Since I bought the Xbox I’ve been sitting on a couch a whole lot, playing GTAIV, Uno and others, as well as watching movies streaming from a my PC to my TV, works great, all wirelessly (sucked it up and bought the AU$169 adapter). Before the Xbox I use to watch most of my TV shows and movies on my PC, along with gaming on the PC, was perfectly comfortable, in fact I seem to feel more confortable there than on the couch, which doesn’t make a whole lot of sense. I’ve still usually got my laptop sitting next to me on the couch, so I’m not missing anything in terms of the casual browsing of the Internets, so what is it? I can only assume it’s due to the fact that I’ve spent so  much time in front of the PC that I feel more at home with it. I’m also beginning to think that I get much more immersed in PC games than console games. headphones on, nice and close to the screen, it all seems more intense. Don’t get me wrong I’m loving GTAIV in front of the TV, but I’m wondering if I’d be enjoying it more if I was playing it at my computer desk. Maybe I should invest in a HDMI to DVI adapter and plug my Xbox into my PC monitor.

On another note, I’ve got a nice new widget in my sidebar that displays my Gamertag details, it’s simply called the Xbox 360 Gamercard Wordpress plugin. It doesn’t come as a widget, so I’m using another plugin to use it as a widget, that’s called the Custom Function Widget, nice!

So I’ve decided to vamp up my site a bit. I’ve always used wordpress but previously I have been using my own layout and grabbing data my own way without using themes or any plugins. This time I’ve fully integrated Wordpress on my site allowing me to customise my sidebars easier, add plugins and generally make things a bit easier. I’ve spent most of my time trying to work out how to develop a template from scratch. I Followed a tutorial from Cyberhackz I think it’s mildly outdated but it explains very well how wordpress themes are segmented. I’ve pretty much finished it, I just need to mess more with the CSS to get it right. Then I’m going to try and integrate my custom scripts as Wordpress plugins. As you can see I’ve stuck with the same basic layout, but with a slightly cleaner look. Should be a lot less cluttered when I’m finished with it.