Advance Wars: Dual Strike (NDS): Teh best game evar.
Kirby Canvas Curse (NDS): Innovative and fun… but like with most kirby games… I’m not sure why.
Meteos (NDS): Cool (like Rez + Tetris + Smash Brothers) but gameplay is let down by the fact that there is a “cheap” way to play that is very effective; It’s almost like a fighting game in which button bashing pays off.
Resident Evil 4 (GCN): Excellent, but voice for the guy who sells you stuff is really corny “so, whatcha buuuyyin’?”
Killer 7 (GCN): … yeah… I don’t really get it… but I haven’t played it much yet.
I wanted to check out the current work on Antiquities and had to go through a few hoops to get the J2ME Wireless Toolkit (J2ME WTK) working on my home machine (Ubuntu, Hoary). I figured that I’d post a (very) brief run-down to save everyone else some time.
Ubuntu is a debian-based distribution and Java support is hampered due to the restrictive Java license. There is some support for older versions of Java (1.1), but not for the more recent version we need in order to use the J2ME WTK.
The most recent version of the J2ME WTK available for Linux is 2.2. You will need to have the Java2 Standard Edition (J2SE) SDK installed before you can install the J2ME WTK. The most recent version of J2SE available for Linux is 5.0, but it is incompatible with the J2ME WTK 2.2. Rather, you need to install 1.4.2.
I found the easiest thing to do is to install the J2SE SDK in a non-system directory (such as your home directory). When installing J2ME WTK, you can input this path for the J2SE SDK. I also used a non-system directory for the J2ME WTK installation.
After it is up and running, you can get Antiquities out of Subversion and place it in the “apps” subdirectory of wherever you chose to install the J2ME WTK. If you’d like to check Antiquities out elsewhere, just create a symbolic link within the “apps” subdirectory.
Just a few closing notes. There are some instructions on the Ubuntu wiki detailing how to create a Debian package from the SUN J2SE binary, but these instructions are only for the 5.0 version (which is incompatible anyway). The future looks bright though, the next version of Ubuntu (Breezy) will have open source Java 1.4 packages.
Heidi and I were at Morning Glory in Chinatown a few days ago and these novelty waste paper bins caught our eye:
Not really because they stood out from the other novelty items in the store, but more due to the description on the packaging:
Much like many other slogans we’ve seen (such as a character called “Sodomi”… printed on the back of cute underwear), this seems a little too convenient.
Has anyone seen this flash animation and had a sinking feeling that they’d seen it all before?
The audio was ripped from a first-gen Playstation2 game called “Summoner”. I remember in my honours year, Ben brought in his (brand new!) PS2 and showed it to us. Yes, it was funnier the first time.
Update: According to milkandcookies, both use audio by “the Dead Alewives, a Wisconsin-based comedy troupe.”
The Internet is a great thing and useful in many ways, but is it really the cure all (for our social and personal problems) that many hoped it would become?
I’ve always been optimistic about the possible impact of the Internet on the world at large. How could you ignore starving children when the Internet brings them to your doorstep? If nobody understands you in your neighbourhood, maybe someone on the Internet will?
I’m not quite sure what happened. Misinformation is rampant. Racists find justification for their wack ideas. People still use AOL. Advertising still rules. Independent product reviews are modified by the website they are submited to as to not upset their sponsors. Fox just bought millions in Internet stock. IGN is going public. What is going on?
Anyhow, rather than give up all hope. I figured that I’d try a simple test. We’ve all heard stories, but can you find love on the Internet? First stop: google. First hit: “the love calculator”. Hmmm… I put in my name… and my girlfriend’s name… 13%. Crap. Okay, what about first and last names… 95%. Pretty good.
Still at the website… I’m a gamer geek, so I have to try this… my name… “Nintendo DS”… 99%.
OMG. I’m not sure what to draw from this. Does it restore my faith in the Internet? Somewhat. It reminds me of all the stupid things that are on the Internet because someone wanted it there. I suppose that alone is good enough for me. The world will have to take care of itself.
I’ve had some weird sleeping patterns recently. After working on the weekend, stressing out and not sleeping properly for days, I fell asleep watching tv with Heidi at 8:30pm Monday night and didn’t wake until almost 9am this morning. I figured that my body was telling me something and decided to take it easy for a little bit.
The other odd thing this morning was that I got a call from Phil. He and Ryan are attending some Apple developer workshop/conference in Sydney. I met up with him for lunch and then again for dinner. He also stopped by and had a look around ViSLAB. I showed him how we have a bar fridge full of coke and easy access to Daytona and frozen coke. He was suitably impressed. 🙂
