Eclectic junk from the four corners of the ‘Net. And pictures too!
Why? Thats all I ask is why? Do your house pest need to whomp on mushrooms in Super Mario Brothers? Is this a gaming device made just for the little people in New Guinea?
I think this one is odd enough to deserve the ‘Japan’ tag.
First Nintendo Micro Pix
Oh, it was another banner day on MAKE today!!!
This guy has taken an iron to one of those little 30 in 1 Commodore 64 game units and added a keyboard to it! Not only that, but you can add a floppy drive to it! 1541 here I come!
I wonder if I can add an Ethernet controler to it, a Site Player maybe. Then I could use the C64 as a simple web server of sorts…
MAKE: Blog: Adding Ports and Power to the C64 DTV
This is just crazy… I have to get a PS2 and this game… Anyone have an extra?
Help the Prince please the King of All Cosmos at this E3Expo with the We LOVE Katamari ball. The King of All Cosmos has requested all attendees to provide items throughout the three days. Items should be lightweight enough to be attached and as nutty and creative as possible. Items should NOT be x-rated in nature or include clothing, books, magazines, papers or garbage. Those representing the Prince also have full right to decline any item.
Katamari ball of real junk to be built at next E3
I saw this on Slashdot today.
“Windows XP Starter Edition is designed for beginner home computer users who are seeking a more affordable computing solution for their homes. As such, it is designed for low-cost, entry-level desktop PCs running value-based processors,” a representative for Microsoft said in an e-mail.
Everyone should have seen this coming. As soon as Micro$oft said that it would make a lower cost (but retarded) version of it’s XP operating system available for users just starting out with a computer. this was to be an effort to lower the amount of piracy that takes place when a customer, who just paid hundreds of dollars for the hardware are now told they have to pay an extra hundred for the OS. Now if they buy anything faster than a P4, Duron, or Geode CPU the low cost value XP OS won’t load. Lets look at it from the stand point of the customer. He just bought a used P4 at the local night market for $100. It is pretty used and beat up but it is pretty much in good shape. The hard drive was cleaned and it needs an OS but after buying the computer he is pretty much busted broke. He can either pirate a copy of XP (but I know that I won’t be able to get updates if he does that), he can buy the retarded version of XP (well, he could except I didn’t buy a total piece of crap, he was thinking of the future and he fugures the computer should last for a while), he could hold out and try to find a deal on a real version of XP (you know that everyone can sit and look at their new computer for months on end and never have the urge to use it) or he can get a Linux install for free (ok, the cost of the CD, but that’s like $.05).
What would you do?
The operating system will not work on computers running Intel’s Pentium 4 processors or the Athlon from Advanced Micro Devices, a public relations representative said on behalf of Microsoft. Instead, it will run on computers containing Intel’s Celeron chips, AMD’s Duron or Geode chips, or processors from Via Technologies.
Give me a freaking break… Let people use the retarded version of XP on any bleeding box they can fit it on. If they are not totally turned off by the brain dead limitations on the software and wipe the drive and install something else, then they should have the option of buying a full version of XP. Screw the ‘we only sell the OS to PC makers. Pull the stick out Microsoft, loosen up and figure it out. If you give people the option to go legit you would be surprised at how many do. Look at Apple and iTunes music downloads. If no one wanted to pay for downloaded music I doubt that Apple would be raking in the bucks right now.
Windows for India, others won’t run on faster chips
A very nice idea that could add all sorts of excitement to card (and why not board games as well?) I can see a future revision of this having the players wear head tracking glasses that take the place of the mirror. I’d like to see a game of Battletech or Warhammer played with the traditional minatures on the city boards but with the augmented reality providing the lasers and strikes on each unit. Could be very cool! Fireballs and smoking mechs…
TARBoard (Tangible Augmented Reality System for Table-top Game Environment) uses augmented reality and a tangible user interface to let users play board or card game in a more interactive.
TARBoard consists of a glass table, two cameras and a mirror. Markers are attached to the back side of the cards (the front side shows the creature). A first camera tracks the image of markers reflected in the mirror below the table. Another camera, the “augmenting” one provides a 3D model of a creature when the card is flipped. A player cannot see the card processed by the other player…
If you have ever had to fix an XP machine you know that this guy got off easy. Ok, to be fair he might have had hardware problems, but that still can not account for the problems this guy had fixing an XP machine.
A shattering experience with Windows