Manic Monday

Hi Guys,

Well today has been a busy day with work, self employed work for that matter :)
Was unable to attend my work experience TAFE course today and it seems like the same deal Tuesday :(
On the upside I earned some $$ and that's always awesome, more of the same tomorrow and I should be a very happy boy for the week.

I'll try and squeeze in some changes and posts to my BlogSpot, hopefully before the end of the week.

Rupert, Andonis & Tracy hope to catch up next week.

AAQ.

More about my blogspot.

Well today I spent a considerable amount of time changing the GUI of my blogspot, as you can tell I am now rolling 'Wii style' :P

I find this current template to be more appealing to the eyes and also consider this to suit me best, as to who I am and what I'm about, also considering I love electronics and the Wii is no exception.

My next steps will be to include a slide-show banner (thanks Rupert for the idea :)) with different kinds of PC hardware and other electronic goodies; including the latest generation console gaming units available today.

Be sure to keep an eye on my blog as it's going to go through some graphical changes I can assure you throughout the next few weeks however I think the Wii will stay!

Be sure to come back now.

AAQ.

Windows XP Sp3 Beta Testing Approved!

Well getting back to the things that I enjoy! :P

Microsoft has chosen me along with a minimal amount of other testers to try out the Service Pack 3 available for Windows XP (Professional Edition here). The latest beta of XP SP3 will be delivered to MSDN and TechNet subscribers.



Note: Ignore the sidebar, which was something I added from Vista to XP, this in no way is incorporated with the Service Pack!

Funny enough the latest WMP and IE were not slipstreamed in this SP to WMP11 and IE7 respectively. Still a new build is in the works and I’ve received word that I'll have a new build within the next week or so to test, here's to hoping that there will be newer and greater improvements within this new build of SP3.

Now here's to hoping that Microsoft will accept me amongst the 10,000-15,000 beta testers for Windows Vista's SP1 build which also is to be released next week, all I can say is I have been accepted for that and am awaiting word further (or a download link).



I'll report more on how this all plays out, of course I'll have to water it down to please MS abiding by my disclosure agreement.

Where have you been?

Hi guys,

I have not blogged in some time, just less than two weeks in fact.

I've been very ill, unfortunately for me I was sick as a dog; Fever, joint and muscle aches not to mention the occasional vomiting which I guess was the upside of it all. :)
Still I can laugh and smile about it now being damn glad I'm over it but sadly I've spread it onto my other family members and now they are sick... :(

Oh well these things happen but now that I'm well and feeling pretty lively I will be blogging more occasionally.

Until a lil' later...

Cheers for now.

AAQ.

Windows Vista

Thought I'd blog about something other than what my business plans were and its status!

I'm rather passionate about computers as you can probably tell or may see in time, 'boys and their toys.'
I purchased Windows Vista Ultimate 32-bit (yes it's legitimate), fortunately I did not pay the full $700+ I was able to purchase it at a far more affordable price from one of my new wholesalers. :)

I must say its Graphical User Interface or GUI is very attractive (Aero glass is awesome) and even though some will go on and on about OS/X and Linux distro's being far more supreme and what Microsoft has initially copied (heard of Gnome perhaps?).
The previous Start buttons we've seen in older versions of Windows from 3.1 to XP has been replaced by a prettier round 'Orb' style Start button that loses the 'Start' text but includes the Vista flag logo.

The Start menu has been overhauled and in my opinion is now even more user friendly than with prior Windows versions... I also enjoy the new sidebar application (tidbit: I've got it working on XP also ;)) and have found it useful in more ways than one.

I'm still new to Vista Ultimate however it has accommodated my gaming appetite also, supporting Direct X 10, something exclusive to Vista only. New PC games such as Halo 2 and Shadow Run will only work on Windows Vista not to mention other spectacular hits such as Gears of War! So I welcome this and look forward to more DX10 exclusives.
Considering Vista has Duo and Quad Core's in mind you can tell that Vista handles gaming instructions and video encoding instructions far better & faster than with Windows XP. Such games as Supreme Commander, from the same makers of such smash hit RTS games as Total Annihilation are proof of this and DVD authoring tools have in my case ran faster on my same Duo core system with Vista than they did with XP.

Overall I'm ecstatic about it, running on one of Duo Core systems and have found it to be in fact more stable than any other Windows operating system to date, even XP with SP2. This may be due to the fact that Microsoft had this Operating System or O/S; 28 months in Development, 15 Test Releases, 15 months of Technical Testing and 30,000+ technical testers!
News also has it that Vista's first Service pack or SP is in beta testing as you read this! Enthusiasts should remember the boost in performance and stability that SP2 provided for Windows XP, so I definitely welcome a new SP for Vista even though I have had no issues with drivers, new hardware, applications and even games thus far!

Love Vista or hate it, Microsoft has given users such as myself who love their PC gaming and memory intensive encoding applications more with this release, not only does it handle well but she looks beautiful whilst doing it all :)

Thumbs up here.

Cheers.

Another blog on such a nice day!

Here again for another report on my blog :)
Starting to look like spring outside here in Melbourne.

Not all that much to report on today, I have chased up a few insurance companies as I stated I would yesterday. I have found a few more wholesalers for my potential business and will continue to do so further.

Hoping all goes well with my government initiative as I'm just waiting to see how it plays out really.

Now for me to learn a little more about the UI here and try to spice it up a 'lil.

Cheers.

AAQ.

Busy day

Today is going to be one of my busiest days in preparation for my small business.

I had an interview on Friday which was more of an assessment for a government initiative to assist me in getting my own business up on its feet, seems that the lovely lady interviewing me liked my business proposal and stated she'd actually recommend me for the small business course which spans over a period of 7 weeks... This small business course is actually a requirement I must participate and complete to begin starting my own business with some light funding on their behalf.

Things look good but I can never be too sure until they certify that I've been accepted, so for now I will remain in high spirits and chase up some insurance companies who will cover me for goods and public liability...

Keep reading, I'll keep in touch.