Half Way Through 2006

Trejkaz — Mon, 03 Jul 2006 10:24:00 +1000

I haven’t posted for a while, so I thought I might owe the few readers I have, a bit of an update to give some kind of poor excuse for my lack of posting recently.

The media centre is basically complete, with the operating system installed and bits of MythTV already working. A PVR-150 card has been ordered for video capture, which comes with its own IR receiver, so I should be able to get some kind of agreement going between my universal remote and LIRC.

I ordered the PVR card some time ago, but it went on back-order so I don’t know exactly when it will be arriving. I have been putting off actually plugging things in yet though, because nothing is worse than having to disconnect and reconnect a piece of home entertainment equipment – that cabinet is just not meant to be touched, ever. I did measure things up though, and the unit fits in the cabinet with just enough space to breathe.

Gaming-wise, I have been playing through Metroid Prime: Hunters. The game isn’t exactly challenging per se (I haven’t met a hunter yet who was a problem to kill – the sniping one was the hardest so far, mainly because they kept going invisible) but finding the right direction to go is a major issue at the current point in time. I don’t want to use a walkthrough, but if I can’t get anywhere in another hour or so I’ll probably be forced to.

I’ve also been pushing through Super Monkey Ball Touch & Roll

But most of my time over the past several weeks has been sunk into a certain anime series which has crawled into my brain and stuck there, poking around to see how I will react. I think I’ve watched certain episodes eight times over now, so maybe it will burn out at some point in time. Unfortunately I don’t know which will burn out first – my brain, or my interest in the series. In the meantime, I have some t-shirts to make.

Trypticon: Half Way Through 2006

Half Way Through 2006