Rest well Destiny

Posted on May 10, 2011 by Stormy

Observation Deck

Sleep well Destiny, three years is a long time, I’m sure you can ditch the daft SyFy channel and awake well rested in a less hostile galaxy.

We can always dream. I am genuinely sad to see the show go, the start may have been rough, but once it finds its place, usually by third season, it is good, and by season seven, ageing and ready to conclude.

Stargate: Universe was a good series, cut short before its time due to ratings only barely hitting a million viewers (on SyFy) and ten million world wide due to torrents. (because people can’t watch it anywhere else until months later.)

Can’t wait to see what happens in three years though.

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The Benq twins

Posted on May 7, 2011 by Stormy

Two monitors, both have now given up the ghost, they lasted Five and Six years respectively, I think this is a pretty decent life expectation for TFT monitors, and while it could only be the back-light that has given up, I doubt it would be cost effective to replace them.

I suppose I will be without two monitors for a time, unless the Samsung that remains decides to pop too.

I suppose if I need another screen, I can connect my TV to the computer, watch movies via that setup.

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<Expletive Deleted> you Sony Music Entertainment

Posted on March 17, 2011 by Stormy

Time for a rant..

Image containing screenshot of content blocked by Sony Music Entertainment.Sony about that.

Occasionally I get the urge to watch music videos on Youtube, find a random playlist and…

Wait a moment, this is not music, this is an endless stream of above picture, loading page after page of this nonsense. Is robbing yourself of exposure really a way of generating artificial scarcity, to make something unlimited seem like a limited and exhaustible resource?

Whatever it was, I am not really inclined to buy it, Youtube is so helpful that it removes the name of the video and everything associated with it, so there goes an opportunity to convince me to buy music.

I must admit, I am disappointed in Youtube, but it is hard to blame them when you have these corporations sitting in their lap like some nightmare of old, choking the cultural life from us in our sleep.

The Nightmare by Henry FuseliThere is no sense in restricting content, the only one you harm is yourself. Some of your customers have brains, they know that when there is scarcity on the internet, the “pirates” are happy to step in and fill the void, and pirates knowing the true value of unlimited goods, give away the unlimited good for free too.

I just wonder this sham of a tactic is working, if pulling videos from certain markets really increase the sense of scarcity. I’m not convinced.

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WordPress

Posted on February 27, 2011 by Stormy

Oh hello there, WordPress has been installed and steps in to replace the very aging design that I realized was in fact five years old.

I do not exactly write very often, but it never hurts having all the right tools at hand for when you finally do start.

Welcome to the new Stormweyr.

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Seasons Greetings

Posted on December 30, 2010 by Stormy

And a happy new year.

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Move Complete

Posted on September 18, 2010 by Stormy

I cannot say I am happy with having stormweyr back on a dynamic IP, it is better than nothing at all.

I’ve also moved into a nice room, not much space, and still plenty of moving boxes sitting around, but I am sure I will find somewhere for all the stuff eventually, even if it has to be the basement of the building.

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Rebellion vs. Alien vs. Predator

Posted on March 19, 2010 by Stormy

Stop fargling and fight like a proper trio of critters on top of the food chain.

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Feburary

Posted on February 19, 2010 by Stormy

Another two months pass, the waters ahead are muddied, and the future uncertain, I hope to meet interesting times.

Cryptic perhaps, but I may elaborate on this later.

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Happy Holidays

Posted on December 27, 2009 by Stormy

and arbitrary round number cycle of the planet around our host star.

Keep but a minute of silence for the star that keeps you alive, and for the stars that died so that you could form in the first place.

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Breezy

Posted on December 4, 2009 by Stormy

The server, Breezy, has been added to the IRC network, and will also take over a few of Stormweyr’s roles in the comming time, particularly as a backup when Tempestas is to be moved some times in the near future.

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