Is this still here?

Has it really been 3 years since I last posted here?

Yes.

That's not good. What happened to my plan to record my thoughts and to keep updating my site?
That's the problem with being lazy, it just keeps getting worse and worse with no end in sight until you just have to say enough is enough and pull your finger out.
Will I finally keep this site up to date? I don't know. I hope I do.

I'll finish for now with a picture of my cat Athena. It seems fitting to put a picture of a cat on the internet, though this one is fairly unique as she's not trying to get a cheeseburger.

Happiness is a...

Xbox 360 Elite :)

I finally jumped onto Microsoft's next gen offering. I'd been waiting for Halo 3 to be released and seeing as the price cuts have happened and I don't reckon there be another one in a months time, I've gone and got myself the Elite along with Gears of War and Bioshock.

I can finally play past the first level of Gears - I've done it at least 3 times now on my various friends consoles :P

To help with the 360 experience I went and brought myself a 32inch HDTV for a quite respectable price of £499 - though I went though a small dose of hell attaching it to the wall. The wall mount kit I brought was Vesa certified but the TV used larger bolt holes then Vesa standard. Seeing as the next model stand was double the price (£140) I decided to go and buy larger bolts. I managed to find some that fit, but then discovered they wouldn't go though the holes on the mounting plate (insert frustrated grunt here). Thankfully I have a good metal drill bit set that enlarged the holes quite easily. So I finally (seem to be using that word a lot this post) got the mounting plate on the back of the TV - I then turned my attention to getting the backing plate onto the wall.

This went well enough at first. The drill powered though the wall to the correct depth, the wall plugs slid in snugly. The plate went up, the screws went in - halfway. Try as I might I couldn't get the damn things to turn any more. I had to result to my claw hammer to pound the things in - that was a satisfying moment.

I made sure all the cables where connected and secured to the back of the TV and hooked it to the wall - and it was good - it didn't come crashing down :D

I then finally (last time I swear) allowed myself to connect the Elite and try it out.

I even logged on to Xbox live and got my gamer tag - amazingly I managed to get my online name - Chaos Net. I thought that would of been taken ages ago :)

Right enough chatter, I've got to finish sorting out this place (it's a junk heap at the moment this room) and then I can play some Bioshock.

To Rapture!

Working Working Working

Man doesn't time fly?

Three months have passed since I started working at Google, I still can't believe it. Work has settled into a nice routine and I feel more confident in what I'm doing. Some may say that getting a routine so soon is an indication that I'll soon be getting bored with the job, but this is Google for crying out loud! I think I'm onto a good thing :P

So what else has been going on since I last posted? Well I've seen the Transformers movie - awesome, though more time should of been spent on the robots and not the humans in my view. I've also seen the latest Harry Potter movie - twice. I love that series, I'm looking forward to see how they are going to fit all that's happened in the last 2 books into the last 2 movies. And yes I have of course read and finished the last book. I am in fact reading it again :D