I am a (Sick) Naked Pirate.

I know I haven't updated in a while, but what better time than at 1 in the morning because I can't sleep due to a combination of illness and heat?

The last few weeks have been pretty interesting, quite a lot has happened that I neglected to mention due to me being a lazy shite. Things like going to the Museum and having a picnic with Nic, Carol (a friend of Nicci's that's now a friend of mine it seems =D), Blue, Laila, Dee Dee, Vicki and a bunch of other people that showed up.
 
The weekend before last was spent mainly in my house, although Nicci was kind enough to take me and Carol out for a meal (Thanks, babe!) on the Saturday (I think, might have been Sunday). After that, we got some crap from Tesco and headed back to mine.

Last weekend, I downloaded Tomb Raider: Anniversary and played it together with Nic. It was pretty cool, me and her work well in a team (you know, the kind of team where she tells me what to do and I do it >_>) and pretty much managed to get about half way through the game. It's a small distraction while we both wait for the next season of Battlestar Galactica to start >_<

Then, on Monday, Nicci was too "sick" to go to work. Which meant spending another day with me! =D
It was really nice, we went to the park and relaxed for a bit while polishing off a pack of cheap cookies (that tasted damn good, despite said cheapness) and overall just had a really nice day together.

Still waiting on Telco games to move their collective fat asses, all I know now is that the placement doesn't start until September (previously it was July). This has put me in an awkward position as I was counting on it to pay the rent, but hell, they haven't even decided if they want me or not. This is getting ridiculous as now I have to find a very temporary job to pay said rent and still hope they give me the position in the end.

And now I'm sitting up at half one in the morning. My throat is sore, my nose is sore as well as blocked and it's hot. I can't sleep, even though I feel drowsy as hell. This is going to put a dampener on my Job-seeking plans, although I've applied for about 10 via email today. Wish me luck with that, as well as Telco.

Also, I'm naked.

The end of another era...

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!

EXAMS......

................Are OVER!!!!!!

=D

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?

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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.

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Because DRM sucks.

I'm alive

Just thought you'd all like to know.


I had an interview last week with Telco Games. They said they'd get back to me early this week.
I haven't heard from them yet. For various reasons, I NEED this job. If I don't get it, I'm a little bit fucked. So yeah, slightly edgy at the moment.
They'd better give me it, I'd hate to have my end-of-life killing spree at such a tender age.

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   /* I had an awesome birthday celebration last week. Although it fell on the Wednesday (28th), the real celebration didn't start until Saturday, when we had a party.
    That a bunch of people didn't turn up to!
   
    But still, it was fun and when I see those people, I WILL hurt them. This means you, Tom, Matt, Mike and Carmy!
   
    Ah well. Nicci showed up and that was good enough for me! She took me out to dinner (and a proper steak dinner, too! Not some cheap-assed McDonald's or     something), bought me lots of nice things, sent TWO cards and even got me a fucking huge trifle. I was 100% serious when I said she was fucking awesome!
    She is so good to me, it's unreal ^___________________________________^

    Then much fun was had playing on the Wii, eating food and generally having a good time.

    Speaking of good times, Dee Dee bought me some Chocolate body paint. MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. That's all that     needs to be said about that.
   
    Thanks again, Dee!
   
    This Sunday is Easter and I'm well prepared for it, got me 7 eggs (2 of which are thanks to Blue and Laila, who also baked some super delicious chocolate brownies     because she couldn't come to the party) and the plan is to cook a gorgeous Gammon dinner for me, Malachy and whatever other flatmates that will be there at the     time. Oh and to to it all off, Nicci is off on friday and monday - 4 day weekend, most of which she'll be here! =D =D =D =D
   
    Now all I have to do is complete C&C3 so I might actually pay her the attention she deserves >_> */

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