Archive for October, 2007

Vista. I tried to love you, but you didn’t love me back. My tale of OS hell.

Posted by Jason Trent on October 25th, 2007 under Jason's Blog, PC Gaming
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I tried to love it. I really did. I’ve always been an early adopter of new technology, and with that comes inherent risks I am fully aware of, and willingly submit myself to. I picked up, and paid $250.00 for Windows Vista Ultimate 64 bit edition. I installed it and was very pleased with the [...]

Do you want the information the FBI has on you? Here’s how.

Posted by Jason Trent on October 18th, 2007 under Jason's Blog
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I found a really awesome article on how you can obtain any information the FBI might have on you. Check out http://www.getmyfbifile.com. This site, after you enter in a little bit of your contact information, will generate a complete letter which you can send to the FBI to obtain records pertaining to yourself. In addition [...]

Silent Hill audio project.

Posted by Jason Trent on October 17th, 2007 under Jason's Blog
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My friend is taking a class where he was required to make an audio file with at least 10 different layers which would act as a soundtrack to a scene. We, being Silent Hill fans, decided that we would take a couple songs from Silent Hill 2, make a little bit of a merge, then [...]

Beating the dead horse that is Portal. The cake is a lie.

Posted by Jason Trent on October 15th, 2007 under PC Gaming
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First of all, let me apologize for my lack of posts in the past week. I’ve been ill, so the articles have taken a back seat to my recovery. Thankfully the flu has nearly completely subsided, and I am back to report on those things done while I’ve been absent. The past week has seen [...]

Playstation 3 40GB Model Released. No Backwards Compatibility.

Posted by Jason Trent on October 5th, 2007 under Playstation 3
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I normally do not like to do this, but I just cannot resist. Please click this link, and check out Sony’s awesome thinking behind not including backwards compatibility in their new 40GB SKU released in the ol’ UK. It turns out that Sony, as they will find themselves with 65 games on their fantastic console [...]

Choosing the right canidate for you at this time in your life.

Posted by Jason Trent on October 4th, 2007 under Jason's Blog
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One of the bigger problems when voting for a new president is choosing who best reflects your values. Great news! Problems solved. Please kindly direct yourself to this link, and take a little test to see who you are on the same page with, and to what extent. Mine is a little silly because I [...]

Two very easy ways to secure your php based site.

Posted by Jason Trent on October 3rd, 2007 under Jason's Blog
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As some of you may know, I work in the internet field providing support for a popular hosting company. From time to time I will speak with customers whose sites have been hacked, and they, believing this is due to the security of our servers like to blame us. That is not the case. These [...]

Testing the boundaries of big brother. Part 2.

Posted by Jason Trent on October 2nd, 2007 under Jason's Blog
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Same note as previous post. Before I get going here, please realize that this is intended for comedic purposes, and in no way represents my actual views on terrorism, illegal activities, or our government.
While we are having fun playing with that silly ol’ government of ours, let’s take a look at one more thing being [...]

Halo 3 screenshot impressions.

Posted by Jason Trent on October 1st, 2007 under Xbox 360
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Undeniably, some of the most innovative features added in the latest release in the Halo Franchise is the ability for players to view their past twenty five games played, then taking full hi definition images, and even creating short movies from these larger clips to post to their file share, thereby allowing them to share [...]