Christmas in Mass
Posted by Ian Gutjahr in Entertainment on 12 28th, 2006So, what’d everyone get? Any new cars driving around this year? No. I didn’t get a car, but you know, there is always next year. But I got the next closest thing - Need For Speed Carbon (PSP). It may not go 200km/h but it’s noodles of fun. I’m already 22% complete. It’s longer then I thought it would be. Race after race and still 0%! Of course all good gamers have their favorite chair. If you don’t have one by now, your not seriously l33t. I have one - therefor I am ubber l33t. It’s a fold out comfy thing. It has built in speakers! It’s great & feels so surround.
My biggest and (going to be) most used gift this year is… socks! Yeah the things you wear on your feet, not the proxy connection you nerds! It’s all right we all have our moments. I’m kidding. I got a new computer. It’s a refurbished HP workhorse. I needed it to play the best games ever created, F.E.A.R* and America’s Army.
The specs of this beast are pretty good compared to my old computer.
- Memory: 2046MB PC2-4200 DDR2 SDRAM
- Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 2.80GHz (2 CPUs)
- Hard Drive: Primary: 237 GB 7200RPM Serial ATA; Secondary: 300 GB; USB External: Gigabank 250 GB;
- CD Drive: LightScribe Double Layer 16X DVD+R/RW
- Video Card:
NVIDIA GeForce 7300 LERadeon X1650 Series (512 MB dedicated video RAM) - Sound Card: Realtek HD Audio TV out capabilities
- Speakers: Logitech X-530 70 Watts 5.1 Speakers with Cerwin-Vega! 2000 watt 12"x2 sub woofers
- Keyboard: Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 v1.0
- Mouse: Keio Optical
- Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.050301-1519)
- Other: ATI All In Wonder Remote Control Plus; Built in card reader: Smart Media/xD; MMC/SD; Compact Flash 1/2; Memory Stick/PRC
And I get a free Microsoft Vista upgrade in January. To bad I didn’t get in on the beta on that one. 
All and all, I had a pretty awesome Christmas. How was yours? Tell me in your comments!
* F.E.A.R - First Encounter Assault Recon (Single Player) http://whatisfear.com (rated M for Mature)
I used Windows Live Writer (BETA) to post this entry - it crashed once! Cool concept though.
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File Sharing with (m)IRC - New/Old Fad?
Posted by Ian Gutjahr in Computers and Internet on 12 14th, 2006
then I thought it would be. I tried to understand it years ago, but with all the commands and messy web sites for these file sharing servers - it always confused me. This site, which I now use and is saved to favorites 
. It’s so easy! Anyway, on with the fun stuff. So all you do is type in your search, and it basically does it for you! The website connects to the IRC file server and channel. All you have to do is type in a message like "/msg username filename #5" the site will give you a little pop up with all the needed command info and all you have to do is copy and paste!
IRC+-+New%2fOld+Fad%3f&referrer=)