SATURDAY, 3/31/2001, 1:45pm HST by Raul

Kema Azunma always has technology on his mind ...

Well the other guy's portable Atari from scratch was a feat of brute tweakery, but this solution is far more elegant: an Atari 2600 emulator for PocketPC. Although you can't just plug a cartridge in like you can with the true portable ...

First there was this fairy. Now there's Skirtman (above). Just check it out.

Those Japanese, this time they've come up with a robot designed to have human-like expressions and speech. The company says it has the "underlying aim of improving human-machine interface through introducing robots into our everyday lives."

Hmm sounds familiar ... "human-cyborg relations" ...

Strawberry's not here!

TAMPA, Fla. (Reuters) -- Former baseball star Darryl Strawberry was still missing on Saturday, a day after police issued an arrest warrant following his disappearance from a drug treatment center, a Tampa police spokesman said.

SATURDAY, 3/31/2001, 1:45pm HST by Penfold

How we got conned into letting the girls do content is beyond me. Back to the NORMAL content.

I tried, but I just couldn't continue, it was just too ricey.

Hockey Times

Hockey times for week of 4/1/01

• ESPN2-23 Sun, Apr 1, 2001 2:00 PM "Washington Capitals at Detroit Red Wings"
• ESPN2-23 Sun, Apr 1, 2001 10:30 PM "Washington Capitals at Detroit Red Wings"
• FSWH-21 Mon, Apr 2, 2001 5:30 PM "Vancouver Canucks at Los Angeles Kings"
• FSWH-21 Tue, Apr 3, 2001 10:00 AM "Vancouver Canucks at Los Angeles Kings"
• ESPN2-23 Tue, Apr 3, 2001 2:30 PM "Florida Panthers at Philadelphia Flyers"
• ESPN2-23 Tue, Apr 3, 2001 5:30 PM "Los Angeles Kings at Phoenix Coyotes"
• FSWH-21 Tue, Apr 3, 2001 5:30 PM "Los Angeles Kings at Phoenix Coyotes"
• ESPN2-23 Tue, Apr 3, 2001 11:00 PM "Florida Panthers at Philadelphia Flyers"
• FSWH-21 Wed, Apr 4, 2001 10:00 AM "Los Angeles Kings at Phoenix Coyotes"
• ESPN2-23 Wed, Apr 4, 2001 2:00 PM "Carolina Hurricanes at New York Rangers"
• ESPN2-23 Wed, Apr 4, 2001 11:00 PM "Carolina Hurricanes at New York Rangers"
• FSWH-21 Thu, Apr 5, 2001 5:00 PM "Los Angeles Kings at Vancouver Canucks"
• ESPN2-23 Thu, Apr 5, 2001 5:30 PM "Phoenix Coyotes at San Jose Sharks"
• ESPN2-23 Thu, Apr 5, 2001 11:00 PM "Phoenix Coyotes at San Jose Sharks"
• ESPN-22 Fri, Apr 6, 2001 3:00 PM "Washington Capitals at Buffalo Sabres"
• ESPN-22 Fri, Apr 6, 2001 10:30 PM "Washington Capitals at Buffalo Sabres"

FRIDAY, 3/30/2001, 6:58pm HST by Laura
The "Female Friday" Edition

Sigh, like Penfold doesn't make me slave over his legal work enough as it is, now he's demanding I do his content too. Such a slacker.

Note to Jui: We've worked way too hard...I think the guys might have to do a lot of shoe shopping with us in San Francisco to make up for it. :)

This is such a guy thing to say....

This is just way too weird for words. Hmmmm, but then again, Penfold sent it to me....enough said. Hehe.

Stolen from [H]ardOCP.

Here is the NASCAR Winston Cup schedule for the rest of the season. Sigh, it's about time someone posted a schedule for a real sport, instead of a hockey schedule every week.

Poor guys, they're just so clueless about women. If you want to make a woman happy, follow this very simple points system. See, women do come with instructions.
Sigh, if only guys were as simple and easy to understand as women. (Note to Penfold: You'd better not be laughing at that last comment.)

To Jui
I must agree with you....Britney does have a cuter boyfriend. :)

FRIDAY, 3/30/2001, 12:45pm HST by Jui
The "Slakka Ass Asses" Edition

So ... the boys wanted a day off and somehow got us to do content.

[Ed. note: This is as much work, if not more, than actually posting myself ;)]

In a frenetic end to 18 years of frustration, the University of Hawai'i men's volleyball team rallied for a 25-30, 30-27, 23-30, 30-23, 15-13 victory over UCLA last night in Los Angeles.

The second-ranked Warriors, who had long played Wile E. Coyote to UCLA's Roadrunner, beat the No. 3 Bruins for the first time in Pauley Pavilion since Feb. 13, 1983. At the time, Dave Shoji, now the Wahine coach, was the Warriors' head coach.

Note to Laura: It looks like the boys (the hot 7 i'm always telling you about) will be playing in April when you're in town. We must make it a point to see Eyal the cutie.

I can't believe Raul of all people didn't hear about this dress.

Well, evidently REALLY bad dancing was one way to attract people to his party, or at least that's what Ze Frank thought. Read about the madness here.

Get all the belly baring details here.

Me thinks Christina got the better deal, even if Brit has the cuter bf.

Be on the look out for more Engrish from my own personal collection!

FRIDAY, 3/30/2001, 9:45am HST by Raul

Having problems with DHCP acquisition on your Linksys BEFSR11 (1-port) or BEFSR41 (4-port) Cable/DSL router? Most of them were solved in the current 1.37 firmware release available through the Linksys website. However, those that disconnect and reconnect computers often may still have problems. Version 1.38.2, which is only available through contacting Linksys technical support, supposedly fixes these problems as well. It is now available in our files section.

Early indications are that it does indeed solve the problem I was having with my BEFSR11 ... I am fairly sure the BEFSR11 and BEFSR41 use the same firmware, but BEFSR41 users should download a copy of the official 1.37 firmware and be ready to re-flash just in case.

If you're a user of Microscrote's Internet Explorer or Outlook Express, make sure you check out this security advisory and install the patch.

THURSDAY, 3/29/2001, 7:58pm HST by Penfold
The "Sneaky Thoughts" Edition

Hmmmmm, I'm actually doing early content for once.

Hmmmmm, these mac nuts look, look so suggestive. Like you'd want to gently suck off the chocolate. Hehe

This guy cover his house and decorated it with all used beer cans. Man thats a lot of beer.

Yeah, another artist gets way too full of himself. Check it out here.

THURSDAY, 3/29/2001, 12:30pm HST by Raul

Just a random hockey shot since there haven't been any for quite some time. Recently acquired Buffalo Sabre Donald Audette slides towards the goal on his chest and surprisingly, ends up pushing the puck past Atlanta goalie Milan Hnilicka for a goal.

No Bush!

Jackie Sumell's art project, she says, is less about art than about social intervention. An MFA student at the San Francisco Art Institute, Sumell has put out the call to female friends and acquaintances: Shave your pubic hair, put it in a little plastic bag and send it to her in the mail (anonymously, please). Her rallying cry? "No Bush! -- It's not yours, it's mine."

After a couple of false starts, the FiringSquab finally let out its GF3 benchmark numbers. Check them out here.

Well the Wall Street Journal posted up an article about the latest offerings from Palm and Handspring, but disses the screen on the Palm M505, which may have been dimmed down to conserve battery life. That's a sore disappointment, considering how the IIIc had a brilliant screen AND long battery life. To be honest, a little thinness would be well sacrificed for decent batteries. Check out the article here.

WEDNESDAY, 3/28/2001, 8:58pm HST by Penfold
The "Hanger and a Tie" Edition

Sigh, my girlfriend is sooooooo weird.

Which FSAA is really better? Check out these shots and decide for yourself.

While not a total prohibition on spam, HR718 goes a long way to helping with the problem. Check it out here.

The RIAA wants to change Napster's filtering system to a filter-in setup. Raul seems to be confused with what filter-in means, but if it's from the RIAA it's going to suck. Read about it here.

The US Supreme Court heard the arguments for med marijuana today. Check out Salon.com's comments on it here.

WEDNESDAY, 3/28/2001, 10:45am HST by Raul

This is a little stroke of genius. Dancing Paul is an inane yet fun site to check out. Guaranteed to make you laugh. Everything is executed to perfection, really. Cheesy, yes, but that's just right. The only thing that doesn't seem to work is if you start up one of the featured tunes then turn on one of the "music" tab tunes. Thanks to the Lemur for this one. Your prizes are in the mail.

It seems like everyone and his brother is putting out a PDA-phone hybrid these days. Check out two of the latest: the Sagem WR 3050 and the Magcom PDA phone. Also check out a discussion including both here.

This stuff ripped cleanly from [H]ardOCP: Here are some pics of a candy dispenser that well, has fecal undertones. Okay blatant fecality: 1 2

And then, there's this northern version. Oh deer!

That dot there is being used to control view panning in a first-person game. Check out the whole story here. You know you want to.

Eating Bernard

BEIJING (Reuters) -- The Chinese have taken a liking to a revered symbol of Switzerland -- the St. Bernard dog -- but the Swiss are not flattered.

Gentle giants famed for rescuing people in the Alpine snows of Europe, the St. Bernard's size and docile nature have become a major selling point in China, where dog meat has long been a popular delicacy known as "fragrant meat."

TUESDAY, 3/27/2001, 8:58pm HST by Penfold
The "Ricci Scores" Edition

Pretty good Sharks v. Kings game on tonight.

Outpost.com gets the big feh for modifying their shipping policy to make it free 2nd day air shipping for orders over $500. There really is no reason to shop there anymore, because the prices aren't all that cheap.

OMG

Hey, LOL, G2G
I gotta go, but watch for me 'cause
I'll be right back, BRB
So sign on, and I.M. me

MLB is about to starting charging for the ability for you to listen to baseball games over the internet. NBA also charges. Don't want to pay, listen to wonderful hockey. Check it out here.

Music companies are trying hard to figure out how to make unrippable CDs. Me thinks it can't be done without pissing off a lot of people who use their cd-rom drives to play cds. Check out some commentary about it here.

When you follows Rules like this, it's no wonder her first husband ran far far away.

TUESDAY, 3/27/2001, 12:20pm HST by Raul

Robotech memories Well someone last night brought up the name "Lancer" and it immediately brought back memories of elementary school days. In its slot after "Star Blazers" and later "Voltron," Robotech was the highlight of the morning. Anyway I dug around for some sites, and this one is one of the better ones. Really brings back all the things that made the show so engrossing. Some of the art also brings back memories of Battletech -- with its Warhammers, Shadowhawks, Marauders and Riflemen. Hehe, okay so I was a dork.

So if you're a FoodTV viewer, undoubtedly you've seen the ads for "IC3" -- some Iron Chef extravaganza. Well, I dug around and found out what it is -- an Iron Chef blast featuring the 2000th challenge on June 1 and the 2001 special -- Flay vs. Morimoto part 2 -- on June 3. I don't want to link to the articles on them because they contain spoilers (I had to quickly scroll back up the page so I didn't see them!) Anyway if you don't care about suspense, you can find links to the articles at the top of the by-date episode listing here at Ironchef.com.

RIAA watching you? Nah.

The recording industry is watching you. Or so the most recent media reports would have you believe. As the Napster wars keep escalating, the recording industry is redoubling its efforts in the hunt for new and improved ways to keep its music out of your shared databases. The newest tactic is surveillance. Increasingly, the recording industry is watching individual users on any given peer-to-peer (P2P) network, using programs like Copyright Agent and Media Tracker to discern who is downloading what and when.

Well the Squad has a full review of Serious Sam posted. While they don't quite award it an Editor's Choice award, they ARE touting it as the coolest thing since sliced ... umm ... since Doom. The screenshots look quite nice, I might have to check this one out.

Gettin' head

TORONTO (Reuters) -- McDonald's Canada is being sued by a Toronto family that claims a severed rat's head was found nestled between the toppings of a Big Mac that was about to be eaten by a nine-year-old girl.

Hoes on the loose

Taipei plans to shut down legal brothels Wednesday, closing a long chapter in the city's licensed prostitution program.

Well if the strangest thing didn't happen the other night. 3dMark 2001, the bane of my Sunday morning, decided to work. All my poor system could muster was 2664 3dMarks at 1024x768/32-bit w/DXTC textures, but I suppose I shouldn't expect too much with a benchmark that is meant to showcase Pentium 4's with GeForce 3's. I'll come up with some screenshots later. Is it just me, or does the bump-mapping test look like a floating doodoo?

Nap activism?

Napster is calling on its users to march on Washington, DC and protest about the way the company feels it has been treated.

Tempting users with a free concert and the opportunity to hear Napster founder Shawn Fanning talk about programming, Napster hopes enough punters will show in the US capital on 3 April that legislators will back file sharing as a legitimate means of distributing music.

MONDAY, 3/26/2001, 8:58pm HST by Penfold
The "Work Guilt" Edition

I actually went into work a little while today because I felt guilty about slacking. Hmmmmm, something must be wrong with me.

Look for something weird coming up this Friday.

Not quite over yet.

Hmmmmmm, I wonder what you'd find when you searched Raul's computer.

Pretty good spoof of a CNN news story. Check it out here.

Hmmmmm, I guess there really is a museum for everything. Check out a story about the Icelandic Phallological Museum here.

MONDAY, 3/26/2001, 1:00pm HST by Raul

Well the Oscars (reportedly) sucked, it's damn hot, and there just isn't a whole lot of cool stuff to post right now.

Well conceptually, these things are pretty cool -- PCs contained in model car bodies. They've got Nascar versions and even a Shelby Cobra version. But in practice, these are pretty weak PCs out of the box, and the small casings will eventually restrict the upgrade path. Just can't have your cake and eat it too ...

For those of you too lazy to reach over and reboot your machine, get one of these remote reboot-restart kits. Actually, I think the best use is for those standing-state Windows crashes that you notice happening across the room. You can reboot your computer immediately, without having to be annoyed as you walk all the way over to your tower.

Rats!

HANOI (Reuters) -- Rats are back in season in Vietnam's Mekong Delta, with tonnes being brought to the market daily by rice farmers for sale to bars and restaurants.

SUNDAY, 3/25/2001, 11:58am HST by Penfold
The "Mad PODs" Edition

After last night, we got so many pods, it's silly.

v.

Such a good race today. My favorites, DJ and Rusty, didn't do too well, but who cares...two of the cutest drivers in racing got into a heated spinning battle after the race on pit row. Sigh, if only I were a NASCAR driver, so I could be ran into the wall by such a cutie like Tony Stewart...(hmmmm, hope Penfold doesn't read this, hehe.)

Ed. More like she'd run into the wall all by herself. -Penfold

Hockey Times

Hockey times for this week.

• ESPN-22 Sun, Mar 25, 2001 10:00 PM "St. Louis Blues at Dallas Stars"
• FSWH-21 Mon, Mar 26, 2001 5:30 PM "San Jose Sharks at Los Angeles Kings"
• FSWH-21 Tue, Mar 27, 2001 10:00 AM "San Jose Sharks at Los Angeles Kings"
• ESPN2-23 Tue, Mar 27, 2001 2:30 PM "Buffalo Sabres at Pittsburgh Penguins"
• FSWH-21 Tue, Mar 27, 2001 5:30 PM "Los Angeles Kings at San Jose Sharks"
• ESPN2-23 Tue, Mar 27, 2001 11:00 PM "Buffalo Sabres at Pittsburgh Penguins"
• FSWH-21 Wed, Mar 28, 2001 10:00 AM "Los Angeles Kings at San Jose Sharks"
• ESPN2-23 Wed, Mar 28, 2001 2:30 PM "St. Louis Blues at Detroit Red Wings"
• ESPN2-23 Wed, Mar 28, 2001 5:00 PM "Colorado Avalanche at Edmonton Oilers"
• ESPN2-23 Wed, Mar 28, 2001 11:00 PM "St. Louis Blues at Detroit Red Wings"
• ESPN2-23 Thu, Mar 29, 2001 2:30 PM "Toronto Maple Leafs at Philadelphia Flyers"
• FSWH-21 Thu, Mar 29, 2001 5:30 PM "Columbus Blue Jackets at Los Angeles Kings"
• ESPN2-23 Thu, Mar 29, 2001 11:00 PM "Toronto Maple Leafs at Philadelphia Flyers"
• ESPN2-23 Sun, Apr 1, 2001 1:00 PM "Washington Capitals at Detroit Red Wings"

From a former editor of The Register comes a new online new site called the Inquirer. Not too much there, but might be good soon.

Check this out if you dare.

Yes, she is still around. Find out what Deborah Gibson is up to here.

Pitt's Kovalev got suspended today for 3 games for hitting a ref with the puck. Check out the story here.

The US Supreme Court is going to take up the defense of necessity and medial marijuana. Check it out here. I wrote a 45 page paper on this subject for law school. Sigh, poor me.

SUNDAY, 3/25/2001, 4:00pm HST by Raul

This is something kinda space-agey, and really cool. Metalstorm, Ltd. is developing a 100% electronic gun. That means no moving parts except the bullets, no contentional gunpowder to burn and get dirty, no shells to extract, and no jamming. The Metalstorm site talks mainly about the application of the technology, but this site -- O'dwyer Smartgun -- talks more about the technology and has video of actual firings. Above, apparently, is a multi-barrel (I believe 36-barrel) version of the weapon. With each barrel capable of firing rates of 60,000 rounds per minute, the gun shown effectively fires at a rate of over 1 million rounds per minute.

Well I tried all morning, but I just could not get 3dMark2001 to run on my machine. I updated my drivers to the latest Creative release (6.50), reinstalled DirectX 8, cleaned up my hard drive, shut off all kinds of crap in my system tray. I tried almost everything but the damn program won't stop crashing either before or during the first benchmark test. If I try to run the demo, it puts the monitor to "sleep". Have any of you readers successfully run 3dMark2K1? If so, let me know. Next step for me is to put in a newer reference driver, probably 10.80 or so. But it seems that the 6.50's should work, according to Madonion's tech forums.

Gratuitously ripped from ZZZ: The Pax System is a nice-looking bit of technology that allows for an extra measure of security should one lose a tire at high speed. It looks like a marked improvement over the "stiff sidewall insert" types of runflats, however I can only think these things must be REALLY HEAVY ...

Well Sisoft Sandra, that must-have system profiling suite, has released its 2001 version.