*TY OFF-TOPIC THREAD* 2013/2014

Bazinga_N

So, it's a bit early but there's a good few of us pre-TYs lurking around the JC forum and I don't think there's many TY's left around the forum so I said why not? Also, I don't feel comfortable with the idea of not opening boards.ie every time I switch the computer on, I've been to used to it xD

We pretty much all know each other but just in case, I'm Nathan


Ps. I really hope this is better than previous TYs OT's cause last years was 2 pages. Like, wow.




So what's everyone doing this Summer?

MomijiHime

I'm Anna, and I'm doing absolutely nothing over the summer..which is fine by me. I find it fun just sitting and doing nothing.
Has anyone made macaroons before? They so delicious.

Bazinga_N

MomijiHime wrote: »

I'm Anna, and I'm doing absolutely nothing over the summer..which is fine by me. I find it fun just sitting and doing nothing.
Has anyone made macaroons before? They so delicious.

Hey Anna I've a few small plans Days out and a holiday to Paris but other than that, sitting around and doing nothing is my main goal! xD I love being lazy :P

Macaroons? Are they little cake type things? I've ate them but not made them :P

onlinenerd

I wont say my name as it will be too obvious but I am playing basketball and working out over the summer.

Bazinga_N

onlinenerd wrote: »

I wont say my name as it will be too obvious but I am playing basketball and working out over the summer.

That's okay :L I like the idea of working out but then I remember I'm lazy

MomijiHime

Bazinga_N wrote: »

Hey Anna I've a few small plans Days out and a holiday to Paris but other than that, sitting around and doing nothing is my main goal! xD I love being lazy :P

Macaroons? Are they little cake type things? I've ate them but not made them :P

They are these magical things:
http://www.drimmit.com/public/dreams/original-dream-learn-how-to-make-macaroons-time-2012-11-06-19-32-10-userid-1979.jpg

CathalRyano

Bit of a monopoly you have on the off-topic threads you have don't you, Bazinga_N :P

Bazinga_N

MomijiHime wrote: »

They are these magical things:
http://www.drimmit.com/public/dreams/original-dream-learn-how-to-make-macaroons-time-2012-11-06-19-32-10-userid-1979.jpg

Yes, I have had them They are yum! :P

CathalRyano wrote: »

Bit of a monopoly you have on the off-topic threads you have don't you, Bazinga_N :P

Hahaha, this is going to be my third OT thread xD

CathalRyano

What are people doing for work experience? I dunno what I'm doing yet. There's a few family linked options for me, not sure though yet.

zubikhan

My name is Bob(nickname, not going to say real name here), I am planning the rest of this week is basically a lot of fun
Going go-karting after school and then at Friday sleep over at friends house and then at Sunday go playing pool
My plan for the whole summer is just really working out, watching anime (Naruto,One piece,Digimon)and movies, playing Xbox, hanging out and playing with friends, going to different activities as well as making money for my self
I have my whole summer planned out and basically my TY would be a great laugh also, that is after the results :eek:

Grian1

My name is Hannah.
I don't know what I'm doing in the summer yet but I'm making a huge list of what to do

Bazinga_N

CathalRyano wrote: »

What are people doing for work experience? I dunno what I'm doing yet. There's a few family linked options for me, not sure though yet.

Our teachers told us not to even consider ours during the summer, that they usually help us sort it when we go back, so I've nothing planned yet. I'm hoping to do something in the medical field though

zubikhan wrote: »

My name is Bob(nickname, not going to say real name here), I am planning the rest of this week is basically a lot of fun
Going go-karting after school and then at Friday sleep over at friends house and then at Sunday go playing pool
My plan for the whole summer is just really working out, watching anime (Naruto,One piece,Digimon)and movies, playing Xbox, hanging out and playing with friends, going to different activities as well as making money for my self
I have my whole summer planned out and basically my TY would be a great laugh also, that is after the results :eek:

Hey Bob :L Ah that sounds fun! I'm going shopping tomorrow with my friends :P I used to love Digimon when I was a kid. I've missed my Xbox these past few months! Need to get back into it I applied for a job actually the other day but I haven't heard back yet. Fingers crossed though! Where are you working?

Grian1 wrote: »

My name is Hannah.
I don't know what I'm doing in the summer yet but I'm making a huge list of what to do

Hey Hannah! Plenty of time to start thinking about what to do Welcome to boards.ie

zubikhan

Bazinga_N wrote: »

Our teachers told us not to even consider ours during the summer, that they usually help us sort it when we go back, so I've nothing planned yet. I'm hoping to do something in the medical field though



Hey Bob :L Ah that sounds fun! I'm going shopping tomorrow with my friends :P I used to love Digimon when I was a kid. I've missed my Xbox these past few months! Need to get back into it I applied for a job actually the other day but I haven't heard back yet. Fingers crossed though! Where are you working?



Hey Hannah! Plenty of time to start thinking about what to do Welcome to boards.ie

Well I work my own self, I have a shop registered on adverts and ebay, and sometimes sell on donedeal, I mainly work in consumer electronics(buying wholesale) as well as cars, buying them and selling them at a profit.
For my work experience:
Working for Apple in financial sector, my dad's friend is working in the same sector, so getting it will not be hard other wise
Working in an electronic pc repair shop, again dad's friend owns it. Or final option try to get to work in specsavers ( I love eyes)
I am really looking on becoming an entrepreneur, like those in ''The Apprentice''
In my school, in 4th year you get to do some courses as well as mini company, which I am doing both
Digital and Print Journalism, Innovation Creativity and Entrepreneurship, Television and Radio Broadcasting, Sports Science and Software Engineering for Games and Applications
From the list I am choosing Innovation Creativity and Entrepreneurship
I have experience in sales and business as I have my own shop on adverts.ie, sold numerous items such as cars,mobiles,consoles. (all comsumer electronics, mostly) on ebay and donedeal

zubikhan

By the way Nathan
How did you get your username I understand the bazinga part, I think I have heard it from somewhere before but the N, is that for the first initial of your actual name ?

Bazinga_N

zubikhan wrote: »

Well I work my own self, I have a shop registered on adverts and ebay, and sometimes sell on donedeal, I mainly work in consumer electronics(buying wholesale) as well as cars, buying them and selling them at a profit.
For my work experience:
Working for Apple in financial sector, my dad's friend is working in the same sector, so getting it will not be hard other wise
Working in an electronic pc repair shop, again dad's friend owns it. Or final option try to get to work in specsavers ( I love eyes)
I am really looking on becoming an entrepreneur, like those in ''The Apprentice''
In my school, in 4th year you get to do some courses as well as mini company, which I am doing both
Digital and Print Journalism, Innovation Creativity and Entrepreneurship, Television and Radio Broadcasting, Sports Science and Software Engineering for Games and Applications
From the list I am choosing Innovation Creativity and Entrepreneurship
I have experience in sales and business as I have my own shop on adverts.ie, sold numerous items such as cars,mobiles,consoles. (all comsumer electronics, mostly) on ebay and donedeal

That's so cool! :O You're very organised! I'd never be able for that, I'd get confused way too easily xD Fair play though! Great that you make a bit of profit for yourself!

zubikhan wrote: »

By the way Nathan
How did you get your username I understand the bazinga part, I think I have heard it from somewhere before but the N, is that for the first initial of your actual name ?

Yup Bazinga from Sheldon and N for Nathan

DublinArnie

I love the sense of mystery in this forum .

I'm Arnie(my real name ), and today i'm starting my hibernation progress. I have food(healthy ) and orange juice(I'm addicted to it ) all ready to keep me alive and help me build fat to keep warm over the cold winter nights hot blistering summer days.

I won't be hibernating for too long, maybe for only two weeks, depends how irritating my sister is. I'm planning to swim to the Canaries next Saturday!;) Or maybe taking RyanAir will be a better alternative... My website should also be complete some time around Mid-July, or maybe not. I'm getting a new laptop in July, my current laptop is 7 years old, you could rip the screen off it with one finger, a lot of the keys are broken, right clicking doesn't work anymore, the two USB ports are concaved, the laptop has a dead battery, the charger is ripped to pieces and the power buttom is dented, sounds like a cool laptop? It has went through a lot!

Throughout my hibernation and summer fun process, i'll be training more often *crosses fingers*, I promise!

Anyway, ROLL ON TRANSITION YEAR! :pac:

legocrazy505

I'm just going to do stuff I enjoy during the summer, uploading youtube videos daily (except when I'm gone to the UK for a week), working on my website/forum, tweeting, watching Formula 1, of course playing on my ps3/pc and improving my racing skills because the junior cert year has made me very rusty and slow behind the wheel.

No it's not a real car though I've driven go karts, it's this 400 euro setup (excluding the headset, PS3 and game capture device prices :P):

DublinArnie

legocrazy505 wrote: »

I'm just going to do stuff I enjoy during the summer, uploading youtube videos daily (except when I'm gone to the UK for a week), working on my website/forum, tweeting, watching Formula 1, of course playing on my ps3/pc and improving my racing skills because the junior cert year has made me very rusty and slow behind the wheel.

No it's not a real car though I've driven go karts, it's this 400 euro setup (excluding the headset, PS3 and game capture device prices :P):

You record PS3 gameplay? xD I'm playing the Play station today for the first time in three months ... I had to kill a spider colony in my PS3 and everything >"<.

onlinenerd

DublinArnie wrote: »

You record PS3 gameplay? xD I'm playing the Play station today for the first time in three months ... I had to kill a spider colony in my PS3 and everything >"<.

Arnie you play PS3 as well

juniorcert

My name's Ciara (real name :P ) and I'm off to Italy tomorrow morning (have to be up at 5 so I might as well not go to bed) After I come back I'll probably just resume my internet position until I return to school Although I wanted to get a summer job but I'm too young. Oh and read a ton of books. Can't wait for 4th year though, should be great!

MomijiHime

A lot of you seem to be good with computers. Does anyone know how I can save a movie file on windows movie maker? Everytime I try, it stops me saying,"Windows movie maker cannot save the movie to the specified location. Verify that the original source files used in you movie are still available, that the saving location is still available, and that there is enough free disk space available, and then try again" I've googled it but nothing works.. I have about 21GB space on my computer and the video is only 32MB?

Bazinga_N

DublinArnie wrote: »

I love the sense of mystery in this forum .

I'm Arnie(my real name ), and today i'm starting my hibernation progress. I have food(healthy ) and orange juice(I'm addicted to it ) all ready to keep me alive and help me build fat to keep warm over the cold winter nights hot blistering summer days.

I won't be hibernating for too long, maybe for only two weeks, depends how irritating my sister is. I'm planning to swim to the Canaries next Saturday!;) Or maybe taking RyanAir will be a better alternative... My website should also be complete some time around Mid-July, or maybe not. I'm getting a new laptop in July, my current laptop is 7 years old, you could rip the screen off it with one finger, a lot of the keys are broken, right clicking doesn't work anymore, the two USB ports are concaved, the laptop has a dead battery, the charger is ripped to pieces and the power buttom is dented, sounds like a cool laptop? It has went through a lot!

Throughout my hibernation and summer fun process, i'll be training more often *crosses fingers*, I promise!

Anyway, ROLL ON TRANSITION YEAR! :pac:

Hey Arnie Word of advice. RyanAir is never, ever, the best option. I'm so excited for TY<3

juniorcert wrote: »

My name's Ciara (real name :P ) and I'm off to Italy tomorrow morning (have to be up at 5 so I might as well not go to bed) After I come back I'll probably just resume my internet position until I return to school Although I wanted to get a summer job but I'm too young. Oh and read a ton of books. Can't wait for 4th year though, should be great!

Hey Ciara! Have fun in Italy xD

Bazinga_N

MomijiHime wrote: »

A lot of you seem to be good with computers. Does anyone know how I can save a movie file on windows movie maker? Everytime I try, it stops me saying,"Windows movie maker cannot save the movie to the specified location. Verify that the original source files used in you movie are still available, that the saving location is still available, and that there is enough free disk space available, and then try again" I've googled it but nothing works.. I have about 21GB space on my computer and the video is only 32MB?

Don't know much about Windows Movie Maker but I'm familiar enough with computers! What I think it's asking you if all the files (pictures and music and stuff) that you're using in your movie are still available on the computer? And also that the area you're saving the video is still available. When you see you have 21 GB free space, exactly where on the computer is this 21GB? Is it the hard drive or external memory space?

MomijiHime

Bazinga_N wrote: »

Don't know much about Windows Movie Maker but I'm familiar enough with computers! What I think it's asking you if all the files (pictures and music and stuff) that you're using in your movie are still available on the computer? And also that the area you're saving the video is still available. When you see you have 21 GB free space, exactly where on the computer is this 21GB? Is it the hard drive or external memory space?

Thanks! And it's the hard drive

Bazinga_N

MomijiHime wrote: »

Thanks! And it's the hard drive

Okay, well check that stuff anyways and make sure you're saving it to the hard drive. If that doesn't work, I don't have a clue! :O Sorry! :embarrassed:

MomijiHime

Bazinga_N wrote: »

Okay, well check that stuff anyways and make sure you're saving it to the hard drive. If that doesn't work, I don't have a clue! :O Sorry! :embarrassed:

I'll try that. No need to be sorry, thanks! ;)

Bazinga_N

MomijiHime wrote: »

I'll try that. No need to be sorry, thanks! ;)

Haha, it's no bother

So, what did everyone get up to today?

MomijiHime

Bazinga_N wrote: »

Haha, it's no bother

So, what did everyone get up to today?

I made an amv, ate more macaroons... that's about it. You?

Bazinga_N

MomijiHime wrote: »

I made an amv, ate more macaroons... that's about it. You?

You and macaroons xD I went to Cork City shopping with some friends

Jijsaw

I'm going to be in 5th year but I'm lonely so I'll hang around here for a bit Ello me name's Jijsaw or Jijjy (if we want to be informal) and I am an alcoholic

Bazinga_N

Jijsaw wrote: »

I'm going to be in 5th year but I'm lonely so I'll hang around here for a bit Ello me name's Jijsaw or Jijjy (if we want to be informal) and I am an alcoholic

Hey Everyone's welcome here.. We're a friendly people ;D

MomijiHime

Bazinga_N wrote: »

You and macaroons xD I went to Cork City shopping with some friends

It's not my fault they're so delicious.

Jijsaw wrote: »

I'm going to be in 5th year but I'm lonely so I'll hang around here for a bit Ello me name's Jijsaw or Jijjy (if we want to be informal) and I am an alcoholic

-alcoholics anonymous voice- Hiiiiii Jijjy

Jijsaw

MomijiHime wrote: »

It's not my fault they're so delicious.



-alcoholics anonymous voice- Hiiiiii Jijjy

It all started "when I was 17..."

Bazinga_N

Jijsaw wrote: »

It all started "when I was 17..."

Hahahaha :L I love the Simpsons<3

DublinArnie

MomijiHime wrote: »

A lot of you seem to be good with computers. Does anyone know how I can save a movie file on windows movie maker? Everytime I try, it stops me saying,"Windows movie maker cannot save the movie to the specified location. Verify that the original source files used in you movie are still available, that the saving location is still available, and that there is enough free disk space available, and then try again" I've googled it but nothing works.. I have about 21GB space on my computer and the video is only 32MB?

What file type are you trying to save it as and the location?

DublinArnie

Jijsaw wrote: »

I'm going to be in 5th year but I'm lonely so I'll hang around here for a bit Ello me name's Jijsaw or Jijjy (if we want to be informal) and I am an alcoholic

Aw! You'll miss us! I knew you grew an attachment .

DublinArnie

onlinenerd wrote: »

Arnie you play PS3 as well

I got it the month it came out in 2007 in Europe and started competitively gaming in 2009. I play too much PS3 at times but ah well :pac:

DublinArnie

Any hobbies people want to share? Let it be weird and unique as a stick or as common as a piece of grass . I think I can already guess a few of yours ... especially Jijsaw with the obbsesive drinking .

MomijiHime

DublinArnie wrote: »

What file type are you trying to save it as and the location?

A wmv file and to 'My videos' but I don't care about it anymore. I managed to save about 50 seconds of it. I think the problem was with the clips I used as I had to convert them from torrent to avi to wmv and maybe something bad happened there. I googled it and they said I might have to download the clips again and start over but there's no way I'm doing that so i'm just dropping it. Thanks!

Bazinga_N

DublinArnie wrote: »

Any hobbies people want to share? Let it be weird and unique as a stick or as common as a piece of grass . I think I can already guess a few of yours ... especially Jijsaw with the obbsesive drinking .

I don't think I have any weird hobbies tbh :L

Is excessive shopping a hobby? I suppose the amount of shopping I do could be considered a hobby.. Love shopping<3 Other than that it's just the normal, reading, writing, xbox, tv, internet, hanging with friends, etc.

Oh, I thought of something weird actually, me and a few of my friends go garden jumping once every few months or so.. We absolutely love the thrill you get from it :O

dalta5billion

Bazinga_N wrote: »

I don't think I have any weird hobbies tbh :L

Is excessive shopping a hobby? I suppose the amount of shopping I do could be considered a hobby.. Love shopping<3 Other than that it's just the normal, reading, writing, xbox, tv, internet, hanging with friends, etc.

Oh, I thought of something weird actually, me and a few of my friends go garden jumping once every few months or so.. We absolutely love the thrill you get from it :O

If that's what I think it is, how do you deal with the risk of newly-installed ponds? :P

Peregrine

Well yous are off on an early start aren't ya

Jijsaw wrote: »

I'm going to be in 5th year but I'm lonely so I'll hang around here for a bit

Go into the 2012/2013's sad excuse excuse of an OT and try to see if anyone's still alive :pac: then maybe start an 5th year OT in August. But not before we change the name of our's to 6th year Off topic

DublinArnie

MomijiHime wrote: »

A wmv file and to 'My videos' but I don't care about it anymore. I managed to save about 50 seconds of it. I think the problem was with the clips I used as I had to convert them from torrent to avi to wmv and maybe something bad happened there. I googled it and they said I might have to download the clips again and start over but there's no way I'm doing that so i'm just dropping it. Thanks!

Google .

MomijiHime

DublinArnie wrote: »

Google .

It has the answer to everything~

Bazinga_N

MomijiHime wrote: »

It has the answer to everything~

What if google decided to remove it's web browser and just delete all it's systems and applications. It would cause a worldwide panic cause nobody could google what happened to google :eek:

MomijiHime

Bazinga_N wrote: »

What if google decided to remove it's web browser and just delete all it's systems and applications. It would cause a worldwide panic cause nobody could google what happened to google :eek:

hahaha!

DublinArnie

Bazinga_N wrote: »

What if google decided to remove it's web browser and just delete all it's systems and applications. It would cause a worldwide panic cause nobody could google what happened to google :eek:

I guess we'll be forced to use Firefox :mad:.

Bazinga_N

DublinArnie wrote: »

I guess we'll be forced to use Firefox :mad:.

I could never leave Google Chrome<3 Hahaha

Bazinga_N

So I went to a disco last night because Gaz from Geordie Shore was there. He was amazing. I'm full on in love with him. First of all we took a photo with him (it's not on the internet yet :L but there's a worse quality one off my friends phone up) and then he took my phone and took a selfie. My life is complete<3

legocrazy505

DublinArnie wrote: »

You record PS3 gameplay? xD I'm playing the Play station today for the first time in three months ... I had to kill a spider colony in my PS3 and everything >"<.

I record PC games more and more seeing as I built my gaming PC last Christmas (well it's more a mid-range one but it's better than the Xbox One specs, probably slightly slower than the PS4 due to GDDR5 ram not being released as actual RAM sticks.)

Playstation has been a core part of my gaming history though (my dad used to give me a playstation controller that was unplugged and I always thought I was playing so I've got I'd say slightly more than 14 years of experience with the dualshock :P). I do like my Xbox360 because of Forza and Halo but the PS3 is still my primary games device then the PC.

Bazinga_N

God lads, this thread is so quiet! xD