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Article posted on Oct 27
More consumer entertainment
- Posted by Ryan Finnie on October 27, 2007, 9:20 pm
The Orange Box was fun. Episode 2 was more of the same (which is not a bad thing), TF2 is very fun, especially since the grenade spamming was gone, and of course Portal was all sorts of awesome (even if it was too short). Even Peggle Extreme, a 10-level Orange Box-themed version of Peggle that was included with the pre-order without announcement, was addicting enough that I bought the full Peggle Deluxe.
Last weekend I bought an Xbox 360. I've always said I'd buy a 360 when the price was right, and was thinking $300 for a Premium would be that price. The bundle I got was $350, but that was the HDMI 65nm CPU Premium bundle, with 2 packaged games (Marvel: Ultimate Alliance and Forza Motorsport 2). I also picked up Beautiful Katamari.
I haven't tried Marvel yet and don't really have an urge to do so. Forza is nice, but is very much like its competitor, Gran Turismo, in that it's a racing simulator more than a racing game. Beautiful Katamari is very nice, but very little in gameplay has changed from the original two titles for the PlayStation 2. But hey, that's why I bought it. Xbox Live Marketplace is a nice feature, particularly downloading game demos. The Project Gotham Racing 4 demo has been fun, roughly half way between arcade racing and a racing simulator. I've also downloaded the Virtua Fighter 5 demo, but haven't played it yet.
On Monday, I noticed on slickdeals.net that I could get the 360 HD-DVD add-on for $170, the normal selling price, which includes King Kong. In addition, you get season 1 of Heroes HD-DVD free in-store, and receive 5 out of choice of 15 HD-DVD movies free by mail. Heroes itself costs $70-$100, and almost all of my friends and co-workers have been telling me to watch Heroes, so I got the bundle. I then spent the next 5 days watching all 23 episodes. It does not disappoint.
I also bought the Serenity HD-DVD because, well, River is made out of chocolate.
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Article posted on Oct 23
Finnix 90.0 Released
- Posted by Ryan Finnie on October 23, 2007, 11:01 am
Hot off the build machines...
On October 23, 2005, Finnix 86.0 was released, marking the revival of Finnix. Now, two years and 9 releases later, Finnix 90.0 has been released for the x86/AMD64, PowerPC, and UML/Xen platforms. Finnix is a small, self-contained, bootable Linux CD distribution for system administrators, based on Debian testing.
Finnix 90.0 includes a new Linux kernel (2.6.22), faster booting, and the ability to boot from SATA CD-ROM and DVD-ROM devices, as well as updated Debian system software and bug fixes.
New Linux kernel
For the last 3 versions, Finnix has remained at kernel 2.6.18. After much delay, Finnix 90.0 includes Linux 2.6.22. Finnix 90.0's kernel includes support for both UnionFS 2 and AUFS, with UnionFS as the default for stability reasons.
Faster booting
Finnix 90.0 will now boot even quicker, about 8 seconds quicker than Finnix 89.0!
SATA CD-ROM booting
Finnix 90.0 can now be booted using Serial ATA (SATA) CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drives. This is in addition to the many other existing ways to boot Finnix: Parallel ATA CD/DVD drive, SCSI CD/DVD drive, USB thumb drive, hard drive, netboot, or virtualized (User Mode Linux, Xen).
- Home page: http://www.finnix.org/
- Download: http://www.finnix.org/Download
- Release notes: http://www.finnix.org/Finnix_90.0_release_notes
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Article posted on Oct 6
Still not dead!
- Posted by Ryan Finnie on October 6, 2007, 9:44 pm
Hello.
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