Chris Hammondhttp://www.chrishammond.comRSS Feed for Chris Hammond120Easy way to get experience in City of Heroes? (COH)https://www.chrishammond.com/Blog/itemId/27/Easy-way-to-get-experience-in-City-of-Heroes-COHI ran across an interesting way to get experience today in City of Heroes. I was running through independance port with my 12th LVL Tanker and was trying to dodge all of the 23-26 lvl bad guys. I got a little too close to a couple of said bad guys and was attacked by them, but kept on chucking and made it through the zone without a painful death. A few minutes later I got 70XP and 70 influence, apparently someone else killed one of the guys who had hit me along the way. I'll have to try that again sometime, see if I can reproduce similiar...Sun, 25 Jul 2004 22:00:00 GMTe548895c-185d-416a-ac52-fb9c2790683bDoom 3 and more URLS!https://www.chrishammond.com/Blog/itemId/47/Doom-3-and-more-URLSWell, the Martian Buddy post was correct, the code, 0508 does come in useful! There's a supply cabinet that you can open to get the chain gun, without the code from the internet you can't get into the cabinet, at least to my knowledge. There are a few other emails referring to MartianBuddy.com as well, one even complains about the spam from them. There's also another URL found in the game, www.ua-corp.com which has a little flash animation that runs. I played my guitar for a while tonight, leaving the animation sitting there doesn't do anything :) It just keeps beeping. I thought maybe after a while it would move on to something...Thu, 05 Aug 2004 19:56:00 GMTb968704c-fb16-44cb-994e-c9146e6f61c4Doom 3 console and cheat codeshttps://www.chrishammond.com/Blog/itemId/49/Doom-3-console-and-cheat-codesUNTESTED but listed for your enjoyment. Bring the console up with [~] and type the following codes in to blow the monsters back to hell:)Note: To enable the console, add +set com_allowConsole 1 to your command-line shortcut for the game. Alternately, you can try using [Ctrl] + [Alt] + [~] to bring up the console. aviDemo = Saves a demo of your playing to an AVI movie filebenchmark = Game Benchmarkdoomhell = Skip all levels to lastfreeze = Freeze all on screengfxinfo = Graphicscard infomationgod = God modenoclip = No Clipnotarget = Invisibility to most enemiescom_drawfps 1 = Show FPSgive all = Full load of weapons and ammogive doom95 = Load the '95 version of Doomgive keys = Acquire all the keys you'll ever needgive weapon_machinegun = Machinegungive weapon_shotgun = Shotgungive weapon_plasmagun = Plasmagungive weapon_bfg = BFGgive weapon_chainsaw = Chainsawgive weapon_rocketlauncher = Rocket Launcherstatus = Your game statusquit = Quit aka ExitBelow is the rest of the codes. At the moment we don't have time to find out what they're all good for. Play around with them yourselves!!...Thu, 05 Aug 2004 23:06:00 GMTc1d074b4-8867-4998-bee9-65a49b3e6d8eCards vs. Metshttps://www.chrishammond.com/Blog/itemId/51/Cards-vs-MetsColwell and I went to the Cards Mets game yesterday. I took ~200 pictures http://www.chrishammond.com/gallery/albums/38.aspx Check out this one (3 in...Sun, 08 Aug 2004 21:29:00 GMT18d6a204-0834-449a-a0aa-041451d11e81I know that freak!https://www.chrishammond.com/Blog/itemId/61/I-know-that-freakSo I'm surfing around sportingnews.com today and trying to see if I can still login with my old TSN information, no luck. Either the account is gone, or I just forgot my password, not sure which. Once I get the failed login page I see this image. I think, wait a minute, I know that guy. That's none other than Aaron Ellis, web developer extraordinaire. He's one of a few of us who are still left at TSN. I believe he's currently the only web developer, at one point there were 6 or 7 of us, plus another 6 or 7 programmers.... Here's to ya...Wed, 18 Aug 2004 14:50:00 GMT977a3cdc-6ed8-4afc-8e93-b1af36fc6301Back from Vacation!https://www.chrishammond.com/Blog/itemId/93/Back-from-VacationI'm back from 9 days out of town. First I went to the SCCA Solo II Nationals in Topeka Kansas you can check out some of the photos from the ProSolo Finale http://www.solo2.org/gallery/albums/9.aspx and from Nationals http://www.solo2.org/gallery/albums/8.aspx Thursday morning, after 4 hours of sleep, I drove back to St. Louis and caught a flight Thursday evening to Phoenix for Faye's wedding. Check out some of the photos from the wedding! http://www.chrishammond.com/gallery/albums/49.aspx Overall it was a good 9 days. Nationals didn't go as well as I had hoped, but it was better than last year. I did however get dehydrated one day and fairly sick, but after a few gatorades I was back to normal. Hopefully more details on the past 9 days later, I have work to catch up...Mon, 20 Sep 2004 10:39:00 GMT82ab5479-f237-4ff0-972f-afb1e2c6e23fStar Wars Battlefront Mouse Problemshttps://www.chrishammond.com/Blog/itemId/96/Star-Wars-Battlefront-Mouse-ProblemsWell, I got Star Wars Battlefront at the recommendation of Bill today. Install went fine and dandy but as soon as I start the game up my mouse crawls to the top right corner. It's hard to click on items as you have to move to their lower right and click when the mouse rolls over that item... Now I need to find a fix for this. UPDATE: trying this fix http://forums.lucasarts.com/thread.jspa?threadID=5737&tstart=0 If your mouse cursor is drifting or losing input on the game's menu screens, please download and install the latest software for your mouse available from the manufacturer's website.If you have a joystick or gamepad connected to the system, and you plan to play the game using the keyboard and mouse, you should try disconnecting the joystick or gamepad from the system temporarily to see if this corrects the issue. You may need to calibrate your controller in the Windows' Gaming Options Control Panel to correct this. ...Wed, 22 Sep 2004 18:27:00 GMT53e58d4b-a3e3-49ab-8ec7-c58f043d1895SRS Street Racing Syndicate refilling Nitro NOS bottlehttps://www.chrishammond.com/Blog/itemId/103/SRS-Street-Racing-Syndicate-refilling-Nitro-NOS-boIt took me FOREVER to figure out how to refill the NOS bottle on Street Racing Syndicate. I just happen to notice that while driving around town, not racing, any respect points you earn for drifting or jumping slowly refills your Nitrous bottle. Hope that helps some of you who hadn't figured this out...Fri, 01 Oct 2004 12:47:00 GMT182aada1-a273-4a5b-bafb-b28f778562e7Great day in Baseball!https://www.chrishammond.com/Blog/itemId/110/Great-day-in-BaseballWas yesterday not the best day in Baseball? The Red Sox beat the Angel in Cali. The Yankees lost to the Twins in NY!!! Oh, and I went to the Cardinals game in which they beat the Dodgers! Here are 250 photos I took, I got 3 of the 5 homerun swings I think, possibly 4 of 5, need to check....Wed, 06 Oct 2004 08:35:00 GMTf05a5e0e-49e2-4b62-8991-9b0c8db604b9Game tied, 3-3https://www.chrishammond.com/Blog/itemId/115/Game-tied-33That's right, the Sox are on their way back. I'm sitting here in my new RS Jersey I got in the mail on Friday! Go...Sat, 16 Oct 2004 19:05:00 GMTa3f83824-573d-4832-a6b2-d10f8bb3be1bFortune Cookie for the Soxhttps://www.chrishammond.com/Blog/itemId/138/Fortune-Cookie-for-the-SoxWe ordered Chinese yesterday for lunch. It took 2 hours to get here, so it ended up being free. In my fortune cookie it said “Your everlasting patience will be rewarded sooner or later” I don't think this cookie meant lunch yesterday, cause it had happened prior to opening the cookie. This cookie is for all of the Red Sox fans out there! “Your everlasting patience will be rewarded sooner or later” It's late enough, game...Wed, 27 Oct 2004 12:55:00 GMTce8e1dbb-f74b-4abf-a12e-365fee2cf9ecWin it for...https://www.chrishammond.com/Blog/itemId/139/Win-it-forWho do you want them to win it...Wed, 27 Oct 2004 13:10:00 GMT1c45dfa3-ab6f-49fd-b6cc-3cc54488910bRed Sox World Series Game 4 photos!https://www.chrishammond.com/Blog/itemId/140/Red-Sox-World-Series-Game-4-photosIf you are looking to purchase the DVD of photos, you can get it on ebay. I took 540+ photos at Game 4 of the 2004 World Series. I'll be selling a DVD of the photos later this week, but for now you can view them on this web site! http://www.chrishammond.com/gallery/albums/55.aspx I never thought I would see the Red Sox win a World Series, much less get to see it in person! More thoughts on the game and the Sox to come soon! For the Gentleman that were sitting beside me and my Aunt, here are your photos http://www.chrishammond.com/gallery/albums/55/4961.aspxhttp://www.chrishammond.com/gallery/albums/55/4962.aspxhttp://www.chrishammond.com/gallery/albums/55/4963.aspx   ' If you are looking to purchase the DVD of photos, you can get it on...Thu, 28 Oct 2004 08:29:00 GMTd8722ab2-d105-40c3-9237-15f9b12caa50Photos linkhttps://www.chrishammond.com/Blog/itemId/142/Photos-linkSince that last entry is so long I wanted to relink to the entry before that for the two Boston fans who were sitting beside us at the game last night. Also to link to a photo of me and Auntie Carol at the game....Thu, 28 Oct 2004 09:42:00 GMTbcc0214f-c720-41c8-9157-4ac24dbcf6af2004 World Series DVD for the Red Soxhttps://www.chrishammond.com/Blog/itemId/144/2004-World-Series-DVD-for-the-Red-SoxIf you are looking to purchase the DVD of photos, you can get it on ebay. I'll be touching up all the photos I took at the World Series and compiling a DVD for sale in the next few days. I'll post more information here when it is available!  If you are looking to purchase the DVD of photos, you can get it on...Sun, 31 Oct 2004 18:53:00 GMT6e53e5e9-1793-40c9-9fd5-7d8d2f190dfaUpdate for the past week?https://www.chrishammond.com/Blog/itemId/145/Update-for-the-past-weekWell, I am moved, Saturday I had a few guys help me finish loading up Dave's trailer. We took everything from the old place and brought it to the new place, got everything unloaded, and that's how most of it sits! I have quite a bit unpacked, but no where near all of it. Last night I went bowling again with the team, looks like I'm going to be bowling once a month right now. I started out doing well, darn well actually, but my usual self started over analyzing my bowling and I slowly started doing worse. Halfway through the second game I was cleaning my ball of prior to rolling it, my usual cleaning method is to spin the ball with my towl in my left handing holding the ball as it spins. Well, last night I left my right ring finger in the ball as it spun, not a very good sound was heard when I did that! I heard a bit of ripping, then the pain started. The pain didn't last too long, I bowled my two shots and then went and got some ice. The pain kind of came and went throughout the night.This morning I can see the pain! The last joint in that finger is swollen up, and hard to bend. What I managed to do when spinning the ball was take the tip of the finger and twist/tweak it around that joint. I'll see how it feels, perhaps a trip to the doctor will be in order, but I'll try not...Thu, 04 Nov 2004 07:53:00 GMT6ad63930-0827-43db-9e2a-9812d6ea83ee2004 World Series Photos DVD For Sale!https://www.chrishammond.com/Blog/itemId/184/2004-World-Series-Photos-DVD-For-SaleMy 2004 World Series Photos DVD is for sale again on Ebay! 2004 World Series Photos...Mon, 20 Dec 2004 08:31:00 GMTbf7cceb4-9618-4cc9-a6bd-1bf8a42eabfaAct of War: Direct Action, Dale Brown and Atari team uphttps://www.chrishammond.com/Blog/itemId/200/Act-of-War-Direct-Action-Dale-Brown-and-Atari-teI finished reading Dale Brown's Plan of Attack last night, figured I would check to see if there was any news on his web site about a new book. Instead I find a link to this game, Act of War Direct Action, by Atari. I'll definitely have to check this one out a bit more later today! Something found on Atari's Forums “It does initially sound a bit incongruous, doesn't it? Here's how it all went down, and you'll be seeing more articles about this in the press I'm sure. (In fact, there's an excellent article in the January PC Gamer magazine.) Eugen realized that they were programmers, not storywriters. So instead of coming up with some plot themselves, they came to us (Atari) and we hooked them up with technothriller author Dale Brown. We licensed the Act of War property to Dale and contracted with him to create a story based in this world we had created. Dale's books are known for having a geopolitical spin to them, countries of the world clashing, clandestine organizations working together, that sort of thing. This is no exception, and the result is a pretty darn good plot for a computer game, with a focus on US...Mon, 17 Jan 2005 07:31:00 GMT02c47b97-8208-4422-b90c-5c36ed397298Star Wars Episode 3 Trailers!https://www.chrishammond.com/Blog/itemId/238/Star-Wars-Episode-3-TrailersWow, it looks like there's a new Star Wars Episode III 3 trailer out. The traffic over on solo2.org ROCKETED through the roof on Saturday! Google adsense $$ is pouring in! Alright, not really all that much, but a noticable difference! Here's the StarWars.com link for the trailer. My blog post on solo2.org about the Episode III Fan Made...Mon, 14 Mar 2005 21:31:00 GMT1c2682b6-7d03-4c44-b67c-07c07a5f4fe0The Contender Finalehttps://www.chrishammond.com/Blog/itemId/272/The-Contender-FinaleSo last night was the big Contender Finale. I must say I was highly dissappointed. Technically it was a horrible production, camera views sucked during the fights, Sly was an damn idiot “I want a rematch. I want to see a rematch” before the damn fight even started, then every two minutes throughout the match. There were multiple times when the sound was off, microphones off when they should have been on, on when they should have been off. The fights weren't very good either. Jesse got slaughtered by Gomez. I don't know why, Jesse has a hell of a punch, I'm not a boxing expert by any means, but it looked like he really wanted to land his devastating uppercut and was unable to do so, over and over again. Congrats to Gomez, he faught a good fight. The main bought, between Peter Manfredo Jr. and Sergio Mora was just as dissappointing. Manfredo looked to tire out after about the first round. He spent the next 6 rounds hugging Mora with his head down the whole time. Mora even got the point where he was talking shit to Mandredo's family in the corner, very low class of him if I must add. The fights in the past episodes were much better produced, which I guess comes with the ability to cut and edit them, as they weren't shown live. The effects that Burnett and his team were able to convey with the heavy punches in slow motion in the past episodes made for much more entertaining fights. Over all, the show was fun, I watched about half of the season. Up until the last episode last night I thought very highly of it all. Last night though was very dissapointing. I guess it shows why boxxing isn't all that interesting straight out of the...Wed, 25 May 2005 11:01:00 GMTf802a76a-c5e2-4ffb-babe-9e4550f6ebccSalina Kansas for the Midiv R&S/SPS Solo Event #3https://www.chrishammond.com/Blog/itemId/291/Salina-Kansas-for-the-Midiv-RSSPS-Solo-Event-3I'm headed to Salina Kansas today for Event #3 in the R&S/SPS Solo Midwestern Division Solo Series, or whatever the series is called. I'm a sponsor, I guess I should know! Will post pics when I...Fri, 24 Jun 2005 07:28:00 GMTeed000bc-01df-4ab8-a8d3-25fe2b6d46dfSt. Louis Cardinals Playoff Schedulehttps://www.chrishammond.com/Blog/itemId/357/St-Louis-Cardinals-Playoff-ScheduleSo, I guess being a small market, stuck in the midwest, it means that the Cardinals get the worst game times! The first game in the Division Series in Tuesday at Noon, and the 2nd game is Thursday at 3pm. Not great times for working stiffs. I have tickets to both games, and am planning on going to the Tuesday game. We'll see about Thursday, I may sell the tickets to a...Mon, 03 Oct 2005 12:53:00 GMT7349dce3-9d11-4921-a9a7-7374690542f4Rocket Racing League Announcementhttps://www.chrishammond.com/Blog/itemId/358/Rocket-Racing-League-AnnouncementCheck out the latest announcement from the folks who brought you the X Prize. The Rocket Racing League. That could be interesting, though I don't see the market for aircraft racing surpassing car racing anytime in the near...Mon, 03 Oct 2005 13:53:00 GMT15698862-f5ae-4d02-82f6-3fe035b2b1b8Rocket Racing Forums now available!https://www.chrishammond.com/Blog/itemId/360/Rocket-Racing-Forums-now-availableWith the announcement earlier this week of the new Rocket Racing League a new community web site for the Rocket Racing League has been put together with Telligent's Community Server. Check out the Rocket Racing Forums over at http://www.rocketracingforums.com/ There is definitely more to come with the site, they are definitely in the infancy stage just like the new racing series! ...Thu, 06 Oct 2005 22:42:00 GMT8d423e39-a8d7-443e-907e-aecb1750a14eCircuitCity.com Xbox 360 Saleshttps://www.chrishammond.com/Blog/itemId/382/CircuitCitycom-Xbox-360-SalesCnet has an article about the Xbox360 sale that CircuitCity.com had on Friday. Let's just say that I know someone who got one after the "three" hour mark. It has a tracking number, and we'll see if it ships tomorrow or not! http://news.com.com/Xbox+360+mania+slams+CircuitCity.com/2100-1043_3-5961443.html Minutes after Microsoft's next-generation game console went on sale Friday afternoon at CircuitCity.com, the site was hobbled by a deluge of traffic. A representative for the online counterpart to electronics retailer Circuit City said the company's site saw a "tremendous" traffic spike at 2 p.m. ET, when the company began taking Internet orders for the eagerly awaited Xbox. (Specific traffic numbers were not immediately available from Comscore, which tracks Web use.) Microsoft has predicted it will sell 3 million consoles within the first three months following the Xbox 360's release. Other retailers had taken preorders for the Xbox, but Circuit City was the only online store selling the consoles Friday. Previous Next "The Web (store) did become slow for the majority of customers," acknowledged Amanda Tate, a Circuit City spokeswoman. She declined to specify how many Xboxes were sold or how many the company made available through its Web site. CircuitCity.com sold out of its available consoles in less than three hours, Tate said. The Xbox goes on sale at brick-and-mortar stores at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday. Those customers who purchased a console from Circuit City's site will have to pay extra for shipping to receive the machine by Tuesday, Tate said. Shoppers will likely be camping out in front of their local electronics stores and long lines are expected....Mon, 21 Nov 2005 00:27:00 GMT683b6567-d817-417b-8275-a44892160eb1How to get an Xbox360 for Christmashttps://www.chrishammond.com/Blog/itemId/383/How-to-get-an-Xbox360-for-ChristmasSo you're wondering how to get yourself an Xbox360 before Christmas? Here's a few tips. Take 1: On November 21st, head to your local Best Buy, Wal Mart or Circuit City, Target, Kmart. Take warm clothes, some food, and a comfortable folding chair, you're going to be there a while. Wait, wait, wait, until 8am on November 22nd. Go in the store and buy one! If you're lucky enough to be one of the few in line that will get one. Take 2. Bid on one on Ebay. Take 3. Try finding one on Black Friday. (yeah good luck with that.) Take 4. Wait till after Christmas!   Any of your own tips on how to find a 360 before Christmas? Post them...Mon, 21 Nov 2005 00:29:00 GMTe30e9dfe-e102-4bdb-b756-663fdb291c06And they said it was a good dayhttps://www.chrishammond.com/Blog/itemId/387/And-they-said-it-was-a-good-dayMy Woot.com package arrived today, nice 6 computer speaker set, I'm sure natalie will enjoy the racket! Also the 360 came today! Horray! Who needs sleep when you can game! Now I need to get out of work and go home to hook it...Tue, 22 Nov 2005 14:41:00 GMT1d088331-e655-4e69-a603-1c749b064079So you want to get your XBox 360 to talk to you Windows XP Machine?https://www.chrishammond.com/Blog/itemId/388/So-you-want-to-get-your-XBox-360-to-talk-to-you-WiYou're going to need to download Windows Media Connect from here. Once you have that setup you need to setup sharing, and setup the devices that can access those shares you create. I've yet to get mine working properly, hopefully I'll get it going...Wed, 23 Nov 2005 09:52:00 GMT1a7248fe-b1c8-4da5-8faf-1b534295a418Thanksgiving Weekend is over!https://www.chrishammond.com/Blog/itemId/394/Thanksgiving-Weekend-is-overWell, it's almost 1am and Thanksgiving weekend is almost over. I'll be getting up and heading back to the grind in the morning. Though this coming week will probably fly by for me. Natalie and I are headed to Vegas Friday evening. I bought a flight/hotel package early last week to take her out of town for the weekend. We leave on the 2nd of December, which is the date we've set as our wedding day for 2006, so this trip will be a little celebration of the year anniversary before our wedding. I've never been to Vegas, bar a trip with the family when I was 12 or 13, so I look forward to getting to see all the Casinos, and of course see how much money I can come home with! Here's to hoping it's more than I started with! We've also got tickets to see the Blue Man Group, who I've always wanted to see, and Natalie's never heard of. They're at The Venetian, which happens to be the hotel we're staying at. Other news. The Xbox 360 is going well, solo I've been playing Project Gotham Racing 3, it's got some great online action, and the single player so far has kept me entertained. Head to head I've been playing my future brother-in-law in some NBA Live 06, which is a great game to play when the other guy is in the room. After making a great play you can hit the replay button and rub it in their face. Other than those two games though I haven't touched much of the other software I picked up for the 360. I've also yet to get it working on my network to be able to stream files off my PC. Hopefully I'll get that working, I think it may be related to my PC being on a domain, but we'll see. More news to come soon, lots going on in the Hammond...Mon, 28 Nov 2005 00:54:00 GMT3ea08d00-029e-4e2b-9d84-602579aab026Xbox 360 HD-DVD Drive announcedhttps://www.chrishammond.com/Blog/itemId/411/Xbox-360-HDDVD-Drive-announcedAt CES this evening it was announced that the Xbox 360 will get a HD-DVD external drive attachment later this year! Good news for 360 Owners. Now if they would just upconvert regular DVDs as...Wed, 04 Jan 2006 22:07:00 GMT80de9cc2-0b20-40cc-907d-8b2cda52c602Chris Hammond back with the Redshttps://www.chrishammond.com/Blog/itemId/424/Chris-Hammond-back-with-the-RedsIt looks like I (Chris Hammond) am back with the Cincinnati Reds again! I still have some of the Chris Hammond rookie cards from when he started with the league, with the Reds. For more information on Chris Hammond the pitcher, check out...Tue, 24 Jan 2006 15:39:00 GMTd64c8c63-0395-4824-bfd9-a130f4b44a43Olympics Day 3https://www.chrishammond.com/Blog/itemId/440/Olympics-Day-3So far I've watched probably 16 hours of the Olympics in HD. I really hope I can cut back during the week, I have other shows to...Sun, 12 Feb 2006 21:59:00 GMT80fa5310-7446-4ef9-9500-a4d04be334ecCarBlocks.comhttps://www.chrishammond.com/Blog/itemId/442/CarBlockscomJust a quick post to aid in a little bit of search indexing for...Tue, 14 Feb 2006 00:31:00 GMTb48c418f-f75b-4802-9966-afa220383632Cardinals Tickets and Wheelchairshttps://www.chrishammond.com/Blog/itemId/471/Cardinals-Tickets-and-WheelchairsSomething tells me if I had purchased the tickets available on stlcardinals.com today that only came up as wheelchair tickets, when I showed up at the same I wouldn't have been allowed in! For some reason wheelchair seats kept coming up as available for purchase, but I didn't buy any, not wanting to get screwed by wheelchair seats. I did get a single ticket for opening day, 2 cubs tickets for 4/21, and 2 tickets for Replica day on...Mon, 03 Apr 2006 11:11:00 GMT552aa7bf-2e2f-4bfa-816d-92da6a68d898Opening Day Photos Posted!https://www.chrishammond.com/Blog/itemId/477/Opening-Day-Photos-PostedI finally got the 293 opening day photos posted! Here are a few of the "good" ones, though I didn't go through them all.   Me walking into Cheers Me and Auntie Carol after the...Wed, 26 Apr 2006 00:44:00 GMTff448876-e03d-4e58-a588-99413f2bb6aaMy XBox360 is going to start blogging!https://www.chrishammond.com/Blog/itemId/481/My-XBox360-is-going-to-start-bloggingThat's right, my xbox360 is going to start blogging! When it does it'll be available at http://www.360voice.com/blog.asp?tag=christoc I think it may take a day or two for my 360 to know it can blog, we'll see what it comes up with for it's first...Mon, 01 May 2006 15:19:00 GMT718da5c8-3f57-42f5-86fb-70a6cd626204Why I don't need my baseball cards anymore.https://www.chrishammond.com/Blog/itemId/547/Why-I-dont-need-my-baseball-cards-anymorehttp://www.slate.com/id/2146218/?GT1=8483 I'll be damned if I'm throwing them out though. Someday they'll be worth something again! I...Wed, 02 Aug 2006 13:15:00 GMTd54307d3-9dc1-4ba7-907f-998439538561Get yourself a Wii before Christmas!https://www.chrishammond.com/Blog/itemId/976/Get-yourself-a-Wii-before-ChristmasWell, I had tried to sell my extra Wii on Craigslist last week but the guy I promised it to hasn't contact me by the deadline I told him. His loss might just be your gain! Checkout the Wii I have for sale, you can find it on Ebay! http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150191131987 If I find more I'll definitely put them up on Ebay as well! Wiiiiiiiiiii r crazy here at...Mon, 03 Dec 2007 17:51:00 GMT76306663-3751-438d-ab91-73bd84cee4d8Xbox 360 Blog Post Categoryhttps://www.chrishammond.com/Blog/itemId/389/Xbox-360-Blog-Post-CategoryI've setup a new Category on my blog for XBOX 360 posts, to better organize...Wed, 23 Nov 2005 09:55:00 GMT020c8a04-a411-4df4-b60c-c6d6335e0861MartianBuddy.comhttps://www.chrishammond.com/Blog/itemId/46/MartianBuddycom<p>In <a href="http://www.chrishammond.com/tabid/54/itemid/44/Doom-3-Screenshots.aspx">Doom 3</a> there's an email you get on one of the found PDA's that has a URL to</p> <p><a href="http://www.martianbuddy.com/">http://www.martianbuddy.com/</a></p> <p>So of course you gotta check that out right? Well, there's not much there, maybe the code will come in handy in <a href="http://www.chrishammond.com/tabid/54/itemid/44/Doom-3-Screenshots.aspx">Doom 3</a> though 0508.....</p>Wed, 04 Aug 2004 21:22:00 GMT805375d4-3917-485b-b158-6d6acc305b3eFriends and Family World Series Letterhttps://www.chrishammond.com/Blog/itemId/141/Friends-and-Family-World-Series-LetterIf you are looking to purchase the DVD of photos, you can get it on ebay. Sent this out to a whole list of folks today, in case I missed anyone. Hello Friends and Family!   Many of you I haven’t talked to in a long time, so here’s a quick update on where I am and what I am doing. I’m in St. Louis working for Emerging Technologies Group, programming web sites, loving what I do every day. I’m moving on November 1st to a new place about ½ a mile from work, if you want the address reply to this email and I’ll send it to you.   Now for the reason I am writing this email!   I bring to you good news!   I must say, I NEVER thought I would get to see a Red Sox World Series Championship, much less get the chance to see it in person!!!! I’ve watched more baseball this year than I have since I was a little boy, and probably even more than back then too.   Monday night I called Auntie Carol in Lexington, Mass. and told her to a flight get to St. Louis because I was going to get us Game 4 tickets. I got tickets from a season ticket holder here in St. Louis, got Carol a flight setup for Wednesday, and then proceeded to watch game 3 on Tuesday night from the couch. Throughout the whole series Sox fans have been nervous, the nervous wait, waiting for the Red Sox to screw it up, lose, and end the historic season in a miserable way. Game 3 was no different.   Watching Game 3 all I wanted was for them to win, so that Auntie Carol and I would have a chance to see Game 4, and see the Red Sox win it all here in St. Louis. They pulled it off and the World was abuzz about the Sox, and the fact that everyone thought it was a guarantee they would win it all. Maybe I was more nervous than most because I went to six Cardinals games this year all in which they won. Including Game 1 of the NLDS and Game 6 of the NLCS, and I know what the Cardinals bats can do, they can hurt you, and they could have hurt the Red Sox.   Carol landed about 3:30pm yesterday, I picked her up at the airport and was high fived and thumbs up’d by all the Sox fans walking around the airport, a change from the harassment I’d received from Cards fans on Saturday while walking around the mall in my Damon Jersey (see my blog link below to read about that)! We drove out to the stadium and found a nice free parking space which Josh Colwell showed me back in August when we saw the Cards beat the Mets, (http://www.chrishammond.com/gallery/albums/38.aspx). We walked up to the stadium and around to gate 7, near Stan the Man. We spent the next 45 to 60 minutes taking in the atmosphere, waiting for the gates to open. I also got a cool World Series blanket for signing up for a credit card, which will promptly be destroyed and cancelled when it arrives (you’re welcome mom).   Once the gates open we headed in to watch the Cardinals finish off batting practice and see the Sox take their practice. We got close to a few of the balls hit to right field, but nothing close enough to grab a hold of. It’s interesting watching people scramble and fight for a ball. We ran into Santa Clause there, he had a gift to be handed out later ( )! After watching most of BP we decided to venture up to our seats, 3 rows from the top in section 334. Not bad seats, but I can’t say that I’ve ever really had a bad seat at Busch (stadium). Before the game I took a photo or two of Albert (), I used to work with him at The Sporting News, he is the head photographer there, I also still occasionally play roller hockey with him.   I won’t go inning by inning, or pitch by pitch, but I will point out the photo of Johnny Damon, in his at bat that Won the World Series! () Johnny’s first inning, first at bat, home run won the game which ended 3-0 after nine. It was surprising the number of Red Sox fans at the game, there were probably 2-3 thousand, I think all of them stayed after the game to watch the celebrations. At the end of the game, everyone in the...Chris HammondThu, 28 Oct 2004 10:40:00 GMT03878184-dc9f-45cc-9d29-b4a08d2c01f2Cutting the fat, no more craphttps://www.chrishammond.com/Blog/itemId/2173/Cutting-the-fat-no-more-crap<p>So this post is actually going to cover two different things.</p> <p>First, I’ve decided to stop with a few things electronically. I’ve taken part in Foursquare over the past year or so, and I find myself trying to get points checking in to places I’m driving by. I also realized that I really don’t need to check in anywhere, even the places I go. Foursquare, to be honest, is useless to me. So long Foursquare, at least for now. I also find myself playing “Cartown” on Facebook. I go there daily, sometimes multiple times a day, and all I do is click through my “jobs” and then go on to other things. As of now, the game is pointless. It’s just habit. So, that too is getting cut. No more Cartown for me.</p> <p>Now for the real cutting the fat topic. Saturday I started a new weight loss plan. Right now the plan is to better control what I eat, not consume as much, not eat more than I should at every meal. I started out Saturday morning at 259lbs, my goal is 225lbs. I’ve got myself a reward attached to that as well. I want to hit 225lbs and hold at that weight (+-5lbs) for 3 months. If that happens, then I can get my reward. A Motorcycle <img style="border-bottom-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-left-style: none" class="wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-openmouthedsmile" alt="Open-mouthed smile" src="http://www.chrishammond.com/Portals/0/PublishThumbnails/Windows-Live-Writer/Cutting-the-fat_1258E/wlEmoticon-openmouthedsmile_2.png" /> </p> <p>I’ve tried that goal before, we’ll see how it works this time around. </p>Wed, 27 Apr 2011 00:11:00 GMT8791cae8-9704-48ea-88b6-ecb1d2ad3979Can't load c:\program files\steam\steamapps \counter-strike source\bin\filesystem_steam.dllhttps://www.chrishammond.com/Blog/itemId/182/Cant-load-cprogram-filessteamsteamapps-countCan't load c:\program files\steam\steamapps \counter-strike source\bin\filesystem_steam.dll I am really starting to get sick of that error message when I try to run counter-strike. I think I'm going to have to do a disk check and start checking for HD...Chris HammondFri, 17 Dec 2004 07:45:00 GMTc402dded-c21f-40c6-80b5-8e9675fa6653Fortnite Season 10&ndash;The End Easter Egghttps://www.chrishammond.com/Blog/itemId/2923/Fortnite-Season-10ndashThe-End-Easter-Egg<p>As Fornite Season 10 has wrapped up, the game has disappeared into a black hole. If you use the Konami Code though, you can play a little easter egg.</p><p>U U D D L R L R B A Start</p><p><br /></p>Mon, 14 Oct 2019 04:17:35 GMT5e1b9d7d-d122-4f94-aca0-53f1a5794453