Team Fortress 2 Meets Left4Dead
Saturday, June 27, 2009
What would happen if Team Fortress 2 and Left4Dead met? Here's what I think it would look like (click the image for larger version).
A Scout being taken apart by a Hunter.
A Heavy takes on a horde, but may have met his match with a Tank approaching.
The Smoker wins the long range class battle over the Sniper.
A sentry versus an incoming horde.
I know there's clearly better Photoshoppers out there so if you made your own, post them in the comments or email them to hiddendecoy at yahoo dot com and I'll compile and post them all.
Labels: l4d, left4dead, photoshop, team fortress 2, tf2
posted by Anthony @ 3:16 PM,
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Iranian Elections and Protests
Monday, June 15, 2009
It's unbelievable to follow what's happening in Iran between the images and video footage that have been coming out. I've been following it mostly here.
The shear numbers that have been out to protest have been incredible. Hopefully the violence stays to a minimum, but according to the information coming out of Iran, it only seems to escalating. Moussavi is said to make a speech 4PM Iranian time to address the opposition to Ahmadinejad. That will definitely be a speech to decide the direction of where the protests will turn.
Just take a look at the videos in that blog and you'll see bits of what's happening mostly in the capital and said similar protests in cities around the country.
This very well could be a turning point for Iran if there's enough show from the people to believe that the country does not believe the elections were valid. All I can hope is that the people of Iran get the freedom and privileges they deserve.
(Image from GETTY)
Labels: Ahmadinejad, elections, freedom, iran, Moussavi, protest, violence
posted by Anthony @ 1:11 AM,
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Photo Week - Lake Tahoe
Thursday, June 11, 2009
In typical fashion I post whenever I remember, but here's the continuation of photo week. After a week on spring break in Lake Tahoe and its absolutely beautiful scenery, these are my two favorite pictures I took. The one above is while traveling the road around the lake and the one below is up close along the beach, which is no easy task getting that far down.
Labels: lake tahoe, photo week, picture
posted by Anthony @ 10:36 PM,
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Another Great WebComic
Sunday, June 7, 2009
Along with xkcd I've found a new comic that's been really funny in a strange way in some cases. AmazingSuperPowers has had quite a few good ones over their 163 comics. Here's a few that I found really funny.
1st Person Shooter
Homebrew
Where Is He?
Labels: amazingsuperpowers, comic, funny, great, webcomic, xkcd
posted by Anthony @ 11:33 PM,
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TechCrunch Tablet - CrunchPad
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
For a little over the last two months, TechCrunch has been slowing releasing details of their prototype for a tablet and while the initially visuals looked great, it remained to be seen if they could actually make it. Already there's photos leaked and now posted by TechCrunch of the newest release and it looks amazing (shown above).
Through their videos they released more specifications and it sounds to me like they have the hardware to support a great product. A bit later they added the updated prototype images.
It's a 12" screen with an Intel Atom processor and from the earlier prototype, 4GB of flash memory for its storage. It remains to be seen how much of that space is taken up by the operating system (Ubuntu Linux), browser (Firefox) and what else it may have on board. Hopefully it'll become equipped for adding more flash memory (SD/SDHC) which could be used for the device doubling as a multimedia platform (music and videos).
In addition, it has a camera which can be seen in the initial picture on the right side as well as a accelerometer to switch views from landscape to vertical viewing. If you hadn't noticed, there's no keyboard and in the demo, shows the virtual keyboard that it uses.
Off the bat, the immediate concern is if that 12" LCD touch screen can last a reasonable amount of time on battery life especially in something that thin. The Asus Eee's 10" inch screen lasts 9.5 hours so it's possible, but that computer isn't even close to being that thin with the monitor included. In the initial demo, it said it had been running for a few hours, but hadn't been tested to its limit.
The pad ran smoothly Hulu and YouTube streams so it looks like those components are in place and done well. It is purely running off of a wi-fi card which is nice and all, but keeping in mind the Amazon Kindle has a Sprint network card which allows it to have much better connectivity than having to find a free open hotspot when on the go. That feature could be a Kindle killer if it ends up being in there.
Lastly comes the price point. TechCrunch initially stated that they wanted to get the price to $200, but would most likely end up being priced closer to $300. Comparing that to what is currently on the market with the Kindle priced at $300 (6" black and white display) and the current netbooks that are out there, the most popular being the Asus Eee at between $300 and $400 (10" display).
Now there's more to compare than just the display size especially when there are other features each one has that the others don't.
Asus Eee addition features: 160GB HD, bluetooth, full keyboard
Amazon Kindle: Sprint card with free internet access to Wikipedia, electric paper display
So depending on your style, it can vary what you want, but overall (so far) the size and portability of the CrunchPad seems very favorable over those two. I'm a big fan of Amazon's network card in the Kindle and that could very well be a factor for me to buy the CrunchPad.
With the rumors of Apple getting into the netbook market (and already having the iPhone tap a bit of that market) and how Asus Eee's selling very well, it's definitely a clear sign that the computer market is moving to the netbook arena and look out to see more of these pop up.
Here's the images of the latest prototype.
Personally, I'm really looking forward to seeing the CrunchPad in action and if the price does stay under $300, I'm all ears.
Labels: asus, crunch, crunchpad, free crunchpad, ipod, kindle, tablet, tech, techcrunch
posted by Anthony @ 8:55 PM,
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Photo Week - Emergency Exit
I've had some spare time on my hands and went through all of the pictures I've taken to post a few of my favorite.
This is one of the strangest things I've seen (click the image to see the original larger version). It's on the back of the old Purdue heating and power plant. I've wanted to search around that building just to see the lead up to that door. Hopefully some Purdue employee has a sense of humor and has Emergency Exit written on it. I can't imagine why it's there, but I'm glad it is.
Labels: door to nowhere, emergency exit, power plant, purdue
posted by Anthony @ 6:30 PM,
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