Ah yes, takes you back doesn’t it? Although, I would have added a whole bunch more…

I saw a link to this page on digg.com this morning. A quick glance at the list of 8-bit sprites, and I identified a massive 3 sprites. I feel ashamed.

How many did you identify?

Tags: 8-bit, sprites

Apple’s official Mac gaming solution: Windows

“Boot Camp lets you install Windows XP without moving your Mac data, though you will need to bring your own copy to the table, as Apple Computer does not sell or support Microsoft Windows.” The download includes a driver CD with Windows XP compatible drivers for the ATI graphics chips, Intel’s integrated graphics chips, ethernet, audio, WiFi, Bluetooth, and more. The only unsupported items are iSight, the Apple remote, Apple’s USB modem, and the MacBook Pro’s backlit keyboard.

I suppose it was only a matter of time, either Apple was going to get used to people with too much time on their hands eventually getting Windows to work properly (this was done, but the ATI graphics chip was apparently a big problem) on the new Intel based Macs, or Apple was going to release their own drivers for Windows for their Macs. So there it is.

Now, I still have to ask… Why’d you wanna do that Bob? There are cheaper machines to be installing Windows on, with similar or even better capabilities than the hardware that the new Intel-based Macs bring. I suppose it’s like running Linux on your Nintendo DS. I did that once. Once. I saw a friend run Linux on his iPaq too. Once.

Now, don’t get me wrong. If I had the money , I’d buy the MacBook Pro in an instant (Currently I’d need about R22000 for the top model). Mostly due to the fact that it’s a beautiful machine, and it’s one of those must-haves. If you have the money. And guaranteed, if I ever get one, I’ll install something other than MacOSX and Windows on it. Guaranteed. At least once.

Tags: Windows, Apple, ATI, Linux, Nintendo DS, MacBook Pro, MacOSX

Hehehehe, oh man, I’ve not laughed out loud at a webcomic like this for a while now…
Good god that’s funny. Hehehehehe…

Check out Ctrl-Alt-Del’s 3 April 2006 comic.

Yup! That’s right! Lego Star Wars II is coming, RealSoonNow[tm], and if you follow the link through to Joystiq, you’ll see some more screenshots. I can’t wait.

I’ve been rather out of it lately, not blogging. Siss on me. (Hey, it happens).

I see that there’s a new version of PCSX2 out. V0.9 was released yesterday, and seems to include a couple of games added onto their list of playable games in the emulator.

I actually don’t get it really, the PS2 is so cheap nowadays, why not just go buy one? *shrug* Emulators of current-gen consoles on a PC is usually poor quality, so you don’t get the enjoyment out of it anyway. Go figure.

[via digg.com]

Thanks to Vev, I found SimpleViewer, a very nice and smooth flash-based gallery tool.

It even has a nice Picasa web template, for very, very easy exporting of your pics into a simple, uploadable folder. It even has an Apple Mac iPhoto export option too… Very nice. I’ll be using it Real Soon Now[tm] to upload some pics of the new addition to our family (Yeah, that’s where I’ve been, the S.O. had a baby 3 weeks ago…)

Check out the SimpleViewer Demo…

I love Joystiq.com. The other day they had a feature listing
Applications that every gamer should have, both PC and Mac.

This feature is all about software and resources that will help you improve your existing gaming experience on a console and/or your computer.

Every so slightly lengthy, but worth a look. Ranging from emulators to bittorrent clients, RSS readers and in-game voice comms.

Tags: Joystiq, gaming, emulators, bittorrent, in-game voice

mMAIM stands for MySQL Monitoring And Investigation Module mMAIM’s purpose is to make a it easy to monitor and analyze MySQL servers and to easily integrate itself into any environment. It can show Master/Slave sync stats, some efficiency stats, can return statistics from most of the “show” commands and more.

Interesting. We use MySQL at work, so this will be a valuable addition to our Nagios checks… It should be fairly easy to incorporate an mMAIM plug-in for Nagios and get alerted… The mMAIM project seems to be in beta still, but nowadays, what *isn’t* in beta? Especially Google projects… Hell, even Gmail is still in beta, and it’s close to 2 years in use already…

A related article to this one, over at xooglers.blogspot.com, about how Google’s AdWords project was built using MySQL… A decision was made to switch to a “Real Database” (meaning a paid-for one), but rumour has it they tried another database, and ended back with MySQL. What database they’re using now is anybody’s guess.

Tags: mMAIM, MySQL, Nagios, Google

Play classic Doom in Doom 3 [ via joystiq.com ]

If Quake II Evolved wasn’t enough of an update for you, then check out the Classic Doom for Doom 3 project, a mod to play the shareware chapter of the classic Ultimate Doom in the new and shiny Doom 3.

Nice! I’ve downloaded this, and I am *so* going to play this tonight!

Tags: Doom, Ultimate Doom, Doom 3

You know you’re gaming too much when… [ via joystiq.com ]

Tags: gaming