Exedus's Blog - 2old2play

Crazy Canadian Eye doctor

I think this happened in the Toronto area but I'm not sure. A reporter from CityTV is covering the story of an eye doctor ripping people off by giving them counterfit frames. See what happens when the reporter confronts him.

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A new job for the new year

Well this past year has been very rough for my family, I lost my job, 3 of my grandparents passed away in a 3 month period and just yesterday I get home from work and my wife tells me that my brother and his wife are getting divorced. So with all this negativity I really needed a boost. I applied for a promotion within the company I work for, I wasn't expecting to get it since I've only been working for this company for about 5 months. Well I found out that I got the job!! I start on Jan 2, 2007. It's better pay, I get my own office space, and no more shift work. 8am - 4pm Monday to Friday!!! WOOT!! I can't wait for the new year, merry Christmas everyone.

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LCD issues - part 2

A few days ago I received my new Dell 20' widescreen LCD. I was excited to try it out my 360 sice I don't have an HDTV and I use my 360 in my home office anyway. Imagine my dissapointment when I discover the same problem I've been having with other monitors I've tried. Take a look:

The image is stretched vertically. I have tried every single widescreen resolution the 360 offers and I get the same problem. Does anyone have a solution to this? If not I guess I'll have to return yet another monitor. I have no idea why this won't work, computer LCDs are 16:9 just as HDTVs. Any suggestions are more than welcome.

This is how it should look:

More info: I am using the VGA adapter for the 360. The monitor does not do 1080 resolutions.

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LCD issues

I purchased an LG 20' LCD monitor for my 360. Every widescreen 70p resolution I tried in resulted in a black bar on the right side of the screen. The only resolution that would work was 1280x1024 which is weird since that is not widecreen. So I returned the monitor. I don't need anything that does 1080i or p. I'm happy with 720p. I heard that people have had good luck with the Dell 20' monitor. I'm just curious as to why none of the resolution settings would fit the monitor? I'm using the VGA connection for the video. I just want something simple and cheap for my office to play my 360 on. Any advice?

I posted this question on the forums a while back but I thought I would try my luck here as well.

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day trading

Anyone here into day trading online? The reason I ask is that a friend of mine trades in futures online and has been doing quite well at it. He pays a lot of money for all the software and data feeds but the ammount he makes far surpases the costs. He has quite the set up. He bought an external Matrox box for his laptop which uses to run 3 monitors off of. He also has an older PC desktop that runs two more monitors off of. I've been taking lessons from him every morning for a few days now before I go to work to try and learn the tricks of the trade. One reason I decided to learn is that I know absolutely nothing about investing or the stock market. I want to learn how to make my money grow for now and far into the future. So far it's been very interesting, maybe in a few months I'll be brave enough to try it with real money instead of using the software in simulation mode.

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Splinter Cell impressions

I had a chance to try the multiplayer demo so I thought I'd give some short impressions. Keep in mind that this is my first time playing Splinter Cell on an Xbox as I have a long history of PC gaming. Although I have played the PC versions of 1 and 2. This was also my first time playing this game online. I missed out on number 3 and I believe it had a similar online system.

I started off playing as a spy. You get a short video explanation of your tasks via a projector and then off you go. Most of the guys I was playing with were using a mic which made things much easier. I went off to find my first computer terminal to hack. I found a nice dark ledge above all the action and started my download. One of my teammates acted as a decoy on the ground to disctract the 2 mercs that were there. I have to say that playing as a spy was quite fun. I enjoyed the tactical side of the gameplay. The spies ended up winning the match so next game I switched sides.

I didn't enjoy playing as a merc as much but it was still very enjoyable. Although at one point one of the spies was hacking me!!! I had no idea that was possible. I lost my radar and my flashlight kept turining off and on. My vision also went fuzzy. Then before I knew it the spy had me in a choke hold and quickly broke my neck. Usually I don't enjoy being beaten like that, but the way it was done was so cool I just had to laugh.

I was kind of on the fence when deciding if I was going to pick this game up or not, but after the demo it's a definite buy. Can't wait to play against some fellow 2old2play members once it's released. If you like your games with a tactical feel you'll love this game.

PS - I just found out that IGN reviewed the full game and gave it a 9.0 CLICK HERE

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I am so smrt

I really don't know if George Bush is an idiot or not. I do know that he's not the best public speaker in the world. Funny look at all the public gaffs he's made if nothing else.

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I can't stop smiling

The movie this clip is from is called Apoorva Sahodarargal, its a Tamil movie (Southern-most state in India). The movie came out in the '80s... Movies of this caliber are par for course for Tamil movies back in the day- sad to say. Tha guy just can't stop smiling... Suffice to say, Tamil movies these days are nothing like this- more at the level of Bollywood cinema.

Anyway, this clip seems like a mix of Bollywood and the 80's movie breakin. I couldn't stop laughing the first time I watched it.

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Frank Millers 300

Has anyone else seen this yet? This is the trailer for the movie "300" which is based off another of Frank Millers graphic novels. I loved Sin City and cannot wait for his next movie. This trailer is a leak and has been taken down at a few other sites already so I hope Google keeps it up. Can't wait for the real version in glorious quicktime.

okay for some reason google videos come in extremely small in here. Here is the direct link: CLICK HERE

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Apple fanboy

I'll admit it, I am an Apple fanboy. About the only thing I like from Microsoft is my Xbox 360. As soon as I got home from work yesterday I fired up the Macbook and watched the keynote address. New Ipods, new version of itunes, and games and movies available for download.....if you live in the USA. Hopefully us Canuks will have access to the movies next year.

To start off with, here is the new Ipod nano ad.

Here's how they look. First the Nano

Next up is the suffle. This thing is about the size of a quarter!!

And of course movies are now available on itunes. Sometime next year Apple will be releasing the iTV. Basically it's a little box that you hook up to your TV that allows you to stream media from any of your Apple computers to your TV. The box looks like a Mac mini only about half the size. Can't wait.

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How to see a girl naked

European ads are the best.

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NHL 07 - finally a decent EA sports game

I downloaded the NHL 07 shootout demo yesterday. I wasn't expecting much since the Madden 07 demo blew monkey chunks. I had a chance to play the full version of Madden and was left very uninpressed with the game. Just goes to show that competition makes everything better. However EA still has competition with their NHL franchise from the 2K7 camp. I'm still in the process of downloading the demo for that game so I'll post impressions later.

However, EA's latest entry into the ice rink left me very happy indeed. First off the graphics, oh my goodness the graphics. This game looks frickin beautiful! I played through that shoot out 5 times in a row just to get a good look at everything. The player models look great, especially their faces, sooooo much detail. I'm a new Xbox360 owner and this is the first game that has really impressed me since Fight Night 3. The controls were very easy to pick up as well. Use the left stick for movement and the right for dekeing and shot control. After a few minutes I was slapping pucks past that Carolina goalie with ease. Damn Carolina......GO OILERS!!! Anyway, I've always been a huge hockey fan and it looks like I'll finally have a decent game to play on my Xbox come Sept 12th.

Anyone else interested in this game?

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Rest in peace mate

I lived in Australia for two years and fell in love with the country and the people. I was shocked when I heard of Steve Irwins death this morning before leaving for work. He was a trieless advocate for wildlife conservation and donated most of his money towards that cause. At least he died doing what he loved. Here is some footage from Australian TV that tells us a bit about his life and legacy.

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"up up!!" - How the Japanese sell bras

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Chad Vader - day shift manager

If you haven't seen these yet you owe it to yourself to check them out. There are 3 episodes so far. The story follows Chad Vader, a long lost brother of Darth Vader. He's a Sith lord who happens to be a manager at a grocery store. I don't want to give too much away if you haven't seen it. I've posted all three episodes here for your enjoyment. The best part is when he addresses his boss.
Episode 1

Episode 2

Episode 3

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