Garden update… Part II
Posted by Rob Holmes in Personal on June 27, 2009
Ok, so I have another update on the Garden project. We have pretty much done taking rock and soil out of the hole, and started to create the track and wall line round. My dad reckons on 22 tons of rock and soil have been removed from here. I think that’s a bit over, but close!
All that rock will be used in the wall that goes round the outside.
These are 3 of the rocks that we have chiselled out so the train can fit round. The last one (Far right) the train will go under the rock on top.
This is the line of the track (About). It splits in to 2 at both left and right. You should be able to see if better later when we get the walls in.
We brought all the sand up the other day ready for building the wall and laying the flags.
My new tool… Part II
Posted by Rob Holmes in Uncategorized on June 27, 2009
Yes, I have another new toy this weekend, not as good as the last, but not to bad. I have done a bit of PC modding in the past, nothing very good. Just general fans, pump mounts or fan holes. So I haven’t needed a Dremel tool, but I got an email from Amazon for 50% off power tools so I had a look for the dremel and found the 300 series. It was £40, not bad at all! So after talking to my mates over at GVL I placed an order. That was Thursday. This morning (While I was still in bed) it came! So I thought I would post some nice pictures for you.
I have 25 bits that came with it, but as the case can take a LOT more, and all the attachments for it too, looks like I have a long way to go before becoming a real modder!
I will be using it for a project I have in the works with a mate of mine. I will be posting images as soon as we start.
New hosting from InMotion
Posted by Rob Holmes in Uncategorized on June 23, 2009
I have move my hosting from the not so good ULMB to InMotion. Mainly for my parents Abbey Holiday Cottages website, which isn’t moved yet. I know have LOADs of space and features with web mail, FTP area, Parked domains and loads more.
Please let me know any faults with the site or ibyte systems site and I will try to fix them. I know the images below my wireless router are broken, I might fix them one day, but for now they will have to stay like that till I have the time and will power to re link them all. Also comment on the speed of the hosting as I find it a bit slow.
Windows 8 User-Designed Concept Video
Posted by Rob Holmes in OS on June 17, 2009
This video isn’t Windows 8! Just a concept video. With Windows 7 in code freeze for a bit more work on windows 8 will have started, with release due in 2013-2014, so a bit off yet!
Insane car driving!
Posted by Rob Holmes in Uncategorized on June 12, 2009
Thanks to ‘ZeWolf’ over at Gruntville I bring you THIS video!
I wear DC shoes, but I don’t drive like that! Wow
Garden update
Posted by Rob Holmes in Personal on June 11, 2009
So we have done the summer house at the right side. So we were looking for something else to start on. The summer house gets the sun in the evening. The left side of the garden gets in more in the morning and through the day. It used to have the train track go round with a 2 foot wall holding the soil back. This left a pretty small area for a small seat. So we thought if we took a bit of soil out and move the track back it would make a better area. The problem is, once you start its hard to stop!
As you can see, its big hole now. A lot of rock to. Which is the reason for the breaker.
Its a bit rocky. We use a ‘Geda’ to move all the soil and rock to the top of the garden. With a wheel barrow on it. Fill the buckets, tips buckets in to wheel barrow and then send it to the top. Once at the top, the barrow is removed and another one is placed on. It then needs to be taken 18meters out the top of garden, up the hill. We fill a trailer using a ramp. Its takes a bit of going. But we are getting there!
This is the current state today, with 2 trailer loads out today! This is as far as we are going, just need to go down the level now with the path.
As you can see, its all rocks, and HUGE ones. The flat surface behind the buckets is one, there is one under the cover near pick. There is a few about. We have already removed one that was 2 foot deep. About 5 feet long and 2 feet wide. One of the stones there is the top of it! Lol
At least the summer house is done. With the special grass on the roof and pigs! (They are fake…). The track isn’t down yet, as we are completing the other side first. Then placing all the track and points down at once.
Lets just hope its a good summer after all this!
Gamecom 777 Headset Short Review
Posted by Rob Holmes in Hardware on June 5, 2009
Hi
I recently got a GameCom 777 headset from PixaMania for a 1 day special of £50 including P+P. I had been looking for a new headset to replace my Sharkroon Majestic 5.1. After looking at bit-techs review on the 777 I thought I would look around the internet for some more reviews before buying. I found some people saying it was very good and some saying it was bad. But there was a lot more people saying good things. So I finally got it.
I was a bit disipionted it didn’t come in the box many people get on reviews, but it was a special price. The headset is a stero one but comes with a USB Dolby surround sound. The headset is very well built, bit plasticy but its a good plastic. The wire is nice anti tangle (Not that it always works) and the in-line control is a good addition. If not to high up the wire for my setup. Installtion is easy, bit to easy. I used the USB connection, this doesn’t need any drivers as the 5.1 to 2 cleaver bit is all hardware based. So no drivers. Easy plug in and play. I had it work on Windows 7. The USB allows me to switch between Speakers and Headset inside windows without the need to mess with plugs. And with windows 7 its on the fly, so I don’t have to restart TF2 or Skype just to get it to change to headset. The quality of sound isn’t to bad. Bass could be better otherwise it is very good. The 5.1 to 2 works very well. Its nearly as good as 5.1 headset it replaced. I can see why 2 headset are better than 5.1 as more is spent on the speakers in the headset, were as 5.1 it is spread out and you get cheap speakers. This means sound quality is a lot better on stereo headsets. At first the headphones were tight on my head (Been so big and all) but with they been stretched a bit they soon move and fit very nicly on your head. I wouldn’t give it 100% on comfort, but not bad!
Verdict:
The GameCom 777 is a good headset for £50-60. Its recommend! The bass needs a bit more power and the comfort isn’t perfect. But build quality and sound quality overall isn’t bad at all!
Score:
8/10 (Not bad)
Size isn’t everything!
Posted by Rob Holmes in Hardware on May 31, 2009
Hi, with my new netbook comes the world of Wifi, I haven’t used it that much before only for our Wii and my sisters laptop when she comes round. With my WRT54GL comes the requirement to mod it. Although I haven’t added any heat-sinks or fans yet. I have got 2 new antennas to increase my range and strength. So I get these 2 off ebay for £6 each. All way from Hong Kong. They came the other day and after adding them, it didn’t help. The signal was up and down even more. So today I have been playing with the setting and found that turning the TX from 70 (Default in DD WRT) to 110TX made the new antennas more stable and got better results, but not by far! So was it worth it? I will let you know in a few days after some more testing. But not bad for £12. They look cool tho! I might next put some heat-sinks on and maybe even a fan and boost it to 130TX, but only maybe. Here is a picture of it.
You might wonder why its on the side, it improves the strength more that the £12 antennas!
UPDATE: For now they are off, They are just a tiny bit less effective than the normal ones at range. I don’t no what to think, my WAG200 is slightly better that WRT54GL. Have to look in to it another day.
My rig update, RAID0!
Posted by Rob Holmes in Hardware on May 23, 2009
For my birthday I got another 320Gb SATAII Seagate. Which means I now have 2 in RAID0 setup. This ment my WPI (Windows Performace Index) went from 5.7 to 5.9.
Here are some images of the PC with my new HDD cage and HDD’s in.
Sorry for the bad image, I seem to have lost my others. But you can kind of see it… just.
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