Kyle White’s blog

Hey guys, it’s been a while since I’ve posted anything worthwhile up due to difficult times and seen as my mind is deep in thought right now; I thought I’d make a “quick” blog entry for the hell of it.

Not too much to report really; 1 exam down so far – went OK but could’ve been better, “Legislative & Ethical Issues” really isn’t my area of expertise so it would appear. Two more to go; “E-Crime” and “Operating Systems”. Providing I get a bit of revision in throughout the next few days they shouldn’t be too bad (in theory). 

I’ve found a neat piece of software called ‘TVCatchup’. What is basically does is allows you to watch the main channels which you’d get via Freeview on your computer. It’s all streamed live via your internet connection and is around 5-10 seconds off the satellite broadcast (i’ve checked). It’s currently in open beta (as is the Desktop player) – I highly suggest you check it out. 

This weekend Team Fortress 2 is free for everybody. The Sniper / Spy update has been implemented and I’ve never seen the servers so excessively full! Follow the link and if you haven’t already sign up for a Steam account and get playing! I’ve lost my touch unfortunately – but I’m slowly getting back into the swing of it – I blame excessive time on Battlefield Heroes! If you fancy a game, please feel free to leave a message via the comments.

Britains Got Talent announced the 40 finalists today (well.. sort of, it all seemed a bit rushed). They didn’t actually show Sue Son being told ‘you’ve made it’.. I mean, I know she’s in the line up for tonights live show (via the announcement at the end) – but I didn’t see her at any point throughout the “ruling out” process… quite odd really! Anywho, I’ll definitely be voting for her thats for sure! Incase you missed her performance you can view it here. 

I’ve been splashing some cash recently and have bought a few new things such as;

• Call of Duty: World at War [PC]
• Blues Brothers [DVD]
• Sky Blue [DVD]
• Ghost In The Shell 1 + 2 [DVD]
• Rambo Boxset [DVD]
• Rocky Boxset [DVD]

Although I haven’t got around to playing/watching any of them! I’ve not seen the Ghost in the Shell movies; and I’ve been meaning to check them out for quite some time so hopefully they’ll live up to the hype. I watched Hot Shots most recently; and although I’m not one to recognise the movies which it’s parodying (i’m useless, I know) I still found it hilarious. Charlie Sheen and Jon Cryer in their early days are just as funny as they are today. I’ll be sure to watch the Rambo boxset before watching Hot Shots: Part Deux. 

One other film I saw on the shelf really caught my attention;

I know what your thinking (if your male/lesbian), ‘daaaaaaaaaamn‘. ‘Machine Girl’ has been rated as one of the most excessively “over-the-top” bloodthirsty films ever. I’ve yet to ‘acquire’ a ‘preview version’ of it – if it does turn out to be pretty impressive; I’ll be buying the DVD for sure.

Progress has been made on the ‘Jukebox Project’. Rhys was given an old CD based jukebox case and interior to ‘play with’. The result (after hours of hard work using 1 pence pieces to scrape paint off) is as follows;

Inside of the case now is an Intel Atom based PC (compact as hell) – capable of running a fully functional ‘electronic’-jukebox. All the lights and necessary equipment for it all to function have been purchased – it’s just down to the ‘touch-ups’ now. The project is on hiatus at the moment due to University examinations. 

I’ve attempted to ‘clean’ my room too. My ‘Sega Corner’ has been born. After recently discovering Toy Army in Newport was still open; I plan to get ahold of more old consoles/memoribilia for my collection. 

On a different note – Michael Jackson has pushed the gig back (the one which I’m going to) a whole year! It’s now been rescheduled for March 1st 2010! I’m really annoyed about that; as it means it’ll be one of the last shows (which may or may not even take place judging by his previous performance patterns). 

Oh yeah – after the exams have ended I think I’ll be starting to play World of Warcraft again (/cheer). Got nothing to do now in the summer (no fiancee, no job, no life – sad face) so it’ll help pass the time that’s for sure!

Well – this was initially going to be a fairly short blog post but it’s turned into quite a lengthy one (half a standard assignment if the word count via WordPress is to be believed). Hope you guys are all well – noticed that the hunt is still going on for the IT Crowd Season 3 easter egg – hopefully after the exams I’ll be able to get more stuck in and see what is to be discovered.

Take it easy.

Kyle

Wow. Just.. wow.

Update: If YouTube deletes the above video (which they will..) follow this official ITV link.