http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog Blogging on building Gunpla, Gundam & Japan Wed, 14 Jul 2010 19:44:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/2010/01/24/basement-cinema-bulb-change/ http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/2010/01/24/basement-cinema-bulb-change/#comments Sun, 24 Jan 2010 10:20:58 +0000 James http://www.naffworld.co.uk/blog/?p=455 Two updates in one week, things are moving along quicker than ever! The new bulb arrived really quickly (thanks to CP Lighting) so I fitted it straight away to see if there was a difference. These bulbs are massive, and light as a feather – handle with care In we go! Firstly I removed the [...]]]> http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/2010/01/24/basement-cinema-bulb-change/feed/ 0 http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/2010/01/17/final-fantasy-xiii-elixir-unboxing/ http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/2010/01/17/final-fantasy-xiii-elixir-unboxing/#comments Sun, 17 Jan 2010 11:00:29 +0000 James http://www.naffworld.co.uk/blog/?p=393 It’s almost becoming something of a tradition for Square Enix to release a licensed energy drink around the time a new Final Fantasy game comes out, so it’s no surprise to anyone that Suntory-licensed FFXIII drinks are currently available. What did catch my eye was this funky box on sale in the 7-11, containing both [...]]]> http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/2010/01/17/final-fantasy-xiii-elixir-unboxing/feed/ 2 http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/2010/01/03/the-japan-2009-stash/ http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/2010/01/03/the-japan-2009-stash/#comments Sun, 03 Jan 2010 14:57:20 +0000 James http://www.naffworld.co.uk/blog/?p=338 Every year I push my suitcase to the absolute limit on the way home from Japan, filling every available bit of space with awesomeness from the land of the rising sun. This year I think I did particularly well! From top-bottom left-right. First we have the 2010 Studio Ghibli Calendar, always a worthy purchase MG [...]]]> http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/2010/01/03/the-japan-2009-stash/feed/ 2 http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/2009/10/27/eurogamer-expo-leeds-2009/ http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/2009/10/27/eurogamer-expo-leeds-2009/#comments Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:12:17 +0000 James http://www.naffworld.co.uk/blog/?p=163 Today, three geeks desecended upon Leeds for a day of awesome gaming. This is their story. We convened at the bright and early time of 9.30 to give ourselves plenty of time to get to the Royal Armories for the 11am opening. It was a nasty drizzly day today but that didn’t dampen our spirits, [...]]]> http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/2009/10/27/eurogamer-expo-leeds-2009/feed/ 0 http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/2009/08/17/virtual-on-twin-stick-project-worklog-3/ http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/2009/08/17/virtual-on-twin-stick-project-worklog-3/#comments Mon, 17 Aug 2009 20:50:53 +0000 James http://www.naffworld.co.uk/blog/?p=138 Oh what a mess i’ve made of this. Check out my sweet soldering skills, oh yeah i’m great I know, following an incorrect diagram I accidentally soldered right to a common ground and ended up taking the whole contact off trying to clean the solder off. To make matters worse I’ve also burned through the [...]]]> http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/2009/08/17/virtual-on-twin-stick-project-worklog-3/feed/ 0 http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/2009/08/11/virtual-on-twin-stick-project-worklog-2/ http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/2009/08/11/virtual-on-twin-stick-project-worklog-2/#comments Tue, 11 Aug 2009 20:56:47 +0000 James http://www.naffworld.co.uk/blog/?p=135 Just quick update today… Started soldering, forgot how annoying that can be when the damn stuff doesn’t take, it’s probably not helped by the fact my soldering iron is the cheapest on the face of the earth. Anyway, i’ve wired one of the quickshots to the disembodied innards of the 360 pad and low and [...]]]> http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/2009/08/11/virtual-on-twin-stick-project-worklog-2/feed/ 2 http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/2009/08/09/virtual-on-twin-stick-project-worklog-1/ http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/2009/08/09/virtual-on-twin-stick-project-worklog-1/#comments Sun, 09 Aug 2009 11:56:33 +0000 James http://www.naffworld.co.uk/blog/?p=133 Slow and steady progress this week as I was up being sick from 5am yesterday and spent the rest of the day feeling sorry for myself. What I have done is break open my component parts and have a good nose around… First things first I tore open the xbox bad, and was happily greeted [...]]]> http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/2009/08/09/virtual-on-twin-stick-project-worklog-1/feed/ 0 http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/2009/08/05/virtual-on-twin-stick-project-begin/ http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/2009/08/05/virtual-on-twin-stick-project-begin/#comments Wed, 05 Aug 2009 09:29:40 +0000 James http://www.naffworld.co.uk/blog/?p=131 Ever since Virtual-On Oratorio Tangram was announced for Xbox 360 i’ve thought it would be really cool to make my own twin sticks – especially when the Hori sticks were announced to cost $300! I milled around online and in shops looking for old 2-axis 2-button joysticks which could work, but without any other real [...]]]> http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/2009/08/05/virtual-on-twin-stick-project-begin/feed/ 2 http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/2009/07/12/manchester-zombie-walk/ http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/2009/07/12/manchester-zombie-walk/#comments Sun, 12 Jul 2009 21:50:55 +0000 James http://www.naffworld.co.uk/blog/?p=128 Today Manchester’s streets played host to hundreds of the shambling undead in an attempt to break a Guinness world record and also raise money for charity. Sadly the record wasn’t broken (a mere 160 Zombies short!) but a great and slightly weird time was had by all! Emma and I all Zombified – I attempted [...]]]> http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/2009/07/12/manchester-zombie-walk/feed/ 14 http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/2009/07/05/my-rig-oh-how-are-you-still-working/ http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/2009/07/05/my-rig-oh-how-are-you-still-working/#comments Sun, 05 Jul 2009 15:19:38 +0000 James http://www.naffworld.co.uk/blog/?p=126 Ladies and Gentlemen, meet old faithful, my custom-built rig since 2003, this machine got me through Uni and many a freelance job. Today sadly it looks a little worse for wear, but it’s so bad it’s good The side and front of the case are always off to improve airflow, reset buttons long dead and [...]]]> http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/2009/07/05/my-rig-oh-how-are-you-still-working/feed/ 1