Monthly Archives: October 2004

Firefly

I finished watching the “Firefly” box-set, and it is so good it is hard to describe. I bought it (UK import) on recommendations and don’t regret a bit. It is too unfortunate that the show was cancelled (butchered) by Fox … Continue reading

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(New) Battlestar Galactica

The first TV-episode of the new Battlestar Galactica has been aired and it manages to keep everything that was good in the pilot. It continues directly from the mini-series and manages to have a very oppressive feeling with the an … Continue reading

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Halo (Xbox)

I finished Halo yesterday (in order to be up-to-date when the 2nd part comes out). I had given it a go when it came out on the PC, but that was just running painfully slowly and ended being not much … Continue reading

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iBook G4 12″

I’ve been sick for the past two days, and in the throes of fever have ordered myself one of the upgraded iBooks. I’ll report how we get along, currently I’m still trying hard to think of a good name for … Continue reading

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Ed Unofficial 0.1

Slight update. Getting better at this… Changelog: compiled busybox and pure-ftpd with uclibc, saving quite a bit of memory some kernel modules included (nfs, nfsd, smbfs, usb-stuff, audio) working logging (in /var/messages); /var and /tmp are writeable (tmpfs) video output … Continue reading

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Ed Unofficial 0.0

I’ve done a bit of fiddling with the “ed-on-a-chip” release from the SmartXX people. It is an embedded linux “distribution” running from 2mb of flash on the Xbox. Changelog: Updated to 2.4.27 + xbox-linux CVS patches + (maybe) proper F … Continue reading

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Phantom Dust

“Phantom Dust” is a game developed by Microsoft Game Studios Japan, and seems to flying under everyone’s radar, as MS has said it will only be published in Asia. It is developed by the guy who worked in “Panzer Dragoon … Continue reading

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Tiger Woods 2005

I played this with Patrick for quite a bit yesterday. First off, shame on EA for not including Xbox Live functionality (which is in the US version). Other than that, it was surprisingly fun. A major factor in this was … Continue reading

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