Sunday, November 30, 2008
In Your Head:
If your head drops forward during the swing, it
means your upper body wants to take over and lunge toward the ball.
This also shifts the swing plane forward, producing the shank. To
stop lunging, try to keep your head from moving down toward the
ball. Don't tense up, which will restrict your swing, but think about
holding your head in place.
In Your Hands:
If your head drops forward during the swing, it
means your upper body wants to take over and lunge toward the ball.
This also shifts the swing plane forward, producing the shank. To
stop lunging, try to keep your head from moving down toward the
ball. Don't tense up, which will restrict your swing, but think about
holding your head in place.
In Your Hands:
At impact, the hands and wrists should lead the
club head into the ball. But if the wrists break early, the club head
flips toward the ball, causing a shank. Address the ball with the
hands and wrists slightly ahead of the ball, and keep your wrists firm
during the swing and impact. Don't make them so stiff they can't
cock naturally on the backswing and coming down, but firm enough
to maintain control. Shanking is especially common off short irons,
when you place the ball back in your stance. If so, position the ball
forward, off the left heel.
This gives the club extra time to square up before impact. Also try
rotating your arms toward the target coming down, further
encouraging a square clubface.
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http://www.quickgolfsecrets.com
club head into the ball. But if the wrists break early, the club head
flips toward the ball, causing a shank. Address the ball with the
hands and wrists slightly ahead of the ball, and keep your wrists firm
during the swing and impact. Don't make them so stiff they can't
cock naturally on the backswing and coming down, but firm enough
to maintain control. Shanking is especially common off short irons,
when you place the ball back in your stance. If so, position the ball
forward, off the left heel.
This gives the club extra time to square up before impact. Also try
rotating your arms toward the target coming down, further
encouraging a square clubface.
CLICK HERE For The Rest of the Story...
**For More Killer Golf Tips & Tricks, Check Out The Full Audio/Video Course At:**
http://www.quickgolfsecrets.com
Saturday, November 29, 2008
Clubface Alignment
Ideally, the clubface is square at impact, aiming in the direction of
the swing path. If you've determined from watching your shots that
the face is open, strengthen your grip at address by turning the hands
slightly away from the target. If the clubface is closed, weaken your
grip by turning your hands toward the target.
Eliminating the Ugliest Golf Shot
The ugliest shot in golf is the shank, or as the British politely refer to
it, the "socket." This horror occurs when the ball is struck by the
hosel -- the part of an iron that connects the head to the shaft --
rather than by the clubface. The ball flies low, short, and sharply to
the right, almost perpendicular to the target line. And you're
embarrassed.
There are many possible sources of a shank, from your setup to your
swing. These adjustments will help you shake the shanks.
At Your Feet:
If you set up with too much weight toward your
toes, you're likely to fall forward during the downswing. This shifts
the swing plane forward as well so you hit the ball off the hosel.
Start with your weight distributed evenly between the heels and balls
of your feet and keep it there throughout the swing.
**For More Killer Golf Tips & Tricks, Check Out The Full Audio/Video Course At:**
http://www.quickgolfsecrets.com
Ideally, the clubface is square at impact, aiming in the direction of
the swing path. If you've determined from watching your shots that
the face is open, strengthen your grip at address by turning the hands
slightly away from the target. If the clubface is closed, weaken your
grip by turning your hands toward the target.
Eliminating the Ugliest Golf Shot
The ugliest shot in golf is the shank, or as the British politely refer to
it, the "socket." This horror occurs when the ball is struck by the
hosel -- the part of an iron that connects the head to the shaft --
rather than by the clubface. The ball flies low, short, and sharply to
the right, almost perpendicular to the target line. And you're
embarrassed.
There are many possible sources of a shank, from your setup to your
swing. These adjustments will help you shake the shanks.
At Your Feet:
If you set up with too much weight toward your
toes, you're likely to fall forward during the downswing. This shifts
the swing plane forward as well so you hit the ball off the hosel.
Start with your weight distributed evenly between the heels and balls
of your feet and keep it there throughout the swing.
**For More Killer Golf Tips & Tricks, Check Out The Full Audio/Video Course At:**
http://www.quickgolfsecrets.com
Friday, November 28, 2008
Swing Path
In a perfect swing, the club approaches the ball from inside the target
line, is square to the target at impact, and comes back inside in the
follow-through. A common fault is the inside-out swing,
approaching the ball from inside, then pushing the club to the
outside (toward right field). Most shots off this swing start to the
right; where they finish is determined by the clubface.
If the face is square to the inside-out path, the ball sails dead right,
called a "push." If the face is closed (aiming left), the result is a
roundhouse hook, starting right then curving left. With an open face
(pointing right), the ball bends right to right.
In order to counter an inside-out swing bring the club straight back
as long as possible in the takeaway phase.
An outside-in path brings the club into the ball from the far side and
moves it toward left field. Shots from this swing begin left. If the
clubface is square, the ball flies dead left, called a "pull." An open
face makes the ball curve sharply left to right. A closed face makes
the ball curve even further left.
Correct an outside-in swing by bringing the club inside the line in
the takeaway.
A proper inside-square-inside swing starts the ball straight. Any
subsequent movement is the result of clubface alignment: Off an
open face, the ball bends right; a closed face curves it left.
**For More Killer Golf Tips & Tricks, Check Out The Full Audio/Video Course At:**
http://www.quickgolfsecrets.com
In a perfect swing, the club approaches the ball from inside the target
line, is square to the target at impact, and comes back inside in the
follow-through. A common fault is the inside-out swing,
approaching the ball from inside, then pushing the club to the
outside (toward right field). Most shots off this swing start to the
right; where they finish is determined by the clubface.
If the face is square to the inside-out path, the ball sails dead right,
called a "push." If the face is closed (aiming left), the result is a
roundhouse hook, starting right then curving left. With an open face
(pointing right), the ball bends right to right.
In order to counter an inside-out swing bring the club straight back
as long as possible in the takeaway phase.
An outside-in path brings the club into the ball from the far side and
moves it toward left field. Shots from this swing begin left. If the
clubface is square, the ball flies dead left, called a "pull." An open
face makes the ball curve sharply left to right. A closed face makes
the ball curve even further left.
Correct an outside-in swing by bringing the club inside the line in
the takeaway.
A proper inside-square-inside swing starts the ball straight. Any
subsequent movement is the result of clubface alignment: Off an
open face, the ball bends right; a closed face curves it left.
**For More Killer Golf Tips & Tricks, Check Out The Full Audio/Video Course At:**
http://www.quickgolfsecrets.com
Thursday, November 27, 2008
Introduction
Golf is a great game...but it can also be incredibly frustrating. The
best way to quickly take strokes off your score is to make some
simple changes to your game. My goal is to give you advice you can
read today and use tomorrow: how to cure slices, hooks, and shanks,
how to deal with problem shots, how to make sure two putts is
always enough, and additional general tips.
The following are simple
ideas and techniques any golfer, regardless of skill level, can
understand and use to lower their golf score the next time they play.
So...let's get started!
Correcting Swing Problems Learn From
Your Ball Flight
Whether you've been playing golf for years or have just begun, you
have the ability to be your own teacher. By watching how your shots
fly, you can determine -- and begin fixing -- your faults. Ball
flight is determined by two variables: the path of the club on the
downswing and the position of the clubface at impact. Study your
shots to determine the variables that created them and you can make
corrections.
**For More Killer Golf Tips & Tricks, Check Out The Full Audio/Video Course At:**
http://www.quickgolfsecrets.com
Golf is a great game...but it can also be incredibly frustrating. The
best way to quickly take strokes off your score is to make some
simple changes to your game. My goal is to give you advice you can
read today and use tomorrow: how to cure slices, hooks, and shanks,
how to deal with problem shots, how to make sure two putts is
always enough, and additional general tips.
The following are simple
ideas and techniques any golfer, regardless of skill level, can
understand and use to lower their golf score the next time they play.
So...let's get started!
Correcting Swing Problems Learn From
Your Ball Flight
Whether you've been playing golf for years or have just begun, you
have the ability to be your own teacher. By watching how your shots
fly, you can determine -- and begin fixing -- your faults. Ball
flight is determined by two variables: the path of the club on the
downswing and the position of the clubface at impact. Study your
shots to determine the variables that created them and you can make
corrections.
**For More Killer Golf Tips & Tricks, Check Out The Full Audio/Video Course At:**
http://www.quickgolfsecrets.com
Over the next few months, I'll be releasing a bunch of golf tips in an orderly manner as Australia heads into Summer, prime golfing season :D
I plan to get into it this year and actually buy some of my own clubs rather than stealing them off my mates.
Note that I am a beginner, but I've got myself into this online course and am releasing a whole bunch of great tips to you guys for free, but if you like it and want to see the whole course, you're going to have to signup and read through it yourself here.
I think all you need (From Memory) is your Name and email address and they'll get you started.
Anyways, be on the lookout for these great tips people, I'll catch you all later :D
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Today I'm going to tell you all about something a little bit different.
It's a service from HarbourSat.com.au called satellite broadband.
What differs between this service and your regular broadband Internet is the fact that (as you may have guessed by it's name) satellite broadband is broadband Internet delivered via satellite.
So what right?
Well, this means that all the country bumpkins out on their farms can now use high speed Internet from their place!
The problem with the normal ground-based broadband services is that places too far from the central towers have minimal, or no Internet connectivity.
This doesn't mean that it's limited to the country areas, broadband via satellite is available to all rural, regional, and metropolitan areas!
Harbour IT's satellite service makes use of the NEWEST communications satellite available, the Optus D1, which means it's running on the newest and most efficient technology available, saving you from burning a hole in your pocket, and all the problems associated with older technology.
Harbour IT's service is second to none also, with it's service desk open from 8.30am to 9.00pm Monday to Friday AND 8.30am to 3.00pm on weekends + public holidays! (AEST)
So you will never have unsolvable problems less than a short phone call away.
Their very affordable plans start at $24.95 per month, but their special promotion offers $9.95 for the first 6 months! All plans include a 1.2m meter satellite dish, Gilat 360E 2 way modem and LNB and 25m of cabling just to name the 'basics'.
Expect the same great features of the standard broadband including always online 24 x 7 connection, great speeds and download quotas!
Nuffnang!
Great name i reckon!
Anyways, Nuffnang is a blogger's answer to blog monetization using ads.
I've signed up for the brand new Asia-Pacific program and I plan for my blog to grow with this new program.
I think this is a great experience, and although it certainly isn't big yet, it has potential, and the interface is great.
One thing I always look out for when I check out a new website, is it's interface and usability.
The Nuffnang site has 3 main tabs which send you to Analytics, Earnings and Blog Manager respectively.
If your blog ONLY contains adverts from Nuffnang, you get admitted into a special club called 'The Nuffnang Glitterati club', giving you the title of an exclusive glitterati blogger.Upon admittance to this club, you receive 20-40% more per advert click than you would have as a non-clubber(hah).
Not only that, but you also receive you payments MUCH quicker, have possible bonus advertorial opportunities, be invited to participate in Nuffnang community events and contests, access to the Innit tool, plus MUCH MORE!
Nuffnang Loyalty Program
EXCLUSIVE NUFFNANGERS | NON-EXCLUSIVE NUFFNANGERS | |
| Payment Rates (CPM) | Set A Bands. Earnings to be 20-50% Higher than current blog income. | Set B Bands. Earnings to be 20-50% Lower than Exclusive Nuffnangers |
| Payment Rates (CPC) | Minimum AUD 0.20 per click | Minimum AUD 0.15 per click |
| Payment Terms | 30 Days from End of Month Requested | 60 Days from End of Month Requested |
| Advertorial Opportunities | Eligible | Non-Eligible |
| Community Events | 70% of seats allocated for Nuffnangers. Guests allowed. | 30% of seats allocated to blogger only. |
| Contest Winners | 70% of prizes to Exclusive | 30% of prizes to non-Exclusive. |
| Use of Innit.com | Eligible | Not Eligible |
| Selection for CPUV Ads | Priority | No Priority |
ShopWiki - Your One Stop Buying Guide!
Do you ever buy something and your mate says "How much did you have to fork out for that?"
You willingly smile back and say "$100 buddy, pretty good yeah?"
And that smile doesn't last long, because your 'buddy' laughs and says that he bought one a week ago for $75...
Or maybe your the type that sees something new that looks cool, and instantly goes out and buys it without researching. Generally there is already an alternate product on the market that better suits your needs. Most of my friends wonder why it only takes them a few weeks to get sick of their brand new mobile phones, It's because of this very reason.
Especially when your buying mobile phones, it's very easy to go ahead and settle for a particular phone within the selection of a single store. "Oh that one looks cool, it's only $100! I'll take it, man in the blue suit!"
Anyways, problems like this can now be easily fixed with the use of a website called ShopWiki.
ShopWiki gives you the opportunity to research/compare and find the best prices on any products on the market.
I know what your thinking, "Another one of those sites..."
But ShopWiki is quite unique.
In fact ShopWiki isn't tailored the biased way that other shopping sites are.
Traditional shopping sites charge advertisers/ shops for placement and the highest payer gets the best review and placement.
ShopWiki doesn't work on this system, instead it delivers us (The Shoppers) everything, good and bad or otherwise.
What this means is we have a way of finding out THE BEST PRICES and products suited to our needs and wants.
Speaking of prices, ShopWiki has this very handy slider feature at the top of all pricing pages that allows you to seamlessly adjust your price range to suit your budget and filter out the low cost accessories.
No more market-share big-wigs taking the top spot just because they can afford it!
Not only will you find all of this pre-created information on ShopWiki, but they also provide their own content in a wiki style interface, including some VERY great buyers guides!
Going on a long trip?
Car DVD Players, or maybe
Got some extra tax-money to spend?
It's all free, and not only that, but it can save you from forking out hundreds of dollars on something that advertising has just hyped up to be something which it simply isn't.
Oh by the way, not only is it free to browse the website, but ShopWiki is giving away an iPod a month until December!
Just go ahead and check out their awesome setup, honestly you can't go wrong.
About 6 months ago, i bought the Samsung 1080p LCD TV (third one down in that link) for just over $2k I'm easily able to compare the price to the best price I would pay now as $1k!
ShopWiki is a definate bookmark for me for many years of buying pleasure to come :D
Cheers for your time.
Monday, November 24, 2008
Hurrow people.
Haven't posted all weekend, I think that will be a fairly common occurence, haha.
They are usually pretty big, so no chance for a bit of blogging.
Anyways, this blog was accepted into SocialSpark's ranks over the weekend...
I'm enjoying the sparks section of that site, it gives you many ideas for writing about AND generally gives you a chance for link swaps via other bloggers, there fore increasing you blog's PageRank and popularity.
Anyways, catch y'all round.
Friday, November 21, 2008
Same as always, the pricks have NO IDEA.
They declined my website, because:
"Your site has been flagged for having little or no original content, which is a violation of AdBrite's Acceptable Use Policy. In order to ensure a quality experience for our advertisers, AdBrite requires sites to consist primarily of original content. After a careful review of your site, we have found that your site is not in compliance with this policy. As a result, the zones on this site have been disabled."
Do they even check?
This is a blog about MY THOUGHTS.
What?
Did i steal my brain from someone else?
I'm sorry my mistake, I'll give Peter his brain and make a blog using my real brain...
They always give me an excuse that really makes no sense, I would have been happy with "You don't meet our requirement of XXX unique traffic per day" or something, but again, I have been finding AdBrite guilty of having no bloody clue about life.
This is the last time I'll even try.
I suggest no advertisers or publishers use their service.
It's not that they are too strict, it's just that they are too lazy to even ceck your site.
I'll be going back to BidVertiser probably, they satisfied my needs, paying out over $60 to me off a small personal website being run for a couple of months, and that's just for general text ads, not the contentlink or full page intermissions or anything like that, so it's a more pleasant experience for you guys, the viewers :D
Cheers.
This looks promising, if you have just started up a website or blog and really need to get that PageRank out of it's N/A state, you should give this service a go.
They offer to submit your website link to millions of directories/ the search engines to increase your overall link exposure and therefore your PageRank!
The service starts at only $5!
That's a steal. I for one will take this opportunity and let you all know how it goes :D
I'm sure it would be worth it, seeing as there are already a few happy customers who commented back with positive findings:
"Thanks Manipal for the service, it is cheaper compare to other service providers and at least for now I am registered in more directories than ever before. I look forward to a better PR when Google updates.
sweetiejoy"
"They are true to their word. Thank you Mike for a prompt reply on my order. I look forward to my blog face life.... big time! 
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"Jump on over and have a look, it can't hurt.
Check out this great blog on various tech reviews as well!
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Do you like the banner I made?
Pretty cool yeah...
Gonna Put it up in place of the title up the top of the blog.
I suppose this blog deserves to be at least slightly unique. Woooooooooo.
Hell unique now...
Oh well had an interesting day, not eventful at all, but somehow it was still interesting, I wish I knew why.
Might apply for a credit card tomorrow so that I can get a new phone on a plan.
Hmm now to research what phone to get :D
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
SUCCESS!
I got my account re-activated at Affiliate Junktion FINALLY!
I've been out on that one ever since they changed around their systems, because something happened to my password (Must Have Been Reset) and i tried logging in using the password I've always used, and it didn't work, so i tried changing my username to my email, didn't work.
Meh, went and tried a different password that I thought it could be...
Anyways, tried doing the password retrieval thing at this point but it didn't work.
Gave up and before I knew it, months had passed.
I made a support ticket last night via their website, and had my account back and running within hours.
Good work by their support staff I must say THUMBS UP :D
Anyways, so now they pay $2 PER LEAD!
That's pretty amazing, even though it ain't US$ (It's NZ$) yeah I know, weird, but they are registered as a NZ entity or whatever, so you don't pay out in US$ just because.
Besides, I like that, I mean I'm a AUS$ person myself, and the NZ/AUS rate is fairly stable.
Anyways, I have seen some big TRUE payouts from this company over the past few days, which really surprised me, as I never actually believed they would pay me, I was only getting to the Payout minimum so that I could find out for sure.
Anyways, the proofs I have seen around, especially one on a friend's blog, is enough to get me back in there and actually expect something from them.
What I promise, is that I will take a photo of the check and letter etc, if I really do get paid.
Or, now that they also offer Paypal, I think I'd rather give that a go.
Well it's a 100% free affiliate program (For Affiliates AND the People You Advertise to!)
They do ask you to buy a couple of months basic hosting with iPower or something, but that only cost me $7.50AUS at the time that I did it. Plenty of potential for only $7.50!
Anyways, so all you have to do with them is either directly advertise your affiliate link to people for their free sign-up, AND/OR set-up your own AJ clone using their pre-made scripts and the web hosting you MAY buy.
The least you can do is signup for free and check it out. (Don't worry they won't spam you any crap, in fact the only emails i have ever received from them was the confirmation email and the emails from support about my password.
It's all pretty self explanatory.
Check out my first wordle.
It's one of the many possibilities of what you might get when you type in the lyrics to 'Changes'
Go make some of you own, they are awesome!
Four jobs I've had
- Retail Sales Assistant/ Junior Manager
- Picker/ Packer
- Online Earner ;D
- Superman
Four movies I can watch over and over
- Happy Gilmore
- Anchorman
- Dodgeball
- Billy Maddison
Four places I've lived
- Come on.
- I don't jump from
- place to place.
- AUSTRALIA!
Four TV shows I love
- Rush
- Family Guy
- Dexter
- Entourage
Four places I've vacationed
- FOUR! Lucky... I'll give you 2.
- Yeah I said 2, I haven't had a chance to get out and see the world.
- Boring, but the Gold Coast.
- Bali, awesome.
Four of my favorite dishes
- Nan's Spagghetti
- Chicken Pie
- Grandma's Beef Vindaloo
- Fried Rice
- (One Extra for fun :P) A big juicy double quarter pounder from maccas.
Four sites I visit daily
Four places I would rather be right now
- In Bali! Living Large!
- Here, Australia... But Summertime
- Anywhere FAR away
- Work Experience at a Movie Studio
People I tag
If you do this meme, send me an email or leave a comment, I'll add your blog link to my post! Please link to me in your post as well! Think of it as free blog-vertisement.
I started up this blog with the intentions of bloggin about everything i like, disliked and otherwise, yet I haven't got around to writing anything about books or writing...
I'd like to firstly thank Justin from dragonblogger.com for giving me the inspiration to actually do something about it :D
My favourite author is a fellow Australian by the name of Matthew Reilly.
All of his books are very action-packed, and intensly gripping, yet easy to read.
Once you start on the first page, you can't get enough, whether it's a story about an island filled with killer apes, or a futuristic tale about two unique brothers racing hover cars, it's easy to get far too involved in his books.
His most famous novels are about a hard-ass character Shane Schofield.
My favourite of which is 'Ice Station', a story about a remote ice station in Antarctica.
Scientists at this station make a discovery hidden deep under a 100 million year old layer of ice. (Not the type Ben Cousins uses) It ends up being something very far from what you would expect to find down there, and the grueling tasks that Schofield and his US marine team goes through to get to the truth tells one truely amazing tale.
"They are a tight unit, tough and fearless. They would follow their leader into hell. They just did..."
Nothing would make me happier than for this book to be transformed into picture for the whole world to see, non-book readers and all.
It could be the blockbuster of the century, truely, all it needs is an inspired director and a bunch of rich producers :D
Callan Mulvey (Channel 10's Rush(Josh), and Underbelly) would be tops as Schofield, rolemodel-looking and scar to boot.
I just hope someone picks up movie rights ASAP, before I rise up and take it for myself (Dreaming...)
Matty, if you ever read this, stop with the 'Contest' pilots (Contest Will Be Pretty Cool Actually) and whatnot, DO ICE STATION NOW!
Make me proud :D
Visit DragonBlogger Now! Very Interesting Blog, a Great Read ;D
Cheers.
Funnily enough my favourite Zombie movie doesn't actually have many shots of zombies in it.
I was fairly dissapointed in the lack of zombification in the Resident Evil series actually.
The best Resident Evil movie would have to be the first one, but the 3rd one was great too.
In fact all three were awesome in their own ways...
I liked the fact they went between one and two like a sequal truely should, and the T-Zombie was off the chain.
Can't wait for reso 4 :D
Come to think I really liked the 28 Later movies as well.
I watched them in the wrong order though.
I actually first heard about 28 Weeks later via a mate, and quickly jumped onto the internet to watch a trailer. I was very impressed with the slightly varied 'zombie storyline' and settings.
I got myself into the movies to watch it within days of it hitting Aussie shores and it stands up there in my top 10 movies.
Later on that year a found a copy of 28 days later, and for it's time, it was really awesome.
Plenty of zombie action and very tense and gripping. Reccommended to ALL avid zombie watchers.
I'll do a worst Zombie flick post soon, it might take some time as there are some REALLY bad ones out there, haha.
The new movie 'Australia'...
Two words... 'Chick Flick'
Not sure, but am I at all excited about it? Not as a movie, but I think it's a great opportunity for Australia, and the Australian film industry to expand and be noticed for how great it really is.
I'm not going to go watch it at the movies, I'll be honest.
I'll be really surprised if it gets alot of people in America into the cinemas, even though it's being publicised so much over there.
I think Americans have better movies to go watch, but i guess there is alot of people there and I'm sure a fair few of them would like to experience something a bit different, so let's just wait and see.
I will however rent it on DVD once it's out, just to see how it compared to expectations.
Personally I don't know if it's fair to name this particular movie 'Australia', as from what I've seen from the movies, the only remotely Australian thing about it is a hint in the characters, and the setting.
But again, let's just wait and see.
It would be hard to promote Australia without naming the film Australia i suppose.
Speaking of the setting, I'm interested to see how well the Australianism is captured.
I'm sure it will look amazing enough...
After writing all this, I'm going to have to find out for myself, so it looks like I've changed my mind, i WILL be going to watch this at the movies now :D
Be prepared for a review/ my thoughts soon enough.
PS:
I think the crap about it not being finished is an absolute publicity stunt.
Fow Show.
No director or producers for that matter would ever in their right mind allow changing bits and pieces within days of it's release in cinemas.
It just doesn't happen.
wwearn.com has FINALLY finished propagating it's DNS settings and crap like that, so i set it up for this blog!
My hard earned PR of 5 from previous use of this domain was not completely wasted in the end.
Although over the couple of months that it's been inactive, it's dropped down to PR2 :(
Still, much better than the use of a xxxxxx.blogspot.com domain and having a PR of N/A, haha.
Can't complain.
When I get PayPerPost up and running, i might actually be able to make some earning posts :D
And more importantly, I might actually have a few little visitors coming back to read some of my rants :P
OK, cya round people.
AdBrite.
WOW are they hard, now that I finally have a normal site, it looks like will be accepted and have the opportunity to review them properly.
Adsense has been pushed into the adbrite 'alternative' if i have no ads going through adbrite.
I've set-up all my ads, (Right-Side Leaderboard & Rectangle Between Posts) and as I've found from previous experience, I won't know/ start advertising until about 24 hours have past.
'Fingers crossed Freddie' hopefully I get accepted eyyy.
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Interview coming up.
Wish me luck.
:P
Although, I'll never have a job as cool as Johan Lorbeer's
Just standing around all day...
In the air.
Just thought I would share this with you all, as it has come in very handy with me, and I'm sure it will be handy for at least one other out there...
I'm going to teach you how to hook up any old external hard drive to you Xbox 360 via USB.
This will allow you to be able to upload all of your MP3s and movies or whatever onto it saving you from having to use the networking workaround.
THIS PROCEDURE DOES NOT ALLOW YOU TO SAVE SAVE GAMES OR MARKETPLACE CONTENT ONTO YOUR HDD.
What you will need:
- PC with Win 95 or later
- USB cable to connect HDD to Xbox 360
- AND
- Either a HHD + adapter to make it USB, OR
- Any USB external HDD pre-made combo.
Firstly, make sure the HDD you are using for the Xbox 360 is cleared of anything important as the steps following COMPLETELY CLEARS the HDD.
Okay, connect the HDD to your PC via the USB cable.
Go to 'My Computer' and right click on the new drive that appears.
Click on 'Format..."
Make sure the File System is FAT32.
Click Start.
Your HDD is now the correct format to be read by the Xbox 360.
Copy over any music etc you want on the HDD.
Plug the HDD into your Xbox 360 using the USB cable.
Power up the 360 and browse your new HDD in the music/ movie whatever sections of the Xbox 360 Dashboard.
There IS a way to make a HDD act the same way that the certified ones do, (Saved Games, Marketplace Content etc.) but you MUST have a 'Western Digital SATA BEVS HDD' and a HDD security sector file ('hddss.bin').
You must generate the 'hddss.bin' yourself using a certified HDD and a program called Hddhacker, or find one via a 'hush hush' method ;)
Monday, November 17, 2008
Okay, I'm not going to go into details here, but if you know what a Darryl is (Not the person) then feel free to continue, if you don't feel free to read this as well, but don't expect to understand WTF is going on.
Now, I applaud you if:
- You know what a Darryl is
- You have come close to completing one
- You have completed one
Personally, not only have a completed one, but it rolled over and made room for a second one.
All in one go, no breaking off involve people.
Amazing, but disgusting... I'll leave you to it.
Pretty much my hero, the biggest sly-dog out.
David Duchovny rocks my world.
I mean the guy actually went to rehab for
something other than alcohol or drugs.
Lindsay Lohan could learn from that,
try getting addicted to something different woman!
I heard she got fired again, this time from that Ugly Betty thing she was doing.
Useless.
Hello again,
What would i do if I won $91,000?
Well firstly, I would get really excited, then maybe I would jump around a little and dance and sing...
After that I'd think about what the hell I'm going to do with it, which brings us to what this question MEANT, but didn't explain, oh well:
Kinda boring, but I would put away $50,000 into my savings or a High Yeild account and not touch it until I've earnt enough interest to help with a few things.
And with the other $41,000, I would buy the 'essential' wants :P
Like a brand new semi-pro HD-camcorder ($3k) ($38,000 left)
A newish car that actually doesn't have fading/flaking off paint.
It would probably be a 4WD sedan of some sort, and I'd convert it to gas. ($20,000) ($18,000 left)
With the other $18,000 I'd look at helping the family out with some of the debts and send us all on a little holiday to Bali or something.
The other couple of $k I'd put away into an accessable account and leave for general expenses.
There is always plenty of things to waste money on these days.
OK, just before i show you this example, I'm beginning to think that people ask stupid questions on that Y! Answers site, just so that they get some comments and make their cyber-life feel worth-while.
You want my thoughts?
Well unfortunately the Yahoo system doesn't care much for the people that have had their email accounts with them for 10+ years, so my account is stuffed when i try and log in.
In otherwords, my thoughts are here, where i can actually post them.
Justin, why did you post that question?
And Lynnie why did you bother answering it seriously?
I'm sure all the death certificates produced after the 9/11 disasters were 'all a conspiracy' I'm sure they are all back at home with their families, while we all are still here convinced the attacks were real...
911 is 3 numbers, a phone number in fact, if you are going to ask a question, at least explain a little.
Maybe even contribute your own thoughts.
7 Words is hardly enough to explain anything except phrases like "Fuck You", they kinda explain a bit, but anyways...
May as well not even open a question and just have an open discussion, i mean seriously mate what were you thinking.
Oh well I'm not one to flame...
I'm not even going to add labels to this post.
Nor will i do a spell check.
Signing out (Hypothetically).
Among millions of other things, I enjoy video editing.But I'm not talking about the Windows' Movie Maker, I don't beleive people who simply cut bits out of clips and put them together to really be video editors.
Nor am i talking about having a wasteful $5000 Apple Mac and running Pro Tools just to be dissapointed time and time again.
Nah, I'd rather build my own computer for $2k max that has specs that far out-do the Apple Mac, and buy top-of-the-notch Sony Vegas Pro still with plenty left over (Hypothetically, I'm Actually Very Poor ATM) to buy a Semi-Professional Sony HD-Camcorder!
Getting back to the title, for those who don't know (Many Don't) Sony Vegas is a professional video editing suite that supports pretty much any media that you can throw at it.
(I don't recommend throwning anything directly at it :P)
I've just got my hands on the Vegas Pro 8.0c Trail and I'm going to write up what I think about this new version and why all aspiring freelance movie people to get it.
INTERFACE
I'll get inside your face...
Meh anyways, upon opening up Vegas 8, I noticed that apart from the splash screen, the interface looks exactly the same as Vegas 6.
Not that it's a particularly bad thing, or lazyness, because the interface was already unique and perfect as it was.
Besides, if the interface was different, I'd find myself having to re-learn all of my habits, no-one wants to be on a new interface when they are rushing to get a production complete.
It's basically made up of 3 sections in the default interface view as seen below.
All of the sections are adjustable, removable, and you can also ad
d other interface bits and pieces to it.
You've got y
our timeline down the bottom with it's relative buttons for playing/ pausing/ rewinding/ stopping etc.
Top left, you have the tabbed 'grabbing area' as i call it. This includes the explorer for browsing various media on your hard drives/ external storage, a trimmer, for trimming various clips/selecting parts, project media, which is basically a collection of all media being used in the project + bins for storing media that you may want to use later on.
Then you have 3 more tabs for Transitions, Video FX, and Media Generators respectively.
Top right holds your master volume controls and the small preview.
You have to option to preview in full screen, or send it's signal to an external monitor, which i highly recommend if you edit alot, or big projects.
Screen space is a biggie when it comes to video editing, you
can never have enough of it, having 2 or even 3 monitors and spreading your interface/ previews between them is something you will eventually wish to do.
EDITING
A basic editin
g job is always fairly easy.
You might be making a tribute or video clip, picture montage whatever.
A good way to get used to the interface and keyboard shortcuts, is to make a production including a song you like and maybe a collection if images of the artist to montage together over the top of the music.
Doing this will give you a feeling for sound/ video synchronized cuts, digital zooming/ tracking, and a general comfort with the interface.
Make sure you experiment with all of the tools, because your first production is never going to be your best, there's no worry with stuffing it up.
FEATURES
The biggest thing for me to jump up to Vegas 8 is the added support for HD cameras.
When my Bux.to payment comes through, I'll be buying one of the new 1080 cameras with my main use being to film skatboarding and mash it up with music.
Filming skateboarding is a real challenge but alot of fun.
It infuses two of my biggest interests, skating and filming.
I hope to one day make a living off of my camera, so it's important I keep handling them and improving my skills.
Arguably, one of the most awesome things about Vegas is the fact that it doesn't require any wasted time pre-rendering to preview an effect.
Only thing you will find, is what you see in the preview (if you don't pre-render) is not 100% what the end rendered result will look like.
Because it hasn't been rendered, it is basically a draft version just for preview purposes.
It let's you figure out whether the effect is right for what you are looking for without having to wait for it to finish rendering.
One thing i always do, once I'm 100% happy with a particular section, is pre-render it, so that it saves a little bit of time at the end of the production.
Get in this habit, and you will be a very happy trooper when it comes time to render what would have normally been a 3 hour preparation, to much less. Generally, by the end of my productions, I only have to wait a couple of minutes, because I've pretty much already rendered the whole thing as I went along.
^Haha Rick Astley at his greatest.
There is so much more to talk about, but I'm afraid I'll have to just spit out tips and tutorials bit by bit as I progress through the new Vegas and spot them :D
I urge all people remotely interested to get off thier ath and do some math, or more importantly, get back on the seat and download the trial of Vegas Pro (Look for the trial via this page)
Go nuts my little minions.
Cya.
My favourite favourite?
'GML' of course, even though i could never forget it...
Good old Gmail, it opens up when I open Google Chrome, and i never close it...
Now the big question is why the hell did i ever bookmark it?
I love a cliff hanger.
Good Night.
No in all seriousness, my favourite favourite comes in a flavour of two depending on how I'm feeling.
I'm talking about myspc and FcBk.
Another question, why do I abbreviate my bookmarks?
Oh well there you have it folks, my Favourite Bookmark(s), along with 75% of the young Internet user's...
Way to be original.
Now, bye.
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