http://blog.gonewacko.com What else do you want to know about me? Tue, 12 Aug 2008 12:11:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Considering that my current machine is OVER 9000 over 1.5 years old already, it's obvious that it's in dire need of upgrading. That GeForce 8800 GTX just won't do! So I've been scheming about my upgrade plans for some time now, and today I decided to take a preliminary look at ... http://blog.gonewacko.com/2008/08/upgrade-plans/ Soon, anyway. If I succeed in waking up on time to catch my bus tomorrow (which leaves at 7:55 AM so I'll have to get up around 7 at the latest, which is absolute torture for me), I shall be off to the second annual TT-Forums UK Meet, which will this ... http://blog.gonewacko.com/2008/08/im-off/ I've finally got some pictures to show people, so it's about time I blog about my 20th birthday and my new hair style. Unpacking presentsClick for a bigger version.On the 20th of June, I turned 20 years old. Because of various reasons, we celebrated my birthday on the evening of the ... http://blog.gonewacko.com/2008/06/20th-birthday-and-new-hair/ Akismet is a lovely plugin that blocks a lot of comment spam. For some reason, however, I'm lately getting increased amounts of comments that slip through; Either to the level where I at least have to review them myself, or to the level where they just appear on the website without ... http://blog.gonewacko.com/2008/06/recaptcha/ Recently we were talking about teddy bears in #tycoon. It turned out quite many people in the channel actually still had teddy bears. I said I had never had one (which is true; Although I did have various plushies as a child) and that I didn't understand why so many ... http://blog.gonewacko.com/2008/06/early-birthday-present/ Whilst I sit here in my 12 m² room in Finland, my parents went and bought a new TV with virtually the same dimensions... A 46" Sony Bravia is now making the living room in the Netherlands so much more aesthetically pleasing... The box the TV came in. Humongous! Click for a ... http://blog.gonewacko.com/2008/06/new-tv/ The French guys that live down the street like to pull pranks on the other students here and they are morally capable of doing anything. This is why, when they went on a trip to Talinn last week, the entire street went ahead and got revenge. One of the guys living ... http://blog.gonewacko.com/2008/05/oops/ A friend (one of my colleagues here in Finland) pointed me to this rather impressive video: MUTO a wall-painted animation. Watch it if you've got 7-or-so minutes of time to spend. That is all. http://blog.gonewacko.com/2008/05/if-youve-got-7-minutes-to-spend/ So, as promised, a bit more about my attendance of the Vappu festivities in Turku. On Wednesday, March 31, the pagan/satanic (and Roman Catholic, but this is Finland, damn it!) holiday of Vappu, or 'Walpurgis Night' is celebrated in various countries; mostly in northern Europe. Unfortunately I do not currently have any ... http://blog.gonewacko.com/2008/05/of-vappu-festivities-and-lost-wallets/ After 2,5 months in Finland, I have finally been connected to the world wide web. It was actually enabled yesterday, but because I went to celebrate Vappu in Turku with friends from my street, I did not actually get to use it until today. More on the said festivities in a later ... http://blog.gonewacko.com/2008/05/i-have-internets/