After four attempts of entering my password I got in, LOL.

I'm not sure if I will continue with the name pcboy2005. I might start afresh. Will have a think over the Christmas break about that one.

I did a render out of the blue last week as I had itchy fingers Still think TG1 (Terragen) is better than TG2 (Terragen 2). It's either that or I still have not mastered TG2. I find the output's never look as crisp as TG1.

Merry Christmas everyone!

I'd been trying to get back into the swing of things and actually logon to Deviantart but never got there. It's been pretty busy recently at work. After working on a PC all day and looking after a network I sometimes can not even be bothered to turn my own PC.

I found out after the Christmas break that I have a kidney stone. Still waiting to go for scans etc... Public waiting lists suck.
Being in pain and also high as a kite on painkillers, I had no energy to hover over a keyboard. It's been pretty good recently but as I was told even though the pain stops it doesn't mean it's gone.
I soon get reminded if I over do it when riding the old mountain bike.

I had a few good finds in the last inorganic collection we had last month (where people throw out stuff they don't want by the road side for the council to kart off to the dump)
I found a 15" LCD monitor with a PC to match. I actually had a chat to the guy who threw them out. He said he'd upgraded to laptops. ???? Downgrade if you ask me.
After a bit of work on the LCD (The guy had cut the leads off) I got it going. The Motherboard I got out of the PC is a Gigabyte GA-7VAXP. It had 512MB of RAM in it with a AMD Athlon XP 2400 (2GHz)
It's now running as my second PC which has allowed me to pass on the one I had to my youngest daughter.
I also found a Victor JA-S71 stereo integrated amplifier. It needed 100V input so it sat for a bit as our voltage is 230V. As I work in a transformer company getting one made to power it wasn't a problem.
It is the most evil amp I have owned. My big sub's can only just handle it. I can't find much information about it on the net. The closest is the same model number but made with the JVC logo on it.
The Victor is identical apart from that. Victor must of renamed to JVC at the time this model was put out. I'd love to know a bit more of it's history.

Well that's enough rambling. I need another coffee.
I should have some renders on the way soon.



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My first impression was WOW, but that changed as I discovered the final render can only be a max of 800x600
I thought there would be restrictions but not that bad.

I found that Terragen 2 uses 100% CPU all of the time. I don't know if it's my machine or that its suppose to suck that much CPU.
My first render failed after a complete lockup of my PC. I am now currently re-rendering it.
Render time is quite long but hopefully worth it. Its taken 42 min’s so far and has a long way to go.

Apart from the size restriction and high usage it's quite good. I'll give it an 8/10 for now.



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since I last logged in. Five weeks ago we were given six weeks notice to move out. We had been in the place for nine years.
I found a place in Te atatu South in grabbed it before someone else got it. We had already lost one place and didn't want to lose another.
The new place is great. 3 bedrooms + a study. Internal garage plus workshop space and another huge garage out the back. Heaps of room.
It's gonna take a while to unpack everything but theres no rush.
I hope to get some Terragen renders under way soon.



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WooHoo.! No more problems (fingers crossed)
It's lookin good.



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