Valentines Day is Tomorrow… (2011-2-13)
With tomorrow being Valentines Day, here is a rather sobering thought… Source: Online Accounting Degree
Archive for 2011
Video Gaming History in Video (2011-2-12)
Found this video by Florian Smolka detailing the history of gaming in “one long video take”. To quote the website: The film covers different eras of the video-game history. Took us a week to organise the various props (controllers, monitors. lighting, camera, etc.), two whole days to film and several days of postproduction. It isn’t […]
PS3 – Converting a Demo PS3 to a Retail Unit (Part 2) (2011-2-11)
On the 28th January 2011, I explained what the Demo/Kiosk PS3 unit was and why I got one. Today I will explain on how I spent a Saturday evening (only crawling into bed at 04h00 the next morning) converting it to a retail unit. I tried about 3 other methods and this was the one […]
Bricking a BMW (2011-2-9)
What happens when you have lots of time, bricks and a love for BMW’s? You build a BMW out of the bricks of course! Chinese artist Dai Geng is asking 80,000 for this BMW even though it handles like a brick. And that’s because it is one – or rather hundreds to be precise. He […]
PS3 Recovery Menu (2011-2-8)
Occasionally you might have to put your PS3 into a Recovery Mode to perform certain functions. Functions like: – Restoring all default settings – Restoring the file system – Rebuilding the database – Restoring the PS3 system from a backup – Or reinstalling the system firmware To enter the Recovery Mode all you need to do […]
Travel Money Saving Tips (2011-2-7)
Here’s a money saving tip if you like planning your own holiday. The wife and I were planning a trip down to the Eastern Cape to firstly go to Murray Purdon‘s wedding, and then of course show the family our new arrival that is due any day now. Now we could drive down and although […]