DVD drive win!

Hey guys,

So most of you guys know that I have an Alienware M11x which doesn’t have a DVD drive. My dad luckily had a reasonably old Pioneer drive which would do the job just fine. Unfortunately, the drive wouldn’t show up in the computer section of my laptop. I check device manager and it said that the drive was there just there was a problem. I tried many tactics like uninstalling the drive but it still stayed broken. I could open the drive and it was spinning but it just wasn’t showing up in my computer. I surfing the web for about an hour and found this article: http://forums.techguy.org/hardware/524738-computer-wont-recognize-dvd-drive.html. It REALLY helped. Note to self, tech.org is awesome.

BTW I just did an update to omnitechnews.net. We now have forums! Tell me what you guys like by commenting on our website.

Blog ya later.

 - Robert

3 months ago  /  0 notes

Food Revolution

Hey guys,

There are not many campaigns that I am really supportive of about and Jamie Oliver’s food revolution is one of them. Kids, like me get fed crap school lunches that in the long run, could kill them. It’s not that hard! Spread the word! End unhealthy school lunches and support Jamie Oliver’s food revolution!

Just go to the link and sign the petition!:

http://www.jamieoliver.com/campaigns/jamies-food-revolution/petition

3 months ago  /  0 notes

Flickr, Canon and iPhones

Ya, I know, I haven’t been posting a lot of photos to my blog recently but I have been posting them to Flickr instead. I have just decided that I like Flickr better for publishing my photos. Go check them out at Flickr.com/RobertJFClarke.

What have I been doing recently? Well I am thinking about getting a new camera. A Canon T2i to be exact. My Nikon D40 is a great camera but there are some features that I am missing. One feature that I can’t wait to have in the T2i is bracketing. This will allow me to publish way more HDRs. I am not actually sure that the T2i does bracketing to be honest so I am going to do some more research before I purchase the camera. It also does 1080p 3fps video. More short films here I come! Sadly I will only be getting the 18-55mm kit lens when I get it but I will be looking at a macro lens in the future.

I am also thinking about selling my current iPhone to make way for a future phone. Windows Phone 7 and the new iPhone are about to come out and the iPhone 3G will drop in price. If I sell it now, I will get a much better deal.

Anyway, thanks for reading my blog. Blog ya soon!

3 months ago  /  0 notes