Darren Straight's Blog

ICT Enthusiast and photographer.

By - Darren Straight

January 2011 Screenshots of My Minecraft Server.

A little taster of My Minecraft Server, called “Yet Another Minecraft Server”. Also known as YAMS. Been quite busy on it though it’s hard work alone and it doesnt help that either minecraft.net is down or theres some other problem. Ahhhh Betas… and thats coming from the one who’s supposed to love beta testing. 😉 Edit: Server now up at play.yams.me

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My Minecraft Server – Cooming Soon!

Now that I’m back online (see post here) and after being banned from a Minecraft Server (see post here), I was hoping to announce the launch of my Minecraft server – making the ip public today, but unfrotunetly after Notch’s last update well (see here – as quoted below): As I’m sure many of you are aware, the 1.2 Update for Minecraft

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It’s the 14th January 2011 and I’m back online!

Well I haven’t been able to attend to this blog for near enough a week, my Internet has been slower than dial up and that’s no joke – I could barely load any web pages and when I did the most I could get was a white background with some of the text and maybe an image or two if after

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I gotta feeling that this years gonna be a good year!

The Black Eyed Peas I Gotta Feeling Song Lyrics with a slight change in words at the beginning with how I feel this years going so far and will be: I gotta feeling… That this year’s gonna be a good year That this year’s gonna be a good year That this year’s gonna be a good, good yeah A feeling…

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Banned from Minecraft Something Super Awesome Server

For the last couple of days I’ve been playing on a new minecraft server I found called “Something Super Awesome”, I’ve really been enjoying this server, and was ready to donate near enough straight away, however I noticed you had to wait 1 week or be recommended before you could donate any money, fair enough I thought, I shall wait, I didn’t want to donate for the

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Merry Christmas, the year is 2010!

Merry Christmas to all my friends and family out there along with everyone else, yes that includes you my readers, I hope everyone has been having a great Christmas *Holidays* and will have a Happy New Year to come. Thank you all for visiting my blog this year, it’s been a pleasure having you here as always – and yes I know I’ve said that before,

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Guy Fawkes Night 2010

To all those British out there and anyone else for that matter, please remember the 5th of November as it should be and remember why we celebrate it, The failed Gunpowder Plotof 1605. Don’t forget your guy “penny for the guy anyone? :)”, roasted chestnuts and of course your fireworks. Celebrate Guy Fawkes Night as it should be celebrated, celebrate it

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My Garden as of the 6th of July 2010

I’ve been working pretty hard lately on my garden – I just wish there was some miracle way of stopping weeds and roots from growing back and also to slow time . But hey it’s a challenge right – a one man band doing all he can within reason while still having no transport to get rid of all the cuttings! 🙂 8th

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Hogwarts Express Train Ride July 2009 London Paddington to Oxford

Following up from both my previous posts (post 1 & post 2) about the Harry Potter Hogwarts Express Fan Trip Train Ride 2009, which gave you the chance to travel by steam train from Paddington to Oxford aboard the Hogwarts Express (GWR Hall Class 4-6-0 no 5972 Olton Hall) steam train on Saturday the 18th of July 2009. I have now had the chance along with