Thai(jj) a la King Kobra
Posted by lars | Filed under Moblog
Split Fish Frag FX Rev 2 Review
Posted by lars | Filed under Gadgets, Games, Playstation
So I just got my Frag Fx Rev 2 yesterday and it performs a lot better than I actually expected (then again, I was NOT expecting a true mouse/keyboard emulator). In general looking up/down works somewhat less as well as looking to the sides..but it still works a WHOLE lot better than the PS3 controls for an old PC FPS gamer. Here are the list of games (most of em the demos) I have tried it with so far along with my reactions:
Killzone 2
Sluggish, not the best of the bunch that’s for sure. 4/10 (doubtful if the fx will actually improve things much here). boring game though so i dont care
WarHawk
Pretty decent, much better than KZ2
7/10
Mirror’s Edge
Really great actually, I ran through the demo quickly.
8/10
Battlefield Bad Company
Awesome much.
9/10
QuakeWars Enemy Territory
Felt very nice.
8/10
In general it feels like where the games have been made for multi-platform in mind – the control works much better, like if the game were designed around a mouse and keyboard this control will work better. My guess is that’s because on those games they start out with mouse/keyboard and then add support for the PS3 control as where with a native PS3 only title they might never involve the M/K in the same way. Me guesses this will mean that most games will work pretty darn great with the Frag FX. For me it was certainly a halleluljah moment since I have completley given up FPS on the PS3 (can’t stand it).
Tags: frag fx, lars recommends, review, splitfish
Frag fx for the win
Posted by lars | Filed under Moblog
Only tried it a bit on the demo of Mirrors Edge – I am already impressed! Now I just have to reprogram some stuff like inverted y-axis
Friday mystery – What happened to the nine skiers in the Urals
Posted by lars | Filed under Ufo
Read about this on Abovetopsecret. The case is about nine experienced cross country skiers, on a skiing expedition, whom were all found deceased in mysterious and eerie circumstances. To this day it has yet to be explained. The following information is from diary entries and phtographic evidence, which gives a basic picture of the events leading up to the mystery.
The Story
Ten skiers, eight men and two women, set off on a skiing expedition to Otorten Mountain in the northern Urals on Jan. 28, 1959. Yury Yudin (the only surviving member), fell ill at the last stop before their destitination, and left the group. Little did he know at this time, it would be the last time he saw his friends alive.
At approximately 5:00pm on February the 2nd the group, led by Igor Dyatlov, pitched tents on the slopes of Otorten Mountains neighbour, Kholat-Syakhl. The site of the camp was unusual for an experienced cross country skier, considering that it was out in the open, rather than in woodland nearby. Yury Yidin assumes that Dyatlov’s decision was down to having practice at camping on a mountain slope.
Dyaltov was supposed to send a telegram back to the Ural Polytechnic Institute, where the skiers set off from, on February the 12th. This was the time the group had expected to be back from their expedition, and sent from Ural town, Vizhai. According to Yudin, Dyaltov told him (as he was left behind), to expect the group to be a day or two late, just in case. No telegram ever came, and on February the 20th, the relatives of the skiers raised the alarm to the army and the police, who in turn launched a search and rescue team.
What they found
On the 26th of February, rescuers found the camp. Strangely it was completely abandoned. Even more alarming, was the fact that searchers found that all the skiers personal belongings, including there shoes, and cold weather gear, still inside the their tents. The tent was half torn down, and partially covered with snow. There were some indicators that the tent had been sliced open from the inside. No evidenc of a struggle was found either, yet it was clear the skiers had left in a hurry.
In the metre or so of snow, investigators found 9 sets of footprints, giving the impression that the only people present at the camp site, were in fact those that were meant to be there. What was strange about this, was that some of the tracks left, were left by people wearing socks, one shoe, or no footwear at all.
The Bodies
About five hundred metres down slope, at the edge of the nearby forrest, the investigators found the first two of the bodies, under a very large pine tree. Georgy Krivonischenko, and Yury Doroshenko, were barefoot and dressed in their underclothes, and it was determined they had died from hypothermia.
Broken branches around the base of the tree and the bodies, indicated that one of them had climbed the tree. This was confirmed when broken branches to five metres on the tree were discovered. Possibly they were searching for the camp, or other members of the group, or maybe something more sinister. It was also evident that the duo had tried to start a fire, as charred remains of branches had been found.
Approximately half way between the edge of the forrest and the camp, three more bodies were found. Igor Dyatlov, Zina Kolmogorova, and Rustem Slobodin were discovered facing towards the camp. Officals determined that it was probable that the trio, were attempting to return to the camp. Although Slobodin’s skull had apparently been fractured, doctors determined that it wasnt a fatal injury. Again, these three all died of hypothermia according to autopsies.
Two Months Later
This is where the story becomes extremely bizzare. Two months after the discovery of the first five bodies, the remaining four were found. Under four metres of snow, in a ravine, and 75 metres away from the pine tree mentioned earlier.
Nicolas Thibeaux-Brignollel, , Alexander Zolotaryov, and Alexander Kolevatov, had all suffered serious injuries, and traumatic deaths. Thibeaux-Brignollel’s skull had been crushed, and Dubinina and Zolatarev had numerous broken ribs. All four of the skiers had died from massive internal injuries, doctors compared to those found if someone had been hit car. However, unlike a car accident, the bodies showed no signs of external injury, including bruises or soft tissue damage. The most disturbing thing of all was that Ludmila Dubinina’s tongue had been removed!!!
These four were a lot better dressed than the other five. It had appeared they had made it back to camp, or taken clothes from those that were deceased. Another point to be made, was that there were high levels of radiation found within the clothes when they were tested.
A few months later, the case was closed, and the files were allegedly sent to a secret military archive. The investigators found no evidence of wrong doing against one another. Also soon after area was closed off for three years to skiers and other adventurers.
Flying Spheres
Most of the details of the event, were attempted to be hidden from public view. One of the reasons for this was that, according to Lev Ivanov (head investigator), regional officials had been worried by reports from civilians, weather service employees and even the military of “flying spheres”, in the area over February and March, 1959. Ivanov speculated that the spheres had something to do with the mysterious cirumstances of the event.
So, what are peoples ideas on the what happened there? Were these flying spheres the cause, or was it something more?
via The Frightening, Unsolved and Disturbing Incident of Nine Dead Skiers, page 1.
I think the orig. source is The Moscow Times
Panasonic PV60 set default input to HDMI
Posted by lars | Filed under Lifehacking, TV
I finally found way down in a forum thread howto change the default input on my PV60. Walk up to the TV and hold down the volume/change channel button. While you hold it down hit the TV/AV button three times on the remote, the “hotel menu” will then appear which will allow you to set the default input to HDMI 1 or 2. Juicy!
Tags: default, hdmi, input, panasonic, pv60, TV
Dreambox Hell
Posted by lars | Filed under Lifehacking, TV, howto
FEAR ME! Take me to your leader! All of your bases! I am the FUCK-YOU- BOX
Oh my god. I finally got everything working on the box from hell, the fuckyou-box. Rest assured I will write a detailed guide for how to set up a DM 800 with Canal Digital. I got the error “Tuning failed / Tuning misslyckades” when I tried to set up the HD channels but after altering my Diseq settings that all worked out too and I’m now watching glorious HD.
Now I just have to read on various forums how I will be able to set up my favorite channels, which involves third party (windows only) software and the extensive editing of XML files.
I was stupid enough to read the manual of the thing and therefore invested in an USB to RJ232 converter..I also bought a cable, which turned out to be the wrong kind (I needed female – female but got female – male..which is what you used to use for NORMAL devices). So after dishing out some cash I dissected two other RJ232 and then put it back with a lot of electric tape and patience only to conclude that I could just upgrade firmware via the browser. Awesome.
The manual also failed to mention if the chip of the card was supposed to be up or down, in my previous settop box it was up..so I initially had it up on the Dreambox also..which is wrong, it should be down. Although that really didn’t matter since I had not gotten the “newcs” binary running..or had the correct Diseq settings…
Anyway. I am off to a well deserved sleep. Pimping aint easy..
Update August 2009: Running Nabilosat Blackhole 0.11g COMPLETLEY elimnates ALL tuning failed errors. PLI Jade sucks in comparisom!
Tags: dm 800, dreambox, settings, tuning failed
Linda rocks
Posted by lars | Filed under Moblog
I was bitching about the size of my easter egg, not really paying attention to lindas insuination that there were yummier candy in the bottom, when i found this cute little engraved iPod shuffle! rawk!
Outdoor furniture prospect
Posted by lars | Filed under Moblog
..it’s going to be a lean christmas for the dragon family this year..lean..lean..lean
Chester phone home
Posted by lars | Filed under Moblog
Macbook Pro battery blows
Posted by lars | Filed under Mac
Man I am ANNOYED. I just checked my battery health in Istat Pro and noticed I had a battery health of 58% and a 103 cycles. That is fucking ridiculous, I swapped to a new battery in june last year. Linda, who has never swapped her battery has a battery health of 100% (!?) and that battery is 2 years old this june. Linda only had a meager 154 cycles though so I’m thinking I will never ever turn my laptop off again since that doesn’t seem healthy for my battery.
