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2011, this year I will hopefully get a new job and be able to build my dream computer (well a slightly more on budget version).

case/chassis  $145

Every great computer starts with a case/chassis, some people like to use old ones and mod them but I do not have a workshop and would probably loose a limb trying.

So I am going to go with a awesome case from NZXT called alpha for $145NZ. For its price it is really a great case, it support’s up to three 120mm fans and has space for 5 HDD’s and can fit large expansion cards like the NVIDIA 8800GTX.

Can buy one from here http://www.overclockers.co.nz/product/case/nzxt/ALP.shtml

Motherboard $370

The most important part, it is what links all your hardware. I am not going to go with any thing too cheap here.  The Gigebyte GA-X58A UD3R make me want to drewl and supports 6 core intel processors.

Will not go fully into the specs but here is a link if you are interested

http://www.playtech.co.nz/afa.asp?idWebPage=39235&CATID=26&ID=13666&SID=298309502&ref=pricespy

CPU $490

I am going to get the “Intel Core i7 CPU i7-950 3.06GHz 8Mb LGA1366″

Once again a link

http://www.computerlounge.co.nz/components/componentview.asp?partid=13574&ref=pricespy

RAM $90 for 2 sticks of 2gb

Ah, Kingston of course. I am not going to use their “valueram” no way.  I am going with some thing with a little more of a kick Kingston known as “blu” . Blu is for computer enthusiasts on a budget (entry level).

http://www.kingston.com/anz/hyperx/products/blu.asp

GFX Card $380

This is one of my favorite parts of building a new computer. I always choose a few models back of the latest from geforce to save a lot of money. I am going to go with the GF GTX 460

Full specs here

http://www.elive.co.nz/palit-gtx-460-sonic-1gb-ac1620.php?ref=pricespy

Hard Drive – $200 for 2x 1TB sata drives

Oh yes thats right I want 2 of these things, one for each OS

http://www.elive.co.nz/samsung-1tb-7200rpm-hard-drive-ac1412.php

Cooling – $60 for x3 fans

I am not going with some boring looking fan, getting a Antec fan

http://www.elive.co.nz/antec-tricool-80mm-casefan-ac0245.php

Power Supply – $190

Doc “1.21 GIGAWATTS!!!!!!!!!!!!”

What could power this beast I want to create well a trusty Corsair 650W TX-650 ATX Power Supply should do the trick.

http://www.elive.co.nz/corsair-650w-tx650-powersupply-ac0024.php

DVD/Blue ray Burner – $315

http://www.elive.co.nz/lite-on-ihbs212-blu-ray-sy2902.php

Monitor – $500

Oh yes only the best.

http://www.elive.co.nz/samsung-syncmaster-2233rz-3d-monitor-t13113.php

Keyboard/Mouse and other blings $150

I am going to get a nice keyboard that lights up and a mouse with more than 5 buttons. Some neon lights for inside my computer because the case has a window.

Wrap up – Total Cost of about $3200 to build

Thats the computer I am going to build when I get a job drewl

Bang Pow Boom WOTLK video wrap-up(for the nostalgic), I did not end up finishing it as we did not finish ICC and I wanted to release it before cataclysm.

I probably should have done a few tweaks in some parts. I am sorry about the quality for the fights leading up to ICC, I did not have back ups and had to download the flash versions from my website.

Now I know to back up all the uncompressed cataclysm fights to disks for next time I carefully picked out good music and added in voice’s from the bosses. Most of it is key-framed to take attention away from me and make it more about the guild. How ever some parts probably needed to be tweaked like I mentioned before.

Any ways I am not making this one viewable from my website, instead I will just link you all a link to download it.
(Codec) Video=Xvid Audio=MP3 (other info) Duration=aprox 37 minutes Filesize=683mb (sorry about the file size)
http://epick.org/media/bangpow.avi

I have a 12 slot non-deathmatch gungame server at 203.14.173.51:27016 it is based in Sydney
I have now set up a stat website for my server, it gets updated only twice a day. http://epick.org/gameservers/stats/

I have also up dated my map dawn of cbble which was designed for gungame which you can download here gg_dawnofcbble_v1a.zip its only version 1a but will probably not need any more work done on it

UPDATE NEW 1.0 Version of Dawn of Dust
gg_dawnofdust.zip

Me and some guildies were hanging out in Dalaran when we noticed something epic happening. Is it a bird, is it a plane, is it Deathwing and the cataclysm has finally come? No its a fucking huge cow!!!!!!!

My 3rd video on about the Linux handhold game console called the Caanoo

This is my Second Video showing off community developed programs, games and emulators

Enjoy

Buy a Caanoo at (recommended)

http://www.play-asia.com/SOap-23-83-ioy0-71-d1-49-en-84-j-70-3w5n.html

or check out fungp.com for other retailers

For all you guys and girls who like hacking and open source this is a treat for you, time to geekgasm.

http://www.play-asia.com/SOap-23-83-ioy0-71-d1-49-en-84-j-70-3w5n.html
This is the new open source linux console called the Caanoo and it is more than twice as fast  as the PSP and is roughly the same size (screen is a bit smaller).  Gamepark Holdings designed this for hackers and the open source community You can do anything with it OMG DREWL.  Being nearly 3 times faster than the PSP some one could surely emulate PSP games on it. Ok lets Compare it to the PSP

PSP vs Caanoo Specs

This proves the “GP2X Caanoo” is better than “Sony PSP” in every way. Even Gameparks previous handheld console the “GP2X WIZ” is better than the PSP. Here is a link to where you can purchase the caanoo, being cheaper and faster than the PSP why would people even buy a PSP? Order GP2X Caanoo Game System (black/blue) at Play-Asia.com It only costs $150US  ($200NZ) ($160AUS)

[Update 1] I found a picture to compare the GP2X Caanoo to Gameparks Holdings previous console the GP2X WIZ and as you can see the Caanoo is so much better. A big improvement in screen size and quality and also notice the analog joystick.

Also the Caanoo is really solid compared to the WIZ

Gamepark Holdings has being buying the rights to some old classic arcade games so far they have bought the following

Batsgun ,Demons World, Fire Shark, Grind Stormer, Hell Fire, Out Zone, Pipi & Bibi’s, Snow Bros 1, Snow Bros 2, Tiger Heli, Truxton 1, Truxton 2, Twin Cobra and more

Gamepark Holdings is changing the way that a lot of these games are played for example imagine playing Out Run with Motion Control. The Caanoo is open-source so there will be emulators for all retro consoles.

Many commercial games are coming to the caanoo some of these include

Rythmos (Rhythm Game), Propis (Puzzle Game), Perfect Goal Manager 2010 (football manager Clone), Deicide 3 (action), Redemtion Lair (RPG) and more

The Caanoo will have many more games coming, some of them are online or network games making use of the Wifi Dongle. (Wifi dongle sold separately)

I am hoping some one will port the Mugen engine to it I will need a 4gb SD card to fit all my characters on it I have already already got mine from here,

[UPDATE 2] As part of GP32Spain second coding contest for Gamepark Holdings previous console the Gp2x WIZ some one has almost perfected a existing playstation emulator.

PCSX4ALL v1.0 has not being released to the public yet but a lot of games work almost perfectly through this emulator, this emulator just needs t be ported to the Caanoo when it is released.  Check out the emu here

Gamepark Holdings might be coming to Auckland in New Zealand for the Armageddon Pulp Expo in October, I would love to see a gamepark holding booth there next to all the big company’s booths they will look great gameparks holdings product is something new and exciting and with over 30000 people passing through the doors it would be a great opportunity for a small company with only 70 staff members. Maybe they will throw a party too, YAY! Buy a Caanoo

[UPDATE 3] -  6/9/10 Caanoo Community Developments so Far

http://www.play-asia.com/SOap-23-83-ioy0-71-d1-49-en-84-j-70-3w5n.html

Ever had your laptop stolen? Thief’s are always on the look out to snatch a laptop. once me and my friend were at a arcade and luckily we both were using our laptops at the time a passing by thief stole my friends laptop bag probably thinking a laptop was inside.

There is lightweight software for modern laptops to catch these theifs, one of which is called Prey http://preyproject.com/ which works on Mac, windows and Linux and its free and open-source.

A lot of thief’s will try to steal information off your laptop before they reformat and sell it. Prey can use your webcam to take a picture of the criminal and will e-mail a server that you can log into a photo of them to give to the police. It can also use a laptops GPS to find where they are and can send all sorts of other information to the server, like a screenshot and what programs they are running.

This program will give you peace of mind if your laptop gets stolen

First time Richard Stallman aka RMS was in New Zealand was 2008 (i fixed that audio file so if u downloaded here 2008)

I should have uploaded this file after it was aired but forgot, he did a second interview in 2009 which you can download  here
Stallman Interview 2009

I have to give credit to the person who started this scam, has to be one of the best scams of all time but I also want to give them a bullet for making alot of peoples life’s harder with higher taxes.

Every one is going to be affected by this, it will effect trade all over the world, with higher gas and electric bills some company’s might not be able to survive and poor family’s not be able to feed their familys, elderly not able to keep warm.

Yet world leaders blindly sign these bullshit agreements, our planet is dying and our sun is will become a red giant with in the next 100 billion years. We cannot stop the inevitable from happening as the human brain lacks the ability to learn the knowledge of the universe, we cannot even cure most illnesses  with out slicing some one open to do so.

Some assholes are using us all to capitalize on global warming, Emissions Trading Scheme is a SCAM. There is no evidence to suggest that global warming is caused by pollution, heck when we fart we cause  pollution, are they going to tax us for breathing up all the air?

Heavy pollution can make people sick but by no means causes global warming.

The next end to all civilization on this  planet is near, probably not in our lifetime but is closer than most might think it is inevitable.

Remember this planet was a water planet with no land masses once, the tectonic shell some how cracked most likely from pressure from the core reeking havoc and creating volcanoes and earthquakes forcing land up above the water. it is very unlikely that the shell got cracked from an impact as most objects would shatter on the surface of the water making a big splash creating tidal waves.

Will most likely update and edit this post as things come to mind

Regional licensing causes piracy so why does it even exist, 20 years ago it made sense but in today’s modern age it only causes piracy. Often people are willing to pay for their media but when they attempt to buy it legally they are told by the websites that they cannot have it in their country.  Why the hell not? is their money not good enough?

Licensing should not be limited by country or region in todays on-demand society. People are not patient any more and cannot 6 months after another country has being able to buy it the whole time.

Stop regional licensing and reduce piracy by over %30 and also that will mean cheaper prices for all because they will be making more moneys.