Warcraft Patch Downloader

Today I've been downloading some updates for World of Warcraft. At first everything was going fine, I had given my Firewall permission to open a port for the downloader but I still encountered an error message saying that my Firewall was blocking access.



I went to the settings for my Netgear Router & turned on UPnP, I then opened several TCP ports, namely 6881-6999, 3724 & 6112. After a few minutes the warning message disappeared & everything was fine.

More information can be found in these links, here & here.

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Fake Warcraft E-Mails

Recently I downloaded the Trial version of World of Warcraft from here.

After playing it for a few days I decided to go out & buy the actual game. So I purchased the Warcraft Battle Chest & a 60-Day Game Card which cost £30 altogether. A few days after I installed it I received an email saying that I needed to post my account details to someone because I had been caught trying to sell my account which is against the EULA agreement.



After some searching I discovered here that the email was a well known Phishing tactic & should be ignored.

If ever you receive a similar email asking you for personal details, I recommend deleting it as Blizzard will never ask for your personal details in any correspondence.

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Island of Hobbs

Hobbs has posted a new World of Warcraft video on his blog.

World of Warcraft Tips

I discovered WowHobbs on YouTube last year when I was looking for Warcraft videos. He's got a blog here where you can find more advice on how to do well when playing Warcraft. You can watch his newest video below.

Off Topic Post

Anyone like myself who has ever read any Erich von Daniken books or Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious World, will have heard about the 'Antikythera Mechanism'. You can watch a very informative video about it here.

You can also watch a lot of the 'Arthur C. Clarke Mysterious World' television shows here.

Here is a full episode of the show which deals with strange crystal skulls & the Antikythera Mechanism.

NASA World Wind

NASA World Wind is a lot like Google Earth & can be downloaded from here.