Some Stuff

Rats - Not Just For Feeders Any More

2006-07-31T20:19:00.000-07:00

Alright, I know I've been busy, but I would like to take the time to share my passion. These are my rats.

I have Splinter, the big guy on his back, Arthur, the white and black one perched on the cage door, and Nibbler and Rex, the black one, and the beige one. Those are my boys. My girls are Samus, Rhinoa, Kimber, Lulu, Keaira and Selphie.

I got my first rat at the end of March. I called him Splinter. My house hold grew, and I adopted a Mama and four babies. Two weeks later, Mama popped, and had 14. Needless to say, I have some rats for adoption.

Rats make great pets. They are energetic, and friendly. Most of my rats came from the Quinte Humane Society. To feed the crew, I spend about $20 a month. They are affordable, and quiet. And contrary to popular believe, they aren't dirty at all. They spend most of their time sleeping and cleaning themselves. They should be kept in groups of two or more.

Rats need about 2 cubic feet of cage space each. This is my cage set up.

The yellow one belongs to my girls. The black cage is the boys, and the white cage belongs to the babies. Surprisingly, it only takes about 20 minutes to clean the cages.

Rats need to have multi level cages, and love to sleep in hammocks. They like good things to play with, and can play with pretty much anything. Like all pets, they should have a constant supply of fresh water.

Rats are prone to some illnesses, and injuries. The most common is small cuts, and bruised toes, from playing with cage mates. SDA and Sendai are uncommon but deadly among rats. Myco is the most common illness and can be cured. If you decide to get rats, these are important things to watch for.

If you'd like more info, feel free to email me.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

2006-01-02T19:18:00.000-08:00

I hope you all had a very Merry Christmas, and a Happy, and Safe New Year. All the best in '06. Hopefully soon I'll have some time to post some real stuff. School starts tomorrow. It's going to be a long day.

First Revision Follies?

2005-11-27T16:37:00.001-08:00

Ok, so now the Xbox 360 is out, and everyone is over the big rush to get it, was it really worth that much money, and the wait? Sure, this system is VERY impressive, what with it's Triple Core G5 based processor, with each 3.2Ghz core being dual threaded; it's 512 MB of GDDR 3 RAM; and, Custom ATI graphics chips which will be unmatched in the PC market for months, but is it worth $499 CDN for the console?

Yes, this is one impressive machine indeed, but being a first revision, it does have it's follies. Now I'm not saying that you shouldn't go out and buy one now because of these problems, by all means, form your own opions. I am just trying to inform the general population of the dangers of buying ANY first revision console.
If we think to late '00 when the PlayStation 2 was released, we will remember the problems that this console had. The very first revision of the PlayStation 2 had serious DISC READ ERRORS, which Sony refused to acknowledge.
Back in 1999, on September 9th, Sega released it's successor to the Saturn, the Dreamcast. This system's follies actually caused it to fail miserably. It's main problem: INEFFECTIVE COPY PROTECTION. This allowed you to play burned games with no mod chip required. At the time of the Dreamcast, Sony had already announced it's PlayStation 2, which everyone was wating for.
Microsoft's Xbox even had it's follies. This system would give DISC READ ERRORS as well.
The Xbox 360 is not exempt from the First Rivision jitters either. This console has it's fair share of follies as well. A few of the consoles SCRATCH DISCS IN THE DRIVE and a few have a serious problem with HEAT, rumored to come from the external power supply.
I believe that all consoles have their own good, but unfortunatly, they have their bad as well. The first revision of any console shouldn't be purchased, especially for the price. Most first revisions have problems that are very frustrating. These problems wouldn't exist if video game companies would spend more time testing and troubleshooting the hardware before they ship the product to stores.

Xbox 360 Controller: My Review

2005-11-12T11:17:00.000-08:00

After the horrible abomination that was Microsoft's original Xbox controller, and an attempt to recover with the "S" controller, Microsoft has finally redeemed themselves with the Xbox 360 controller. Oh yes, this contoller feels as good as it looks. It's smooth looks and styling allow this to be the best feeling controller ever. Even in my small hands this controller is perfect.

I know you are saying that the 360 controller is the same as an "S" controller, but think again. Unfourtunatly you cannot understand what I mean until you actually pick this controller up. This means rushing out to your nearest Bestbuy, or Futureshop, or even Walmart. The feel of this controller is worth it.

So what's so amazing about it you ask? Well there are a few things. First off, the weight. This controller is LIGHT. Like, incredibly light. At only 0.61lbs, or just under 10 ounces, this controller is not vastly, but noticably lighter than the "S" controller, weighing in at 0.8lbs, or just under 13 ounces, and it still has rumble. And yes, it is noticible. It is also slightly smaller than the "S" controller.

Another really good thing about this already amazing controller is that you can use it on PC, if you have USB and Windows XP. So if you like this amazing controller, but don't want to spend $399.99 CDN for the core system, you can use the wired controller on your PC. It sells for about $50 CDN.

Happy Fudge!

2005-11-11T19:26:00.000-08:00

Hello, and welcome! I'm Katie and this is my blog. I like fudge :)