DerekDesigns » Microsoft http://www.derekdesigns.com Blogger, Freelancer, Gamer, Good Guy! Wed, 21 Jul 2010 04:39:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Portable Device Woes http://www.derekdesigns.com/portable-devies-woes http://www.derekdesigns.com/portable-devies-woes#comments Sun, 23 Aug 2009 00:29:19 +0000 Derek Manson http://www.derekdesigns.com/?p=347 So today the Zune I ordered from Newegg.com awaited me in the mailbox. It looks so awesome. No it’s not my iPod Touch, but it really is a sharp looking device. This item was purchased refurbished at an amazing cost, but still it had all accessories and the original packaging. So I later decide to hook it up and see how it all works. Well I hooked it up and it seemed to be working fine. That is until it wanted to do some kind of update. It started the update and well that’s the last I saw of it. The Zune software said it was done and the device appeared to be rebooting. Little did I know it must have slipped into a “comma”. The damn thing is not turning on and is now not being recognized by my computer. Well that’s okay let me try another computer. So I start by loading the Zune software on the other computer, Error can not install. WTF! So here I am currently in limbo just hating this, this can’t be that hard! My iPod was a BREEZE compared to this. I’m so annoyed it’s not even bearable. Microsoft can you make a product that does work? Seriously? Don’t get me started on the problems I continue to have with my Xbox 360. Well the only thing I can say is that due to your unstable and problematic operating system, I have work! Thanks Microsoft, for nothing!

Damnit!

]]> http://www.derekdesigns.com/portable-devies-woes/feed 2 My first Halo 3 machinima! http://www.derekdesigns.com/my-first-halo-3-machinima http://www.derekdesigns.com/my-first-halo-3-machinima#comments Wed, 25 Mar 2009 03:22:59 +0000 Derek Manson http://www.derekdesigns.com/?p=207 So after months and months of talking about doing it, we finally did it. I, along with 3 other buddies, made our first Halo 3 machinima (applause). Yeah, I know it may be so “childish” but man it’s fun and we (for the most part) had a lot of fun making it. I think in this pilot episode we really learned what it takes to create a working machinima and now we respect those a little bit more who work so hard to deliver quality machinimas time after time (Red vs Blue, Arby ‘n’ the Chief). So here it is, our first “production”.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D532bRgjzds[/youtube]

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