Darren Straight's Blog

ICT Enthusiast and photographer.

By - Darren Straight

Download the Minecraft PC Gamer Demo

Just noticed there’s now a demo of Minecraft, PCGamer Branded! Might help some of you get your freinds to see what they are missing, then buy the full version, and even maybe even join my Yet Another Minecraft Server (YAMS). Minecraft now has a demo. Procrastinating excavators: you no longer have an excuse for skipping our favorite open-world game. Better yet,

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Like A Fire Without Sound by Should

Well today as you should know from my last post, I’ve been listening to music! In fact I’ve been scouring the Internet looking for new music to listen to, and I came across “Like A Fire Without Sound by Should” and I must say I quite enjoy from what I can hear of their music. Seems the album is due to be released

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Music Video: Big City by Cyndi Nabozny

I was just listening to some music and it made me wonder if Cyndi Nabozny had posted any new music on her YouTube channel. Well it seems she hasn’t as her last one was Big City. I’ve heard BigCity before but for those that haven’t I’ve embedded it below for you to listen: Also don’t forget to check out her other

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Reading & Leeds Music Festival 2011 Official Lineup Announced!

Getting quite a few people still coming to my blog searching for past Reading and Leeds Festival lineups, it’s been a few years since I last went, I must go again, maybe next year! But for now I shall keep to just posting this years Reading and Leeds Festival 2011 Lineup: Main Stage Reading Friday Reading Saturday Reading Sunday Leeds Saturday

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“TNT” – A Minecraft Parody of Taio Cruz’s Dynamite – Crafted Using Note Blocks

Need I say more? Watch the video, and check out the youtube video for more info, Lyrics included below for those who want to sing along! 😀 Lyrics: I came to dig dig dig dig I’ll build a city oh so big big big big just wait a sec, gotta kill this pig pig pig pig cook me some bacon

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Yet Another Minecraft Server – 27th February 2011

Hey my fellow minecraftirians, bit of an update on my Minecraft Server “Yet Another Minecraft Server” a.k.a. YAMS. We’ve had so many new people join since I first set up the server, there’s way too many people to list now both old and new! I’m really happy they are all on the server – we even have some girls which is a bonus

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Warner Bros Digital Distribution Launches App Editions of Feature Films The Dark Knight And Inception

Warner Bros. Digital Distribution (WBDD), a market leader in video-on-demand and electronic sell-through, has announced the groundbreaking launch of the “App Editions” of feature films “Inception” and “The Dark Knight,” giving consumers around the world an entirely new way to own special edition movies with the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. The “Inception: App Edition” and “The Dark Knight: App Edition”

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Yet Another Minecraft Server – 29th January 2011

Well my Minecraft Server “Yet Another Minecraft Server” a.k.a. YAMS only went public 4 days ago, after I did quite a lot of back work before hand on setting up a decent spawn base and well the structure builds I am seeing coming from people are already pretty good (even great) and everyone’s been really friendly so far, well except “i_am_sex”, he was just a troll. Here’s

By - Darren Straight

Yet Another Minecraft Server (YAMS) Now Public!

Calling all minecrafterians looking for public minecraft servers… My London based multiplayer Minecraft server titled “Yet Another Minecraft Server” a.k.a. YAMS is now public, so no more hiding as it’s free for anyone to join. There is currently no whitelist however due to increased popularity whitelist is sometimes on, in which case please visit the forums to get yourself whitelisted. I’m putting a lot of