Posted by Ub3rG33k on Sep 2, 2009 in
PS3 Well, if you’ve got a PS3, and turned it on in the last 24 hours you will be greeted by the happy “Dude…there’s a software update, you know what to do…”
..message.
What do you get I hear you say, well let me tell you.
The first thing I noticed was the new startup screen with the PS3 logo…looks kinda cool, and then was met by the “sparkly” new theme…looks kinda cool.
In the top right hand corner of the desktop you get your icon, number of friends online, date and time (digital and analogue ?)
Each time you start up the PS3, the it defaults to the What’s new icon (which has replaced the Information board), however instead of the feed ticker, you now get 9 rotating images of “What’s new” in the Playstation store.
Being an Xbox live user, I do really like the way your friends list is treated, clear, you know who’s online, and can quickly see which game they were playing last…..so what have Sony done…..well, they’ve but a HUGE border around each one of your friend, which is twice the width of everything else in the column !…not nice ! I wouldn’t mind if it provided you with more information, but it doesn’t it just looks ugly !
For some reason there are now 2 icons for the Playstation Store, one in the games section, and one in the usual Playstation Network “channel”….really? is there any need ? I could understand if there were more than 1% on the PSN Store that wasn’t a game that would be fine, but apart from the sat nav, the Eye Create, and the VidZone everything else in there are games….
1 Addition I did like was the integration of the BBC iPlayer, granted you could goto the website through the browser before and it worked, but now you can do this straight from the XMB. I don’t however like where they’ve positioned it, they’ve given it a channel of it’s own called TV (I’m assuming this is also used for the play TV, but……), I would have personally added it to the Video channel to reduce the size of the bar.
Another addition I do like, is the right thumbstick controller during video playback. If you rotate clockwise or anticlockwise, it will step backwards and forwards with very hight precision.
A “Save Screenshot” option has been added to the web browser, which is pretty cool, but not sure I’d ever use it..
Apart from that, it’s all I’ve noticed, I have read people complaining about the larger fonts…but I’m cool with this, my vision was starting to go anyway 
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Posted by Ub3rG33k on Jan 5, 2009 in
Brain Dump,
Fitness Today is apparently the most miserable day today, everyone (most) are back at work, it’s cold, it’s windy, and snowing.
Just to add to the pain and suffering, I’ve just finished the first of 90 days worth of workout from the p90x.
Today was core synergistic…it hurt !, I can’t believe how unfit I’ve become in the last 2 1/2 months……and this is probably going to be my shortest blog, as my arms are shaking and I’m finding it hard to type…it’s kinda, type, type, delete, type, type delete, as I keep hitting the wrong keys….
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Posted by Ub3rG33k on Jan 4, 2009 in
Fitness ..if I choose to accept it…
Well to be honest, I don’t think I have choice. Just to give you a small amount of history. I’ve never really been a sporty person, kinda a lazy person if I’m to be honest, but until a couple of years ago, I’ve gotten away with eating and drinking practically as much as I want without adding any weight.
Late 20′s came, and suddenly, i became a fat bastard, lol. This time last year, I though, I know what I’ll do, I’ll buy a push iron (bicycle), and cycle to work, thinking this will do the trick.
In about June, realised that cycling alone wasn’t going to fix it, so decided to take more extreme approach. I bought the P90x 13 DVD collection, which claims that you can have a beach body in 90 day…this I had to see….as myself and C were due to go abroad in September.
The workout was at least an hour a night, for at least 5 days a week, and it was a hard, painful, sweaty workout, but sure enough approx 90 days later I had a body that I didn’t mind getting out on the beach, with not having to fear anybody trying to shoot me with a harpoon dart, or trying to push me back in the water, thinking I was a beached whale !
Anyway, when we got back from our hols, we decided to workout maybe 2 or 3 times a week just to keep in shape……the problem is, I’m lazy, didn’t do any exercise, and have managed to pile on 2 stone…
Anyway, the point of the history, is that this year myself and C already have 3 weddings to goto, so plan to be back down to my idea weight by the 21st April, taking into consideration, that if we do the hardcore P90x this should be possible, however just the thought of it is making me ache.
Wish me luck !
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