Month: April 2018

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The making of…

As a child I used to Love just watching Mom making a cake, I was fascinated with the ingredients and methods rather than the final outcome.  Licking the spoon covered in cake mixture was pure pleasure and she spotted that early in my development.

The JigSaw movie (2017) cost 10 Million USD to make and earned over 100 Million USD….I watched the movie and it sucked.  Funnily enough, this time I bought the DVD as opposed to an overpriced cinema ticket and popcorn or catching it on streaming service.  The joy of Joy, I found an excellent series of “The making of…” documentaries on the DVD that was better than the actual movie.

The most captivating was the documentary from soundtrack composer Charlie Clouser, an absolute master of his Art and probably the number one reason I’ve followed the franchise over the past decade.

Far Cry® 5 – Some days just don’t start well

To date, I haven’t seen many documentaries on the Computer gaming industry but maybe this is just the thing to crush all the cliché assumptions from non-gamers especially around gun violent, cult-themed titles like farCry5.

Family court final settlement pending

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Not ready for exams

With only 30 days to go, I’ve decided to jettison my exam plans.  There is simply too much emotional noise around me and it would be reckless to go in unprepared.

I’m 43 hours into my solo FarCry5 campaign and it’s stood up to all my expectation, the downside is the high level of chatter in the wild about the game which means it’s a challenge to avoid spoilers.  Even running co-op missions with a friend means you need re-do the mission on your own game and actually break-up your flow.

I’m running solo until the end game with the occasional co-op or Arcade.

Far Cry® 5 – Not ready for exams
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Re-calculating

Every time I jump onto a plane it’s a chance to re-calculate my life choices and look at things from a different angle.  This time around, I’ll be testing out the Google DNS alternative 1.1.1.1 from a technical and personal perspective.

1.1.1.1 for consumers should speed things up a bit and sidestep the monitoring and logging from Internet Service Providers.  Naturally, I’ll start with my PS4 and later on selected routers and servers.

Breaking up is hard to do

Leaving the default settings active is the easier thing to do and creates a nice comfort factor as things just work as expected.  Messing with your settings and configuration can cause you a world of headaches.  As usual, the best practice is backup, backup and then test your backup.  Warning: You can “BREAK” your internet connection by messing with DNS.

In the meantime, check 1.1.1.1 for a non-technical guide to a brand new cleaner Internet experience.