I have been really refraining myself from buying one of these MSI notebooks. What stands out is the windows key is to the right so for gaming, the steelseries keyboard is the best on the market, and for less than 1600 USD, its a bargain considering it has 4 usb3 ports antiglare screen full hd, ie compared to asus's more expensive offerings, its an absolute bargain.
MSI GE60 0ND-042US 15.6" Core i7-3610QM/8GB DDR3/NVIDIA GTX 660M Gaming Notebook |
MSI GE60 0ND-042US 15.6" SteelSeries Gaming Notebook
for US $1,259.00
or the 17inch version for 40 usd more which is what I would go for personally US $1,299.00
and if you want a better graphics card over the GTX 660m this one has GTX 675m for a couple hundred extra USD
MSI GT70 0ND-202US 17.3" Matte Core i7-3610QM/NVIDIA GTX 675M 2GB Gaming LAPTOP
MSI GT70 0ND-202US 17.3" SteelSeries Gaming Notebook
US $1,579.00
which is a bargain price if you consider what you would get here in Australia when you go to the local shop.
The thing is I keep telling me I don't need another notebook just yet, but if I do and nothing better is on the market, I will definitely get one of these MSI ones :) I love shopping from America. America is the greatest country in the world (after Australia) ha ha. Our FX rate is going up again, so if it does hit 1.05, I might as well just go buy the notebook since my current acer has a f@#ked up keyboard hee hee, While I have got an external m$ keyboard connected to it, it is taking up deskspace so when my universitiy course starts again, i have nowhwere to put my books. The issue is that paypal always lags when they update fx rates so when I bought my shoes, I was screwed over.
Anyway, if you are wondering what graphics card to buy for your notebook, the gtx 670 and 675 from nvidia are apparently based on old fermi architecture...
http://www.gaminglaptopsjunky.com/gtx-670m-vs-gtx-570m-vs-gtx-660m/
and
http://www.anandtech.com/show/5697/nvidias-geforce-600m-series-keplers-and-fermis-and-die-shrinks-oh-my/2
my conclusion from my 5 minutes of research on the nvidia cards that the 2gb gtx 675m beats the 3gb gtx 670m so I would go for the GTX 675m card as the price difference is negligible ie only 50 USD from the ebay links I put above.
The London Olympics is starting, I wonder who is going to win the mens' 100m, the reason I wonder, is my favorite gambling site http://tatts.com/ has got bets on the olympics :) If you have any good tips let me know.
Not sure if it is just luck, but when I went to the newsagent to play lotto or powerball, i spent like 100s of dollars and never won anything, but when I do it via the tatts.com website, I have managed to win some small amounts. After I discovered I could buy lotto/powerball/ozlotto online, I never turned back. Those greedy newsagents charge an arm and a leg if I want to use my credit card for stuff like M&Ms so screw them!
I received my Nike Free run 4.0 v2 (as pictured above) and Nike air max ultra (all black) from Eastbay earlier in the week. (I buy all my nike stuff from Eastbay.com because I have good experiences with them, delivery is only a few days all the way from America to Australia here) It was raining earlier in the week so I only managed to try the Nike free run on Wed. When I first put it on, I felt I was standing on a plastic mound, but when I actually ran in them, I loved it, I normally wear one of the reincarnations of air max (at work and out and about) so the Free run 4 was very light in comparison. If you like sprinting, you will find nike free run 4.0 v2 a delight to sprint in. I remember when I was 16, we used to sprint on the track after school, and as i did not have the spikey shoes, so I ran barefoot and it was rather uncomfortable and I ran shit times, if only nike free existed back then.
The air max ultra on the other hand, I chose all black so I could wear it to work in a suit without looking too strange. I wear size 11 and have fat feet so it felt tight, on my toes when I was sitting on the train, the back of it is great as it does not rub against my achilles tendon. The tongue felt a bit strange too. I will wear it out a bit more at lunchtimes to break it in. Other than that, the shock absorption is what you would expect from a nike air max and its going to be great cos I am always standing in my boss's office lol
My uni course starts again next week... I saved all the worst subjects for last eg Marketing. I looked at the subject outline and it has a project with so many deliverable dates. I like subjects that you just hand it in at the end rather than have to submit a draft, do a presentation and submit the final product all on separate dates. To prepare for the subject, I woke up one morning and remembered there was a useful software I tried from the internet called business plan pro to help my sister in law with her assignment, and I recalled there was a software called marketing plan pro. So I went to the official website and noticed they changed the name and then after a quick google, found an ok version so installed it. Palo Alto Sales and Marketing Pro US 11.00
http://www.hotfilesearch.com/download/27184642-425p011a425s011m-rar.html
Once I get my course instructions I will then create a lovely marketing plan with it :) I just love these sorts of useful software because it removes a lot of useless thinking so you can focus on the things that matter :)
Of course, I got the business plan pro too just in case it might be useful for the marketing course. I am a finance person so marketing is not my strong point.... speaking of which, I think I need to update my resume so I will now look for latest version of resume maker professional and winway resume maker deluxe and update my resume before my course gets into full effect by middle of next week
This is stuff I posted in a forum...
Chinups are bad for wrists and elbows (but pullups are ok). If you do do chinups, doing them on rings is better for you but then you might not have enough grip strength as a beginner. (U should have seen the brent guy on american ninja warrior stage 3 finals, so kewl he had really good grip strength)
This is similar to barbell curls with heavy weight being bad so they recommend using ezcurl bar. U can research in google on this.. Chinups are easier for beginners but once you can do 10 pullups, you should can start these 7 week programs to switch to pullups only:
If you want to improve significantly, these 2 ebook
http://www.rlslog.net/7-weeks-to-50-pull-ups-strengthen-and-sculpt-your-arms-p2p/
http://www.rlslog.net/7-weeks-to-100-push-ups-strengthen-and-sculpt-your-arms-abs-chest-back-and-glutes-p2p/
they are all web links so you need to wait for countdown timer to download.
What I would recommend is that you combine the 2 routines. Dont underestimate the beginning phase as you need to do low reps at the start to get yourself used to training 3 times a week. If you find that you cannot get the reps they indicate, start the program from week 1 all over again. I guess this is a form of periodization.
for example, you would do one set of pushups, one set of pullups, on set of push ups, one set of chin/pullups, one set of pushups etc following the rep number.
I could already do 60 pushups, so I did not start from the beginners workout but rather chose an intermediate one so by week 4, I was doing 50 pushups in the 8th pushup set 3x a week (if I recall correctly)
the pushup routine has 5 to 8 sets while the pullup routine has 5 sets
The pullup routine is a killer so make sure you do everything with strict form and slow, no kip or swing.,elbows to the sides at the top and sqeeze, or you will not be able to make the rep counts in the later weeks ie if you cheat yourself, you end up the loser...
when they say neutral grip, they mean palms facing each other or using rings. With rings you will develop great grip strength. I still cannot believe only one guy made it to stage 3 of american ninja warrior finals.
Also, if you can afford it, get some of those post workout powder recovery drinks where you mix with water. You will find you can drink tonnes of that stuff compared to water and it does help.
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