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Too early..

2010-01-04T23:49:00.003+11:00

I really hope these early mornings stop some time soon. Was so tired this morning I accidentally took a screenshot of my iPhone (again).

And that's AM, after my shower, and almost running late!

Mental blank..

2010-01-03T16:12:00.002+11:00

I didn't think this post-a-day would be this hard and it's not even a week in..

Not much to say, other than the fact I picked up a blue PS3 controller and (finally) a copy of LittleBigPlanet! Played a little bit with the level creator, seems like a lot of fun.

It does bother me though that buying all the DLC costs more than the game, possible more than double now!!

Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakuel

2010-01-02T11:14:00.002+11:00

On account of not having much better to do, decided to go see this movie for a bit of a laugh yesterday at Jam Factory.

I was a little concerned when they said that the air-con wasn't functioning properly and were discounting the tickets (I paid $12 for an adult ticket), but it seemed fine by the time we got in the movie.

As for the movie itself, it was okay. They sing, meet girl chipmunks called the Chipettes, they sing some more, cause chaos wherever they go.. pretty much what you'd expect and not much more.

If the movie was cut down to just the musical numbers, it would have been awesome (and less than 15 minutes long!)

A blog a day..?

2010-01-01T12:22:00.005+11:00

Well this blog that I set up a few years ago has gotten very little love for the last years, so I'm going to try something different.

At least one post a day for the whole year!

Not sure how long this will last, or if anyone will even notice, but here goes...

(Also saves me from making a proper new years resolution!)

Ashita no Kioku/Crazy Moon: Kimi wa Muteki

2009-05-28T00:04:00.004+10:00

I like them for different reasons, but here are the new singles from Arashi!

Ashita no Kioku

Crazy Moon ~Kimi wa Muteki~

Games List (Wii added)

2009-03-01T00:38:00.000+11:00

An (in progress) list of the games I currently own

Nintendo Wii

Excite Truck
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga
Link's Crossbow Training
Mario Kart Wii
Mario Strikers Charged Football
Metroid Prime 3: Echoes
New Play Control: Pikmin
Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition
Super Mario Galaxy
Super Paper Mario
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Wario Ware: Smooth Moves
Wii Fit
Wii Play
Wii Sports
Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros' Treasure

Too cute!

2009-01-16T22:53:00.001+11:00

This is Chloe, my housemates new puppy. Isn't she adorable? :)

Connex = fail

2008-12-10T22:25:00.003+11:00

Today was another fine example of the sheer brilliance of Connex. Working night shift for 11 hours is bad enough, getting to the train station and finding out your train is cancelled and you have to wait another half an hour is less than pleasant. Add to that the train was held up at Dandenong which added another 10 minutes to an already 55-minute trip!

On the way back into work earlier this afternoon my train was only delayed 5 minutes.. I guess Connex are improving! ;-)

Still.. No matter how bad it gets, still a lot better than CityRail ever was!!

Surprise!

2008-11-20T20:09:00.001+11:00

This is what someone is getting for leaving our work. Glad it's not me!

Now this is air-con!

2008-11-07T21:09:00.001+11:00

The air conditioning in the office broke down... This is what we get!

Download Firefox 3 today!

2008-06-19T16:54:00.001+10:00

No, really.. You should!

If you need a reson, Google it! :)

Warning! Email Scam! (Well, sorta)

2008-05-29T23:01:00.003+10:00

I know it's been a while since I've posted, but this was too good not to share.

I got an email from my former hosting company advising of an outage while not-so-subtly promoting their "premium" products.. This is what Thunderbird thought of it...

Games I've recently been playing

2007-11-02T13:18:00.000+11:00

Super Paper Mario (Wii)

Fun platformer/RPG hybrid with a good 20-odd hours of gameplay. The game is a little talky (there is a heap of text to read but even that is mostly funny), but that doesn't detract from the gameplay very much. The game starts easy enough, and I found the last chapter to be reasonably tough even with a fairly high levelled team. 4/5

The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (DS)

Direct sequel to the 2003 GameCube's The Wind Waker, this game is controlled entirely using the touch screen. The top screen serves primarily as your map, and occasionally is used as a second screen for boss battles. The game isn't overly long or challenging, but is great fun and has some genuinely funny moments. Well worth the purchase. 4.5/5

Sonic the Hedgehog Joins the Brawl!

2007-10-10T17:28:00.000+10:00

Sonic the Hedgehog has just been revealed as a playable character in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. For. The. Win.

Quote of the day...

2007-10-03T17:41:00.000+10:00

"Microsoft: The day they make something that doesn't suck will be the day they make vacuum cleaners"

10 minutes with Wii (Oh, and 30 days to go!!)

2006-11-07T16:27:00.000+11:00

Today I got my hands on the Wii remote for the first time, now just 30 days from launch, and I have to say I liked it! I got the chance to play through the temple demo in The Legend Of Zelda: Twilight Princess (available on launch), and a level of ExciteTruck (out next February).

The Twilight Princess demo, of which I got to spend 5 minutes with, was a good preview as to what can be done with the Wii Remote / Nunchuck combination. Movement is controlled by the analogue stick on the nunchuck. Lock-on (like every Zelda game since Ocarina of Time) with the Z-button on the nunchuck. Your sword can be drawn with a simple flick of the controller, and you can even slash the sword while running, which is a nice feature!

The Bow is also pretty intuitive once you get the hang of it.. You just hold down the B-trigger (on the remote), then pull back and release the B-trigger... It almost feels like the real thing (I assume!). The Boomerang is operated in similar fashion... Press B to ready the boomerang.. then select up to 5 targets with the Z-trigger and moving around the Wii remote for aim.. then press B again to hit all of the tragets. The demo had a puzzle which required hitting 5 targets at once to open a door which was a good example of this.

ExciteTruck was completely different control-wise... You simlply tilted the Wii remote to steer (the nunchuck isn't used), and hold 2 to accelerate, and perss the + pad to boost... you can also move the remote around to balance your truck. I wasn't very good, but managed 2nd in the demo :)

Well that's all I have for now.. will hopefully have more to report soon!

American Dad vs Family Guy Kung Fu Flash Game

2006-10-08T00:39:00.000+10:00

A stupid (but fun) Street Fighter like flash game pitting the Charecters from Family Guy and American Dad against each other. Sure, it's shameless promotion, but a good time water :)

Enjoy!

In case you hadn't noticed...

2006-10-08T00:24:00.000+10:00

I moved the blog so I can do something that remotely resembles a website... Eventually!

So for anyone who cares, point your browsers to blog.techgeek.id.au from now on!

Old Job / New Job

2006-10-07T01:26:00.000+10:00

Today was my last day working as a slave to the Telstra system. It was an extremely busy day with the launch of the new Next G (3GSM 850MHz) Network... Something we only found out about after we had already stated work!! I guess something like the launch of a whole new network was on a need to know basis and Telstra's own staff... didn't need to know?!

Of course not everything went Old King Sol's way, part way through the planned 6-hour marathon briefing on the state of Telstra, things quite literally got a little soggy..!

Of course, on Monday starts the next chapter of my professional career (don't laugh.. yet!) as I move on to begin working at Jumba, which I am both excited an nervous about at the same time! You can be assured that there will be many more updates on here from now on. (As if a post every month or so wasn't enough already!)

Wii get to play THIS year!

2006-09-16T21:42:00.000+10:00

After the delay of the PS3 into next year, I was starting to wonder if Nintendo might do the same thing with Wii... But we can all be thankful, because the Wii will be launching in Australia on December 7th for the princely sum of $399.95 - a full $250 less than the (complete) Xbox 360, and a whopping $600 less than the PS3!

The just under $400 will buy you the console with all the usual cables, one controller (I was hoping for at least two!), and a free copy of Wii Sports, which looks like it'll be a whole lot of fun :-)

Nintendo are also hoping to have around 20 games availible before the end of the year including my personal favorite The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (also being released for GameCube), so there will be plenty to choose from this December.

Let the countdown begin!

Wii

2006-04-28T21:34:00.000+10:00

From today onwards the (codenamed) Nintendo Revolution will be known as... Wii

'Nuff said :P

Nintendo Revolution controller revealed!!

2005-09-16T17:35:00.000+10:00

Nintendo have revealed the controller design for the Nintendo Revolution at the Tokyo Game Show earlier today and Nintendo sure delivered when they promised something different!

How this will "revolutionise" gaming is yet to be seen, but at least Nintendo are truly offering something unique and quite possibly a lot of fun!

Here are some images... :)

Discovery Lands in California

2005-08-09T22:51:00.000+10:00

The Space Shuttle Discovery touched down this morning at Edwards Air Force Base in California at 10:12pm AEST (8:12am US EST) after spending two weeks in space.

More info can be found here

Well that didn't last long...

2005-08-07T19:44:00.000+10:00

My great new design lasted less than a day...

My flatmate suggested that black was boring... we'll see if this is any better!

It all begins here...

2005-08-07T00:33:00.000+10:00

Well this isn't the first time I've tried launching my site... and it may not be the last! But at least I think I might be happier with this format...

Until next week at least!