Tips For Downloading Online and Anime Lovers

DOWNLOADING ONLINE

Some tips when downloading stuff online:

• NEVER download .rar files (unless you know 100% that it's safe) because they often have viruses after you open them.
• CHECK out the comments on torrent sites before you download any torrent. They usually give you a general idea if what your downloading is the real deal or just a scam.
• If it's too good to be true, then it probably is too good to be true.
• CHECK the file size of what you're downloading. For example:
• An anime files (30 min video) is usually 100mbs+ depending on the quality
• Music videos (~ 4 min video) are usually around 50mbs+
• Most movie (~1 hour video) files are around 700mb+ with blu-ray and HD increasing that to 1gb+ even up to 3gb
• Music (.mp3, wmv, etc) are usually less than 10mbs. The most common size is 4mbs.

There are obviously more tips than that it's always good to be alert when you're surfing the internet.

ANIME LOVERS

If any of you do watch anime, I recommended using the following website:
1. www.nyaa.eu
downloading anime
This website is one the main websites that anime subbers use to upload their videos. It should be fairly intuitive with category specifying if it is subbed in english (or some other language) or if it is a raw video (no subs, directly off source e.g. television or DVD)
Note that it's best to check if the file you are downloading is actually in english subs. you can do so by using the next link.

2. www.myanimelist.net
information about anime (like a wikipedia page)
This website is fantastic for getting information about any anime there is. It includes reviews, synopsises, character list, voice actors, producer/director/etc and a whole lot more information. It's really handy as it also includes links to which group subbed (fansubbers) the anime. That's another way to download the anime, directly off the website (they usually link you to nyaa.eu or some other torrent hosting site).

Late Nights, I Want A New Phone

Today was an okay day. I woke up on time (sort of) for my early morning class and the rest of the day was a bludge. There was a fathers' day mass at school which was good since I later got to catch up with some friends I haven't seen in a while. Last period was SOR where I did nothing. The teacher should really control the class since I believe she has the potential to be a great teacher, like many of the teachers at my school. For sport, I was extremely active. I went to chess and just watched video clips from youtube, listened to music, and got addicted to bloons tower again. I'm currently playing bloons tower 4 and i should get some sleep. My sleeping pattern is so bad right now. I've been sleeping at 2am every night (or morning) and that means I get exhausted throughout the day at school. Tonight, I wasn't expecting to stay up this late (1.23am) since I started playing at 10pm. I thought I would finish by midnight but I got too hooked on. Tomorrow the school has a walk a thon and it'll be a great end to the week since I will be going to UNSW open day on saturday. I can't wait since UTS has an awesome open day. I also have tutoring this weekend which sucks since I don't want to tell them my results.. they're horrible!

Onto another issue, I want a new phone. My current phone, a nokia e5 is becoming quite outdated since I really do depend on the internet as my life (not really). When I bought an iphone 4s, it was amazing and I was really hooked with the idea that I could plan my life out on there (thoughts, ideas, events, etc). The thing is, I had it for a month and I lost it. It's so sad but since I had insurance, they covered the price of it. How it worked is that they find a price (usually a price between the original price and market price, as in from ebay, etc) and they minus $200 from that price which is the money I get back. I received $700 since the price for them was $900. It was awesome in that sense that I paid $720 for the iphone at the time. I'm waiting for the lasted iphone to come out since it should be amazing! According to rumors, it should be called the iphone 5 and will have a longer (or taller) screen since making it 4inches, not the current 3.5inch. However, as it is only a rumor we can only hope that they do increase the screen size. I have thought about getting a samsung, the s3, but i don't know since I do have a mac and the apple software is much more simple and easy to use. The samsung software however, requires me to adapt and learn how the samsung ecosystem works, which totally sucks. I will wait until the next iphone comes out before I make my decision. It may not be until christmas that I get my next phone since I know prices will drop after christmas since there will be unwanted gifts and the fact that many new phones SHOULD be released then.

I hope you all have a great sleep and a wonderful day tomorrow. If you want, please comment since I haven't had my first comment yet!