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Unknown's avatar Michael Collins 6:20 pm on 26/07/2013
Tags: boxes, , fan, , , gumtree, , hot, , , , , nexus, , simpsons, summer, sun, tapped out, ,   

Hot and Fast

Hello again comrades.

As anyone in the UK (and in the USA so i hear) will know, it has been hot a lot recently. I know it’s summer, but here in the UK, we don’t usually get sun in summer. But this year, mother nature has made up for all the cold or mild summers we’ve had and has given us sun. Lots of sun. Seriously, we’ve had it for weeks now. My fan has been pretty much constantly on the whole time, even when i’m out. Problem is, i kind of prefer it to be cold. It’s a lot easier to warm yourself up when it’s cold, than it is to cool yourself down when it’s warm. I’ve actually started drinking water instead of juice. And that’s unusual for me.

Anyway, i can’t remember what i previously blogged, but i had an alright graphics card in my now complete computer, but i wanted to upgrade it. So i did, i got a pretty decent graphics card for a pretty low price. Let me see what it was… It was a PowerColor Radeon AX4870. It looks like this:

My PowerColor Radeon AX4870 Graphics Card
Isn’t it beautiful? It takes two PCI-E power cables, i only had one so i had to order a molex to PCI-E converter off eBay. No big deal, didn’t cost much. But anyway, it’s a pretty powerful beast. It can handle my games on almost the highest settings. Beautiful. My computer is how i want it now. Damn, i should have took a screenshot of my Windows performance rating. I might add it in later.

Edit: I screenshot my Windows performance thing. Here you go:

My Windows Performance Index

As you can see, the main thing restricting the base score is my slow ass hard drive. I should have installed Winblows to my SSD instead, then it’d be a hell of a lot higher. I’ve installed Ubuntu to the SSD and from the bootloader (where you select which OS to boot) and the login prompt, it takes less than 10 seconds. Pretty speedy, eh?

I’ve also been dong some Let’s Play videos on YouTube. Mostly different games every time but I’ll continue some. For those that don’t know, my YouTube is here

Also, plans are in motion for moving to Ireland. I’ve got a rough estimate how much it’ll cost, i just need to pack the stuff I’m taking, and for that i need boxes. It’s going to be hard to find a box to fit my 32 inch TV. I don’t have the one it came in anymore. But everything else should fit in boxes. Even my desktop should fit in one.

I’ve been thinking about selling my Galaxy Note and Nexus S. I do love both phones but the Note is too big and the Nexus is too slow. If i sell both phones i could get a Nexus 4, which I’ve been wanting for a while. I’ve been selling some old computer parts on Gumtree (unsuccessfully mostly), and my old HTC Hero. The little cute thing. I’ve actually been thinking of switch to my Nexus S for a while, just because it’s better sized and it’s more beautiful than my Note. I still might.

If you want to see my ads on Gumtree, click here. It’ll open in a new tab.

Oh yeah, I’ve been playing The Simpsons: Tapped out on my Asus tablet, so if you have it, add micol25.

That’s all for now I think. I’m going to watch Silent Running on Film4, then get some food. Toodles

Unknown's avatar Michael Collins 2:08 pm on 15/10/2012
Tags: , , , nexus, , pain,   

My Girlfriend’s Fibromyalgia

Hello friends. There’s something serious I’d like to talk to you about today. Most of you read my blogs because you’re a geek, because you have an interest in technology, gadgets, games or Linux, geeky things like that. But today i might attract a slightly different type of person.

As you may know, my girlfriend (her blog can be found here) has something called Fibromyalgia. In short, it’s a disorder that mostly causes pain throughout most of the body, and it can also cause sleep problems, stiff joints, numbness and tingling as well as some others. But they are mostly what Tracey gets. Here is a picture of the symptoms:

An illustration of Fibromyalgia symptoms

The problem is that, because there no external symptoms, i.e. symptoms that can be seen, people tend to think that it’s all in the head. It isn’t. It’s there. I know i can’t imagine what it feels like because it hasn’t happened to me. There is also no known cure for it yet.

And that means i can’t do anything about it. Medicines don’t do very much, they get rid of the pain a bit, but it obviously doesn’t cure it. And I am totally helpless. Not just because she’s in Dublin and I’m in Birmingham. Even if I’m there with her, there’s nothing i can do. I just have to sit there, knowing she’s in pain. At best I can cuddle her and do things for her. But that isn’t enough. I don’t want her to be going through this pain. But we have no choice. There’s nothing anyone can do except try to relieve the pain when it appears.

If you want to read more about it, the Wikipedia page is here.

On another note, I have recently came back from seeing Tracey in Ireland. As usual, it was amazing and we had loads of sex. We always have an amazing time. I love spending time with her. I love just cuddling with her. I try and touch her, hold her hand as much as i can. I love every moment with her.

And oh yeah, my Galaxy Note is a bit broken. It doesn’t charge properly anymore. So i’m going to leave for work early and take it back to the 3 shop. I miss my Note. I’ve been using my Nexus S.

Anyway I have to get ready for work. Toodle pip

Unknown's avatar Michael Collins 4:52 pm on 19/04/2012
Tags: , contract, draw something, , , nexus, , one, s, s2, Samsung, three, x   

Samsung Galaxy Note

Hello everyone.

Two days ago, i tried to upgrade my Nexus S to a better phone on a better contract. So i looked to see what my phone provider, 3, had to offer.

There was a couple of phones i was thinking of getting. The Samsung Galaxy S2, the HTC One X, and the Samsung Galaxy Note. After a bit of specification checking, I decided to go with the Note.

So the next day, I went back on the 3 website and worked out what contract would be the cheapest in the long run, and worked out what was the cheapest one with unlimited Internet. I believe it was the 300 minutes one.

So i ordered it, and it all went through and stuff. So all was good with the world. But (there’s always a “but”) a couple of hours later, I got an email from 3 saying that the Note was out of stock.

I was disappointed. I wanted a phone with a bigger screen. But oh well, I’ll have to get the Galaxy S2. So back on to the 3 website I go.

So i go back on and go to upgrade again. But the Note is still there. I can’t change it. I try several times that day and it didn’t change.

So next day, I went into the 3 shop in town. I talked to a nice girl about it and she sorted me out with a Note. And here it is. It didn’t even have an upfront fee like the one on the website did. Result!

And it’s beautiful. The screen big. My Nexus S looks like a HTC Wildfire in comparison and the stylus works nice, although it’s a bit off centre, which can be quite annoying. Especially when drawing on Draw Something.

By the way, if you wanna play against me on that, my username is micolps3, as usual.

So that’s all for now. Play me on Draw Something. And enjoy whatever you’re doing and planning on doing. Toodles.

Unknown's avatar Michael Collins 12:52 pm on 21/09/2011
Tags: , dead island, , , , keyboard, , nexus, , ,   

Back Stabbed

Someone i love dearly has recently backstabbed me. That is technology. More specifically, my android phone that i love so much, my beautiful Google Nexus S, has recently had trouble charging. I’ve tried several leads and they all don’t seem to work too good. However, the normal wall charger seems to work fine, although that’s no use when i’m at work. So i took it back to where i got it, the Carphone Warehouse. The hot foreign blonde girl took it into the back for a few minutes, came back and said they need to send it off to the manufacturer. Which would take about 4 weeks. Yep, 4 WEEKS. What the fuck takes them 4 weeks?!

Anyways, i’ve had to resort to using my other android phone, my HTC Hero, which i use a bit anyway, and my even older phone, the Nokia N95. Not touch screen. Retro. I’ve also been having trouble with the Hero. The screen isn’t very good anymore. And when it’s a touch screen phone, that ins’t good. especially when you try to use the touch screen keyboard. The main problem seems to be the L on the keyboard, i can’t directly touch it. I have to touch the K and slide over to the L. Also, occasionally it randomly types letters or clicks things or zooms in/out of web pages. However, i have found a solution to the typing problem. A bluetooth keyboard. It never used to work but does now for some reason. Maybe they integrated into android 2.3.5 or they just put it into the custom rom i use. Good old Cyanogenmod.

Naturally my increased usage in my Nokia means i have to take a charger to work. It doesn’t charge over USB, luckily i have an old charger that plugs into the USB into a computer and the other end into the normal charging hole. That works fine.

One more thing that has failed me recently, in fact it;s failed a LOT of people, is Dead Island on PS3. I play it, it saves at checkpoints, i stop playing and play the next day or whatever, then when i go back, i’m back many missions earlier. and i played it for several hours one day, going through several missions, hoping there were like more major checkpoints it saves at, but no, i’m still back loads of missions. So i’m not playing it again until there’s an update.

And you all know about the PS3 backup that failed to restore properly (or back up properly), assuming you read that post. So yeah, technology hates me. AFTER ALL I’VE DONE FOR IT! ALL I’VE EVER DONE IS LOVE YOU!

I’m going to eat ice cream and watch The Notebook while i cry

Unknown's avatar Michael Collins 12:11 am on 13/08/2011
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A Bit About Me

Ok, so for those of you that haven’t read my profile, here are a few things about me.

I… am Michael. Shocking right? I’m 26, I live in Birmingham, England. i do have the accent. I have a girlfriend. Her name is Tracey, she’s 31, from Ireland. I’ll tell you more about her in another post.

I currently work part time in a call centre in Birmingham city centre. It pays decent, but i want to work somewhere i actually enjoy. It’s not a bad place, but the work is quite repetitive.

I’m a geek. I like lots of computer and technology related things. You know i’m a geek when i’m the person people go to when they have problems with their computer. I’m also a linux user. I’m against Apple and Microsoft and i only use them when i have to. Like at work. I prefer to use free, open source software as opposed to buying stuff. No point if you can get it for free, right?

I’m also a gamer. Not just modern games. But old ones. I have some pretty old games consoles, the oldest is an Amiga 500. I also have an Amiga 1200, a Super Nintendo, Sega Saturn, Sega Dreamcast. And dome more modern ones like PS3, PSP… that’s all 😀

I also have 2 Android phones. a HTC Hero and a Google Nexus S. I also have an Android tablet, An Asus Transformer. With the dock. It’s awesome. They all are. Except the Hero.

anyway that’s enough geekiness from me. Have any questions, ask. Follow my blog. All that shiznit. I don’t remember if i told you my youtube account. I think so, but just in case i didn’t it’s http://www.youtube.com/user/micol19 and my Facebook is https://www.facebook.com/micol25.

That’s enough blabbering from me, see ya next time.