Hello to the world out there, I’m back… even though in reality I’ve been here all along, I’ve been back for the past few weeks quite intensively working on things behind the scenes and behind closed doors.

There’s been a lot going on both with the development of www.spikedeffect.com and my life, and to be honest there is so much to catch up on that I wont be able to cover everything in a single post, unless I really want to bore you to utter death.

For this post I’ll cover the two major things that have happened (or is happening in the case of development) in the recent past / present and without further ado… here goes.

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It’s been, well let’s just say “a while”, seems that things this year got chaotic and as with everything in life part of the blame must be mine, along with other aspects in life.

Last time I wrote here was many years ago… or at least that’s how it feels, unfortunately commitments in my personal life and university life have stopped me doing as much as I would have liked on www.SpikedEffect.com and this blog.

I’m sceptical about how many people will still be reading this blog, but just in the odd chance that I have a solitary fan out there that has been waiting so long for an update, this entry is for you.

I’m currently sat on a train to London Euston as I draft out this blog entry (which may actually end up being finished on the return journey to Manchester), and it seems the perfect time to let you know about what’s going on in my life apart from it being totally chaotic. So with baited breath I start my ramble…

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Hi there all, after a bit away I am back, I apologise for the delay in writing here again, things have been tight in time as of late and certain things really didn’t help either, for this post as there really is a lot to cover, I’m going to split it into sections as I have done previously when I have had a lot to say.

I’ll cover DDoS attacks on the server, development on SpikedEffect.com, the PSP homebrew scene developments and links to promised pictures of concerts, So hold tight… and here goes…

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Yes, believe it or not I am actually still alive, after a while away I’m back to abuse the freedom of speech that is commonly called blogging. A lot has been going on, both in life and in public affairs, with me being in my final year things have been very busy, its about time I actually wrote something here.

To make up for the lack of posting for so long I am going to make this entry pretty long, as there are quite a few things I guess I have to have a say about (what’s new there hey?), so I will try and break this entry up in a manner that is easy to follow and read.

So read on about the Cyril Paciullo (Patchou) MVP Saga, Sony’s possible mistake(s) with the PS3, PSP Homebrew developments and my gripes with EA Sports and particularly problems with Fifa 07…

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It’s been a while since I’ve posted I know, and it seems every time I do, I say I’ll post more often and then I get dragged onto other things in life which deter me from writing here, but I think this time I do have a pretty reasonable excuse.

Last time you heard from me I was sat in Dubai airport waiting for a plane to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and that was the start to the first of my holidays.

I had 10 days in Jeddah which I spent constantly fixing laptops (therefore not having what I needed to post here), then returned to the UK for 5 days to handover any work I had to the next industrial placement student, as well as beginning to arrange moving my stuff ready for the next university year, and then headed off to my second holiday to Athens, Greece…

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Hey there all, well I am currently sat in “The Irish Village” located within the departures lounge at Dubai international airport waiting patiently for my onward flight to Jeddah. It’s 13:30 local time, and I arrived in Dubai at 07:00, and began the wait for my flight that departs at 17:00, luckily I have had free wireless access to the internet since my arrival so I have been sat in “The Irish Village” browsing the web to pass time whilst having a couple drinks.

I’ve been travelling most of my life due to family living all over the place and a lot of people don’t realise how busy the airports you use actually are, you only experience the airports for a matter of a couple hours on average, but its when you have a long layover in an airport the size of this one that you begin to really see what Airport life is like…

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In life there are opportunities that you’ll be faced with, chances in life and love, and the choice on whether you take that chance or not could have a domino effect on other things you do in life for the better or the worst.

I’m not necessarily talking about the obvious opportunities though, opportunities lie everywhere, in every situation and every moment, some with greater detrimental effects than others… But what those effects are, you may not realise until its too late…

But that is the reality of life… that missed opportunity to say “I love you”, that missed opportunity to tell the truth, that missed opportunity to take a chance and reach out for something that could change the way things are, could mean the difference between better or worst…

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Heya, once again I’m back with my writing antics Ain’t ya just excited? lol

Anyways, some of you may or may not have noticed if you have visited the blog of late that things have changed slightly, visually… but really that is just a scratch on the surface, welcome to SpikedEffect’s new and improved WordPress powered blog.

You’ll notice that even though this whole blog is being powered by a new system, it looks the same; I did this in an attempt to make the personalised look and feel of the original blog remain the same but adapted for this new highly customisable, and much more powerful, system.

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Heya, to anyone who actually reads this blog, sorry for the delay in getting the next blog post out, its been a very busy couple of weeks, but I will always attempt to update this blog ASAP and keep you up to date on things in progress.

Anyone wandering if I have progressed with developing things for my website, no, over the past few weeks there has been a lot I have had to do that took priority, but I will be back onto those things this week with a bit of luck.

Before I go on any further though, I would like to say thanks to those who attended my Birthday Celebrations @ Tiger Tiger, or even anyone who sent me birthday greetings on the day. My rocket propelled zimmer frame will come in handy at my old age If you want to check out pictures from the day you can do so here (Click the image to the left).

Right, onto other things, I have been extremely busy as of late, with a recent big project on at work which was a solo effort on my behalf, and also things like having to choose my 3rd year project, having to sort out things in regard to my student loan etc. Its a busy time of year!

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There’s a famous saying “Nice Guys Finish Last” and I’ve been thinking of that of late, and to be honest if you look at it , it does seem to be true… As chandler once said in friends “you’re such a nice guy’ means: ‘I’m going to be dating leather wearing alcoholics, and complaining about them – to you.’”

So what is it? Why is it that girls seem to prefer the ones that are going to treat them wrong? To be honest I can’t answer that question, why would someone put themselves under more hurt then they need to be? I don’t understand it nor do I attempt to understand it… But yet, it has made me think, should I change? Should I stop caring? Should I become one of those guys that I have disapproved of for so long?

“Chandler, Friends: — “you’re such a nice guy’ means: ‘I’m going to be dating leather wearing alcoholics, and complaining about them – to you.’” –”

Well if I am honest, I have tried it before but I just couldn’t do it, I have a conscious and I cared too much about what I was actually doing… No matter how hard I tried, nor how much I distracted myself, I couldn’t escape the morals that I hold within myself. Sure, we all make mistakes in life, but we don’t all regret them…

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