Found a free Flight Simulator called YSFLIGHT. The graphics aren't as good as they could be ( think Final Fantasy 7), but for a one-man team, the guy has done a wonderful job. There's about 80 aircraft to fly (most of them are army/navy aircraft), and you can have dogfights and bomb bases and the like. Its quite fun (landing, however, is NOT!), so I suggest you go to Google or similar and search for "YS Flight". Let me know if you get it.

Playing Final Fantasy 10 quite a bit recently, and I've decided a number of things:

1) Blitzball (the mini-game) should be released as a stand-alone game for PSP.
2) I need to think of a way to play Blitzball without holding my breath underwater for 15 minutes, or spending cash on oxygen tanks.

As you can see, I clearly think blitzball is the best mini-game EVER to come from the Final Fantasy series (Triple Triad comes a close second).

I can now use in-game chat and screenshot-taking features in Star Wars Battlefront. I express thanks to Xfire for giving me back the best thing about Xfire, which I lost when I upgraded to Vista.

Freeware music editors are surprisingly powerful.....

Whilst looking for ideas for my own RPG, I came across this list of RPG ideas that have been done to death. Go here to view it:

http://project-apollo.net/text/rpg.html

After a day of listening to the same piece of music over and over, I've finally finished my first guitar tab. It's the Chocobo Melody from the Final Fantasy series, and it's sounds fine to me. If you want it, pester me through Xfire, or PM me.

My fingers are hurting now - stupid metal/plastic strings.....

Best Plugin Ever!

If you notice that my status is a bit odd, this is why: I'm listening to music in Media Player.

I've constructed a Flash-based application designed to show each map's Command Posts for Star Wars Battlefront. Took just under 2 hours to make it from scratch. That means:
- Getting images of the map layouts (thanks go to PrtScrn button);
-Working out the names of each CP, and placement;
-Building the Flash application;

If you want to have a look, let me know.

THINGS NOT TO SAY TO A POLICEMAN

* I can't reach my license unless you hold my beer.

* Aren't you that guy from the Village People?

* Hey, you must have been doin' at least 120 mph to keep up with me. Good job!

* I thought you had to be in relatively good physical condition to be a cop.

* I almost decided to be a cop, but I decided to finish high school instead.

* You're not gonna check the trunk, are you?

* Didn't I see you get your ass kicked on COPS?

* Is it true that people become cops because they're too dumb to work at McDonald's?

* I pay your salary!

* Gee, Officer...that's terrific...the last officer only gave me a warning too!

* Do you know why you pulled me over? Okay, just so one of us does.

* I was trying to keep up with traffic. Yes, I know there are no other cars around-that's how far ahead of me they are.

* What do you mean, "Have I been drinking?" You're the trained specialist.

* I'm surprised you stopped me, Dunkin Donuts has a 3 for 1 special!

* No, offi, offic, lucifer . . . I'm not as think you are drunk I am. I swear to dog.

* No, I don't know how fast I was going. The little needle stops at 110 mph.

* Want to race to the station, Sparky?

* I know I was weaving, but I was trying to hit all the little green men!

* On the way to the station let's get a six pack.

* Come on write the damn ticket, the bars close in 20 minutes!

* Hey officer is that your nightstick, or are you just glad to see me?

* What do you use those rubber gloves for, anyway?

* I know I was weaving, but I can't find the Honeycomb Hideout!

mfive has replied to my question on the forum regarding Battlefront/Vista, and I was pleased to hear that it isn't just localised to my machine....hopefully, it will be fixed soon so I can read AND play at the same time.