Monday, 19 May 2014

Emergency Services in Scotland - Ambluances

It seems I have more of these clips than I originally anticipated! Another few clips of ambulances on emergency calls in and around Edinburgh. One of the videos is somewhat of a "special" of ambulances making their way through busy traffic. These clips show what can happen with savvy motorists on the road: all the drivers noticed the ambulances coming in good time and got out of their way in a very effective manner. It is a departure from some of the things I've seen on the road (sadly, not filmed) where people just do the complete wrong things when confronted with emergency vehicles.

In the coming weeks I will be doing a video on how to drive safely with emergency vehicles on the roads in the UK, and I have another video where I will analyse a certain incident I saw on the road. I hope you can tune in then, but for now, here's the videos from the week:


More dash cam videos!

More fun on the roads with the Police, ambulances and of course, the local wildlife!



Monday, 5 May 2014

Emergency videos

I have a dash cam on my car now, and I've decided to put on Youtube some clips of emergency vehicles at work around Scotland that I've captured driving around.

It's got me thinking alot about how I act around the emergency services and I'm going to make a Youtube video talking about my suggestions for dealing with the emergency services (stuff you won't see in the highway code, but probably should be there).

But for now, here's the videos:





Sunday, 6 April 2014

Back To LCPD:FR

Now that my project is over with and I have a short break before exams, I can get back to the wonderful world of video games! Before last week, I hadn't fired up a game in anger in almost a month. Been playing some Titanfall and also had a night on the town with LCPD:FR. This was largely just a test of stability, but I ended up having alot of fun and I made 4 short (ok, short by my standard) videos showing off some of the more interesting calls.

Upon seeing some wonderful ENB's for the GTA IV, I tried to play with them installed, however the frame rate I get can be counted on just two hands, so I've decided that now is the time to look at upgrading my graphics card. The graphics card is the only component of my computer that was original to machine when I got it, and for the last year or so, it has become more and more noticeably obsolete. So In the coming weeks, I hope to get and install a new one! Expect my videos to be a lot more pwetty!

In the mean time, I leave you with the videos I put up today!




Friday, 28 February 2014

Some Racing Clips

I recently stumbled across these wonderful incidents from my days of single player Race07 - Enjoy!


PAYDAY 2 Series: A Heist Gone Wrong

So me and my friends have been playing Payday 2 on a regular basis for some time now. We have accumulated many many hours of footage. The funniest (and least offensive) material is making its way to Youtube as time allows.

To start with, we'll be posting full games showing the painful hilarity of us getting to know the game. Once we start getting into our routine, we'll whittle it down to the funnies.

Hope you enjoy, here's what's online so far:




Monday, 10 February 2014

Back to racing!

So, in the rare few minutes I get off each week from university work and real work, I've taken up iRacing! It's time to put my brilliant new equipment as well as my skills to the test against some highly skilled racers online. And how do I stack up? Well, not great (see below)!


Oh well, I'm still getting used to a new sim, as well as my new equipment, on tracks and cars I've never really driven before. While you might think I'm just making excuses for myself, well I am, but these things are very important! - particularly because of the licence and safety rating that iRating uses, but more on that later on! For now, if anyone wants to see my full second (and most successful) race, it's linked here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rX5qVTsH-88

My friend encouraged me to start iRacing, he's been doing it for year. Some of his videos are great and his channel is well worth checking out. Below is my favourite, and remember - this is perfectly legal!