yeah, i was planning on doing it last night, but forgot. 

:P

My god, this is quite possibly the strangest hardware error I have ever come across :)

So I've been using the RC1 version of win7 for a few months, and was loving it - so I bought the home premium version yesterday. Got home, formatted c: and started the install process for windows 7.

It crashes the PC at around 80% installed, so I reboot and try again, it crashes the pc at 72%. This story continues for around an hour, seemingly crashing the pc at a lower percentage of completeness each time. I scratch my beard (that I dont have).

I take the side panel of my pc off, to check that everything is ok inside, everything looks fine, so I think what the hell and give it another try, the pc crashes while the windows 7 installer is loading... hmmm.

Its at this point I notice that the fan on my graphics card has stopped spinning (thank god I removed the side panel)! So after a quick power off I check the card and its boiling all over, oh crap I think and leave it to cool down. Come back an hour later and try again and the fan seems to work fine. However, as soon as the windows 7 installer starts loading, the fan turns off!?

Luckily I had a spare old gpu lying around that I could plug in and install windows (this was fine now) on, and then swap the other card back in.

Bizarre? =) 

So much for windows 7 improved power management. 

been to japan and seen Himeji-Jo?

Astounding stuff! 

i take it your video card was still functional afterwards? still, that's creepy... 

= not compatible with current hardware. 

Oh, you mean Himeji castle where I just was a few weeks ago?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24134817@N05/4017637330/

Crappy weather that day, hope you're doing better. 

yeah went there 2 days ago, loved it.

weather was good for me. 

Good name colour choice. 

I hate you cause you're in Japan and I'm not. =(
Eat a nice fat okonomiyaki for me please, with some umeshu. 

going to hiroshima tomorrow which I hear specialises in okonomiyaki. Will oblige :) 

Go buy some awesome loli manga and beat off to pictures of pre-pubescent girls ok? 

I hope you're stopping at Miyajima only the way, it's near Hiroshima, and such an awesome spot. 

btw, still havent eaten that okinomiyaki yet but for dinner tonight. 

If you like hiking, there's an alternate route to Mount Misen on Miyajima island called Omoto pass. Cool hiking route through an old forest, and passes over another peak with awesome views. Bring some water, there are apparently nothing to drink on top, except at the ropeway station.

And speaking of Miyajima...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24134817@N05/4021935486/ 

any idea how long that route takes on the y=way up? 

I'm a little hiked out having been to Kamikochi and also Tsumago-Magome about a week ago.

But tomorrow is another day :) 

It took us about two hours from the park where the trail begins, but that was with pretty frequent shooting stops. It's very well taken care of with proper steps all the way to the top. We timed it so we could see the sunset. You can catch a ferry to the mainland until about 10PM.

Exiting the Itsukushima shrine (another excellent spot to visit), you should be able to spot a large map of the island, and the Omoto trail will be mentioned on that.

How's the seasonal color there? It was just barely beginnig when I was there, which was a slight disappointment, to be honest. 

if we were about to release a second alpha or maybe a first beta of quakeinjector, should we post a new news post or just use the old one? 

 

Definitely new! 

What Vig said, hiking up or down the mountain is really nice. We actually used the ropeway to go up, and then hiked back down by the longest route, it was great, but would have probably killed me if I had tried going up it instead (was summer, around 40C).

Oh and by the way, don't just visit Itsukushima shrine, you should also check out Daishō-in, which is further in the island, a very nice temple with lots of funky statues.

There's alot to do on Miyajima really, first time I went there I just spent the day, and was really frustrated not being able to see everything.
The second time, we got a japanese room by the beach on the west of the island, and spent the night there. Was really nice being able to walk around the streets at night, great atmosphere with the sleeping deer and all.

Meh, lucky bastard. 

I guess I should go sometime... 

did the omoto trail up and the main trail down. Weather wasnt great but still good enough by the time I got up to the summit. It was much easier than I was thinking it would be.

Oh and cheers for recommending Daisho-in, was going to skip it as I was a bit templed out after Kyoto and Nara but this was probably the coolest one I have been to. Pretty much the ideal japanese temple I had pictured in my mind: secluded, tranquil, colourful and picturesque, and kind of mysterious.

And vigil, colours are quite nice, some areas look better than others obviously. Kamikochi looked splendid with all the different colours. 

http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/2350/qrack191.jpg