So today, I was wanting to do some file transfer speed testing and therefore wanted to have a file of a specific size (the contents of the file were unimportant, just the size) to use as my test file for bench-marking transfers. I couldn’t remember the best way to create such a file on Windows (I’m a UNIX/Linux guy after all) so I did some searching and found a great article that not only gave clear instructions on how to do this very thing via command line, but also linked to two nice utilities that made it much easier and added cool options to boot. So, I thought I’d link it here for anyone else that might need it and happened to be stopping by …

3 Ways To Create Dummy Files Of A Given Size In Windows

There you go, check out the article if you need to create files yourself, enjoy!

Well now, it appears that in the latest WoW update (v8.1.5) the devs at Blizzard are once again making changes that are completely unnecessary and telling us that it’s what we want and is for our own good. Among many changes, including adding new content (which is good), the devs are removing many if not all of the portals that we the players have been using to get around. And yes, I know that they are putting a bunch of new ones back in, in the major cites (like Stormwind and Orgrimmar), but why dammit? Why take away the portals at the panda shrine for example, that  you gave us to help us get around, just to move them someplace else? Now there really isn’t any reason to even go to the shrine unless you are questing there. But more to my point, if it ain’t broke, why do you keep trying (and failing) to fix it? Just like the time you removed 13 of my hunter abilities because of fucking “button bloat” … ruining my character. You have dumbed down the game to a point where it’s absolutely no fun to play. It’s boring as hell now since you took all the fun out of it. I played for years, putting up with the bullshit and then had enough and quit for a couple years. I much prefer Star Wars: The Old Republic anyways. But feeling nostalgic, I came back to WoW to try it out again, see what was new and good. You know what I found? Nothing was new or good. Instead of taking away portals and making bullshit changes, update the graphics maybe??? Anyway, it’s too much for me (again) and I’m out for good this time. I’ll play Star Wars and forget about WoW man. 

By the way, you can read more about the update(s) here.

I’ve decided that I want to get caught up on my “MARVEL Universe” movies, so I grabbed some data from Wikipedia and put together a list of the MARVEL movies I need to see and in what order. I thought I’d post that list here for anyone else that might be interested in getting right with the story-line like I am!

So, here is the list:

Phase One ::

1.1 Iron Man (2008)
1.2 The Incredible Hulk (2008)
1.3 Iron Man 2 (2010)
1.4 Thor (2011)
1.5 Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
1.6 Marvel’s The Avengers (2012)

Phase Two ::

2.1 Iron Man 3 (2013)
2.2 Thor: The Dark World (2013)
2.3 Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
2.4 Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
2.5 Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
2.6 Ant-Man (2015)

Phase Three ::

3.1 Captain America: Civil War (2016)
3.2 Doctor Strange (2016)
3.3 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)
3.4 Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)
3.5 Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
3.6 Black Panther (2018)
3.7 Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
3.8 Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)
3.9 Captain Marvel (2019)

To come ::

8.1 Avengers: Endgame (2019)
8.2 Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)

Greetings and well met fellow traveler on the (mis)information super highway! I am glad that for whatever reason you ended up on my site. If you are reading this post, odds are this site is still new and we don’t have much up and running yet, but rest assured that more goodness is coming soon, so be sure to come back and see us again so you can catch up on all the new stuff as it gets added. Have fun now!!!