Okay, so, I finally got some free time away from other things to add a post here. This weekend I signed up to eBay again. I did have an account at some point, but it was so long ago now I don’t even think the E-Mail registered to that account exists anymore. I never really used eBay before, reason purely being 9/10 you can get the exact same product, brand new, with warrenty, less than it costs on eBay including postage, but it does have it’s uses which I’ll get to in a second. I was there looking for a cheap specific sagem/netgear blend router locked into the Sky ISP, my old adsl modem isn’t compatible with Windows 7 (which I’m using), and I didn’t feel like buying a £60 router, nor re-signing up to my ISP for 2 years to get one free. So I found one and started bidding, fully boxed, with all the cables, £15.50 including postage, cheaper than the cheapest of routers. It got sent out yesterday (Monday was Bank Holiday). I should say my ISP isn’t actually Sky, I just have their firmware fully hacked already, so it’s quick for me to unlock it to use on my own ISP, I could’ve bought one unlocked but no box (very used), and £5 more, still cheaper than a brand new Netgear. The really cool thing though, while I was browsing eBay, under the video games section is this – wii Sports Original Hard Case. (Nintendo, if you ever read this, include a god damn DVD Case next time, it costs you like, 20p or so to make? There was even space for it in the wii Box!) The price at eBay is crazy cheap at £3.50 including postage but I’ll get to that. It arrived today, sent out yesterday, I should say too my Postie’s a great guy, hold’s stuff for you so you don’t have to go to the sorting office, will call out to you too and give you the mail if you missed him and he spots you in another road – Postie’s as Postie’s should be. On to the pics…

Just to be clear, the reason the 3rd one doesn’t match below, is because the 3rd one is wii Fit.

There’s ton’s of these on eBay, various prices, I went for this one because of the original case – and I definitely made the right choice. The others say “similar to the cases used by Nintendo”, this is the ACTUAL case used by Nintendo. Click the pics to get a bigger version, checkout the wii logo above the disk on the inside of the case. You’ve heard me say quality costs before. trust me on this, pay a little more, get a better product, be happier with it. Now you could make these yourself, there’s tons of images for you to print here on Google, but then you’d need to get an original wii case, good ink, heavy photo glossy paper, and crop it to the correct size before printing to match the quality of the one I bought, it’s a hassle I didn’t need. Look how crappy the cardboard one is when compared to your other bought games. Ok, it’s “just” a case, and it probably didn’t need a whole blog post, but the game it’s protecting is the reason we all bought the wii, be honest! Give it the best, and have it match in with the other games in your wii collection. Go buy one. Simples.

Here’s a couple of quick mockups for WordPress themes I’m currently working on. Apologies for the watermarking, don’t want the design stolen before it’s done .

First is inspired by Jons girl, the ever lovely Mandaleen.

Second is a quick theme for a gameserver blog.

Both rendered in photoshop, have yet to code the xhtml/css for them.

Copied the rules from a friends Facebook post but I’m not posting this there, because I’m too lazy to write an actual blog post (I won’t waste one of the 25 on that obvious fact though!).

Rules:

Once you’ve been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, truths, habits, or goals about you. At the end, choose 25 people to be tagged. You have to tag the person who tagged you. If I tagged you, it’s because I want to know more about you.

I’m not “tagging” anyone, because I think it’s lame. The post itself is not lame. The whole “send this to xx people or you’ll die” that follow these things (especially in e-mails) is lame.

1. (Thing) I was/am a huge Sooty fan, and he can still bring a smile to my face.
2. (Goal) Have a house built to my own specs with technology and eco-friendly-ness (it’s my word by feel free to use it) built in to every inch. Ultimately I’d love to do this with a partner who has similar interest, but I’m easy.
3. (Thing) Don’t be shy about asking me for ID. I do not look my age, I know this, I carry ID with me. BUT, when I give you said ID, don’t stand there staring at it for 5 minutes working out the dates in your head. If you are too stupid to do simple math (1985 + 21 = less than this year = ok), you probably shouldn’t of left the house this morning, this is not MY problem, this is YOUR problem, don’t punish me for it by making me wait.
4. (Thing) On a related note, I’m unlikely to buy a £80 professional chefs knife to stab someone with when you have £1.50 knives that will probably do, so don’t look at me that way when I bring the professional knife to the checkout, with said ID.
5. (Goal) Build a MAME cabinet. Emulation is a hobby of mine, this is how I’d like to cap the hobby off.
6. (Truth) For the love of god please stop confusing tollerance with acceptance. *You* are the cause of political correctness gone mad.
7. (Truth) Sometimes the best movies are the cheesy ones you bought for £2.99.
8. (Truth) If you are a parent, BE a parent. Get off your lazy fat ass, and take care of the damn kids *you* chose to have.
9. (Truth) Stargate IS the best Sci-Fi show ever. Fact.
10. (Truth) Half-Life IS the best FPS game series ever. Fact.
11. (Goal) Learn to dance with a professional. To the girls who have tried to teach me and for those who have yet to try: I appreciate it, very much so, but I feel I’m *so* bad that I’m beyond your help.
12. (Goal) Complete the Marathon distance in a respectable time. I never got to do a lot of exercise when I was younger, I’d like to do this while I still have a chance. I’m not saying I want to run in the actual marathon (though that would be incredibly awesome), just to know I’m fit enough to go that distance running/jogging/walking is enough.
13. (Thing) If I’m in a restaurant and your menu says it comes with lime, I’m expecting lime. Do not bring me lemons. Lemons are not Limes, it doesn’t matter how you cut them, they’re still not limes. It’s quite simple, limes are green, lemons are yellow.
14. (Goal) Learn to code faster. I can complete small apps within a weekend, I’d like to change this to completing medium size apps within a weekend.
15. (Truth) Stop forwarding me virus hoax’s! Those are not REAL viruses, most of the time they don’t even exist! They’re there only to get your email address and SPREAD. YOU ARE SPREADING THEM BY FOWARDING, MORON! Please read: This and This.
16. (Truth) Stop pretending that “Smart Price” products are “just as good” as high end M&S products, read the ingredients lists. You spend £300/week on alcohol, you can clearly afford the high-end. It’ll do your health the world of good.
17. (Thing) I’m a total snob, especially when it comes to my field, but I know what I’m talking about. My friends are also snobs in their own fields, I trust their opinions on things, you should trust mine.
18. (Thing) If I know I’m right, I won’t flat-out say it, but I WILL talk down to you, because you’re an idiot (as stated earlier). If talking down to you doesn’t work, I’ll let you make the mistake, even if it costs you big. Sometimes I feel the only way to help certain people is to let them get burned, just a little bit.
19. (Thing) Between Jon and Me, we own 2 servers, and about 20 or so domains, if not more.
20. (Truth) Not everyone on the internet are peadophiles. Not everyone that wears a hoody is going to stab you. There is hardly any real forms of racism left in the world. The world is *not* going to explode in 2.3 seconds. These are all fact. Stop believing everything you read in the press, at the end of the day they’re there to sell papers. Scaremongering sells, so does sex, that’s why both are in the press constantly, learn this.
21. (Habit) Sometimes when I get in I’ll get straight online and reply to E-Mails, without even taking my coat off.
22. (Thing) I own what I consider two top-of-the-line input products, a Logitech G9 laser mouse, and a Enermax Aurora aluminium keyboard.
23. (Truth) Innocent Orange Juice (With Bits), is the best orange juice you’ll ever taste out of a carton.
24. (Thing) I can read and understand almost every programming language out there, but can only write effeciently in PHP.
25. (Habit) I’m a sucker for a good deal, even if I don’t need the product at that time – but see myself using it soon. If you know me I’ve probably forwarded you a bunch of deals on various things at least once.  If I were a girl I’d be labelled “Shopaholic”, fortunatly I’m not!

I figured the best way to start writing here is to write a little about me. I’m Rob, though I also get called Robbie.. always by american girls, occaisionally “Robbie Lee”, I also go by Lee which is my middle name, or “Lee Lee” a nickname given to me from birth by my cousin. I was born in Chatham, Kent, on the 29th of December 1985, which makes me 22 at the time of this post. My height comes in at 5′6″, and my weight comes in at 10st (that’s 140lb’s for the americans), seems no matter what I eat I never go over or under that. I live in London, England, hated this city growing up but I’ve come to learn some parts of it have true beauty. Love the 80’s, the music, the movies, the TV shows, it’s probably my favourite era in general. Love Sci-Fi, favourite show of all time is probably the Stargate series. Love action, love comedy, love romance, not a huge fan of horror, or black and white movies but the occaisional one will grab me. Love tech and gadgets, as I’m sure you’ll eventually figure out.  For those of you that don’t follow star signs, I’m a typical capricorn. (more…)

This is the post I use for testing styles.