* 1GHZ (Uncooled) CPU
Alpha Processor Inc. have done what none saw possible for some time, a 1GHZ processor without any supercooling techniques, merely a heatsink and well ventilated case. Read this one and drool...  http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2282931,00.html

* DEMISE Patch 2
For all you RPG fans, this one is sweet. Take a Dungeon style RPG, add a kill UI and... OPENGL, and you have DEMISE - Rise of the KuTan. I'm downloading it, and will install after the woman goes back to Baltimore, I hate to ignore her.. ;) BTW, it's 93 MB for the main beta, and 18 MB for the patch 2... :P http://www.vbdesigns.com/demise/news.shtml

* Geiss 4.01
WinAMP's BEST visualization as well as the BEST screensaver I have, Geiss has a new version out! Rejoice! Get it NOW! http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/~geiss/geiss.html

* New CDex (1.20 Beta Version 4)
Great ripper, bypasses encoding, straight from CD to wav :)  http://members.tripod.com/%7Ecd2mp3/index.htm

* QT 2.0
For you Linuxers out there, QT (a valuble GUI sidekick) 2.0 is out. QT is needed by bunches of good programs, so getting it is a good thing :) http://www.troll.no/

* Illinois Team Makes 3-D Images With Plain Light
This is soo cool, you've seen holographic 3D images in Star Wars and other movies, and now it is becoming a reality. UImagine a 3D pic of Jennifer Love Hewitt :)))))))) http://dailynews.yahoo.com/headlines/sc/story.html?s=v/nm/19990625/sc/science_camera_2.html

* Game Programming Becoming A Degree Course
About time, this market is bigger than John Romero's ego. Now you can get a degree as a game programmer... :) I suspect if I ever move to a real city I'll go back to school. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/education/newsid_377000/377341.stm

* #118 IF YOU DON'T GET SICK FOR 8 YEARS, YOU GOT AN ASSWUPPIN COMIN
*Cough*.... sigh

* RINE'S LINK OF THE DAY
Day two of Middle Earth links: TheOneRing.com
 
 
 
 

THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 1999

* %$#^%*^$%^($&* (4:35 PM, EST) Thanks to Winblow$ crashing hard 4 times.....
Woke up too early, and do to left over illness(?) passed back out after a couple hours.. Then I started updating the page, till ^*$&*$&^(%&)^)(^*$)+(+%(^*^|()$+)%$*(%)&*$_$_$*)|#@_(&U%$ WinBLOW$ crashed on me for the 1,000,000th time and made me lose the whole friggin thing..... .GRRRRRRRRRRRRRR RRRR I'm so angry I'm frothing and spitting....
On a lighter note I'm finally caving in and gettting Starcraft etc and forcing Rine to play me so I can overrun him and conquer him in a non FPS game ;) Iam tired of hearing about the epic Starcraft battles in Raven's .plan files.  Beware, mnay typos today....

* CuteFTP 3.01
3.0 was final, and now a revision..... When will it end? Now you can ihghlight multiple filwes and CHMOD them... woooo. http://www.cuteftp.com

* New bleem! (beta v1.2 b2)
The kickazz Playstation emulator, bleem! has a new version, grab it before Sony puills the plug ;) http://207.71.8.31/

* Athalon (K7) Ships
This ZDNet article gives an idea of the prices of these wonderful chips.... Oh, and I was just getting ahead on my bills too ;) http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2281846,00.html

* Game A.I. Articles
These two articles how game AI has progressed (or degressed) depending on the article. It's goos stuff, and it shows some of the gains and losses that have been made in this area....
PRO
CON

* Rio Becomes A Subsidiary Company
Diamond has given the Rio it's own sub company which will be closely tied to the RioPort.com site. This gives you an idea of how much the Rio has grown up, and is ready to leave home all by itself ;) http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2282022,00.html

* The 'Doom' Of An Entire Generation
Tired of game violence articles??? No? Ok, read this one, another descent point of view.... Also has information about these 'government training games' you keep hearing about. http://www.usatoday.com/life/dcovwed.htm

* Cellphone Shoutcasts
Yup, this one's for all you lameass cellphone junkies (you know who you are... yo). Not only are folks listening to your phonecalls via scanners (the radio type, duh) but now they are being Shoutcasted too ;) I listened to a few good ones last night, not to be nosy, just to do it, I despise all these cell-phone-toating idiots. If you have a job that requires it, or something, I understand, if you are some 17 year old white kid talking like you grew up in the hood, get a clue. I hope I hear some drug deal or something so I can get them arrested ;P Point your WinAMP here: http://24.131.129.71:8000

* Bobby D Humor
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The World According to Andy Rooney
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Award Shows:
Can you believe how many award shows they have now? They have
awards for commercials. The Cleo Awards, a whole show full of
commercials. I taped it and then I fast-forwarded through the
whole thing.
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.SNOOZE PLAN
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1. I came into work.
2. I checked my mail.
3. I open my 3d program.
4. I loaded the inview weapon model that I can't tell you about.
5. I finished the base page on the inview weapon model that I can't
   tell you about.
6. I now have to do four inworld weapon base pages that I can't tell you about.
7. Now are all of you happy :)

* #117 BEATING YOUR COMPUTER WON'T FIX IT
Beat your TV, your stereo, your kids, but not your computer. You can't blame the hardware for the software sucking *COUGH WINBLOW$*

* RINE'S LINK OF THE DAY
Today's and tomorrow's links are gifts from John Scott (Raven Software) .plan file. They are Middle Earth sites that rock real hard. LordOfTheRings.Net