I fell into a Red Ring of Death

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After 4 or 5 years of faithful service my Xbox finally flashed me the infamous Red Ring of Death... this is odd because my brother's unit and one of my friends system just crashed in the last month (conspiracy theories to follow)

Apparently you can send it back to XBOX and they will pay to fix it, but with my urge to leave the country in a hurry I have sought out a short term fix with the "Towel Trick". This involves wrapping the Xbox in 3 towels, setting it upside down, and turning it on for 25 minutes. This overheats the system and somehow gives the user about a week of gameplay before the process has to be repeated.
Surprisingly the first attempt to do this actually worked and it allowed for me to play FIFA 10 for another week. I will probably send it back to Xbox right before I leave the country so it is finished by the time I return (if I return that is).

It should also be noted that with the lack of time spent on the XBOX it should be easy to notice that my blogging increases steadily in the near future.

The Reason for Few Posts

I have noted that I have fallen off when it comes to posting and there are a few reasons for that but no more are more to blame than these two items.

My XBOX and an exercise ball are how I spend my days. OK, so I don't actually work out on the ball, but I do sit on it while playing the games so I feel accomplished.


This in conjunction with adjusting to my new surroundings, up keeping the flat, day-to-day hazards such as washing my bus pass with my clothes, and trying to finish off my thesis by the end of March have really held me back. There are some fun things to do here in Birmingham and I am sure my updates will become more frequent as I push forward.