Author Archives: Loogie

Ok, so I haven’t posted in like 3 weeks… oh well, I don’t have too terribly much to say anyway 😛 .

“The Gloss”… it’s simply amazing. I love going to it, adding to it, and just looking through it (and correcting errors by certain Rets ). Check it out.

µhhhh… NOLF is a great game, I just finished it… extremely fun, and the ending is just inspired. I have here a few screens, of course…

Ok, just to clarify… yes, the BGs are replaced, and Fire is back… cause Snake got on MSN like 15seconds before I put this news up, and of course disapproved cause he’s an ass. He said he’ll “go all out” for the Christmas ones, but the “acidtrip” ones will be back up sometime. Go here to see how the site looked for that amazing half-hour… and them plz comment this post, telling me what u think.
[Editors Note: The only thing about that BG that has to do with an “acid trip” is what the hell you must have been on/experiencing when you upped that rubbish in the first place! Shazbot! 😛 ]
[AWM Note: Rubbish? Those bgs ain’t rubbish. They may not blend, but they’re pretty badass. And I wasn’t experimenting w/ anything. Oh well, I’m gonna make a new set, but the comments should tell bout these.]
P.S.: if u have IE6, or any other browser that does this, go to Tools>Internet Options>Advanced>Multimedia, and disable “Automatic Image Resizing”… if this is on, once the pic finishes loading, it’ll look like ass.

Well, as u can see, I redid the backgrounds for s–l! . I think they look quite good, and Omi agrees w/ me (only person on now who I could ask). He said it looks like “christmas on an acidtrip”, but whatever… fire was getting old.

What else… oh, my GF2 almost died! This morning, I awoke to see my screensaver, locked… so I restarted, and my PC speaker emitted damn 3 beeps (that means there’s a video problem)… so, I opened the Wad, and saw smoke coming from the back of the video card!!! Not much, but it was definitely smoke. So, I tried to turn it back on just to see, and it did turn on, but then I saw multicolor vertical lines on my screen, and what I think was a display error msg. So… after school, I just removed the fan, reapplied paste, put it back on, and added 2 RAMsinks I got from 2Cooltek™ today, and it turned on and worked fine… underclocked immediately though, to be safe. I also moved 2 fans around, and changed some fans’ connections around, using the new 3-pin y-adapter and 3-pin extensions I also got from 2Cooltek™. My temps have gone down a bit, but that’s mainly cause I have the case open. This is my interval log from like an hour ago.

In gaming news: Yes, I did beat Max Payne eventually… I’m not that much of a llama, I had some technical issues to deal w/ while playing; I got Red Faction (on Morpheus), and am about 60% through it. It’s extremely fun, and the physics are simply amazsting. I also got what I think is the full version of Startopia, but I’m not sure yet.

Once codename BeattheTechCloud starts up, we’ll get Windows XP Home version, and so we’ll also probably upgrade our own rigs to that.

And, a disturbing revelation I had: Snake and I have each had 3 different video cards (4 if u count the Dell and Supa GhEt 286): S3 Trio, S3 Virge; 3DFX Voodoo3 2000, S3 ViperII; GeForce2 GTS, GeForce2 Ultra… and every single time, Snake‘s card has had double the video memory. 2, 4; 16, 32; 32, 64… and, 2 of his had BIOSs, none of mine have.

That’s it.

Earlier today, I put a new fan and heatsink in the Wad… I used some ASII paste and put the old heatsink from my GF2 on my SouthBridge chipset, and drilled 3 holes and put my PB POS 50mm fan on my back vents (still not secured totally, need a couple washers)… and for the first time ever, my SB temp went down 2°, & my NB temp went down 4… just look @ my Interval Log. This leads even more to the completion of the g-cock² (u’ll find out later)

Next, I made my own ghETTo Hardware MODs column… just look through
the Columns pages for it.

I’ve been gettin/recordin a lot of MP3s lately… I haven’t abandoned MODs, but Aimster is damn cool.

And…. Hollow Man is supa awesome.

I just took all day totally dismantling my PB POS PC. There are now a total of 132 parts (70 if screws are counted as 1 unit). I just used an electric screwdriver, clamp, scissors, and some canola oil. Since some of these parts still work, some will be kept for research, some for self-use, some for sale, and some to destroy tomorrow @ S3 (respectfully). I’ll get loads of pics of all the parts tomorrow, and I’ll make a big pic labeling it all. Expect to see this in one of our upcoming 10 columns.

Also, check out Snake and I’s interval logs! I lowered the max # from 50 to 20, so our logs are identical. Check Snake*‘s & mine regularly to see what’s goin on in our PCs.

*not a link to e-mail, but to log

No, I’m not gonna talk about hacking here… actually, some “hacking” is legal. I have been looking for a way to burn Max Payne for Snake, and because it has SafeDisk™ on it, it can’t be burned traditionally. So I searched cdrom-guide.com for help getting a program (cloneCD) to crack SafeDisk- this is legal because it was made to allow a person to make a backup of his own game CD for himself … but anyway, since I don’t have a burner, I looked for “nocd” hacks so it can run w/out CD… also legal. I couldn’t get one to work for Payne, but I did successfully crack SoF. So… that’s it there.

I don’t see here that Snake has mentioned PowerStrip yet, so I’ll go ahead and explain it… PowerStrip is an awesome app that lets u change lots of color/display/performance settings, and make unlimited profiles to load certain settings. You can change video clocks, monitor resolutions, monitor refresh rates (though this can be dangerous), invert colors, and even enable a CPU idle thread. E.g.: u can click one button to make 3DMark 2000 load, w/ 263/376 clocks, @ brightness 140%, FSAA off, anisotropic off. Just search for “PowerStrip” @ download.com!

Hmm, what else… µhhhh… oh, I finally removed my D drive, and now there are no HDDs over my NorthBridge! When I moved drives around last week, and Windows gayed up 😡 , and my D drive got corrupt, I had to format…. but now it’s all good, and my NB has stayed @ 78° since I just booted (18mins ago). Before, my hard drives being in the rack above my NB would heat it up as they worked more & more.

That’s all for now… except… anyone have any dremel?