Synthesia 0.6.0 Windows+Mac

Synthesia 0.6.0 Windows+Mac

Yaaaay!

It’s like Guitar Hero, but with a piano instead, and now without the name that sounds like Guitar Hero. 

Minireview: Norton Confidential for OS X

Minireview: Norton Confidential for OS X

HAY GUYZ MY AIRPORT BASE STATION IS TRYING TO HACK ME. LOL GOOD THING I HAD NORTON TO TELL ME ABOUT IT!

I remember Ars before there was Jacqui. Those were good times.

RetailMeNot: BugMeNot for coupon codes

RetailMeNot: BugMeNot for coupon codes

I went to BugMeNot recently and noticed this. Could be handy, especially with its bookmarklet that works the same way as BugMeNot’s (e.g., drag to your bookmarks toolbar, browse to somestore.com, click it, and it brings up any codes for somestore.com).

Fair amount of noise, though, just like BugMeNot.

Nintendo acquires Monolith Soft

Nintendo acquires Monolith Soft

Whoah. Monolith is made up of ex-Square employees. (There seem to be very few Square employees from the good old days still left at Square.)

Yeah, so I didn’t really love Xenosaga, but I still think they Monolith has potential. Or maybe I just want to believe. 

Piano Hero is now Synthesia

Piano Hero is now Synthesia

I was hoping for ‘Piano Protagonist’. Oh well.

Mac version on the 30th.

Why Are T1 Lines Still Expensive?

Why Are T1 Lines Still Expensive?

My freshman year roommate told me he had a T1 line going into his home. I asked why he would want that if he could have faster and cheaper cable modem. He insisted that T1 was much faster, despite my attempts to explain things like Mbps to him. (I realise there’s an argument to be made for guaranteed reliability vs. best-effort. It doesn’t apply to someone like him.)

I later found out he just made up the whole thing, like he made up a lot of the things he said. I still don’t understand why.

StarCraft 2 is Coming

StarCraft 2 is Coming

Exciting, even for a casual player such as myself.

Probably won’t run well on my computer, though. :( That’s why I prefer the idea of console gaming.

Update : I guess this was a bit premature. Oh well, someday.

Taiko Drum Master coming to Nintendo DS

Taiko Drum Master coming to Nintendo DS

Wow, how is that going to work? Hmm… dual styluses as drumsticks?

InterfaceLIFT: Wallpaper

InterfaceLIFT: Wallpaper

Really really nice desktop backgrounds.

Le papier, pour le gagner!

Le papier, pour le gagner!

—A French e-voting “catastrophe” (discussion)