April 2010 – Page 10 – Something Odd!

Clean ball point pen off your LCD easily

Several months ago my son grabbed a ball point pen off my desk and with glee scribbled on my LCD monitor. I was of course upset and researched the best way to remove the offending marks. Various methods and potions were recommended but I didn’t do anything about it. I got used to the scribbles, although looking at a web page with a white background was always annoying.

Eventually I asked again and Alex recommended Isopropyl Alcohol. Today I remembered that advice and asked for “i s o alcohol” in a chemist. I received a funny look in reply but she figured out what it was. She brought over a box of “Alcotip Swabs”. 5c each so I bought 4, just in case.

Did it work? Did it what! The swabs dried out quickly and it took two to clean the ball point pen marks off the monitor but it worked exceptionally well! I hardly had to apply any pressure as the alcohol dissolved the pen marks with ease. Here’s a gallery showing the pen marks (not so well), and the swabs. These things work really well if you have ball point marks on your screen!

I got a cheap USB keyboard to use with m…

I got a cheap USB keyboard to use with my PS3 and Xbox! Nice basic model from Sweex that cost me €9.99 and even came with a message from Leon!

PS. I also finally cleaned my monitor. In games I couldn’t make out the ball point pen marks at all but they really bugged me while doing any work or browsing the net.
PPS. The “XCM Multi-Consoles Component Cable V3” from Play Asia is still “Preparing order” 5 days after ordering it! Argh!

Congratulations must go out to Bruce Eve…

Congratulations must go out to Bruce Everiss who never gave up in his attempts to uncover the truth about the online game Evony.

The Chinese company finally threw in the towel on day two of the trial in Australia. Here’s hoping that’s the end of it and Bruce can get back to normal blogging.

The company abruptly abandoned its case against Everiss, which was being heard in the supreme court in Sydney, halfway through the second day of the case – and is now facing a legal bill of A$114,000 (£68,800) for the defence’s costs.

In a statement put out by Benjamin Gifford, the “vice development director” of Evony’s legal and intellectual property strategic division, the company said that it would not pursue the case in Australia or elsewhere. He told the Guardian that the decision had been driven by criticism from players of the game. “A lot of our players expressed opinions about the lawsuit,” he said, “and we reacted to that.”

Everiss, who lives in Coventry, declared himself “relieved” but noted that a quirk of the Australian legal process means that the case is not concluded until Evony pays a second tranche of A$80,000 of costs by 12 April. If it does not, the case reconvenes.

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The best Modern Warfare 2 montage

Could this be the best ever MW2 montage? Brilliantly edited and keeps you watching the whole way through with a thumping soundtrack. Nice job Yoblacksheep (via)

Congrats to Geoff for winning the March …

Congrats to Geoff for winning the March Madness competition! Great Modern Warfare 2 video too.

I sprint around corners too much. Always in a hurry to get killed, is me.

PS. check out my first post on the new games blog by myself and guys from work.

Spawn trapping parachutists in Bad Compa…

Spawn trapping parachutists in Bad Company 2. This is so mean. I’d have left the game or tried to move sideways back and forth to dodge those shots. Probably wouldn’t have helped much however.