I did that about 1.5 years later ;)"

Please help me followers make this type of money :D ... on a side note what would you first spend this on, tell me in the comments!

Friday, April 8, 2011

Heroes of Newerth

I first started playing Heros of Newerth while it was in beta. After being a die hard DOTA fan it was hard to make the transition.However after playing my first game I was hooked. The graphics, extra interface add-ons were a lot more advanced than the Warcraft 3 engine DOTA was made on.

I pre-purchased the game and got my stats up high, then suddenly got sick of it. I have only just recently started playing again and it has a whole lot of new features, match making is the stand out change for me. It finds people of same caliber skills as yourself or group and matched you against them.

Overall HoN has made some great changes since I last played and will be playing a bit more for weeks to come.

If you play HoN leave your username in the comments and I will be sure to add you for a game some time! Also comment on your favourite character, mine would have to MageBane :D.

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

comic of the day 15

Not really a comic as such, but got a laugh out of me.


Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Fortnightly Contest #1 Results

And the winner is .... drum roll please!












Unfortunately nobody won :(


Will make the next one a definite winner!

Gmail's "unsend" option

Use Gmail as an email client? Did you know you can unsend email? If you said "yes" then "no" then read on!


Gmail can hold back delivering your emails for some seconds after you have clicked "send". This can be helpful if you:

  1. Attached the wrong attachment
  2. Spelling mistakes
  3. Wrong recipient
To take back an email you didn't want sent:
  1. Go to the settings link in Gmail
  2. Go to the labs tab
  3. Make sure Enable is selected for undo send (near bottom of page)
  4. click save changes
You have about 5 seconds to take back the email


To change the length of time you have to unsend:
  1. Go to the settings link in Gmail
  2. Pick your desired time under the undo send row
  3. Click save changes
A great little function to take back an embarrassing mistake.


Monday, April 4, 2011

Random Number Generator C#

Ok so it took about 5 minutes to make the generator so will make the tutorial now. Download my project  from HERE, other wise follow the instructions.


First things first you will need Visual Studio if you already haven't got it. I found an express edition of you want to trial it from HERE choose your language and download (I used C# for the language, you can choose anyone you like but syntax may be different).


Once you have everything installed, open up Visual Studio, and start a new project by going upto file / new project .. you will then get a screen like this.

















Select a "Windows Forms Application" name your project and click OK.


Go ahead and use the toolbox to put a Text box, button, and label (optional) onto the form. Add a little colour if you like, *I know mine is an eyesore* but I don't care :P. It should now look something like this.














Double click the button, this will take you to the "Button click handler" where you code what you want to happen when the button is clicked.












Inside the button1_Click's curly brackets, (these things {  }), start to type "Random" visual studio will drop down a box of what it thinks you are wanting to type, this will automatically complete what you want to type. I have written out all the code below with comments to read of what is happening. the "//" is commented line which isn't included in the code.














I will go through it line by line, to people unaware of the basics of coding you may struggle to wrap your head around what is being done, I am not very good at explaining stuff :P so you might have to google search the blue prints of coding. 


Random RandNum = new Random(); VS has built in "static classes" which are very helpful in this situation, here I am creating a new instance of this class to be used in the project.


String NewNumber; Creating a string variable to put the random number we are going to make inside it.


NewNumber = Convert.ToString(RandNum.Next(1000) + 1); This is a sloppy way of doing it but it works and is easy to follow. This will create a new random number no bigger than "1000" as we have told it. The +1 is because this is 0 based which means if we were to count to 5 it would be 0,1,2,3,4, the +1 allows it to be the real number. We have to "Convert.ToString" so it can be put into the String variable we created, at the moment it is an Integer and the 2 are not able to be compared unless converted.


TextBox.Text = NewNumber; Make the text inside the textbox = the random number.


You can now proceed to run your project and see what you get.


Here is the final outcome: (Changed colour for non eye hurtness :))












Done! This was a bit of a rush job so any questions are more than welcome in the comments below.

Catch up / Comic of the day 14

So I have been kind of slack lately with my posts. Soon I will post up a basic tutorial on how to make your own random number generator. It is really easy that it won't be long at all, but are great if you want to use it for a contest like the one I am having at the moment.


So staying on topic for todays comic of the day: 






















(I get this all the time :P)

Saturday, April 2, 2011

Comic of the day 13

Thursday, March 31, 2011

Fortnightly Contest #1

So after seeing a blog that was running a contest for their followers to win a prize, I decided to do the same thing. Once a fortnight I will "try" come up with a new idea for my followers to compete in and if lucky enough win a prize. Otherwise I will just re-do another contest. I will send the prize directly from the website to your address. Closes 5th April.
  1. Comment on the post, Pick a number between 1 - 1000 you would like to enter with (lucky number etc)
  2. At the end of the contest I will use a random number generator ( I made in c# :P) to choose the winner.
  3. First in first served on the number.!
  4. One comment only!
  5. Good luck!
The prize is a selection out of the following:











(If in the event no one had chosen the number I get, It will roll over to the next contest. Kind of like lotto :))

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

comic of the day 12

Who would win #1

So I have decided to have a "who would win" section every week. Will post the two challengers, and it is up to you guys to convince me on why one would beat the other. VOTE BELOW!

Round 1 FIGHT!

















Who would win?
Bruce Lee
Mike Tyson

  
pollcode.com free polls

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Comic of the day 11

Monday, March 28, 2011

Should I put down the cat?

So me and my partner have this cat, it's about 11 years old, it has been pissing inside now for a while (which is stinking out the place) even if he has been outside the whole day, then comes inside JUST TO PISS. He gets up on the bench and eats food, no matter how many times to tell it to get off. Plus he attacked me today when I tried to get him outside which has lead me to make this poll :P. I love animals and feel it would be cruel to put him down, but kind of at the point where it seems necessary, he has had a good life.

So vote please and leave a comment.

(Not my cat)

Sunday, March 27, 2011

Hangover Cures

As I sit here writing this post with a pounding headache and dry mouth feeling sorry for you, I shall post the top 10 hangover cures I found that actually work.

  1. Water - Whether it's while your drinking, before you go to bed, when you wake up, just drink it.
  2. Sports drink - Powerade, Gatorade, whatever your poison get it down yah, will restore electrolytes.
  3. Pain killers - Wouldn't really recommend them as mixing with alcohol isn't so good for your liver, but they work.
  4. Vitamins - Low levels of B-6 and B-12 can intensify a hangover, but don't take the all the time.
  5. Berocca - Have that b for that b b bounce, revitalize yourself.
  6. Prickly Pear - Gets rid of Nausea, dry mouth, loss of appetite,  but won't kill the headache.
  7. Tripe soup - would not recommend this one.
  8. Rosiglitazone - know any diabetics? They might have some of these pills lying round, boosts glucose levels.
  9. Alchohol - Start drinking again, if you can't beat it join it.
  10. Open - Leaving 10 open for suggestions in the comments :), off to buy me a blue Powerade!!


Comic of the day 10

Friday, March 25, 2011

Child Genius

So .. was reading an article on a 12 year old "Jacob Barnett" a child genius, who has began expanding on Einstein's theory of relativity. Is quite interesting, I recommend you give it a read.


Here is a YT video of him explaining how stars die.
















What you think about parents putting children into University at such a young age, and the implications it has on their social life. Discuss in comments please :)



Thursday, March 24, 2011

100 followers!













Woot thanks guys for following me! here's a comic for your troubles!


Dog forgets to jump

Laughed pretty hard at this, especially after where in dog language he say "wtf you laughing at bitch" :)

Free Downloads

Hi all have come across some cool free downloads lately so will list them off for anyone interested.

PC Optimisation

  1. Baku - Allows you to search for system registry errors and unneeded files. Link
  2. Process hacker - A feature packed tool for manipulating processes and services. Link
Security
  1. Keepass password safe - a free/open source password manager which helps manage all your passwords Link
  2. combofix - Scans your pc for know n malware, and when found, attempts to clean these automatically. Link
Media
  1. Burnaware - one of the most popular free cd/dvd/bluray burning software available. Link
  2. fotosketcher - converts photos in to pieces of art. Link
Games
  1. Generally - a classic 4x4 rally game. Link
  2. Zuma's revenge - 60 levels of stone firing to destroy the stream of balls. Link
Just a few bits of software, who doesn't love free software? :)
If you have any other freeware software that you think deserves recognition, insert in the comments please.

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Comic of the day 8

Top 10 Pet Peeves

My top 10 pet peeves, in no peeving order.
  1. Drivers who don't indicate when turning
  2. Noisy eaters
  3. Mouth breathers
  4. People who don't clean their laptops i.e food and dust all through it.
  5. Couples who say "we are pregnant" are they sharing a uterus?
  6. Realizing there is no toilet paper, after you have gone.
  7. People saying nothink instead of nothing
  8. Vegetarians, who expect a vege meal, but if they are cooking for you won't cook meat.
  9. Parents smacking their children in public
  10. Woman breast feeding in public.
These are just a handfull of many ( I am easily irritated as you can tell)

Feel free to add to this list in the comments section :)

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

comic of the day 7

Should I change up the comics? or keep C & H?, leave a comment :)

Monday, March 21, 2011

This weeks photos

If you have any questions on how I do these, don't be afraid to ask!


bubbles


mans best friend



my 2 coloured eyed cat
beachside


drops

comic of the day 6

Lucid Dreaming

For about the last month or so I have been training myself to lucid dream. What is lucid dreaming you may ask?


From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
lucid dream, in simplest terms, is a dream in which one is aware that one is dreaming. The term was coined by the Dutch psychiatrist and writer Frederik van Eeden (1860–1932).[1]
A lucid dream can begin in one of two ways. A dream-initiated lucid dream (DILD) starts as a normal dream, and the dreamer eventually concludes it is a dream, while a wake-initiated lucid dream (WILD) occurs when the dreamer goes from a normal waking state directly into a dream state, with no apparent lapse in consciousness.
Lucid dreaming has been researched scientifically, and its existence is well established.[2][3]
Scientists such as Stephen LaBerge and Allan Hobson, with his neurophysiological approach to dream research, have helped to push forward the understanding of lucid dreaming into a less speculative realm.

Here is the link for more info http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucid_dream

So just the other night I experienced my first lucid dream, and last night my second. The second one was better as I had more control over it. I did a reality check which told my brain I was dreaming, I then went on to start flying (which felt awesome) but soon woke up. There is a lot to learn about keeping the dream alive etc. which I can now work on since I have experienced this.

Here's a video from discovery channel, explains a bit, and how Einstein etc could have used these techniques to invent what they did.







If you want to give it a go do a lot of research here are some sites you should definitely look at:

http://www.dreamviews.com - A very informative forum who are great at giving advise.
www.lucidipedia.com - A school of knowledge on how to lucid dream

Sunday, March 20, 2011

Comic of the day 4 and 5


Saturday, March 19, 2011

Nathan Mccullum ripped off, bad umpiring.

Watching the black caps take on Sri-Lanka last night, which we lost unfortunately. Nathan Mccullum had a fantastic caught and bowled. The call goes to the t.v umpire who calls it not out. I couldn't believe what I was seeing. Which makes me bring up the discussion of useless umpires ruining a game of cricket.

See the catch for yourself and comment on catch or not?

http://www.3news.co.nz/VIDEO-Nathan-McCullums-CB-given-not-out-New-Zealand-Vs-Sri-Lanka-CWC-2011/tabid/317/articleID/203059/Default.aspx

Friday, March 18, 2011

Comic of the day 3

Thursday, March 17, 2011

More photos

Thought I would post some more lego and water drop photos I found while digging around my desktop. Really need to clean it up :P, enjoy!

Dark Assassin
Hand me down


sneaky suspicion
Dolphin and ball water


Comic of the day

Click for larger image (hard to read)

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Photo's I have taken

Got into photography a while ago, thought I would share some as Mr. Mechanic has asked ever so nicely. Loving macro techniques at the moment. Recently purchased a Canon 100mm Lens, here are some shots that came out of it.

Garden Statue
Purple flower


Lego fun


Water drop















Will post more as I get out and about, have been slack lately. Going to the Highlanders game this week, so might take the camera along and get some shots!