Sunday, October 31, 2010

PS3 40 gig blu-ray drive

Well I was playing Final Fantasy 13 and left my ps3 on for a few days. I finally come back to turn it off but it will not shut off the traditional way. So i turn off the ps3 with the switch on the back. Turn it back on and realized shortly that my blu-ray drive was not working. So I disassemble the drive and searching for the problem bam I see it. The lens for the drive developed a bubble. So i try to remove the lens with no luck (no tools) and stop to think of another approach. So I decide to try to move the lens and crack!! The lens falls into the casing. So now im worried and remove the lens completely and examine whats in front of me. The lens is almost like a crystal ball or glass ball of some sort. Except the top of the lens is flat. (minus the bubble) Then I see that the lens cracked on top when I moved it, that's what made the lens able to be removed. Have to buy a new one anyways. But yea very interesting how the lens looked and the fact that the game was on for a few days (no more than 3) and the lens literally had a bubble on it.

I did try to see if it was possible to push the lens back down and no way. Lesson here is....... DONT LEAVE YOUR PS3 ON WITH A BLU-RAY DISK! ^_^;

Monday, October 4, 2010

Vanilla Gift Visa Debit Card Billing address

I am so sick of company's taking advantage of people. So today I go to buy a prepaid debit card to do a online purchase and BAM dont work online. Most company's on the internet REQUIRE  the First and Last name and the Billing address. Well the geniuses behind the Vanilla Gift project made the card not capable of adding a name and address for the card. Im guessing its a good way to save a ton of money because well its pretty obvious no need to do it. Really this card is not worthy of Visa's logo. I have been reading for some HOURS now of the HUNDREDS or THOUSANDS  of complaints about this company. Its amazing there has not been a class-action suit against them already! Anyways I believe to uncovered the Address that is associated with ALL the Vanilla gift Visa Debit cards. I only tried the $25 but assume that the $50 $100 and the reloadable ones are the same. It was a long process. They are hidden by a lot of misleading information. The only thing that would be left to uncover would be how you would enter the name " A GIFT FOR YOU " on a website. if this is indeed the correct address then I am sure it is possible to now use these cards online with this address as the billing address. Any questions or comments PLEASE feel free to ask! I can also show my resources on where I retrieved this information to those who are interested. I will say this, all the information I retrieved was online free of access by anyone who knows how to access it. In no ways did I break the law in accessing the address. It is all public information. So here it is.

250 WILLIAMS ST NW SUITE M100
ATLANTA, GA 30303-1032