ShinnyFTWinny

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My Games this week

Call of Duty: Black Ops.
Dragon Age: Origins.
Need for Speed Hot Pursuit.

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Age:25 Personal: Short, purple haired, anime loving nerd. Xbox: KatakaShin PSN: KatakaShin Twitter: KatakaShin Website: www.stagnet.co.uk

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Please be patient. I am currently working on this blog...

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Please be patient. I am currently working on this blog...

ShinnyFTWinny

Please be patient. I am currently working on this blog...

ShinnyFTWinny

Please be patient. I am currently working on this blog...

ShinnyFTWinny

Please be patient. I am currently working on this blog...

I know, I know. I have been trying though! Getting to grips with html/css is confusing and I lack the pro skillz (innit) to go like the clappers on this. I have changed tags and managed to get brain ache from it all.

I went swimming this afternoon as I hadn't been keeping up on my fitness regime, for shame I know. All the time thinking 'How can I encorporate so and so into my blog?' Well, not really, but still. I need to try and get my arse back into exercising as I have become complacent and that won't do :P Plus I do want to wear my costume without fear of boob-explosion -_-;  

Been playing Doritos Crash Course for the Xbox360. I cannot stress how good this game is and it is FREE! Get and download it if you are stuck for a little game to keep you entertained and don't want a 'heavy' game to start if you only have, say, 20 minutes spare. Crash Course is great for picking up and having a quick fiddle (fnarr) and what's more you can also enter your times on STAGnet (games forum) and see if you have beat the weekly challenge! I go under the name of 'Shin' on there, you'll notice the purple so I doubt you'll miss me ;)

Crash Course is basically a 'Total Wipeout' game where your little avatars zoom across obstacles and probably will fall in the water more than once; except if you are a pro like me ;) You can play it with friends and you can see their progress if they are near the same stage on the level as they will be represented by a little cardboard cutout being propelled along by a little helicopter-like hat :) I give the game 8/10 as it is amusing, easy to get into, great for a quick game, nicely made. I would give it more but I would love more levels; I can hardly complain really when it is FREE though!

Try and beat me on it, don't forget to look at STAGnet and maybe even join it as it is a wonderful little community :) don't forget to introduce yourself and say where you found out about the site.

Well, I had better get to bed before I sleep on the keyboard :'(

Right!!

I have been trying to create an iTune account since last week, mock me not! I sat there and did everything I was supposed to and it comes up with errors that say rubbish like 'Unistall iTunes and reinstall...' NO! No I shall not. I did that 3 times, 3-frigging-times and it STILL said a frigging error message. Then a kindly person gave me some links to things I would need to get it to work, and lo it still did not! I  turned off the laptop and didn't touch the bloody things for a few days.

Today I came back to it and it was working fine! I managed to make an iTunes profile/account thing,rip a CD I had and even download one of my favourite songs. So far so good right? No. The bastard scuppered me again when I went to sync it with my iPhone as it said I needed to unistall and reinstall again. By now, quite understandably, I have lost my temper.I have thrown a book at the wall, a book! That is like smacking a child to me, I love my books!

So now I am following a link that Dan-face gave me (http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1925?viewlocale=en%20US) and we shall see whether it works. I have to uninstall a lot of bits and bobs and if it fucks up I will be very angry.

Going to attempt to sort it out now.

Okay, so I am rubbishy shit at this kind of thing. I haven't done anything remotely tech since...well...2004! I have tried numerous themes and all have irritated me. I know exactly what I want and I can edit basic html but the problem is...

It is all so boring, isn't it? I sit here and in about 10 minutes I am bored. I look at the screen with it's rolling text of nonsense and wish I had an excuse to leave it. Like a job, kids to shout at or an appointment to go to so that I can bemoan the fact that I am far too 'busy' to do this and that is why it is not done. I have no excuse, I am quite simply a moron of epic proportion.

'Oooh, everyone is doing tech related stuff and I need a hobby...let's make a blog!' Now, somewhere in my little brain the synapses should have clicked and had a quiet word with me, 'Luv, no, you know what happens. You break things when cross.' Nope, didn't happen, so I ploughed through reams of shit and drizzle to try and find something that suited my purposes...I found it!

The wonderful template for the blog is what you can see right now, I am trying to strip it and utilise it, not gonna happen though. I have learnt nothing except these two utterly useless things WYSIWYG and (thanks to Dudley from www.stagnet.co.uk) PEBKAC, which is actually very true. I am still going to use these phrases as I can feel slightly superior when explaining them to people. I have had a brief taste of that elusive world that we call nerdy and I liked it. I did. I now know why they seem so snooty when explaining things to me, it is because they are! Sat encased in a Regatta fleece as they cannot afford the bills because they have just placed an order for the next new Mac that they just do not need. Haughty bastards, at least I am warm!

Right, I am going to make some tea and toast and by the time I come back I want this template to be finished...I don't know how but just please be done :'(

I have one, this is it, you are reading it.

This won't be a hugely important first post as I am still trying to work the gubbins out of everything without tearing my poor purple locks out.

I hope that you enjoy my ramblings and hopefully some of the rubbish will actually be useful to you!