Now Listening To:Song: Molossus
Artist: Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard
Album: Batman Begins OST
IT'S ON NOW, MATT!!!
Random Pic Of The Week
I figure since the quality and quantity of my posts are... dubious, I might try out a regular once per week summary of thoughts/events, etc. After all, I can't get much worse from here, can I?
I found an app that gives a detailed report on hdd performance, temperatures and run time. At this stage, my computer has been running for a total of 9 months, 24 days, 13 hours. This works out at roughly being 12hrs per day. At around 400w on average power, and 550w at full load, that's a lot of juice, that I don't pay for. I'm begining to think that maybe I should use my laptop more...
In other news, Torchwood is about to hit screens in oz on Network Ten. I just found out it's actually a spin off from Dr Who, so God knows how far it's going to get before it gets axed. Anyone taking bets for 2 eps? The link's to the official ten website with an extended preview for those who want to check it out.
Anyway, it seems like a slight improvement on the latest bbc series, as you might tell from the video link. It has promise, although if they have the same script writers, than it's screwed. I'm downloading the first ep now, so we'll see how it goes. Who can't help but watch it with the whole "flash random scenes out of context from the first ep with dramatic male/female voiceover" adverts that ten are now famous for. "Captian Jack is comminnngggg....". And that's why people bit torrent.
UPDATE: Torchwood ain't half bad. It's aimed at an adult audience, so it's a lot darker than Dr Who, but I think it might actually work. I think the script writers might like the cybermen technology a bit too much though. And the overly obvious references to Dr Who are sometimes overdone. But it's pretty good for a modern BBC production.
Speaking of Ten, Jericho gets booted from screens after only 1 return ep. Seriously. I recorded the last two because of the crap timeslot, and for the second recording I get "Mean Girls". What's the deal with that? Why on earth would you air a show like Jericho, which has a more mature audience, after a bogan farm fight night? It did alright last year on Thursday nights, and is there any surprise no one tunes in when the show starts late, wedged in between what equates to school kid backyard playdates and a bogan porn fest?
The only people with less braincells than the Big Brother housemates are those people that watch it. Therefore, it is reasonable to assume that drama without nudity is not going to rate well folling Big Brother.
Yet another show to add to the torrent list (Jericho, not big brother, that is...).
So, how many Indians does it take to up an internet plan and move house?
No, it's not a racist joke, despite how that sounds, but in answer it's 3 - 1 to change address, 1 to up the plan, and 1 to explain what the first 2 did.
It turns out instead of transferring our account, they simply created a new one and negleted to tell us. Which meant that account details couldn't be accessed from the net, and that our optusnet emails will be changed, confusing everyone in the process. And this is the industry I'm going to enter. *shudder*
I could comment on Paris Hilton and Tony Mockbell, but I think we're all decided on that one (and yes, I ripped the idea from Rove)...
Paris in black wigDamn, I've got my last exam Friday this week. Stupid holiday mode zapping all my study motivation!
Well, this seems to be more substantial than most of the previous posts. This may work after all.
NEXT WEEK:
Review of Forza Motorsport 2, provided EB Games haven't screwed up or delayed the backorder. Can't wait!
