Razer Armadillo Mouse Management

I like my Razer Copperhead mouse. It even made me win a Quake 4 Deathmatch on a public server. Problem is, my super-sexy computer table is a bit too small, so the mouse cable (and every other cable to be accurate) hangs off the edge. This only causes a problem for using the mouse, as sometimes you end up tugging it to accommodate for the weight of the cable, or whatever other shit has managed to tug down on it since you connected it (anyone who's used a PC will know exactly what I mean).

So, Razer have come up with a solution for specifically this problem. Introducing the Razer Armadillo Mouse Management System. A little piece of metal that looks like a thimble, which houses your cable and lifts it off the table (to reduce friction). It is also heavy and is designed not to move around on the table, but can rotate 360 so as not to get in the way of those crucial 180-snaps you gotta do when you're deathmatching.

In other words, they've just created a little weight for the cable to stop it from tugging. Silly idea? total rip-off of people's money? gadget for the geeks? I think so. What's the point in spending £20 (includes VAT and P&P) on little more than a piece of heavy metal that stops your cable from tugging. I might as well just wrap the cable around the monitor base or something.

I'll give you a better review once mine arrives :p

Game Over by PES

Pretty neat eh?
Needs Quicktime
Created by PES

Forever Faithless....

Got back from V last night (around 00:30). We decided to de-camp and drive out as the last few bands were still playing (Razorlight - not my idea of fun). There were so many people there that leaving today (Monday) would've been suicide, cos of the crowds and traffic.

The show was awesome! There were lots of stages and tents but the main bit was on the big V Stage, where all the headline acts were. On Saturday we saw The Magic Numbers live and they were great! We also saw Beck (which was great cos there were puppets on the stage and he even did a dinner party on the stage!), and the headline was a stunning Radiohead set! The stage was amazingly beautiful, with loads of funny-shaped screens around and just great visual techniques.
We also caught a few random acts here and there on the other stages (The Cardigans anyone?)

As we weren't that bothered to be very close, we picked a spot right underneath a tripod speaker. The base of the tripod had a low fence around it so standing just next to it ensures that no one could stand infront of you, and you got to see the whole stage, the screens, and the mad crowd.

Yesterday we got to that spot and stayed there all the day. We saw The Dandy Warhols (who?), The Sugababes, and Paul Weller. Then came the magical 1:10hr set of Faithless!

Man can Faithless put up a show!! There were about 60,000 people watching the stage, as the band came on (missing Maxi Jazz) and the music kicked in with Sweep (from No Roots).. the crowd was already going mad when Maxi Jazz came on and the strings of Insomnia (their most famous track) started.... and you could tell that when the signature beat began the crowd would go mad! Nothing can prepare you for the sight of 60,000 people jumping up and down to Insomnia live. Really really good stuff... Maxi can sure get a crowd going, and they cleverly mixed dance with slow with techno and will all the things that make Faithless the best live act in the world (official award in 98).
They also played other dance favourites, like We Come One and God is a DJ.

And so, for us, Faithless ended a great weekend in an even greater way. Unmissable stuff.

V Festival

I'm leaving soon to Hyland Park in Chemlsford (Somewhere close to Colchester/Ipswich). Me and Kelly have got camping tickets for the Virgin V Festival there. It's 2 days worth of music and hopefully loads of fun!

The main arena bit will have various stages, and loads of big screens to watch the acts from if you can't be bothered to get too close to the stage. We've got a tent and some sleeping bags which we practiced putting up the other day (damn tents are NOT easy to setup!!). We're also taking both our DS's so we can get geeky if we get bored...

Loads of artists are on, but I'm specifically looking forward to Radiohead, Beck, Faithless (Wooot!), The Magic Numbers, and Beautiful South.

You can see the full line up here.

SoB out for this weekend. I would've liked to stay at home and play games all weekend, but sometimes the boss decides what we do.... Good-delicious!

F.E.A.R. Multiplayer for FREE!!

that's right! Monolith have given away the FULL MULTIPLAYER component of F.E.A.R. for free!

I gotta admit, that's a good move from them... so now even though we've all finished the game offline, we can go online with it legit...

Of course, since Wolf owns the mega-rare-mega-expensive-mega-useless- original-collector's-prick's-collecting-dust-on-the-shelf-edition, he won't need this. For the rest of us we can just click here and download the game and get a cd-key sent over to our email addresses.

Be warned though, it's a 1.77g beast.

Quick one

I'm back.

Internet is on, but not as I wanted it. More on that (and the on-going battle between me and the ISP later).

Blog was very slow cos of a change in the feed2js address (the thing that powers the 360 blog in the sidebar). All sorted now

Am in Ipswich - nice hospital but very busy

Downloaded lots of x360 demos from the market place, will try soon

Want to download Darkstar One, not "scened" in English yet.

Got the g6-lite cartridge for DS, so playing lots of games that I wouldn't otherwise play. Mario Basketball is awesome.

Watch Cars. Well worth it. Especially the short before it "One Man Band".

Over and out.

11/08/06

is when I get broadband over here in Ipswich.
Should be 8mbit (damn phone line too long to support 16mbit ADSL2+).

Until then I'm staying signed off from the interweb. Dial up just doesn't crack it anymore.

Later people.