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Gear
June 2nd, 2007This is a list (So far still in progress) over the gear I use for my music production, that I own and/or have participated in building/modding.
My Gameboys
Here’s a complete list of my Gameboys:
- Gameboy color
One yellow and olive green. The olive green has a failed ProSound modification done. - Gameboy pocket
Two yellow ones. One is working, the other was found in the trash, was filled with dust, and looked like a dog had chewed it. - Gameboy classic (Aka “grey bricks” or DMG-001’s)
4-5 partially working grey colored ones in pieces.
1 yellow with backlight and inverted screen. (See image below)
2 transparent ones with LEDs inside. This is a nifty mod wher I’ve put green and red light emmitting diodes inside the case, which shines through the case and gives a nice aura. This works especially well when playing live on stage in a dark room. (: (See images above) - Gameboy advance
One purple transparent GBA which is not working, probably becaus eI washed the scratched screen with acetone. (Ooooops!)
One red GBA SP with a broken screen, found in the trash. Might be able to do something that doesn’t need a screen if I can build a working LPT multiboot cable that doesn’t fall apart after one week.
Veqtor’s gray GBA SP, also with a broken screen, same remark as above.
PC’s
Used for whatever people use PC’s for, except for gaming, except for emulated NES and SNES games.
- Intel Celeron, 468 MHz
Not a typo, it shouldn’t say 486, and it shouldn’t be 450 or 500 MHz. This one is overclocked to this odd clock frequency. Mainly used for FT2 tracking before I discovered Milky. - Dual Pentium III, 500 MHz
An old server box, that I use as a client. Not much to say about except that 500 MHz + 500 MHz doesn’t generally mean 1 GHz. (Although when running parellell tasks, it’s pretty smooth) - Thinkpad 600E, Pentium III, 702 MHz
This is one overclocked and upgraded little bitch. I replaced and overclocked the CPU in it, upgraded the hard drive, and replaced various parts.
(See images above)Also see also this blog post for my recent problems with it.
Mr 386 (Toshiba T2000SX)
This old computer serves an e-mail subscription computer for microdisko’s newsletter. The e-mail addresses are magically transferred wirelessly onto the huge scene.org servers. (Alternatively, I just put a floppy in it and copy the files that way) It also made a guest appearance as a lotto number drawing machine on the 8-bit operators Kraftwerk compilation release party at microdisko. Related youtube links: http://youtube.com/watch?v=U6TdF2uy36w and http://youtube.com/watch?v=ffRGeYheY34
Other computers
- C64
The breadbox model. Used a couple of times for Prophet 64. I also used it to play Ball blazer, one of my favourite C64 games. (Also got a great loader tune) - Atari 1040 STfm
Used for some maxYMizer tracking. Mostly collecting dust at the moment. - Amiga 500
Found in the trash, without hard drive or power supply. ):
Collecting dust. );
DIY electronics
Pictures and more info coming at a later date
- Dual Atari Punk Console
- Gameboy Ounk Console
- Tone Bender, modded guitar effect pedal
- Tube Screamer, modded guitar effect pedal
Towel Day!
May 25th, 2007Tomorrow (Friday, May 25) is Towel Day. For those of you who don’t know, Towel Day is an annual day of memorial to Douglas Adams, author of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. The idea is that you should carry a towel over your shoulder all day, in the unlikely event that the earth would vanish into thin vacuum. For a knowledgeable hitchhiker knows that a towel is all you need to get around in the Galaxy. Ideally the towel is decorated with the number 42, so that super computers and mice will have nothing to worry about except finding the question.
Click the banner below to visit the official Towel Day home page.
A couple of side notes too:
I just added a so called “oneliner” to lw.ls.la (Inspired by pouët.net) which is a simple chat system. lw.ls.la is my home box, so if it eats to much traffic, I may decide to take it down. Until that happens, if it happens, please feel free to drop a line. what I like best about it is the algorithm that takes your IP address and translates it into two colored blocks.
http://lw.ls.la/index.php
I also want to give a little push to my image board on AnonIB. If you have pictures related to Gameboys and such things, upload them there.
http://www.anonib.com/gbgenius/
09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0 has actually dropped from 1610000 to 1200000 results. Are people getting scared by the DMCA, are people tired of the hype, was the higher number just a flux in Google’s counting? Nobody knows.
I also received the news that the work on compiling the tracks for the first OXO Unlimited compilation is almost done. The track order and other details will be decided upon on Sunday, but it’s a fact that my track will be the first one on the CD! More news about that on Monday!
A whole PC in a DMG case
May 10th, 2007
I was hesitating to post about this thing. After all this guy is butching an innocent Gameboy to do this thing. But on the other hand it’s a cool thing, and honestly one that I’d like to own. (Although it’s not as cool as the NES mini, a whole NES, fitted into the size of a NES controller)
Also the activity LEDs in different colors reminded me of my own yellowboy with one red and on black button.
The miniature PC is based on the Via EPIA PX10000G motherboard, a board of the Pico-ITX standard. Even though the small size, it houses connections for VGA, as well as USB and ethernet. One of the USB ports is placed in a very good spot: Where the link port used to be. People often ask me about my classic Gameboys if that port is for firewire (!) They never saw that port on their own GB’s, appearantly because it’s usually covered with a piece of plastic to protect the machine from dust.
The PC lacks a hard drive, and uses CF cards for storage instead. CF uses the same or almost the same interface as IDE, as far as I know, meaning that you could probably attach IDE drives to it with a little tinkering.
In its current shape, the CF card appearantly stores the OS. The guy is using Windows XP embedded for the purpose, but I’d like to try some flavor of Linux, or possibly Lunix. (No, I’m not serious, I just like to drop that link)
Story chain: Engadget » Plastic Bamboo » Japanese original page
So a little report about the 09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0 business. At the moment, it’s at 1720000 results, closing in to two millions. Also, digg has decided not moderate articles and comments containing the code. (Which I didn’t discover until today, more than a week too late) And here’s an article about a novel way of expressing the digits, with all the implications involved.
“Takedown This!”
That’s all for today. I’m Joanne and this is Ro… Wait, not really.
Also, 58.70.6.xx-san from Japan (Later using the IP 60.56.165.xx) Please leave a comment! I see that you have reloaded my page a lot or something. I also see that you are an Opera user, just like me. Reveal yourself!
More Tetris comics
April 30th, 2007I have this nifty visitor tracking system, that lets me see how people browsing my blog came here. And since I’m already high up in Google’s rank, possibly because I’m situated under 8bitcollective.com, I get quite a few search engine referrals. Moste people who come here search for something things related to Gameboys, for example Gameboy circuit bending, but appearantly one person got here just a few minutes ago by googling for tetris comic. And I will take this opportunity to show what else among the results.
A comic taking on a more philosophical view of Tetris. (Made by Kristen Gudsnuk and originally posted here.) Update: Kristen left a comment and informed me that he (she?) only drew the falling block, while someone called “Terminal” put it in the celestial context it’s in in the picture. Did I get it right?
It has the rather long title: “Tetris Can Mean A Lot Of Things But It Cannot Define The True Meaning Of Life Because The Answer Is Impossible Since The Answer To Life Is Tetris Itself”
I also found scans of original feature comics from Nintendo Power, published some 15-20 years ago. Look at the bottom for a three page comic and a pretty good beginner’s tutorial to the game. (I never saw that guide, but I still learnt those strategies all by myself)
The Howard & Nester Comics Archive
I also found an entertaining japanese video, where some guy plays Tetris from hell. He just can’t get it right. (;
If you’re a Tetris lover, this is a must-see.
“Tetris” Is Japanese For Comic Gold - Kotaku
And oh yeah, I will do a photo tutorial on how to make a ledboy, when I make the blue one, I promise. The nothing can stop me, I have a Gameboy RGB pixel! (*Moahahahaha*)
Hej ni från Medis :D
April 8th, 2007This Swedish post was meant for a couple of guys I met on a subway station. For you English speakers, this blog will mainly be in English, and anything of interest in this post will be covered later on in the blog.
Chansen finns att ni faktiskt går in på sidan, hehe. Antingen tycker ni detta är skitcoolt, eller att jag är jättetöntig. (Eller både och bara att ni inte vågar erkänna det första.)
Vad ska jag göra med det genomskinliga påskägget, då? Jo jag har byggt en sån här:
… som låter så här.
Och en sån ska jag alltså bygga i påskägget. Varför i ett genomskinligt påskägg? Jo, jag gillar genomskinliga saker eftersom man kan bygga in lysdioder i dem, som lyser så snyggt. Kolla bara på mina Gameboys, som jag gör musik med:
Så, lämna gärna en kommentar nu, så jag vet att ni hittade rätt. (: (Och sen kan ni fortsätta flina)
The mandatory first post
April 7th, 2007It took me a while to start this blog. I have a couple of abandoned blog behind me, and I hope this one will persist. This one is supposed to be my personal blog about things like my musical interest and my technical interest in Gameboys, my interest in circuit bending and other experimental arts. And not to forget my newfound interest in Animé.
Whenever I feel like I will put a little information about me, a discography, maybe some pictures, more links, you get the point. But right now I feel tired, and will go to bed soon.
I will take this opportunity to thank these people for their support:
- Jose Torres of 8bitcollective.com for letting me use this sudomain.
- Sebastian K of nic-nac-project, for the hosting and the shell account. (You can get one too, at the cost of a postcard and a stamp, just follow the instructions at the page!)
- Mattias Wirf of XODA, for releasing this template under a CC-Share Alike license. (The only change I’ve done to it is adding my Gameboy to background, and the modified theme is licensed under the same license, and you may use the image given that you credit XODA and me for it)
That’s all for now, over and out!
