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Well this is my Blog. I try to write one daily, but I might not always be able to do so. I hope you enjoy it.
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29Aug 09So almost another month since I blogged last. A lot has happened in my life and yet so little. Got sick twice, went to a few parties, saw a few movies and all stuff like that. In general, I think that it was a good month.
Thing is this, I had this month off at work and everything to study for my last exam which will be next Friday (yes it's crazy to have an exam right before the new semester works. I hate the people who come up which such crappy schedules). It's not like in the US or so where you have all exams in two weeks - here they get spread over the whole summer...
I have quite a few problems with the topic and I worry about the exam on Friday...
Due to my work position I was able to get the final release of Windows 7 and install it on my notebook. It certainly is interesting and it looks like so much that Vista couldn't do is now solved in this version. And it indeed uses way less resources. I like that. So far I only have it on my notebook not yet on my desktop because I plan to replace that one with a high end system once again. However I'm not yet sure if I shall spend so much money on a new PC or not.
What I also plan to buy is a new mobile phone and the first of which I think can compete with the iPhone. Check it out here. Don't get me wrong, I grew up with an Apple, I am an Apple user (although use PCs as well), I just don't like the iPhone much. For me that's just an iPod with phone function. That phone promises some nice stuff.
In other tech stuff, I turned my back on Fedora OS, since they don't appear to be able to get an installer working for me on any of my computers. OpenSUSE crashes once I upgrade to KDE 4.3 - so I ended up with KUbuntu. It took me a heck of a long time to get the PXE server configured to get it working. No wonder when there are typos in the example code on their Wiki page. But finally I got it working.
It certainly was a strange summer for me here. I worked full time for two months, had several though exams, some I passed, one I didn't. As I wrote above, I did a lot this months - and one thing sticks out - no holidays.
Now in mid-September semester starts again. As I still have the urge to get away, even if only for a couple of days, I have organized a few trips now (as finally I could find people who have time to come along). Only (long) weekend trips, but still. For starters I plan to go to the IAA, Europe's biggest car show. That will be mid-September. By the end of the month, I'll be traveling to Amsterdam to have some fun there. And then by the end of October my annual London trip is up again. And more surely will come around to keep me busy till Christmas.
Here on the site the only staff member that really appeared to care is gone and a new one came and was lost in the dark hole aka the nowhere. We at least got the back to episode link back after cast submissions, but now we no longer can import cast.
It's obvious that somebody is constantly working on the site, as minor things change quite often. Still the lack of communication of staff with the users and the failure of keeping promises (new cast form announced by danmod, as example) is just taken to the extreme.
In June I was in the team that built a new website for the place I work for. Before we went live, we tested for one week and could proudly say that we didn't encounter any major bugs, because we caught them. What is happening here is just ridiculous. Here people forget to add simple tags or decide to switch meta tags for no reason which mess with the site. I don't get it.
What surprises me most is how long this site has survived so far.
I think that's all for today. Thanks for reading and take care!- Posted Aug 29, 2009 2:31 pm PT
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4Aug 09Yeah it's been a while, but with the blogs down, I expected that when you create a new one, either your old ones would be lost or the new one when restored. I was right, the new ones got lost.
Not much happened around here. I missed my last exam because I was sick, got results for my CAE English exam. I only got a B, because they gave me a really bad grade for the speaking part. The task there was "talk with your partner about some pictures provided to you" - well what when your partner refuses to do just so? Exactly: you're screwed. Just what happened to me...
TV.com messes up the episode tab, the blogs and makes a desperate attempt to find new editors, when more and more are leaving instead of trying to keep people around...
TV.com apparently hired somebody that now spams Facebook people with "news". Seriously invest that money into a tech guy!!
Not much else to report around here. I wrote a couple of recaps and try to stay on top of the currently running guides. Not always that easy...
But now I have almost an entire month of to study for an exam and I really hope I'll find some time to submit a bit more around here...
Also considering buying a new PC, but I hate to spend so much money for what I really would like to have... as you guys maybe remember from my last PCs I bought, they are always the latest on the market what comes with a price.
Take care!!- Posted Aug 4, 2009 2:54 pm PT
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27Jun 09So from the four exams I had so far, I failed one, passed one and think I did well in the two others. I'm supposed to study for the next one already, but somehow I'm not motivated enough currently.
So things are pretty mixed around here.
Staff finally is fixing stuff around here. I'm expecting great things from the new cast/crew submission form. It almost sounds too good to be true! I really hope we won't see any new major bugs due this - but then again this is tv.com...
I'm planning an incredible expensive three day trip in the end of September - mainly to go and see a concert. Not sure yet if will happen, as I don't wanna go alone and have yet to find anyoneto share the trip with.
Interesting is that flight prices are as low as never before. Especially if you wanna fly business cla$$ It's like 10 bucks more than a regular ticket currently!
I've not been watching a lot of TV, but I love the new BBC series Personal Affairs! It's excellent and has such a hot cast!
Sadly the series has only five episodes.
Then I started with the second season of The Girl from Tomorrow, something I wanted to do for a very long time now. The first recap is in as well.
Take care!!- Posted Jun 27, 2009 3:27 pm PT
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17Jun 09I'm not much around anymore these days, simply because of my exams. Today was the longest one, took the entire day. Tomorrow will already be the next one. I'm really freaking out about the one from tomorrow, simply because the one tomorrow is the most important one and I feel unprepared. However I'm so tired right now, I can't study more, I can't go to bed yet, so I write a blog.
The site finally fixed the submission history. At this pace, we'll be bug free at the year 3000!!
Well lets talk about TV for a moment. I'm barely watching anything these days, but I'll try to catch up after tomorrow.
I still owe you guys the last recap of The Hills. I'll get on to it this weekend.
Hotel Babylon returns for a fourth season this Friday. The banner the show received is highly interesting, because I don't recognize a single character on it!!
iTunes suddenly wants to "update" my music to DRM free music. I might do that, as I don't know how long that DRM will be supported by Apple... What I think is shocking is that they want money for such an update. What I consider more interesting though is that I can't update all my music - about five albums are no longer available on iTunes. The music companies always complain not to sell enough anymore these days, but when still more than half of the music I listen to isn't available on iTunes (or similar service), I'm honestly not surprised!! They claim not to have licensed such music for my country, but heck, when you don't offer it, nobody will buy it!! With the internet we have become a global village - act accordingly!
Take care!!- Posted Jun 17, 2009 12:31 pm PT
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1Jun 09So I enjoyed a day off (public holiday here where I live) before I start to work full time for the next two months starting tomorrow.
Especially June will be a difficult month, with exams and work ahead. I have planned basically every minute of it already. That's also why I decided not to ask the girl out (what I wrote in my last blog) - simply, because I couldn't fit it into my schedule!!
It's seriously a sad story! Maybe I have a chance when this month is over... maybe. Maybe I missed my chance, who knows...
I'm receiving a lot of subs these days. However I have a problem with most of them. For example I receive a cast submission. Nice, 12 people added or so, then I go and watch the episode myself as well and see that there are two people missing. I still accept the 12 cast people, but I'm annoyed that I have to go and edit the cast list myself. It's actually more work to figure out who's missing than to compile it entirely. Still I don't want to reject a good submission. It's just eye catching how often exactly that happens (with many different people submitting!)...
For Robin Hood some people are really upset apparently, because they don't agree with the tv.com rules. They want the official BBC episode summaries listed at any cause. The best attempt is (comment) "this is not from the BBC!". Aha. I google it anyways, guess what the first hit is? 100 points for you if you guessed the BBC website!
Last night the season 5 finale of The Hills aired (it will be repeated today, sorry that I originally put it up for today in the guide! I guess it's a nice episode, but nothing outstanding.
I'm really surprised that the series will go on in fall without Lauren. I mean how desperate is MTV to continue a show when the main cast member is gone? I know MTV is struggling financially, but if this will be a success to earn some money? Sure so far the show has been the most successful in the station's history, still...
I reduced my TV watching to a minimum. About one episode a day in average these days. Still I barely find time to study properly...
I hoped Secret Diary of a Call Girl would return this summer, but it looks like it will be the end of the year till it returns.
The new Doctor Who companion was revealed. With a new doctor, I actually might tune into that show again.
Torchwood is around to start again, so is Weeds. Weeds really has to improve over the last season or I seriously consider stop watching.
What else is there? With the semester being over and many friends leaving for the summer, I'm somewhat alone here... I plan to sign up for a gym to at least stay fit over the summer. I wonder how long I can keep it up to actually go.
This blog is getting long... and I hope not boring
Take care!!- Posted Jun 1, 2009 2:42 pm PT
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26May 09It's been a while again.
However I do have a couple of minutes to write a blog. Important days are ahead of me.
To start with tomorrow I got my first exam of an entire row.
TV season has ended luckily, which freed up a lot of time for me to study.
So some comments on that topic:
I loved the ending of House and Bones. Not special enough where the comedies in my eyes: How I met your mother & The Big Bang Theory. They could have been regular episodes and you wouldn't notice a difference.
Then what else?
The Tudors is finally getting interesting again (aka more nudity ) - plus The Hills will already end it's fifth season on next Monday!
However that show will go on for a sixth season, although without Lauren.
Next: I finally have become editor of Robin Hood today after a couple of days delay due the tv.com bugs.
Not really what I wanted, but I try to keep up with it. The guys in the forest finally entertain again after a weak season opening.
Otherwise staff appears to have disappeared completely! It never was so quite from there side in like ever!
What else is going on?
Starting from next week, I'll be working full time again to earn some money.
And I'll be making a final attempt to score a date with a girl I really like...
Yes two big things to handle tomorrow. And I honestly don't know which one causes more stress.
Let me know what you guys have been up to! There aren't many blogs out there anymore...
Take care!!- Posted May 26, 2009 2:48 pm PT
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10May 09Yeah I'm still alive if you wonder about that.
I just haven't blogged in a while. I just don't have the time anymore right now.
In other words, I've been studying hard for my upcoming exams, but I've been also partying even harder in the last couple of weeks. I'm out basically every night of the week, so I'm not home anymore to blog and make submissions. I've been updating the current running guides and I'm also recapping The Hills (latest one should be up in a couple of minutes after this blog).
Then there's some other stuff going on, but details at another time...
Some comments on some shows:
Terminator: TSCC - I didn't like the ending of the series at all.
Chuck - hopefully the series goes on, otherwise I only liked the very ending of the last episode.
Bones - amazing again after a couple of weak episodes this season.
House - maybe the best episodes ever this second half of the season.
Southland - going downhill fast.
That's it for today. Hopefully we'll all catch up in our levels tomorrow.
Take care!!- Posted May 10, 2009 2:41 pm PT
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19Apr 09An incredible week has ended for me. I went to a party every single night of the week. And most of the time I had so much fun, I came home way after the sun went up!
That's also the main reason, I wasn't really active on tv.com these days.
However I managed to get a few recaps in. Especially those for the current The Hills season.
My discovery regarding tv this week is Krod Mandoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire. A completely stupid crappy trash show. But I love it! I actually can't believe that I like such a crap, but I do. Well maybe it has something to do with the constant alcohol in my blood this week. 
I'm undecided if I shall myself some new computer hardware or not. The list of stuff I'd like is huge and the price tags on most things isn't small either. I'm just not sure if it's really worth to upgrade now or if I shall wait another couple of months.
Take care!!- Posted Apr 19, 2009 7:54 am PT
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9Apr 09Well today tv.com was offline for several hours. Not a single explanation from staff to it. Nice.
On Tuesday it was the first time in ages I managed to make over 100 subs in one day! I was adding crew to Brookside. I got through three seasons. Now I'm back at the cast lists. I started with season 59 today.
Over here ice-hockey is already in the final series. The finale is currently 2:3 in the best of 7 series. And this year is the first year it is broadcasted in HD. I love it. I really do love it. Plus the team I like is ahead now.
I'm considering buying tickets to the ice-hockey world championship this year which takes place about one hour away from where I live.
Otherwise I'm sorry I haven't recapped the two Hills episodes yet. Since MTV puts them online later than they used to, I couldn't recap them on Tuesday and since I didn't had time to do so. Maybe tomorrow, but I can't promise anything.
Happy Easter!!- Posted Apr 9, 2009 3:14 pm PT
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4Apr 09So I read staff blogs - they go on about that thing will keep changing here and stuff, but that they want to keep the database, just focus on the videos for now.
OK.
Why are people so much against change around here?
1. Every time things get broken or lost.
2. Every time things get more difficult to use.
3. The site does not improve with a redesign.
Now imagine a redesign where the display function (like the special guest stars) finally gets fixed - or an improved cast addition form. Imagine some of the things we've always asked for would be presented in a good looking redesign.
I loved the change between tv.com 1.0 and 2.0. Sadly what we've seen since is one mess after another.
Once tv.com finally manages to make a real improvement to the site with a redesign, that's when people will stop protesting. However currently I see little chance for that to happen.
Since April 1st I got a new boss at work. Don't know yet how good that will be, but I hope things will remain good.
I watched The Reader - and was highly disappointed in the movie. Certainly the cast does a great job, but somehow I found no connection at all to the characters - everything appeared to be pieced together weirdly and stuff missing. I don't know, but I didn't like the movie...
The latest episode of Bones was highly disappointing as well - maybe the worst episode of the entire series in my eyes.
Don't forget to tune in for The Hills on Monday. Two episodes!
Take care!!- Posted Apr 4, 2009 3:13 pm PT
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30Mar 09So the new layout which we only could partly preview has been rolled out. I should have suspected so with all the downtime in the past couple of days. The result is the worst thing this site has seen in like ever.
The episode summary pages are now completely blank, expect for the summary. Cast is now hidden as well as trivia, notes and that stuff. Both really, really bad things (especially thought the cast).
Completely gone is now the lifetime number on that page as well. For ages we only had that one, now it's completely gone. Really, really bad.
In addition, the icons for editor, TU, retired have been replaced by an ugly text. In the case of the TUs it's not even working right now.
It's a sad, sad day for tv.com - when it goes on like this we'll end up like mp3.com - dead.
Hope dies last...- Posted Mar 30, 2009 2:36 pm PT
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29Mar 09So in the past couple of days I somehow managed to watch more tv than in the days before. Don't really know why, despite being at work and everything.
So I finally unpacked the Firefly BluRay set I bought a while ago and watched the entire series, plus the Serenity movie.
I just love that show.
Otherwise things are going quite well here. I finally settled with my new university schedule and everything. Work is not as easy as it used to be. Tons of work now.
In other news, I'm somehow not pleased with my current computer. It's absolute high-end - it still is after a only few months, but I don't have enough SATA ports. I only have 6, but would need 7 to properly upgrade my system. So I'm thinking about buying new stuff again (already). I really had hope that this current system would hold longer, but I made some mistakes when I planned further development in my needs.
The site is having some major issues as it appears. Last night all I got was the message the site was offline. I don't know, but this site appears to be on hold right now. None of the bugs get fixed, no new features, it's like time stands still at the moment. I'd like that if the bugs wouldn't be.
Take care!!- Posted Mar 29, 2009 3:07 pm PT
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25Mar 09I'm blogging in the afternoon, something special.
Well as I'll be out tonight, I decided to blog now, as there's enough to blog about.
First of, I celebrate a new level: Level 86 (finally). I barely made submissions lately and have some difficulties getting back into the whole thing again. I managed to work some Brookside cast lists where I ran into some strange JavaScript errors.
Plus I wrote the first recap for Grownups season 3. I hope to write a few more soon.
Next big news is that The Hills season 5 will start on April 6th. I can't wait for it. The previews look so good. However I'm not sure how good I'll be at handling the guide as I don't spend so much time around here anymore. I'll try to do my best to keep things on the high level I managed for the past two seasons.
Then watching TV:
I love the current episodes of Saving Grace. Episodes 2x08 to 2x11 I've watched now after the break. Christina Ricci as guest is brilliant. Sadly only for three episodes. Still all four episodes so far have been simply excellent.
Take care!!- Posted Mar 25, 2009 5:50 am PT
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22Mar 09First I want to share something with you guys:
Kill Bill in 1 minute.
Then life has been good this week. I was out several times with friends, hanging out and stuff.
I like it that things are good currently.
On TV:
I loved Terminator: TSCC (ep. 2x19)! Maybe the best episode in the entire season so far.
Smallville (ep 8x16) is playing again with Clark and the second half of this season actually is much better than the first one as well.
In other news, Robin Hood returns on Saturday to the BBC screen, while The Tudors will return in early April. Both shows I can't wait to return.
Take care!!- Posted Mar 22, 2009 3:09 pm PT
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16Mar 09For the first time in a month I did make some subs apart from updating running shows with basic episode submissions. I didn't make many. 16 to be exact. However it felt good to get back into it, despite it was only Brookside cast. I finished season 56 now and moved on to 57. I plan to do a couple more tomorrow and then keep it up daily and hopefully to get back into submitting again, especially with recaps and stuff.
What else is new around here? Not much I guess. The trailers for The Hills season 5 look exciting. I can't wait for it to air.
Then on TV a few comments:
Terminator:TSCC is going downhill now. I don't like it anymore.
I finally watched the end of Lex Luthor in Smallville which I thought was a nice episode.
Take care!!- Posted Mar 16, 2009 3:22 pm PT
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10Mar 09So I've been trying to catch up on everything I missed in the 5 days I was gone. Especially today I had some success.
I must say CSI with Taylor Swift was certainly a highlight. I really liked the episode.
Then The L Word waved goodbye with a brilliant season, however I was left a little bit confused by the last episode. Still very nice.
How I met your mother introduced a new character - a bit too fast for my taste. On the other hand a brilliant episode of The Big Bang Theory with Summer Glau. Speaking of, her own show T:TSCC is a bit weird currently - at least I think so.
That's what I'm currently thinking and watching. I've cut back a bit on TV and focusing on what I can keep up with.
I just don't have enough to say anymore to blog on a daily basis. Maybe I can keep it up on a weekly basis. I'll try my best.
Take care!!- Posted Mar 10, 2009 3:57 pm PT
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4Mar 09So how is everyone doing? I landed about 2 hours ago and I'm already blogging.
I had 5 very, very nice days. Despite it was a city trip, I'm back home pretty relaxed. Well at least I am, abis82 might see that a bit differently.
Sadly I can't post a picture of us as she wouldn't let me take a picture of us (or her). Just so you know who to blame.
So what else is going on around here? Let me know what I missed! I might not have time tomorrow to catch up already. I have to do some homework which I forgot home...
Take care!!- Posted Mar 4, 2009 3:14 pm PT
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27Feb 09So I'll be gone for 5 days, so don't expect me to check into my queue or my PMs.
In other news the lights switch is here. I like it with the dark border around the white content.
However what is of bigger concern is that there's yet another redesign on its way!! When you check the new beta layout on the show pages. I'm freaking out. How often do they want to make a new layout?!?! They still don't fix the bugs, but they have time for a new layout. But for what??
Then the preview for the (last) / fifth season of The Hills looks really, really interesting!! If they can keep it up what they promise, then this will be the best season ever.
Take care!!- Posted Feb 27, 2009 3:03 pm PT
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24Feb 09So tv.com staff shows less activities than ever in my eyes. No bug fixes, no changes - simply nothing! Not even know created bugs. It almost looks like nobody is working here at the time!!
Instead of watching TV, I spent most of my weekend studying and helping Dan with his website. You can see the result here. I think it looks quite good.
What else? I just spent an hour on Skype with iamlateef talking about tv.com for his college project. So if you wanna participate, I'm sure he wouldn't mind if you could spare one hour of your time for him.
I can't wait for the weekend to come where I finally can fly away for a couple of days holiday. So expect me not to check my queue for Saturday till Wednesday/Thursday.
Take care!!- Posted Feb 24, 2009 3:11 pm PT
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21Feb 09OK, I'm back at university since exactly one week and I'm already counting the days till the next break. It's totally crazy. Luckily for me the next break is Carnival break and that's in 7 days.
So only one more week to go.
5 days away from home doesn't sound too bad, does it? I think everything is pretty much set now. Everything is booked, some stuff planned. And of course I won't be alone. I'll be meeting anbis82 there. Maybe that's crazy, but I honestly don't care.
I'm sure we'll have a great time together.
What's on TV?
CSI is trying hard to build up the new main character. I like it, but somehow the focus suddenly is on the characters rather than an interesting story. They have to be careful about that.
Terminator TSCC provided us with a difficult episode. Not sure yet what to think of it.
Take care!!- Posted Feb 21, 2009 3:18 pm PT
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