A Little Humor
September 2, 2006 - 10:24 pm - Posted by iDunzo
What do you call a midget clairvoyant that just escaped from prison?
A small medium at large. 
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"It's yet another in a long series of diversions in an attempt to avoid responsibility." - Chris Knight
MAME32 version 0.107 Now Available
July 30, 2006 - 1:32 pm - Posted by iDunzo
Just a quick note for the people who come to download MAME from my site you can now download the latest version of MAME32 version 0.107 from my MAME page.
I’m expecting updated versions of MacMAME (Macintosh) and XMAME (Unix) soon, so keep checking my MAME information section for updates.
If MAME isn’t your game emulator of choice, be sure to check my other emulators page for some great links.
Happy 10th Birthday to the AIM Buddy List
May 31, 2006 - 2:53 pm - Posted by iDunzo
AOL is celebrating the 10th anniversary of the AIM buddy list, touting it as “the original social network.”
To commemorate the event, they’ve produced a Flash timeline that illustrates the evolution of AIM from 1989 to today.
In 1989 AOL introduced consumer instant messaging (IM), pioneering a trend that would change the face of online communications. In addition to email, consumers can now send and receive real time text communications, previously available only on private networks.
In 1996 the AOL Buddy List feature launched on the AOL 3.0 service. This AOL innovation revolutionized IM by letting AOL members organize their “buddies” and see who was online and able to receive messages, jump-starting America’s most powerful online community. While aspects of the feature have been copied by others, AOL’s Buddy List network supports the nation’s largest IM community.
It’s amazing to think how far technology has come in the past 10+ years. I’ve never been an AOL Internet client but I’ve been using the AOL Instant Messaging service for a long time. I still use it now along with Skype, and Google Talk.
If you’d like to IM with me sometime, contact me and I’ll give you my AOL IM, Skype or Google Talk screen names.
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Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator Update
May 18, 2006 - 5:29 pm - Posted by iDunzo
Attention vintage gamers, a few days ago the latest version of MAME was released and it’s now available in my Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator section.
That’s right, I’ve got fresh downloads for you. Come and get them while they’re hot!
A few people were asking for the Windows command line version of MAME, so I’ve added that too.
Mission Impossible III
May 12, 2006 - 11:09 pm - Posted by iDunzo
I’ve been trying to catch a movie with a good friend of mine for a long time and today we finally got to see one.
Mission Impossible III was the movie of choice.
I was trying to remember the story from the second Mission Impossible but all I could remember was Tom’s character Ethan Hunt was on vacation climbing rocks when he gets a message via his sun glasses, so I guess the second one didn’t impress me much.
I had heard good and bad reviews about MI3 but for $6.00 (the early admission price) and the chance to hang with a good friend, I jumped at the opportunity, plus I got to eat some good movie theater junk food.
One of the things that people kept telling me about the movie was Tom Cruise runs a lot and that’s a fact. He does run a lot. Run Forest run!
Over all the movie was good and I’d like to see it again. The only issue I had was some of the crap that happens to Ethan Hunt was really hardcore and he just kept on running… hehe… his back should have been broken half a dozen times.
Philip Seymour Hoffman played a great bad guy named Owen Davian. The line from him that sticks in my head (no pun intended)
We’ve implanted an explosive charge in your head
He was very evil indeed but that’s ok. He did get his head smashed in the end. I’d actually like to see that scene again because before you realized what was going on, it was over.
I did notice one editing goof up in the film. During the interrogation scene when blood is running down Ethan Hunt’s nose, the flow is inconsistent. First there is a long stream, then a short one, then a long one again. It seems someone wasn’t watching in the editing room. It happens. I like trying to find goofs in films, so this is just another reason to go watch it again.
In the end, there was a lot of good action, special effects and suspense, plus it had a decent story line and a few cute girls, so if you haven’t seen it yet, go for it. Let me know your thoughts on the movie as well.
Happy 7th Birthday, Google
September 8, 2005 - 6:39 am - Posted by iDunzo
Google turns seven today. Happy Birthday!
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