Saturday, May 7, 2011
Omaha
I made the move. Based out of my friends' apartment for the moment, until the paychecks come in and i can get my own place.
It's exciting to say the least. Driving is now a non-trivial task, for starters... I'm used to being able to take my time and not having anybody around. I'm sure i'll manage.
More frequent bullshit soon to follow!
It's exciting to say the least. Driving is now a non-trivial task, for starters... I'm used to being able to take my time and not having anybody around. I'm sure i'll manage.
More frequent bullshit soon to follow!
Thursday, April 14, 2011
50 followers!
Still sporadic internet access. I begin my last week of work this Saturday... my last work day is April 20th. That should be entertaining... Moving out on the 29th or 30th. Then, eventually, consistent internet usage!
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Destination Omaha
It's official. I'll be moving there at the end of April.
So, posts might be pretty sparse until i get set up again. Still running off of a modded PS3. Somehow that's still working!
Also, i'm an in-dash LCD screen away from having a computer/PS3/original Xbox/something in my car for a music system. I got the 400W power inverter over the weekend. Any suggestions as to what system i use? Preferably something that can simultaneously browse the internet while playing music; i plan on using this thing for road maps, etc. too.
So, posts might be pretty sparse until i get set up again. Still running off of a modded PS3. Somehow that's still working!
Also, i'm an in-dash LCD screen away from having a computer/PS3/original Xbox/something in my car for a music system. I got the 400W power inverter over the weekend. Any suggestions as to what system i use? Preferably something that can simultaneously browse the internet while playing music; i plan on using this thing for road maps, etc. too.
Thursday, March 24, 2011
In The Flesh?
"Is there something eluding you, sunshine?
Is this not what you expected to see?
If you want to find out what's behind these cold eyes,
you'll just have to claw your way through this disguise."
--Roger Waters
So, i've finally set up my travel rig. It consists of a PS3 running Linux with a powered USB hub, using a mobile broadband card for network access. Ideally, this thing would be using 3g, but i haven't been able to connect to it anywhere yet; it just defaults back to the 1xRTT slow-as-hell network. Which i guess is tolerable, if that's what it comes down to.
So, i'm pretty much moving to Omaha at the end of April. I'm gonna miss the hell out of this town, but it's time for me to see some of the rest of the world. It's been long enough. And it's not too far away to move back in case i change my mind once i get there! This is partially what the travel rig is for. I'm only about 1/2 paid off on my car, and i may have the previous owner hold on to my computer (and a handful of other things) as collateral, and to ensure that i'll return to this town some day.
I'm starting to miss this place already. GDMF.
Is this not what you expected to see?
If you want to find out what's behind these cold eyes,
you'll just have to claw your way through this disguise."
--Roger Waters
So, i've finally set up my travel rig. It consists of a PS3 running Linux with a powered USB hub, using a mobile broadband card for network access. Ideally, this thing would be using 3g, but i haven't been able to connect to it anywhere yet; it just defaults back to the 1xRTT slow-as-hell network. Which i guess is tolerable, if that's what it comes down to.
So, i'm pretty much moving to Omaha at the end of April. I'm gonna miss the hell out of this town, but it's time for me to see some of the rest of the world. It's been long enough. And it's not too far away to move back in case i change my mind once i get there! This is partially what the travel rig is for. I'm only about 1/2 paid off on my car, and i may have the previous owner hold on to my computer (and a handful of other things) as collateral, and to ensure that i'll return to this town some day.
I'm starting to miss this place already. GDMF.
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Currently Playing
Sonic and Knuckles/Sonic 3. I've finished all levels and got all chaos and super emeralds with both Sonic and Knuckles, and am currently at about 50% done with Tails (who, strangely, can't transform like the other two with only a complete set of chaos emeralds, he needs the super ones too).
Also, i noticed that when Tails turns his back, his sprite has drawn-on tails, and the game doesn't quit animating the two flopping around behind him while he does so, making him appear to have a total of four.
I need to get a life.
Also, i noticed that when Tails turns his back, his sprite has drawn-on tails, and the game doesn't quit animating the two flopping around behind him while he does so, making him appear to have a total of four.
I need to get a life.
Friday, March 4, 2011
Custom PS3 Boot Logo
Figured out how to do this. Still not 100% sure how the transparency works, other than #000000 is always 100% transparent. It's weird because the tutorials i followed online didn't mention anything about what color-mode to use when working with the image, and the PS3 (as of yet) only supports a greyscale image, but when i open the original .dds files in Photoshop it always opens them in RGB color... And i'm too chickenshit to try a few things out and potentially brick my PS3.
Yes, that's Kefka from Final Fantasy 6. It seems appropriate. .dds files available upon request.
Yes, that's Kefka from Final Fantasy 6. It seems appropriate. .dds files available upon request.
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Loved
Alexander Ocias Makes Games. And this one is awesome. I've played through "Loved" a few times, and i'm planning on playing it a couple more, because i have a feeling there's more stuff hidden in it.
http://www.alexanderocias.com/loved.php
http://www.alexanderocias.com/loved.php
Saturday, February 26, 2011
AsBestOS 2.0 -> BootOS 2.01
I can't wait to get my thumbdrive and check this out! AsBestOS, the unofficial PS3 OtherOS loader, has been redubbed BootOS, and this new version is said to less prone to error. It has also been said, though, that 1.5 works better for Ubuntu, and 2.0/2.01 work better for Debian. I can't personally verify either, yet.
Friday, February 25, 2011
Fedora
Switched to Fedora 14, from Sabayon Linux. Fedora is, i think, the perfect combination of functionality, performance and ease of installation. The installer (Anaconda; supposedly the same installer Sabayon uses, except in Fedora it actually works...) even let me partition my three disks into a couple raid-arrays; one for the root filesystem and one for swap space. And it did it without flinching, bombing out halfway through, or spontaneously rebooting!
It's almost as well-polished as Ubuntu. Totem (Movie Player for Gnome) searches for uninstalled codecs and finds them if they're available... It's really well put-together; then again, Red Hat always used to be, so no surprise there.
It's almost as well-polished as Ubuntu. Totem (Movie Player for Gnome) searches for uninstalled codecs and finds them if they're available... It's really well put-together; then again, Red Hat always used to be, so no surprise there.
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Police Raid Graf_Chokolo's House
Graf_chokolo, who has contributed countless things to the PS3 scene, had his private home raided by police this morning. They confiscated all of his "accounts" and anything related to PS3 hacking. Some of you may remember that graf_chokolo promised if he was pushed, that he would release all of his PS3 hypervisor knowledge to the world. He kept good on this promise releasing what is being dubbed as the Hypervisor Bible. "The uploaded files contains his database which is a series of tools for the PS3′s Hypervisor and Hypervisor processes. It will help other devs to reverse engineer the hypervisor of PS3 further."
http://psgroove.com/content.php?801-Police-Raid-Graf_Chokolo-s-House-Then-He-Releases-Hypervisor-Bible
http://psgroove.com/content.php?801-Police-Raid-Graf_Chokolo-s-House-Then-He-Releases-Hypervisor-Bible
Sunday, February 20, 2011
The Light It Up Contest -- geohot
I think i might try this approach the next time i need to settle any kind of dispute...
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Icelandic Ultrablue
It's what the astronauts used when they first came to Earth!
http://www.icelandicultrablue.com/
Seriously... i hope that's the most ridiculous thing you've ever seen, 'cause damn, i can actually hear my brain cells telling me to never watch that video again!
http://www.icelandicultrablue.com/
Seriously... i hope that's the most ridiculous thing you've ever seen, 'cause damn, i can actually hear my brain cells telling me to never watch that video again!
Friday, February 18, 2011
Bored as eff.
Been a long weekend.
Btw, that car wash pic was totally accidental; i got so bored one night i went through the wash and took pictures to pass the time, and the triangular object in the center is the hub of the rotating sprayer. Totally accidental and not photoshopped in any way!
Anyway. I'll post some more meaningful content in the future when i'm not busy.
Btw, that car wash pic was totally accidental; i got so bored one night i went through the wash and took pictures to pass the time, and the triangular object in the center is the hub of the rotating sprayer. Totally accidental and not photoshopped in any way!
Anyway. I'll post some more meaningful content in the future when i'm not busy.
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Coffee
"Borrowed" some Creme Brulee coffee from work. It's pretty good stuff, but i think i made it a little too strong... i tried to eyeball about 1/3 of a 12-cup packet into the 4-cup coffee machine, and... well, i'm getting kinda jittery. :oP
Monday, February 14, 2011
SNES9X-PS3 4.4.5
http://psgroove.com/content.php?774-SNES9x-PS3-4.4.5-Emulator-Released-Includes-New-HD-Version-with-4xSoft
" SNES9x PS3 4.4.5 (FW 1.92+/FW 3.15/FW 3.41/CFW 3.55) changes:
==================================================
Build 4.4.5 (14-02-2010)
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* New HD Version - every game runs at the SNES' high-resolution mode (512x448 interlaced mode). Try this with the right shader on (4xSoft) and this can make the games look beautiful. Both progressive (1080p/720p/480p/576p) and interlaced modes (480i/576i/1080i) work with this - try interlaced for best results.
* 4xSoft combined with this HD version also beautifies the pseudo hi-res transparent background layers in Kirby's Dreamland 3.
* Triple Buffering option added - enabled by default. Faster graphics/shader performance with triple buffering turned on - some potential input lag with triple buffering on - turn it off in case you experience problems of this nature.
* USB/Bluetooth mouse can be used now for Mouse/Super Scope games.
* Primal Rage works again."
Can't wait to test it, but i gotta get some sleep first!
EDIT: Got to mess with it before work, briefly. It looks awesome on my little 720 monitor; i can't wait to see how nice it looks on my friend's big-ass 1080. The CRT video filter is beautiful... it even morphs the screen so it looks bowed out like a CRT television! Now i can swear at Gradius III in glorious high-def! :oP
EDIT 2: The hd version looks kinda weird... if you leave the PS3 set on a progressive video mode, there'll be interlacing artifacts, and if you switch it to an interlaced video mode, there'll be less interlacing artifacts, but a lot of the video filters will look like butt... i should try the non-hd version, maybe.
" SNES9x PS3 4.4.5 (FW 1.92+/FW 3.15/FW 3.41/CFW 3.55) changes:
==================================================
Build 4.4.5 (14-02-2010)
==================================================
* New HD Version - every game runs at the SNES' high-resolution mode (512x448 interlaced mode). Try this with the right shader on (4xSoft) and this can make the games look beautiful. Both progressive (1080p/720p/480p/576p) and interlaced modes (480i/576i/1080i) work with this - try interlaced for best results.
* 4xSoft combined with this HD version also beautifies the pseudo hi-res transparent background layers in Kirby's Dreamland 3.
* Triple Buffering option added - enabled by default. Faster graphics/shader performance with triple buffering turned on - some potential input lag with triple buffering on - turn it off in case you experience problems of this nature.
* USB/Bluetooth mouse can be used now for Mouse/Super Scope games.
* Primal Rage works again."
Can't wait to test it, but i gotta get some sleep first!
EDIT: Got to mess with it before work, briefly. It looks awesome on my little 720 monitor; i can't wait to see how nice it looks on my friend's big-ass 1080. The CRT video filter is beautiful... it even morphs the screen so it looks bowed out like a CRT television! Now i can swear at Gradius III in glorious high-def! :oP
EDIT 2: The hd version looks kinda weird... if you leave the PS3 set on a progressive video mode, there'll be interlacing artifacts, and if you switch it to an interlaced video mode, there'll be less interlacing artifacts, but a lot of the video filters will look like butt... i should try the non-hd version, maybe.
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