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Trout is Salmon, Salmon is Life

I know a lot of you enjoy reading this blog and I can’t help but blog utter rubbish. Today the topic is salmon, or rather trout and the similarities it shares with salmon. There’s been a lot of misinformation going … Continue reading

Who Wore It Better – Stargate or Dead Like Me?

Well I’ll be. Dead Like Me’s “Der Waffle Haus” was used on the Stargate SG-1 “Threads” (S08E18). Not entirely sure why Daniel isn’t eating his waffles though, the Dead Like Me cast ate there for two whole seasons and he … Continue reading

80kg Weight Loss Goal Achieved!

Look at that, I don’t need to slap a red line on this one, the goal line in green is more than enough to show I’ve hit my target at an average rate of 1.14kg per week for the past … Continue reading

IRC RIP in Peace

While it was an interesting experience running an IRC server and getting it all setup to work properly. It’s now defunct and removed from the McRetro.net server. Nothing much happened on it and it was taking up space in my … Continue reading

Programming w/ Visual Studio – Week 1

I’ve begun my journey into the world of programming, with no experience apart from hackery of html and css I enter onto a new journey. Below is my first program in full that I wrote. I actually made another one … Continue reading

Third Party Dreamcast Shell

I’ve bumped a smoke / sun tainted Dreamcast into a fresh new smokey translucent case. Fits in pretty well with the This is COOL Saturn. I had a Broadband Adapter (BBA) in this particular Dreamcast so I dremelled away at … Continue reading

Johnny Five is Healthy BMI

I think I’ve won this game, I’ve smashed through the weight loss and achieved a healthy BMI down from an “Obese” 35 point something. The healthy range is between 18 and 25 so I’ve just entered a good place to … Continue reading

McRetro Gaming Shop Grand Opening!

We’re live and ready to sell, operators are waiting by the phones for your order. Sega Saturn, Sony PlayStation, Nintendo GameCube and even the Sega Mega-CD have chips available for order right now. Shipping starts at $2. After something specific, … Continue reading

Healthy Rate of Weight Loss

Ideally, I’d be losing 500g – 1kg a week, in reality, it’s closer to 1.2kg a week. An impressive feat at any rate really. Look at that dip from the blood donation earlier and then the rebuild as my body … Continue reading

Vegemite – Australia’s Birthright

Vegemite, it is in our blood. Too bad it’s owned by the multinational Mondelez… that aside, while recently expanding my palette to include foods such as salmon, lemons and garlic powder – ha! I’ve come across the following beast!

Salt … Continue reading