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Chicken Hot Pot: Low Fat

Sunday, May 24, 2009 5:39:17 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
This is one of my dishes that takes a while to cook, But is really Healthy. So is a great dish if you spend hours behind your keyboard Gaming.

Here's what you need.
2 boneless chicken breasts each cut into 3 strips.
1 Leek sliced thinly
2 large potatoes sliced as thin as possible.
200g Chestnut mushrooms. Quartered
1 small swede peeled and sliced thinly.
250ml of chicken stock
200g of low fat soft cheese.
Salt and pepper

Here's what to do
Fry the chicken till browned in a little oil. Remove from the pan.
Fry the leek, garlic and mushrooms till soft.
Mix the chicken stock and low fat soft cheese together.

 Put half the chicken in lidded oven proof dish and lay over half of the leek and mushroom mix.
 Lay over half of the potatoes and the swede.
 Then repeat the above 2 steps.
Finish with a layer of potatoes.
Pour over the cheese and stock mixture.

Put the lid on the dish and cook in a preheated oven at 180c for 30 mins. Remove the lid and cook for another 45 mins till the potatoes are browning.
Serve with what ever vegetables you like.

Enjoy


   
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GPS systems could crash next year

Wednesday, May 20, 2009 6:39:27 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)

GPS systems could crash next year

Washington, DC - The world's GPS systems could start to fail next year, according to a report presented to Congress. This could cause catastrophic problems for aviation, 911 services and ordinary drivers, as well as the military.

GPS devices calculate their position by comparing time signals from at least four satellites. Because the Earth is spherical, a minimum of 24 satellites is required at all times. There are currently 31 operating, but many are way past their design lifetime.

The GAO predicts a one in five chance that the number will drop below 24 at times in 2011 and 2012, hampering accuracy. This could lead to blackouts and even misdirection of people all over the world.

The US Government Accountability Office (GOA) blames mismanagement and lack of investment. In recent years, says the report, the Air Force has encountered technical difficulties and problems with contractors. As a result, the program has overrun its cost estimate by about $870 million, and  the launch of its first new IIIA satellite has been delayed until November - almost three years late.

Presenting the report, Cristina T Chaplain, Director of Acquisition and Sourcing Management for the GAO, said that both the military and civilian users could suffer. "The military could see a decrease in the accuracy of precision-guided munitions that rely on GPS to strike their targets," she warned. "Intercontinental commercial flights use predicted satellite geometry over their planned navigation route, and may have to delay, cancel, or reroute flights. Enhanced 911 services, which rely on GPS to precisely locate callers, could lose accuracy particularly when operating in urban canyons or mountainous terrain."

The report recommends that the Secretary of Defence appoint a single authority to oversee the development of the GPS system. The Department of Defence has agreed.

Source TGDaily

   
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Graphics Cards: The History

Tuesday, May 19, 2009 4:11:07 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)

From Voodoo to GeForce: The Awesome History of 3D Graphics

Try to imagine where 3D gaming would be today if not for the graphics processing unit, or GPU. Without it, you wouldn't be trudging through the jungles of Crysis in all its visual splendour, nor would you be fending off endless hordes of fast-moving zombies at high resolutions. For that to happen, it takes a highly specialized chip designed for parallel processing to pull off the kinds of games you see today, the same ones that wouldn't be possible on a CPU alone. Going forward, GPU makers will try to extend the reliance on video cards to also include physics processing, video encoding/decoding, and other tasks that where once handled by the CPU.

It's pretty amazing when you think about how far graphics technology has come. To help you do that, we're going to take a look back at every major GPU release since the infancy of 3D graphics. Join us as we travel back in time and relive releases like 3dfx's Voodoo3 and S3's ViRGE lineup. This is one nostalgic ride you don't want to miss!

S3 ViRGE

A virgin in the 3D graphics arena, S3 in 1995 thrust itself into this new territory with its ViRGE graphics series. Playing on the hype surrounding virtual reality a decade and a half ago, ViRGE stood for Virtual Reality Graphics Engine and was one of the first 3D GPUs to take aim at the mainstream consumer. While nothing compared to today’s offerings, early 64-bit ViRGE cards came with up to 4MB of onboard memory, and core and memory clock speeds of up to 66MHz. It also supported such features as Bilinear and Trilinear texture filtering, MIP mapping, alpha blending, video texturing mapping, Z-buffering, and other 3D texture mapping goodies.

Ironically, those same ‘cutting edge’ features took a toll on the ViRGE silicon resulting in underwhelming 3D performance. In some cases, performance was so bad that users could obtain better results with the CPU, causing the ViRGE to be affectionately dubbed the first 3D decelerator. Ouch.

Fun Fact: Just how far has graphic cards come in the past 15 years? Enough so that we've seen the S3 ViRGE selling for as little as $0.45 in the second-hand market.

Model: ViRGE
Date Released: 1995
Interface: PCI
Shader Model: N/A
DirectX: 6
Manufacturing Process: 0.35 micron
Core Clockspeed: 66MHz
Memory Bus: 64-bit

Model: ViRGE VX
Date Released: 1995
Interface: PCI
Shader Model: N/A
DirectX: 6
Manufacturing Process: 0.5 micron
Core Clockspeed: 50MHz
Memory Bus: 64-bit

Model: ViRGE GX
Date Released: 1997
Interface: PCI
Shader Model: N/A
DirectX: 6
Manufacturing Process: 0.35 micron
Core Clockspeed: 66MHz
Memory Bus: 64-bit

Model: ViRGE DX
Date Released: 1997
Interface: PCI
Shader Model: N/A
DirectX: 6
Manufacturing Process: 0.35 micron
Core Clockspeed: 66MHz
Memory Bus: 64-bit

Model: ViRGE GX2
Date Released: 1998
Interface: PCI
Shader Model: N/A
DirectX: 6
Manufacturing Process: 0.35 micron
Core Clockspeed: 66MHz
Memory Bus: 64-bit

ATI Rage 3D and Rage II

Well before Radeon ever became synonymous with ATI, the Canadian-based graphics chip maker was best known for its 3D Rage line. Released in 1995, the original Rage 3D didn't have a whole going for it, such as slow EDO RAM, a 32-bit memory bus, and a max memory of just 2MB.

A year later ATI released the Rage II, and while the upgrades seem minor on paper, performance was significantly improved. The new chipset traded in 2MB of EDO memory for up to 8MB of SDRAM and widened the bus to 64-bit, while also increasing the core clockspeed from 40MHz to 60MHz.. Support for DVD playback was also added, and the Rage II.

Model: Rage II
Date Released: 1995
Interface: PCI
Shader Model: N/A
DirectX: 5
Manufacturing Process: 0.25 micron
Core Clockspeed: 25-60MHz
Memory Clockspeed: 66-83MHz
Memory Bus: 64- bit

Rendition Verite 1000

Headquartered in Mountain View, CA, Rendition emerged in the mid 1990s as a fabless semiconductor manufacturer whose goal was to compete in the high-end videocard market. Throughout the company's tenure, Rendition managed to get a leg up on the competition by working with John Carmack to develop the first 3D-accelerated version of Quake (VQuake, or Verite-accelerated Quake).

VQuake was designed to take advantage of the Verite 1000 chipset, which was launched in 1996. A year prior, Carmack stated "Verite will be the premier platform for Quake." The card came capable of bilinear filtering, perspective correcting, and a basic pipeline configuration of 1/1/1 (textures/pixels/Z).

Poor 2D performance proved problematic for the board, as did programming for the Verite. It was the latter which Carmack would later say led to iD's decision to move away from proprietary APIs to OpenGL.

Model: Verite 2100
Date Released: 1996
Interface: PCI
Shader Model: N/A
DirectX: 2
Manufacturing Process: 0.5 micron
Core Clockspeed: 25MHz
Memory Bus: 64-bit


3dfx Voodoo1

Like a modern day Greek Tragedy, the rapid rise and untimely demise of 3dfx can best be described as a wild roller-coaster ride that most enthusiasts wish would have never ended. And in a way, it didn't, as 3dfx had a tremendous hand in shaping the 3D market as we know it today. But every good story needs a beginning, and this one starts with the original Voodoo card, or otherwise known as the Voodoo1, released in 1996.

The Voodoo1 launched 3D gaming into the limelight, even if the add-in card's implementation was less than graceful. While other videocards fused both 2D and 3D functionality onto a single board, the Voodoo1 concentrated solely on 3D and lacked any 2D capabilities. This meant consumers still needed a 2D graphics card for day to day computing, which would be connected to the Voodoo1 via a VGA pass-through cable. Only when a compatible 3D videogame was detected would the Voodoo1 then wake out of its slumber and flex its gaming muscle.

It's hard to imagine such a design being successful today, but consumers were willing to cope with the costly inconvenience at the time because the Voodoo1 put every other available 3D card in a headlock and gave them a noogie.


Voodoo1: No Shader Model, DX3 support, 0.5 micron, PCI, 50MHz core, 64-bit

Model: Voodoo1
Date Released: 1996
Interface: PCI
Shader Model: N/A
DirectX: 3
Manufacturing Process: 0.5 micron
Core Clockspeed: 50MHz
Memory Clockspeed: 50MHz
Memory Bus: 64-bit
Transistors:
1 million


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PC Gaming: Gammon and Potato Rosti

Sunday, May 17, 2009 5:59:30 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
With an evening of playing World at War to look forward to. I thought I would make something quick and easy. So I made this for me and the lovely wife. For more recipe's pay a visit to Soggy's Cookbook Forum.

Gammon and Potato Rosti
Here's what you need.
2 pieces of Gammon
2 medium potato's. Peeled and cut in half.
1/2 a small onion. Grated
1/2 of a celeriac. Peeled and cut in half.
Salt and Pepper

How to do it.
Put the potato and celariac into a pan of cold salted water. Bring to the boil and simmer for 5 mins.
Allow to cool then grate the potato and celariac in to a bowl with the onion.
Season with salt and pepper.

Lay the gammon steaks on a baking tray and pile on the potato mixture.
Cook in a preheated oven for 25/30 mins
Serve with what ever veg you like. I made Cauliflower Cheese to have with ours.

Enjoy

   
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Call of Duty 5: World at War: Ribs and Wings

Sunday, May 17, 2009 2:03:08 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
Gaming Munchies is back!!!
As the title says Gaming Munchies is back and will be better than ever. Due to having no camera for a while, I haven't been able to post pictures of my favourite recipe's I like to cook when gaming. For those of you visiting our Blog page for the first time come and say hello in our Forums. My recipe's are quick and easy to make and mostly quite healthy. And can be prepared in advance. Just the ideal thing when playing on ToC Gaming's World at War Ultra Hardcore Custom Map Server 85.236.103.10:28960 So here we go with another Recipe. For more recipe's pay a visit to Soggy's Cookbook Forum.

Ribs and Wings

Here's what you need:
Short cut Pork Ribs about 12
Chicken Wings about 12
Ingredients
1 small onion, chopped
3 cloves garlic, crushed
olive oil
1 red chilli, finely chopped
1 tsp fennel seeds, crushed
55g/2oz dark brown sugar
50ml/1¾fl oz dark soy sauce
300ml/10fl oz tomato ketchup
salt and pepper

Here's what to do:
1. Fry the onion and garlic in olive oil with the chilli, fennel seeds and sugar.
2. Add the soy sauce and ketchup and season with salt and pepper.
3. Bring to the boil and simmer for a few minutes to combine the flavours. Use as a dip or to coat spare ribs and chicken.

Cook in a preheated oven at about 180 for approximately 40 mins. Please ensure food is always piping hot before eating.

Enjoy









   
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Call of Duty: Lamb Curry

Tuesday, October 14, 2008 6:28:16 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
OK so I hear you ask. "What have Call of Duty and Lamb Curry got in common"? Well Call of Duty is my favourite game series ever, and the Lamb Curry recipe posted is the best Curry recipe I've ever tasted. A great recipe to freeze and if your looking for something quick and easy to cook whilst playing Call of Duty. This is just the ticket. I take no credit for this recipe. The credit goes to the Karachi Restaurant in Bradford.


For curry's, this is as good as it gets in my opinion.

Heres what you need
250g (9oz) Ghee/Clarified Butter (ASDA Sell it)
3 tablespoons Fresh Coriander (chopped)
65g (2 1/2oz) Garlic
1 tablespoon Ground Turmeric
1 tablespoon Red Chilli Powder
350g (12oz) Fresh Spinach washed with large stalks removed
1 tablespoon Ground Cumin
4 medium sized Green Chillies with stalks removed
1tablespoon Paprika
½ tablespoon Garam Masala
550g (1 1/4lb) Onions Chopped
1 x 400g (140z) Can Chopped Toms
50g (2oz) Fresh Ginger, peeled and chopped
1 tablespoon Salt
900g (2lb) Boneless leg or shoulder of Lamb (1½ in) cubes
1 tablespoon Ground Coriander
120ml (4fl oz) water


Here's what to do
1. Heat the ghee in a large, heavy based pan. Add the onions and cook over a medium heat, stirring now and then, for 20 minutes until they are soft and a light brown

2. Put the tomatoes, water, ginger and garlic into a liquidizer and blend until smooth. Remove the fried onions with a slotted spoon, add them to the paste and blend briefly until smooth.

3. Return the puree to the ghee left in the pan and add the lamb and salt. Simmer for 30 minutes, by which time the lamb will be half cooked and the sauce will be well reduced. Stir in the turmeric, chilli powder, cumin, paprika and ground coriander and continue to cook for 30-45 minutes for shoulder or 45-1 hour for leg, until the lamb is tender, adding a little water now and then if the sauce starts to stick.

4. Meanwhile, put 175g (6oz) of the spinach leaves into a large pan and cook until it has wilted down into the bottom of the pan. Cook for 1 minute, then transfer to the rinsed out liquidizer and blend to a smooth puree. Set aside. Rinse out the liquidiser again and add the green chillies and 2-3 tablespoons of water and blend until smooth. Set aside.

5. When the lamb is cooked, there should be a layer of ghee floating on the top of the curry. You can either skim it off or leave it there, whichever you prefer (LEAVE IT). Then stir in the spinach puree and the remaining spinach leaves and cook for 2 minutes.

6. Now taste the curry and add as much green chilli puree as you wish, according to how hot you like your curries (ALL OF IT). Simmer for 2 minutes more.

7. Stir in the fresh coriander and Garam Masala. Transfer the curry to a serving dish and sprinkle with a little more ground cumin and some freshly ground black pepper just before you take it to the table.




   
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Chicken Parcels

Tuesday, October 14, 2008 4:53:26 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)


You will be pleased to know. Now that I have sorted my camera out. Gaming Munchies is back on track

Here's another quick and easy dish I did over the weekend.

Chicken Parcels

Here's what you need.Serves 2
2 Chicken Breasts
2 Carrots grated
1 Leek thinly sliced
1 or 2 cloves of garlic crushed
6-8 anchovies

Here's what to do
1. Mix the grated carrot with the garlic.
2. Divide the leek between 2 sheets of grease proof paper.
3. Lay a chicken breast on each. And season
4. Divide the carrot between 2 sheets of grease proof paper.
5. Lay over 3 to 4 anchovies.
6. Wrap the grease proof paper to make a parcel. As shown
7. Bake for about 45 minutes at 200.

Serve with what ever veg you like.




   
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Prawn Curry:ToC Thai Style

Sunday, September 14, 2008 6:19:02 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
This has got to be one of the easiest, tastiest, healthiest meals I've ever cooked. And fits well into ToC's  Gaming Munchies.Takes a few minutes to prepare and about 15-20 minutes to cook.

Here's what you need. (serves 2)
1 400ml tin of coconut milk
2tbsp of Red Thai curry paste.
1 1/2 Red chilli. One diced the other halve in very thin strips
Juice of half a lime.
1tsp of sugar.
1/2tsp of salt
1tbsp of Fish Sauce.
250 of raw king prawns de-veined and shelled.
A few coriander leaves.
About 20 cherry tomato's

Here's what to do
1. Heat half the coconut milk in a wok or frying pan. When it starts to boil add the curry paste. Simmer for 10 minutes.
2. Add the sugar, salt and fish sauce and the remaining coconut milk. Simmer for 5 minutes.
3. Add the diced chilli, prawns and cherry tomato's and simmer for 5 minutes. Make sure the prawns have turned a nice pink colour. 
4. Serve with the thin strips of chilli, coriander and a squeeze of lime juice on each bowl.
I added a tea spoon of corn flour at the end to thicken the sauce.

We had ours with Naan Bread. But this would be nice with Jasmine Rice.

   
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Prawn Cakes: ToC Gaming Style

Sunday, September 07, 2008 10:36:39 AM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
This is another very easy recipe to prepare and cook. I've made mine this morning and will reheat them for dinner this evening. I will be having mine with my Special Fried Rice.

Here's what you need
2 thick slices white bread, crusts removed, about 100g (4 oz)
250g (9 oz) peeled raw prawns
1 green or red chilli, finely chopped
2.5cm (1 inch) piece fresh root ginger, finely chopped
4 garlic cloves, finely chopped
1 tablespoon chopped fresh coriander
1 teaspoon salt
1 egg
vegetable oil for frying

And here's what to do.

1. Place the bread in a bowl, cover with water, soak for about 10 seconds, then squeeze out the excess water. Place the drained bread in a food processor with the prawns, chilli, ginger, garlic, coriander, salt, and egg. Pulse until well blended.

2. Heat the oil and shallow-fry spoonfuls of the mixture for 2-3 minutes on each side until puffed and golden brown. Drain on kitchen paper and serve warm.



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Special Fried Rice:ToC Server Style

Sunday, September 07, 2008 9:23:53 AM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
Here's another easy Recipe to cook if you want to prepare food in advance. This is so easy I'm not going to put weights down. I've made this this morning so Maria can take some to work and I have something quick and easy to reheat after I've finished playing on our Call of Duty 4 Server

Here's what you need.
Enough cold cooked white rice for 2.
1tsp of grated ginger
1 clove of garlic crushed.
A big handful of frozen pea's defrosted in a bowl of hot water.
1 egg. Make this into a small omelette and cut into strips.
2tbps of light soy sauce.
12 raw tiger prawns.
4 slices of Ham cut into strips.

Here's what to do
Heat 1tbp of veg oil in your wok or frying pan.
Fry the garlic and ginger for 30 seconds.
Add the peas, Ham and prawns and cook for 2 mins.
Add the soy sauce and rice and cook for another 2mins.
Mix in the omelette strips and cook for another 1 minute.

Serve immediately or leave to cool and reheat later. I will be having this with some Prawn cakes and chilli dipping sauce. I will give you the recipe for the Prawn Cakes later when I have made them.

Enjoy


   
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Pork with Red Wine: ToC Server

Sunday, August 31, 2008 9:44:56 AM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
I've not had much chance to play Call of Duty 4 recently. So I've pre-made our evening meal for when Maria gets home from work. Which means I can be on our Call of Duty 4 Server 85.236.103.10:28960 for about 6:30pm. We will have this with some mini jacket potato's and Ciabata Bread. This is also a very low fat Meal.

What you will need. (serves 2) Just double the quantity's for more people.
175g diced lean pork.
1 onion chopped
200g chopped tom's
75ml Red wine
1/2 teaspoon tom purée
75ml of chicken stock
1-2 courgettes in thick slices
125g chestnut mushrooms halved
1tsp of dried mixed herbs
1tsp of chopped fresh sage. (from my herb garden) Use half if you've' only got dried.
1tsp of cornflour mixed with 1/2tsp water.
Salt and Pepper.

Here's what to do.
Dry fry the pork with the onion for 5mins
Stir in the Tom's, wine, purée, stock, courgette and mushrooms. And all the herbs.
Bring to a boil and simmer for 20min's..
Stir in the cornflour paste.
Simmer uncovered for a few minutes to thicken the sauce.
Season to taste

   
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Gaming Munchies: Banana oat bars.

Sunday, August 31, 2008 8:46:35 AM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
I made these yesterday before going to watch Sheffield United. A great Low fat, high energy, easy to make snack bar. Also very good for quick easy snack's whilst gaming. Try making some if you have an evening of Call of Duty 4 planned.

Banana oat bars.

low fat spray (veg oil will do)
100g porridge oats
2 tblsp granulated artificial sweetener. (I used normal granulated Sugar).
1/2 tsp cream tartar (Don't confuse this with tartar sauce)
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
3 ripe bananas mashed
2 medium eggs, separated
150g low fat plain yogurt

*Preheat oven to gas mark 4/180/fan oven 160
*Lightly grease a 20cm (8inch) sq cake tin with spray and line with baking parchment
*Reserve 1tblsp of oats then whiz the rest to a powder in food processor.
*Mix with sweetener, cream of tartar & cinnamon, then add mashed bananas, egg yolks and yoghurt
*In separate bowl whisk egg whites to soft peaks.
*Stir in spoonful of banana oat batter to loosen it then carefully fold in remainder
*Pour into the prepared tin and scatter with reserved oats
*Bake on the centre shelf of the oven for 30min until firm and springy. Cool in tin, set on wire rack.
*Cut into ten slices and store in airtight container or wrap individual bars in cling film and freeze.



   
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Microsoft stand-up to Apple

Friday, August 22, 2008 11:54:45 AM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
Stand-up comedian and television star Jerry Seinfeld has been enlisted by Microsoft to help promote Vista.

Mr Seinfeld is to star along with Bill Gates in a number of advertisements refuting allegations that Vista is a failure, the Wall Street Journal reports.

Apple has been behind a number of adverts which have made fun of Vista's alleged problems and Microsoft announced that it was planning an aggressive campaign to help Vista's flagging image.

According to Devil Mountain Software, a market research specialist which runs a community-based testing network, almost 35 per cent of the 3000-plus PCs it had examined had been downgraded from Vista to XP.

This occurred in both the factory and by the user.

'Either these machines were downgraded by [sellers like] Dell or HP, or they were downgraded by the user after they got the machine,' said the company's chief technology officer, Craig Barth.

'In any case, these machines are no longer running Vista.'

Mr Barth also claimed that even when Vista was stripped down to its core components to make it as close to XP as possible, it was still 40 per cent slower.

Source BCS News

   
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Call of Duty 4: Ice Cream.

Sunday, August 10, 2008 12:38:11 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
A discussion that occurs with regularity on the ToC Call of Duty 4 Server , Is what is your favourite Ice Cream to eat when playing Call of Duty 4? Here's a few of ToC Clan members favourites.

Haagen-Dazs (Baileys Flavour)

Carte D'or Creme di Mascarpone



Turkish Delight by Dennetts of Lincolnshire.


Mr Whippy a favourite from childhood.


Pistachio by Haagen-Dazs


Ben and Jerry's. Dublin Mudslide



What's your favourite Ice cream when playing Call of Duty 4? Discussion can be found in the  Soggy's Cookbook : Simple & Tasty Forum.


   
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Call Of Duty 4: Hurtgen Summer

Saturday, July 19, 2008 5:47:12 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)

As my Favourite Call Of Duty map of all time. I'm really looking forward to the release of this for Call of Duty 4. The updated version is been made by SlickToxic and is being previewed over at MODSonline.
Check out our  ToC Call of Duty 4 URM Custom Maps Server - 85.236.103.10:28960 for releases of Quality Custom Maps. Fingers crossed, this will be on there soon.


Looking really nice.


Nice spot to defend incoming from the valley



Nice Ariel veiw.


Source: MODSonline
   
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Call Of Duty 4: Gaming Munchies Favorite

Saturday, July 19, 2008 4:49:31 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
Maple syrup and Mustard Chicken Bake.

This Recipe is a favourite of a few of The ToC Gaming: Clan Members.Quick and easy to make when you have an evening of playing Call of Duty 4 planned.
Very easy to make. 6points on weight watchers.

Maple syrup and Mustard Chicken Bake.
Serves 2

3 carrots chopped into chunks and steamed for 10 mins
4-5 medium potato's chopped into chunks and steamed for 10 mins
2 Big Courgettes chopped into chunks.
Olive Oil.

1.Heat the olive oil in a roasting tin. Throw in all the veg and give a good toss.
2.Bake for about 30 mins on 200.
3. Lay acroos the top 2 Boneless/Skinless chicken breasts.
4. Return to oven for 20 mins.
5. Mix together juice of 1 lemon, tbsp of grain mustard, and tbsp of maple syrup. Drizzle over the chicken.
6. Return to oven for another 20 mins..

Lovelyjubbly...



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Gaming Munchies: Minced Beef Keema

Saturday, July 19, 2008 4:29:35 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
One of our regular public players who plays on our Call Of Duty 4 Server (85.236.103.10:28960) asked if I had a good recipe that uses Mince. This was my recipe I posted for Him in our Soggy's Cookbook: Simple and Tasty Forum.
If you have a Recipe that's Quick and Easy to make come and post in our Forums.

Minced Beef Keema
4 tablespoon Oil.
1 Chopped onions.
2 Crushed garlic cloves.
3 teaspoon Grated ginger
1or2 tablespoon Curry powder
500g Minced beef
1 Bay leaf (From my Herb Garden)..
400g Tinned chopped tomatoes
Handful of frozen Peas.....or what ever you like really.
Salt
Ground black pepper



Here's How to Do It.

1. Heat the oil in a heavy based saucepan. Fry the onions, garlic and ginger for 3-4 minutes over a medium heat then stir in the curry powder. Fry for another minute. 2. Add the minced beef, increase the heat and cook until browned, stirring occasionnaly. Add the bay leaf and tomatoes. Stir well and simmer for 45-55 minutes. 5 mins from the end add frozen garden peas....Season and remove bay leaf. Scrummy

   
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MatchMaster: Sheffield United, Man Utd....

Sunday, March 16, 2008 7:18:40 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
Match Master For all of us who like Gaming and going to watch our Favourite team. Here's a great little game. MatchMaster.MatchMaster is available for all the big clubs including Chelsea, Newcastle, Man Utd, and Arsenal.
   
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Weight Watching: Gaming Munchies.

Saturday, March 15, 2008 7:14:39 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
So as we know gaming isn't the healthiest of pastimes. So my next few Blogs will be for us Gamers who like quick and easy things to prepare and Cook and that are Healthy. This one is so quick to prepare you could prepare it whilst downloading the next CoD4 Custom Map from ToC Gaming: Custom Map Server 85.236.103.10:28960.
   
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Manchester United: Football Game

Thursday, February 28, 2008 5:00:24 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)


Manchester United: Football Game.
This is rather an old game now. And quite a few of the players featured have now moved on. But still a great game. Some great graphics and really nice game play. Not normally the type of game I would play as I'm more a Call of Duty 4 Player. But a great game non the less. Ohh and it's available from here from Amazon for under £5. Bargain!!!

Manufacturer's Description
After a stunning debut performance, the unique range of team-specific Club Football games became the new force in football gaming. Now some of the best teams in the UK are once again lined up for a new season in the Club Football 2005 range. The expanded range is powered by an accelerated game engine and new animation system to deliver faster and more responsive gameplay - with new gameplay mechanics including "Precision Trigger" for precise control on the pitch and "Career Player Focus" modes that can make you the playmaker.

More clubs join the range this year, which will see an individual and official video game for the top UK football teams, including:

  • Manchester United Club Football 2005
  • Arsenal Club Football 2005
  • Liverpool Club Football 2005
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    With twice the amount of official team content in each game, great skill moves and new game modes including Career, Practice and classic Scenarios, the new Club Football 2005 range will bring players even closer to the heart of the action and the heart of their team.





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    Call of Duty 4: Match Review

    Tuesday, February 26, 2008 6:59:18 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)




    Sunday 24th Febuary ToC Gaming held there first Call of Duty 4 Match. Which for the 30 players who played, it turned out a great evening of on-line gaming.
    The match was members of the
    ToC Clan versus a bunch of our regular public players who play on our Call of Duty 4 Server. We played 4 maps at Sabotage game type with a 10 minute Team Death Match map in the middle to allow players to nip of for a ciggarette  or to top up there glass of wine.

    The Public Team was full of some really experienced players such as Ulrik, Rooboy and jOe too mention just a few. What was great to see was players such as shaggy, who is new to Call of Duty 4 and on-line gaming playing really well.
     So who won? Well ToC Clan started of really well and nearly planted the bomb on the first map and well ermm *cough*......that was about as good as it got for Team ToC. The JP (Joe Public) Team played with some great team work and kept pushing ToC back to there own base. So to cut a long story short ToC were stuffed by our better team playing opponents.
     
    But it ain't about winning it was about the taking part...no really it is. Some great games and great banter on TeamSpeak was had by all. ToC are looking to run the Open matches on a regular Sunday evening basis. If you fancy joining one of the matches, come and say Hello in our Introduction Forum, or keep checking in our  ToC Servers Forum for Call of Duty 4 Match Details. All players over the Age of 18 are very welcome, you don't need to be a good player. We play for fun!! If you want to see how bad some of the ToC Members are at CoD 4 then call by at
    ToC Call of Duty 4 Server - 85.236.103.10:28960.


       
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    Sexy Goddess Returns.

    Tuesday, February 19, 2008 10:07:33 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
    Anyone looking for inspiration to cure those Gaming Munchies, should take a look at Nigella Lawsons book Nigella Express.  Some great easy to cook recipes. Good step by step instructions. Ohh and a great bonus of some very nice pictures of Nigella. Naughty!!



    Available from our affiliated link. Here

       
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    Call of Duty 4 Match. Munchies.

    Tuesday, February 19, 2008 9:50:26 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
    Do you want something quick and easy to cook before our Call of Duty 4 Match this Sunday 24th February. Try this quick and easy Dinner.
       
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    Call of Duty 4 Match.

    Saturday, February 16, 2008 7:47:16 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
    [ToC]


    V


    Joe Public


    Match!!





    Sunday 24th Feb.


    Match Starts 8pm


    4 Maps. Sabotage



    Maps and IP to TBC

    Teamspeak will be open for the evening.

    Please Post in the thread link below to play.

    Match Thread

       
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    Gaming Munchies Returns

    Sunday, December 16, 2007 6:27:09 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
    After quite a break from Posting my Recipe's, what with the hassle that goes into moving house. And the fact i bought a very duff PC from Dell. You will be glad to know i'am back to Blogging. For those who have followed my previous Gaming Munchies i will still be keeping my Recipe's nice and easy. So to kick of again, here is Roast Veg Pasta. I made this, this afternoon to keep me going through a evenings gaming of CoD4 on The ToC Server Call of Duty 4 Server - 85.236.103.10:28960.
       
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    My Dell Hell Update.

    Wednesday, December 12, 2007 8:21:37 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
    Apparently i will have a new soundcard delivered by the weekend. Easter weekend? Thanksgiving?
       
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    My Dell Hell!!!

    Thursday, December 06, 2007 4:33:52 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
    My Dell Experiance....My Dell Hell!!!
       
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    Ulitimate Gaming Munchie

    Sunday, September 02, 2007 7:18:46 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
    These really are the bee's knee's in snacks when you have The Munchies. I had these at Christmas and got soo drunk i forgot about them. But bought some from the supermarket last week (yes i do do all the cooking and Shopping) Just had about a dozen with some slices of Maple Syrup and Mustard glazed Ham i cooked for Lunch. If you get a Jar and eating them whilst your Gaming, use a fork. Or you will be leaving even more sticky finger marks on the keyboard. Enjoy
       
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    Medal Of Honor Airborne - Review

    Tuesday, August 28, 2007 1:58:24 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
    This is my personal review of Medal of Honor Airborne. For the technically minded of you reading this you wont find any mention of Anti-strophic filtering or anti-aliasing (see I'm not even sure if thats right)or anything about rendering, What you will find is my honest opinions of the game.
       
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    Gaming Munchies - Roast Guinea Pig

    Monday, August 27, 2007 2:21:12 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
    So this Blog may not be to everyones fancy. But it fits in very well with my Tales of a Mountaineering Gamer.
       
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    Medal of Honor Airborne - Food

    Sunday, August 26, 2007 3:31:04 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
    With the release this week of the Medal of Honor Airborne Demo, It got me thinking what food, would the real soldiers of World War 2 like the character of Boyd Travers have eaten?
       
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    Medal Of Honor Airborne - Delays...

    Sunday, August 26, 2007 10:20:02 AM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
    Firstly my apologies for been so late with my second Part to this story. Been far too busy for any normal being. And the release of the Fantastic Medal of Honor: Airborne has been occupying a lot of my time.
       
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    Call of Duty 2 - New Player?

    Wednesday, August 22, 2007 5:49:04 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
    With all the talk of New Games soon to be released. I thought i would post about a game ToC Clan play at present...Call of Duty 2.
       
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    Medal of Honor Airborne - Gaming Munchies 2

    Tuesday, August 21, 2007 5:08:08 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
    Boerewors - a spicy sausage that no self respecting BBQ can be without, if you can't make it yourself, ask your local butcher to make some for you, you won't be sorry.....
       
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    Medal of Honor Airborne - Gaming Munchies

    Friday, August 10, 2007 7:24:02 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
    With the launch of the much awaited Medal of Honor Airborne nearly upon us i have had a few requests for my favorite foods i will be preparing for the big day. So here are my 3 Favorite things that i will be doing.
       
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    The Naked Gamer!!

    Friday, August 10, 2007 2:42:29 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
    Was Jamie Oliver called the Naked Chef because he cooked Naked? No!!! The naked bit refers to his way of cooking using the very basic ingredients 'Naked' So my next few Recipe's are going to be very Naked indeed.
       
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    Sexy Goddess cures Gaming Munchies.

    Friday, August 03, 2007 4:29:22 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
    Her devotees will be relieved to learn that, in Nigella Bites, the goddess returns among us, her attributes unmodified: the cashmere twin sets, the hair, the postmodern penchant for trailer trash, the eerily intense gaze, the Kim Novak eyebrows, all are present in this lavishly illustrated accompaniment to the TV series. To these may now be added the Playboy-bunny T-shirt and the lilac pashmina worn recklessly and negligently at the barbecue. So much for the essentials, now what about the food?
       
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    So you really called her Maggie?

    Thursday, August 02, 2007 1:26:03 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
    Before you know it you will be shouting to the Mrs "Maggie make me a ToC-Clan Server(CoD2 85.236.100.9:28960) Special" Disclaimer: ToC accept no responsibility if you call your partner Maggie when her real name is Jennifer, Alison, Phillipa, Sue , Deborah or Annabelle too.
       
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    ToC-Clan Server Special !!

    Wednesday, August 01, 2007 4:45:10 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
    So you've just played a Fantastic game of Capture the Flag on Brecourt Call of Duty2. Your now downloading the next map from the ToC-Clan Server 85.236.100.9:28960 your playing on. Try this Quick snack.4 Minutes maximum to make.
       
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    Tales of a Mountaineering Gamer 2

    Wednesday, August 01, 2007 3:01:51 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
    The Road to Fort William. "Don't tell me we are lost again"
       
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    Quick Seafood Soup

    Tuesday, July 31, 2007 5:42:50 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
    Most of the Recipe's I'm going to put in my Blogs can be pre-made. So next time you keep saying to yourself "One more Map and I'll go grab some food" fiddlesticks to that i say!! Get the food whilst the next map is loading. You really didn't really want to be the first on the server anyway to get the MG. Did you? No of course you didn't.
       
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    Got the Gaming Munchies?

    Tuesday, July 31, 2007 2:02:38 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
    "Is there anything worse for us Gamers, than having to stop to go get something to eat during a marathon gaming session? Ermmmmm OK well apart for the unavoidable toilet breaks. And the PC actually catching fire i don't think there is"
       
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    A Tale of a Mountaineering Gamer

    Monday, July 30, 2007 2:30:16 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
    It was getting pretty late, thundering hard, and very misty, by the time we breasted the final Col de Prafleuri, and it was with some relief that we stopped climbing and wandered down to the Cabane. Or, to where we thought it should be, but we couldn't find it in the gloom!
       
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