Posted by peter on 2006-11-22 Also filed under Cool Website, General, Linux, Tech News and Wii
That was quick, someone is already developing a Linux distribution for the Nintendo Wii. It sounds like it is based off of Gamecube Linux, which makes sense since much of the Wii’s technology is built off of the existing Gamecube tech. Should be interesting too see what happens with this.
Read entire post...Posted by peter on 2006-09-28 Also filed under General and Software
That’s right, Electric Sheep is a open-source screen saver that shares patterns over a peer-to-peer network. These “sheep” are voted upon by Electric Sheep users and the most popular ones “breed” with each other spawning all new “sheep”. Kind of interesting huh?
Read entire post...Posted by peter on 2006-08-09 Also filed under General, News, Software, Tech News and Video Games
Voodoo Extreme reports:
Sierra Entertainment today announced that the multiplayer component from the award winning PC title F.E.A.R. (First Encounter Assault Recon), has been renamed F.E.A.R. Combat, and will be made available to the public as a free download on Thursday August 17th, 2006.
F.E.A.R. is a great game with a wonderful single-player campaign. The multi-player […]
Posted by peter on 2006-08-04 Also filed under General, Graphics Software and Software
Wood Workshop is a nifty freeware program for generating wood texture. I haven’t had a chance to download and try it myself yet, but it looks promising.
Read entire post...Posted by peter on 2006-07-11 Also filed under General, Software and Web Design and Development
UIRA (UIRA Isn’t a Recursive Acronym) looks like it will be a great project if it continues. It is an open-source Flash IDE that is currently in development (it also will produce SVG files too). There are binaries you can download, but the current version, version 0.0.1b doesn’t do anything (literally, if […]
Read entire post...Posted by peter on 2006-06-12 Also filed under General and Knowledge
I recently discovered that Comcast, Cox Cable and other unscrupulous ISPs sometimes add their own branding to standard Windows programs such as Internet Explorer and even Outlook Express, changing the title bar of the programs and the “loading icon”. Why they insist on slapping their name on programs they did not create I will […]
Read entire post...Posted by peter on 2006-05-08 Also filed under Software
Yesterday I found a great program called Wink. It allows you to capture screenshots, keystrokes and mouse clicks and generates Flash animations from them. It’s great for creating tutorials and how-to videos for software. I’m already using it at the ISP I work for to create how-to configure videos to show our […]
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