Everyone complains about the Xbox controllers. But here’s one way to improve them a bit.

Xshok

There are a couple of ways to make Xbox more interesting. One way is to play people for money. The other is add an electroshock feature to the controllers. It almost seems like they’re begging for a lawsuit, but TechTV has a guide on how to do this.
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[Gizmodo]

This would rock! I want to do this.

Lewis Carroll: “Sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.” [Quotes of the Day]

From Lockergnome:

Windows Desktop Product Life Cycle Support and Availability Policies for Consumers
Microsoft has quietly extended the support period for Win98 to Jan 16 2004 from Jun 30 2003 and has also pushed back the product’s “end of life” date to Jan 16 2005. (Peter) [Lockergnome Bytes]

This is actually a good thing. I think I’m running 98 on the last intel box I have. I still haven’t made the jump to xp or NT. Mostly because I rarely use it these days, but also because I have no idea if it will work on the machine I have. I guess I should give it a try eventually.

From tonight’s fortune cookies:

You will be awarded some great honor.

Your talents will be recognized and suitably rewarded.

Hmm. Cool.

I just found out a bit about my past life:

Your past life diagnosis:
I don’t know how you feel about it, but you were female in your last earthly incarnation.
You were born somewhere in the territory of modern North Europe around the year 600 .
Your profession was that of a shepherd, horseman or forester .

Your brief psychological profile in your past life:
Revolutionary type. You inspired changes in any sphere – politics, business, religion, housekeeping. You could have been a leader.

The lesson that your last past life brought to your present incarnation:
You are bound to solve problems of pollution of environment, recycling, misuse of raw materials, elimination of radioactivity by all means including psychological methods.

Hey, it’s almost Wednesday, and the weather looks like it’s getting nice again. Come out and celebrate the week being half over.

Changmian and Dubcoast present

*~The Analog Lounge~*

The relaxed side of things. Join us every Wednesday for a mix of
music styles in the lounge at Vertigo, with lots of mellow mixed in.
This week we’re happy to welcome longtime boston DJ, Paul Dailey. Come on out as he plays a special minimal techno set for us.

Special Guest:
Paul Dailey [Boston, MA]

The Analog Lounge with resident dj’s
Gregory Blake (Changmian) Boston
Special Pete (dubcoast music) CA
Peter Ellis (ttb) Boston
Pete Yagmin (Changmian) Boston

Wednesdays
@ Vertigo (upstairs)
126 State St. Boston, MA
617-723-7277
10pm – 2am
21+ with ID
$5 cover (gets you into both the Lounge and Anitya)
No dress code
www.changmian.com
www.dubcoast.com
www.vertigoboston.com
www.mapquest.com (directions)

Upcoming Guests:

6/18 – Qi
6/25 – Brynmore

To view our calendar online (with support for you iCal and Mozilla
calendar folk):
http://ical.mac.com/gblake99/The32Analog32Lounge

This week at Anitya: PENTA [redTribe] [spectral Concepts] [SF]

Are you a DJ in the Boston area? Are you interested in playing out some Wednesday night? If so, drop me a line at lounge@ezoons.com.

It’s been kinda quiet here the last couple of days. I’m a bit behind on my blog reading also. Hopefully I’ll get back up to speed in a day or so.

Last night we celebrated my mom’s 60th birthday. It was lots of fun. Many of my parent’s neighbors and my mom’s good friends came by and celebrated. They went through about 20 bottles of wine and two six packs of beer. And the food was amazing. I think my parents need to have more parties.

I just finished watching the latest episodes of Shaman King that Soldats subbed (episode 56). AUGH. I must see the rest now. I’ll have to see who else has subbed it now.

If the past few weeks I sampled two shows I hadn’t seen before, Kaze no Yojimbo and Kasumin. I enjoyed both of them, but I think I liked Kasumin a little bit more for its wackiness. Hopefully I’ll get to see more of this one (though I want to see more of both).

The first episode Kaze no Yojimbo doesn’t really tell us much. The main character arrives by train in a small town looking for someone to ask him a question. Beyond that, not a lot happens. He gets involved with some fights and seems to be quite skilled in hand to hand combat. The animation is really nice also. It almost reminds me of something like Bebop or RahXephon in the look, though not quite as bright. This one I’m really going to have to see a few more before I decide fully what I think of it.

Kasumin is just about the completely opposite of Kaze no Yojimbo. It is a kids show. It’s insanely cute. It’s about Kasumi, a young girl whose parents are going away for the year. While they’re away she’ll be staying with some friends of her parents, who end up being very strange magical beings. I honestly don’t think anything I can say can do justice to how bizzare some of this show was to me. But I loved it, the talking washcloth rules.