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Making the Nikon #IamGenerationImage video is a highlight of our tiny house adventure. We absolutely loved meeting these fascinating new friends and creating something together. I wrote a bit more about the project in this post. Watch the video here! We love how it turned out; it really sums up our story. (Be sure to let it load before viewing.) I'm thrilled with the image gallery, too. I took over 1000 images for this project, and these are the best of them. If you click on an image, you'll find a quote from me about the picture and then expert insight in "Behind the Shot." Truthfully, I had no idea I was doing these expert things, so I'm learning here, too.It sure is fun to see my pictures on the Nikon website! Enjoy! Simply, Hari P.S. Enrollment for the Summer 2015 session of our eCourse, Creating Your Path to Mortgage-freedom is now open. Open enrollment closes on July 15, 2015. Read about the course here! Sign up for our newsletter to be informed of open enrollment for future sessions and receive our seasonal newsletter. Share...Read More
Last month, we opened our home to the public as part of the SustainFloyd Tiny House Tour. We were happy to share our home and help an organization we believe in all at the same time. What an amazingly full day it was. The tour sold out, and 260 people toured the five homes. Some folks drove a whole day to get here! This is a testament to the growing interest in simplifying life and paring down to what really matters. Hooray for that! We met so many kind and enthusiastic people who loved our home and were grateful to us for opening it. We even got a thank you letter via snail mail. Thanks, Nancy, for taking the time to honor us with a real letter. There were people all over our hillside. My dear friends sat on our parking pad, asking for names and email addresses and directing folks to walk into the woods to see the Grandmother White Oak we are blessed with. At one point, I sat down on the deck, and looked around at all the people wandering our property. Whoa. This is not quiet and private. I'm a quiet and private person, so spending a full day exposing all the nooks and crannies of our home took it's toll on me. I wasn't uncomfortable sharing–I mean we all have underwear drawers, but the amount of interaction took me down. After six hours of tours, we went to dinner and then viewed the awesome and inspiring film, TINY: A Story About Living Small at the Floyd Country Store. Then we sat on a panel with our fellow tiny house dwellers. Hari and Karl as part of the SustainFloyd Tiny House Tour panel discussion, May, 2014. View from the big house upstairs window. Archer entertains. Karl answers questions outside while I give the tour inside. Deck full! The tour guests take the hike up our driveway. Meeting familiar faces. Shoes off in the tiny house! The panel discussion was a highlight for me. How cool to sit on the stage with our dear friends and talk about living our lives. Even though the introvert in me had to hide out in a clam shell for a week to recover, this experience was delightful. I never imagined we'd have a home that people would want to tour, let alone one we built with our own hands. At the end of the day the traffic slowed down, and some guests asked me a deeper question. It got me all philosophical. I think it was something about why would you want to build a bigger house when you are living so well in this one. I thought about it out loud, "Well, we make this work, but it's not easy, and there are things we love that we can't fully explore while living in this house. We want friends to visit and have a place to stay. We want our kids to be able to retreat to their creative spaces to paint, dance, play music, etc. We want to have space for sleepovers and potlucks, we want to host music jams in the dead of winter. It's funny, our world was pretty big when we owned the restaurant–we hosted and entertained people everyday. After the restaurant, our world became quite contained in this little house. It's been a great learning experience–helping us examine what matters most. As the big house grows closer to completion, I feel our world changing again. Moving into the big house will immediately give us a tiny house to share. We look forward to hosting bed and breakfast guests, to using the tiny house as a teaching tool, and to having more family and friends visit." The tiny house has exposed me in ways that I never would have been exposed otherwise, and I'm so grateful for this time of growth. And now I'm ready to grow into something new. I have this image of me unzipping myself from the tiny house. I step out and stand on top of the tiny house with my...Read More
I've sifted through thousands of words I wrote since moving into our tiny house in preparation for my upcoming ecourse–a step-by-step guide to dreaming, planning, and designing a mortgage-free lifestyle. I came across this essay I wrote last winter. Winter is a real challenge in a tiny house, and I am grateful for it. In the darkest time of year we can most clearly see our own light. These years in this tiny space are healing us. I'm happy to say, the pain I wrote about in this essay isn't as intense as it was then. Being honest with myself and others about the pain is an important part of healing. Opening the restaurant wasn't stupid, it was a leap, and we gave it our all. I'm proud of us for that. With the distance of time, I can accept that things don't always go as planned and see that the adventure continues. I share these words because I want to keep it real, and maybe someone out there is feeling something like this. You are not alone, and you will heal. February 17, 2013 I was falling asleep last night and thinking of my week. Karl reached for my hand. "Maybe I'm depressed, Karl." I have had a hard weekend. The temperature dropped and the sun went away and the kids are bickering like dogs. I want quiet and calm, but finding that means I have to raise my voice 'til it hurts. That's not what I want to do. I feel tired of sharing so deeply. My kids see it too. "Mommy, you have to get up so early and you're grumpy. Do you like doing it?" "Yes." But I don't know. Maybe I don't. I want to share from a deep and honest place and sometimes I have no wisdom about it. The rooster is crowing. It's 17 degrees outside. Up the hill stand giant power lines. They crackle with static and electromagnetic force. The crackle is loudest when it's humid. Sometimes it sounds like a waterfall. Last night, the kids and I were trying to decide what to do. Ella really wanted her best friend to come for a sleepover, but I couldn't handle that, my friend posted a picture of a giant pile of pine debris on Facebook. "Let's burn this. If you can see this, you're invited." I love standing next to fire, but leaving the house with temperatures in the teens to stand outside in a field where winds howl was enough to make us turn up the heat and stay put. Ella grabbed a note pad to brainstorm. Okay, we have these options: board game or yoga. We decided on yoga and the kids scurried up to their loft to grab yoga mats and dove into their cabinets to find the perfect workout attire. Archer had this zip-up v-neck shirt and he kept pulling it down to expose his chest and making a serious-guy workout face. Ella looked like a messy yogini leaping around like a ballerina. It felt so good to laugh. "Someone's yoga mat has to be in the kitchen and someone has to be on the couch. I'll be in the living room." They didn't listen and arranged all three of our yoga mats in the living room. "They fit, Mommy." "But what about when we need to stretch our arms or kick our legs?" "Oh, we can make it work." So we did modified yoga: one arm stretched and one reaching up the wall. We kicked each other in the head and dropped our legs sideways onto each other's bellies. "I told you we needed to spread out." But they just kept going like there's nothing wrong with doing yoga in a pile. Kids are so good at being present. I love that. They know how live in the moment and enjoy it for what it is. Me, I work hard to stay in the moment. I've lost the natural ability. When did it leave? I held Karl's hand and told him how sad I feel and he said, "Life...Read More
Something about this time of year brings on the reflecting. I was looking at the blog and reading December posts from the last two years. Here are the links: Ella's 2011 Winter Solstice Haikus Hari's 2011 Winter Solstice Haikus Our first tiny house Christmas A three-part series I wrote for Tiny House Talk: One Two Three Our second tiny house Christmas My worst tiny house fear happened at Christmastime last year. This tiny house living has taught me a lot. I've learned to live here and be happy. That's one warm-fuzzy good feeling. Read my book, Coming Home: Letters from a Tiny House, for an honest look at how living tiny has shaped me. I am so grateful for my readers. This writing is a lifeline, and readers, well you are a total bonus. Thank you for buying my book! A couple sweet reviews about my book from Amazon.com: "Hari helps the reader question life choices in way that is humble and offers a bold personal challenge on big life decisions." -Christy "Hari Berzins invites readers not just into her tiny house, but into her soul. She lays it all out there and speaks honestly from her heart. Her family has chosen a lifestyle that cuts out all the frill that the rest of us think we need. This book provides a glimpse into the journey the family has taken in losing everything and beginning again." -Sherry We are doing great, especially for this time of year. So for those of you just setting out on your tiny house journey, winter gets easier as you develop your own strategies for surviving. (okay, I know, winter hasn't even started yet, but I'm feeling optimistic) Here are some of our strategies: Communicate clearly. Keep it tidy! Purge, purge, purge. Get outside. Get up early. Share your story. Reflect on your growth. The sale on tickets to the Tiny House Conference ends December 31st. Get $50 off with this coupon code: THF2013. We hope to see you there. We are decorating the house this week. Stay tuned for pictures! Simply, Hari P.S. Enrollment for the Summer 2015 session of our eCourse, Creating Your Path to Mortgage-freedom is now open. Open enrollment closes on July 15, 2015. Read about the course here! Sign up for our newsletter to be informed of open enrollment for future sessions and receive our seasonal newsletter. Share...Read More
What an amazing journey 2012 has been—from the darkness and depression I experienced in January to flying to New York City to share our tiny house with a national TV audience in April, to a summer full of planting, harvesting, and canning to a glorious fall and a leap of faith. Even though so much has changed in 2012, one thing has been consistent: every Sunday, I sat down to reflect on my week, synthesized my experience into some sort of lesson, and sent an email to my letter subscribers. I have been working on my first e-book–a compilation of these weekly letters and photographs. It is exciting and scary to think about sending these words out into the world, and I'm forever grateful to you folks who subscribe to my letters and read my blog posts. It's incredibly encouraging to read your emails and comments. Thanks to all of you for following our journey. I hope that through our journey, you've found some courage and inspiration to live your intentions. We send you warm Christmas wishes and lots of love and courage! Until next year. . . Hari Simply, Hari P.S. Enrollment for the Summer 2015 session of our eCourse, Creating Your Path to Mortgage-freedom is now open. Open enrollment closes on July 15, 2015. Read about the course here! Sign up for our newsletter to be informed of open enrollment for future sessions and receive our seasonal newsletter. Share...Read More
Tiny House Family got all made-up last week for the Anderson Cooper daytime talk show. (Show airs Monday, April 9th–check andersoncooper.com for channel and time.) The whole experience was a lot of fun. I especially like how the video of our tiny house turned out, and how I am on camera with no makeup (okay, a bit of powder foundation) for the video; then on stage at the show after two hours of hair and makeup, I look like a different person. TV is made up of real people with amazing hair and make-up artists. I enjoyed the OUTRAGEOUS differences in lifestyle between NYC and our little mountain homestead. The folks at Anderson were wonderful. Thanks for a great time and experience! In talking with the producers at the Anderson show and preparing to share our tiny house and story with a much larger audience, I have had the opportunity to reflect on what we are now doing and what led us here. The topic of the show is "Outrageous Ways People Save Money." The word outrageous makes me laugh. We are not outrageous people. Before the show, we brainstormed lists of ways we save money and nothing seemed outrageous. What qualifies as outrageous? When the producer asked me for the second time to name the top three ways we save money, I couldn't do it on the spot. How could I put my ever-evolving lifestyle into 3 made-for-TV bullet points? I don't even have a TV! All of it felt surreal and ironic. Could I go on TV and say the top way I save money is by not watching TV, by not having it available for my kids to watch? Thereby keeping our minds relatively free from the wants mass media so skillfully implants. The way we save money is not summed up in three outrageous bullet points. Unless these qualify: Total awareness of wants/needs Inherited resourcefulness The desire to live life free from the weight of debt We've known huge debt and truthfully that debt will always be there somewhere in my mind. Crushing debt has driven some people to take their own lives. The out-of-control feeling is paralyzing. Looking at the mountain of debt we accumulated trying to keep our restaurant alive made me gasp for air. It made me sick to my stomach: the thought of our children growing up with parents struggling to pay a mortgage with no choices. But the truth is, there are choices. There always are. Losing everything and starting over may be the pivotal moment one needs to live a more fulfilled life. The mantra I carried with me for a long time was, "I am not my credit score." I felt like my honor and dignity were somehow tied to my ability to repay my debts. I had to work to affirm that my worth as a person had nothing to do with my debt. We accumulated this debt working our butts off to create a lively community restaurant. The failure of this dream didn't mean we were a failure, and I refuse to believe we have no more possibility. We are now dreaming a new dream and finding the courage to tell about our dark times. What has come from this is a new paradigm–a way of living very simply and beautifully. Living in our tiny house has given us the freedom from a mortgage (BTW, mortgage [French] translates to death pledge), and a whole lot of room to breathe. This helps me cope with the feeling of indebtedness: When I talked with my aunt about my desire to someday repay her (and all friends/family who came in to help when we were fighting with everything we had to keep our business alive). She said, "Don't worry about that. Pay it forward. Someday, you will do something like that for someone else."–These words soothe my soul. Our first commitment on our rebound was to never use credit again. It's been four years and it feels great! We are now paying it forward by talking about...Read More
Almost four years ago, after the untimely demise of our start-up business, we came to a place of rebirth. Previously, we had moved closer to Mama's family in Florida in order to get married and start our family. After purchasing and old wood framed two-bedroom home in a blue-collar town, we embarked on an odyssey of home renovation and family building. Through our efforts at reconstructing the house, we attained fantastic equity in the burgeoning real estate market. Costs were kept down by my scavenging the construction sites I worked on and my willingness to do all the work myself. Before the real estate bubble burst, we transferred the equity in our home into the creation of our dream; a restaurant, where our years of experience in the industry could be put on display and we would become financially independent, at least that was the plan. We worked hard for 1 1/2 years to achieve success in the eyes of the community and critics alike, but financial success never came. Unbeknownst to us, we were riding the economic collapse of 2008. Friends and family came in to help with cash and volunteer hours (a million thanks). We threw in my inheritance from my Latvian grandmother. We gave it our all. The short story is: we lost the home and business in the black hole of economic reality. We took what jobs we could find and started saving as much as possible. Thoughts of moving to a more rural setting filled our heads and we started to make plans. Through purchasing Mortgage Free!: Innovative Strategies for Debt-Free Home Ownership, we came across the basic idea of finding the best land we could afford to buy with cash, and then live in a temporary shelter while we built our larger home. Temporary or not, we knew that we wanted a decent quality of life from the structure. We were challenged. How could we do this quickly and with cash? When I found tinyhouseblog.com, I was inspired by the ideas and immediately started designing our mobile mansion. Share...Read More


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A short, sharp shot of royal revenge.
More than four hundred years ago, seven people - five of them women - were beheaded in the Tower of London. Three had been queens of England. The others were found guilty of treason. Why were such important people put to death?
Alison Weir's gripping book tells their stories: from the former friend betrayed by a man set on being king, to the young girl killed after just nine days on the throne. Alison Weir is a wonderful storyteller. Through her vivid writing, Alison Weir brings history alive.
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LAS VEGAS—Travelodge launched new room and lobby designs along with its first-ever signature breakfast item, the Travelodge Bear Claw, here at Wyndham Hotel Group's 2013 Global Conference.
All elements, from the designs as well as the bear claws, are available for immediate purchase by franchisees.
Created with the intention of staying true to the Travelodge brand's West Coast heritage while offering a hint of modern sensibilities, the new room and lobby designs were developed in response to requests from current Travelodge owners looking to renovate and enhance their existing properties.
Features in both designs include natural woods, rich leather textures, sandstone flooring and seasonal color palettes, all in an effort to create a comfortable retreat for guests, according to the brand.
Use of the designs by owners when renovating is optional and available at a cost of $2,000 per room inclusive of case goods and soft goods, according to the brand.
The Travelodge Bear Claw was tested in multiple markets over summer and is offered in two flavors (apple streusel and cream cheese). It provides hotel owners with a breakfast item that, in addition to complementing the brand's signature Bear Bites breakfast, ties in with its Sleepy Bear mascot. It is not a required offering at every hotel, according to the brand.
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Decent Hotel in the centre of Perth
Stayed here during the Commonwealth games to avoid the rip off prices down in Glasgow.
While my stay was short I enjoyed my stay. Despite arriving a bit early the staff made sure the room was ready as soon as possible. The room was a good size and in a decent state.
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Stayed here during a busy conference weekend.
Room cost was £120pn which was over the top for the quality of accommodation. Food was ok. Accidently dropped keys at a ceilidh at another hotel, they contacted the Grampian who simply didn't care (tough luck) - there are no on site staff overnight. Luckily I was able to retrace steps and get the keys or I would have been stuck in the street. I tried to call the hotel mobile number with no reply. Appalling way to treat a customer.
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Staff were very helpful and friendly.
Hotel was very quite due to being off season. Location ideal for local shopping and use of Perth Leisure Centre.
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the grampian is ideal for short break.
close to city centre. we had bed and breakfast so cant comment on meals really. in need of refeshing and modernising but stil enjoyed our break.
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Our visit was to go & watch the world bowls & The young masters bowling at Dewar Centre
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The food was very good & we had a very good choice for our breakfast. No complaints at all, we had a very enjoyable stay in Perth.
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What a PC Snob thinks of a Console Gamer...
There seems to be so much animosity or paranoia form console gamers as seen in this Jim Sterling special:
So I decided to clear the air and just come out with it. I'll speak for PC gamers in general.
Point 1: Graphics
PC gamers do not feel superior for having better graphics. We enjoy playing a game with good frames at a good resolution. It makes game play fun and helps create an immersive experience. We prefer, for the most part, to sit at some sort of desk but the high quality sounds and great graphics. Yes we pay more for them but we accept that and we are smart and mitigate the costs.
Point 2: Keyboard and Mouse
Yes we love our peripherals... true the mouse gives you pin point accuracy but all PC gamers get this benefit so the playing ground is even. The thing that console gamers have to understand is that games like Contra and Metal Gear were not designed to use the KB/M. FPS were. FPS were designed around the keyboard and mouse that's why they EXIST. SO PC gamers enjoy the optimization. We don't care about the game pad being used for FPS. We don't its fine, but we also feel that you pick your poison and that as console drives the market it only makes sense that the two platforms should have integrated play.
Point 3: Dedicated Servers
Yes PC gamers love dedicated servers. There's a reason. They are awesome. With dedicated servers you become part of a community, and make friends and great rivalries. You also get to choose the ping you play at and the types of games you enter. Its also much easier to play with friends as we can see what game they are in and just join. It's simple and works. See with a game like BF3 there will be the following types of servers:
- friendly fire on or off
- infantry only
- 32 players on a 64 player sized map
- 64 players on a 16 player map
- high ticket games
A PC gamer picks their thing. And with hackers and exploiters a good admin will kick them. NONE of this is possible in console. Matchmaking sounds good in theory but I personally like the challenge of playing better players and the servers tend to have all skill levels. PC players think that match making is fine but that ONLY having that method is needlessly limiting and we think that console gamers are ignorant for not getting the full server experience because it is really worth it.
Point 4: Cost
A PC gamer might pay more... but I have proven that it is possible to pay more on console. Early adoption, second system, repair, replacement, xbox live, no 4-pack sales, more expensive games... it adds up and can cost more since when the next gen system comes out people WILL buy it. Once the PC gamer pays her initial hit upgrading is simple and VERY efficient. It depends on how much you spent on the rig and how much the console gamer buys and what they choose to adopt.
What PC gamers think is that console gamers are ignorant because when they make comments they talk about super $1000 systems. Graphics are based on frame rate at resolution... console gamers don't seem to get it no matter how much we beat it into their heads. We think is a blissful ignorance that console gamers tell themselves to avoid adoption of a superior system. See we don't have sympathy. When PS3 came out and you bought it for $650 you could have just upgraded your PC instead. Now you claim that you don't have the $$. Well clearly it was a choice...
Point 5: Complexity
Yes PC's are more complex than consoles. Its a fact. However there are two points that mitigate the argument:
1. Buy a pre-built system: There are PLENTY of companies that sell pre-built machines that are NOT Alienware. Most PC gamers never have and never will purchase an Alienware system. You can buy a great system for well less than $1000. These machines come with great warranties and do things like ADVERTISE ON THIS SITE! Wow PC supporting a 90% console oriented site...
2. They are not as bad as they used to be: It takes some effort to figure out what you need to buy at any given time but the systems go together very quickly and easily. Yes it is more complex but its isn't hard for someone intelligent or someone who want to put a few hours into research.
Point 6: The Gaming Industry or Why do Games Suck
Well to be fair not all games suck but I remember in 1988 playing Ultima VI where there were hundereds of NPC's in the world and every single citizen did the following:
- wake up sit on the bed for a while then sit at a desk
- walk to the tavern
- eat breakfast
- go to work
- man the shop
- walk to the tavern at dusk
- sit and eat dinner
- walk home
- lock their door
- turn on their night time light
- go to bed and turn the light off.
EVERY single NPC did this in 1988. So... why has it taken more than 20 years to approach this in an RPG?
Lets look at Deus EX...
It was a simple game RPG. There was some interaction and intrigue but nothing that leaned on graphics. You were set at one end of a map, there were enemies in it and you had to reach the other end using skill you have chosen. This game could have been replicated and reborn... but why did it never happen.
Some PC gamers feel that the emerging console market of the early 2000's stagnated innovation for a couple reasons. The first being that marketing took over and tried to widen the product and thus marginalized the product. The second is that the console's limited hardware and the focus of software companies toward the mass market held gaming potential back.
Point 7: Legacy
Right now almost every single game played on console was born from the PC. Not all but almost all. The only reason they exist is because PC gamers took a chance on developers who took a chance. It was a symbiotic relationship that worked well. The modding community charged in and helped to innovate. That whole system has been ripped out except for a few European and Korean developers. In face almost all games that have been proven on PC have come to console. That's fine, but as a PC gamer it is frustrating to know, as a fact, that developers have ignored the PC platform for the money that console can provide. Its a slap int eh face to hear them lie about how they screwed their core fans and then use piracy as a red herring. It's also frustrating that console gamers don't seem to care that their innovation vehicle has been derailed. Games over the last 8 years have stagnated in regards to innovation because of console.
Point 8: The Future
This is nebulous. As hardware advances it becomes cheaper. The next gen consoles should have the capability to run at 1080P. In the mean time they are getting old. Developers will, until that time, give benefits to PC since they can. PC hardware is so far in advance at this point its ridiculous. As a PC gamer I am happy to see that DICE is sticking to its roots. I only hope that some of the old school innovation can be revived but I only see it happening outside the US.[b]
In Closing
Really in the end a PC gamer doesn't mind or bothered by console gaming. We just want to be left alone and maybe just appreciated for helping drive the kind of games that you play and love. We don't want to be marginalized and we don't like when console gamers use ignorant arguments. We don't see a reason for losing what we had and don't like it when it happens; we just want what we always had... great innovation and awesome communities.
on 06.10.2011
How to Build a PC! 2011 Style Part 3
Well well well, we have some idea that we can put together a smoking system for very little $$$. and its been this way for some time.
I believe we have consoles slowing down graphic development for this. Of Course trying to play Arma II at full settings at 1920x1200 is near impossible... damn those European developers for actually taxing hardware...
SO what do we have left? Well all the non-core components. These are things that can stick around for years and years and years. So lets check these out and hopefully help you pick some good stuff!
We are getting closer to the final build result and we can see just how spendy it can be.
In case you didn't know a computer case holds all the computer crap. Cases come in all sizes and colors and prices... and this can be confusing. Since you can buy a case for $35 or spend as much as $300 or more. So what do we spend or select?
Form Factor
Cases come in 3 flavors known as form factors:
1. ATX: This is the standard case AND there are three flavors of ATX cases:
- Full Towers
- Mid Towers
- Mini Towers
All of these cases hold an ATX mother board. Full towers usually have about 7 bays, Mid have 4, and Mini have 2. Bays hold hard drives and optical drives. Most of us don't need more than 2 hard drives and the truly frugal only need one.
2. Micro ATX: A Micro ATX case holds a Micro ATX mother board. These are small cases and can look like cubes or small towers. A Micro ATX mother board can also be placed in an ATX case (see above)... yeah it can get a little confusing. An ATX MB CANNOT go into a Micro ATX case.
(This is the size of case I used when building a machine for your editor and chief...)
3. Mini-ITX: These are ultra small mother boards and there are a variety of cases that can house them. Since Mini-ITX is one of the newer form factors there are not as many options for hardware. Do NOT get a Mini ITX case WITH a power supply, you need to buy that separately. IF the case does come with one, its most likely a small supply that does not have the ability to power your system and power hungry video card.
Suggestion: For more room go with a mid tower ATX or a Mini ATX. Also there are more choices in these. Also i would suggest trying to find a case between $60 and $100. These cases are usually built well enough to last for many years.
These manufactures make nice cases:
- Antec
- Thermaltake
- Lian Li
- Silverstone
- Corsair
I like these cases:
Micro ATX
Mini ITX
Just be sure the case has two slots for the Video Card. Most new video cards require two rear slots.
Total Price: $50 to $200
Power Supply
The power supply is arguably the most important part of a computer. A nice supply can last for years. There are two types of Power Supply Units... or PSU.
1. Single Rail: These PSU's supply all their power on one "circuit". This means that all the draw of the computer is taken directly by one circuit. These supplies tend to be more expensive since they need more parts to control the power.
2. Multi Rail: These PSU's spread the power they provide across multiple circuits. This means that if a supply provides 30 amps of power and has two rails, likely each rail will supply 15 amps. The problem is that if you need to run 20 amps of stuff, and your video card takes 10 you are wasting the other 5 amps on that rail. When using a multi rail just check to be sure that any single rail is enough to run your video card. In many newer PSU's the manufacturer has taken this into consideration.
Also PSU's can come with "modular" as an option. A modular PSU allows the user to plug cable into the back. Many don't like to use these as the plug could become loose and interrupt or lose power. However, these PSU's allow for the extra cables to not be used
For a mid to high rang video card a 500 to 750 watt PSU should be just fine.
I like this one for $50:
Hard Drives
Hmm... Just get one that runs at 7200 RPM. It a good idea to get two. One for Windows and the other to store games. This can be important as if you use Steam you can reinstall the system on the OS drive and Steam will rebuild all of your games!!!
Also be careful when you buy a small case that you can put two standard size internal drives which are 3.5". Sometimes small form factor cases only allow the space for laptop 2.5" drives.
If you choose to do this be sure to get a drive with at least 80GB for the OS.
You can get a 1 Terabyte drive for
Total cost HDD $75:
Optical Drive
There are two choices for a cheap system:
1. BluRay Player: $56
2. DVD Burner: $21
Ummm. BluRay seems good for the price... you don't need light scribe or anything like that.
Total Cost
SO far the total cost of the system is:
MB: $100 to $125
CPU: $100 to $150
RAM: $50 to $100
Video: $125 to $175
Case: $50 to $100
PSU: $50 to $85
HDD: $45 to $75
Optical Drive: $21 to $56
Total Price: $550 to $870
So a whole new computer cheaper than a new release console. It can be plugged into an entertainment system and easily upgraded. It makes sense to go lower or higher, but CPU prices tend not to drop as fast as video cards.
No matter what you build you will need put upgrade just like buying the next gen console or when you have to replace a console bc of red ring like only 54% of XBox 360's did.
So my suggestion is to replace the Video Card only after 2 to 4 years and do this twice. The core should last 4 to 6 years and the auxiliary components should last indefinitely. Optical drives tend to die faster like those who bought PS3 found out.
If you choose to replace or upgrade core components leave the mother board alone and just get a newer or faster processor. With cheap RAM prices you can always add more RAM whenever you like.
See its not so hard or expensive.
I hope this helps. PM me with any questions. I can help with all types of Intel builds. I know AMD builds can run even cheaper!!
and good gaming!
on 06.07.2011
How to Build a PC! 2011 Style Part 2
So I'm back with more stuff you don't want to read b/c you play an inferior console... its okay even Jjm Sterling has turned to the dark side... but he was tricked since his machine was purchased for video editing...
Here we go!!! We are going to build an $800 machine that can run most games at 1920 x 1080 resolution at MAX SETTINGS! The graphics will roughly be about 3-4 times better than a console as far as resolutions, frame rate, and level of detail are concerned. Also we want to build a tiny system that can double as a multimedia center.
The Heart of the System
The heart of the system is the Mother Board, Processor, and RAM. These usually have to be bought together. For Intel there are four different types of MB. X series, P series, Z series, H series, and G series. X is more expensive and G and H are for lower end systems or for multimedia machines.
SO what series of MB should you get? It depends... those who want the best will go with an X series, but these usually start at $200. P and Z boards are for enthusiast and you can get these starting at around $100. The G and H boards are for mainstream or multimedia use and can be had for $50.
The question is what type of processor? There are three types: 1366, 1155 and 1156. The number is associated with the type of socket the MB and processor share. 1156 & 1366 is older and 1155 is newer, but all allow for good gaming since the Video Card does 60% to 80% of the work.
For Intel this breaks down into i7, i5, and i3. i7 processors are a bit out of our range and generally not needed for all but the highest level of gaming. Also there are quad core and dual core processors. Quad cores are only needed for the most intense math heavy games. Its usually better to get a faster dual core over a slower quad core. Games like Crisis break this rule.
Here's the most current Tom's advice:
research above... as you can see the processor doesn't matter for squat since this game is more graphics heavy. But you can see some difference with a more processor intensive game below.
I don't know that i3 2120 is looking pretty good... at $150.
But if we want to go cheaper the i3 2100 is $125. I've seen it at Microcenter for less with in store pickup.
So lets go back to Mother Boards. Since we like this processor, its a 1155 so we need to look for a nice 1155 board.
If you want to go Mini-ITX this board seem fine at $125:
...but there are plenty of Micro ATX and ATX boards that are cheaper.
Gigabyte boards have a good rep and this board seems like a winner at $100:
The next thing is RAM!
Well RAM has always had a bad reputation for being expensive. Not anymore! I was shocked to see the prices that RAM currently is. Our machine doesn't need tons of RAM but we do want to take advantage of 64bit technology. 4 Gig is more than plenty and you can run your SolidWorks, Photoshop, and Z-Brush just fine. (well for Z-Brush I'd suggest 8 gigs...).
WOW!! 50 bucks!!!
For $50 you don't deserve this RAM in your system; its good stuff.
So now our Core System is running between: $325 and $275!!
The Video Card!
In Part 1 I want half insane to try to educate the masses on frame rate and resolution. Hopefully its sunken in and I can actually talk about video cards with some focus. This is the single most important purchase of the system. You want to get your moneys worth but also don't want to get something more than you need.
So we are going to try to focus on 1920 x 1080 resolution for the plain and simple fact that these monitors can be had for cheap. They aren't as nice as a 16:10 ratio monitor but for the $ are a much better value for most gamers who probably not educated enough to know the difference to begin with.
Okay so I'm banking on Battlefield 3 being pretty intensive. So lets see what it takes to get some quality using BFBC2 as a reference.
By doing a little research and the idea I want to spend less than $200 I found this:
The Starcraft II review below tells us how a more processor intensive game will perform.
This is essentially the same card I bought last year for $285.
New Egg has this for $150:
...and it has the faster 6870 for about $170:
Conclusion for the Core and Card
Looks like we are hovering around $425 to $500. That's pretty good to run at full settings on a 1920 x 1080 monitor.
If you choose to run at a lower resolution... YOU WILL STILL BE RUNNING HIGHER THAN CONSOLE... and can knock this down by about $100. If you want to build a larger system you can still kick this down by another $50. This is not using crap parts but highly rated and quality stuff.
I ran for years at 1680 x 1050 resolution and I was very happy with great graphics on a 8800GT video card which now sells for less than $75 dollars. I only upgraded about 18 months ago and then was over driving that monitor until i upgraded that.
The stated system above should last for between 4 to 6 years and if you upgrade the video card can last longer. You can essentially thank the console market for retarding game graphics for that. Also 1920 x 1080 is HD and this is what many games are trying to optomize for.
In Part 3 I will go over all the other machine crap.
on 06.04.2011
How to Build a PC! 2011 Style Part 1
Okay so I have to admit I'm a little beefed at D'Toid. But just a little. See last year I wrote a pretty killer blog post about how to build a PC and some info regarding the technical aspects of how PC's work. I did this for two reasons.
1. I wanted to show people that for most gamers that are moderate to hard-core a PC is actually cheaper over a 5 year span.
2. I wanted to educated console users about how to build a PC and what all these numbers and styles of components mean.
The reason I am beefed is because that D'Toid staff chose another blogger's post about machine building that wasn't as good. Now don't get me wrong, I haven't lost any sleep over it. But alas even my brother blogger couldn't get through to people about how to build.
So its a new year and due to particulars ni my life I'm considering building a new machine (machine = PC). After reading some D'Toid posts it still very clear that people are just as confused and have not taken the wonderful opportunity to learn. But that's okay. I am here to help, and like I said, it's a new year!
So where to start... Well unless you hard hardcore (which I am not) you do not keep up month-to-month with the latest in hardware. Technology changes too quickly. The best thing to do is let the experts and testers do the work for you. I choose the following sites to get an idea of what I need.
Both these sites have great reviews and BENCHMARKS. Benchmarks show how the hardware perform at tasks. This is important as better performance costs more money but we want to spent $800 for a PC and not $2000.
There are two category of components:
1. Core
2. Auxiliary
Core components include:
- the motherboard aka main board
- CPU aka processor
- RAM aka memory
- Video Card aka GPU aka Video Adapter
Auxillery Components include:
- hard disks
- case
- Operating System
- Keyboard and Mouse
- Speakers and Headphones
- blu ray player
The difference between the two is that once purchased the Core components will eventually need to be replaced, but the Auxiliary components do not. These can stay in a system after upgrade and temper the cost when the system needs to be updated.
The one thing that is most confusing is understanding what graphics you need. Graphics for a PC are based on two things!!!!
1. Resolution!!!
2. Frame Rate!!!
The reason that I put these things ----> !!!! is because I keep reading posts and people don't seem to get it. So I will use small words which hopefully will help.
When you play console, the resolution is fixed by the people that make the game. The resolution is meant to work at a specific frame rate, that way play is enjoyable. The magic frame rate you want is 34 FPS. This is because a human's eyes cannot poll information to the brain faster than this. SO ideally when playing console the graphics are at a level of detail and resolution that allows for play of between 25 to 30 fps.
For PC you need to decide what Frame rate and resolution you WANT and can afford. Now here's the good news!! Its cheap to get good graphics. In fact PC graphics blow console out of the water for very little $$. Why is this? Its because Console graphics are so poor and run at such a low resolution its not very hard to do.
Most monitors run at the following formats and resolutions:
- 800 x 600
- 1024 x 768
- 1280 x 1024
- 1920 x 1080
- 1680 x 1050
- 1920 x 1200
Most people would choose the lower 3 as 4:3 format is antiquated and even hard to find. If you are more hardcore you want to go 1920 x 1200 but either of the other two work just fine. Now you need to go and find a video card that will run at 34 FPS at this resolution. YOU CANNOT GET BETTER GRAPHICS BY GETTING BETTER PC HARDWARE! You graphics are completely LIMITED by your monitor. Once you understand this, you need to find your match. So do this:
1. go to
2. search for "best graphics card"
3. choose the: best graphics card for may 2011 link
4. do some research!
See all you need is to get 34 FPS under stress... meaning when lots of things are going BOOM! you still get good frames per second. This should be the bottom limit at your resolution.
For example:
Best PCIe Card For $175:
Radeon HD 6850 (Check Prices)
Great 1920x1200 performance in most games
Notice that "Great 1920 x 1200 performance"? This means that this card would be good if you have a monitor with that resolution but it is overkill if you have a 1920 x 1080 monitor. So lets do some more research...
So I head over to
to search for some more info. And after some digging I find this:
All I do is go to the bottom of the page and check the benchmarks for BATTLEFIELD BC 2. Since this is preferred game I want to understand the Frame Rate i will get with my monitor. I also understand that BFBC:2 is more hungry than many other games. I find this:
and this:
What this tells us is that if you are using a 1920 x 1080 monitor there is a chance that this game will run decent but might choke up at stressful times. However it looks just fine for 1680 x 1050. Also note that the benchmarks are run at maximum setting, you can always turn them down a bit to get more juice.
You can check some other games and see what their frame rates would be. Just enough is enough. Putting a $500 or even a $300 video card is stupid on a 1920 x 1080 monitor. You are wasting your $$.
So you should also start to understand that high end video cards are not needed. Only people with 2550 x 1600 resolutions or higher MIGHT need two video cards depending on desired frame rate and graphics settings.
Also since most of what runs a game is a video card we can get away with a $100 processor.
This enables us to buy a complete system for around $800 that can run all your games on max settings based on a 1680 x 1050 or 1920 x 1080 monitor. Whats more the first upgrade can just be a new video card since other core components are not needed for gaming. And when a full upgrade happens, only Core components need to be changed costing about $450. But this only needs to be done whenever you aren't getting you necessary frame rates.
In part 2 I will describe the actual building of the PC and the costs. I aim to build a mini-its system that is about the size of a console, but delivers about 3 times the graphics quality for about $800.
on 05.18.2010
Steve Jobs Hates Pr0n!
I would never have guessed that the Jobmeister wasn't a fan of the "dirty sanchez", "DP", Bukkake, "Guzzling", "salad tossing", or a "Man + Man Threesome."
It is clear that he wants the IPhone and IPad apps to be tightly controlled by what Apple thinks is appropriate. But yes even Pr0n!
Jobs you could at least leave us that!
on 01.05.2010
A Viable 10 year Lasting Gaming PC, better than any Console? Its here now!
So my last blog post had a bit of controversy attached. I stated that PC's...
..."are cheaper than consoles to own in many circumstances over a 5 year span, for moderate to hardcore gamers."
(Here's yet ANOTHER article that supports my post...)
There were some diligent console fans using many exceptions to break this statement, but generally my basic math is correct. I may follow up on this with a part II and work it out so the costing is easier to follow, but what I laid out is generally correct.
So now I say that a single base build PC is viable for 10 years!!! Well that has to be double insanity. It's not... and here I offer up some edumication...
Graphics are based on Level of Detail. This LOD is known as resolution. Most of us understand that PC gaming offers better resolution over console gaming, and to actually equal the quality of output on a console, a typical PC component cost could be under $300 easily.
Here's a chart that outlines what frame rates a $130 monitor outputs.
This indicates that a 2 year old video card (9800gt @ $170 2 years ago) is still a viable solution. Remember we are really looking for that magic 34 FPS. This is about the point at which the eye can't discern extra frames (which is generally true). There are still many people that have built PC's that have this card or a similar card they are still using.
PC parts need to get replaced as often as new technology pushes the capability of new types of software. This technology will be around for quite some time, as seeing as how DDR 2 was around for (and is still alive and well) about 7 years, we should expect to see DDR3 match that lifespan. The difference is that at intro dual channel ddr2 was vastly more expensive than ddr3.
This stuff has just released about a year ago. Now it is cheap. Also ram is easily scalable in most cases.
- Dual/ Quad Core Processors:
There are many PC's that were built that have been using true dual core processors. Since then OS and games have started to take advantage of the capability. This means that it is VERY HARD for software to outpace the hardware, and keeps the processors viable for long stretches of time.
This link shows how strong these processors perform over the years.
It's dead people. That means the traditional idea of rapid hardware growth IS SLOWING! This means that the drive is slowing and new developmental leaps take longer to produce. IE... your stuff doesn't become as obsolete as fast.
New technology is getting cheaper and cheaper. The new batch of Intel processors are coming out and they are two things...
They are full dual core models and AMD has a quad core processor that is around $100. This technology. Notice that i3-530 processor @ $123. That's a full dual core with hyper threading. Its essentially faster than anything near its price range that's out now.
In the end we can talk about building a P55 system with an i3 processor and 4 gigs of DDR3 ram for around $330 + video card.
Now here's the catch. You knew one was coming. High performance video cards are extremely inefficient based on price. Its better in the long run to buy cheaper cards more often then buying one expensive one.
So... Over 10 years you build the $330 system listed above, get a $150 video card ever 2-3 years.
We know this is likely because there are older dual core systems that are 3-4 years old and still going strong. The video card does almost all of the graphics work. YES THIS IS A STRETCH. It would be much more viable at the 6-8 year range, but based on what people are using and the frame rates they are getting with older CPU technologies, getting 30-60 fps for the next 10 years is possible!
On average the core of this system will cost: about $1000 over 10 years. With hard drives and other stuff sensibly bought at the right time we can have a system like this:
- CPU: i3 ($120) or quad core i5 750 ($200) <---- this is what I own...
- MB: p55 ($100)
- RAM: 4gb ddr3 ($90)
- optical: blu ray ($50)
- Video: xxxx ($170)
- PSU: xxxx ($60)
- Case: xxxx ($50)
total: $730 or $73 a year
Additional Stuff...
- +3 video cards every 2.5 years ($450)
- +4 GB of Ram ($80) not that you need it...
- +2 HDD's ($180)
total: $710 or $71 a year
grand total for complete system: $1450 or $145 a year
grand total for bare bones: $1200 or $120 a year (this assumes owing a PSU, Optical, HDD, & Case)
on 12.21.2009
Which is Cheaper? PC or Console? you might be surprised...
Now I'm not gonna say that PC's are better. Everyone has to make their own choice when ti comes to gaming, but PC's are better at many many aspects of gaming and are also cheaper. Essentially anything a console can do a PC can do to (except for split screen) plus more.
Here's an article that outlines this:
Now the idea of being cheaper is based on situation, but for the hardcore or moderate gamer, the PC is cheaper over a 5 year span. I know its hard to believe but I've crunched the numbers and will review them with you.
The rules: Here are a few things that we are gonna assume.
- Console early adopter, for one system
- Owning two consoles
- Nice PC, but not killer
- Early game purchaser
- That everyone already owns some type of PC (you are posting here!)
- A 5 year cycle time
- Not including monitor cost or TV costs
So the new console just released and you decide its time to upgrade your PC. You buy a decent MB, 4 gigs of RAM, a new processor, and a Video Card. The sound and LAN are onboard the MB and you use your old HDD's, OS, and Optical drives. You use the mouse, KB, and head phones(or speakers) you have sitting around.
Cost: $475 dollars
You buy 30 games over the next 5 years ( not including Steam sales): -$300 or more! over console. Steam generally offers nice sales and 4-pack deals, often very close to the time, or during the time of release . I got Borderlands, L4D and L4D2 for $111 while most console gamers paid $180.
In 2.5 years it might be time for a new VC.
Cost: $175
You own some type or (paid to upgrade your system) of computer: $300?
The two consoles (one was purchased right off): $600 (I'm being very liberal here should cost more...)
Extra controllers: $80 (one for each console)
30 Games: +$300
XBL: $250 (some families will double or triple this!, and and not all games support split screen, like Borderlands. SO int eh end the situation is exactly like PC.)
PC: $650 (and you get two video cards!)
Even if I'm off a few hundred dollars (or you change the base configurations) the costs are plenty open enough to justify my point.
This still leaves $880 for the PC gamer to get new stuff like OS, new HDD's... or completely buy a new system from scratch. Blu Ray players for PC are only $60. In addition Micro systems can be built that are roughly the size of a console that are just as powerful as standard PC's.
The PC graphics would most likely be able to play at 1680 x 1050 and 1929 x 1080 (OR EVEN BETTER!!), which is SIGNIFICANT over console gaming.
But no split screen for PC. :(
Remember its just as easy to hook a PC to a TV as its is a console, and you can save $$ by watching HULU (over DVR), and can use the XBOX controller while relaxing on your couch. It a shame consoles are so expensive, b/c I might just get one.
on 12.07.2009
PS4 Hardware Rumors
Wow! so it looks like Sony might be taking the direct route and taking care of their hardware inadequacies early on. Now they just have to work on getting a more streamlined approach to getting software developed for it.
Though I seriously doubt that the "TBDR" video technology will be 3 to 5 times better then what ATI or NVIDIA can put out; but we can wait and see.
No mention on cost. Since the PS3 launched at $500 could this be higher? You are getting into the PC range there, since a pretty kick as PC can be bought for $600-$800 depending on current components owned.
It appears that console gaming will continue to be more expensive than PC gaming over the life span of the console.
There are several forum discussions:
I was kinda surprised this hasn't been posted yet at Destructoid, Sorry if it's come up already.
on 11.25.2009
Deus Ex 3 is a PC Exclusive
I figured this was fitting news for the PC section... Finally. Though Jim Sterling getting a PC is hard to beat...
Very cool that the complexity is up there to knock consoles out of the running. Maybe they will dumb it down for console in a half a year or so. The first Deus Ex game was so awesome, hopefully this will fall suit. No game since has been made like it. It had everything...
- Persistent stage to stage
- Hit locations
- A great story
- Character upgrades that affect game play choices
- Integration of those choises in an interactive world
- Non-Linear gamplay
- Great stage maps
- Long story and lots of play!
It seemed that many games would follow this scheme, but non did...
Well at least some good news for PC. Hopefully something can be done to help the console out with this in the future.
on 11.24.2009
PC Hardware New i5 & i3 32nm Architecture Announced!
pentium G6950 @ 2.8 GHz 3 MB L3 no turbo boost 2 cores/2 threads, -about $85, 72 watt TDP
core i3 530 @ 2.93 GHz 4MB L3 no turbo boost 2 cores/4 threads, -about $120, 72 watt TDP
core i3 540 @ 3.06 GHz 4MB L3 no turbo boost 2 cores/4 threads, -about $140, 72 watt TDP
core i5 650 @ 3.2 GHz 4MB L3 w/turbo 2 cores/4 threads, -about $170, 72 watt TDP
core i5 660 @ 3.33 GHz 4MB L3 w/turbo 2 cores/4 threads, -about $190, 72 watt TDP
core i5 670 @ 3.46 GHz 4MB L3 w/turbo 2 cores/4 threads, -about $270, 72 watt TDP
This looks good for those that need an upgrade but don't want to pay much $$.
So a brand new system with:
- 2gb of DDR3 ($40)
- Processor ($120)
Could cost $280 (even less for more basic parts!) and would be viable for over 4-6 years. Add a nice video card for $150 and you have a Smoking system that would well out preform a console in gaming for about the same price.
Remember, for PC gaming the video card does most of the work so its always better to place less $$ into the bare bones and more into the video.
Now the 32mn allows you to overclock the crap out of these things. So really if one was to take advantage and get (free) core temperature software (to monitor the temps), you could replicate a much higher end stock system.
The future looks bright. Better technology cheaper.
That i3 530 looks pretty sweet to me! Remember these are street prices actual prices may be 10% lower.
on 11.23.2009
IW MW2 wont let you make mods but they will steal them...
So after some searching I came across a very interesting fact.
IW held a contest for PC gamers to create new maps for MW. The maps would be sent in and they would name their winners. It appears that winners were never announced. There were also problems with the contest as the submit dates were changed up and no one was notified.
I first learned of this here:
Here are the images posted from that link.
Now they are not exact. But from what I believe, IW took the original COD4 map and "lightened" it for the consoles. But the design is uncanny. Now remember, these images are from the same map just looking at different points. From a design perspective it would near impossible to recreate this either from memory or by guessing. The intent of the MW2 is clearly copied.
...or stolen.
Here's the famous IW community manager himself... no notice of winner on his blog.
This link shows the original notice that is no longer available on IW's site.
...a frustrated DToid Blogger...
If you look at the 3rd post down on this page; this was spot on!!!
So. Contest went up. People made maps. No winners. Maps added to MW2.
Its really frustrating to the PC community, because they steal the mods made from COD4 and use them in MW2, but do not allow for any new modding to happen in MW2. Its kinda like saying, "Thanks for the sweat and history PC. See ya later!"
Thanks IW for stealing from the PC community to give to the world. At least say thank you after the rape.
on 11.12.2009
aaarrrggg... PC hacks available, IW anti-hack Impotent
This has not yet been independently verified, but it is something that PC gamers knew would come. Hacks are all but impossible to stop. Punkbuster seems to do a decent job (not great), but other anti-hack clients have seemed to fall behind very quickly.
In the end if someone wants to cheat, they can. Soon all those XBOX cheaters (that were caught) will be able to re-flash the firmware or get a new chip to get back online and the cycle will continue.
The self regulating, dedicated server communities (some bad and some good) cannot do anything now as before. On PC someone who can hack (it will happen) can get away completly until an update is provided.
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I am a PC gamer. I have a water cool completely custom case that I hand crafted from raw materials and PC DIY parts. The case is one of the smallest 3 120mm radiator cases that exists. I have a modest computer inside. The non-water cooling parts cost about $650 dollars and I upgrade the system about every 3 years and the video card about every 2 years.
I have been gaming all my life. I started with simple LCD portable games and we eventually got an Atari which I played the dickens out of. NES was too played until my fingers had blisters. I bought a PC in 1988 and have not looked back since (well except to play karaoke with my ex-wife). Games like Civilization, Battle of Britain, Ultima IV, Leisure Suit Larry, and Wing Commander took my heart.
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A movie about Drizzt Do'Urden (D&D Forgotten Realms) with a decent director, direct involvement by the writer R.A. Salvatore, and some decent actors (Game of Thrones cast?) could make it not suck.
That would probably be the best shot, but the Forgotten Realms violate modern Intersectionalist dogma, so it won't happen. (Good light-skinned elves and bad dark-skinned elves? The SJWs would throw a fit. Never mind that Drizz't doesn't fit that stereotype, they'll just say that is tokenism. Same reason that C.S. Lewis's The Horse and his Boy will never be made into a film.)


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Possibly pregnant after negative blood test?
I am almost 2 weeks late. My breasts are extrememly sensitive and at certain times I feel sick. I had a blood test done when I was 4 days late and it was negative. Here I am a week later and still no AF. I keep expecting it and nothing. I am still crampy like it could come. What do you think?
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I have had the same symptoms and my period was late 2 and a half months after so many negative pregnancy tests i went to my obgyn and good thing i did because i was diagnosed with PCOS which was causing my periods to be all over the place and thats why i havent gotten pregnant yet but thankfully she told me its not a big deal i just have to take some meds she prescribed to get my periods regulated so i can start having kids. For anyone that is late more than a month and a half with negative pregnancy results go to your doctor and see what is happening sometimes it can be a false negative and sometimes it can just mean there is something wrong.posted 02/15/2015 by a BabyCenter Member
Yes if your blood test is positive, you are definitely pregnant! The hpts are much less accurate. Ignore them. Go in asap to get an ultrasound! All those symptoms with a pos blood test= pregnancy. I never had a pos hpt and I am currently 21 weeks 2 days! Pos blood test, pos U/Sposted 10/15/2014 by a BabyCenter Member
For the last 6-8 months I've had regular periods. My partner and I are trying for children and I'm currently 8 days late which never usually happens. I'd I'm late I'm usually only 1-2 days late. I've been having nausea, back ache and cramps. I've taken 4 hpt tests which all came back negative. I went to the doctors yesterday for another urine and blood test and both came back negative. I'm feeling very frustrated about this and wanted to know if this has happened to anyone else?posted 10/06/2013 by taylamariehall
I too have the same issue my last period was 06/29/2014 and until now i still don't have my period. I have taken A LOT of hpt test 2 of them came back with a faint positive line and the rest of it came back neg and 1 blood test and all came back negative as well. Ive had nausea, sore nipples, a little cramping, headaches, frequently urination and bloating. I went to my doctor on 08/04 and i was told to wait another few more weeks and retest again if im pregnant and if not they will give me something to regulate my AF. If anyone out there that had the same situation and actually found out that they were pregnant can you tell me how far along did you find out you are pregnant or test positive? Ive spoken to several nurses and they said it might be still too early to test and that if iam pregnant i would be on 6 weeks. Im so paranoid that something else might be wrong with me or if i am really sick. PLEASE SEND SOME HELP ON MY DIRECTION BEAUTIFUL LADIES!!! I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE ITposted 08/15/2014 by mrszramos
Thank you Mommyzgirl90 for sharing your personal story!! I am very uplifted by your experience. I too received a BFN on both 1 blood test and urine test. I'm VERY regular and ttc. At the moment, I am now 11 days late and have never been late unless I was pregnant & refuse to take horomone's to bring down my AF when I've NEVER had an issue before now. I was upset and started to feel very confused at first by the missing AF and the neg tests. I just have a feeling in my heart of hearts...I'm going to wait it out and will post an update when I find out for myself! Have faith and don't give up!!! All things are worked out in time!! Blessings & Baby Dust to everyone :)posted 03/10/2012 by Virtue2Luv
i should be around 9 weeks and 4 days pregnant right now. but i am still not getting a positive blood or urine test. i have all the same symptoms that i had when i was pregnant with my son. when i was pregnant with my son he didnt show up on any test til i was 9 weeks pregnant. my last MP was may 23rd, 2014 and its now july 30th, 2014. i had a blood test around when i should have been 7 weeks pregnant and my doctor wont do anything and wants me to wait another 6-8 weeks before he will do anything. so i am going to be finding a new doctor because if i am pregnant then something could seriously happen or be wrong with the baby. im really concerned and right now i have no one to help me figure out what i need to do. can someone help me. i have nausea all the time, heatburn, sore breast, fatigue, insomina, mood swings, and even though i have nausea i am still always hungry and im in the bathroom urinating a whole lot more and now i cant even make it to the rest room because it comes so fasposted 07/30/2014 by snhenderson1990
Until I read this I though I was going crazy. Me and my fiance have been trying for a baby and when I didn't t get my period this month I thought we had finally done it. So I took an at home test...negative. Then I waited a few days and took another....negative. so I decided to get a blood test which, like all the other, was negative. But I was having a hard time understanding it because it doesnt make sense. Between my symptoms and this feeling I have in me, I just know im pregnant. Im omly at week 5 so hppefully ill get a positive test soon.posted 07/10/2014 by a BabyCenter Member
I'm on the same boat. I miscarried on March 2014 (my first baby) Starting from June, we were trying to conceive again. I was supposed to get my periods on 16th June. Now its already 23rd June and I do not feel that I'm gonna get my periods. But at the same time I feel preggo and I have almost all the symptoms. I have taken a bundle of urine tests and a blood test today. But all came negative. I'm so frustrated. I obviously feel that I'm pregnant. But I have no way to prove. Madnessposted 06/23/2014 by a BabyCenter Member
Please help. My husband and I are trying to conceive and this month I am 25 days late. I have taken 6 home tests with one showing a faint positive. we both got very excited but when I got the blood test done (at 15 days late) the result was negative. I was told I am not pregnant however 10 days later still no aunty flo. Should I take another home test or just keep waiting?posted 01/03/2014 by a BabyCenter Member
Ok, so I am according to all "traditional" baby calcs 5 weeks pregnant since my last period. What drives me insane is, is that really how far along I am? I had severe stomach cramps back in Dec 2013,to which my primary care said I had some bacterial infection gave me antibiotics and took an x-ray. Before the x-ray they tested for pregnancy just in case. That test was negative, but about a week later (Jan 6) I decided to take a HPT and it was positive. At this point I was 5 days late. Then just to be sure a few days after that I took another HPT, which was also positive. I am not sure what to think because if the blood test was negative then I was ( according to all traditional due date trackers ), 3 weeks pregnant why would it be negative, and how many weeks pregnant am I really?!! I don't do another official blood test until this Wednesday, but I have all the symptoms and no peroid. My OB says she won't see me until I am at least 10 weeks and that appt. is schedule 2/6/14.posted 01/13/2014 by sandyblair
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My name is Domino Harvery. {EDIT *dizzying* CHOP} My--my--my name is Domino Harvey. {CUT, CHOP} My name is Domino Harvey. {EDIT. CUT. Playback}
Never have I seen a director take so much flack for his style before. By now it is evident that most people do not appreciate Tony Scott's choppy, flashy, dizzying editing technique. If I have to choose between loving it and hating it, I'd say I love it. It was borderline distracting at times, but the end result was pretty good and it's nice to see a director with a creative edge to his style and some originality (even if it borrows heavily from MTV videos).
This stylistic edge manifests itself as Keira Knightley plays the role of cocky badass bounty hunter Domino Harvey and even her dialogue seems strangely choppy. Otherwise she plays her poorly because I pretty much hated her character and did not sympathize one bit with her, no matter how much she suffered. We follow Domino through her life as she joins up with fellow bounty hunters Mickey Rourke, Rizwan Abbasi and Edgar Ramirez. The crew become tangled up in the FBI and suddenly has a reality show contract under Christopher Walken's TV production company (what is Christopher Walken doing in every film, by the way?). I guess that is a clever film technique, because now Tony Scott is free to use as much flashy MTV/Reality Show editing footage as he likes. It becomes a pastiche of MTV culture at this point.
It followes then that the story is told at an amazingly rapid-fire pace, with lots of raunchy strong language and gun violence. There are some funny jokes; it's all very modern and surreal at the same time. It's a mess, but it's a rather enjoyable mess. It is ultimately flawed in so many ways (the actors try too hard to make their characters "cool", for one) but it works. I give it a weak 7/10 which may seem generous when compared to the general consensus of movie-goers who graded this film but I feel it had some good ideas and executed them well.
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The daughter of an actor father and a social-climber mother, Domino Harvey, bored with her life, decides to join the team of Ed Moseby and becomes a bounty hunter. But she gets in trouble when the Mafia's money is stolen from an armored truck, while Moseby and his crew are participating in a reality show produced by Mark Heiss. The situation gets out of control when the sons of a rival mobster are kidnapped while the FBI is monitoring two gangs of mobsters.
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My name is Domino Harvery. {EDIT *dizzying* CHOP} My--my--my name is Domino Harvey. {CUT, CHOP} My name is Domino Harvey. {EDIT. CUT. Playback}
Tony Scott's Postmodern Masterpiece
" Domino " has been widely condemned on this site for its frenetic editing style and " sickening " photography. It's detractors cite its superficiality and criticize its deployment of " style over substance" I couldn't disagree more. I believe that " Domino " represents the absolute height of Tony Scott's film-making career.
After having created the dominant Hollywood action movie style throughout the late eighties and early nineties Tony Scott has moved progressively closer to a more subjective style of cinema. As early as "Crimson Tide" Scott used his stylistic talent to portray the inner worlds of his characters- the claustrophobia and drama inherent in the conflict on board a nuclear submarine was embodied in the excellent use of long lenses combined with dutched-angle framing. This was then carried through to " Enemy Of The State" and "Spy Game" which visually represented the worlds of surveillance and espionage respectively.
" Man On Fire" was an extreme departure , a move into an expressionist more painterly aesthetic. Here Scott used an antiquated hand cranked camera and flash frames to express his character's explosive rage . Although not entirely successful it introduced the techniques which were to find their full expression in " Domino"
Couched in the framing device of an FBI interrogation " Domino" presents the life of the infamous bounty hunter via her narrated disjointed fragments of memory. She grasps at memories as we all do- in fragments, flashes and brief snatches. As Domino relays her story verbally Scott relays it visually illustrating not only the events which she describes but also the point of view which guides them. She does have " traces of mescaline" in her system but her individual vision is anyway Unusual -that of an woman who eschewed the life of luxury for bounty hunting.
It is when Domino begins to relate the events which lead to her captivity that Scott really lets rip. Together with Cinematographer Dan Mindel and composer Harry-Gregson Williams Scott orchestrates a postmodern canvas of contemporary Americana. Gradually we begin to realize that unusual though she may be Domino is no more disjointed than the "90210" culture she has rejected. As she wades through this cultural melange Scott makes his viewer more aware of the innocence which it destroys through the underprivileged children which the narrative introduces. Ultimately Scott portrays their salvation as the only escape we have from this surreal trip.
To criticize this movie for being overly stylized is akin to criticizing a Picasso or a Pollock for not representing that which is recognizably human. Like any great painting the meaning in " Domino" is in the surface and the surface is everything.
I am not in any way associated with Scott Free but have always been and will continue to be a huge admirer of Tony Scott's work
A little editing would've been nice.
My reaction to Domino is about as mixed as the mixed race flowchart that Mo'Nique presents on The Jerry Springer Show during the movie (I know, that doesn't make much sense unless you've seen the movie). I dare you to not laugh once she starts introducing terms such as Blacktino, Chinegro, and Japanic. I suppose if you suck at the teat of political correctness then you might not get the joke, but otherwise it's one of the funnier scenes in the movie (the running 90210 joke being the funniest). At this point you're probably wondering what in the world Mo'Nique, Jerry Springer, mixed flow charts, and 90210 have to do with a movie about bounty hunters. It's a legit question. All I can say is welcome to the unconventionalism that is Domino.
I didn't mind the fact that this isn't very conventional, but at times it does feel a little convoluted. By the end of the movie I was pretty clear regarding what was going on, unlike the 'tard in front of me who couldn't decipher the concept of flashbacks, but the script does feel unnecessarily complex. Yeah, the movie kept my interest and is fairly entertaining, but it was just begging for tighter editing. Trimming about 20 minutes would've made the story stronger and the narrative more fluent. My guess is that Scott was experimenting and just couldn't bear to get rid of anything (Tom Waits' cameo especially felt unnecessary).
Tony Scott's made a movie that appears to be something he and his friends could most enjoy while under the influence of substances of a dubious nature. I can deal with the frantic pacing, the quick camera cuts, and the strange coloring, but is it really necessary to show characters saying the same line multiple times from different angles? Sometimes it's all just a little too weird for the sake of being weird.
One of my biggest complaints is that we mainly know that Domino is a bounty hunter because she tells us about 24 times in her narration, which starts to grate on the nerves after a while. I would've preferred to see a little more focus on, you know, her actual bounty hunting. SHOW us why she was a really good bounty hunter; don't just tell us over and over. I was expecting some really cool scenes with Mickey Rourke and Keira hunting down their bounty, showcasing the technical side of the hunt, and wrapping it all up with cool, tough-guy (and girl) bounty hunter stuff. Maybe a little sniping here, a vicious beat down there. Sadly, it never came.
Do I remind everybody that I'm a reviewer by pointing out in every single review that, "I'm Johnny Betts. I'm a movie reviewer"? No, I do my job and show you what it is that makes me a movie reviewer!
"By writing crappy reviews, Johnny?"
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