Archive for May, 2010
Demonoid Account Request
Posted by Zeno in General, Technology on May 17, 2010
I have been trying to become a member to the Demonoid.com torrent site for over four years it seems. And with my always hectic schedule I haven’t ever managed to get on during one of their very very short sign-up time’s, which if I remember right was like between 4PM and 5PM -8:00 GMT only.
So without blathering on anymore, Registrations are Closed and the only way to get a usable account now is with an invitation code, which I assume comes from a current member.
So, I am asking that any member that has an account on Demonoid.com and would be willing to lose one of there’s, to please send it to me at the listed Blog email. Place some obvious subject line to weed it out of the spam filter and my own “Auto-Deleting”
The torrent searching sites around out there these days have really went to shit, and I would really like to be able to check out Demonoid being that 90% of torrents I download come with their tagged text file.
You may directly email me any codes to zenosxr@yahoo.com. NO spam please, or I will just block your entire domain.
Man at LHC claims he’s from the Future (Funny)
Posted by Zeno in General, Media, Technology, Videos on May 7, 2010
Man arrested at Large Hadron Collider claims he’s from the future
A man arrested at the Large Hadron Collider in Europe was recently arrested “attempting” to shut down the project, claiming he was from the future where it was a “Chocolate Dictatorship Hell Hole”. This story received over 3,700 hits on Digg.com where you can read the full story.
Here is the embedded video from Revision3.com.
Here is a link to the video on Revision3.com – Diggnation Episode #250 with the full story.
It’s the second story if you don’t want to watch the full episode (highly recommended to do so, as well as subscribe, Diggnation Rocks!)
You can Read the full story here on Cnet.co.uk which I highly recommend doing as well. Pass this on, it’s hilarious!
FSX Tips, Tweaks and Tricks
FSX Tips, Tweaks and Tricks
I found this document a long time ago, and have found quite a few items in it that have helped eek out a few more FPS from my flight simulator. I hope someone else can benefit from it. Unfortunately I cannot remember or find the site from which it was downloaded or give credit to the original author who I assume will contact me if there are any issues (See Note at Bottom).
Please note that you take ALL risks upon yourself when making system changes, and there are no guarantees that any of these tips will do anything at all as the “art” of tweaking FSX is varied, opinionated, and most I’ve found do not help at all, or actually hinder performance.
Use tweaks Sparingly at first, and test each and every one before moving on to another one. This makes it a very lengthy process, but also allows you to easily undo anything that causes issues, crashes etc. Take it from me, after installing several addon’s and tweaks, and then getting a CTD on Every load no matter what settings that took me several days and several re-installations to repair. Use common sense, and enjoy!
FSX Tweak Guide (Click to View in PDF Format)
Note To Author: I acquired this document some time ago, and was unable to find any contact information to ask for republish permission, or the original link to this document. I reproduce here in all respect, and give credit where credit is due. Please contact me for credits, or other issues related to this document.
Aspartame & Your Health
This is in fact a very old issue, which has been in debate for decades now. However, after doing just a few minutes of research on this chemical food additive, I was surprised and appalled that any such substance could ever be approved by anyone for use in extensive amounts of food supplies. Only the US Govt, and the FDA could get away with such blatant poisoning of millions I suppose.
Below you will find many links to various sites and articles, quotes, etc., almost all of which were written by respected research or university doctors which weren’t paid by the chemical producer for skewed research results.
Of the 92 listed symptoms for aspartame intake by humans, not only disturbing in themselves being that there are 92 of them for a food additive, the ones that stand out to me right away are, four different kinds of seizures including Grand-Mal (Tonic-Clonic), Dizziness or Problems with Balance, Diarrhea, Convulsions, Difficulty Breathing, Petit Mal (Seizure), Partial Seizures, and DEATH! Remember, this is for a FOOD additive, NOT a drug that was approved after over 16 years of non-approval by the FDA, and only was approved after Donald Rumsfield made it to Washington, appointed a new FDA commissioner, and had President Reagan write an Executive Order that the FDA could Not make any decisions about aspartame until he came into office. These actions in themselves are not unheard of in the United States government, however, this particular food additive soon after exploded upon the market and is now the #1 sugar substitute for diet products of any sort in the US food market. I can’t help but mention that the first sugar substitute (Nutra-Sweet) was pulled off the market after health and cancer concerns a decade or so after approval (“I haven’t conducted research on this product directly”).
Some of these reports are like most legal documents, but are most certainly worth reading if you have any doubts about the consumption of this product.
First off, is an actual scan of the 92 listed side effects and reports directly from the FDA.
http://www.sweetpoison.com/aspartame-side-effects.html
http://www.mindfully.org/Health/Aspartame-Adverse-Reactions-1993.htm
http://www.dorway.com/bressler.txt
http://www.wnho.net/fda_92_symptoms_on_aspartame.htm
http://www.dorway.com/raoreport.txt
I am sure most of you will find the above data to be either conspiracy theorist in nature, or just incorrect data. I offer anyone to do research on the topic and not find that aspartame which is used in maybe thousands of daily ingested food products by the American public from young children to the elderly, to be anything less than harmful, or at the least, untested. Results published from the multimillion dollar production company are most certainly tampered with as history has showed that almost all large company’s will skew their research when profit margins are involved. By law their stock has to rise in value, and admitting to putting a dangerous chemical in hundreds to thousands of food products doesn’t help their bottom line.
At the least, I hope even just one person prevents their children from ingesting this dangerous chemical, and hopefully stops ingesting it themselves. Those diet cokes aren’t going to help you lose weight, just contribute to a possible nasty tumor in your later years.
Think, Research, Act, Inform…..
New Wines
Posted by Zeno in Wine & Liquor on May 6, 2010
Bogle – Merlot – California – 2007
I found this to be a very pleasant wine, definitely one of the better wines in the under $12 price range. While it certainly was beat by the Rosemount Merlot listed below, I would most certainly purchase this wine again. (8.5 score / $10.99 avg/US)
Rosemount – Australia- 2007
This was by far, one of the best Merlot wines I have had in a long time. Unlike most of my reviews, this wine isn’t in the under $10 category, but
isn’t much higher at an average price of just $12.99 US. Fruity taste, with an excellent tannis. Highly Recommended for a great wine that won’t bust your wallet. (9.5 score / $12.99 avg/US)
Check back soon for more reviews. I am trying to get the blogs back up to speed after a significant absence. For those still subscribing thanks!
Hermit Crabs
Since I picked up my 1st two crabs two years ago, it has been a learning experience and a lot of work. If you are not willing to put the work into owning Hermit Crabs, don’t purchases them. Hermit Crabs may be a lot of work, but they are very interesting pets to own, also very fun to watch. The first thing you need to know is that your crab habitat must be set up correctly or your crabs will die.
You will need to purchases a 10 gallon aquarium. (at least 10 gallons) They will need at least 6 inches of sand, so they can molt and tunnel. Hermit Crabs love to dig. Also you will have to buy a thermometer and a hygrometer. You can purchases those in a pack at your local pet store or order on-line.
Hermit crabs breath the water out of the air, you need to keep humidity up to 80 at least. You can do this by having damp sand, NOT wet, but damp. Also keep a squirt bottle for misting inside the tank when humidity gets low.
They also need heat. So buy a stick on heater for your tank. Do not place the heater on the bottom under the sand. It has to be placed on the back side of the aquarium. Putting it on the bottom could cook you Hermit Crab during a molt.Your temperature needs to stay around 80 degrees.
Helpful hint: In winter if you think you will lose your power for a length of time, boil water and put it into 20 ounce soda bottles. Place the bottles in the tank and cover the tank with a towel or blanket. This will help keep the tank warm.
Next is their water. You will need 2 shallow bowls, very shallow, your Hermit Crabs has to be able to walk through it and be able to get in and out easily. You don’t want any bowl they could drown in or not be able to get in and out of. You will need to keep one bowl of plain water and one salt water. Salt water does not mean water with table salt in it. You must buy Aquarium Salt. NEVER use tap water always buy distilled water or boil all your water to remove impurities.
Hermit Crabs love a variety of foods. I buy all my food and supplies from the Hermit Crab patch. http://www.hermitcrabpatch.com/ . They need a balanced diet and their food will need to be changed at least every 2 days.
You will also need to buy a variety of shells. Your Hermit Crab will grow and they must have shells to grow into. There are a number of websites that will let you know how to measure the shells and get correct sizes. Once again the Hermit Crab Patch has the best shells and the best prices. Don’t ever buy pained shells for your crabs, they may be cute but they can do more harm than good. The paint will chip and harm your crab.
Crabs love to climb and love places to hide, I have a small cave for them to get in to. and lots of wood for climbing. Dried Cholla cactus is great for climbing, I also pick up small pieces of drift wood from the lake for them. boil the drift wood from the lake before adding to your crab habitat. You don’t want to bring home bugs and bacteria.
You will also need a isolation tank in case of injury or illness with a crab. My isolation tank is very small. It doesn’t have to be fancy, but it will come in handy. just the basics in your isolation tank, sand, food and water. It also comes in handy to put them in while you clean their home.
If you have any questions leave me a comment, I will do my best to answer it! Have fun setting up your new pets home!
Long time No Posts
Sorry for the extended absence for any that did in fact register to the RSS for these blogs. I have been incredibly busy with a 5 yr old, a new girlfriend and various other day to day things that only gives me a few hours a day tops of free time that I usually devote to other matters 
I will try to get back to blogging some, and posting the usual reviews and such.
I plan to write a review soon for several MS Flight Simulator add-on’s that I have tried recently as I have finally gotten back into flying which has always been a life long passion of mine. Reviews will include the FSX aircraft from PMDG Simulations, Flight1 Software, AES, Aerosoft, Nemeth Designs and others. I hope to include as many screen shots as possible, and I also have a nice PDF for FSX tweaking that I am looking for permission to republish since there aren’t that many around the net, and FSX is a notoriously CPU/GPU hungry application.
I am also in the process of migrating all my production machines to Windows 7 which is another undertaking as I have refused to run Vista since it was never a very polished product from the get go, luckily they finally seem to have hit the nail on the head so to speak with Windows 7.
My recent netbook included the horribly crippled Starter edition which I promptly upgraded to Ultimate a few weeks later. There are so many reviews on the Acer Aspire One netbooks that I haven’t planned to post a lengthy article on it at this time, unless there are comments that would request yet another review of the product. I am running the newer 532h-7352 version with the Intel Atom 450 CPU.
For those still subscribed thanks for sticking around, stay tuned for more reviews, video’s, guitar tablature, and now a soon Flight Simulator section for those interested. As always comments are always welcome, although flames, jerk offs, and spammers need not apply, you will be auto-deleted anyways, don’t waste your time (or better yet, go ahead, your time deserves to be wasted).
Lastly, Don’t Forget guys, this Sunday is Mothers Day, get those cards, flowers, and gifts in order less you hit the doghouse for the upcoming week!!