July 2010
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Ugly Americans - An Updated View.
Let me prefix this by telling you all that I watch a lot of American TV. This is a new show which aired in America a while back, it even got a lotta’ good reviews and ratings. I even wrote about how much I enjoyed it. I wholly hope that this does as well in England as it has in the US and I thought it’d be best you knew to look out for it. So here we are, Ugly Americans, possibly the funniest...
June 2010
5 posts
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Steam Sales
This post isn’t particularly about Steam itself and why I love it, rather just a quick post highlighting some of the major sales going on the last couple days. At some point in the future there will likely be a post on Steam and how awesome it is but for now I’m going to just assume you either know what it is or have access to google.
So yeah, sales time, there have been a lot of...
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I've not updated lately.
I’ve not made a post in a while, I realise this and I’m sure you do too. It’s also rather suspicious (and possibly expected) when you look back at my last couple posts. Big Brother and World of Warcraft? Hmm… I really wonder why White hasn’t updated lately.
In my defence, I have been finishing up college and trying to sort out my student finances. That has been, and...
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Big Brother
So a new season of Big Brother started last week, I think it’s even the last season, so it’s kind of interesting. Over the years Big Brother takes various different primary stances, trying to get people to act or behave in different ways, utilising twists and the types of people to create a somewhat entertaining show.
I watched the first season of this show slightly, I was young...
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World of Warcraft #2
Continued from: http://www.66seven.co.uk/post/654844924
I’m a level 14 Undead Rogue on the EU Bladefist Server. For the Horde. (My username is Undeadninja) I’ve only played a bit and there is literally so much to talk about in this game. I’ve thrown a good few hours into this and so far, I’ve not quite worked out… why. Seriously; it’s not really fun, the...
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World of Warcraft #1
I’ve started playing WoW recently. I know, I know, I’m late to the game and everyone already knows about it. I first heard about WoW back when I used to use IRC, people were chatting about this WOW and I was confused. I was familiar with “:)” and “LOL,” it was before “LMAO” and “ROFL” were even around. What was this WOW and why are people...
May 2010
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White667: New Doctor Who Theme →
No one seems to have mentioned anything about the fact that Doctor Who did not only receive a new Doctor but also a new theme tune. I didn’t talk too much about the new series so never had the chance to bring it up but I figure that it’s worth a mention.
A new (rather hot) companion; a total red…
I wrote a short piece about the new Doctor Who series on my other, less formal, website....
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iTunes Sucks
Why does iTunes suck on Windows computers? Seriously. Mac users don’t seem to complain too much, I mean it’s the operating system’s primary media player so I’m going to assume it works. Then again, technically Windows Media Player was designed for Microsoft… Regardless, iTunes just can’t be as bad as it is on Windows. I’m sure of that.
It’s slow,...
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Public Opinion
A new feature of my site, it’s been available for a while now but I’m only now actually bringing your attention to it. So, sorry if you’ve been waiting for this. (I doubt that you have.)
http://www.66seven.co.uk/ask
Basically, you can now submit subjects you want me to cover, ask me questions if you wish and generally try to steer my attention towards what you want me to cover...
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Heroes
My thoughts on the TV show “Heroes” has truly been a ride of ups and downs. It started off great, I watched the first season as it aired in America and thought it was great. By the time it reached England I was over it and having to wait so long for season two, which didn’t live up to expectations, kinda killed it for me. I forced myself to watch season three and four. It got...
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Nightmare on Elm Street
This film is out today in the UK (and looks awesome.) I think I’ve talked about this before on my Twitter but it looks like a rather good take on the old film. It seems creepy, not veering too far from the original film yet still worth the overpriced cost of visiting a cinema.
I’ve only seen the first film out of the series and I loved it. It was Johnny Depp’s first ever film,...
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April 2010
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Ugly Americans
A new show I really like lately has been Ugly Americans; it’s just a nice type of comedy. This show is set in an alternate USA, where people live side by side with monsters, demons, wizards, zombies, vampires and various other such creatures. It’s nicely animated and the characters are all fairly interesting.
Its set in New York, our main character is Mark Lilly. Having recently...
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Political Parties #2
Continued from: http://www.66seven.co.uk/post/545678693
Conservative. The Tory party will help out the rich billionaires and possibly focus a little on the NHS for the PR benefits. This party generally has terrible policies which will either hurt us in the long run or simply won’t help the right people. Their leader, somewhat of a twat, will change things though. You can be fairly sure...
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Political Parties #1
The UK General election is coming up, it’s hard to judge who to vote for this year, I’ll admit. So looking around online you can get a general sense of the parties, I’ve not really seen any true information to help you vote though. Everything’s fairly similar, nothing stands out and I’m sure the results will be unexpected. My thoughts? Why, well, here’s the three main parties from the...
Blackjack
You know a game I love? Blackjack. It started in the betting shops, I was underage and I played the machines and ID never even once was an issue. Winning and losing what I thought were mountains of money Blackjack took up the large majority of my lunch breaks. I would put up to £10 each play, spread across four hands against my electronic foe. Losing one week then winning the next I think I ended...
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Continued from: http://www.66seven.co.uk/post/532932735
I mentioned this last post but, it’s free! When I recommended this to someone I had to check as I assumed it would cost but apparently not. I would actually pay money for this, it’s basically the note app but it backs up online. That online backup feature is enough for me to pay around £0.99 for this App. Having said that there...
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So a couple posts ago I talked about how Simplenote closing down could really fuck with me. I stated about how I use it a lot but I didn’t say at all why I liked it. I kinda read that post and its like: “Well… OK, fine 66Seven these websites are important to you but why do I care? These are just random things I’ve not heard off! Why are they great? Should >I< use...
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OS4
You know what, fuck you Apple.
Those elitest bastards, always fucking over the little guy. Either you’re a millionare or you’re no one to them. That Steve Jobbs is just a money grabbing iLiver owning fool. Seriously, you can sorta understand releacing a new version of everything every year but don’t then ostracize people who can’t afford to upgrade.
The new OS4...
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International Annoyance
So today Apple should announce their new iPhone OS. I’ve gone over this a little already and as I can’t write the official announcement overview yet, you can all relax: this post isn’t about the iPhone.
I know, right. Jeeze already, lay off with the Apple posts, seriously no one cares. They’re evil and not everyone has an iPhone. Don’t worry; this is NOT about the...
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Call of Duty
Starting today you can play Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 multiplayer free on Steam. This lasts all weekend so it means I can get a pretty decent amount of game time in. Steam is a very good client for stuff like this, usually also their free weekends also line up with some sort of discounted price but I’m not too sure on that.
I’ve not really had a chance to play this game; I...
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Photography
So I’ve been thinking about photography lately, I’ve had Photoshop for a long while and have even use it once or twice. I feel that extending my role when it comes to photography from simply a general interest to actually producing my own work. I spend a lot of time looking at photography, finding new peoples work on DeviantArt and various forums; even going to actual professional...
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iPhone OS4 News
I know, this is something which isn’t put on here too often but this is actual news. This Friday Apple will announce their new iPhone OS. This is the fourth OS and as yet there is absolutely no information on the type of changes which will be made. No hints, no real rumours or even general speculation, really.
Personally I had the second OS for about a month, which from what I remember was...
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Dropbox
People have been using Dropbox since forever. I know a load of people who swear by it, both for work and personal files. Dropbox is basically an online folder, you download their “Dropbox” onto each computer you own and then the App onto your phone and whatever file is thrown in there can be accessed on everything.
Personally, I’ve known about this for years now but I just...
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Essential Business
Or rather, three companies that could fuck me over. We all know it’s true, everyone has them and with the internet it’s almost impossible not too; it’s just so dammed convenient. Three companies which if they go bust, could destroy me are…
Google
The internet’s biggest giant, Google has pretty much one of the strongest hold over me that any company has ever...
March 2010
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Piracy #2 - Ubisoft
First Post: http://www.66seven.co.uk/post/442138576
Ubisoft has announced that they will be implementing a ridiculous new DRM system on their games. Specifically: Assassins Creed II. The new system will require you to be connected to the Ubisoft servers continuously in order to play a single player offline game. This is just stupid and will lose them a lot of sales. No one has a perfect...
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Piracy #1
If people want to download and pirate games; let them. Don’t insult their intelligence by trying to stop them and don’t be pissed about losing money when you’ll happily throw more money away on flawed DRM systems. There’s always going to be people who will want things but won’t want to pay for it and they will always find a way to achieve this.
Businesses, by...
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France
I’ve been in France that last couple days.
Paris is a bit of a shithole, dispite that though everything is ridiculously expencive.
A couple illegal asylum seekers were found on our coach on the way back, which is slightly cool but also rather annoying as it meant spending forever at the border control in France trying to sort everything out and not get arrested ourselves.
Got some booze...
February 2010
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Wagamama
Eating at Wagamuma’s is an odd experience. It’s an London based organisation which in all attempts completely fails to shrug this fact off. Serving food which utilises Japanese cuisine in a heavily altered way so that our western bodies can handle it, this is definitely a weird place.
Sitting down in this English establishment, being served Americanised foods prepared by part time...
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Owl City
OK so over the past two weeks or so, I’ve been hearing “Fireflies” everywhere. Every bloody shop seems to have added it to their mandatory playlsit. My friends are linking me to the YouTube video and people seem to love it.
Don’t get me wrong, it’s not bad it’s just not really any good. I listen to it and I can’t find the will to turn it off but I...
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Shattered Horizon
I know it’s a bit late, but Steam’s had a Shattered Horizon free weekend the past couple days. I’ve had a about two hours or so playing altogether, so these thoughts are only preliminary.
The controls are a bit hard; as I have a terrible mouse it’s almost impossible for me to aim. (this is a laptop so I’m just not used to using an external mouse. Most games seem to...
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Wait
I know what I said but I lied.
I’m stuck between a rock and a hard place, it’s frustrating and painful; it means I can’t update here for a while. Just hold on and wait for me to fight through this.
I’ll start updating properly soon.
No updates till Sunday
Sorry, I’m away from my computer until Sunday and I hadn’t really had time to plan ahead. My bad. Yesterdays lack of an update was caused by the need to sleep.
So Sunday there’ll be an update, and then next week should start updating as normal.
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New Facebook
I forgot I needed another post today, oopse. So excuse if the following seems rushed.
So the new Facebook? It looks exactly the same just more confusing. I’ve had to explain to two people how to log off already and it’s barely been a day. Facebook changes, that’s just part of life but usually it changes for a reason.
The best point about change, when it comes to websites, is it...
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I am no music man
Seriously, I know nothing of music. I’m still listening to The White Stripes, have they even released an album this millennia? I don’t know this stuff.
Wow, so Wikipedia tells me they have, last one was 2007? I didn’t know that, gotta find that newish one then. Hm. So yeah, I don’t know music. The Lonely Island is a real band for me, honestly. That stuff is actual rap.
I...
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Saint I Told You So.
No major post today, just wanted to take a step out from the norm to say “Woo, Go Saints!”
I have been telling everyone it was Saints year, mentioned it on my twitter and I even put a little money on it. So that’s rather nice. =P Being in England I haven’t seen the whole game yet but I’ll probably give it a watch later on in the week, from what I’ve seen it...
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PC Suck.
So I got a massive virus attack on Sunday, that sucked and it was incredibly annoying. What is more annoying would be that once I got rid of the virus, something I’m not actually positively sure I have done, my computer was all screwy.
It’s still all screwy.
Nothing quite works, it’s somehow decided to forget how to use an .exe file and most applications don’t work fully....
Peeve #2
A slight modification on the mysterious background, this peeve is slightly less prominent but notably more annoying. This is: limitless ability. To explain better, this is when a character has the ability to do just about anything, although it’s usually focused on one specific aspect.
Obvious examples here: the spy who always makes the perfect shot, the thief who can break any safe, the...
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Mad man #4
The first post: http://www.66seven.co.uk/post/347251252
This post, a follow on from: http://www.66seven.co.uk/post/364942305
OK so just an overview here, I want to finish these Man Men posts before I start on season two. Man men has a lot of good points and a lot of bad ones. It’s definitely a show aimed at an American audience and it kinda makes me want to drink.
I really do like how...
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Peeve #1
There are a couple things which are found on TV which just annoy me. It happens a lot, notably more in American television; writers start slipping into the same annoying patterns from program to program. This specific issue is about character development, or more importantly the lack of thought when developing the character. It’s the character with an incomplete or impossible background.
...
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Mad Man #3
The first post: http://www.66seven.co.uk/post/347251252
This post, a follow on from: http://www.66seven.co.uk/post/351630365
So I realise my last posts on Man Men didn’t really actually tell you much about the show itself. Trying not to give any spoilers away I ended up with generalisations which you would have to actually watch the show to understand. So following; the show Mad Men, a...
January 2010
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Internet Creativity
I’m taking this weekend a little easy, you may notice. I’ve had an incredibly busy week and although managed to update every single day I didn’t leave myself any buffer for the weekend, was burning the candle at both ends and managed to find myself sleeping in most of Saturday. On note of that I’m having a light weekend and getting myself together again to ensure updates...
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“These are my Pokémon, each a very special friend.
They join me on my travels,...”
– - Jamie Burgoyne
Just a small thing, this weekend’s posts are going to be Pokémon themed. FYI.
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The BAFTAs are fast approaching
Not too fast, though. It’s under a month, sure, but that’s more than enough time to watch everything, make my picks and (as of this year) place my bets. Usually the BAFTAs are generally something people either watch with families, watch with a passion or don’t watch at all. I like films but I don’t watch the BAFTAs. I’m going to change that this year.
I know most...
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Lazy Day
So I’ve just finished typing up my iPad post, it’s a bit buzzing. Today I’m taking a day off because you got two posts yesterday.
So, food for thought:
No TV subscription services, only AT&T networking, gotta wait an extra month for 3G, no background applications, international 3G plans and prices to be announced still.
Although: The Kindle is dead, sorry. Also, is there...
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iPad
So, Apple’s newest product has been announced and it’s slightly surprising. First off, it’s called the iPad; maybe one of the few names I hadn’t heard suggested or rumoured. To be honest it’s got me hyped up. It’s got e-book capabilities, their own book store, HD video, gaming, e-mail; it’s pretty much what everyone wants it to be.
“Using this...