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Hey Guys,

I’ve noticed that Logan hasn’t posted anything in here about his Dad. I’m not sure how much he has told you, but here’s the story.

Logan’s Dad suffered a heart attack, and what medically dead for 12 minutes. Logan de-fibrillated him, saving his life. The paramedics arrived to take him to hospital where his condition was found to be a malfunctioning left ventricle (Logan has these details for the medically inclined..!). He stayed in a medically induced coma to keep stress off his heart and his brain. They woke him up to asses his condition, and have found no signs of serious brain damage. He became stressed, and they put him back into the coma. However, to my knowledge, he is in a stable condition out of ICU and in the cardio ward where he is likely to stay for the next few weeks. He needs surgery to give him a pace maker and also what is effectively a small defib.

Just got back from a week away to find that origin had downloaded a massive 9GB when I turned my computer on. We get 40GB a month with nothing unmetered. Basically, we get 40GB, and that’s that.

So when origin decides to update BF3 without giving any indication, it uses almost 25% of the usage in one hit. We have a usage meter which tells us how much we can use each day so we don’t get capped. We are currently 5GB (12.5%) over the limit for today, and get 1GB/day left.

For this reason, I have to be really frugal with the internet until the 26th hoping not to get capped.

This is really unacceptable, and I’d really appreciate it if somebody could suggest a way of preventing BF3 from installing these updates without permission. I’d rather just not play until the internet resets than not be able to play, use youtube, mumble, or any other internet hog until this time.

Hey Guys,

As many of you are aware, I went on a 12 day excursion to Fiji. This was a service trip run by my school where we went to the village of Vanuakula to; build a house, tile classroom floors, repair and paint the nun’s convent, and also do some small maintenance jobs around the village.

After spending 10 days in the village, we left for a Resort in Suva. After spending a few hours in Suva at the craft markets, fruit and vegetable markets, and the local Mac Donalds, we left for the “Uprising Resort”. Let me tell you this, if you have ever gone to Fiji, and been to a resort, most of the “Culture” is a total lie. While as the resort, I felt as though I was in a totally new country to the village I had just stayed in. The Fijian’s were totally westernised!

“Team IPX of Svalbard – MM” in the Fijian sand!

Hey Guys,

No, it’s not a twitter “hash tag”, it’s an IRC server address.

For those of you who don’t know, Team IPX has an IRC server. Hashy, Kazashi, and myself can regularly be seen in there. We are usually around for a chat (although us sitting in chat AFK is not uncommon at all).

Why not drop by? I understand some of you don’t like IRC, and I’d really like to know why. It’s a good place for IPXers to chat without mumble or steam. If you don’t know how to connect: http://teamipx.net/chat. There are instructions for how to use your own client, or you can use the embedded client.

Cheers,

MM

Our friend, Hashy, is another year older. Let us celebrate the occasion by showing him how important he is!

Have a good one mate.

Cheers,

MM