CharlieBrownAU

Crysis 2 PC MP Demo released on 01 March 2011



Internode ISP Link:
http://games.on.net/file/40588/Crysis_2_Multiplayer_Demo_-_PC


Bigpond ISP Link:
http://www.gamearena.com.au/downloads/details.php/crysis-2-multiplayer-demo


Westnet and iiNet ISP's
& 3FL & Pipe networks peering
http://www.3fl.net.au/downloads/index.php?dlid=4133


More Details at:
http://www.ea.com/crysis-2  and
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crysis_2

Im Working for Geek Mobile (Computer Call out Tech company) now as of Feb 2011.



Ive done this sort of thing before but never full time and its full on .

Common issues are RAM dieing , modems dieing , internet getting infected with spyware/malware/toolbars/etc 

Its amazing how many customers are getting mislead by Optus , Dodo and Bigpond/Testra
(three companies I always recommend to avoid) to swap from Stable ADSL to
Mobile Phone 3G USB Dondles. Now in some sort of bizzard world ,
APPRENTLY a single 3g dongle on ONE PC is better then an hardware ADSL MODEM
that connects into the phone line with a nice stable connection (usually)



A lot of call outs with customers saying , its dropping offline a lot , never available , ohh
and btw we swapped to this great new wireless thing









But their is a solution (if you can get ADSL) , Internode ADSL !!!
Using a proper ADSL Modem / Router / Wireless AP

Anyone interested in coming to Japan with me in 2012 .

I am in the process of working out the second trip to Japan :


Next Japan Trip - March/April 2012

Date:  Friday 30 March 2012 to Tuesday 10 April (public school hoilday's)
          (I would rather go until Wed but some people may have to come back for Work/School/Uni)


Trip will cost :
AU$5000

Flight:                      AU$1000
JR Pass:                 AU$ 550
Food                        AU$ 400
Non JR Travel         AU$ 100
Tourist Visit Entry   AU$  200
Accommodation     AU$1400
Misc money            AU$  450
Spending Money     AU$ 900

Having a extra AU$1000 would come in handy aswell.
So anyone want to get something cool like a PSP2/NGP or a cheapo region free PS3
or any unexpected costs .


What to take:
Video Camera , Picture Camera and Laptop is handy . 3G mobile phone should work.
Make sure you have a spare SD card for camera and USB charging lead for mobile phone
and double adapter and the JP to AU power adapter.

Accommodation
More people = cheaper accommodation, some places have 3 people in one room 
or two and if we get a huge amount of people we could book multiple rooms next
to each other in a group discount.

I did like Hotel Oaks in Shin Osaka - http://www.h-oaks.co.jp/shin-osaka/english/

This could be an option 3 people in a bunk room , really cheap
http://www.sakura-hotel.co.jp/sakura-hotel_rates.html

JR Pass:

It is worth is weight in gold , sure 500 sounds costly , but after reading the Japan Travel website
( http://www.hyperdia.com/en/ ) going from Tokyo to Hiroshima (894 km) costs 17,850 yen (AU$214.24)
Tokyo to SAPPORO (1196.7 km) costs 23,270 yen (AU $279.28) for a single trip

The JR pass works for JR trans , Shinkansen super duper express trains ,
it doesnt work on NOZOMI. It works on Tokyo Monorail

JR pass works for Bus's in Hiroshima (green JR bus)
JR works on the Miyajima ferry
JR pass works on the a few of the buss at Sapporo(JR Hokkaido Bus)

Sometimes you need to get the subway , eg Tokyo to Roppongi


Things to do and see:

Cherry Blossum Festial
Onsen (Hotspring)
Tokyo Tower
Koyto region again again
Hiroshima again
Miyajima again
Kobe (missed it last time) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kobe
Tokyo Fish market (Sunday 5-6am)
Imperial Palace
Akihabara again
red light districts for the adult boys
cosplay sunday bridge
mount fuji
wine show if anyone is interested - http://www.eventseye.com/fairs/f-wine-gourmet-japan-12770-1.html

Rough time table:

Japan Trip 2

- Day 00

Friday Leave for Japan at Night , Arrive in Japan at 6am

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- Day 1 - Saturday 31 March 2012

Arrive in Japan travel to Hiroshima (Distance  973.4  km  )
Drop crap off , book in , check out A bomb dome
Check out Hiroshima Night Life
Eat , sleep, ready for next day

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- Day 02 - Sunday 01 April 2012


Miyajima , this will be an all day thing
http://wikitravel.org/en/Miyajima#See
http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e3401.html
http://www.japaneselifestyle.com.au/travel/miyajima_travel.html


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Day 03 - Monday 02 April 2012

Check out Mazda Showroom
and Hiroshima Castle

check out of hostel, Then Hiroshima to Osaka

Check in

Goto Osaka Castle
http://wikitravel.org/en/Osaka#See

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Day 04 - Tuesday Kyoto - 03 April 2012

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Day 05 - Wednesday Kobe - 04 April 2012
http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2159.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kobe

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Day 06 - Thurs cherry blossum and do your own crap- 05 April 2012

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Day 07 - Transfer to Japan + Tokyo stuff + Boys night out

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Day 08 - Sat  Mount Fuji
http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e6901.html

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Day 09 - Sunday - 08 April 2012
Fish Market , Cosplay Bridge , Sony Building , Akabraha

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Day 10 - Mon Tokyo - 09 April 2012
Imperial Palace
Tokyo Tower
Sony building
etc

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Day 11 - Tuesday - Saporo

Day 12 - Wed Saporo


Day 13 - Thurs Saporo

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Day 14 - Friday - Tokyo / Leave Japan

Applications for Girlfriend open

Came across this on the Internet , quiet funny
http://www.scribd.com/doc/5153/The-Official-Girlfriend-Application

Andriod Applications I use that are FREE and Privacy good

Mumble , opensource VOIP Client , but someones put it on market place

K-9 Mail is  free and open source email client that can handle IMAP, POP, WebDav and some not-so-finicky exchange servers.

Anode Internode widget - Steve Smith - GPL

Australian TV Time - Only access internet's

ABC - Australian Broadcasting Network
http://www.appbrain.com/app/abc/android.AbcApplication

Solitaire - Ken Magic - free - Its Solitaire the card game

Antplayer - Free shoutcast CLIENT , eg point it to a shoutcast server , eg Internode or Tripple J or ABC classic or my LAN shoutcast server
http://www.appbrain.com/app/com.antbs.antplayer

Apps I DONT USE
Yellow Pages Australia , reads and writes personal data

White Pages Australia , reads and writes personal data

Netbank free or pay , not released by Commbank

Nodedroid (8bit cloud) - Modify or delete sd card contents and reads system log files
http://www.appbrain.com/app/nodedroid/com.eightbitcloud.internode

Aussie Loo - http://www.appbrain.com/app/aussie-loo/com.cba.android.aussieloo
- your location , which i guess is via the gps , but it then mentions services that cost money, call phone numbers
hello , wtf

Translink QLD Planner - http://www.appbrain.com/app/translink-qld-planner/translinkApp.Activities
reads personal data , no need , very bad

Japan Train Table website , this was a kickarse site for me while in Japan
http://www.hyperdia.com/en/product/android/

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Paid Applications and games that would be good but I haven't bought any apps yet:

LogmeIn Ignition - https://secure.logmein.com/products/ignition/android/Default.aspx

Fruit Ninja - http://www.halfbrick.com/our-games/fruit-ninja/  and its Queensland / Australian made - link

Angry Birds - http://www.rovio.com/index.php?page=angry-birds

I have never been into these "Massive" Multi Online games that require a monthly payment before for 4 reasons :

1.   None are hosted in Australia . I refuse to play a PC game that is over 100 ping (e.g. not hosted in AU)

2.   Not only are you paying for a phone line I never use , I pay for bandwidth , then they want a monthly payment
and you often have to "buy" the client .

3.   People seem to be in Guild/Clans , but you never really hear about playing together in a large group , they just adventure
      around in small groups and everyone levels up slowly

4.  People solo the game ? Why would you pay for the game , solo it , use bandwidth on a laggy server, Might aswell play Torchlight in SP.


Or maybe its just not my style of game, since I am not the latest generation of gamers that have never played any PC game before the year 2000 , that think CS/CSS is the best thing since sliced bread and dont know what a Terrabyte is unless they saw it on a pc shop website .


 

Sunshine Coast Wet Weekend Road Trip - Dec 2010 in the wet



On Saturday afternoon I attended a surprise Birthday party for an old TAFE mate up the north side
(Damm north side is such a hike) Party went well and I managed to navigate up to the event okay
and bypassing paided toll roads, achieved this by going into the city going along coro drive and
around the city that way . Asus Garmin A10 GPS worked well , I'm still keen for the new Android 2.x
upgrade that is "Apparently" due in "sometime" in Dec (this month) 2010.

My own photo of Brisbane CBD from Mount Cootha (Taken on my proper camera)




Bday Party

The Party went from 3pm to about 8pm on Saturday evening. I felt a little out of place since most people were into
drinking beer and had a partner with kids. Never the less it went well and I got to meet up with Big Jeff , Keegan and
Robert (Bday boy) and I got a Free feed :-))

Keegan and Robert (Birthday Boy) (Taken on my phone)





Off to the Coast

After the Party I meet up with mate Kerra at the train station just the road from the
Party and we went to the Sunshine Coast together.

Brisbane to Sunshine Coast Map (image from google search)


It was bucketing down in rain and we stoped at Maccas on the northside for free wifi and snacks)



We got to Nambour about 10.30 pm at night after working out which of three Nambour exists was the one.

Main Street of Nambour (During the day)



Sunday

I woke up at 07:30 AM after pretty much passing out after arriving at Nambour after the trip
(was up since 5am on Saturday) . I went down to IGA to get Bread , Eggs and Bacon.
OMFG Nambour IGA and the local Bakery is extortion prices , ended up getting a
3.40 loaf of bread (which I never got a slice for breakfast) , risoles , eggs
2 bits of corn on special for a dollar and milk (Which I never got to drink)



Around 9am we took off and had fun , My friends Kay and Keegan have a camper
which they found out it borked itself , so they had to transplant kiddies seats into a
real car before taking off . Fun Fun . I knew I should of bought a jumper lead before
I left from Brisbane .

We stopped at a servo for a drink for the road and we found two lemon lime bitters
for 4 bucks , BARGIN ! Considering stuff like V is 4 bucks a pop.

Hit the road again to goto the Castle. I let my good friend kerra drive my car since Im
not that fussed on driving in the rain and wanted to sit back and relax :-)



We Checked out a real life Castle (Apparently, nothing like the REAL Ones in Japan)
that was made out of cheap besabricks .






Of course when you have a castle , you have mean creatures protecting it too :-))




From the Castle we went to Noosa and somewere else that I cant remember atm
but it was bloody raining heaps .

We saw motobikes on the side of the road with a police car in front of them.
(poor bastards in the rain , they can have that)

The beachs were a non event due to buckets of rain but the newbie tourists were
funny to look at trying to were to walk around in Noosa , it seems like a nice place to
visit during sunlight and cool days without rain.

We followed Kay and Keegan to a little town for Lunch , they got Thai
Both my mate kerra and I love Steak , salad and Lemon lime bitters at the pub .
It turned out 2 pubs were in this place, a really good one up the hill and a rather disappointing
one down the bottom (Which we went to).

Before the pub we visited a "Christmas" shop on the corner across the road from the Thai Place


Then right beside the pub is also ANOTHER "Christmas" shop.





Pub Lunch was burnt offerings , but the drink was good , salad was awesome
and chips were good. Shame they only know raw and burnt black for steak.




Kerra with Lemon lime bitters waiting for Steak burnt with salad n chips


Watch out for this guy , he bites :-)


Up the Road from the second pub is thing guy


After that we went back to Nambour , played uno with Kay and keegan and
their daughter and headed back before it got too dark.

I quit my job from Freedom Fuels .

Had enough treated like crap.

Ill be looking around for a daylight M-F job

On Thursday 12 Aug 2010 I bought myself a new mobile phone,
the Asus Garmin A10 . Its an Andriod based phone with aGPS,
Google Maps , Garmin offline GPS and other flashy features.
Best of all its got a LOUD SPEAKER and its not network locked.

Link:
http://www.garminasus.com/en_AU/phones/nuvifone-a10/index.html



No optical disc was given so I went to the Asus site to download
the driver and came across they have a new model soon to be released
soon , the M10
DAMMIT !!!