Hey guys, long time! :) Been busy starting an IT company with my awesome pals have a lot of projects of which I would be willing to share with all of you in due time. Tonight before I hit the sack, I decided its time I do a bit of blogging with this ol' rig of mine before it goes offline for a couple of days.

My Machine

 
 I own a Dell D620 its really old and as you can see from those highly descriptive images its an old bugger! Well it wasn't my cup of tea, but I think it was the best thing that my dad has ever done for me by giving it to me as a hand me down. :) . Its as old as when XP first came out, I got it at around June 2012 and it had a dual boot of Windows XP and Ubuntu Studio. The first thing I did was upgrade it to Windows 8. Yes, you heard that right, that hunk o junk can handle that shit. My modded rig has an upgraded ram of 3GB, 320GB HDD and lots of duck tape by my TLC.

Well Anyway, this weekend am doing a full upgraded to 8.1!! Yes, yes its not out yet, but I can handle the RTM version thats been leaked out. and I do have a key. ;)

And am going to be upgrading everything!!! Software-wise that is. Here are a couple of softwares you expect on my rig.

1. Office 13 Pro Plus Full Activation
2. Visual Studio 2012 and 2013 Beta
3. Eclipse 4.2 (Juno) + Java 5update40
4. Brackets Sprint 30 and Sublime 3.0 Beta
5. Adobe CC and a bit of CS6 Master Collection
6. Eset or Norton AV
7. uTorrent
8. Android Studio + Updated Android Tools(4.3) + Phonegap and Cordova
9. Filezilla
10. Vmplayer IBM DB2 + Cent OS 6 
11. Daemon tools
12. VLC v2.0.9 + ITunes
13. Plex Media Server + Servio (for my DLNA Needs)
14. R-Studio
15. IDM + Chrome(adblock + tampermonkey + pocket) + Firefox
16. Dropbox + Google Drive
17. DomDomSoft Manga + Anime Downloader + CDisplay
18. Picasa Photo Viewer( The best viewer out there hands down)
19. Skype
20. Unity 3D 4.x

PS I'll be dual booting with Linux. Not sure which one yet maybe you can help me out. :( am checking distrowatch

Now you might be wondering why I posted such a long post and encouraging *ahem* P*r*cy. Well first of am not encouraging it, I just can't afford it yet. And the way things are going, I will have to afford it and will buy it - together with an ASUS ROG Laptop to go with those stuff.
This post is mainly for if you wanna know what kinda software I run on top of my hardware as everyday software, a kind of guiding light. :-) Well anyway gotta go, and start the long backup! especially those 'micro-files' in the Android SDK that will take the whole night. But I got work arounds! by Sunday Morning, I'll be having everything!
Adieu!
Computer Name (Avalon)
HDD - 320GB
Windows Partition - 100Gb by 1.024 (bits n bytes) aka KorraOS(Dedz to Legend of Korra)
Linux Partition       - 20GB   by 1.024 (bits n bytes) aka AxleOS
Data Partition        - The Rest                                  aka Junk       (Cuz it really is Junk)

PPS: My New Nexus 7 is coming Next week and am proud to say its fully paid! So I'll be doing an unboxing and also putting a custom rom in it... Maybe Paranoid Android... (Love those guys) anyway, this is Windows 8 so al stick to that

I Love Windows 8!






That's it :). Its fast, fluid and super cool! Even with the negative reviews towards it, I still feel it was a good change of pace. I have been interacting with Windows ever since the dos era (Am a 90s kid though) then I went ahead to windows 98, NT(Loved it), 2000, then XP/2003 Srv and finally Vista came up. I remember pirating my dad's AIO disk then installing it on every machine I could get my hands on. This is where I started upping my skills and becoming a tech guru (thanks Google). Sadly It was a huge flop! Then Windows 8 came and I was amazed. At that time I didn't have a comp of my own so I just installed it and saw the kiddish faces guys would have as they interacted with it. Time flew I joined uni then I got a hand-me-down comp that had windows XP!! I jumped straight to Windows 8.People said that it could not handle, but we proved them wrong.
Anyway, that's the analogy, for now, I will just give you tips on how to install Windows 8 on your machine and how to activate, hactivate and pirate-activate it. I do not advocate it (mine is original :-p ) but we live in a 3rd world country and frankly speaking we are hasoras. Later on I will expound in detail on all things 8. I am giving tips since I recognize the fact that most people find it difficult to make the big move or they do make the big move, do it the wrong way and end up killing their machines. Which is just sad. So worry not Superman is here!

So what am telling you are working solutions, not that I invented them or anything. So let me just thank our fellow human beings who came up with this solutions. Arigatou gozaimesu! I will not mention names or hot link them. This is a kind of disclaimer. I go ahead to say that, the software supplied here is not hosted by me or am I in any way affiliated with them. Knowledge is good. Its how people implement it that is wrong.

And I hereby invoke my Freedom of Knowledge and the right to share it. :)

There are three kinds of ways to activate your windows. I assume that you have already installed Windows 8 Pro on your machine.

1. Pirate Activator

This method is brutal. It changes stuff in the registry and windows/system32 directory. But its the simplest. You just extract the files in the folder given in the link and start with the first one. Make sure to right-click and run as admin. After it has restarted do the same with the fix and run it as admin. Done! Voila. Your 8 is now fully activated. Note however that if by some chance you choose to run any kind of Windows update, your copy of windows might be identified as not genuine. But if you play it smart, your good to go. :)

2. KMS Nano

Its simple but slow. Extract this file, right click and run as admin. Afterwards, go to your, task manager and observe two services called KMS Nano. It will take around 20-30 minutes the one of them will disappear, then restart your machine. What it does is, it creates a virtual activation server on your machine then lies to your lovely windows that its the real deal. Afterwards, Windows thinks that its the one and opens up to the kms server who is a total player. Once windows has been rid of its innocence, the kms server disappears without a trace, leaving windows with a broken hactivated heart. :-p . Now this is a good one and so far doesn't bring issues. So far...

3. Permanent Activation.

Now this is the real deal. Its annoying, slow and so brain numbing but afterwards its the best thing that ever happened to you. The instructions are too long so I will summarize, but there is a full tutorial in this folder. 

What happens is that there are two methods of activating windows, internet activation, where your machine communicates with the original kms server at Microsoft but windows have been kind enough to provide an alternative method for those who do not have a stable internet connection.

The requirements for this method are, an internet connection, skype, and your brain.

You have to be really alert and careful. The keys are usually blacklisted from time to time, but this is the internet, there is always a disgruntled Microsoft Employee willing to go with the Ubuntu philosophy.

You just have to look in the right places, or drop a comment below, I would be much obliged to assist.

And that is the end of part 1. :)

Adieu

Been working on a project for school. The road was long and dreary.. the trials n errors I had to go to, to reach this point.. only few lucky bastards know. The term 'msoto' (broke) and 'despa' (desperate) come to mind. I just hope the little footprint I've just made in this world will echo throughout as the trials I had to go through.
This is my first game... free everything and some cracked or tweaked complements to Open Source code out there. Am not saying that its great or epic... All I'm saying is that this is just the begining to what I hope will be something more.. check out the game ... Its a port of the old shooter 1945 as taught by Allan Zhou(sshhh dont tell 'em TA's) I made a few tweaks myself like the background...(obvious!!!) the difficulty is medium but I'll create a tweak that will make attacks come in waves with increased difficulty. If there is anything... and I mean ANYTHING that you would like to say... please feel free to say so below at the comments section. :) adieus n goodnight.

1945 Game Port - IS School Project : Link

You don't see epic things everyday... Just finished downloading this and its awesome for a first impression. Check it out.... :)

February is coming! I believe myself a hopeless romantic... at least I used to be.. dusting off them red attire.. cheap roses.. and wait!!! whats this???? CES 2013, a company announces this n I just go gaga for it!!!
 Love at first click... (forgive me babe) :)
For specs check out this page. cc: Razer Edge Pro
Hot damn!!!
Again this post is pointless. But I have freedom of expression! Pointless expression. I have no right or responsibility to anyone so I can do as I see fit.
I'm not an activist.. Didn't have much to say. Wanted to check how paragraphing works. :P
But I promise, soon this will be the i$ht!!!! Be patient..... laters.

What every download freak needs...

1. Freakishly fast Internet.
2. Adblock.
3. Google Chrome.
4. Download Manager.
5. A torrent client. Preferrably..
   uTorrent-3.3.exe (1.0 MB)
6. Their Heads...(Investigative and Intuitive).

And that's basically it... This post is not informative, AT ALL! I'm just trying to get my blog training wheels off the ground... :)