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Pandora available for pre-order

Friday, October 3rd, 2008

For those following the development of the Pandora handheld console, an exciting time is upon us. Pre-orders are now being taken for this amazingly small, yet powerful device. The initial batch was supposed to be limited to 3000 units but demand has been so great that Craig (head developer) and co have extended the availability to anyone who orders by this coming Sunday, October 5th. Here are the basic vitals of the device and you can read more about it and pre-order if you’d like on the OpenPandora.org website:

  • ARM® Cortex™-A8 600Mhz+ CPU running Linux
  • 430-MHz TMS320C64x+™ DSP Core
  • PowerVR SGX OpenGL 2.0 ES compliant 3D hardware
  • 800×480 4.3″ 16.7 million colours touchscreen LCD
  • Wifi 802.11b/g, Bluetooth & High Speed USB 2.0 Host
  • Dual SDHC card slots & SVideo TV output
  • Dual Analogue and Digital gaming controls
  • 43 button QWERTY and numeric keypad
  • Around 10+ Hours battery life

Why would you be even remotely interested in this thing? Read on!
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RJD2 - The Third Hand

Tuesday, February 27th, 2007

Rotten enough to make you believe in the cruel god of the old testament. More like the The Third Wheel amirite?!

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meta-review of Vista

Tuesday, February 27th, 2007

…or why I hate Digg and idiots who can’t even spell Blu-ray properly.

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moto4lin / bitpim for Motorola Razor V3m

Saturday, February 17th, 2007

I promised enzikio I would upload a snapshot of his birthday / Superbowl cake a few weeks back, and here it is, along with a short review of the tools I used to retreive it off of my phone.

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Free RISK Online (Conquer Club)

Friday, February 2nd, 2007

Attention all Risk fans! I have a site for you… and if we wanted to play as a group sometime, it would be easy to create a private game and have at! The site also offers a variety of maps and play styles, as well as a ranking system.

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Anime Central 2007 Online Registration

Friday, February 2nd, 2007

Online registration for Anime Central 2007 was announced today, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary as the premier anime convention in the Midwest.

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Hellgate: London - Summer 2007

Thursday, February 1st, 2007

Earlier this month Flagship Studios announced a summer 2007 launch date for their new FPS/RPG, Hellgate: London. http://www.hellgatelondon.com/

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Dune (1984) HD DVD

Thursday, February 1st, 2007

A lengthy review of David Lynch’s 1984 film, Dune (as presented on HD DVD in 2006).

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Why HD DVD sucks only slightly more than Blu-ray

Thursday, February 1st, 2007

A rant about HD DVD and Blu-ray difficulties. I meant to seperate this from the Dune review a while ago, but never did.

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