Machienzo's NeoDomain

Like many people, I myself happen to have my own set of pet peeves. Things that seem insignificant to others, annoy the hell out of me and put me to my wit's end. I've always felt like converting my mental 'top-list' into words, but never seem to find the time. Procrastination is a terrible thing, isn't it? Well, anyway, in no particular order, here are my top 5 pet peeves. I'll try to explain them as best I can, so you know how NOT to piss me off (just kidding!).

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Text Speak (SMS Language) in Real Life

If you're on the internet right now, and you don't know what 'Text Speak' is, then you've been living under a rock and reading from websites from over 20 years ago. I'm fine with people saying "Lol", "Rofl" and swapping a "for" and "to/too" for a 4 and 2, but when people tend to use this in actual conversations (as in face to face), THEN it becomes a problem. There must be at least one per
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I've been getting many, many PMs regarding my favourite signature, and it's ability to 'rotate' through images. There are also a few other members out there who happen to have practically the same thing, and you'd be surprised how many of them actually came to me first for advice. So, I've figured after all this time, instead of having to go through that silly process of explaining it all to them again and again, I'd just make this informative blog post and redirect it to them whenever needed. ;)

So, let's get started shall we?

First up, you're going to go to a website called: 000webhost.com, and apply for their FREE HOSTING service. Registration should be relatively simple. When you've successfully created an account, you're going to need to create a new domain. So, within your "Member's Area", click the "Create New" button.

You're going to then create a FREE SUBDOMAIN, with a unique name
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No seriously, it's a valid question. Having only just received the Fallout: New Vegas Collector's edition delivered to my doorstep hours ago, you'd question my die-hard love for the series which I have so proudly proclaimed many times before, when I can somehow find them time to make a blog entry here. Technically, I should be out frolicking within the wild wasteland but for some strange reason, I'm not as eager to play as I once was. It's ironic once you listen to my story.

I pre-ordered the Collector's Edition, costing me an undisclosed sum of money which I was more than willing to shell out.

"The Collector's Edition includes a bunch of goodies modeled after items found in the game, including a set of seven casino chips representing casinos from the game, a special "Lucky 38 platinum chip," a deck of cards with New Vegas character imagery ("Use the cards to play poker, blackjack or Cara
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It's both something to celebrate and to groan about. Just recently, I created my 50th thread in our humbly growing Fallout: New Vegas forum. What to say? Well, I guess it's understandable that I absolutely crave Fallout. The game Fallout 3 was what introduced me to the world of Fallout and actually took me away from Grand Theft Auto being my favourite series. You have to admit, that's a big thing. Before I knew I loved the game so much, I had already cranked in over 200 hours of gameplay. Sure, that might not sound too momentous, but amazingly, this was back in the day where I actually played it late at night when everyone else was asleep and only from around 11PM to 1PM. The reason being that the only way I could play it was on a PC Desktop which could barely play the game. It was a computer that was strictly NOT meant for gaming, and if any gaming was found out on it, I'd get is so muc
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It's been a while since I last blogged here. Hopefully people will read this and comment on it. Please do. :(

So, I want to know what people's pet peeves are. What's something that really ticks you off? Me, well, let's see. I don't like people who are on the phone while driving. It annoys the hell out of me. Or people who expect better for themselves because they're the minority. For example, someone in a wheelchair expecting everyone to sympathise with them, even though they're a prick. Things like that. What about you?

So lately, well about a week ago, my Laptop screen broke. The backlight for the LCD screen busted, and it was damn near-impossible to read anything on the screen. Seeing as it was going to cost a mint just to repair it, I said "screw it" and decided that I wanted to buy a new laptop. One that would actually play some games. You see, my old laptop wasn't a gaming laptop at
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Okay, so my trip finished about a month ago. I somehow lost track of my Blog and kind of missed about 3 countries. Don't worry, I plan to go through them all again through these blog posts. This one as you can guess, will be for Madrid, Spain. Let me tell you, it was probably one of the worst experiences throughout the trip.

We had a hostel to stay at for 3-4 days. It was almost impossible to find, even with many people trying to help find it; even police. What's more, it was late at night, dead cold on Christmas Eve, that we spent hours searching for this place. Some people just didn't seem interested in our dilemma. I remember when trying to approach one man in his doorway for directions to our place, that he simply turned and shut the down in my face. Literally in my face. However, soon enough we did manage to find our hostel. That was a terrible moment.

Christmas day, was extremely une
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I'd have a picture here to accomodate this post, but unfortunately, this computer has some restrictions on it. Bah.

A bit of a while since my last blog post. Currently in Oporto/Porto in Portugal. After Japan, we visited Frankfurt in Germany and then Barcelona in Spain. During our time in Spain, we managed to catch a glimpse of the football game staring FCB versus Espanyol. It ending 1-0 to Barca from a penalty.

The entire trip so far has been, well to sum it up quite nicely, cold. Averaging 6 degrees, I'm not quite used to the weather, especially seeing how Australia is climbing to as hot as 40 degrees celsius.

To all those wondering if I've found anything else Monster Hunter related out of Japan, the answer sadly is no. The places we've been to really don't have too much technologically. It has left me yearning to be back home actually. Through these travels, I've suddenly gotten this
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What a big day today in Tokyo. We had an amazing day yesterday. Where to begin?

Starting off the day at 7AM, we caught the Ginza Line Subway to the Dai-Hi (sp?) Hotel, where we had a Tokyo tour from 9AM-6PM around the city. The subway in Tokyo is extremely efficient. The trains are amazingly clean for a Subway. Windows are perfect (no grafitti or scratches), floor is completely void of litter. Something like thatyou'll probably never find elsewhere in the world.

Funnily enough, the entire tour group consisted of just my family (Adam, Father and Mother and myelf). So we practically had the entire tour and bus to ourselves. Our tour guide, Izumi-San, was a very nice lady who was a very enjoyable person and great guide; always complimenting us on returning to the bus (after an amount of free time exploring permitted) on-time, and I guess that doesn't happen often with large crowds. On the tri
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For only 3 days in Kyoto, we've found a surprising number of Monster Hunter memorabilia. Our first glimpse of the Monster Hunter Products happened to be the Nachos I mentioned earlier. These were conveniently at a small 24hr shop across the road. Needless to mention, Adam (TM) plans on keeping the packaging.

After locating the local bookstore, obviously our intentions where clear. Find any and every bit of Monster Hunter on the shelves. Sure enough, we hit the jackpot. I counted at least 6 different Monster Hunter books, and some weren't even Guide Books. To the best of my memory, there was a "Monster Hunter" Official Guidebook, "Monster Hunter G (Wii)" Official Guide Book, "Monster Hunter G (PS2)" Guide Book (Not the lack of 'Official'), "Monster Hunter Portable 2nd" Official Guide Book, and a set of children's books. Much like the classic tales you'd find in your bookstore, these ones
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So the name of the game is Japan. Right now we're in Kyoto. Sory, no photos to show just yet. Can't find a way to upload them here. Anyway, loving the place. Had a few meals including some sort of beef noodles. For breakfast, had some sort of meat patty with soup and salad. Don't get me wrong, I loved the food. I'm very much accustom to the food here, as having a Chinese Heritage has enabled me to enjoy eating Asian style foods. So what did we do?

9 Hour trip on a Jetstar Flight to Narito (sp?), Japan. Got their around 6.30PM and took to our Hostel. Got a bit lost on the way too. The Luggage we had to bring was terribly heavy, and Adam (Twin_Master) and I were the only ones carrying practically everything. One nice difference about this country is the huge amounts of vending machines you'll find across the streets. They have everything from fruit drinks, energy drinks to even hot coffee.
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