One of my Favorite songs from the over the sea popular The Specials, a 2 Tone band from England. Pressure Drop…

This blog is eventually goign to be replaced with a site (with a blog). Sadly, since I was originally hosted with Tumbler, and will be using WordPress for my new site, I might lose all my post. I will not delete this blog, but will have an external link to it for reference, it will just not be on the main blog, bummer.

So stand by for w new Shane Site =D

The Mae Shi - Run To Your Grave

Due to a bandwidth loss, TS servers are limited to 8 slots max =(

If my previous post was not good enough, where I showed you to set up your own TeamSpeak or Ventrilo server, or maybe your just lazy, then this one is for you. I have a few servers running (2 right now to be exact) so I can get away with 2000 slots on TeamSpeak legally (3000 when I get my 3rd server setup). Therefore, I am, depending on circumstances, giving away some slots, and bandwith, and server computer resources, and my time to keep them up and running, in the form of Free TeamSpeak 2 Servers.

http://teamspeak.shanesblog.net/

As I said above, there is limited space, and people I know have priority, but there is lots of room left over. Follow the link above and plea your case for a Free TeamSpeak 2 Server.

If you have any questions or comments, please visit my forum:

http://forum.shanesblog.net/viewforum.php?f=13

Aion: The Tower of Eternity; from the creators of Lineage II, NC Soft, comes the next big massively multilayer online role playing game (MMORPG). This game went live on the Chinese servers last year, and will be released on US servers last quarter of this year. If you’re familiar with MMO’s, than you’re probably familiar with World of Warcraft (WOW), the largest MMO currently. While Aion will probably not surpass WoW in size (number of player), for anyone who has been playing World of Warcraft, some since 2004, for this long, are ready for something different. Aion is different from most MMO’s in the fact that it focuses on flying as a main aspect of the game, for travel, combat, and profession.

I recommend anyone looking to play a new MMO, or thinking about starting back with an old MMO, to try Aion this fall on the US Retail. I will probably give the game a test drive when it comes out. I update the post when the game is released to publicize my server.

**Current US Game Server: (game not released, check back then)

Official Site: http://www.aiononline.com/us/
Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aion_(computer_game)

Abstract: This article will detail how to set up your own Ventrilo or TeamSpeak server if you are behind a router/firewall or if you are directly connected to the outside internet (Wide Area Network WAN). While the install may be different for other operating systems, such as Linux, or OSX, the basic process may still be the same; however, these instructions are on a windows install Detailed installation and setup can be obtained from the manufactures websites.

1) Download an up-to-date server from the manufacture’s website.
Ventrilo: http://www.ventrilo.com/download.php
TeamSpeak: http://www.teamspeak.com/?page=downloads

2) Install the server.
Ventrilo: Docs http://www.ventrilo.com/setup.php#Server_Installing
TeamSpeak: Faqs http://www.teamspeak.com/?page=faq

3) Configure the Server (optional and recommended).
Ventrilo: Go to Start, VentSrv, Edit INI File. The only variables to edit are the first few:

[Server]
Name=Server 1 ((change to your server name))
Phonetic=Server 1 ((change to your server phonetic name))
Auth=0 ((0 does not require password, 1 requires password below))
Duplicates=1 ((no change, 0 to disallow duplicates))
AdminPassword= ((type your password here for server admin access))
Password= ((type your password here if Auth=1 to log on to server))

TeamSpeak: Right click the TeamSpeak Server icon in your system tray and go to Admin. This launches a web browser where you can log in with the information provided to you during set-up. Here you need to edit a few things: Click Servers from the left then click select on the current server. Now click Server Settings from the left menu. This is where you can set various details about the server. If you are behind a router, make note of the port number.

4) If you are not connected to the internet through a router, go to Step 6!!!
Determine your internal IP, go to your network connections (XP: right click network places on desktop and go to properties. Vista: click network icon in system tray, go to network and sharing and click network connections.) Right click on your current active connection and go to Status. Click on the Details tab and take note of your IPv4 Address.

Determine your external IP, go here: http://www.whatismyip.com/

5) Next, you need to make the following modifications to your router setup:
a) Open a web browser, and go to 192.168.1.1. This should bring up your router page and, the default username/password should be admin/admin (if it does not work for you, please Google your model of router and find out what the default router IP, username and password is, if the defaults do not work, you must get a hold of the person who changed them =).

b) Go to your Application and Gaming or Port Forwarding page. Enter in the port and Internal IP address here:

Note: If you are setting up Ventrilo, the default ports is 3487, and if you are setting up TeamSpeak, enter in the port number from the configuration I told you to take note of earlier.

6) Connect to the server. Enter your External IP address. Make sure you have the correct port number as well.
Ventrilo: the port line is separate from server in this client, enter in the correct port number.

TeamSpeak: enter the server and port together as follows: 127.0.0.1:8767 (if your external IP was 127.0.0.1 and your port was 8767).

7) If any firewall warnings have popped up for incoming and outgoing connections for these server applications, they all need to be allowed. If you are having connection issues that you think are related to your firewall, please disable your firewall and continue diagnostics.

Congratulations, you now have your own working Ventrilo or TeamSpeak server set up for free. If you are having issues connecting after following all these instructions, please refer to this thread on my forum http://forum.shanesblog.net/viewforum.php?f=12

Green Day new album, in stores last month. Not the best from Green Day, but has some quality songs. You can get a “track listing” here: http://isohunt.com/torrent_details/95965957/green+day?tab=summary enjoy =)

Jeff Tweedy is releasing a new album with his band, Wilco, due in stores some time in June; however, Tweedy is cool, unlike most artist, you can go to his website and listen to all his albums and songs, in full length. To listen to this album, and more, click the title or go here: http://beta.wilcoworld.net/records/disco.php. Enjoy =-)

Minimize ANYTHING to your System Tray with this free, light weight application…

If you recently acquired, or have had a BlackBerry (or other SmartPhone), here is the skinny on software applications you you absolutely have to have for your BlackBerry / SmartPhone. All these applications are 100% free, and supported with updates unless otherwise noted. Additionally, most of these applications are available for all mobile/smart phones; however, some of these applications are BlackBerry specific. BlackBerry specific applications will have a BlackBerry logo next to the SmartPhone application name. Also, all links are coded below software description.

BuzzMe   

BuzzMe allows your phone to vibrate and ring at the same time and every BlackBerry owner should download this if they plan on using the vibrate feature. This program only has two settings, vibration on or off. When on, it vibrates simultaneously when your phone is set to Tone, when off, phone resumes as normal.
bigtincan.com/misc/BuzzMe47.jad from your BlackBerry phone

Instango

Instango is an Instant Messaging client for Yahoo, MSN, AIM, ICQ, Jabber, QQ and Google Talk services for your mobile phone. I have seen many instant messaging clients for mobile phones, but this one has it all, for FREE. If you plan on doing any instant messaging from your phone, Instango is the only way to go.
get.instango.com from your SmartPhone
instango.com Instango Website

Pandora

Pandora is 100% controllable/customizable radio that allows you to create and edit up to 99 stations by adding and removing music from the stations and skipping past music you don’t want to hear. If you have never experienced Pandora on your computer before, this is a must have for any music lover!
pandora.com from your SmartPhone

Google Mobile Maps

Google Mobile Maps (GMM) is a free map/satellite application for maps and GPS location on GPS enabled smart phones.
m.google.com/maps from your SmartPhone
google.com/gmm GMM Website

LogicMail

LogicMail is a POP3/IMAP mail client for your mobile phone. Before LogicMail, I only used my phone’s default mail client; however, the blackberry mail client is web based. After searching, I ran into LogicMail, 100% free and open source e-mail client for your phone with all the bells and whistels.
sourceforge.net/projects/logicmail LogicMail Sourceforge Page

OperaMini

OperaMini is a full web browser for your phone, inspired by the already proven Opera Browser I have noticed most on board browsers coming with opera like features; however, they will never pass opera’s ever expanding technology. OperaMini has been the leader for mobile browsing since its debut.
opera.com/mini OperaMini website

I will update this post as more information is available to me. Also, I will create a forum for it on the message board, so please comment or suggest if you have any information to share (note: you will have to create an account to comment on the forum).

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I know his new album is not the best, but I still prefer, and enjoy listing to his older music quite often. This is an ‘end of the album’ track, the less main-stream, but more feeling and effort put into these songs in my opinion. Overall, an excellent song, enjoy -_-

Sorry blog world. I have been out for a while, but am back now. Sending this one via instant message, only because its right here =) ttyl