It's nearly 4am and I've just finished packing up all my stuff.
I move to my new place in 10 hours.
It's a little further away from this place, but closer to the place I'll (hopefully) be working. And it's a LOT cheaper.
I currently pay £69 per week for this place, which is small, cramped and shit. The carpets are stained, the TV is broke, everything seems damaged or broken here. And it's an extra £25 per month for the internet. Which is slow and capped. What a joke.
This place I pay £55 a week (includes all bills, EVEN internet...GOOD internet, too!) and my room is a lot bigger. Even has a dishwasher. Oh, and a double bed!
So it's an absolute steal, quite glad to be moving there.
But at the same time, I'm kinda sad. Vicki has moved out and Malachy is going back to Ireland today. Dee Dee will still be nearby, but it still feels like all my friends have moved away. We'll see what the future has in store, though, I'm sure things will be fine.
Things with Nicci are still going well. Hell, they're better than that, they're the best they've ever been. I really like her, she makes me smile in places that I didn't know could smile.
I'd update about the weekend, but I'm way too tired, it's late and I've been packing all day, so good night and the next update will likely come from my new home.
Who knows, I might be a real games developer then as well, fingers crossed!
Monday, 21 May 2007
Friday, 11 May 2007
Sunday, 6 May 2007
So, a REAL update.
Ok, so a real update is long overdue, but don't expect it to be a long one =P
I went for the Job interview and got a call about a week later. I hadn't got the Job. Yet.
Y'see they were unsure about 2 of the candidates, sort of stuck as to which one to pick. Me or Haxel. So, both of us are getting brought back for the final showdown. Fun.
My interview is on the 16th.
And right now I'm in the middle of exams. The last one went rather well, so hopefully the next 3 will go just as well and I'll end this year with a really high grade. Currently I'm in A/B territory. But honestly, the Job interview is on my mind more than anything else. I kinda need it and it's a really great opportunity.
Other than that, there's nothing really to talk about, unless you want another 500 lines about how awesometastic Nicola is.
She's bringing me food today. Need I say more?
I went for the Job interview and got a call about a week later. I hadn't got the Job. Yet.
Y'see they were unsure about 2 of the candidates, sort of stuck as to which one to pick. Me or Haxel. So, both of us are getting brought back for the final showdown. Fun.
My interview is on the 16th.
And right now I'm in the middle of exams. The last one went rather well, so hopefully the next 3 will go just as well and I'll end this year with a really high grade. Currently I'm in A/B territory. But honestly, the Job interview is on my mind more than anything else. I kinda need it and it's a really great opportunity.
Other than that, there's nothing really to talk about, unless you want another 500 lines about how awesometastic Nicola is.
She's bringing me food today. Need I say more?
Saturday, 5 May 2007
09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0
Attention everyone: The code above me is important. Sort of.
Let me explain to you why this is, before you all go and post it in your own LJ's and blogs.
You may have heard of HD-DVD and Blu-Ray, the so-called "next-gen" DVD formats. Well, one of the major shortcomings that both formats have is in their anti-piracy crap. Essentially, they both elected to use AACS (Advanced Access Content System). For those of you that do not know what this is, think of it as a half-assed attempted at fighting piracy.
The idea is simple: Each disk is encoded using a special cipher. Certain keys will obviously decode the film and allow you to watch it. The idea behind AACS is that it's possible to revoke certain keys should an evil pirate get hold of it. Thus, future releases will require a different key. This means that if you own a HD-DVD player or a PS3 or whatever, you'll have to get an update in order to play newer disks.
So what has this got to do with that number up there?
Well, as you may have guessed, that number happens to be one of the publisher's keys, which would allow anyone to decrypt a HD-DVD or Blu-Ray disk, make copies, backups etc. that don't have the crappy protection. Kinda like we can do with DVD.
Well, despite the fact that these keys can be revoked and chagned at will, AACS-LA (the company that owns AACS) has decided to take legal action against anyone who has a hand in distributing the key. They've sent out all sorts of takedown notices and legal threats to the likes of digg.com, but according to google over 1million blogs and such around the world have the key somewhere on it. And I'd like to join them.
09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0
09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0
09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0
09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0
09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0
09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0
Because DRM sucks.
Let me explain to you why this is, before you all go and post it in your own LJ's and blogs.
You may have heard of HD-DVD and Blu-Ray, the so-called "next-gen" DVD formats. Well, one of the major shortcomings that both formats have is in their anti-piracy crap. Essentially, they both elected to use AACS (Advanced Access Content System). For those of you that do not know what this is, think of it as a half-assed attempted at fighting piracy.
The idea is simple: Each disk is encoded using a special cipher. Certain keys will obviously decode the film and allow you to watch it. The idea behind AACS is that it's possible to revoke certain keys should an evil pirate get hold of it. Thus, future releases will require a different key. This means that if you own a HD-DVD player or a PS3 or whatever, you'll have to get an update in order to play newer disks.
So what has this got to do with that number up there?
Well, as you may have guessed, that number happens to be one of the publisher's keys, which would allow anyone to decrypt a HD-DVD or Blu-Ray disk, make copies, backups etc. that don't have the crappy protection. Kinda like we can do with DVD.
Well, despite the fact that these keys can be revoked and chagned at will, AACS-LA (the company that owns AACS) has decided to take legal action against anyone who has a hand in distributing the key. They've sent out all sorts of takedown notices and legal threats to the likes of digg.com, but according to google over 1million blogs and such around the world have the key somewhere on it. And I'd like to join them.
09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0
09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0
09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0
09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0
09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0
09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0
Because DRM sucks.
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