"...a brand new gaming PC!" - or at least that's what I'm now researching. Yeah, I got the laptop back yesterday (with a new fan in it), and following some advice from Ultima Online associate Aurelius (thanks, my friend), I searched online for any indication that this laptop's issues might be something others have encountered, and perhaps solved ( Read more... )

I've not been posting as many videos lately because... well, the current Minecraft series is getting ZERO views, whilst the new(-ish) Star Trek Online stuff is in fact generating a whole bunch more traffic: Episode 1 now has 233 views, as I write - the only thing with more views is the "how to farm Blazes" video I created in response to the trouble ( Read more... )

So much for me being more regular with blogging.

Anyway, on to something else: new video series...!



Elsewhat... Toilet Bat was safely returned to the roost, I'm told - but not before another two bats had a similar problem, and one did not survive. A shame, but hopefully that issue is now fully dealt with, and the colony is now secure.

Other ( Read more... )

Struggling to get into a blogging mood. Maybe I should try and do it at the start of the evening, INSTEAD of the end...

News, news, news... is there any? Oh yeah: we ARE getting Thanos in GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY (57 days to go), played, or at least voiced, by James Brolin - but how big a part that will be remains to be seen. In the meantime, there ( Read more... )

Okay, so that's my extended Spiritwalk down-time done, and it's back to whatever counts as "normal" these days. However, I've not been in a Minecraft frame of mind, lately, and I've actually been doing a whole bunch more Star Trek Online (such as all this evening, bar the usual Ultima Online). I'm not sure I'll be going back to the level of ( Read more... )

Let's Do The Time Warp Again... Yeeeeeah... *sighs* I am no closer to a solution to my Minecraft tribulations. I have been able to track down the approximate source of the issue - having both 32- and 64-bit Java on my system, both of which now seem to want to run when Minecraft starts up. I kicked the 64-bit Java out, and the game wouldn't start, ( Read more... )

Things seem to be going a whole bunch better right now. The work on the windows should be continuing soon, the weather is nice (mainly), with Friday at the errr, apoapsis of our recent hot spell yeah, someone's been playing Kerbal Space Program, Star Trek Online seems to be working again, Minecraft is starting to look like its old self again (and ( Read more... )

Oh, holy crap: The scaffolding is up.

That's the REAL big news. Could The Move be a BIG step closer to completion by week's end - or am I falling prey to a BIG dose of wishful thinking...?

Elsewhat... Gods, is Star Trek Online managing to piss me off right now. I have about 1 1/2 hours of video I could easily - and gladly - trim down to about ten ( Read more... )

Video News... More Minecraft...!



Think I better start working on my Star Trek Online - Legacy Of Romulus, before I run out of space AGAIN - just over ONE TERABYTE of material already! Yes, I was surprised too - and I'm 1) only at level 30 so far, and 2) a couple of missions didn't make it to recording status because stuff started to laaaaaaaag

Not much to report, except that I'm not entirely sure a full play-through of the new Romulan content for Star Trek Online is going to be viable as a "Let's Play" for my channel, given that the game sometimes slows down to sub-slug speed when I'm recording. I'll try and get some key moments - although I've already missed a major turning point ( Read more... )