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After watching this video, I went looking for console emulators. While I still have my (borrowed) Sega Genesis and old Colico vision; I rarely plug them in any more. I still love the games, but am often too lazy to try and get them to work with my TV.
Cabling & lighting video for the cabinet: Suggest using plastic grommets over the holes to run the wiring on the back. Definitely need a Belkin surge protector (special for wall worts that get extra warm).
Cabinet part 3 (video-swithcing portion): Atlona video switchers. Don’t think they can be shipped to Canada. Sigh.
How to play old school console games on your computer. The article describes how to find and run an emulator, then seek out and load a ROM (a game). While not for everyone, this might be the perfect game solution for a laggy laptop with limited ram and graphics. Besides, how else are you going to replay the games that you could never beat as a kid. Golden axe here I come! Oooh. They have Gauntlet too. CoolRom is mentioned in the article above and it is indeed a great index of available ROMs.
- Book Indexing part 1. Is the computer the right tool for the job. Link taken from the CopyEditing-L posting. An interesting article, and one that made me subscribe to the Linga Franca RSS feed. This first article covers the basics (the difference between a concordance and an index). I’ve never written a full index; instead, due to time constraints, I’m often limited to editing a concordance to make it more “index like”. The article makes me wonder if I could.
- How to reclaim space in GMail. This is something I should probably do on a regular basis. I use IMAP with GMail; but even so – my online repository could be slimmed down consderably. I’m starting to think I should keep a list of various electronic “spring cleaning” tasks like the security tasks I’ve tagged for doing later (like updating facebook security settings, cleaning out my Google cache, …)
- Photography’s Three Basic Tenets in Eight Bits and Nine Minutes. A video (9m42s – hosted on Vimeo, found on Gizmodo) that might just help improve my photography. Must remember to watch this sometime soon(ish).
- How to join the dark side. A link to an article that includes a link that eventually takes you to the steps a willing costumer took to join the 501st legion. There is, surprisingly a jawa group (ok Tusken Raiders and Jawas group); as well as a costume maker’s (rough) guide.
- An Impressive New Feature Makes Gmail’s Inbox Smarter By Om Malik. Information overload (regardless of the new term derived for the problem) is not new. In some ways it makes a lot of sense to apply search-engine algorithms to the problem of categorizing your email; most of us probably already do that with filters and folders. This solution (in beta from google) might just be the next great idea. Here’s gmail’s post on the feature. And Gizmodoo’s. And Lifehacker (and they reference Giz). And Ars Technica.
- What the heck is a burrata? Oh! That’s definitely going on my next shopping list…
- Flu vaccine is now available, and nearly everyone should get it. By ALAN BAVLEY The Kansas City Star. It’s good advice. The Influenza vaccination campaign started this year in January. Hrm.. Seems I’d best call my local CLSC and find out if/when I can get a flu shot.
- Yogurt flax pancakes with strawberries. Sproing. Looks like a great alternative to the classic buttermilk pancakes that someone I know prefers.
- Oliver Sacks is on Twitter! Who is Oliver Sacks.
- An eerie peak inside the Remains of the Titanic. It’s a short video (2m), weird noises/music?, but a neat view of the Titanic at rest.
- Building prisons without walls. Graeme Wood writes in the Atlantic that increasingly GPS devices are looking like an appealing alternative to conventional incarceration, as it becomes ever clearer that traditional prison has become more or less synonymous with failed prison. An interesting concept, and one that would make a neat addition to a sci-fi story.
- Dead codebreaker was linked to NSA Intercept case. Another great starting point for a mystery novel. The news reports on this issue have been few and far between. Wired sums up what’s known clearly, and dismisses a lot of the more scandalous (dare I say spurious) stories.
- Tomato Tart (Fayefood). Sproing. Now this would taste amazing while tomatoes are in season. Hrm… I wonder if any gamers would be interested in such a thing. Can you make a wheat-free tart shell? Why yes there is. I just need to buy wheat-free flour and xanth gum.
- Search Engine Videocast: The realist. Where Jesse Brown speaks the truth about the Internet. Rant warning. He doesn’t quite foam at the mouth, and keeps a civil tongue in his head.
- Swine-tastic corn bread (They draw & they cook). Sproing. An interesting (and very bad for you) version. I know just the guy to make this for!
Over the weekend I tried a few new recipes.
These included: Lentil chili and festive diabetic cornbread; both were good – but neither could be called a complete success.
The lentil chili was really good – but I botched the recipe (using a 28 oz can of tomatoes instead of a 14 oz can). So it was lentil soup. To thicken it I added a cup of barley. It thickened a bit too much, but still tasted OK. Unfortunately the thickness lent itself to be eaten with a fork and there was no broth to sop up with the festive diabetic cornbread. The lentil cornbread was OK; but would probably taste better if I had added a ton of spices; and without any liquid in the chili – the cornbread was just too dry to eat alone.
The chili was really good but no one wanted a second piece of cornbread.
Tonight it’s 4-Alarm Salsa Chicken; another experiment.
The Cage
A fantasy game started in the year 121 of factol Hasgar’s reign, the characters are all from the same neighborhood in the city of Sigil. They begin adventuring together at a very young age, and the campaign follows their adventures in the city of doors.
The game uses the d20 rule system. Player names are not used in this blog to try and protect their privacy; although I do hope they’ll comment.
Back issues and GM handouts can be found in the Sigil game logs pn my website.
Each post for the Cage game will be labeled/tagged Sigil to help players (and I suppose other readers) find the posts related to this game. When an adventure is complete, I’ll compile it and add it to the Sigil game logs pn my website.
A speculative-fiction superhero game set in 2032, the characters are all powered FBI agents in a world where magic has returned at the cost of technology. They work for the PIO (Powered Investigations Office) of the FBI in Baltimore, DC. The game began when the characters just emerged from Quantico, and continues to this date some 2 years later.
The game uses the Providence rule system. Player names are not used in this blog to try and protect their privacy; although I do hope they’ll comment.
Back issues (with many gaps) and GM handouts can be found in the FBI PIO Case Files on my website.
Each post for the FBI-PIO game will be labeled/tagged FBI-PIO to help players (and I suppose other readers) find the posts related to this game. When a case is complete, I’ll compile it and add it to the FBI PIO Case Files on my website.
