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Razer DeathAdder 3.5G Mouse

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Last year when I bought the iMac, I made the decision that it wasn’t a gaming platform, and I would use the consoles for my gaming needs. Since then Steam has come to the Mac, and with the Mac App Store providing the likes of COD4, Bioshock and Borderlands, it looks like I may have to rethink. Although I am a major Apple fan boy, the Apple Magic Mouse is good, but no good for gaming. Don’t get me wrong the precision is good, but the touch sensitive top…not so good. I recently started playing Minecraft, and found it extremely … Continue reading Razer DeathAdder 3.5G Mouse

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Haynes Internal Combustion Engine

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First of all, I’d like to say a massive thank you to our good friend Antirealism for buying me and C such an interest Christmas present. Secondly, I’m not sure what you all did for New Years eve, however thanks to Andy, me and C were kept occupied by the Haynes Internal Combustion Engine. As we hadn’t planned on going out, to stand in an packed pub, which we’d spend a fortune to get into, to only have to spend the majority of the night queueing at the bar….we decided to get some beer in, and build the engine 🙂 … Continue reading Haynes Internal Combustion Engine

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Windows 7 Beta, a couple of weeks in.

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I’ve now been using windows 7 beta on my spare machine for a couple of weeks, and it pains me to say, I’m impressed.  It’s rock solid, and not fallen over once. The machine I’m running it on is a Dell Vostro 220 that I bought toward the end of last year. The Spec is as follows 2Ghz Core 2 Duo 2Gb Ram 2 x 150Gb Sata Hard Drives ATI 3450 256Mb Dedicated Graphics Onboard sound All driver I’m using are in inbuilt Windows drivers, apart from the ATI drivers which are beta. I’m currently running, Tversity, Utorrent, MKV2VOB, Imgburn, … Continue reading Windows 7 Beta, a couple of weeks in.