Author Archives: Michael Collins

Unknown's avatar Michael Collins 11:56 pm on 09/12/2011
Tags: amazing, compatible, , , , , , notebook, , retro, , , soul mate, spike, , trip, ,   

My Trip

Ok, so yesterday i got back from Dublin after spending almost a week with my perfect girlfriend Tracey. It was amazing. I’ve never felt so compatible with someone. She really is my soulmate and I don’t want anyone else. Except Jessica Alba, but she knows about that.
But yeah, we spent most of the time playing games and having sex and reinstalling windows on her computer and trying to install Ubuntu, which wasn’t co-operating. It would help if it had a working cd drive (good job i brought my blu-ray drive) and a bigger than 40gb hard drive .
She took me to Dublin town into a retro game shop called rage. It was heaven.  I also saw the famous spike. It was taaaaaall.
We watched the notebook together while eating pizza. She cried at the end. So did i. Not really. I didn’t!
Anyways, it was amazing. I couldn’t keep my hands off her. I love her so fucking much. She’s perfect for me



Unknown's avatar Michael Collins 1:25 pm on 28/11/2011
Tags: , 1500, , ,   

Milestone

OK, so i did a blog a while ago about hitting 1000 views. I thought that was pretty impressive (for me). Now i’m at almost 1500 views. 1500! HOW?! WHO?! I did ask for people to leave a comment if they read it, they obviously totally ignored that, except my sexy girlfriend Tracey who comments on most.

So get to work. Start reading some more and make me hit 1500. And then 2000. And then i’ll TAKE OVER THE WOOOOORLD. Or something. I’m sure there was something else i wanted to say as well but i can’t remember what. Oh well, i’ll do another blog when i remember it. If i do.

Oh, and i think you should ALL read my blogs many times and share them with EVERYONE you know so i can go OVER 9000?!!??!?! Ah i love that.

Unknown's avatar Michael Collins 10:09 pm on 26/11/2011
Tags: £1, brag, dirty, game, , , , , playpack, , service, stream, , value   

New Kind of Gaming. And Ireland

Hello children. in today’s lesson, i would like to teach you about an interesting gaming service you may or may not have heard of. Probably not. It is called OnLive. I’ll explain why it’s different

This is a gaming service that, instead of having physical disks or other media, or downloading a digital copy, you get games STREAMED to you over the interwebs. Kind of like a YouTube video. Only you control it. Naturally you’ll need a relatively decent internet connection. 5meg is recommended. I have 10 (apparently). As long as you have a decent connection, it’s suprisingly fast. Although when it does have speed problems, it really can fuck up your game quite bad. It got me killed once in Splinter Cell: Conviction.

Which leads me on to another subject: Games. The games that are available. There’s quite a few. Although they don’t seem to get released on there the same time as the same game on other systems, you usually have to wait a few weeks. Although there are quite a few games of varying quality. Here’s the list for the UK: http://www.onlive.co.uk/games/featuredgames#&tab=all_games

You can get games in full for a set price, like £30 or thereabouts, or you can get the playpack bundle, which gives you the ability to play lots of games for just under £7 a month. Oh, and you get the first game for £1. Great value isn’t it! You can get it for Winblows and Mac(unfortunately not Linux. Yet), or you can get the onlive console (like i have), for i think £70 or £80 (i got mine for £50 off ebay). It’s a well made piece of kit. It’s well built, has HDMI, 2 USB ports, optical digital out, and it comes with a wireless controller, which also feels well built. Even the USB cable does. Which is a lot like an xbox controller. Which confuses me because i’m used to the PS3 controller. Some xbox compatible controllers also work.

Anyways, all in all, it’s a good value service as long as you get the playpack bundle and there’s a few games in there you are interested in. I recommend you try it out. And if you do, add me, micolps3. Oh and you can also save what they call brag clips, which let you save the last 10 seconds on gameplay and post it to facebook or send it as a message to someone on onlive.

You can also view other people playing games live, and they can watch you. They can also cheer and jeer you if you do good or bad. It’s like facebook likes. Only with dislikes as well (still waiting for facebook to give us that).

And finally. On the 2nd December, i am going to Ireland to see my sexy perfect girlfriend, Tracey Ryan. I shall be returning on the 8th, with the infamous RyanAir (no relation to Tracey). Naturally we’ll be doing something very dirty. Mud wrestling. Yeah right. I’m sure you can imagine. Yeah, that,

Anyway, i haven’t been sleeping much the past couple of nights. I need sleeping pills. And i’ve also written quite a lot in a short amount of time (for me). I think i use brackets too much (or do i). Dammit

Unknown's avatar Michael Collins 1:40 pm on 22/11/2011
Tags: 1300+, , , empty, , new, sites, template, ,   

My New Website

I would just like to announce that i have created (in a loose sense) a website. By that i mean i have used sites.google.com to create a template for my website. You can find it at https://sites.google.com/site/mikipediaspot/home. It is pretty empty since it’s brand new, but it does have a theme, some pages and some pictures. I think i’ve done quite well for about an hour’s work though. I’ll add more stuff soon.

Oh and since i did my last blog post on 14th November, my blog has hit 1300+ views. All them views and not even many comments. Post a comment if you’re going to read it, so i get a better idea how many people are reading.

So go check out my website!

Unknown's avatar Michael Collins 12:59 am on 14/11/2011
Tags: , , read, thank, , you   

1000+ Views

Well it’s official. My blog has hit over 1000 views. When i checked this morning, it was 1002. When i checked just now, it was 1020. So i just want to say a thank you to everyone who has read and currently reads my blogs (and will read in the future). So pass my blog on to people and keep on reading! Here’s to 1000 more.

My Stats

Unknown's avatar Michael Collins 10:31 pm on 21/10/2011
Tags: album, ash, , , burn, , charlotte hatherley, gig, , hmv, hoodie, , mark hamilton, rick mcmurray, rock, sd card, signing, tim wheeler   

Ash

So let me tell you what happened last night.

I have a favourite band. I think we all do. But my favourite band isn’t all that popular. You may not have heard of them, which is understandable. They are called Ash. They are from northern Ireland and have been around a while, about 15 years (I think ’96) was their first release).

I discovered them in 2001 when I saw their song called Burn Baby Burn on I think a music channel called Q. I immediately fell in love with them and they’ve been my favourite band ever since

Anyways, they were doing a gig in Birmingham last night, which I knew about for a while, but didn’t want to spend much more money this month so didn’t get tickets. But what I didn’t knew about was they were also doing a signing there, in HMV, like they did a few years ago the last time I saw then and got an album signed.

But I found out early that day, a few hours before the gig. Tidied my self up for my man, Tim Wheeler (lead singer and guitarist) and set off to see then.

Last time I saw them, they also played some songs and I was hopeful to see then do more this time. They didn’t, even though I’d brought my Asus transformer to record it. I was going to take my usual HD camera, but the SD card keeps popping out. I’m currently looking for a cheap decent HD camcorder.

Anyways, I bought their new album, which is a lot like they old one, Intergalactic Sonic 7s, but not as good, waited in line to see them (after looking at cameras in Currys), and went in when it was time.

I hand the cover of the CD to Rick McMurray (drummer), he said “Alright?”, I said it back. He signed it, passed it along to Charlotte Hatherley (ex backing singer, pianist, backing guitar), she signed it, passed it along, smiled at me, i smiled back (she clearly wanted to ravage me). Tim, signed it. Then he notices what I was wearing. I’d specifically put on my Ash hoodie, just in case someone noticed it. Tim did and said “Nice jacket, there”. I smiled like an idiot. He then passed it to Mark Hamilton (bassist). He didn’t do say or do anything.

So they handed it back. i left with a big smile, feeling very happy. I had just met my favourite band for a second time. I really should go to more of their gigs

Unknown's avatar Michael Collins 5:44 pm on 14/10/2011
Tags: apple, death, dennis, ios, , , mac osx, richie, unix   

The Death of a TRUE Technological Legend

Now we all know that Steve Jobs has died. And yeah that’s sad. But what you probably didn’t hear about is the death of someone more important and pioneering. A Mr. Dennis Richie. Now you probably haven’t heard of him. To be honest I hadn’t. But let me tell you who he is.

Dennis Richie created Unix. Unix is what Linux is based on. It is also what Mac OSX is based on. So without him, there’s be no Linux and there would be no iOS or OSX.

So just think about that, Apple lovers. Think about just which one of those people are more important. The creator of Unix, the basis for the best OS (and Mac)are based on, or a guy who takes old technology and sells it at an extortionate price.

Link to the article here:

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/10/dennis-ritchie-heres-to-you/

Unknown's avatar Michael Collins 11:44 pm on 12/10/2011
Tags: , dreamcast, , , hotel, , movie, , , , tablet,   

Girlfriend

So for the past couple of months, I’ve had a girlfriend. I’ve mentioned her before. The past few days she’s been in England (from Ireland) staying with me. She left yesterday. It was the best few days i’ve had in a long time. I know she’s my soul mate. We’re just similar in so many ways. We’re perfect for each other.

So she got here from Dublin on Friday (it’s Wednesday as I write this), we stayed in a hotel for a couple of nights, then went to mine and stayed there for a couple of night. I know what you’re thinking. I did want her to stay at mine the whole time, but my dad wouldn’t like that. Yeah i live with my dad unfortunately.

The hotel was average. Nothing special. There was no hot water and the clock had stopped. But we managed. She bought a relatively cheap but decent 10 inch Android tablet. See, perfect. She also hates Microsoft and Apple, just like me. Oh, on a side note, I’m sitting here in a snuggie. That is all.

I did take my PS3 to the hotel with me, but i forgot to bring a video cable, so i bought a HDMI cable from i think Argos for £5, and that didn’t work, so we had no PS3 games while we was there. Although we played a bit when we got to mine. We also watched Wall-E, Tron and Tron Legacy. And played Tony Hawk 2 and Fur Fighters on Dreamcast. And Black Ops on PS3 with my best friend Andrea and her daughter Sharon. With Tracey of course (Tracey was on the winning team).

When we went to buy Tracey’s tablet (and my HDMI cable), we went into Currys and there was an alarm going off. Turns out there was a guy trying to steal something and they’d caught him and were holding him down. Welcome to Birmingham Tracey 😀

We also watched a weird movie online. It was really weird. I won’t tell you about it. Just find an hour and a half and watch it.

Autopsy: A Love Story

Oh yeah we also had a lot of amazing sex. Especially the first night. Damn she’s one horny chick. anyway I’m hoping to go over to Dublin next month or the month after. I just want to make sure i have enough money to pay for everything i need. I don’t want her paying for anything i want. I hate when people buy things for me. I like to buy my own things.

Unknown's avatar Michael Collins 6:00 pm on 04/10/2011
Tags: , gadget, , , insurance, Lost, ,   

Lost

So yeah. You know how i more or less fixed my HTC Hero (or at least improved it a bit)? Yeah, i kinda lost it. I don’t know if it fell out of my pocket on the bus or it may even be in my bedroom under the bed (maybe i should check). Either way, i can’t find it. A thought occured to me last night. I may have insurance on it.

My bank account gives me gadget and mobile phone insurance called First Additions. Only problem is i can’t log into it. I can’t remember what my log in details are. So i can’t do a lot about it. I could phone them up but i hate phoning companies. . Maybe i’ll go into Barlcays and do it.

Anyway i think that;s all for now. Time to play Black Ops with the missus

Unknown's avatar Michael Collins 9:07 pm on 23/09/2011
Tags: apps, fix, , , , , , ulcer, wireless   

Fixed

I’ve somehow managed to fix my Hero. WOO HOO! All i did was uninstall a few things. The bigger apps, that take up the most space. And it seems to have fixed it. However, i have encountered a new problem.

I have been cut off. Again. i did get cut off before (since i have a £700 phone bill), so i paid £50, then they got paid normally by direct debit (£15), which seemed to have got me back online (i only want it for internet anyway). But lo and behold, a couple of days later, it’s gone again.

I should be able to use my Nokia N95 as a wireless access point, but i tried it today and it didn’t work. And then i had to restart the phone because the internet wouldn’t work, so i’ll try it again if i need to.

Anyway i just wanted to make a quick blog saying that. Oh, and i also have an ulcer on my lip. That hurts.

That’s all, byeee