gapsta's blurrg

Kluterd

2010-10-14T19:47:00.001+01:00

Darth Vader

2010-04-17T22:00:00.001+01:00

pimpage :)

My day will come

2010-02-07T10:15:00.003Z

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1T47QIGSWo

cant embed this one, watch an learn :) :)
i love this soo much

everything sucks

2010-02-07T10:10:00.002Z

Hope...................descendants. best band in teh worlds

2010-02-07T10:03:00.002Z

The Appleton Sisters :)

2009-12-29T23:40:00.002Z

Booze n TiTz

2009-12-29T23:26:00.002Z

Redcar Kiteival

2009-12-15T21:12:00.002Z

This is Redcar...... do not panic from beboii on Vimeo.

The Signal

2009-08-14T23:35:00.001+01:00

Sending This Out

Me riding at Atmosphere09. from Lewis Wilby on Vimeo.

You wott You wot !

2009-05-31T00:06:00.005+01:00

We had super good fun at dizzee on the quayside
sing alongs ahoy!

Dizzee did it! get away from the bar!

Just done dizzee/prodigy then dizzee again......Oasis/kasabian/reverand/enemy next!!! then its Blur!

Cacti widders

2009-04-06T01:53:00.004+01:00

Fookin What
The Widders live

the most 3 amazin peice in the world, watch and learn.
See You In Hell Mutha Fucka

Welcome to the Hospital

2009-04-04T21:14:00.001+01:00

This tune is gonna fire up the charts methinks

The Prodigy - Warrior's Dance

Monday Nite Metro Radio Arena Am There!!!!!!!
Watch This Space

South Sheilds Skate Out

2009-03-22T12:12:00.010Z

A few pics from the skate out today at marine park in sheilds.

How old is your skool?

Go!

Ooo er, step off.

Honkers.

One for the scrapbook.

clik pics for better quality

Some piccys

2009-03-19T19:46:00.009Z

I take pics of anything i find interesting, heres a few. not the best pics as they taken on my phone, but they maybe have some thought behind em love it or hate it.

Some orses by my fav kite spot less than half a clik from the neuclear power station. the smokes in the background are'nt the power station. its out of view but damn close.
Some would argue this area is blighted by industry, wish i could show it all as theres a lot of storys attached to this i.e nuclear power/ghost ships(old warships/aircarft carriers being dismantled less than a mile away with asbestos apparently!) this spot by the industry is so happnin, you kiteboard on land and water while super tankers cruise by 300ft away.
My mates say druridge bay is better cos its untouched and kinda pretty. yet playing here is never boring. Guess i should post more about this place.

My fav toys at my fav spot.

Food is murder sometimes
Pizza

Pasta

My son sent me this

A tall ship in whitby, the one the dracula's coffin was taken from.
whitby is where bram stokers book began

This is the very basement of the hospital i work in, resident evil?
soon as i walked into this corridor i was just like wow it just has an air,
wish i had a better camera as this is such a spooky place and if there was ever ghosts they wud be here in the basement of this victorian hospital which is now being modernised.
Its where i work now but some parts of the buildings are really old listed buildings

One of my new builds, a graphical beast.

Great machine, AMD black edition does the damage for the price along with a 9800GTX+

Lifes a Beach

2009-03-01T19:59:00.002Z

Blue lagoon from Bumcake on Vimeo.

The pete Box

2008-11-01T23:59:00.003Z

Saw this at tyne mouth eXperience and filmed on my n95. my arm is till sore from it.

thepetebox from gapsta on Vimeo.

Punks dead

2008-09-16T11:24:00.001+01:00

crazy fools :)

2008-09-14T23:00:00.001+01:00

Adam Kimmel presents: Claremont HD from adam kimmel on Vimeo.

Raiden

2008-09-06T10:19:00.004+01:00

raiden @ renegade hardware vs offkey 23/8/08

we were there :)

I Seen Him Fly

2008-03-17T23:42:00.005Z

Yep I've been learning to fly

Coming down from a 5ft ollie

Hellz kitchen

2007-09-19T21:57:00.001+01:00

Times of life

2007-09-19T21:31:00.001+01:00

been doing a lot of kiting, kayak surfing :) and some skating when the time and people are right as i'm sick of being around children which are'nt my own.
It's been sooo good to go kite,surf with adults i.e. just men and women doing men and womens sports with adult attitudes and no shit.
I have that kite/landboard thing sussed now, it's like water skiing on land with your own engine and you can go as fast as your brave enough to go in the right wind conditions, gotta be hitting near 30mph or faster sometimes and have been loving my kayak surf sessions also.
Seems all this summertime fun will end soon as i'll be working full time but i have plans as my winter weekday hit will be climbing with the lads it seems at adventure sundeland (top folk)
Can't wait and the weekend will be busy!

RascLAT

2007-09-02T03:24:00.000+01:00

Dizzee does it >>>>>

Indy Team Tour

2007-08-28T14:48:00.000+01:00

The UK indy team were at toon park this bank holiday.
Div Adams(nuff said), Ben raemers(ripper), Marc Munson and some other gnarley folk with faces i cant put to the names that were supposed to be there.
shame pritchard and dainton were'nt there, they either wussed out or had good disguises :)
no video unfortunatly but some pics to music although my little point and shoot camera aint the best when shooting guys who skate so fast.........

Untitled from gapsta and Vimeo.

Nu Kite

2007-08-17T00:34:00.000+01:00

At last a got a new kite, a Flexifoil Blade III 4 metre.
and its erm fun in light winds and really bloody dangerous when it nice and windy i.e. 20mph+ ive had this near 3 weeks now and tonite has been by far the best as i near killed mesel getting lofted 6ft off the floor and landing in a crumpled heap. Although nothing hurt but my pride and the locals have been giving me some tips.
i also tried a buggy again tonite and it was claaaaaass, loved it and want one and looks like i may get one next month after i get over paying for my new or well second hand landboard thats due to arrive in the next few days.

I'm sure there's some pain to be gained from this.

Me, lesley and harvey went to the lea's at marsden last sunday to fly kite's, me and lesley flew the kites and harvey did the barking, lesley took some pic's and footage which i cobbled together with a nice tune in windows movie maker first vid i ever made with movie maker although it toook longer to convert the files from 3gp to avi than it did to put the thing together. anyways....................

2007-07-06T22:25:00.001+01:00

Hey fords!
Yes you Mr and Mrs Ford, Baby Ford and Doggy Ford.
Ya'll needs to ring me or mail me as i have no tel no or valid mail addy for you lot and have some interesting propositions!!!

Be in touch ASAP cheers

Tales from the pier wall

2007-06-20T15:45:00.000+01:00

Here's some pics from 30.5.07 which i just got in this week at the pier wall outside roker harbour.
It's a great spot because as its so close to home and when it works it works good with a near perfect,uniform wave everytime in good conditions.

Me carving about.

Ferg dropping down a fair sized one.

Daz going for it.

Some bloke had stolen his ma's ironing board,
this is just a great photo.

More carverama.

Riding the green.

Nice one Pat for taking more pics!

While thinking of a title for this post, i at last remembered
'Tales from the Tube'
A magazine i found lying around at school when i was about 13 in art class and obviously have still not forgotten it until now.
The art work in this mag was so good by a guy called Rick Griffin who was also a leader in designing 60's psycedelic rock posters and album covers for the 'gratefuldead'.
Turns out mr griffin is some boy, google him to find the more secret truths in his life? as i'm not giving the full game away.

R.I.P. rick griffin.

Turns out in 1976 rick griffin toured europe with his art and did exhibitions in Amsterdam, London and sunderland.
hows about that then lol.
More on mr griffin!

Eski Boy

2007-06-15T14:20:00.000+01:00

Wiley just had a new album out it seem's,
he's no longer eating pie's but is still living the igloo life, but playtime is over and the boy just twisted his tongue again.

Arcane

2007-06-10T19:41:00.000+01:00

Went to see storm and klute last nite in newcastle in the attic of the students union, Ms storm was banging out all the latest metalheadz tunes and tommy withers was just a pro playing d-kay,skc and the like with clinical engineering. All the while there was all sorts going on downstairs in the other 4 roomz which were just boring in comparison to what was going on in the attic. then onto a party on osbourne rd in jesmond how those guys get away with that is just unreal.
Cheers Jo!

Klute Mix!
Klute info!

Jim's Sk8 Fliks

2007-06-09T16:41:00.000+01:00

I keep awaking to find my son making short film's out of the footage and music lying around on my pc. I like it! and wish i had the same patience, Nice one James as the folks involved are gonna love it.

a film by james cook from gapsta on Vimeo

Ian's B-day Bash

2007-06-09T13:41:00.000+01:00

Us old boy's have just been up to bonny sweaty sock land and Ian is now 44 years young and still tearing the place apart!

Myself, Matt, and Ian have been hitting the latest and greatest in the edinburgh area's
Legendry livi, uphall! and the penicuik mexican fest.

you are watching this space

Uphall pure fun skate party.

B-day Massive sitting down in Satan's toilet bowl

Ian with a real rock on.

Looking at the lip.

Always wanted to trick this hip and did land it a few times :)

Hawaii 5-0 fun in the sun.

I did'nt roll away from this but its a great piccy anyways.

Cheers in order for matt for the pic's and sat nav exploration vehicle.

Seaburn Monica Airlines

2007-06-08T23:01:00.000+01:00

The youngun's from the toon have been down my new park with some flipping mental video editing, although ive been getting gnarlston in scotland..watch this space

Seaburn Montage from wudjacalee on Vimeo

weng weng rap

2007-06-03T20:28:00.000+01:00

check this guy out funniest thing i seen all week!!

Cheese n Crackers

2006-12-12T10:15:00.000Z

Dont ask just watch.

Vista

2006-09-18T22:42:00.000+01:00

Is this vista then,
I Should post more

WtF

2006-07-21T00:48:00.000+01:00

well did it anyways,
games on the bar booyaa

Vista ?

2006-07-20T21:11:00.000+01:00

well am gaggin for windoze vista to become real and have installed the brico/vista inspirat pack,
It works good and gives the option to indivually colour folders to your needs and dramaticlly changes the the xp expeirence(lol), also the object dock launcher bar gets rid of desktop icon's cluttering the desktop space which leaves a lot of room for video playing appz to be windowed on the desktop with ease of launching other appz at the same time

XGL

2006-07-12T08:02:00.000+01:00

K i finally got this up and running, it's taken me at least 3 attempts each time ending up at a command line on reboot. i think this was mainly due to piecing guides together to get the result i wanted. This is definetly one of the best things about using linux as it's not too hard to modify guides etc and fully customize any part of the linux(ubuntu) system.
although i can't get the opacity plugin working it does work good, heres a little screencast i did showing a few of the features of xgl,compiz.
http://www.jamesgregson.clara.net/xgl.avi
i think this uses a indeo codec but easily plays using vlc player

and here is the pieced together guide's i used

a clean install of ubuntu 5.10 helps methinks and this guide is for nvidia cards only

Step one
Let's add dapper sources to apt. If you are one of the lucky ones already running it, skip to the next step. Otherwise, just throw this line in /etc/apt/sources.list/

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper main universe restricted multiverse

apt-get update, apt-get dist-upgrade, and you're good to go. As has been mentioned in some feedback, this can take a long time, especially for those without very fast connections.
this is a recommended way to do this.

I assume you have installed the newest Nvidia driver from the repositories if not get it with this command
sudo apt-get install nvidia-kernel-common nvidia-glx

Now lets edit some xorg.conf. First thing is to open it with this command:
sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Find the “Module” section. Comment out the “Glcore” and “dri “ modules and make sure a “glx” module is there. So basically like this:
# Load "GLcore"
# Load "dri"
Load "glx"

Now find the “Devices” section.

Change every line but the “Identifier” line to look just like mine:
Section "Device"
Identifier- leave this line alone!
Driver "nvidia"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Option "RenderAccel" "true"
EndSection

IF LATER ON COMPIZ DOES NOT WORK FOR YOU (and complains about composite extension):

Add this to the very bottom:
Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection

DON'T ADD IT OTHERWISE

VERY IMPORTANT:

Make sure your default color depth is 24!

Now save and close the file.

Now on to the second part- install XGL.

I pretty sure this line will do it:
sudo apt-get install compiz xserver-xgl libgl1-mesa xserver-xorg libglitz-glx1 compiz-gnome

Thats pretty easy. Next step is the making it start when Gnome starts.
First a command:
sudo gedit /etc/gdm/gdm.conf-custom

Make it look JUST like this. Delete all thats in the file and paste in all I have posted:
# GDM Configuration Customization file.
#
# This file is the appropriate place for specifying your customizations to the
# GDM configuration. If you run gdmsetup, it will automatically edit this
# file for you and will cause the daemon and any running GDM GUI programs to
# automatically update with the new configuration. Not all configuration
# options are supported by gdmsetup, so to modify some values it may be
# necessary to modify this file directly by hand.
#
# To hand-edit this file, simply add or modify the key=value combination in
# the appropriate section in the template below. Refer to the comments in the
# gdm.conf file for information about each option. Also refer to the reference
# documentation.
#
# If you hand edit a GDM configuration file, you should run the following
# command to get the GDM daemon to notice the change. Any running GDM GUI
# programs will also be notified to update with the new configuration.
#
# gdmflexiserver --command="UPDATE_CONFIG "
#
# For example, the "Enable" key in the "[debug]" section would be specified by
# "debug/Enable".
#
# You can also run gdm-restart or gdm-safe-restart to cause GDM to restart and
# re-read the new configuration settings. You can also restart GDM by sending
# a HUP or USR1 signal to the daemon. HUP behaves like gdm-restart and causes
# any user session started by GDM to exit immediately while USR1 behaves like
# gdm-safe-restart and will wait until all users log out before restarting GDM.
#
# For full reference documentation see the gnome help browser under
# GNOME|System category. You can also find the docs in HTML form on
# http://www.gnome.org/projects/gdm/
#
# NOTE: Lines that begin with "#" are considered comments.
#
# Have fun!

[daemon]

[security]

[xdmcp]

[gui]

[greeter]

[chooser]

[debug]

[servers]# Override display 1 to use Xgl (DISPLAY 1 IMPORTANT FOR ATI FGLRX).
0=Xgl

[server-Xgl]
name=Xgl server
command=/usr/bin/Xgl :0 -fullscreen -ac -accel glx:pbuffer -accel xv:fbo
flexible=true

That has a special line that which works best for Nvidia cards- this might solve acceleration issues some people have!

Time for the last step: make compiz work! This part will work for ATI users as well.

First this command:
sudo gedit /usr/bin/thefuture

An empty file should appear. Fill it with this:
#!/bin/bash
gnome-window-decorator & compiz --replace gconf decoration wobbly fade minimize cube rotate zoom scale move resize place switcher &

Now save the file. Now use this command:
sudo chmod 755 /usr/bin/thefuture

leave that for a few mins i.e go make a cuppa then reboot After login in GDM, open a terminal and enter this:
xmodmap /usr/share/xmodmap/xmodmap.

replacing your country code for language. For US English I use this command:
xmodmap /usr/share/xmodmap/xmodmap.us

i did this on my box even though i live in the uk as i just dont know the link for a uk keyboard layout a us layout aint too hard to work round on a uk keyboard

Now put this command in the terminal to get compiz love:

thefuture

That should make compiz start working. If not, just keep using that command (maybe up to 20 times) till it does work. If you have problems, its tough as im still a complete linux noob lol.

Try it out. Here are the basic key commands:

CTRL + ALT + Left/right arrow key. Switches to the new side of the cube for me.

CTRL + ALT + SHIFT + Left/Right arrow key- Takes the in focused app around cube.

CTRL + ALT + Left Click on Desktop - allows you to use the mouse to rotate cube.

F12 - uses the Expose like trick

any other problems then check this post http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=131267

i rekon thats my first ever linux tutorial may it be the first of many CRASH!!!(champange bottle breaks on the side of my tower) sorry no crashes it's linux
hope this works again and if by anychance youve tried this let me know how you find the tut.

Photo Site

2006-06-06T01:33:00.000+01:00

Hmmmm since i have a blog i now have a photo site also
TBH its only for the benefit of my mom to get some pics of my son since she got me a camera :) so theres no need for her to download pics shes not keen on....flickr looks ok and works ok but i'll definetly change it if i hit problems

site here http://www.flickr.com/photos/52766588@N00/

XGL,Compiz,Ubuntu

2006-06-06T01:22:00.000+01:00

How badass does this look, yep thats a desktop 4 way cube rotation for different workspaces twill be interesting to see how it handle 6 spaces, Theres a vid here thanks to analogue40 http://osvids.com/files/page3-1036-pop.html

is this the shape of things to come and will vista blow it away or the other way round
I've also read some interesting stuff lately and linux is certainly gaining in popularity as everyday user start to realise bill gates has em in his pockets.
anyways just need to find time to get this up n running with my limited linux knowledge using this guide http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=127090
hope my g-card takes it well :0

wasteland

2006-06-06T00:44:00.000+01:00

Finally got some interesting games at last Tony hawks american wasteland and battlefield 2,
THAW is definetly the dogs dangly bits out of all the THPS series especially since it has the option to play as Tony T but also has some great levels such as kyoto but also has some old school levels (i thought they'd already done that)and easy multiplayer access!!
The sound track is also top notch again with namely the frank black tune 'los angeles'

BF2 not much i can say....great multiplayer interactivity with more guns n cars to shake a stick at although you need to pay for extra maps which sucks.
BF2 has rankings and medals of honour as with the real army just for extra fun and addictiveness........I've now reached sargeant and havent played it since, but the summer months are here so who needs gamez

blog off bloggers

2006-05-16T00:34:00.000+01:00

it's my blog and i blog if i want to

useful commands etc

2006-05-10T15:56:00.000+01:00

df -h = ls disk space
-h = human readable
ls -al

quick tip:-to add extra repositries edit etc/apt/sources.list

feel free to add!

linux game installs

2006-05-03T22:23:00.000+01:00

most games come with an installer which when placed in the home folder runs from terminal
i.e. sudo sh (filename).run
which adds the installer generally to usr/local/games/(gamename)/base

the pk files from the game cd then need to be copied to this folder but not overwriting and files created by the installer

most file/game instructions i come across online just don't make sense to me lol

grub boot loader splash

2006-04-29T11:18:00.000+01:00

got my boot loader splash back up easy when ya know how eh........but how am i gonna start doing this stuff from memory. lessons? sunderland college ain't too forth coming atm lol

the boot edit link wont't load now typical after i wrote this. it's mad how they do work on ubuntu forums on a weekend when theyre most needed? ho hum

fstab

2006-04-12T14:40:00.000+01:00

my current fstab is as follows:-

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
#
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/hda2 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
/dev/hdc /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0
/dev/hdd /media/cdrom1 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0
/dev/hda5 /media/space vfat iocharset=utf8,umask=000 0 0
/dev/hdb1 /media/windows ntfs nls=utf8,umask=0222 0 0

if anyone can see faults in this then comment!! but it seems all good apart from my ntfs drive icon keep's appearing in the top right hand corner making me move at every logon :{

ive also found a handy looking newgroup site www.binsearch.info not fully tested but give's the option to create nzb's from the posts within a particular group

back to ubuntu

2006-04-10T23:27:00.000+01:00

now that i have my hardives swapped and everthing is running fine with xp media center installed and running well with all the music and media/games appz i need on that OS.
ive now partitioned my drives to 20gig media centre edition on hda1, 20gig ubuntu 5.10 and a 34gig fat32 partition to read/ write to in both linux and windows.

just installing amsn which is fun since i clicked it off during the tcl install
http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=102299

i edited my fstab pretty much from memeory with a little help from ubuntu guides for extra repositorie addys etc for installing automatix

ive also created an ubuntu backup so i can now go ahead and break it with this
http://www.linuxtv.org/

new installs

2006-03-23T21:09:00.000Z

just went and bought a pioneer 110 dvd burner and it's great!
it run's really quiet and has just minced a few games and another 25 gig or so of files very smoothly. cant wait to get my hard drives swapped over as my old one is just so tired. Then its 'hello' fast pc, it's still gonna take a while to configure my operating systems/partitions etc but should be a great system once done.

i've still another 40 gig of data to burn off but believe you me it's a nitemare deleting files from this 80 gig drive i have as ive resorted to beer for the stress of not having my media at my finger tips. it's harrowing deleting music and skate footage.

k back to the mission

pie crust

2006-03-22T18:48:00.000Z

k here it is the OXO sheperds pie ad at last waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

http://www.singleton20.freeserve.co.uk/Shepherds_Pie.WMV

shame about the quality but the lyrics are as follows:-

Sheperds piiiiiiiiiiiiieeeee.

Gonna bake you in hell tonite at gas mark 4 not farenheit.

A sheperds pie will go down a treat.

Give me a portion of your mash and meat!

Shepards PiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiE

2006-03-21T20:29:00.000Z

It's officially shepards pie week! been listening to anthrax for 24 hrs found mi tight jeans and have grown a beard and long hair. i shit you not.

And made a shepards pie for good measure with steak, which was absolutely lush

talk to the hand beetch

2006-03-18T20:22:00.000Z

cracked mi hand off the floor a few times today doon tha leam it proper knacked mister and looks like some kinda fanny hand thingy.

but was a canny day............ red hot as usual, massive hangover as usual and i did a frontside rock so thats it i can now retire from skateboarding.

on the other hand(chortle chortle) ive came to the conclusion that whoever told me about the arctic monkeys wants shooting..................its been about 4 weeks now and i just cant get the shit outta me head. i stopped listening to it fer 2 weeks and still woke every morn singing it in mi head maybe im possessed(to skate lol) the tunes are just too damn catchy i did like the full album but am going off some songs now but that 'still take you home' song is mint..... was cutting about the leam listening to it today

'wo wo wo, da da da da, d da da da, d da da da da dada'

oh er did a wicked fart also everyone smelt it and it was windy too!

layer cake

2006-03-14T21:45:00.000Z

tuesday wrote mr kipling, canny cake's n all

new installs

2006-03-11T20:55:00.000Z

beeen upgrading mi pc this week...
installed a hauppauge hvr -1100 dvb-t tv tuner which has went ok given the sofwarez which came packaged with it were pure trash but after much carry on i've now got cyberlink powercinema 4 on and it works a treat.
the softwarez that came packaged with it i 'DID' get 63 channels(when the wind was blowing the right way and the washing machine were'nt turned on)
but this cyberlink package seems to do it all tv/dvd/mpeg/music/pics, although it scans for available channels when clicking tv in the menu and i never seem to get more than about 71 channels including some digital radio stations (when the bath ain't running?)

need some better software again methinks ho him til then

2006-03-05T22:43:00.000Z

skated silksworth the other day its rough as a badgers. the makem monkeys cudda painted it to make it slippy cos when i did a f/s air and bailed it me kneepads stopped dead, head went forward chin then contacted the floor and the rest is history............. snowed as well, first time we ever sk8ed in the snow..............IN THE SNOW!!! GODAMMIT!!

this is a warning

2006-03-05T22:38:00.000Z

been practising some duane manoooovers doon the leam today fuck me its cold

gasptas bluurg

2005-10-31T18:04:00.000Z

gasptas bluurg
tis monday tea time haha

cracked it

2005-10-07T01:24:00.000+01:00

guess i just needed to clik icons ey