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		<title>Fresh &#039;n&#039; Funky.</title>
		<link>http://blog.nearlyphil.co.uk/2009/05/23/fresh-n-funky/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2009 17:51:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>~phil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gaming]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a year and a half since I built my desktop computer, so I decided to spruce it up a little. Added a few more sticks of RAM, a new hard drive, re-arranged the insides of the case to make everything a little cooler and neater, then reformatted the whole thing. I was really [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s been a year and a half since I built my desktop computer, so I decided to spruce it up a little. Added a few more sticks of RAM, a new hard drive, re-arranged the insides of the case to make everything a little cooler and neater, then reformatted the whole thing. I was really tempted to install Windows 7 RC on here, but I think I&#8217;ll keep using XP SP2 and wait for now. I&#8217;d like to try it in the future though, and no doubt the full version will appear on the MSDNAA when it gets released.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ll probably add <a href="http://blog.nearlyphil.co.uk/2009/01/01/tweaks-i-cant-live-without/">another tweak post</a> soon, once I&#8217;ve re-installed everything again. I realise that there was so much stuff on my PC that I didn&#8217;t need &#8211; I&#8217;m making do just fine with Firefox, MSN, Spotify, VS08 and WoW. I guess I&#8217;ll try to limit the crap in the future. And if people have recommendations for good programs, let me know.</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-464" title="winxppro" src="http://philcsfblog.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/winxppro.jpg" alt="winxppro" width="300" height="225" /><br />
In other news, I bought a hard dance mat off a friend the other day, and I&#8217;m enjoying it. Sure, it&#8217;s making me feel dead, but it&#8217;s fun. I only played DDR for the first time last November at Auchinawa, and I&#8217;ve been wanting to play more, but the crappy plastic dance mats put me off &#8211; this is a nice compromise. Plus, I have 6th through 10th to work through, so it&#8217;ll keep me busy (and fit) over the summer. And at least keep me off WoW a little.</p>
<p>*edit* I thought I&#8217;d used that image before. <a href="http://blog.nearlyphil.co.uk/2007/08/04/technology-technology/" target="_self">Right here</a>.</p>
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		<title>Auchinawa 2008&#8230; Jolly Good, Chaps.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2008 23:10:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>~phil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Anime]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last weekend, I went up to Auchinawa, an anime convention in Glasgow. I&#8217;ve never been to an anime convention before, and the reasons are probably obvious &#8211; I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;d be fun to stay in a hotel for a weekend while being surrounded by flailing crazies ranting on about how Natuto is better than [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Last weekend, I went up to Auchinawa, an anime convention in Glasgow. I&#8217;ve never been to an anime convention before, and the reasons are probably obvious &#8211; I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;d be fun to stay in a hotel for a weekend while being surrounded by flailing crazies ranting on about how Natuto is better than Dragonball Z, and so forth. Myself, I certainly do like anime, and treat it as an equal to any other form of visual media, but I&#8217;m not an obsessive otaku. So when <a href="http://www.anicom.co.uk/" target="_blank">Anicom</a> decided they were going to go to the convention earlier in the year and I put my name down, I didn&#8217;t really know what to expect, or whether I was going to enjoy myself.</p>
<p>Turns out that I had a fantastic time over the three days. I was right about the whole crazed otaku thing, but it wasn&#8217;t really that bad. Nobody tried to stab anyone with a cardboard weapon or pretended they had super powers, so any disasters were averted. Most of my time was just spent socialising with the Anicom lot, or slowly melting on the DDR machine (Damn you, <a href="http://www.ddruk.com/" target="_blank">DDR:UK</a>!), but the events were kinda fun. Here&#8217;s a few highlights that you won&#8217;t get unless you were there with us:</p>
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<li>Elevators and alcohol bring out Rob&#8217;s bad side&#8230; apologies to the Canadian cosplayer.</li>
<li>Bunnies are bad. Very, very bad.</li>
<li>We&#8217;re very susceptible to advertising, and the Glasgow Airport area is now Pimms-free. Bolly good.</li>
<li>PBC is the society&#8217;s &#8216;drunken uncle&#8217; when it comes to dancing.</li>
<li>Pictochat is sadistically hilarious at times when you&#8217;re in a room full of retards.</li>
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<p>So, yeah, good times. Made a few new friends, did some animu-related things, and had a good time overall. But compared to everyone else attending, our society sucks when it comes to liking anime. Oh well, at least we know our drinks.</p>
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