Archive for September, 2006

Join The TechRelated.com Xfire Gaming Clan

Thursday, September 21st, 2006

Back when I was helping out with OCC, I got the idea of creating an Xfire bot (or dummy user) that anyone could add to see other member’s via the friends-of-friends feature. When I started working on TechRelated.com I continued on with that idea by setting up a TechRelated.com Xfire Ring.

Well with today’s update of Xfire (v1.63), they’ve added a nice new feature called Guilds & Clans. This allows people to set up their own Clans & Guilds in Xfire that members can join. This is basically accomplishing what I had been doing, but in a much, much better way. :)

By joining a Xfire Clan or Guild, you have a new section added to the Xfire client that will display only people from that specific group. Pretty nifty. Currently you can only join a total of three, but I’m sure that’ll change in the future. ;) Hey, why not make one of your three clans the TechRelated.com Xfire Gaming Clan? We’d love to have ya! And while you are at it, feel free to join TechRelated.com if you haven’t already!

You can find more information about the TechRelated.com Xfire Gaming Clan at:
http://forums.techrelated.com/index.php?showtopic=1204
http://www.xfire.com/clans/techrelated/

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Steve Irwin 1962-2006

Tuesday, September 5th, 2006

Yesterday morning, Steve Irwin whom many know as “The Crocodile Hunter” was killed while filming a documentary off of the Great Barrier Reef.

Like most other people, I was saddened to hear about his death, as I enjoyed watching his shows. Though, I always expected something like this to happen eventually (though I would have bet on a snake or a crock). His silly antics made his shows fun to watch, but also helped make learning about animals extremely fun.

Animal Planet will air a special tribute to Steve tonight at 6:00 PM EST.

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Happy Labor Day!

Tuesday, September 5th, 2006

Hope everyone had a great Labor Day holiday weekend. I spent mine in Nashville visiting family, and laboring. No really… I helped my grandfather, and my mother’s boyfriend work on his shed for two days.

We replaced the siding on one side of the shed, a small part of the flooring, and rebuilt the door. It looked pretty good by the time we were done, now it’s ready to be painted…. a project that I’ll have no part in. :p

We drove back from Nashville yesterday afternoon, which put us back in time for the wife and I to watch Knoxville’s annual Boomsday fireworks show.

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