Last week, Penny Arcade let loose a rumour that Nintendo were going to announce something big at E3… something big that wasn’t going to be just another (amazing) game title. Soon after, some guys on the GameFAQs Gamecube Message Board sussed out that this was related to display peripherals.
Designed for the education market Apple today released the eMac. Featuring a 17” monitor, and 700mhz G4 processor this could be a big hit in it’s target market. It’s a shame Apple can’t bring a 17” iMac to the normal user on the street like all those rumors had suggested. Insanely Great Mac have an interesting take on the story.
It’s often said that scientists have little taste in aesthetics, so it should come as no surprise when a budding tech slave, Yoshi DeHerrera, comes up with something as ugly as this: Yoshi’s Boxx. Basically it’s a collection of nextgen consoles and a custom PC with random factor Atari 2600 and NES thrown in there to fill the empty space. The fact that he’s put a custom PC and an Xbox in the same box strikes me as a waste of space - he could have fit a Dreamcast, Saturn and Megadrive in there instead!
The Long Bets Foundation turns the less-than-noble pursuit of gambling to noble ends with it’s focus on long-term forward planning for the good of mankind and our environment. It encourages the refinement of critical thought by asking those on both sides of the debates to put their money where their mouth is.
If Quiter is to be believed then tomorrow Japanese Gamecube magazine Dengeki will reveal the existence of previously unannounced Mario and Zelda games from Nintendo. If true it will mean that Gamecube will be seeing 2 Mario and 2 Zelda games within the next year.
I’ve said recently that I’ve been extremely impressed with Mozilla 0.9.9 on OSX, and that it’s now my default browser. Well, Mozilla 1.0 Release Candidate 1 has just been unveiled and we’re one step closer to the full release of Mozilla 1.0. I’m just off to download it, if anyone else has done so already post some comments on how it looks..
Apple has released the latest point upgrade to OSX, check in Software Update for the 2.2mb download.
I was searching for a link to an excellent Bergeresque documentary by Piers Plowright called Ways of Hearing which I just watched on BBC4 when I came across BBCi Experimental Music.
Someone has discovered a one of a kind ‘Stealth Mac’ in a barn in Boulder Creek, California.