I went mining with the corp yesterday, we hauled in 50m worth of ore I think so it was a pretty good run. We had 3 Hulks, 2 Retrievers, and Shamu. Now time for the pretty pictures, the first one is without Shamu second one is with Shamu.

Regards, Xeross

Razer is one of the best companies for gaming mice, together with logitech. The reason I purchased a Razer mouse instead of a Logitech one is because Logitech mice are known to emit a Very high pitched sound.

Content of the Box

After I got home I opened the box, it’s made of quality cardboard and the box is sealed by a circular patch of sticky tape like stuff. After cutting through this and opening you have the mouse in plastic.

And on the backside of this plastic thing there’s a cardboard thing attached, containing the manual and some other things.

This cardboard thing can be opened and it contains a few things: the manual, a certificate of authenticity and the driver CD.

After this I opened the plastic thing and took my brand new mouse out.

Installation

So after unpacking everything I plugged in the mouse and started the driver installation. Clicked next a few times, set the installation directory and let it run. The first 2 times I ran it it tended to disappear and didn’t finish installing. The third time however if popped up properly instead of minimizing without coming back. It seemed it was asking to install Raptr (More on that in a separate paragraph) so I installed it and just let the installation run.

After that I had to reboot, and once everything booted up again I could check out the driver menu. I have to say it looks pretty cool, and the features are also pretty neat. Ofcourse the first thing I did was set the polling speed to 1000hz (1ms), and after this I had to reboot again.

So after rebooting again I started up the configuration again and set my side buttons to increase DPI and decrease DPI, after that I decided to start up Call of Duty 2.

Performance & Comfort

So time to try this baby out in a game. After launching COD2 and joining a server I immediately noticed that it’s a lot more precise then my old mouse (a Logitech EX110) and that it’s a lot easier to rapidly move it. My scores on COD2 were substantially better compared to when I played with the EX110.

It has some special foot thingies so that it glides a lot easier, and it also does compared to my old EX110. the mouse also fits perfectly to my hand, it’s comfortable and it has an anti-slip layer on the top that makes sure you’ll never loose grip.

Durability

The mouse is build from high quality plastic and it has a solid feel to it. Even the mouse buttons feel like they’re high quality and will last a lifetime. The only thing that might wear out is the anti-slip coating, but time will tell.

Conclusion

The Razer Deathadder is a great mouse and that for a good price, at the time of writing this article it costs 60$ on the Razer website and I paid 50 euros for it in a store in Breda. It’s comfortable, precise and fast, and feels very durable. So I’m very positive about it and till now I love it, if I encounter any problems with it I’ll write about it but I doubt it. So I say if you’re looking for a good gaming mouse go for the Razer Deathadder.

Update (14-Aug-2010)

After almost a year of use the anti-slip finish still doesn’t show any wear, and the mouse is still performing as good as a year ago, I liked it so much I even bought a second one.

In this review we’re taking a look at the “Logitech Digital Precision Gaming Headset” it’s an entry-level pc gaming headset, and the name sounds like it’s a good product, and lastly, and it looks pretty impressive. Logitech sais it’s designed for casual and pro gamers. But is it really that good as it looks and sounds ?

Specifications

• Frequency response:
• Headset: 20 Hz–20 kHz
• Microphone: 100 Hz–16 kHz
• Input sensitivity: -58 dBV/µbar, -38 dBV/Pa +/- 4 dB
• Speaker size: 40mm
• Cable length: 10 feet
• Connections: USB and dual gold-plated, analog 3.5mm

Comfort

After opening the box the first thing I did was try it on. The first thing I noticed is that headset is worn with the head thingie in your neck instead of the usual on top of your head. so I tried it on and well it wasn’t very comfortable, tried rotating it a bit, etc. but it just didn’t feel right (and it’s also kind of heavy), I asked my mom to try it on too, she did and was also trying to make it fit comfortably, but to no avail. it just isn’t comfortable. She said it might just need some “Getting used to”, after this I was already dissapointed so I decided to google a few reviews on it.

So I read to a few reviews to find out 90% of the reviews say: it’s uncomfortable, sounds like shit, and is heavy. as I’ve concluded myself.

Sound

Haven’t even tried this after reading  the reviews, but according to most it’s crap.

Conclusion

This headset is nothing but a waste of money. It’s uncomfortable, has bad sound quality, and the price is high for such a crap product. I didn’t even test the sound. if you want a cheap headset get a cheap Trust Headset and if you want a good gaming headset go for a Sennheiser (Thinking about getting the PC 151).

Please give me some feedback on how I did in writing a review, or if you want to say something about the headset feel free to do that to.

I just got back from “Walking With Dinosaurs – The Live Experience” and I have to say, it’s pretty fucking awesome, there’s this guy that sais he’s a paleontologist (dunno if he really is) that starts with some stuff about fossils, and after that begins about the early ages of the dinosaurs, some dinosaurs will enter the stage, and he continues this way through the entire dinosaur age, now onto the photos and video. for more info go to Wikipedia

Part of the T-Rex scene

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Photos (Sorry for the low quality)

The Ticket

So if you haven’t been to it yet, go see it.

Regards, Xeross

A few days ago school officially started again. Last year I finished secondary (aka High) school, and this year I’m in tertiary school doing media technology (Basically websites/webmaster) course/education/something. The first two days were manageable but I’m getting quite exhausted from it now.

Every day I cycle 10km to school and 10km back, compared to the years at high- and primary school when I had a free taxi/cab.

The stuff they teach us is quite easy so it’s hard to stay focused, we are also trained to operate properly in a corporation/business in the future so socially it’s also quite intensive.

I’m very tired when I get home from school so I don’t have much energy left to work on programs, write blog posts, etc. I’ll try to keep everything updated and help people whenever possible but any new software will pretty much be delayed for now.

Thanks for your understanding, Xeross

Even though I’m busy with a lot of stuff at the moment (See this) I decided to make a post anyways so this doesn’t turn into a graveyard.

Ok so I’ve been training for a retriever for a while now and a few days ago my skill training was finally finished, so I hopped into my retriever fitted some stuff and went mining. So I mined for about 1-2 hours.

after that I docked and refined(Should ask a corp mate next time has better skills) so after refining I had 0.5mill tritanium and 56k pyerite. so I thought let’s get as much money out of it as possible, so checked the buy orders, and there was someone in low-sec (.4) that was buying for about .30 higher then in high-sec. so I flew my wreathe to low-sec and sold my trit for 1.3mill, and the pyreite for 250k so in the end some nice profits.

I’ll continue mining for the coming days as I have to pay off this retriever and various other items to my corp and some alliance mates.

Fitting

Ok so now fit there isn’t really much you can fit on a retriever but I decided to post it anyways.

High Slots
Strip Miner I
Strip Miner I

Medium Slot
Small Shield Booster I

Low Slots
Expanded Cargohold I
Expanded Cargohold I

Will be getting T2 version of everything once I have the skill for it.

Hey Folks, you might’ve noticed I haven’t posted something for a while now. This is because I’ve been very busy with some projects of mine. I hope I can finish the high priority ones soon so I can write some new posts again, I already have a few posts planned now I only need the time to write them. Now I’ll give you a quick run-through of what I’m working on.

First of all I’m working on the website of a client of mine. He requested some edits to be made but his website was still using my previous CMS (Which just plain sucks), so I’m now rewriting it to work with my new CMS and that is taking some time. He requested these modifications 5 months ago and paid me back then, and I said it would be done in a few weeks. So now 5 months later he is getting a little impatient, that’s why this is the highest priority project.

Second thing, finishing the above mentioned CMS. I’ve completed a lot of the CMS but even more still needs to be done. I’ve decided to already use my new CMS for my client’s even though it ain’t finished.

The third thing I’m working on (and this is an ongoing project) is a WoW server. you might’ve seen one of the sponsors being LecoWoW. Well this is my WoW server. I still need to create a permanent website for it, and ofcourse update the server each few days for new bug fixes etc. even though this is a lot of work it’s a great feeling of satisfaction when you solve a bug or problem or when your players are happy.

Now the last thing isn’t actually 1 thing, I have multiple small side projects I’m working on: GameRelocator (A program similar to Gamers Window Relocator), some macro’s with iMacros, a vHost manager for apache, and some other things. These have lowest priority at the moment but still need to be finished/maintained.

So as you can see I’m pretty busy. however I’ll try to keep updating the blog regularly whenever possible. To give a sort of ETA  the modifications for my client should be done in a few days.

So be patient and you’ll see some articles rolling in in the near future.

Regards, Xeross

So far I’ve tried mining and mission running, so I thought why not put together a PvP Rupture if I ever need one. So I’ve asked around a little and apperently Garmon’s Rupture is a good fit. So I’ve looked at my skills and downgraded everything that I didn’t have the skills for so I can equip it.

Low Power

Gyrostabilizer I
Damage Control II
Energized Adaptive Nano Membrane I
Energized Adaptive Nano Membrane I
1600mm Reinforced Rolled Tungsten Plates I

Medium Power

Stasis Webifier I
Warp Disruptor II
10MN Afterburner I

High Power

4x220mm Vulcan AutoCannon I
Small Unstable Power Fluctuator I
Small Diminishing Power System Drain I

Ammo

1000xPhased Plasma M
1000xEMP M
1000xNuclear M
1000xDepleted Uranium M

I’ll use one kind of ammo per autocannon and will upgrade any item when I have the skills to equip it. I hope you’ll leave some comments and suggestions.

Regards, Xeross