Ive always thought that it was fun to see soldiers getting electrocuted by tesla coils in games but when I saw the real thing, I gulped. A Tesla coil is a device to develop very high voltages pioneered by Nicola Tesla over 100 years ago. In its simplest form it is an air cored transformer driven by discharging a high voltage capacitor through a few of the primary turns. This sets up a high frequency resonance in the secondary coil. This resonance occurs between the inductance of the coil and the capacitance of a rounded metal object (typically a donut shaped toroid) and a very high voltage results in streamers directly into the air or sparks to nearby objects. Bla bla bla bla.. Goodness, I dont think we need that much detail. Lets just say that if you get hit, you're COOKED.
Source:http://tesladownunder.com/index.html
Feb 19 2007@ 1930hrs
Lifehouse on Cover Art!
How about this, one of my favourite bands playing a track from another one of my favourite bands. Which sounds better? Im not gonna say cause I love em both. This is Lifehouse playing "Somewhere Only We Know" by Keane. This is a great song and Jason Wade, vocalist for Lifehouse, kicks major ass with this performance. Thanks to Khai for letting me know about it!
Feb 13 2007@ 2030hrs
Naruto: Shinpuuden!
After waiting for almost forever, Part 2 of the Naruto series titled Naruto:Shinpuuden ( Naruto: Hurricane Chronicles) is finnally around the corner!! Airing this 15th will be the continuation of the anime right after the main character, Uzumaki Naruto returns to the village after 2 years of intensive training. Exciting exciting exciting! Now here's the trailer for the upcoming Naruto: Shinpuuden. Cheers!!
Its a big loss not giving this anime a watch. Seriously. =)
Feb 11 2007@ 1600hrs
Dota v6.41 released.
Loads of map optimizations in this latest release..
6.41 Changelog
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* Heavily optimized and reduced map size (2.56 MB -> 1.88 MB)
* -showdeny now shows denies from any player, using the denying player as the color of the "!"
* Purchasing bottle now automatically gets filled up (meaning chicken can buy it for you and have it filled the first time)
* Improved Lion's Mana Drain level 4 a little
* Added a minor cooldown to detonate to prevent some abuses
* Restored boots of speed non-stacking text
* Added extra visual effects to some scepter upgrades as suggested by sagoboi and RilleL (KOTL, Lina, Lion, Ogre Magi, Pugna, QOP, Rhasta, Zeus)
* Restored Headshot's old functionality of triggering on allied creeps
* Fixed a small issue with witchcraft and silence aoe
* Lowered Doom Scepter Upgrade damage
* Fixed Fatal Bonds + Marksmanship bug
* Found a workaround for the old water color engine bug when reloading from saved game
* Fixed bug with the scoreboard when reloading an observer mode game
* -DenyInfo (-di) now sets -cson and -showdeny to true
* Lowered Twin Head Dragon's base damage
* Watchers and Remote Mines no longer prevent neutral spawns
* First towers are invulnerable until first wave comes out (to prevent some abuses in -rd)
* Fixed misc typos
* Fixed a bug with burrow strike
* Lowered mana cost on Amplify Damage
* Lowered Darkness cooldown from 240/210/180 to 240/210/150
* Wrath of Zeus no longer hits all meepos
* Fixed a bug with Stormseeker causing the damage to not increase when leveled until he dies or is hexed
* Scoreboard and Obsboard now show total sent/scourge kills in multiboard
Source:http://www.getdota.com/
Feb 11 2007@ 1500hrs
In retrospect..
Since the very first day, all i could think about was my release date. Im an optimistic person and prefer to think that i am. However everyone knows that optimism can only get you so far. Everyone has their own limit and that limit is called tolerance. I guess tolerance is how strong you can hang on to sanity without losing yourself. Wait, doesnt that then lead to a test of your mental strength? Strength.. Ive heard someone say that strength is to not lose your enthusiasm after consequtive failures. Haaaa.. Ya know, I feel like im travelling along a long dusty road with repeating landscapes. Without any shortcuts, just walk walk and walk. Cant wait to reach the end. 4 more months to ORD.
Jan 30 2007@ 2100hrs
Bleach and Naruto updates.
Reaching out to both Bleach and Naruto fans. Good news! The Bleach anime series has finally gotten back on track. The fillers are finally over and its now based back on its manga storyline. Naruto on the other hand is airing its last filler arc which will end by early February 07. Following that, like Bleach, the Naruto series will too get back on track. Its about tym !!
Learn more about the anime! Click the pics.
Jan 29 2007@ 1200hrs
PSP Firmware 3.03 Downgrader!
The PSP Firmware v3.03 DOWNGRADER has now been released by a group calling themselves the "Noobz" team. The great "Noobz" team has laid up some ground rules:
This downgrader is for v3.03 firmware only. But if you have v2.81 - v3.02, no problem - you can just upgrade to v3.03 to use the downgrader.
You need a copy of the unpatched GTA: Liberty City Stories UMD. No ISOs, no patched UMDs, not Vice City Stories. See here for some info on how to check if your version is patched. The most reliable way : the unpatched disks have the v2.0 firmware update on them.
This downgrader is intended to enable homebrew . Homebrew is NOT the same as piracy. Don't be a thieving loser - buy the games you play.
The downgrader will work on all current PSP hardware (TA-079 - TA-086). Patching of TA-082+ is automatic in the downgrader.
You downgrade at your own risk. There is always a chance of bricking, although we have done everything we can think of to make this process safe.
Full instructions for downgrading are included in the Downgrader_HOWTO.txt file in the ZIP file. Read them carefully!
