Archive for October, 2005


Quake 4 First Impressions

Update: Full review is now posted. I haven’t bought any games for a long while, and this evening while in my friendly neighbourhood computer game chain of corporate opression (EB), I had a choice between buying FEAR and Quake 4… I chose Quake 4 on the spur of the moment. I’ve been playing it for [...]

When You Just Need A Mouse That Says "Vulva"

It’s probably more a Freudian comment on my poor, sad mind than anything else, but I absolutely fell in love with this mouse as soon as I saw the picture, and I think I know why. Linky-poo It doesn’t help that "laser" sounds bit like "labia". They burble on about it being designed to look [...]

Aussie LCD TV Prices Falling

Good 32″ LCD TVs can now be gotten for $3200 in JB HiFi, and an AWA 37″ is only $2800 in Big W. Unless I just slipped and hit my head, and forgot it all. For the prices, they are a-tumblin’. tags: TV

MCE 2005 Rollup 2 (“Emerald”) – What it is, and what it did…

(Aussie note: The text might read “Media Center”, but my heart says “Media Centre”.) Update Rollup 2 for Windows XP Media Center Edition (900325) appeared today on Windows Update as an optional update (it won’t install itself using Automatic Updates, you need to go get it). BUT! There’s already a post-update update that addresses a [...]

Watch The First 9 Minutes Of Serenity!

As seen on /., you can now view the first 9 minutes of Serenity, free. Player is Java-based. http://video.vividas.com/CDN1/3929_Serenity/web/index.html tags: Movies

MCE 2005: The Quick And Dirty Build Guide

The Quick And Dirty MCE2005 Build Guide Distilled down to the very basics, after the rambling mess that was the original, for those that asked quick’n’dirty questions. I use my MCE primarily as a DTV PVR (Personal Video Recorder), DVD watching/recording and music playing system, so I’m kinda biased towards a dedicated system in front [...]