Hardware
Sep 13 2015
Car Stereo Hacking (again)
You might remember I hacked up the stereo in my car a while back (but you probably don’t). Long story short, my new-to-me Honda CR-V had a steering-wheel stereo control that used two wires to communicate with the stock head unit. The replacement Pioneer deck also used two wires, so I gutted the stock switch […]
Technology
Jul 29 2015
Sony: Fucking Idiots
It’s been a long time since I felt this familiar anger, this boiling frustration with preposterous dumbassery that promises to make my life a little awesomer and much worse at the same time. But oh, Sony, you guys are fucking stupid.
Technology
Jul 29 2015
MiniDisc Frequency Analysis
A bad science look at the frequency recording of Sony’s MD using different methods. Spoiler: it’s complicated!
Technology
May 21 2015
Things Samsung Should Fix
I recently purchased a Samsung Galaxy Note 4. It’s a brilliant piece of hardware let down by its software. Samsung does not, it seems, give much of a shit about their software. My guess is they would rather not bother with software at all, but because no fool will buy amazing hardware if it doesn’t […]
Technology
May 21 2015
Samsung Note 4: One More Button
Technically it’s illegal to touch a mobile phone while driving in Queensland, but I figure it’s the lesser of evils when the only legitimate alternative is to ram other cars off the road when a shit song can’t be skipped. So I had to add a button to my Galaxy Note 4 somehow.
May 1 2015
Militarization and Societal Polarization
Talking briefly about what seems to be a concerted effort to shift cultural and societal thought about the veneration of our military services.
Games
Apr 1 2015
Review – Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions Evolved
Take the amazing Geometry Wars formula and saddle it with stars, point collecting, upgrades, lengthy intros and enforced play rules, and what do you get? Less than you started with.
Games
Mar 21 2015
Capcom’s CPS Changer
The nineties were a time of weird and wonderful experimentation in Japan. Not to be left out, Capcom released a weird device that looked a lot like a video game console.
Games
Mar 21 2015
Resurrecting the Dreamcast with GDEMU
The Dreamcast has long been one of my top-5 consoles, and the GDEMU is an amazing multi-game loader that makes the Dreamcast even more awesome.
I demand to know.
“From the discomfort of truth there is only one refuge: ignorance. I do not need to be comfortable, and I will not take refuge. I demand to know.”
–Richard Morgan, from the novel Black Man.
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