Fly, you fools!

I’ve just purchased a bunch of dual-CPU SGI 1U rack servers from Weta Digital, to use for various projects. They’re ex-LOTR renderfarm machines, which is pretty damn cool in itself, much less getting them for the excellent price I got them at. And, I guess they’ve been…

The Kirk Unit

and I went to the Audio Expo on sunday, which was filled with cool cool audio toys, including some very nice projectors and lots of fun DJ stuff. We saw some awesome-looking electrostatic speakers, too. Here’s a pic:     They bear an uncanny resemblance to Nomad, if you’re a…

Herr Doktor

Lesbyan Conspyracy takes great pleasure in announcing the addition of a new drummer to the band. Presenting Herr Doktor Clockverk Assassin, known affectionately as “Doc Clock”… The good doctor can literally rock and roll all night, but prefers not to party every day with the rest of us. He’d…

Even More Doom

Just finished Doom 3. Lots of fun. If I may use a rather hackney’d phrase, The End Guy Was Hard. Actually, that is not very true. The end guy was not really hard, but it did take a while to eventually pour enough BFG rounds into to hurt him,…

Tiddlywinks, you say? Is there a manual?

I just had the following conversation with Chris R, on the subject of Doom 3, which is available now in Illegal 0day warez form: Chris: did you need the manual? JSR: Dude. It’s Doom. There are guns. For the shooting. Also: Zombies. Chris: That’s what I figured. JSR:…

Tiny Tiny Laptop

This is a picture of a test laptop that crossed my lab bench today. It’s the silver thing sitting _on top of_ my regular old Dell laptop. A CD has been included for sizing purposes. Teeny! But it has built in ethernet and usb and a VGA port and…