Quick Final Fantasy Quiz
Submitted by Xenoveritas on Sat, 2010-03-06 00:01 ::Here's a quick little quiz. Which one of these twelve sages do you need to speak to in order to move the game on?
Answer in the full article.
CBS's "NCIS" Cold-Blooded Murder List
Submitted by Xenoveritas on Wed, 2010-03-03 02:54 ::The CBS show NCIS has had their characters kill people in cold blood quite a few times. This post attempts to create a list of victims who have either been killed in cold blood directly by a "good guy" or indirectly via ploys by the "good guys."
Needless to say, the spoilers below.
Garland will CRUSH YOU!
Submitted by Xenoveritas on Sat, 2010-02-27 02:44 ::This is photoshopped (well, GIMPed), but if you've played Dissidia Final Fantasy:
Wait, How Are They Going to do Tceles-B Hsup?
Submitted by Xenoveritas on Fri, 2010-02-26 07:07 ::One of the things in Final Fantasy was a "magic spell" taught to you by a broom that told you to Tceles-B Hsup - "push B-select" backwards. It brought up the world map. How can they do that on the iPhone?
Ah. Like that.
Final Fantasy is out on iPhone
Submitted by Xenoveritas on Thu, 2010-02-25 06:04 ::Hm... I may need to add an iPhone section under games.
Whatever. In any case, Final Fantasy (both I and II) are out for iPhone. Here are some screenshots from my first 15 minutes (yeah, I know, not very interesting):
I'm glad to see the StAX documentation is well proffread
Submitted by Xenoveritas on Fri, 2010-02-05 22:09 ::I'm glad to see the Java StAX documentation is proffread - because it certainly isn't proofread.
Two examples are below, one from XMLStreamReader, and another from XMLOutputFactory.
Xbox Gamer Card
Submitted by Xenoveritas on Wed, 2010-01-06 05:56 ::I've already posted my PS3 one, so I might as well throw up my Xbox gamer card:
ZSNES on Mac OS X
Submitted by Xenoveritas on Wed, 2009-12-30 19:23 ::ZSNES is a cross-platform (well, cross-OS, since it's written in assembly - so x86 only) Super Nintendo emulator.
Since it can be compiled for Linux, it stands to reason it can be compiled for Mac OS X.
And it can. More (including a DMG) after the jump.
New PlayStation Network "portable ID" thingy
Submitted by Xenoveritas on Fri, 2009-12-04 03:21 ::I guess Sony updated the PlayStation Network avatar thingy (they call it a "portable ID" - whatever).
So here's my updated version:
Aw yeah. 1 Platinum trophy.
The Problem With (certain) News Media...
Submitted by Xenoveritas on Thu, 2009-12-03 13:55 ::Slashdot has a very interesting story about a poor system administrator who was fired for running SETI@Home. You see, the evil management types found it to be a waste of their resources, claiming that it caused $1 million worth of damages!
Doesn't sound very fair, does it?
Now let's throw in the part where he downloaded porn at work and stole equipment. The SETI@Home thing was just one part of what was apparently a pattern of shoddy work.
But "man fired for stealing and doing a poor job" really isn't news, is it? It's only interesting to people who live in the local community.
Claim that it's all about SETI@Home, though, and you can probably get some good nerd rage going.
