Hal's Blogs

Wednesday, December 22, 2004

The H2G2 movie

Some pics of the upcoming Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Movie.

# posted by Hal : 3:50 PM

Rockstar Classics

Rockstar has released the PC version of GTA2 for free!

# posted by Hal : 3:50 PM

Monday, December 20, 2004

LightScribe

LightScribe allows you to make a CDR label by using the CD writer. I think TDK or something had something similar covered a while back on Slashdot.

# posted by Hal : 7:28 AM

CGTalk Choice Awards

CGTalk has the CG Choice Awards. Haven't had time to look at any of them, but let me know if there are some noteworthy to view, eh?

# posted by Hal : 7:21 AM

Yahoo! Traffic Conditions

Yahoo, now has traffic conditions on their maps.

# posted by Hal : 7:17 AM

Message Service via Helium Balloon

EVere wondered how far a helium ballon can travel when let loose?

# posted by Hal : 7:15 AM

Friday, December 17, 2004

Ottawa's MP3 fee quashed

The Federal COurt of Canada has squashed the mp3 "copyright" tax that you find on almost all canadian CDRs, and MP3 Players.

# posted by Hal : 9:30 AM

Wednesday, December 15, 2004

Honda's ASIMO robot can now jog

Here's an MSNBC article, but I recommend launching the video clip (scroll down). Asimo's agilty seems to have improved considerably.

MSNBC - Honda robot learns to jog

# posted by Ray B : 2:15 PM

Katamari 2

First screenshots of Katamari 2.

# posted by Hal : 2:07 PM

Nintendo to Bring Music, Video to DS

Wow, Nintendo will sell a plug-in for the Gameboy DS (and SP) that will allow it to play music and video!

# posted by Hal : 8:57 AM

Professional Wingmen

Having problems breaking the ice? Hire a professional "wingman"!

# posted by Hal : 7:44 AM

Tuesday, December 14, 2004

PSP defects reported

From Slashdot, there's an article PSP defects that are starting to be reported!

# posted by Hal : 3:32 PM

Monday, December 13, 2004

Cosmic Blobs

From Slashdot, comes an article about Cosmic Blob, a 3D modelling software for kids.

# posted by Hal : 9:35 PM

Osaka Game Shopping

Ever wondered what it would be like to be shopping for games in Osaka, Japan?

# posted by Hal : 7:26 AM

Saturday, December 11, 2004

US $1 Bill Art

From Waxy.org, Kamiel Proost's $1 bill art.

# posted by Hal : 3:42 PM

Friday, December 10, 2004

What's that song?

This web page uses the Amazon API to make a quiz game:What's that song?

# posted by Hal : 6:42 PM

Tool Time at Pixar

From Slashdot, a link to Millimeter's review of Pixar's film editing tool. What the directors use to edit the CG film during the review process.

# posted by Hal : 9:56 AM

Thursday, December 09, 2004

Video game gifts for the obscenely rich

From CNN.com, what video game gifts to get for the obscenely rich.

# posted by Hal : 12:26 PM

Wednesday, December 08, 2004

Cranium

A NY Times article on the making of the fastest selling independent game, Cranium. The article is interesting in that the game developers design the game so that there is no winner or loser in the game... kind of like Mario Party, eh?

# posted by Hal : 8:10 AM

HP Developing a Photo Face Blurrer

Interesting article on how HP is developing a badge that will blur your face from the paparrazi. Hmmm.... it only works with digital cameras, though?

# posted by Hal : 7:46 AM

Tuesday, December 07, 2004

NVIDIA partners with Sony on PlayStation 3 graphics hardware

Gamesindustry.biz has the scoop that NVIDIA is partnering with Sony on the PlayStation 3 graphics hardware.

# posted by Hal : 1:54 PM

First Review of Sony PSP

A massive hands on review of the PSP.

# posted by Hal : 1:14 PM

Monday, December 06, 2004

Sony makes amends...

Fropm Slashdot... after Sony's holiday demo of Viewtiful Joe wiped out people's memory cards, Sony is offering a free PS2 game to make amends.

# posted by Hal : 2:26 PM

Badger Badger Badger!

OK I just had to post this after it was sent to me by a friend and then the damn song got stuck in my head. So yeah... why not spread the horror? ;-)

Badger Badger Badger

# posted by Ray B : 2:02 PM

Skeletal Systems

From waxy.org, comes this site of Michael Paulus, who has an interesting page on skeletal systems of various cartoon characters.

# posted by Hal : 7:22 AM

Sunday, December 05, 2004

Woman auctions father's ghost on eBay

CNN has an article on a woman who auctioned her father's ghost on eBay.

# posted by Hal : 12:33 PM

'Laser scam' gamblers to keep �1m

From Slashdot, three gamblers used a laser to cheat at Roulette. The police found that they did not break any laws, and were allowed to keep £1m!

# posted by Hal : 12:25 PM

Virtual Bubblewrap

This site allows you to virtually pop bubble wrap.

# posted by Hal : 12:14 PM

Friday, December 03, 2004

More in the saga of EA employee treatment practices

Here's a guy who describes in interesting detail the goings-on of his particular dept. Makes me NOT want to buy te Urbz, in protest.
Follow-up to the EA-Spouse open letter and other EA employment rants

# posted by Ray B : 5:11 PM

Abandonia.com - Home of abandonware DOS games

Here's another site that has old abandonware DOS games.

# posted by Hal : 10:03 AM

Thursday, December 02, 2004

Costco.com

Costco sells this cocktail arcade cabinet! It's pretty cheap too!

# posted by Hal : 6:21 PM

MSN Spaces

MSFT launches "MSN Spaces", their version of blogspot.

# posted by Hal : 9:40 AM

Acclaim Bankruptcy Auction

From Kotaku, comes a link to Acclaim's bankruptcy auction.