Michael’s Ramblings

Sunday, September 9th, 2007

Wooo! It’s my Birthday! Catalyst 7.9 Beta shaken with some S.E.T.I (not stired)

23 years ago to the day I was born into this world, who thought I would survive? I just woke up and it’s been a pretty great 15 minutes of wakefulness because no one is home! Presents to far include a AUD$150.00 JB HiFi voucher from James, Brian, Tristan and Mickey D from which the claim they caved into getting after several laps of the entire JB HiFi Myaree store, thanks guys! From my Momma, I got two pairs of pants, which probably means I can expect two shirts or similar from my Poppa. I awaiting in growing anticipation the forgetfulness of my sister, and the lateness of my brother…

Yesterday also marked the day that ATi released their new Catalyst 7.9 Beta drivers for the Enemy Territories: Quake Wars, which gladly also fixed the visual artifacting I was getting with my monitor, thanks ATi! This means that I can get hard into Bioshock and start to properly organise my PC for maximum efficiency. (Nerd alert?)

As you might know I am an avid participant of the SETI @ Home Project, not that I necessarily believe in that sort of thing, but I enjoy my CPU crunching data all the time and going towards some useful cause. Anyway, the past week has been stale for the project with declining work units at the beginning of the week, meaning my CPU sat idle, to today where I have not received a single work unit for at least 48 hours! I don’t ever remember the project having so many issues previously.

Before I go, check out this awesome Screenshot of my City of Villains character, Count Geiger with John’s character Electrojogger in the back! Thanks Tim!