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Published on June 30, 2010 in Aiontalk, Tech and The Blog. 0 Comments Tags: , .

The famous design ethic from Steve Jobs. I think FaceTime is going to become the norm now that Apple has done it. Just watch.

For the last week, I’ve been playing with a new gadget. On my Twitter, you’ll know that I’ve been using an iPod Touch. Having used it, I can say that some of the Apple magic has rubbed off on me. It feels so very polished, and the consistency of the applications that can be downloaded makes me appreciate the closed-market as much as dislike it.

As for Apps installed;

  • Trillian - Having got the PC version of the application and loving it, I downloaded the App. The sync-on-start for all the linked accounts was a killer feature.
  • Twitter – An obvious one. Not gonna say anymore.
  • Remember the Milk – I’m getting too forgetful, and this App gives me a checklist of stuff to do each morning. If I can keep up with it and make sure that I add stuff either on the website or on the App regularly, then I can make the $25 yearly fee for the Pro account worth it.

iPod Touch + Bluetooth = iPhone - Dropped Calls =D

Also got Skype, Facebook, WordPress (do not download; a joke). And for games, I bought Mass Effect: Galaxy, Monkey Ball, SimCity, PuzzleQuest and Streets of Rage. I still have a few that I want to get, but I want to make sure that I pace myself and avoid splurging £30 at a time on the App Store; Apple’s instant buy feature by entering my password makes it so tempting to buy. With iOS 4 now effectively breaking some of the apps in the store, I’m going to let the developers update them before buying and raging at how it doesn’t work.

Finally cleared out my room of the junk that had slowly accumulated. Once again, I had a box of nothing but wires and connectors for stuff that I didn’t even use anymore; I even had a memory card reader that hooked up PS1 memory cards to my PC (via an LPT port – retro!) and books on HTML3. Obviously, a lot of these are now sitting in the recycling boxes or in the bin outside. It was, frankly, a lot of crap that had been hoarded. I’m surprised I managed to get it done during the day. It’s so hot here that I have a fan, both windows open and I’m still thinking ‘I can’t go outside; it’s boiling’. Of course I have to walk to work, and that leaves me with the most uncomfortable half an hour of each day when I get in. But nobody has said anything about it so I’m happy somewhat. Could be colder. =[

With Aion now starting to pick up pace now (had a few PvP encounters and I’m hopefully going to start trying to rift in a legion group), I’m thinking of starting up a podcast again for Aion. I used to listen to The Abyss, and it provided a lot of information as well as just something to listen to. It disappeared into total obscurity, including it’s hosts, and left a bit of a bad taste in the mouth for both myself and Zach. There’s no other podcast that services the game anymore; they’re all dead. The latest one had it’s most recent episode in February and with 2.0 on the way it only makes sense to get things moving and cover 2.0 as a pace-setting exercise.

Might sleep on it. Got a driving lesson tomorrow and  I don’t want to be sleepy when I’m going through Sutton; that place is just terrible if you’ve not got your wits about you.

Witty Title Goes Here

Published on March 9, 2010 in The Blog. 0 Comments Tags: , , .

Windows 7 really is a step up. I hate to point out the obvious, but it just proves how much of a failure Vista was. I’m getting notable improvements in performance on the same hardware; this should not be happening. It should be worse; the OS should demand more from the system in order to do more, and yet it demands less to get the job done. I’m so impressed by the new taskbar, and the dock-esque behaviors they have on it. It’s removed my need for shortcut icons, which means less of a mess on my desktop, and less scanning for the correct icon. Surprised it took me so long to get onto it from Vista. The difference in gaming is noticeable; I can go up to full resolution without a problem now. :]

Took some time out of my day to clean the house a little. Just the living room, but it made a difference. The dog covered it in his hairs as he does, but still. The parents certainly appreciated it, so I think I’ll do some more cleaning tomorrow. Hey, if it keeps the parents at bay, I can’t complain for half an hour’s work.

I’m looking at Aion, and yet again there is a Double XP event. I’m tempted to go back, but I’m not sold on even putting a month down, and there is my problem. I want to be able to commit to the game for a month to make sure that I give it a fair go; much like I did to begin with. Grnated, that run lasted six months, but you know what I mean. I want to love the game again, and really get my teeth into it. It’s either that, or get into FFXIV with Ashley. I’m interested in how Square Enix handles the MMO genre after it has evolved so much since FFXI.  And if it has a better group mechanic than Aion, I’m all for it. I hope they do the level-sync deal again; that way there’s no excuse for me not getting help from guildies. Of course, it goes both ways. I would be expected to do a lot with my free time for any guild, which is fair point.

Anyway, I’m blabbing now. I’ll cut it off here. Night.

May the Shadows Never Find You.

Published on February 26, 2010 in Gaming and The Blog. 0 Comments Tags: , .

I said this entry would’ve been posted yesterday, but I forgot about it, and I remembered about it today after my all-nighter.

I’ve quit Aion; at least for now. As the game stands, there is nothing left for me that makes me want to play anymore. And with it being a pay-to-play subscription, it makes no sense to be throwing £8.99 down the drain every month. I made good friends, and I have contact with most of them outside of the game, and there’s always the legion forums.

I figured I would keep this short and sweet, but it wouldn’t do it justice. Thanks to Aion I became friends with a lot of people, and as cliché as it sounds, I found someone who is now very special to me. Hopefully when FFXIV comes out, I’ll be involved with shifting at least part of the legion’s focus from Aion to FF. Of course, this is all dependent on whether the legion sticks together or splinters, but it seems that the core group of legion members are just waiting for a game to continue the guild’s activities on, and therefore the site/ventrilo server is being used equally for just hanging out as well as people playing the game. Just proves that we’re a close-knit group.

However it falls, until the game changes or gets an expansion, I won’t be logging onto Daemion, Knute, or Jormungandr. It’s more the cost than anything else; I would’ve loved to have continued, but if it’s a choice between flying out to meet said special someone, and playing the game for the time between now and the flight date, I would choose the flight every time. And that’s the choice I have made.

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