Fiddle Sticks. Deleted all my youtube videos :|
I was trying to delete one video from youtube, and some how ended up deleting them all.
I meant to check the box next to the video which was at the top, and I guess I checked the SELECT ALL BUTTON, which really didn’t seem to show that all were selected, and there weren’t any warning messages, so I can see how this easily happened. I did a simple google search on the issue and found that many others had it.
You’d think Google would do something to make sure this doesn’t happen ever. Such as have a popup box or something that says “ARE YOU SURE THAT YOU WANT TO DELETE ALL YOUR DAMN VIDEOS”. But nope, nothing. And now with one tiny click all mine are gone.
A lot of the videos on this site were hosted on youtube, so I’ll reupload them over time. I think I hosted many locally too (directly on the server) so those are fine. I might just upload them all to the site here.
I haven’t been up to much, just been playing Battlefield 3. I can’t get tired of this game as I easily can with others. I love it so damned much!
This is the video I was trying to upload yesterday when I accidentally deleted all my videos:
ha someone on our server got the LAV stuck, so we were just rocking it.
I’ve been trying to get into the Skyrim game, but I really just can’t get into it. I’ll keep trying, ha. I’m not sure how interested I am with the Skyrim type of games. I think it has wizards, fairies, quests, and the things im not too interested in. I can’t even stay awake through the entire first Lord Of The Rings movie (I’ve tried multiple times over the years). But almost everyone is saying how awesome Skyrim is, so I’ll eventually get into it if I keep trying.
I think I hate the UI of that game the most. I just got a mod for the game called SkyUI, which should fix it all up, we’ll see.
Today my Razer Nega Epic mouse should arrive. UPS site says its out for delivery. I cant wait! this will be my first real gaming mouse, and I’m just so damn excited. I’ll try to write a review on it, ha.
Even though it was designed really for MMO games (World of warcraft like games, which I don’t play), I think it’ll still do great with the games I play. It has 12 or so keys on the side for easy access. I can bind these to settings in BF3, Minecraft, and any other game I play. Might even come in handy in Photoshop and other programs I use.
I promise I wont make one of those lame and stupid UNBOXING videos. Seriously those are dumb! 
Once again…
Once again I’ve been neglecting this site. I really need to stop using the sites that I loathe such as facebook. I just find that its easier to post simple crap there, and be done with it. When I post here I feel I need to write some article, and I’ve been so brain dead lately that I cant really think anything to write. I know that I need to start doing so though.
I’ve really just been messing around, not doing much at all. I’m desperately waiting for Battlefield 3 to be released, ha can’t wait. The game looks so awesome.
I’ve also been doing some minor work on Xello.com, but since I’m so brain dead anymore I can’t ever think of a site subject. I really just want to keep the forum alive, but meh. I’ll think of something. But if you do like to chat, hang out, and have fun on forums… Xello is a great place! 
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I’ve downloaded the Windows 8 developer release, and I must say its SUPER HORRIBLE. Man the Metro UI is so ugly. I don’t know what Microsoft is thinking. It’s like a 20 year step back in UI graphical development. I think it may be cool on a tablet or a phone, but it really doesn’t work as a desktop OS/UI, it’s hard to use, and just meh! Nothing intuitive about it. I’m actually scared about the future of computing. I like sitting at a real computer with a keyboard and a mouse, using a real operating system. Sure tablets and phones are okay for being mobile, and doing minor stuff, but they aren’t REAL computers, and you can’t do real work on them. I really hope Microsoft changes their mind about all that.
They should’ve made two versions: One that keeps the traditional Windows UI for use on desktops and real computers, and the other for Mobile devices. Not screw over their core base for some future post-pc era and users that hasn’t happened yet. Maybe Ipad’s do sell a lot, but so do PC’s. and people still want a real computer. but blah!
I bet Windows 8 will have the reputation that Windows ME and Vista had if not worse.
But I guess its all cool. I need to stop being on the computer so much anyways. Something needs to change to put me back out into the real world again. ha. In all honestly, computing has been so boring the past few years anyways.
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In a couple of weeks the new season of House starts! I really can’t wait! Will be interesting to see how he does in Prison 
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In the mean time I’ve been catching up on all the past episodes. It’s fun to watch all the episodes consecutively.
I’m excited about the new seasons of Dirty Jobs, Mythbusters, and Dexter as well.
I think Mythbusters will probably end or be cancelled soon, or at least it needs to be. The myths they test now are just silly, and they do a lot of revisits of myths they’ve already tested. It’s just not all that interesting anymore, and you can tell that everyone on screen is bored of the show now by how scripted their chats seem to be now. but the crew is still awesome and they should do another show together.
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I’ve been messing around taking more random pictures again So here they are:
(click thumbnails for larger images)
I’ll try to write on here more! by the way, sign my guestbook so I know you came
Photoshop Tip: CS5 lens correction
I was looking through my digital picture collection earlier, and I was reminded by something I have noticed before, which is some of the first digital pictures I’ve taken (way back in like 2000) have some major distortion caused by the camera lens. Back then I was new to digital photography, and i had a cheap digital camera that was bought from our ISP at the time which was EarthLink.
Here is a photo of me from may 2001, in which you can see the distortion:
Ha, i dunno what i was doing in the picture. striking a pose i guess? ha
You can see how the mirrors in the background are kinda round at the top, and also the side of the door is kinda bent. Has a bubble effect kinda.
So i easily fixed the distortion by going to: Filter > Lens Correction
And you should get a window that looks like this:
(click thumbnail to see larger image)
If you have earlier version of photoshop you can access the lens correction by: Filter > Distort > Lens Correction.
So, there are pre defined settings, and it works pretty good on certain model of cameras and lens, which will allow you to use predefined fixes.
The camera i used though is a old cheap one, so they wouldn’t have that setting saved. I just messed with the first setting, and moved it up. I think for most users this will be the only setting that you need to mess with, but for more advanced cases you may need to adjust the horizontal, or vertical tilt.
It’s actually super easy because it shows the correction in real time. It also helps to enable the grid, which helps you be aware of how straight the lines are in the image. That option is the third button on the top left of the window.
So here is the corrected picture:
Ha, oh yeah, the door was actually broken and just sitting there, so its not a part of the distortion 
Anyways, its a cool feature that will come in very handy if you noticed any type of distortion in your photos.
Desktop 4-21-2010
So I’m a member of a large tech forum, and we post on screenshots of our desktops. Basically so we can show each other our wallpapers and how we have it all set up. Geeky i know, ha but I decided to go ahead and start posting these on here. might be interesting.
Click the thumbnail to see the larger picture.
Edit: April 25th 2010:
I thought maybe i should provide more info, ha. Some people on the tech forum asked questions about the wallpaper and weather program, and such, which made me think i should just include it here as well.
You can get the wallpaper here:
http://hipanda1.deviantart.com/art/Sunrise-139015936
time, weather, calendar app is Rainlendar. I’m not too sure where to get the actual skin that im using. It’s always hard for me to find, but as soon as i find it again i’ll post. Alot of people are using it right now so it shouldnt be too hard to find.
edit:
may 6th 2010 – Found it! ha reformated my computer, so i had to search for the skin again. here it is
http://customize.org/rainlendar/skins/63524/download
enjoy 
OS is Windows 7. I LOVE IT!
