Saturday, October 20, 2007

PSP is a hero.



The following is the sad story of a businessman from Louisville kidnapped, beaten, and tortured by two others in a motel room in West Knox County for nine days. After the local police and FBI agents hadsolved the case, it became known that the businessman Jose Ignacio Ortega Garcia was another victim of the "Mexican mafia". The mexican mafia is a terroristic group who have been perpetrating these aweful crimes against fellow Hispanic citizens in America. Ortega Garcia reportedly suffered both mental and physical torture from Jose Sanchez and Juan Gonzales as the assailants forced him to write numerous checks totaling approximately US$ 27,000. The following is part of the report filed by FBI Agent Buddy Early:
On June 21, Gonzales gave Sanchez a handheld video game that would prove to be Garcia's savior...
Sanchez played the video game virtually all day that day and much of the night. Garcia used the distraction as an opportunity to loosen his bindings. When the exhausted gamer fell asleep, Garcia bolted, running from the room to the hotel office, screaming, "They are trying to kill me..."
Suspect Sanchez's thumb print was recovered from a PlayStation Portable hand-held video game box recovered from victim Garcia's car...The suspects were nabbed in Houston on a federal complaint filed by Assistant U.S. Attorney Tracy Stone.





I knew sooner or later, the PSP would save peoples lives.

The Sky-puter! LOL.


The Sky Puter is essentially a computer without a case, while all components are suspended from the ceiling with a combination of coat hangers, cat5, and cat3 cable. Your airflow doesn't really get any better than this. To me it looks like a still frame of a computer exploding.

Thursday, October 11, 2007

Wiimote hacking?



It seems as though the remote controller for the Nintendo Wii has been already hacked and used for purposes other than the Wii. It seems that the wiimote is a bluetooth signal that can be detected by nearby computers and other bluetooth compatible hardware. The computers find s the wiimote and name it a non standard human interface device. Knowing this the hackers out there have made programs so that the computer could interpret the signals being sent from the wiimote and translates those signals to mouse movement. I can't wait to see whats in store for the wii and its accessories.

Nintendo Wii


Wii would like to play. I have spontaneously went out and bought the Nintendo Wii. I went home and tore through the packaging to get to the good stuff. The Nintendo Wii had about 5 lbs of packing material and plastic bags that took 10 minutes to remove. A nice touch from the guys at Wii included them throwing in 2 AA batteries for the Wii-mote(Wii controller).
The Wii came with 1 Wii-mote, 1 nunchuck, 1 console + hookup wires, 1 sensor bar, and one game called Wii Sports.
I must have stayed up all night yesterday playing this. Quite a fun time killer indeed. I had to admit that I didn't want to buy the Wii at first. I thought it would not compare to the other current generation gaming consoles. Why did I buy the Wii then? Its a lot cheaper than the other consoles out there. Wii costs 250+tax while the PS3 costs 599+tax. With a price difference of over 200 dollars, I'll gladly stick with the Wii anyday. Wouldn't you?