Ok, so a mate asked me how my mouse pad looked.

Here’s a quick post. This mousepad we got from the Otaku Magazine guys when the mag was still on sale. Unfortunately, due to minimal feedback the magazine was shut down.

Much to our dismay, I might add. We did, however, attend the final party with the guys and all I can remember was weed, alcohol and someone brought a guitar.

Here’s my mouse pad:

Yup

It’s been coming for a while. The previous  theme was just, well let’s call it, “not my best work”.

This means I have no excuse to be active on this little spot. There’s a lot of stuff I need to get out of my head before it explodes. However, work comes first.

To be continued…

Saturday.

Good old Saturday. Even though I’ve haven’t grasped the concept of “Weekend” since I left school, I have always been amazed at the hoo-haa that is caused by “The Weekend“. I live, breath and die by The Code which means I spend an awfully large amount of time behind a keyboard strutting my stuff. There’s not a lot of minutes that go by in my studio where one does not hear the clattering of keyboard strokes or the banging of heads against walls.

I have, technically, no real set time when it comes to working hours. As I type this sentence I can’t help but look at one of the other displays to see if I’ve forgotten anything. I’m constantly looking at logs, queries, cache times, modules, variables and arrays. I am a total workaholic. I live, breath and eat code. I only pause to bong it up or catch up on my Douglas Adams reading.

It already seems like I’m moaning in the post. But stick with me, it should turn around soon(I hope).

Back to Saturday. This is the first Weekend that I do not have to work in a while. I say this often but I always end up working on The Weekend. So, whether it’s the week or The Weekend, it doesn’t matter to me.

During school I couldn’t wait for the weekend. The Weekend symbolized freedom. Total Party Heaven. We still go out, but nothing compared to how we did when we were younger. Age, an odd concept indeed. It makes some people go crazy and from others it saps every happy feeling. Why people are so bothered with age I will never understand. Perhaps my brain is not meant to understand or perhaps I was born without the “I care” glands. I know somewhere down the line my “I don’t give a fuck” glad kicked in. I remember the day clearly:

I was 16 years old and I was getting my first ID book. Man oh man I was psyched! While we stood in the queue and waited for 3 hours a guy with a funny walk came waltzing in. I say “funny walk” but there was nothing funny about it. The guy obviously had a birth defect. I know, I know. Shame. Right?

WRONG MORON!

This guy strolled in, well to be more accurate he waltzedhopped in. From the back of the queue he was called to the front and he got served. Wait, what?

I have been in this queue for 3 hours and this guy just waltzedhopped to the front because he has a limpywalk? Right about now you must be thinking, “Damn, this guy writing this stuff is such a douche!” Well, you’re right. I am 100% douche when it comes to this bullshit.

See, I live in a world where everyone wants to be treated equally. I live in a world where we are all the same. I live in a world where no man is more special than another. I live in a world where these retards keep saying they want equal everything but they like hop-skipping to the front of the queue.  Still think I’m a douche? Shame, right?

WRONG!

If he wants to be treated equally then he can wait THREE FUCKING HOURS in the queue, just like everyone else.

*exhale slowly*

I sometimes feel I should go for anger management classes. I’m just afraid that I’d kill the instructor. The wrong “Calm down, buddy” or “You’re overreacting” at the wrong time could very possibly result in some quick and decisive genocidal action.

But then I look around me and realize how silly humans are. Our very nature is goofy with a slight twist of arrogance.

Once again, I digress…

Damn man, I started this post yesterday and I have no idea what the original concept of the post was. *shrug*

 

Here’s a little trick I learned a couple of years ago that managed to pop up again today.

The problem with Microsoft Windows XP/Vista/7 is that you have a limit on how many concurrent connections can be made to the device. Windows XP usually has 10 and Vista/7 has 15.

If you have a small network and happen to have more devices connecting to it, you’ll have to install an operating system that supports more concurrent connections. You could go the *nix route or install one of the server flavours of Microsoft Windows. 

Or, you can do this:

1. Click START
2. Click RUN
3. Type in: regedit
4. Click on OK/RUN
5. Locate and then click to select the following Registry Subkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Parameters
6. In the Edit Menu, click NEW and click DWORD. (If exists, skip to step 8 )
7. Type MaxMpxCT and press ENTER
8. Right-Click MaxMpxCt and click Modify
9. In the Value data box, choose DECIMAL ***
10. Click OK and close the Registry

About a month ago I finally decided to join the tablet club.

I had a look at a couple of models and finally decided on the Samsung galaxy tab 8.9. There are several reasons for this but I won’t bore you with the details of my research.

I opted for an Android powered device because I am really fond of the operating system. I have even gone as far as buying my first Android Apps powered application. The application in question is PrinterShare. A must for any serious android user. I used the free version of the app for about a week and after some thought I decided to purchase the full version. The price was R100 which totally worked for my pocket.

The main reason I got the tablet was so that I can have a light, powerful, QWERTY device that I can modify to my hearts content. Obviously after unpacking it I had to see if I could get Icecream Sandwich working on it because the Samsung comes with Honeycomb by default. After a little playing I got it up and running on my tablet. Man oh man, Icecream Sandwich really looks sexy on this little bitch. Unfortunately, it was a little on the unstable side so I opted back for Honeycomb. I cannot wait for them to sort the teething problems out so that Samsung can release an official release.

Oh, it seems that I have to cut this post short as my godkids are finally done with their homework and their uncle has promised them a swim in his pool.

Which reminds me, another reason for the tablet is total internet freedom.

Well, they just jumped in and I gotta join. To be continued…