The Snarky Chronicles | Jimmy Cook (Snarky)

I'm back

2011-08-03T21:39:00.001-07:00

Quite some time has gone by since my last post. I have been very busy with work and finishing my AS degree in graphic design at Tallahassee Community College. I finished my last two courses this past semester and it is official, I am done.

In other news I moved into the garage apartment that we have been building for the last couple of years. There are still some minor things that need to be done but at least I have my own place.

As far as gaming goes, I built a new pc a few months ago so I've been playing call of duty blackops with my team. We are still competing on TWL. Everyone can't wait for Battlefield 3.

Well that's it for now. Look for more stuff soon.

Jimmy

Calorie countin

2011-08-03T07:32:00.001-07:00

Call me the count, because I'm calorie counting to try and lose some weight. I am trying to stay around 1400 a day.

Homefront Pwnage

2011-04-11T11:02:00.000-07:00

I started playing Homefront a couple weeks ago, so far this game is alot of fun. It has it's moments of "gheyness" where you get 1-shotted by a sniper across the map or pwned by a airstrike or spammed by a drone chopper. All in all it's a decent game if you work with your teammates and play tactically (which is not the case 99% of the time). Seeing as how only a couple of people I know actually play this game over the current craze (CoD:BlackOps) which does NOT run well on my PC due to my underpowered Core2Duo @1.86ghz, Homefront can be very frustrating. Despite all that, the game to me is well worth the 50 dollars I paid for it. So if your considering buying this game, I suggest doing so.

Jimmy "Snarky" Cook

It's been a while....

2011-01-19T21:14:00.000-08:00

It has been a while since I last updated. I have been busy with work and life in general. It's late and I am tired so I will update more tomorrow.

2010-01-13T16:24:00.001-08:00

Life has been pretty chaotic for the past few months. First off, my girlfriend and I broke up, but such is life. I've been working hard on trying to help my dad finish the garage we have been building, as well as busy with school. This semester I am taking Advanced Web Design and Color Theory & Practice. Other than that, just pwning the shit outta n00bs in Modern Warfare 2. My team has a new website up, check it out when you get a chance:

http://www.sosquad.net

Also be sure to check out my website I am working on for my web design class. Feel free to leave me comments and suggestions about it here.

http://cookx017.gra2143.com/

I <3 Win7

2009-05-12T07:58:00.000-07:00

I downloaded and installed Windows 7 RC 1 the other day with a little bit of skepticism inside me, now I can truthfully say, thus far, I am impressed. Yes it does resemble Windows Vista a bit, but it is by far, way better than vista.

As I am still playing with it and trying to find bugs and glitches, I do not have a more precise list of if/where it falls short.

Other than that, I am also learning to use Fedora 10 on my slow-ass laptop. Installing Flash Player and Java Runtime Environment has proven to be more of a headache than I would like. I did however get Flash Player installed with help from my brother, but after messing with JRE and going through a walktrough, I have not finished getting JRE installed. Hopefully I can get it worked out today.

Fedora Core 10

2009-05-07T15:52:00.000-07:00

So I have been messing with Fedora Core 10 on my laptop recently, and thus far it isn't too bad, except I am not as familiar with it as I am with Windows XP. Learning to install stuff through the Terminal instead, but it does run a little bit smoother than XP on my slow-ass laptop.

Other than that, I have been messing around with my camera some more, trying different settings and such.

I changed over from Photobucket to Flickr, because Flickr is much better. Just search for me on Flickr.

Saturday is my birthday, another year come and gone, got a new 320gb SATA HDD, Sony 22x DvD burner, and 2 120mm blue LED case fans for my comp, also switched my computer over to my brothers Antec LANBoy case.

Thats it for now
Jimmy

Back from Spring Break

2009-03-19T18:19:00.000-07:00

Well it's been a week since I came back from my Spring Break trip. We had a blast in St Augustine.

You can check out some of the pics here:
http://s159.photobucket.com/albums/t144/jwcook82/St%20Augustine%20Trip/

If you wanna see more you can do so on my facebook profile.

I also deleted my Myspace accounts. I got sick of the bs, spam, and the fact I rarely use it. I'm not fond of the new Facebook layout though.

So it's back to life as usual, classes, working on the garage, spending time with my awesome girlfriend, etc.

I will post more news when I get some.

Jimmy

Spring Break 09

2009-03-01T15:37:00.000-08:00

Well it's 7 days and counting till Spring Break 09. This year I have exciting plans. I am going camping in St Augustine, FL with my girlfriend and her best friend. We will be roughing it at one of the state parks in St Augustine for 3 days and 3 nights. Should be a hell of a time. I will post pictures when I get back :D

Urban

Quake Live

2009-03-01T15:36:00.000-08:00

Heard about Quake Live from a friend. It's pretty cool, Free 2 Play, Browser based, etc. You can signup and play for free at

http://www.quakelive.com/

Urban

Back in Black......ya, but seriously..

2009-02-18T16:32:00.000-08:00

Ok, classes, girlfriend, and the garage we are building have kept me pretty busy lately. I have been up to my nose-hair in projects for my class. With a ad campaign as one project, and a brochure re-design as the other, I have been glued to my computer. Any time I am not working on stuff for my classes or working on the garage, I am spending with my AWESOME girlfriend who by the way ROCKS!!! We went to my mom's last weekend and she out-shot me with the bow. I blame it on the fact that it was a women's compound boy and not a guy's. But anywhoooooo, the garage is coming along. We are now putting the siding on the 2nd floor. We should be done with the siding in the next couple of weeks, pending good weather.

In other news, I finally updated Call of Duty World at War to patch 1.2, which btw was a HUGE PITA!! I also have been updating My DeviantArt page. Other than that, I am getting over being sick, sore throat, conjestion, etc SUCKS!!

As for gaming news, not much going on, =GvL= seems to be taking a break from competition due to dissapointment with CoDWaW.

Once again, I am going to try and update as much as possible, but nooooo promises.

Commanded and Conquered!

2008-02-18T06:36:00.000-08:00

Out of plain boredom, David and I reinstalled Command and Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars. After the first skirmish against him, my warmup, we played again and with one base and two outpost / ore gathering bases, he still managed to kick my ass. I need to practice more since RTS (real time strategy) games aren't my strongpoint.

I should have a strat and be able to beat him in the next few days, but seriously, David rocks at Command and Conquer, he always has. Since the old days of Red Alert, he's been kicking my butt.

Oh well.

In other news, I saw Hitman finally, it was ok, kinda lacked in a few areas, but I thought them casting Timathy Olyphant (spelling) for the role of Agent 47 was pretty good. He fit the part very well. All in all a very cool movie, I loved the various gun fight scenes, and the sword fight scene ROCKED!!

Jimmy (Urban)

Rolled like Cinnabon

2008-02-11T06:12:00.000-08:00

=GvL= got rolled like Cinnabon Sunday in 6v6 HC Domination by DPG (Dog Pound Gangstas) on Citystreets. DPG managed to pull out the win when suddenly in the second half they drastically improved their skill, set-nades perfectly all over the place, jumping like rabbits, avoiding our bullets, not taking dmg.

My hat is off to DPG. I just hope they are ready for us when we come back.

TWL 5v5 HC SnD Win!!

2008-02-05T19:51:00.000-08:00

We won our 5v5 HC SnD match, we played 6v6 because the other team wanted to. Good match.

CoD4 1.5 patch info

2008-02-05T09:49:00.001-08:00

The Call of Duty 4 1.5 patch was released, and some might have missed what the changes actually were. So here ya go.

CoD4 Patch 1.5

Fixed server browser not showing all of the servers
The \"hold [ ] to steady\" sniper scope hint will only appear if you can use it
Fixed game not recognizing IWDs existing if they are all in fs_basepath and none are in the main/ folder
Made mod scripts able to change stats
Allow developer_script for mulitiplayer modding
Fixed map rotation errors with usermaps
Fix for reloading several times after connecting to a modded server
Fixed minimap not showing up in the menu for usermaps
Fixed an issue with Http redirect downloads.
Mod tools will now work with other languages

NOTE: patch 1.5 is not compatible with 1.4. You will not be able to find 1.4 servers if you update.

NOTE: Please ensure you have previously downloaded 1.4 patch before downloading 1.5 as you will need the \'Winter Crash\' map from 1.4.

CSS Coding is Fun....if you consider headaches fun.

2008-02-05T06:04:00.000-08:00

We did a inclass assignment on more HTML and some CSS code on Monday. After completeing everything, it wasn't untill the end of class I realized my page wasn't centering. I spent two hours on it Monday night trying to figure it out, but couldn't. So I emailed my instructor to see if he could help me resolve the issue.

Here is the page, I redid the webheader with Fireworks, cause I like mine more than his...

http://student.tcc.fl.edu/GRA2140-001/cookx017/index2.htm

Jimmy

Visibone Webdesigners Quick Reference Guide!!

2008-02-05T06:03:00.000-08:00

Well my Visibone Web Designers handbook finally came. It's a sixteen page laminated book of all kinds of need to know info like colorcodes, symbols, html tags, css tags, javascript, etc. Very helpful. A cheatsheet or quick reference guide if you will.

Jimmy

=GvL= almost wins it 6v6 DOM

2008-02-05T05:56:00.000-08:00

Well our 6v6 Hardcore Domination match was tough. We almost won it. The map was a difficult one with it being Countdown. We pushed for B as hard as we could, but couldn't seem to hold it once we capped it. I ended up dropping at halftime for Dicknervous to come in, since I was the lowest man (score wise).

We will come back though. We have matches this week in all leagues and ladders, so hopefully we can pull some wins out. I think we just need to practice for the matches like we did back in the days of CoDUO.

GruntvillE Takes their First Win in CoD4

2008-01-27T20:39:00.000-08:00

Yep it's true, =GvL= takes our first win in CoD4 on TWL. The match was 6v6 Domination. I didn't get to play this one which I intended to, because I was AFK in the kitchen getting something to drink. They managed to fill my spot though and win the match.

Here is the post from our front page

Posted By: Sir Laughs a lot

We had our first Ladder match tonight in the 6v6 DOM Hardcore ladder and destroyed a team called RPI. It was 530 to 125 at half and double that at the end of the match. They of course disputed saying our server was to blame for their loss but it has already been declined and they have 24hrs to report their loss. I wouild say gg but they were really rude and made us wait 30 min to start and we had to get an admin to come in at half to get them to ready up. gg RPI, hope you treat future teams with a little more respect.

Research is fun

2008-01-27T18:18:00.000-08:00

Well I got to do a little research on my upcoming Powerpoint presentation on John Baskerville, one of Typography's founding contributionists. I didn't really get much done since I spent most of Saturday playing Call of Duty 4 in prep for our match Sat night, and playing a little WoW. I worked on the garage all day Sunday. We managed to get the middle wall up, which divides the two bedrooms and started working on the framing for the side walls by cutting all the studs. It is really starting to shape up.

Oh and Photoshop decided to take a crap on me so I am currently uninstalling and reinstalling it right now. (what fun!!)

Jimmy

The Garage & lots of updates.

2008-01-22T08:40:00.000-08:00

Well yesterday we spent all day working on getting the front wall up on the 2nd floor of our garage we are building. Just my, my brother David, and I. It seems we can't go one whole day working on it without arguing or getting into a disagreement on something. Anyways, I was very nervous when we stood that wall up, right there on the edge with 40 degree weather and the wind blowing. My hands were sweating ALOT, stomache uneasy and legs felt like they were going to crumble, but we managed to get it up and brace it in place. I will have to say, its quite something to stand back and look at. I took a few pictures which I will post sometime today (I hope)

On the other hand, its still cold as hell. Old man winter just won't let go. I keep hoping for that warm weather to come and allow me to ride around with the top down.

I got my old Trek MountainTrack 820 and put air in the tires and cleaned it up a bit. I am trying to get it back to working order so that it can be used again. I need to pick up some new handlebar grips, new chain, and a new seat for it. As soon as it warms up a bit I am going to start riding the Tom Brown Park mountainbike trail again.

As far as gaming stuff goes, played a little bit of Guitar Hero 3 last week. Blizzard just released a new patch for World of Warcraft (nothing special) and my team is back in action on Team Warfare League (TWL). I haven't been able to play any matches due to school and working on the garage, and looking for a new job.

I think that about covers it for now.
Jimmy

Plasma Nades, CTF, and Aspirin

2007-11-04T14:05:00.001-08:00

Ok so this is going to be a more serious rant / post. In light of more recent games in Halo 3, I would like to go over some precise issues and comments about some aspects of Halo 3 gameplay.

Plasma and Spike(Stick) Nades:

First off lets talk about plasma and spike grenades. A plasma grenade is alot like a regular grenade, except a plasma grenade has a plasma charge that will enable it to stick to almost anything, people, vehicles, weapons, etc. A plasma grenade will not stick to walls. Thats where a spike grenade comes in. Like plasma nades spike or stick grenades will stick to people, vehicles and weapons, but also will stick to walls, ceilings and so on. The benefit to this is the ability to throw a stick grenade into a hallway or up into a room and have it explode shooting little spikes everywhere. The real trick is getting it placed where and when you want it.

This can lead to alot of hilarious moments and laughs, but as well as alot of headaches and staring at the floor wondering how your buddy just pulled off that crazy luck-toss from across map and managed to place it directly on your hand as you passed through some small hall or past a window.

CTF:

Ok, now everyone pretty much knows what CTF is. Capture the Flag is a generic and well known gametypes in alot of games. Now the fun in Halo 3 CTF is the ability to make the flag carrier run faster and all kinds of tweaks to make matches more interesting. What I want to discuss is the annoying flag return and flag reset time. Your running along with the enemies flag and you run into a enemy. Naturally you drop their flag to exchange fire, in the confusion you might move some distance from the flag or even die. When you manage to get back to it, it resets right as you go to grab it. I spent countless hours chasing the enemy flag carrier, dropping, and running back to the flag. Now you could bash the person, but trying to bash vs. being shot or having nades tossed at you is just asking for it. This does add a different aspect to the CTF style of play, but also could be changed a bit to make it more logical or tactical. You can tweak the reset and return times, but the default settings will prob no doubt be the required settings for competition.

After all this I need an Aspirin to make my massive headache go away. Goodluck and have fun.

Urban (Jimmy)

Buzzing no more!

2007-09-01T06:59:00.001-07:00

After two weeks of listening to my cpu fan buzzing due to the bearings going bad, I finally replace it this morning with the help of my brother. I replaced the Coolermaster heatsink and fan with a new Coolermaster Hyper L3 heatsink and fan. The new Hyper L3 has heatpipes and runs alot quieter.

The new Coolermaster Hyper L3
Fan Speed 1100~2800 (control by PWM)
Fan Airflow: 49.56 CFM
Noise Level: 18 dBA (min)

More Haste & Graphics Project

2007-08-31T09:13:00.000-07:00

Last night was our second night in Gruul's Lair this week and we managed to take Gruul down on third attempt. I was extremely pleased when the Dragonspine Trophy dropped. I managed to walk away with it after dropping all 34 of my dkp on it. My hit rating has gone down a bit, but I should be able to rework and get it back up there in no time.

A friend of mine and I have decided to do a joint effort in doing graphics and webdesigns. With some minor projects awaiting, we are both excited and eager to get things under way. We are working on getting a website up and running and I will have more info once we have done so.

Jimmy

My graphics webpage

2007-08-30T14:56:00.000-07:00

I am still working on my graphics webpage. I have made a few changes to it. It is very close to being ready for finalizing and coding. Here is a preview.

Lots of New updates!!

2007-08-29T13:24:00.000-07:00

Well it's been a while since I have posted something so I have alot of new updates. First lemme start off with my Fall semester. For fall I am taking ENC1102(Argument and Persuation),AMH1050(Foreign Policy), and PGY2801 (Still Imaging, Photoshop). So far I am excited. I think ENC1102 will give me the most trouble as in doing lots of work. I will end up doing lots of editing on my essays, revising and redoing. As far as AMH1050, being a history and war fanatic I can't wait to get into the WWII stuff. The graphics class is where I am the most pumped. A whole semester of just Photoshop. We also got brand new Mac's in the classroom along with Adobe Photoshop CS3.

As far as gaming news goes, I have weaseling quality time with my friend Dusten's Xbox360 and Bioshock. I absolutely LOVE this game. I can't wait to get it for PC, but I am going to wait for the SecureROM lawsuit to finalize. For more info on the SecureROM lawsuit check out this link.

Bioshock SecureROM fiasco

On the World of Warcraft side of spectrum, I finally got my Edgewalker Longboots from Moroes in Karazhan. I promptly socketed them with dual Glinting Noble Topaz (4hit 4agi). Thus improving my hit and dps significantly. I am also in the process of resocketing and re-enchanting some of my current gear. I have been working on my 19 Human Rogue Twink as well. I have most of the gear I want minus a few things.

I should have some new sig's and graphics to share as well as an update on my webpage.

Jimmy

SichosisUI v1

2007-08-08T13:58:00.000-07:00

I have been inspired by custom UI creators like Saeto (omgphatloots.org) and Chasy, to make my own custom UI from scratch using eePanels. I started today on what will be my first custom UI totally from scratch. I will post pics soon. Here is some basic info.

SichosisUI v1

Addons Used:
------------
eePanels
Bartender3
Pitbull
Niagara
FuBar
Squeenix

More Info to come.

Jimmy

Arena Season 2

2007-08-07T15:25:00.000-07:00

Well so far this season my 2v2 team (Ack Im Under Attack) has managed to have a decent amount of sucess. I managed to get my Merciless Shoulders today. The team itself is going through some member changes and should have everything worked out in the next couple weeks. We should be back on track and kicking ass in no time.

Almost Done!

2007-08-07T15:19:00.000-07:00

Well, summer semester is almost over, I have my research paper and a in-class writing assignment on Thursday and I am done. Two weeks of relaxing and then its ass kicking time again for Fall semester.

Jimmy

My Graphics Design page

2007-06-29T08:12:00.000-07:00

I created a new page at WordPress to post my various graphics, sigs, logo's etc. Check it out and let me know what you think.

JC3 Design

Jimmy

New challenge

2007-06-29T08:09:00.000-07:00

I have decided to venture into developing and coding my own custom textures for World of Warcraft user interfaces. Im still researching and tinkering with existing ones, but I will post more info later.

It's been a while!

2007-06-28T16:05:00.000-07:00

In the famous words of one of my favorite bands (Staind) "It's been a while" and that it has. Well I moved back in with my parents, and I am taking a summer course (english..oh joy), but in the Fall it's a whole semester of Photoshop with Rick Rice at TCC. That I am excited about. Anyways, I also working on another site, always working on sigs for me and friends, and still looking for a job.

That's it for now, don't forget to check my Myspace page!
http://www.myspace.com/tallymtnbiker82

Jimmy

Goodluck!!!

2007-04-02T05:29:00.000-07:00

I would just like to take some time to wish my friends in the following teams Goodluck on their upcoming matches.

battery||
CoD2 CAL CTF

Paroxysm
pxm*
CoD2 CAL CTF

Crimson
c•
BF2142 CAL 8v8 Open / TWL 5v5 Season 1

And of course I can't leave out my own team
GruntvillE Gamerz
gruntville. / =GvL=
TWL

Jimmy (Urban)

Urban is back BISHES!!

2007-04-02T05:18:00.000-07:00

Thats right ladies and gents, Urban is back!! I managed to figure out my problem with Call of Duty 2 and now its all comming back. I just need practice more and get my reflexes and accuracy back up. I am slowly getting back to that PITA everyone feared. More and more I hear my teammates and friends say over vent "damn you Urban, do you die?" or "plz die Urban, kk thnx." I dont want to sound egotistical here, cause I still have a loooong way before fully returning to the old Urban. But more or less each day I play I get better.

If you would like to see some screenshots of some of my recent scores check them out on my xfire profile here:

http://www.xfire.com/profile/gvlurbanassassin

Jimmy (Urban)

OH YEAH!!!

2007-03-22T04:47:00.000-07:00

Last night I ran Karazhan with the guild for the second night in a row. We had already downed Attune the Huntsmen and made attempts on Moroes. On our third try of the night we downed Attune with very little problems. Lucky for me I had just run to respec Combat Daggers and aquired myself a Emerald Ripper. :D

Here is the link:
http://www.thottbot.com/i28524"

My Gear:
http://armory.worldofwarcraft.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Garona&n=Silan

Jimmy

Crappy net day fun.

2007-03-18T23:11:00.000-07:00

Well today the net was acting funky so I decided to leave it be and go find something to do. After helping my dad with some yardwork. I jumped in the shower and then grabbed some lunch. I decided to go over to my friend Dusten's apartment and play some Xbox360. We played some Gears of War multiplayer and then some Call of Duty 2 multiplayer. Didn't log on live but it was still fun. I also did a few singleplayer missions on each. I cant get enough Gears of War, it is absolutely AWESOME!!! Anyways, I setup my Xbox gamer profile and such.

Here is my gamercard.

Since I dont have a Xbox360 yet, It wont be entirely accurate. I am planning on getting one hopefully very soon.

Urban is back!!!111

2007-03-18T23:03:00.000-07:00

Well, I recently rejoined my friends in GruntvillE GamerZ. GruntvillE GamerZ is a gaming clan founded and composed of members from one of the most popular computer modding and enthusiast websites on the net, GruntvillE.com. I left GvL about 3 years ago due to some real life and ingame drama. Never the less. Everything is back to normal and I am back. I am however a bit rusty, but I should be back to normal shortly. GvL competes online in Call of Duty 2 on Teamware.com. We also have a Xbox 360 division that I will be joining as well as soon as I can get a 360.

Feel free to check out the websites.
http://www.gruntville.com
http://www.gvlclan.com

Vengeance - 3DMark 06 Score!

2007-03-12T12:05:00.000-07:00

Well I got 3DMark 06 installed and ran the test. It came out better than I thought. I should be able to raise my score a bit once I get that 2nd 1gig stick of ram.

Here's the pic.

Vengeance Lives!

2007-03-11T07:32:00.000-07:00

Well I got the parts and got my new computer all put together. I had some issues with getting the data off my 30gig, so I used the 120gig instead. Everything is running smooth. Tested out WoW and CoD2 and both have everything maxed out. It looks AWESOME!!. I just need to finish install some miscelaneous software and I will be back to normal. Namely Photoshop. I should have some pics of it soon, just waiting on my brother to send them to me.

Jimmy

ZOMG losing weight FTW!

2007-03-09T09:43:00.000-08:00

I decided to weigh myself today. When I did, I discovered that I had lost another 10lbs. I'm roughly 10-12lbs from my goal. Yay go me.

Jimmy

New PC Delivery Delay

2007-03-08T17:10:00.000-08:00

Well my new comp parts will be here Saturday instead of Fri. The video card took longer for them to get than expected so they didn't get it out in time. Hes gonna overnight it, so it will be here Saturday. Yay!!

Jimmy

NEW COMP!!!!!!!111

2007-03-07T14:06:00.000-08:00

Ok first off, yes I meant to put the 1's in the title. Secondly, I am getting my new computer parts Friday. As I type this my uncle and owner of Computer Exchange (Augusta, GA) is ordering the new parts and will have it shipped out by tommorow afternoon.

Here are the specs:

-Asus P5N-E SLI
-Intel Core 2 Duo Conroe 1.86ghz
-1GB Super Talent DDR2 667mhz (PC2 5300)
-EVGA GeForce 7900GS 256mb
-Cooler Master eXtreme Power 600w

All that is getting put in my Thermaltake Tsunami case with my Audigy 2 ZS and 120gig Hitachi and 30gig Maxtor HDD. I will eventually upgrade the HDD and soundcard. I plan to also add another 1gig stick of ram as well.

Welcome to Hell, yes its HOT!!

2007-03-05T22:22:00.000-08:00

Ok, so I have been putting this off for some time. Since I managed to kill BulletProof my project rig from the last three years, I have nothing better to do than play around with Photoshop, post crap on various forums I am a member of, and search the net. So enjoy.