Daily Coo

Podcast for PVK2 cont'd

2011-06-18T14:45:00.000-07:00

MMMM the monotony of my voice. It gives the info though. blah blah blah

Summer finally

2011-06-17T12:44:00.000-07:00

Today mark the semi official start to summer. And I'm doing absolutely nothing to celebrate.
I think with all this extra free time I'll try to find some neat projects to do and put some information about them up here. I'll share any tech experiences I have involving my server, any concerts I go to, and blah blah blah. Help me retain interest by showing some interest in this stuff!

Source Mods

2011-06-16T09:51:00.000-07:00

I just figured out that there is a wonderful world of virtually free games out there, all based on everyone's favorite engine by Valve! Many, including the game I shall review now, are still in development.

Here is my review of the first game I played for a few hours last night, Pirates, Vikings, and Knights 2

ohh shiiii

Basically the game captures all of our childhood dreams and throws them on a special modification of the source engine. What can go wrong? Well firstly the community that plays it tends to either be prepubescent boys probably masturbating over the fact that they can be a pirate, viking, or knight all in one game, or really hard core gamers who have mastered every mechanic of the game.

The factions and classes

There are three factions, each evident from the title of the game. Pirates, vikings and knights you daft man. Each faction has it's advantages and disadvantages. The thing I found though is that not just one faction is ALWAYS over powering the other. In an arena game mode for instance, Pirates with their speed were able to dominate the vikings and knights, until the vikings and knights decided to concentrate on the pirates first then each other. Here is an amateur's break down of the classes and their pros and cons.

The pirates

Sup dawg

These slippery bastards are fast as hell and are generally a problem for all their opposition if played correctly. There are two classes for pirates in the current beta, The Captain and the Skirmisher.

The captain is slightly slower than the Skirmisher, but has a bit more power. He has a cutlass, blunderbuss, and hook/parrot at his disposal. Usually the captains game plan is chuck the parrot, run away. The parrot will find the closest enemy and peck and bug them until it is either chopped by the enemy or the target dies. The blunderbuss is not extremely accurate and is comparable to a shotgun. The reload time is slow for this gun. The cutlass is agile albeit under powered.

The Skirmisher has a Cutlass, Flintlock pistol, and A POWDER KEG to use at will. The Cutlass is as would be suspected, quick, low damage, not very easy to block with. The flintlock pistol holds six shots at a time and is very accurate. The bullet usually goes where you point to. The reload time isn't extremely slow but takes some cover or running away. The powder keg takes ages to light and you can hold it in your dear arms until it explodes if you see it so fit. The fuse is always too long when you need it to explode soon and too short when you need it to explode later. It could be used to clear heavy concentrations of pirates vikings and knights alike however, as the damage is pretty high. Another aspect to the Skirmisher is their speed. They are the fastest class yet in the beta and can run circles around all their enemies.

Stay tuned for the rest of the factions and classes.

Final Finals

2011-06-16T03:50:00.000-07:00

Ich habe zwei Prufungen heute. Einen fur Deutsches Classe. Ich muss nur Deutsch sprechen zu lernen!! Es hat viel Fragen, zwei hundert Ich finde. Wünsche mich Glück!

Env. Sci. Final result

2011-06-15T09:06:00.001-07:00

Got a 97%

awwwhhh yeah

Finals day 3 or 4

2011-06-15T03:35:00.000-07:00

Whatever day it is, I don't expect it to be very hard. Today I only have exams in College Prep classes. World History and a very simple economics type class. Tomorrow I have German two then Honors English. Wünsche mich glück!

New Shoes

2011-06-14T14:37:00.000-07:00

Just got these 35 dollar ninja looking slipper shoe things from Urban Outfitters. They're recycled, though I forget the exact percent of recycled material they use. They are comfy, I'm just not sure whether I should or should not be wearing socks with them. What do you think?

Kellin Quinn

2011-06-14T10:24:00.000-07:00

Kellin and Me

Shufffling through my music library I came across this song:

Say what you like, this guy is my favorite singer. He also beatboxes which is pretty awesome in my opinion. My buddy battled him at the concert where that picture was taken. He got owned. lulz.

Honors Environmental Science Final

2011-06-14T10:16:00.000-07:00

Pretty easy. As he told us, the questions were exactly the same as the tests we took throughout the year. So I just had to look back at all the tests while filling in the study guide last night, and everything stuck. Only a few questions were iffy, but overall it was pretty easy. The open ended questions were very enjoyable. I also had creative writing today, in which we had a party and watched Up. A good day at school.

panaroma of my room with the hammock!

2011-06-13T16:39:00.000-07:00

I took this with a free app on my phone, while sitting at my desk. Quality is not perfect but the idea can be gotten.

You most certainly will want to click to enlarge.

Math Final

2011-06-13T11:10:00.000-07:00

I had a final for honors geometry today. The test was rather excruciating. I lost my TI-34 calculator which is easily capable of printing exact answers so I borrowed a TI-84 from a friend. I was forced to simplify any and all radicals manually and it took a good amount of time, as i never have to do that. I cam upon the law of cosines problems and was entirely lost. Luckily it was multiple choice so I just guessed any old letter. Overall I feel like I got a solid 80% on that, at least. The final grade gets curved though. So a 70 can get curved to a 75. I'm not entirely sure how the curve works but I guess I never will be. Environmental science and creative writing tomorrow. Gotta write some stories!

Game of Thrones: Baelor

2011-06-12T19:07:00.000-07:00

OH MAH GAWD

Minecraft Earth

2011-06-12T17:57:00.000-07:00

Oh cool a picture of the earth, you may have said to yourself. Look closer. Look closer still. That is no earth, that is a minecraft world. "One block is one nautical mile" quoth the creator and sharer of this epic creation. The only drawback that isn't a huge problem is the fact that in minecraft, maps aren't round. So to get to Japan from the spawn point in Western North America, you'd have to travel due East for a considerable amount of time. I'm considering replacing my server's map with this beauty, at the discretion of my server owner. Stick around for updates on this beauty!

Also find the forum post here: http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/224048-creation-the-earth-updated-final/

Game of thrones update

2011-06-12T17:53:00.001-07:00

It's coming on in 8 minutes! Major prep to do for the show. Let's check my hypothesis. Updates afterwards, or tomorrow :D

In place of a bed...

2011-06-12T17:38:00.001-07:00

I will have this. My back will be arced eternally after many a hour of sleep in this. It will however give me alot more room space in my tiny tiny four walls.

Lazy Lazy Sunday

2011-06-12T07:41:00.001-07:00

Again, nothing planned for today but study, study, study. I have a math final tomorrow then I can leave. Gotta get cracking on studying this review packet!

Come play tribes with us!

2011-06-11T16:02:00.001-07:00

Server name: Yehlyre!

Come on in! the more the merrier

Tribes 2!

2011-06-11T15:02:00.001-07:00

http://www.tribesnext.com/downloads

I found it! I'll be running a server up soon. Stay posted and come join after I install!

Minecraft Trial 76.116.0.183

2011-06-11T12:58:00.001-07:00

So we have a suspect griefer that we are putting on trial at 7 PM EST tonight. Feel free to come and watch the proceedings. The more the much more merrier. Epic lulz will ensue!

76.116.0.183

Saturday

2011-06-11T08:14:00.000-07:00

Well it's Saturday and I have nothing planned. I'll probably just fudge around on the computer all day, so there might be many a new posts. Stick around the rest of the day :D

Finals -Health

2011-06-10T12:27:00.001-07:00

Easy.

Game of thrones

2011-06-10T10:25:00.000-07:00

Possible spoiler alert though these are just my opinions.

If you have been watching the series then you are probably flipping out in anticipation as I am. Basically asking wtf happens next. Now I have no clue what will actually happen next because I never read the novel but here is my prediction;

Ned Stark will not be able to escape from prison on his own. Obviously. Hence the war his son has launched against the Lanaster's. His son (Robert?) Stark will attempt to take the bridge in order to defend the river folk from the Lanasters. He will fail however and be forced to retreat north. In the North bran will advise his elder brother of what the northern prisoner said about giants north of the wall and whatnot. Robert will see this as a good opportunity since it seems the wildmen north of the wall are attempting to migrate south, hence their prisoner. He will go north of the wall with a small party and leave the army in what's left of the hands of that Guy who had his fingers bitten off by the dire wolf, making him semi-main character. Meanwhile the dalthraki forces across the narrow sea are building. The dragon baby inside the last targarian churns. Drogo is still major pissed off. Eventually Robert will attack from the north with his expanded army and at the same time drogo's men will mount their wooden horses and cross the narrow sea, and under the khaleesi's orders, lay waste to the lanasters. The targarian/dalthraki boy will be instated as rightful king and the starks will return to winterfel. Happily ever after.

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Finals

2011-06-10T03:39:00.000-07:00

I have the first of my 8 finals today. It's in health, so I'm not flipping out yet. I have a math final coming up on Monday. Now that is making me ache a little bit. Gotta get through this review packet!

Oblivion Adventures; Episode 2

2011-06-09T17:22:00.000-07:00

This isn't as much play time because I'll play a thirty minute period every other day then write about my exploits. So here is episode two. Also it's shorter because I don't have the intro here.

So leaving off. I retreated to my underground boat abode and slept until night. I had learned while exploring Anvil of some tormentor in the local Chapel. So like any good quester, I went to investigate. Upon trying to enter I was approached by a guard who told me not to go in unless I have a strong stomach. I blew him off like a boss and walked through those doors. Sore enough pew were thrown abroad, and I found two dead bodies. Presumably priests in this chapel. One female was lying in the alter that the chapels center around bathing in her own blood. I looted from them their keys to the doors below. I first went into the previous holy people's quarters. I found it odd that taking things from this room would be considered stealing, seeing as they are dead as dead can be. But nonetheless I did not take anything, except for maybe some gold. Ironic? Nope, just profitable. That three gold could maybe get me somewhere later! I also found a VERY expensive book that gave me a bonus to my Conjuration magic skill when opened. I did not take it despite it's 200 gold estimated worth. Part of the reason why I didn't take it was also because books are pretty durn heavy. So anyway I exited the late priest's quarters after trampling atop the set table full of food. I entered the crypt below and spotted a ghost's projectile aimed straight for my cloth clad self in the corner of my view and quickly moved aside and watched as the bolt of ectoplasm floated by. I realized I wasn't in much danger. I put on my iron armor and equipped my silver axe and went to town on the ghosts brain things. I turned and found three or four more ghosts approaching and figured I should be more of a battle mage, as that is my class. I switched my spell over to summon skeleton and he was a pretty popular punching bag among the restless souls. I tried a few of the touch spells I had on the back-turned ghosts to figure out for the second time they resist nature effects. My only unnatural spell is entropic touch, at a whopping 5 damage. So once my skeleton crumbled back into bits I hacked away at these ghost's head things also.

There was nothing else to be had in the crypt, so I exited the chapel. I pranced around the city in the dead of rainy night in order to find a hobo's sleeping area but was not so lucky. So I proceeded to utilize the game's wait function for eight in game hours to come to ten in the morning. I found the preacher that the quest so eloquently described in it's description and after skipping every word he said and restating the same dialogue choices several times, I got the next section of the quest. Apparently I had to go pray at all NINE wayshrines spread out through ALL of Cyrodiil. Jesus god, that explains the quest name "Religious Pilgrimage". I'm going to be really mad if I haul ass around the entire map only to receive a shitty unfurnished living space again. I recalled the wayshrine right outside of Anvil, so set my sights there first. Of course with this quest I did not get any actual markers on my map, but rather a note in my misc. inventory with a drawn map and nine dots. So not only do I have to run all around the map, but I also have to guess the approximate location of each actual wayshrine. I'm pretty mad, but not to the point of quitting, so I ventured forth. I exited the gates nearest me to find the ocean and the entire wrong side of the city I needed to be on. My horse was in the stables which were at the front gates. I pranced and jumped and damn near flew over to the stables and mounted up and started off. The white horse of Anvil was a great improvement over the old armored nag of the Imperial City, or at least so it seemed. Probably a placebo horse. But anyway, I got to the wayshrine and got the first blessing of the Nine. Eight more to go woohoo! I refferenced to the maps and found the closest one next was right outside of Skingrad. It was daytime now and I didn't feel like waiting in the wilderness so I set off towards Kvatch. I knew of the current state so breezed by the weeping villagers on my white pony. Haters gonna hate. I found some weird camp with a guy dressed in some necromancer looking robes a bit outside of Kvatch and was also attacked by an asston of wolves. I got off my horse and tried using my enchated blade I got from helping a lady out in Anvil with her boat problem. My intention was to hit the sorcerer guy or his ghost or one of the three wolves all now attacking my horse. I missed and ended up hitting my horse who recieved a red aura from the spell. Shit. So this was all out horse murder/manslaughter of a prime white mare I just bought with almost all of my gold. As it turned out, horses don't like being sliced, clawed, and bitten by my enemies and with one buck with his front lengths dispatched all of them from their lives. I rested until dark in the nearby bed sheet.

I fast traveled while on my horse to the Skingrad stables and galloped my way over to the approximate location of the wayshrine without much problems besides a bandit and his ghost slave that died with him.

And basically that was all I did tonight. It is more detailed to cover for the lack of things I actually did but whatevz, hope you enjoy. WAY more to come.

Google Chromebook

2011-06-09T15:04:00.000-07:00

Official Information Site

Next Big Thing, but small

Imagine an operating system that is JUST a web browser. And not just a web browser, but Google Chrome, virtually the best browser available. Google has produced whole netbooks with this concept in mind, and for a hefty price on the users. Going as low as $300, everyone is probably wondering if these things are worth it. I don't have one, but I would say that is based entirely on how you use your computer. If you are on the web all the time, then your pretty much ARE already using a chromebook, just not entirely optimized for that sole purpose. I personally would not get one of these for $300 because I <3 my windows and I <3 my games. So is it worth it? If you are the average mac hating android phone using joe, then sure, why not? Now you have something to flaunt back in your mac friend's faces. I'm never against things Google makes. They provide plenty a web apps to let you be entirely productive on this machine, and it'd be a pretty nifty investment.

Of course you could try to buy a netbook at $200 and dual boot between this Chrome OS and Windows. I mean that is what I would do.