Computer upgrade

In April I started seriously concidering upgrading my computer. The parts that needs upgrading are the motherboard, cpu and ram. So a big and costly affair. Along with that I'll also be getting an aftermarked cooler for a quieter computer and overclocking capabilities, as I'll probably be trying that out. Aswell as a new case with more modern features, such as better cable management, left turned harddrive bays ect. Also it will probably be time for my yearly new harddrive. As I said I started thinking about it in April but soon decided to wait untill after the summer, as I won't be using it when at parents place for summer and such, and hopefully prices will fall a bit.

So this is what I'm looking at, at the moment:

• Case: Coolermaster CM 690 II Advanced
• Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair IV Formula
• CPU: Phenom II X4 955 or 965
• RAM: 2x2 gb Crucial BallistX
• Cooler: Zalman CNPS 9900 MAX (unreleased)

The CM 690 II case is the only one with the features and structure that I want, and also looks good, while still leaving room for case modding as I'll be trying out. Therefore the color of the parts is also playing a factor when choosing them, ofcourse as long as it doesn't comprimise quality. The motherboard is a pretty expensive one and maybe a bit overkill, but I'm choosing it because of the nice color scheme, built in X-Fi soundcard, nice auto overclocking features and it has the newest chipset and futureproofed with stuff like USB 3 and SATA 3 ect. Was looking at the Zalman CNPS 9900 NT at first because of the nice look and color fitting my color scheme, and ofcourse good reviews, then saw a new version was comming which seems to fix the few bad things mentioned about it in reviews. The 965 CPU was in April when I started looking the best AMD on the marked, and still an affordable price (later the 6 core has been released, but it's still pretty expensive). However some say the 955 is pretty much as good, especially when overclocking, so might aswell save the 200DKK. The Crucial RAM is getting good reviews and still close to the cheapest ones. Was going for 8gb at first, but a Tom's Hardware article about RAM requirements made me change my mind to 4gb. More is only really needed if using multiple big applications like photoshop at once, which is quite rare for me, and can always upgrade later ofcourse.

Still might change some ofcourse if pricing changes, but I think this is very close to what I'll be getting. Might get the case and start casemodding while at my parents place for summer so I can use my fathers tools and such. The rest will probably be in August, September or when I have the money (so 2014).

Summer todo list

These are the things that I've thought about maybe doing during the summer

• Sell my moped
• Start out with some case modding
• Work on project "NAVOK"
• Finish EOL site
• Watch FIFA World Cup
• Watch Tour De France

Hopefully I'll get around to doing all of it.

New design

Got kind of bored with the old design of the blog, so used blogger's new design tool thing to create this design. Hopefully that will encourage me to write some more ;-)

Eurovision Song Contest 2010

I think the final was maybe the best show ever ;o Apart from about a handfull of songs they were all really good in my opinion. I really liked german song aswell so I'm really happy it won. Was considering betting money on it but was already minus 200€ in my account so couldn't afford loosing anything :/ There were so many good songs so I voted four times in the final, on Germany, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Armenia.

I was kinda of afraid it would be a bad final with some really bad song going to final like the isreali, russian, greece and belgium songs, and a couple of good ones not going to final like the swedish, finnish and latvian. However still a lot of good ones in final as I said.

The waiting-for-votes show was really nice this year aswell, for once it was actually not totally boring to watch. The voting was exciting aswell, not the first place, but the fight for second place, especially with Denmark in the fight. As for the danish song I really like it except the chorus which is boring and totally ruins it, too bad caus I really like the other parts of the song.

So all in all a fucking amazing show :)~

Random though on abort

The ethical question on abort can be compared to a heads up Texas Hold 'Em poker game. When you are small blind, or big blind and the other player has raised, you are considering wether you should call or fold. The flop about to come that could make your hand good or bad, can be thought of as both existing and non existing. It doesn't really exist because no one has seen it and the cards are random, so the potential hand you could get doesn't exist before the flop is shown, therefore you do not lose that potential hand if you fold, as it doesn't exist yet.

The same way when a baby is growing inside a belly it is only a potential person. It is only a certain set of genes and a biological animal, there is yet no soul. In my head what makes a person into the person he or she is, is the things that happen around and to him or her, and not the genes which merely is how a person is biologically build. So in that way a baby inside a belly does not exist before it is born.

So in the same way as the poker hand before the flop, one does not lose anything by giving it up.

Samsung B6050 LED TV

For a long time I've been tired of the noobness of my old TV, a Prosonic LCD HDTV 32''. Pixelerror, losing connection from PC, some extreme flickering when watching from antenna ect. So after reading many a reviews, forum entries ect. I was down to choosing between two TVs. The LG L8000 and the Samsung B6050. Both 37''. I visited pretty much all electronic stores in the city to try and find them so I could seem them in real life, found the Samsung a few places but the LG was no where to be found. However some time later when I had a few minutes wait for the bus I went into one of the stores I'd been in before to see if they should have gotten the LG in the meantime and to my luck they had.

After that I decided to go with the Samsung based on it's better design and the fact that the picture quality seemed pretty equal, which is also what different reviews have said, the Samsung bit better at some things and the LG a bit better at other things.

Still didn't buy it right away as I was waiting for a nice offer somewhere. Just before the olympics I discovered I have DR HD, which sent a lot of olympics, but I needed the new TV with digital tuner which my old was lacking to see it, so I decided to buy the new one few days into the olympics.

3rd Annual Golden Kopas

Best Motion Picture - Drama

Winner
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Nominees:
Nights in Rodanthe
Sunshine Cleaning
Camille
Prison Break: The Final Break


Best Motion Picture - Comedy

Winner
The Hangover

Nominees:
Ten Inch Hero
Marley & Me
Fanboys
(500) Days of Summer


Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama

Winner
James Franco (Silias) for Camille

Nominees:
Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter) for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Wentworth Miller (Michael Scofield) for Prison Break: The Final Break
Adrien Brody (Bloom) for The Brothers Bloom
Mark Ruffalo (Stephen) for The Brothers Bloom


Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama

Winner
Amy Adams (Rose Lorkowski) for Sunshine Cleaning

Nominees:
Emily Blunt (Norah Lorkowski) for Sunshine Cleaning
Emma Watson (Hermione Granger) for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Sienna Miller (Camille Foster) for Camille
Rachel Weisz (Penelope) for The Brothers Bloom


Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy

Winner
Bradley Cooper (Phil Wenneck) for The Hangover

Nominees:
Steve Coogan (Dana Marschz) for Hamlet 2
Clark Duke (Lance) for Sex Drive
Owen Wilson (John Grogan) for Marley & Me
Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Tom Hansen) for (500) Days of Summer


Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy

Winner
Kristen Bell (Zoe) for Fanboys

Nominees:
Isla Fisher (Rebecca Bloomwood) for Confessions of a Shopaholic
Lindsay Lohan (Thea Clayhill) for Labor Pains
Jennifer Garner (Jenny Perotti) for Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
Zooey Deschanel (Summer Finn) for (500) Days of Summer


Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

Winner
Matthew Perry (Mike O'Donnell (Adult)) for 17 Again

Nominees:
Bradley Cooper (Peter) for Yes Man
Alan Arkin (Joe Lorkowski) for Sunshine Cleaning
Michael Gambon (Professor Albus Dumbledore) for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Ryan Reynolds (Mike Connell) for Adventureland


Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

Winner
Bonnie Wright (Ginny Weasley) for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Nominees:
Christina Applegate (Kim) for The Rocker
Amy Adams (Amelia Earhart) for Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
Heather Graham (Jade) for The Hangover
Evanna Lynch (Luna Lovegood) for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince


Best Screenplay or Previously Released Material - Motion Picture

Winner
J.K. Rowling (novel) for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Nominees:
Megan Holley (written by) for Sunshine Cleaning
John Grogan (book) for Marley & Me
Nick Pustay (written by) for Camille