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Blog News

2007-01-13T21:08:00.000Z

At the moment this blog is in a bit of a mess. If you experience any changes happening while you read this, I am cleaning up the mess that is this blog.

Thanks for your cooperation.

Dump Windows Pinball!

2007-01-13T15:50:00.000Z

It's time you chucked Windows Pinball away and went for Pro Pinball: Timeshock!
The graphics are simply amazing for 1997, which was 10 years ago!!! I do find the objective a little confusing and still haven't got to grips with it yet. For 99p you can't complain. WHSmith and Sainsbury's stock the game.

Go get it!
Turn the graphics right up unless your PC is ancient.

Time for a lot of posting

2007-01-11T17:20:00.000Z

I've not posted since last year...
EEEK!!!

So, watch this space as I'll be flood posting the blog.

Merry Christmas

2006-12-30T14:12:00.000Z

Sorry about no posting for 17 days. Just got a little bit too busy.

Merry Christmas.

First Podcast

2006-12-13T20:26:00.000Z

Just test-running. Hope it works, Only a Short message.

Coming Soon!

2006-12-11T17:51:00.000Z

In the not so distant future I am planning on conducting a test to see which Small Version of Linux is the best.

WATCH THIS SPACE!

We're Looking For Authors!

2006-12-09T13:43:00.001Z

Due to a few restrictions that don't allow me to blog everyday, every week, I've decided its time to get some more authors to keep things flowing.

Basically All you have to do is find stuff that would appeal to an audience and post it on the blog. If you do get accepted then I will post further instructions.

Before I forget, email me @ timothyw9@googlemail.com
If you are interested.

Remember this?

2006-12-05T16:36:00.000Z

It's the Christmas Season right...
Well If your memory is good enough then you know whats coming!

Exactly what I want to do!

2006-12-01T22:04:00.000Z

While I was looking around trying to see how I could destroy a CPU, I encountered this.
Apart from the spit which does look disgusting, it is actually quite interesting seeing steam coming from a CPU!

In the future I'm planning on doing something similar, so WATCH THIS SPACE!

We're famousish........

2006-12-01T21:35:00.000Z

If you visit http://www.technorati.com/search/theallweatherpitch.blogspot.com you'll discover we've been posted on Skype Blogs which my friend thinks is pretty substantial!
Now for world domination!

CPU's without a HSF

2006-11-29T18:36:00.000Z

Here we have a video of a Pentium 4/3, Athlon etc. with their HSF' off. It appears that the Athlons fare poorly.

Address Problems

2006-11-29T18:09:00.000Z

For some peculiar reason, sometimes when you visit my blog, it takes you to a Christian website (Which it probably isn't). I am hoping to fix the problem very soon and apologize for any inconvenience caused.

Never Whistle Down a Microphone

2006-11-28T19:34:00.000Z

After speaking to Delta over Skype I thought it would be a very good idea to warn you not to whistle when talking to somebody on a microphone. I started the whistling and Delta said it sounded like a lady screaming... so being me, I asked him to do it me... you should have been at the scene! Hilarious! My first reaction was to scream... then I had tears of laughter. So a word of caution for you! Never Whistle Down a Microphone!

NOW PODCASTED!:
WARNING: TURN YOUR VOLUME DOWN!

K'NEX Gatling Gun

2006-11-28T19:21:00.000Z

Pretty cool in my opinion, so I thought I'd share it with you!

Theme Park World Review

2006-11-27T17:36:00.000Z

At 5 Pounds you would think this is a rubbish game. Well, your wrong, it's blooming brilliant! Not to mention Addictive! The aim of the game is to create a successful Theme Park, and if you want to build another then you have to earn 3 Golden Tickets to get you a key, one of the parks requires 5 keys, which means you'll have to earn 12 Golden Tickets. The game has good rides and you can research more, but I've never got far into the game as I’ve never been brilliant at computer games – I only bought it because it was 1 Pound in Woolworth's (CLEARANCE) which is all I had at the time, money well spent in my opinion. The only con I can find in the game is the fact that the graphics are pretty poo. However this is made up by the fact that it has great gameplay, was made in 1999 and the price.

This is a must-buy if you are a keen simulation gamer and I hope you get far, unlike me!

Age of the Empires 3 :The Warchiefs Demo

2006-11-18T17:44:00.000Z

I find this expansion pack a tad strange. It does add some new things, but it isn't as good as an expansion as Age of the Empires 2: The Conquerors, which felt different enough to better Age of Empires 2. The Graphics are okay, but there seems to be little scope in getting it to work at better settings for me. Their are a few Niceties that make the game easier, eg. the Industrial Revolution, which gives you a chance to win the game if you have 4 or more trading posts. There are a few new buildings as well, but not really mentioning as there is only about 1 or 2. The Music has had a few tweaks and is better than ever.
Overall this game is okay, but the amount of new content is short.

Need For Speed Carbon Demo

2006-11-18T17:29:00.000Z

The other week I downloaded NFS Carbon, when it had finished downloading it, wasn't installing properly. Until Yesterday that was. In my soul opinion the true thing is that Need For Speed Underground will never recreated. However, The Graphics are really good, even with an old graphics card and at 1024x768. I'm unsure of what exactly the plot is. In fact, the only thing I know is that you try to rule a city. Apart from the hidden-plot, the driving experience has improved since its predecessors and The Music suits the game, but again I loved the music in NFS Underground and so, This makes it a decent game which is worth buying

The Stress of Slow Download Speeds

2006-11-17T21:52:00.000Z

Do you ever wonder why a file is downloading at stupidly slow speeds? It really annoys me and In all, I blame it on the download servers. You see, the one thing I like about Micrsoft is that things download at the speed that your broadband/dial-up is capable of. I'm currently downloading some Nvidia Drivers and there downloading at a mere average of about 30kb a second. That is so slow, considering when I tried Downloading .Net Framework 2.0 from Microsoft it flyed at a great speed of over 200kb a second, which I what I expect from my broadband.
Being only 11, I have to go to school, which means that I can only download during off-peak times during the weekend, which is really annoying.

Bill Gates '98 Splattering Video

2006-11-16T20:37:00.001Z

Just found this on Delta's Blog. Its from 1998... Bill Gates gets pied, you see the problem with being UBER rich is that you'll look like your a geek and you won't be popular. Don't become a billionare!

Clicky!

Dark Chocolate is Good for you!

2006-11-16T17:48:00.000Z

According to a friend Dark Chocolate is good for you! Medical researchers in the U.S. have discovered that cocoa beans contain a chemical that is good for the heart. They found that eating two tablespoons of dark chocolate a day reduces the risk of blood clots.

Guess the amount of computers

2006-11-16T17:42:00.000Z

OK then guys. Competition time! Whoever guesses right first (apart from Delta) wins a Google Mail account for all you email needs.

Go! Go! Go!

Flying Continued

2006-11-15T21:51:00.000Z

While still on the subject of flying I typed 'Flying Man' in google video and i saw this... I'm not trying to offend the author of it, but WHO would ever want to watch it? Its plain boring, its simply a piece of clay, a camera/camcorder and some nylon... no stop animation or anything, just a man going up or down too fast.

Clicky

PS. Here's another one, which is actually interesting and boy that must have hurt! Clicky!

Typing 'Flying Cat' Into Google

2006-11-15T21:30:00.000Z

A few minutes ago I decided I'd gloop around Google Video and I decided to look for something bizzare, I decided to type 'Flying Cat' when I watched a few video's i discovered one thing - Most of the video's are real, and boy do some look harsh.. especially the one where somebody throws the cat onto a sofa.
If you'd like to see how harsh then here's the address: http://video.google.co.uk/videosearch?q=flying+cat

Big quake, big alert, small tsunami

2006-11-15T21:24:00.000Z

A powerful undersea earthquake in the North Pacific
today triggered a tsunami alert and panic in Japan and Russia.
Thankfully it was discovered to be a false alarm after a matter of hours.
The alert was dismissed after a series of small waves, barely 400mm high, came ashore Japan's northernmost island of Hokkaido

bornrich.org

2006-11-15T20:51:00.000Z

www.bornrich.org is a blog which has loads of pictures of things that you'd have to been born-rich to own. I recommend that you have a good long read of it to get the full story.
Me and a Friend did have a few speculations that some things looked as if they we done in Adobe Photoshop or Google Sketchup. Apart from this, anybody that is geeky or was born-rich should visit the site.

PS. I think I fall into the geeky category!