Testing a post from Flickr

Test from my iPhone
Originally uploaded by Silence99.

This is a test of posting an image from my Flickr account!

Second Verse, Same as the First, We're Moving Back to Wordpress

As you all know, I recently tried moving ProjectSilence.com to Wordpress, while I really liked it, I decided to return to Blogger based on the fact this site makes no money, and I couldn't justify the cost of web hosting.

Recently while I was talking to a good friend of mine (Brian of TheCyberGurus.com) generously offered to help host the site, for free. He said he had more server space and bandwidth than he could possible use, and I was welcome to it. Now that's a good friend.

So all of you head over to TheCyberGurus.com, returned from the dead as Brian's own personal site and tell him thanks.

This move will only make Project Silence better. Blogger is a good system, but a few features that I really want to use have just never worked for me (such as mobile blogging, Blogger supports it, but my mobile provider and Blogger just don't seem to get along).

The move should take place this weekend (likely Saturday). It will take some time to move all the content over, so until that time, if you would like to see something on this site, you can use the URL: http://projectsil.blogspot.com.

I still recommend Blogger to anyone starting out, as it's ease of use and the fact that it is a free service are just fantastic, but once you reach as certain point you just want more. More control, more features, more.... betterness. Thanks to Brian, Project Silence will now have that.

The Halo 3 Beta

I had the chance to play the Halo 3 Beta today. There really isn't much to say about it, along with the other people present, I was very underwhelmed. I don't know what I expected, but I really didn't expect a Hi Resolution version of Halo 2 with some of Halo 1's weapons brought back along with the addition of a few new toys and all new maps (only one of which was any good, the other two felt so lifeless I was shocked). This game really didn't feel any different than a Halo 2 map and weapon pack. Now, that wouldn't be a bad thing, except Halo 2 launched the single most annoying feature in the history of Xbox Live. Matchmaking.

Matchmaking destroyed my (along with most of my friends) experiance with Halo 2, and it seems to be the only way Bungie will build an online game. In and of itself, matchmaking isn't a bad idea, not at all. The real problem lies with Bungie's utter lack of playlist variety. Want to play in a party with 8 of your friends? Sure, but it has to be objective games, no Slayer for you. Want to play with a guest? Sure, but no Slayer for you at all. Want to join a Rumble Pit match? Sure, but you'll have to do it alone, we don't trust you at all, you bastard cheaters. All of my friends and I agree, we simply don't like objective games. Oddball, CTF and the like are OK once every 5 or 10 games, but the rest of the time we just want to blow shit up. Sorry, that's a no go as far as Bungie is concerned. It's a real problem, and one that needs to be addressed.

Are you listening Bungie?

Halo 3 Release Date-9/25/07!

That's right folks, on this eve of the Halo 3 beta (which both Silence and myself will be playing-look us up on Live), comes this official announcement from Bungie themselves-Halo 3 will be released on September 25, 2007. That's pretty impressive, and much earlier than I personally expected (I was looking at a November release). So, there's the good news for all of us, and especially good for the rest of you that are missing out on the Beta.

Falwell Dies, Heaven Rejoices

Normally, ProjectSilence.com is not a place for religion. But in this case, I will totally take the time to say Hallelujah! I fell a bit guilty for being pleased with a man's death, but in this case, maybe not. Fallwell is a man I consider to be one of the people responsible for the collapse in our society, which is ironic, considering his preaching of the Moral Majority. But his bringing religion back into the politics of the U.S. has brought more harm than good, and caused a great rift among good people. Not to mention his other numerous attacks on issues he knew nothing about. Somewhere in heaven right now, angels are high fiving, and God is laughing at the Devil's misfortune of Hell's newest resident.

Boobs!

I don't normally post such extremely amazing stuff, but these are so great, you just can't look away. Somewhat NSFW!

The Dark Knight

Sometimes a Director just understands his source material so well, he is simply destined to hit one out of the park. Lets hope it happens again.

A PSA Worth Your Time

Sir Ian McKellan Discusses Acting

Sir Ian is a fantastic actor, both on the stage and in film. Here he describes his technique, so you can be as great an actor as he is. From the British television show Extras.

The Worst Movies Ever

You had no idea that movies could be this bad. Next time you complain about how aweful all these summer sequels are (I'm looking at you Pirates of the Caribbean), just remember this video.