Shenske's Projects & Thoughts

[shenske]

Shenske's Projects & Thoughts
The random Mega-Thread of all the random things i think of!

Anyone tired of 100 nonsense threads by one person? Well i don't really want to be "that guy" so i decided to combine all of my random thoughts into one mega-thread. I really don't want all of the most recent forum topics to consists of every little things that pops up in my head. This thread will have anything from sports topics to little side projects i'm working on outside of cover-making. Narcissistic? Well perhaps ... but at least its only one thread that you have to ignore  

I'm sure there will be quite a few topics that people will enjoy reading or may have the answer to my random woe.  Hope you guys like the all the random banter and topics


Here is my original random post that started this thread:

18 and 1
!!!  Heck Yes   !!!
the patriots are NOT undefeated!!!

   gotta love those mannings  

yes, boston doesn't have all the best sports teams

[Ragnarok2103]

yeah, i'm kinda glad they didnt win either. one team winning all year makes it rather boring. its much more interesting when the underdog that everyone wrote off wins.

[dmc1974]

Yes, nothing better than watching a bunch of arrogant jerks get it handed to 'em!  All hail Plaxico Burress!!!!!!

[Snowcone]

I was torn between wanting to see 19-0 and wanting to see the underdog that is the Giants swoop in and defeat the "giant". I am glad the Giants won though, was a good ending to an amazing season.

[antony30bc]

I was hoping the Patriots would win and then disappear for a few years. I am pretty tired of hearing about Miami's undefeated season and would be curious to see what would happen to the local Shula's steakhouse if their claim to fame has been one upped.

Antony30bc

[Doom]

I'm not very much into football. I watched the first three quarters. After that I was too bored to keep watching so I did my homework. >___<


xkcd is such a great webcomic.

[shenske]

I'm not very much into football. I watched the first three quarters. After that I was too bored to keep watching so I did my homework. >___<

the 4th quarter was so intense!

Superbowl XLII is honestly one of the best games i have ever seen, along with the AFC championship game comeback last year (Colts - down by 21 vs. Patriots)


The giants had one of the worst records of any team in the post season and the tore down the undefeated patriots.
(its was so sweet so Brady on his ass so much  )

[shenske]

i didn't feel like wasting space and making another thread so i though i'd just rename this one 

anyways ...

i never thought it would happen to me, i play my 360 alomost everyday.
i've been really busy over the past 4 days and i thought this was the time i could finally play a little 360.

i take really good care of it and midgame ... RED RING OF DEATH
(thank god i'm still in warranty)

[Ragnarok2103]

dude, that sucks. so far i've been fortunate to not have that problem, but i will someday. i read in a few places that 360s have a 100% failure rate, and its not a question of if it will, but when it'll red ring.
knowing my luck, mine will last just long enough for all three of the warranties i have on it to expire, then it'll brick.

[Grumbleduke]

Of all the people i know with 360's only one is still on the original machine.I had a launch day machine that went belly-up,sent it off to MS,and when it came back it had an intermittent DVD read fault.Mid game and up comes the "dirty disc " dialogue.

[Doom]

One of the main reasons I don't have a 360. Another reason is that I might be a total cheapass.

[KaiserWAVE]

From 5 people I know (including me) only one had the red ring. It was a launch unit. Mine is going to have its 2nd birthday this October so I have still 1 1/2 years of warranty left

Oh and Doom, the cheapass argument is not a strong one anymore At least in Europe the Xbox with the 20gig HDD costs as much as a Wii. Considering what you get for the money I guess nobody can complain. Oh, and not to forget we could play some co-op games without having to mess with the freaking friend codes

[Grumbleduke]

Yeah..they are a reasonable price now.While mine was in the repair shop, i bought another one.(Mind...that was last year,they were not so cheap then)

[Doom]

When I say I'm a cheapass, I mean I'm a CHEAPASS! I don't even have a PS2 of my own yet! (currently mooching off of my brother)

PS2: ~$130 for system
PS2: ~$5-$25 for most games, including many good games
360: ~$300 for bastardizes system with no hard drive, ~$400 for the system that is actually usable
360: ~$20-$60 for most games, good games are hard to find for uber cheap

I'm getting a PS2 way before a 360. And I'm not getting a PS2 for a while.

[shenske]

Does anyone know of any image hosting sites that do not downscale the dpi and you are still able to view the images before downloading?
(i have been using filefront but you can't preview the images before download)

FYI: i would be using it for my "unofficial" covers that can't be hosted on the site.


Update ANSWER: Box.net is the best for this!