[ Jul 24 2004 ]

Canon, why do you hate me?

Why does Canon hate me? My beloved and uber-capable Powershot G3 developed a really strange issue with horizontal lines in dark shots, so we called Canon. “Sounds like a problem with the CCD!” they said. So we took it into Tokyo, to their Akihabara QR Factory (Quick Repair) and were promised a fix in a […]

[ Jul 23 2004 ]

Sega Saturn Switchless Mod: Done!

Someone recently asked me to modify their US Sega Saturn with one of my switchless mods and last night I did it. Since my camera’s in the shop, I had to use my celphone to take pics. It did a fairly decent job. Here’s the pics of the job: Closeup view of jumpers Jumpers with […]

[ Jul 23 2004 ]

V-601SH speaker killswitch

My phone makes a loud chime sound whenever I take a picture, as part of an anti-upskirt measure all Japanese cellphone makers adopted. I’m not particularly against this, tho it’d have been nicer if I could choose my own sound… Recently we were taking care of a kitten, a very cute photogenic kitten, and I […]

[ Jul 12 2004 ]

Alastair Reynolds, Absolution Gap

[ Jul 11 2004 ]

Another laptop falls!

Today I got sick of the loose power connector on this IBM thinkpad laptop (i-series, model 1445 if you care) so I took it’s ass apart and beat it into repaired submission. The IBM is a piece of junk compared to the Sharp Mebius Muramasa I just finished repairing. It was a nightmare of screws […]

Games

[ Jul 2 2004 ]

Radio Show Tomorrow

I realize it’s short notice, but what the hell. Tomorrow at around 1:30pm Tokyo time (that’s 8:30pm North American WestCoast time) I’ll be doing a rock’n game-tune set for about 45-60 minutes. High-energy tunes from games you know, and ones you don’t. You won’t be bored! http://nfggames.com/radio/