iPod arrived just in time (i.e. on monday before leaving). Thus: Mini-Review iPod Windows 10GB. Very, very sleek (packaging as well). Sounds excellent, but included earbuds lack “oomph”. easy to use, great (simple) UI-design. use ephpod.
Got a very (!) nice room, tired.
Sorry for the lack of updates, but my computer didn’t like my new RAID5-controller… A point of advice (which i learnt the hard way): Don’t try to use a Geforce3 / 4 and an Adaptec 2400A controller on a Tyan Tiger MPX board (the revision w/o working USB); it simply does not work under load (screen goes blank and you get a bluescreen you can’t see). Both Adaptec’s and Tyan’s support say it should work; but it doesn’t… :s
Fixed it by getting a Tyan Tiger MP. Anyone need a Tyan Tiger MPX dual Athlon board?
watched the first three episodes of Saishu Heiki Kanojo (My Girlfriend, The Ultimate Weapon). And yes, it’s as odd as the title. But it’s also really, really good. A very strange cutesy style with uhm… odd? flat? noses. lots of great style and emotion, and no GONZO-typical blunders in animation (Chise using both arms to wipe her tears away on the lookout-spot of the army base looks adorable). it goes super-deformed once in a while, has excellent humor (Chise dropping some rockets while riding on the back of the bike) and yet seems very sad while dealing with (sur-)real problems… /me wants more!
came across something… …odd? seems that a regular television programme is aired in the osaka-region [japan] which is called ParaChara (short for “parallel characters”) and consists of eleven girls dressed in “french maid”-outfits reporting anime-related stories… i’m think living in the wrong country! 😛
being quite busy at work. had the deadlines for “the guild (uk-version)” (now to be called “Europa 1400”) pushed back a week so we can integrate my new T&L engine.
The new NVidia drivers are still beta (and quite flakey… at least if run on a GF2MX).. And NV30 emulation is only provided for OpenGL!