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How EA and Spore are causing piracy, the DasmX86Dll issues, removing SecuRom and some great DRM free alternatives
Speaking of SecuRom - I'm not quite sure why software companies continue to insist that DRM of this type (or any type) is worth it. I wonder how much money EA stuck into this? The game was available on the torrents before it's official launch and yet here's EA and far to many other companies shoveling money down the DRM hole. And it's doubly a problem because of their refusal to see this as an issue. If the game sells well, EA says "See! DRM isn't that big a deal, people don't care and we're still selling games." If the game's sales are hurt by DRM they fall back on "Pirates are killing our bottom line!" Seriously? Games will get pirated, sure. But you're much more likely to sell copies if they're not crippled in the first place by software that does nothing to stop the pirates and everything to annoy legitimate users.
Continue reading...How to get a cool, ray-traced animated screen saver for your Ubuntu Linux box
Monday, September 8, 2008
I stumbled on a beautiful screen saver for my Ubuntu box today called Eternity which features several flavors of Ubuntu plus a default animation as well. The screen saver is called Eternity and the flavors are plain old vanilla Ubuntu, Ubuntu Studio and oddly enough, the Ubuntu Satanic release.
Continue reading...Can You Do This? I’ll Bet You Can’t. I Couldn’t.
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Remember in grade school there was this kid who could make fart noises with his armpit? How cool that was? You wanted to be able to do that too, but never seemed to be able to pull it off. And remember how in high school, the same kid was still making fart noises with his armpit? But now you thought it was gross (You never admitted to anyone you still tried to make it work alone in your room). Have you ever wondered what happened to that guy?
Continue reading...How to get updated world weather maps as your desktop background in Ubuntu
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
I also like to see what's going on with the world, particularly the weather but often find myself not in orbit so I'm unable to track worldwide weather patterns like I want to. Then a though occurred to me - what if I set up one of my Ubuntu boxes to have a map of the world with clouds overlayed, updated every hour? Neat! I now have a map of the world with cloud overlays updated hourly for my background.
Continue reading...You Know You Are A Geek If…
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
You Know You Are A Geek If…. You are actually afraid of Chuck Norris, and have a respectful fear of Christopher Walken. J00 c4n und3r574nd wh47 7h15 54y5. Your fingers are permanently in the WASD formation. Read on for more!
Continue reading...A Totally New Way to Role-Play – The Window
Monday, August 4, 2008
These are the three precepts to a Window game: "Everything about a Window character is described with adjectives rather than numbers." "It is the actor's responsibility to play their role realistically." "A good story is the central goal.”
Continue reading...6 reasons why PC gaming is better than Console gaming is better than PC gaming
Monday, August 4, 2008
Until some sort of convergence happens, where computers become small enough that a good gaming rig can be had in a small, quiet, cool little box there will always be a war between consoles and PCs when it comes to gaming.
Continue reading...Get a free Star Wars Pocket Model. Is that a 31st Flight Droid in your pocket. . .
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Wizkids in cahoots with Toys R Us are giving away free Star Wars pocket models to those in the US with access to a physical location giving them away. In most cases this is a Toys R Us but also a bunch of comic book stores are doing this as well.
Continue reading...Ditko’s Objectivist Tracts
Monday, July 28, 2008
As a geek, you're likely to know that Steve Ditko created Spider-Man. Amongst his lesser known creations are a series of Objectivist comics presenting his unconventional political beliefs. If you're a follower of Ayn Rand yourself, or you just get a kick out of Jack Chick-style political tracts, check out this post over on Dinosaur Gardens, where one of his full comics entitled "The Avenging World" is presented in PDF and Comic Book Archive format.
Continue reading...As if Blackberry Thumb wasn’t bad enough, now we have Blackberry Nose.
Friday, July 25, 2008
Over the last few days I've noticed a curious phenomonon. Perhaps it's brand new, perhaps it's just made it past that filter that hangs out between my eyes and my brain. There seem to be a growing number of people who are on the old side of young, say in their mid forties, who are peering at their Blackberries from a distance of about 27 nanometers.
Continue reading...eVGA’s GTX 260 (896 megs of superclocked video goodness) relatively cheap
Friday, July 25, 2008
eVGA's GTX 260 video card is now available from NewEgg at the low, low price of $279.99. I just happen to have here a mail in rebate form (pdf) that will also get you $30 off of that price. So if you can wait for the rebate to process your total cost will have been $249.00. But wait, there's more! Use coupon code VGA724X25 and chop another $25 off of the price. Now you're talking at $225. You've got to buy this by the 31st of July to take advantage of the mail in rebate.
Continue reading...Readyboost for Linux – a quick how to on getting more speed from a USB flash drive
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Readyboost for Vista is a feature added to the OS where you can encourage your limping Vista install to jog a bit faster by essentially using a smallish USB drive as disk cache. There's also some Vista Voodoo with Superfetch going on there. While Ubuntu (the distro that I use) and other distros don't really use Superfetch, you can still get an advantage using the disk cache functionality - particularily if you're running on a system that doesn't have a ton of RAM available.
Continue reading...10 reasons I’m glad I don’t have a new iPhone
Monday, July 21, 2008
Now that the new iPhone is sweeping the nation (hey, almost 0.0034% of the US population has one) there are lots of reasons to go pick one up. I unfortunately will not be doing so for a variety of reasons, mostly centering on green things that fit into pockets and don't come out of anyone's nose. Since I'm not getting one, I've sat back and picked through my . . . thoughts to compile a list of 10 reasons why I'm glad not to have a new iPhone!
Continue reading...10 things I’ve overheard about my Linux laptop while on public transportation
Thursday, July 17, 2008
I've been taking the train to work for 4 years now. It's a 45 minute rambling ride in which I usually either read a book, sleep, or grab my laptop loaded up with Ubuntu and get some stuff done. Over time, I've collected a few funny remarks I've either over heard, or that people have said directly to me. Here are the 10 best.
Continue reading...Mi Gato se Incendia! (My cat is on fire!)
Thursday, July 17, 2008
A while back, I came up with a fun little game although still a bit rough around the edges. Mi Gato se Incendia! is a game about a cat, and it's struggles to remain flame free. The object of the game is to rescue an escaped cat (Mi Gato). The only problem is up to three other people are also trying to capture the cat - and there are various hazards throughout the neighborhood, from BBQ grills to alien encounters, which can cause your feline friend to burst into flames.
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- How to fix your Windows MBR with an Ubuntu liveCD
- Every single Led Zeppelin song in DRM free MP3 format for $9.99
- Ubuntu tricks - how to mount your Windows partition and make it read/writable
- PSP Firmware hits 3.90 - If you've got the slim (or 2000) you can now Skype with it
- Rip DVD Movie on Mac OS X
- "and so gull baiting has become a hot game among dolphins"
- Get USB devices mounted on your Virtualbox XP machine in Gutsy (Ubuntu 7.10)
- How to find your UUID's for devices in Ubuntu (and other Debian based distros)
- 5 steps to create a PDF printer (print to PDF) in Ubuntu
- How to clone your bootable Ubuntu install to another drive
- Using Hamachi to remotely control your Windows and Linux boxes (1151)
- Sony’s round computer (580)
- “and so gull baiting has become a hot game among dolphins” (467)
- How to fix your Windows MBR with an Ubuntu liveCD (304)
- Rip DVD Movie on Mac OS X (205)
- Boriska, boy genius says he’s from Mars, knows of a switch behind the Sphinx’s ear. (193)
- It’s Good To Be a Super Hero Now (184)
- Female Characters In Gaming: Past, Present, and Future (182)
- Linux and Flash – cut the crap already! (178)
- Got a band but can’t afford to shoot a video? Use public CCTV cameras and then demand the footage! (165)
- New India Search Engine and Directory Is Comprehensive
- DC Comics New 52
- Rating The “Burton” Factor in Tim Burton’s Filmography
- Top Fast Food Product Placements In Cinema History
- Comic Review Quickies – 01/12/11
- Comic Review Quickies – 01/05/11
- Looking Back at the Awesome of 2010
- Have You Seen These Actors and Actress?
- Sort Through Crap Apps With AppGeek
- Guild Wars 2 Forum Website Launches
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
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