http://ultramookie.com slight feedback Tue, 24 Jun 2008 06:10:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en-us I broke down today and got a Dual Shock 3 controller.  Yes, Sony has punished me for their stubbornness in not settling the whole force-feedback lawsuit.  But, I'm glad I got the controller, it works well in Burnout Paradise and my new game GRiD.  Unfortunately, the force-feedback does not work ... http://ultramookie.com/wayback/2008/06/23/dual-grid-shock-3/ My lovely wife completely surprised me last night when she gave me...well, a surprising second part of my graduation and birthday gift! Yes, she got me the watch of my dreams!  Thirteen years ago, when I was a mere 20 years old, I saw a Omega Seamaster Professional on Pierce Brosnan's ... http://ultramookie.com/wayback/2008/06/21/one-watch-to-rule-them-all/ The iPhone 2 has been announced.  Apple fanbois have thier credit cards out and their iPhone 1s on Ebay.  I'm sure the iPhone 2s will fly off the AT&T shelves, so whatever I am going to write here will not matter -- and Apple fanbois can refrain from posting their ... http://ultramookie.com/wayback/2008/06/13/iphone-suckas/ For my grad, dad and birthday gift, my wife got me a spanking new Playstation 3. Thank you wifey for such a cool gift!  You are a kick-ass wife and the PS3 is a kick-ass gift! I wanted a PS3 mainly so that I can watch Bluray movies -- we already pay ... http://ultramookie.com/wayback/2008/06/07/playstation-3/ When I started my University Odyssey, it was at San Jose State University as a Comp-Sci major.  I did not ever finish though and ended up working full-time at Sony. Sometime during my career at Sony, I figured out that I should probably finish up a degree of some sort.  I ... http://ultramookie.com/wayback/2008/05/26/done/ I caught this on Jeremy's blog earlier -- it's a reference to Tim O'Reilly's blog posting with advice for Yahoo!. So before I start let me give the standard disclamier:  I am writing as a normal person, not as a Yahoo! employee.  None of this reflects what my employer feels or ... http://ultramookie.com/wayback/2008/05/25/oreillys-right/ Shouldn't a tool that is advertised to help people open those f*cking blister packs (whoever invented them should be shot), NOT BE PACKED IN A BLISTER PACK?  The packaging even reads, "No more hard to open packaging..."  It should come with an asterisk -- might I suggest:  "* after this ... http://ultramookie.com/wayback/2008/05/25/maybe-i-over-analyze-but/ Eileen, Jacob and I were toasting at home -- and we just had to get out of the house to enjoy some air conditioning.  We had gone to the mall and Fry's earlier.  It was too early for dinner.  We had a bag of old mobile phones to donate, so ... http://ultramookie.com/wayback/2008/05/18/yes-were-cheap/ Again?  Really?  Sigh. Can't we just all be friends?  I guess not.  It is all business. http://ultramookie.com/wayback/2008/05/18/here-we-go-again/ Linux is back on my notebooks.  It's Fedora 9 Sulpher.  Here are my quick thoughts: Intel 3945abg works out of the box!  This was true with Fedora 8 also. My Atheros-based card works out of the box!  This was not true with Fedora 8 and I am so happy it is true ... http://ultramookie.com/wayback/2008/05/15/fedora-9-sulphur/