I thought i’d just take the chance to say a little bit about what I’m aiming for with my posts on The ‘Limit.

I’m a Windows user, and a PC Gamer at heart. I’ve built up my own computer and upgraded/improved it over the past 4 years, I do a bit overclocking and benchmarking every so often. I’m also a keen software developer, mainly in C# but i also know a fair bit of C/C++ too, as well as playing with web programming in ASP .Net and XHTML/CSS.

I feel that i still have so much to learn in the world of computers, and in a sense, so much to catch up on as well. I missed out on a lot of older technologies and big things in the geek community before i got heavily into computing and everyday i learn something more.

I’m pretty handy when it comes to everything windows, so I figure I’ll stick to that. Tips and tricks on getting your system running faster and better, guides to installing and using some of the more complex software and hardware available to the Hardcore geek and news and reviews of hot new software too, especially free stuff, infact here is a list of some of my favourite free bits of software:

uTorrent – If your on windows and want a BitTorrent client there is no better choice than, small, fast and has torrent encryption too.
Firefox – If you arn’t using Firefox… Are you from the past? It really is the only browser you need. Very quick, secure and extendable.
Songbird – This lil’ media player is going to be the next big thing.. once it’s finished! Basically open source iTunes, once this bird flys its going to change the way you listen to music.
TUGZip – Everyone needs a way of opening and creating archives, but why pay for WinZIP or WINRAR when you can get an even better program for free!?!
Paint.Net – Paint .Net fits nicely in between MS Paint and Photoshop, lots of useful photo editing bits with non of the painful price of Adobes No.1 Photo App.
VLC – Plays any video file without ever asking for a codec, speaks for itself really.

I’m also into PC gaming in a big way, i generally play FPS and racing games although if challenged I’ll happily play C&C into the tiny hours.

A day doesn’t go by that i dont play Day of Defeat: Source, so if something new comes along from valve you’ll hear about it from me!

I’m a keen digital photographer as well, more on that on my personal blog and flickr.

My GeekLimit Profile is here, and you can find loads more about my PC on my personal blog.

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