OCZ’s Neural Impulse Actuator, The device that you wear on your head and control movements in your game just by your brain waves, jaw and eye movements was reviewed by Tech Report! They say it works as it’s intended to…But you have to train yourself to precisely control it. I kinda feel it’s funny though…Imagine sitting in front of your Monitor, folded hands and staring dumbly at your monitor when playing a Racing Sim/etc. :-\
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Monthly Archive for June, 2008
Well, It’s more or less my Computer Hardware To-Buy List and WHY I need them…I need them _very_ badly though..
- DELL SP2208WFP 22″ Display (Good Response Time and Contrast Ratio). Reason: My 17″ CRT’s workspace is extremely limiting and it started to act weird recently.
- Larger Hard Drive.. Atleast 500GB. Reason: My 3yr old 200GB (186.26GiB) is almost fully filled up.
- 2GB Additional RAM. Reason: Virtualization.
- Better Mouse. Logitech MX518 it will be. Reason: My good ol’ Logitech MX700 Wireless died last year after annoying me (friggin’ batteries, used to lag when gaming and it was quite heavy) for 3 years and I’m using a cheap mouse now :-\
- Good Headphones. Reason: Everybody in my house yell at me when I play/listen to music on my Inspire 5200 5.1 Speakers and my current headphones sound bland.
- Replacement Optical Drive. Reason: My Sony DRU720A has started to gobble up my discs. I have to almost always use the ‘Hard Eject’ button for it to open.
- Comfy Ergonomic Chair. Reason: p41n!
Sadly, I’m a guy who doesn’t earn money yet (yeah yeah.. I know, I should be..) and have to ask my dad for everything. He’s a guy who doesn’t buy my reasons. Oh well.. :-\
Edit: Turning off Comments, This post obviously _is_ a Rant.
Coldplay’s New Album, ‘Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends’ was leaked a few days ago and Well.. It was supposed to be released on 16th June in India. So couldn’t resist to check it out! (Hey! I _will_ be buying the album after it hits the stores).
As with all their previous albums, This album too sounds quite different! The vocals are bit softer on most of the tracks, guitars are distorted in some and contains less synth than their X&Y album. I must say.. It surely sounds great! 
Well, Regarding my promise to myself to stay AFK.. I don’t seem to adhere to it.. I think I need a good kick on my backside. (I _do_ study! But sometimes with some music blaring, I seem to concentrate better when it’s like that..) ..aaaand on a similar note, I think I’m addicted to Metric these days!
So! Our beloved x86 Microprocessor architecture will be 30! It was first introduced on June 8th 1978 as the Intel 8086, was used in IBM 5150 (the first ‘PC’) and the same instruction set is followed even now (more or less) in all the modern Intel/AMD/VIA Microprocessors! Numerous other competing architectures have emerged since…But the x86 doesn’t seem to die!
I was ‘Tagged’ by Santosh, one of my online buddies. Seems ‘Tagging’ is a new game (!?) in which you need to answer a few questions and ‘Tag’ some more people and that goes on. Hmm.. Pretty Interesting I’d say! Lemme Begin..
4 Jobs I’ve Had (in chronological order) [still a student.. d'oh]
Only ‘Job’ I actually had was to design ExperTrio’s design. I’m extremely unreliable, So I don’t think I’ll get another ‘Job’ anytime soon.. Speaking of which, I got reminded about this Homestarrunner toon, I think it’s funny. :-\
4 Movies I Could Watch Over and Over
- Star Wars (Every single episode.. I even know _every_ Darth Vader dialogue)
- The Matrix (Not the sequels though)
- Pulp Fiction (Heh!)
- The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (Who doesn’t like this movie?)
4 Places I’ve Lived (in order)
Bangalore (um.. Bengaluru?) for EVAR!
4 TV Shows I Like
Um.. TV?
4 Favorite Foods
I don’t really have any ‘favorites’.. I usually like having Chapati, Poori & Idlies with some good curry.
I wish I had one of those ACME Instant Food Pill. Which a person swallows, drinks water and Voila! Insta-healthy-balanced-food in his stomach! No need to ‘eat’ anything! (Yay!)
4 Places I’d Rather Be
- Coruscant (Whoa! The ENTIRE planet is just one Big City! *cough*)
- Tokyo, Japan.
- Massachusetts, USA.
- Bangalore, India.
4 People I’m Tagging
Seems every other bloke I know has already been ‘Tagged’.. So this maybe the End. Congratulations! You’ve won 100 Interwebs! Yay!
My end of semester exams coming up next week! I’ll be offline till 12th June. Just thought of leaving a small message! That also means, I will NOT reply to Email and IMs. Also thinking of going on a trekking trip to Dandeli after that! Let me see.. (Damn! It’s off-season from June 16th to Sept 16th! Monsoon.. :-\)