A General Update
So, to quickly recap somethings here...
I have a pearl grey RAZR, love it, but it needs work to make it perfect. I suggest a V3m or V3x, or just a regular V3 if you can find a shiny black. They are much easier and more fun to hack.
My Brother's Blood Machine was a bit disappointing, but overall I enjoyed the album enough to purchase it (and I got that sweet shirt as well, the one with the album art on it, the all-seeing eye.)
Ive modded the PS2slim to play games off of a run-of-the-mill Maxtor IDE hard drive. It isnt too hard, all you need is an external USB enclosure, the HDD, a copy of Swap Magic, a few handy apps, and some games to 'backup'. It works with NTSC/PAL/J-NTSC games, without the use of a modchip or soldering, how very convenient and safe :D
Firefox 2.0 is pretty good, Im noticing a bit less mem leak, and still a good amount of compatibility for plugins/etc, and a built-in spell checker, fucking saves my life sometimes!
The new releases of Azureus and Bitcomet torrent clients aren't all that handy, though. I reccomend using older versions if you can. Also, I recommend doanloading Peer Guardian 2 if you torrent, and maybe CCleaner if you browse the internet a lot. Also, TuneXP isnt too bad if you would like to optimize your WinXP install -- sorry I dont have any links for any of these great apps, but some clever Google usage may unearth good things. The devs for Peer Guardian are called 'Phoenix Labs' so only download Peer Guardian from the 'Phoenix Labs' webpage to ensure a virus/malware-less installer.
Soon enough the prices for AMD's Opteron (939 and 940 socket, dual or single core offerings for both) will come crashing down, reports tell me that we may be able to find Opteron 170s as low as 180USD, and 165s as low as 150USD. (both socket 939)
Both of these CPUs overclock very modestly and, In my opinion, are a much better buy than the Athlon X2 chips. They were made for serving, so multi-tasking is where their performance really shines, but running a FSB of 300mHz with a multiplier of x8, x8.5, x9, or even x9.5, I dont think much in that price range can even TOUCH the processing capabilities of that. However, to get these dual core units up about 2.9-3.0gHz, water cooling, and in some rare cases, even PHASE CHANGE cooling is necessary to keep core temps at a minimum (remember this new technology has one drawback, a low tolerance for temperature... Most techies will tell you to keep the dual core Athlon/Opteron CPUs under 65 degrees at full load torture, and then under 45 idle, based on an ambient temp of 32-35C.)
What else is their to quickly update upon... Well bejeweled is officially the MOST addicting flash/cellphone game Ive even played, Im playing it all the, when Im not playing PS2 games off my HDD (no load times woo woo)
I haven't heard much else of any real notability, so until my next update...
// Don't Let Them Scare You.
I have a pearl grey RAZR, love it, but it needs work to make it perfect. I suggest a V3m or V3x, or just a regular V3 if you can find a shiny black. They are much easier and more fun to hack.
My Brother's Blood Machine was a bit disappointing, but overall I enjoyed the album enough to purchase it (and I got that sweet shirt as well, the one with the album art on it, the all-seeing eye.)
Ive modded the PS2slim to play games off of a run-of-the-mill Maxtor IDE hard drive. It isnt too hard, all you need is an external USB enclosure, the HDD, a copy of Swap Magic, a few handy apps, and some games to 'backup'. It works with NTSC/PAL/J-NTSC games, without the use of a modchip or soldering, how very convenient and safe :D
Firefox 2.0 is pretty good, Im noticing a bit less mem leak, and still a good amount of compatibility for plugins/etc, and a built-in spell checker, fucking saves my life sometimes!
The new releases of Azureus and Bitcomet torrent clients aren't all that handy, though. I reccomend using older versions if you can. Also, I recommend doanloading Peer Guardian 2 if you torrent, and maybe CCleaner if you browse the internet a lot. Also, TuneXP isnt too bad if you would like to optimize your WinXP install -- sorry I dont have any links for any of these great apps, but some clever Google usage may unearth good things. The devs for Peer Guardian are called 'Phoenix Labs' so only download Peer Guardian from the 'Phoenix Labs' webpage to ensure a virus/malware-less installer.
Soon enough the prices for AMD's Opteron (939 and 940 socket, dual or single core offerings for both) will come crashing down, reports tell me that we may be able to find Opteron 170s as low as 180USD, and 165s as low as 150USD. (both socket 939)
Both of these CPUs overclock very modestly and, In my opinion, are a much better buy than the Athlon X2 chips. They were made for serving, so multi-tasking is where their performance really shines, but running a FSB of 300mHz with a multiplier of x8, x8.5, x9, or even x9.5, I dont think much in that price range can even TOUCH the processing capabilities of that. However, to get these dual core units up about 2.9-3.0gHz, water cooling, and in some rare cases, even PHASE CHANGE cooling is necessary to keep core temps at a minimum (remember this new technology has one drawback, a low tolerance for temperature... Most techies will tell you to keep the dual core Athlon/Opteron CPUs under 65 degrees at full load torture, and then under 45 idle, based on an ambient temp of 32-35C.)
What else is their to quickly update upon... Well bejeweled is officially the MOST addicting flash/cellphone game Ive even played, Im playing it all the, when Im not playing PS2 games off my HDD (no load times woo woo)
I haven't heard much else of any real notability, so until my next update...
// Don't Let Them Scare You.
posted by Matt at 12:30 PM
hey man, love your site, i downloaded my brothers blood machine, and it was ok, not great, but ok..
Hey man, your site is the absolute 100% TITS! :d I checked out Cobalt and Calcium cos I was told it was better, wow, was my friend wrong! ^_^
Thanks for all the great Coheed demos and Shabutie tracks man :D
You rock, as does your site
Thanks guys - I appreciate the positive feedback! Thats what my site is here for, the fans. Its still a bit unorganized, but I swear someday Ill fix it all up again, get all the downloads together for ease of use. :D