The Asylum - Asylum Blog (RSS Feed) The Asylum - Asylum Blog http://www.the-asylum.com/blog/ Pixie installed @ http://www.the-asylum.com/ en http://www.the-asylum.com/files/images/rss_feed_icon.gif http://www.the-asylum.com/blog/ The Asylum - Asylum Blog (RSS Feed) Help a good friend... http://www.the-asylum.com/blog/permalink/help-a-good-friend/ http://www.the-asylum.com/blog/permalink/help-a-good-friend#comments/ Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:44:00 -0600 Dr.Oopy cancerresearchgraemenorgate http://www.the-asylum.com/blog/permalink/help-a-good-friend/ Hi there.
A good friend of mine is running his balls off to raise money for Cancer Research UK.
If any of you kind folk would like to make a donation, please visit:
http://www.justgiving.com/Graeme-Norgate
Many thanks for this, it means more to us than perhaps you realise.

Tagged: cancer, research, graeme, norgate

]]> http://transformr.co.uk/hatom/http://www.the-asylum.com/blog/permalink/help-a-good-friend/ Sons Of Anarchy... http://www.the-asylum.com/blog/permalink/sons-of-anarchy/ http://www.the-asylum.com/blog/permalink/sons-of-anarchy#comments/ Mon, 12 Jul 2010 14:44:00 -0600 Dr.Oopy sonsanarchy http://www.the-asylum.com/blog/permalink/sons-of-anarchy/ ...is what the A-Team should of been.

Tagged: sons, anarchy

]]> http://transformr.co.uk/hatom/http://www.the-asylum.com/blog/permalink/sons-of-anarchy/ Nonsensical Speed Limits http://www.the-asylum.com/blog/permalink/nonsensical-speed-limits/ http://www.the-asylum.com/blog/permalink/nonsensical-speed-limits#comments/ Fri, 21 May 2010 10:10:00 -0600 Dr.Oopy speedlimit http://www.the-asylum.com/blog/permalink/nonsensical-speed-limits/ Ok here's the deal. In my country (UK) our urban speed limit has typically been 30 Miles Per Hour (MPH).
For whatever reason, I've now seen 20 MPH limits cropping up all over the place, recently including my local area.
Look at it from a drivers perspective, this is really bad for a few reasons:
I can no longer safely overtake a push bike.
My car uses more fuel being stuck in second gear.
Emissions are higher due to higher revving gear.
If I can change gear to 3rd, nearly always have to get back to second again.
The gearbox in my car will wear out quicker.
Now this may be a tad on the extreme side, but I still feel there are some valid points in there.
Why is it reduced to 20 MPH anyway?
For increased pedestrian safety?
Here's a spoof youtube video demonstrating how higher speeds can actually be safer :)

Tagged: speed, limit

]]> http://transformr.co.uk/hatom/http://www.the-asylum.com/blog/permalink/nonsensical-speed-limits/ STATS! http://www.the-asylum.com/blog/permalink/stats/ http://www.the-asylum.com/blog/permalink/stats#comments/ Sat, 17 Apr 2010 10:31:00 -0600 Dr.Oopy XPscreen1280x1024 http://www.the-asylum.com/blog/permalink/stats/ This is really just one of those 'Huh!' posts :)
After checking some of my web stats from various sites it seems that a considerable majority of people are still using Windows XP with a screen resolution of 1280 x 1024 or LESS.
XP doesn't surprise me entirely but the screen resolutions do.

Random post over, carry on.

Tagged: XP, screen, 1280x1024

]]> http://transformr.co.uk/hatom/http://www.the-asylum.com/blog/permalink/stats/ New desktop wallpaper site... http://www.the-asylum.com/blog/permalink/new-desktop-wallpaper-site/ http://www.the-asylum.com/blog/permalink/new-desktop-wallpaper-site#comments/ Sat, 27 Mar 2010 18:11:00 -0600 Dr.Oopy babesdesktopwallpapernetbook http://www.the-asylum.com/blog/permalink/new-desktop-wallpaper-site/ A new site with a good selection of desktop babes wallpaper for your netbook (1024 x 600).
Check it out HERE.

Tagged: babes, desktop, wallpaper, netbook

]]> http://transformr.co.uk/hatom/http://www.the-asylum.com/blog/permalink/new-desktop-wallpaper-site/ Latest mix for possible use on Electronic Rumors dot com http://www.the-asylum.com/blog/permalink/test/ http://www.the-asylum.com/blog/permalink/test#comments/ Sun, 24 Jan 2010 11:26:00 -0700 Dr.Oopy musicmixelectronicrumours http://www.the-asylum.com/blog/permalink/test/ My latest 'lectro mix. For possible use on Electronicrumors.com

Electronic-rumours-jan2010-mix-P5 by p5ymon

Tagged: music, mix, electronic, rumours

]]> http://transformr.co.uk/hatom/http://www.the-asylum.com/blog/permalink/test/ Xbox 360 Modern Warfare 2 (MW2) not finding games, NAT issue or not? http://www.the-asylum.com/blog/permalink/xbox-360-modern-warfare-2-mw2-not-finding-games-nat-issue-or-not/ http://www.the-asylum.com/blog/permalink/xbox-360-modern-warfare-2-mw2-not-finding-games-nat-issue-or-not#comments/ Fri, 08 Jan 2010 05:23:00 -0700 Dr.Oopy XBOX360ModernWarfareMW2MW http://www.the-asylum.com/blog/permalink/xbox-360-modern-warfare-2-mw2-not-finding-games-nat-issue-or-not/ Lots of people are suffering with the XBOX 360 version of Modern Warfare 2 not finding games. Myself included.
After filtering through some of these posts, there are some answers to this that are not suitable for everyone. I thought I'd post my findings in case they are useful for other people.

Ok the main fix for this is related to NAT and opening ports, and will only work if you only have one XBOX in the house. If like me you have housemates with XBOX's, this fix unfortunately will not work.
Without going into the specifics of assigning IP address and specific router set ups, all you need to do is bind an IP address to your XBOX from the router settings (so the XBOX is effectively at a static IP address), leave the XBOX network settings on Automatically Assigned though, as the router will deal with this. Now set up the following open ports for the IP address you assigned to your XBOX:
UDP/TCP: 3074, 53
UDP: 88
TCP: 80 (NOTE - may clash with the web setup of your router, but as this is purely the HTTP port address you can probably safely leave this off and let NAT take care of it)
Ignore other published advice about opening ports for one XBOX and setting another in the DMZ as, if your routers implementation of DMZ is correct, simply will not work. DMZ *should* bypass any other port rules and effectively stick one of your private IP's on the other side of the router. However in my experience, several router manufacturers just don't implement DMZ correctly.
If you have done this correctly, and your router is actually doing what it is told,  you will have no problems finding games on MW 2. However this will only work for a single Xbox and will prevent any others in your household from connecting to XBOX Live. Sucks, I know.

Now as far as I can tell this may be a specific problem with MW 2 as other Live games seem to work correctly by just letting the router take care of things via NAT.
Personally I used a Draytek 2930 router, which in my opinion is one of the best routers you can buy without going into the big commercial realms and spending thousands on one. Plus it happily handles our 50 meg connection.
I've recently raised a technical support query with Draytek in regard to XBOX Live / MW2 but have yet to hear.
More news if I get any further.

Tagged: XBOX, 360, Modern, Warfare, MW2, MW

]]> http://transformr.co.uk/hatom/http://www.the-asylum.com/blog/permalink/xbox-360-modern-warfare-2-mw2-not-finding-games-nat-issue-or-not/ Unreal Engine 3 For Free? http://www.the-asylum.com/blog/permalink/unreal-engine-3-for-free/ http://www.the-asylum.com/blog/permalink/unreal-engine-3-for-free#comments/ Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:59:00 -0700 Dr.Oopy unrealengine http://www.the-asylum.com/blog/permalink/unreal-engine-3-for-free/ If you've ever wanted to get stuck into game creation, why not use a next gen engine such as Unreal Engine 3?
Why not, they've released it for free :)

http://www.udk.com/index.html

Well not quite, seems this is just an Unreal Development Kit - there is no actual game or engine source code here. Shame really, that truly would of been awesome :)

Tagged: unreal, engine

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