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It has been brought to my attention that this current site theme isn’t girly enough. Due to having spent an inordinate amount of time picking out a WordPress theme for another site, I’m not really in a hurry to go and do it again.

While I do like the nice smooth rainbow colours of this one, it does unfortunately seem to suggest I like to be bummed. So it must be changed.

While standing in the exact same spot in-front of the bathroom mirror I do every day to brush my teeth, seeing the unkempt mess that was surrounding my mouth confirmed that I need to have at it with a trimmer, I had a thought.

One day soon, I should shave it all off except for the bit directly under the nose.

Just for a day. See what people say. The Charlie Chaplin look hasn’t been seen in a very long time and should at least be given a chance for revival. It’s a very classical look. One that reminds us of an earlier time. A more simpler time.

And by Charlie Chaplin, I mean Adolph Hitler.

For one day.

Just one.

Alright, here’s my review of Windows 7.

Fast boot is good. Systray not saving icon information is shit. Fast shut-down is good. Still no way to fully relocate user profile is shit. Taskbar is good. Taskbar is shit. Swishy effects is good. MSI Media Live fucking up and repeatedly resetting its graphics adapter is shit. Fast in general is good. File associations not saving is shit. ClickOnce apps not working is shit. VERY SHIT. Stop using ClickOnce, you dopey fucks. Users don’t like it, and I can’t even use it now.

Review complete.

This is wrong. Accounts were not leaked.

It seems the sites that are reporting the story that tens of thousands of account details have been publicly published aren’t being clear. These details have been obtained due to phishing, and not due to details being leaked from the respective services.

If you haven’t been stupid and entered your account details where you shouldn’t have (on a website; the most popular one being some thing where you can see who has blocked you on MSN Messenger), then you are fine – no need to change your password or anything.

Preface: This was originally written back in February 2009, but I never finished it as I didn’t try the Guinness Stout. It needs a little bit of proof-reading and more teh-funnies injecting into it here and there, but here it is anyway.

Alcohol is the liquid of choice for people that want to die. At least that’s how I think the tag line should go. I sort of bypassed the whole drinking-til-you-spew phase that so many teenagers go through, which is why I haven’t accepted the alcoholic taste as something a human should have to endure without torture of the plums being involved.

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The last thing I want to do is play another MMO.

So I’ve ordered the Collector’s Edition of Aion. What an idiot. I entirely blame DanTup. It does look bloody nice, though.

Edit: It’s complete bollocks. The developers could’ve had a really good game on their hands, but they have evidently never heard of the word “polish”.

Alright. Due to changes YouTube made to how their guff works, YouChoob stopped working. Thanks to Avoidz for letting me know about this problem; I’ve now released an updated version that gets everything working again. Plus, the video quality detection is much better, too!

I’m thinking of adding a video quality selection dialog in the next version that’ll allow you to choose which version of the video you want to do download. Or not. Dunno yet.

View: YouChoob

Software downloads available on Software.BootBlock.co.uk have been relocated. I need to add a link checker to the application I use to maintain that area to ensure that all the download links actually work.

There was something else I wanted to say, but kinda forgot what it was. Will update this post later when I remember.

Edit: Added “Loose”.

What the hell – have another little faux guide thing. This one is for those particularly thick people out there. I know you’re out there, lurking, with your defective brain.

Today we’ll be tackling the misuse of words. That is, when someone uses a word they’ve heard of, but don’t actually know its true meaning. They’ll use them to try and appear more intelligent than they are. It doesn’t work.

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As it seems I’m not posting here much, I’m using that Twitter bilge (pretend I’m being ironic or something) to do quick updates and such. I despise it, yet I use it. What a hypocrite I am. Link is here.

Right, that’s it. If you’re above a certain age and you still don’t know how to use apostrophes, then you’re thick. I’ve just been through the hell of reading through a major apostrophe catastrophe, so now I’m going to explain exactly when to use these damn symbols. If you still get it wrong after reading this, then you should really think about dropping the written form as a method of communication.

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