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Blackberry – Mixing 2 or More Sounds Together (Concept Video) {09-02-2010}

An Audio Issue One thing that I (and many others judging by forum posts) have run into is the fact that the Blackberry isn’t very good at mixing more than one sound together. You’ll be listening to music, or playing a game with music, and suddenly you’ll get a text message, and it will simply [...]

Shredz64 – Video of New Bonus Track “Still Alive (Portal Credits)” {09-01-2010}

With Valve releasing Portal 2 fairly soon, and after realizing a SID version of “Still Alive (Portal Credits)” existed, I realized I had no choice but to make it a bonus track and post a video of it in action. This and all tracks are available at Synthetic Dreams. (PS – If you haven’t played [...]

Blackberry Programming: Increasing Video Speed Through Prerendering {08-28-2010}

A Problem of Efficiency As I finishing up the full version of Galactic Blast (screenshots on this soon, its a fully fleshed out game inspired by the demo, to be released on App World) – I ran into an issue in a strange area. The animation was smooth throughout the game, except oddly enough, on [...]

Shredz64 – New Disk Images and Firmware Posted {08-28-2010}

For those who want to download the NTSC or PAL version of Shredz64, I updated the disk images available online to include the latest track selection. Additionally, the link on the blog to the PSX64 firmware now points to version 1.1, the latest update which incorporates the macro and speed fixes. For archival purposes, I’ve [...]

Shredz64 – Core Track Set Update {08-23-2010}

Just a quick update – I’ve made the following updates: Replaced the Zak Mckracken remix with the Bombo theme as one of the 10 tracks included in Shredz64 Since there are now a couple versions of Shredz64 out there (the original had the Stairway Intro as a track, others had the Zak remix, and the [...]

Shredz64 – New Track Available {08-22-2010}

First off, lots more sales of boards this week, thanks to everyone for their interest and support! Also, there is a new download track available on the Synthetic Dreams website – Bombo by Ben Daglish. We’ve gotten a lot of feedback from people that the game difficulty is quite high, so I was sure to [...]

Shredz64 and PSX64 Updates {08-13-2010}

Due to quite a bit of interest and positive support, I’ve tried to kick my butt back in gear and start producing more PSX64 boards, as well as update Shredz64 a bit. We’ve been popping up in a few expos and meetups, including TNMOC’s Vintage Computer Festival 2010 at Bletchley Park, VCF East, SC3 Arcade [...]

Best Modern Practices – Cisco MDS 9000 (Fibre Channel) – Part 2 {07-12-2010}

Back to Part 1… Use Your MDS to Its Full Potential! If you’ve taken some time looking through all the thousands of things NX-OS and Fabric Manager can do, you’ll know that the MDS line is amazingly powerful. I’m totally a CLI guy, and I do most of the basic switch configuration in NX-OS, but [...]

Best Modern Practices – Cisco MDS 9000 (Fibre Channel) – Part 1 {07-12-2010}

We recently got a pair of shiny new Compellent SANs at work – both a primary and DR setup which replicate to each other. Seriously awesome stuff (Sales pitch mode – I don’t work for Compellent, but they make an amazing product, and Data Progression in the bomb. Check them out if your organization is [...]

Website News – WordPress Update {07-12-2010}

I took an hour out last night and upgraded the site to WordPress 3.0. While outward appearance wise, nothing much should change, the admin interface is drastically different (and improved). If you’re running your own WordPress site and haven’t made the jump to 3.0 yet, don’t hesitate – it’s worth it.

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