lunaticism.

Sennheiser CX 300 earphones GET. These days when I listen to...

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 11:45:00 +0200

Sennheiser CX 300 earphones GET. These days when I listen to music, I’m on the go like 90% of the time, so I figured it was time to drop the horrible buds that came bundled with the iPod. Headphones aren’t nearly as portable, so I bought a pair of CX 300s on eBay for about $40 shipped. Audio quality is good, bass level sounds about right and they block a lot of outside noise.

Gentoo is Rice

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 00:09:00 +0200

Gentoo is Rice:

Oh please, for the love of jebus, tell me you don’t think that is an actual valid CFLAGS setting. You undesrtand that -march implies -mcpu right? I sure as hell hope so.

Gentoo people are the tourettest asshats of the whole GNU/Linux community; this website is filled with authentic quotes by bearded ricers.

To me, an extra 0.1% performance increase, even if I am only imagining it to be faster, is certainly worth one day a week recompiling all of the latest packages from source code.

Exactly the same attitude as the HIGHER BITRATE SOUNDS BETTER ALTHOUGH I’LL NEVER DO AN ABX TEST crowd. Fun reading.

Got one of these as a summer bonus from work on Wednesday; an...

Fri, 07 Aug 2009 00:36:00 +0200

Got one of these as a summer bonus from work on Wednesday; an almost brand new Nintendo DSi! Thanks, boss. Neat stuff.

The DSi’s larger size makes it better to hold, I won’t have my hand cramp up after a longer play session again. Buttons are now again clicky, unlike the mushy shit Nintendo put in the DS Lite. Console design is based off the Lite, but it’s been polished all over, and that does make a difference for the overall impression. Menus feel less like 2004, and is some kind of Wii meets DS mashup. You can reboot instead of poweroff to get back to the menu, and the console is able to detect when you insert/remove DS carts (in the menu). Then there’s the online shop, where you can download small games and apps called DSiWare, but the European offerings so far are pathetic. After some consideration I went with WarioWare: Snapped!, which can be beaten in a few minutes, but at least puts the cameras to some use. The price? 500 Points, which costs 5 EUR. Maybe I’ve been spoiled by XBLA, but that’s a lot of money for a few minutes of entertainment. On the whole I don’t really care for the cameras as I’d rather use my DSLR than a DSi when playing paparazzi.

If you’re in the market for a DS, the DSi is probably the best you’ll get, if you’re willing to lose GBA support. As for DS Lite owners, I’d say you guys should be very interested in DSiWare to justify upgrading.

I’ve moved from Tumblr to self-hosting with Chyrp. There...

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 01:50:00 +0200

~~I’ve moved from Tumblr to self-hosting with Chyrp. There are several reasons, the main one being the ability to control features and similar myself.~~

~~Please come visit free from form! That’s where further updates will appear!!! All old content from here has been migrated over there, but I will be keeping this account around either way.~~

June 2009 top five tracks

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 01:31:00 +0200

Alek Szàhala - Voices of Babylon
Substanced - Freeform Mercury
Carbon Based & DJ Rx - Biomechanoid
DJ Rx - Hellfire (Betwixt & Between Remix)
Ultraform - I Feel

This was intended to be published a lot earlier. I’d actually started a draft almost halfway back in June, but as things got busy with work and shit going on. Yeah, bad excuses all over again!!

Voices of Babylon was on the Proteus mix album released on Masif, so I finally got to hear it, and it’s flawless. Alek is a god at what he does, and his magic touch is still all over the place. Now I’ve got my fingers for an unmixed version to appear in the FINRG shop. Freeform Mercury is Substanced’s most intense track released yet, and it’s offered for free in the FINRG downloads section (along with a load of other recent Hybridize tracks), thanks to PlasmaDancer for spreading the word about them. Also look out for Ultraform, his track I Feel (also from the Proteus mix) mixes hard trance with a schranz-ish bass and makes for a really cool sound; definitely the darkest tunes I’ve heard from a Swedish artist. The guy’s got his first album Sense Your Mind up for free here, so checking him out won’t hurt your wallet!

Yahoo Games: Innovative Nintendo game help system to debut this year

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:50:10 +0200

Yahoo Games: Innovative Nintendo game help system to debut this year:

Rather than forcing players to comb the web for cheat codes and walkthroughs, the new help system is built directly into the game. If a player gets stuck, they’ll have the option to pause play and allow the game to take over and play itself through any rough patches. Once they’re out of the woods, players can hop back in and continue playing.

SO CLEVER THAT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF FUN. Now you don’t even need to play Nintendo games anymore, just put the auto pilot on. Seriously, those guys have lost all my respect.

"The long dark nights during the winter and the 24/7 bright time during the summer time. I think that..."

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:57:39 +0200

“The long dark nights during the winter and the 24/7 bright time during the summer time. I think that this reflects the music. We have two very different seasons and feelings that come with this… it produces different sounds and emotions when we’re making our tracks. It just felt right to do it this way. I mean, why do just dark, or uplifting, when you can embrace both styles and do them within your sounds…”

- DJ Rx

Recently did my very first digital music purchases, after...

Sat, 20 Jun 2009 17:04:28 +0200

Recently did my very first digital music purchases, after figuring out how to use the iTunes gift card I got for Christmas. There’s a decent amount of FINRG releases up there, my first snatch was DJ Rx’s remix of the ThermalForce classic Eternalcannon. While I prefer the original, Rx has added lots of breaks and the overall feel is really cool. Alek Száhala (Dryad Machine!!!), Epyx & Cyrez and other Rx tracks were of course also on my list of stuff to get.

Guess lately I’ve been all about FINRG artists, especially Pain on Creation (although their mastering seems to be really off). Carbon Based produced some awesome shit as well. Then there’s the rest of the Hybridize crew to dig through. Good things there’s so much music to play even though the genre is really narrow!

Gonna do a June “top five tracks” type of post at the end of the month, and the number one spot is clear as the sky is blue!! …which it isn’t right now, but the point stands either way.

Waiting for public transport sucks so hard. Would’ve died...

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 22:56:00 +0200

Waiting for public transport sucks so hard. Would’ve died of boredom ages ago if portable audio players didn’t exist. On the other hand, my attention span isn’t much to brag about. Either way, long live technology.

Oh man. I really went over a month without any updates? Things...

Sat, 06 Jun 2009 04:37:00 +0200

Oh man. I really went over a month without any updates? Things have been busy lately, and I kept spending idle time in front of the TV instead of the computer. Summer’s here, hopefully I’ll save up some money, and also keep this thing alive!!

Things I’ve done without previous mention:

made my Finnish “”“contact”“” reship the Hakkapeliitta album from FINRG’s store to me because their international shipping fees were ridiculous
got an iPod from my parents, which has been in use every day since
max’d the game purchase cap (new: OutRun Online Arcade, Burnout Paradise, Banjo-Tooie), what happens next I do not know. hopefully I’ll let things stay this way. actually until just now I thought I’d broken it
bought a DSLR camera from one of the largest electronics chains in Norway, which I have yet to receive more than a month after the date of purchase
had the goddamned Wii GPU overheat, gotta replace it
got a replacement for the phone that died last year, but it sucks so much i used it for a few days only before abandoning the piece of shit
ate yakiniku again (uho-)
imported the new Proteus album from Australia
watched almost five whole seasons of Stargate SG-1
beat the SNES games Aladdin and The Lion King, both for the first time, in one single gaming session
moved to a new (and larger) apartment
passed my Japanese class
??? (probably more shit I’ve forgotten)

Sorry for the boring wall of text, it’s been so long. Did anyone miss my updates? At least… I did!

My own little tree, straight from IKEA. It’s the tiny Deku...

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 23:43:08 +0200

My own little tree, straight from IKEA. It’s the tiny Deku tree! Just wait, one day it’ll grow huuuuge.

Clothes are expensive as fuck. Not so much in China. I’ve...

Sun, 12 Apr 2009 00:11:00 +0200

Clothes are expensive as fuck. Not so much in China. I’ve been doing 90% of electronics and games related purchases from HK for years, why not do my clothes shopping there as well?

With the help of a middleman service, I’ve placed orders on thirteen different items on major Chinese auction sites not too different from eBay. My main problem is that I know no Chinese at all, the only character I’ve deciphered so far is 高 which means high - and so I know basically nothing about what to search for. But it’s not like a small problem like that’d stop me!

Just look at the cool Mickey Mouse beanie above, oh man!! Accidently stumbling upon that made me search for Goofy, after which I found some awesome Adidas Goofy shoes (maybe my favorite among all the ordered items). Thank you China. Expect even more awesome pics to come from this later on when the package arrives. ;)

After yesterday’s despair, my new IIDX controller arrived....

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 00:32:24 +0200

After yesterday’s despair, my new IIDX controller arrived. Then my gal said “you may use the small TV”. Hells fucking yeah. I’m back in action, now with a double deck! Gotta spin ‘em all.

HDTV GET! 40” 1080p is a huge upgrade over the old 4:3 CRT...

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 23:26:26 +0200

HDTV GET! 40” 1080p is a huge upgrade over the old 4:3 CRT of unknown dimensions. Kinda shitty comparison pics, but still. The improvement is clear as the sky is blue! IIDX plays like shit on it though, so that was kinda sad. :/

:’O

Sun, 29 Mar 2009 23:04:00 +0200

:’O

Bought this HUMöR zip hoodie last week. Upon seeing it hanging...

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 17:26:00 +0100

Bought this HUMöR zip hoodie last week. Upon seeing it hanging there in the store I had to drop the money, even though the price tag tried its best to scare me off (799 NOK, roughly $125 USD). Love it. HUMöR defines themselves as “heavily influenced by the metropolitan underground music”, which matches my state of mind well. Great Scandinavian design right here, gentlemen.

Both my girlfriend and family commented that it’s really weird I bought something as expensive as this, and not on sale. It’s true though. Can’t remember the last time I bought clothing at full price. All of this has made me more self-concious, but it’s alright. Maybe I’ll become cool instead of looking like a bum.

Resident Evil 5 inevietably became purchase number three of...

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 15:00:00 +0100

Resident Evil 5 inevietably became purchase number three of 2009. The release party was alright. Not spectacular, but worth attending to. Not sure if it’s possible to see clearly in this shitty picture, but there are two t-shirts I got (ugly and large sizes) and a card-like USB flash drive. The USB crap I might use. Too bad the game isn’t scary AT ALL.

Already halfway through the 2009 game purchase cap, but whatever. There are no more good games, and marketing faggots aren’t gonna trick me again.

Meet purchase number two. I discovered by accident that the...

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 14:43:00 +0100

Meet purchase number two. I discovered by accident that the local store was selling Dancing Stage Universe REALLY cheap, so I just had to pick it up on the spot, even though it’s not really what I wanna play anymore. At least my gal should be happy with it. This was actually almost a month ago, I’ve been slow with the updates.

(via garfieldminusgarfield) Jon is a madman. Seems like garfield...

Tue, 10 Mar 2009 14:28:00 +0100

(via garfieldminusgarfield)

Jon is a madman. Seems like garfield minus garfield got published in paperback, which is cool, but I still prefer “garfield minus garfield thought bubbles”.

What a fucking surprise! They’re holding a Resident Evil 5...

Tue, 03 Mar 2009 11:25:00 +0100

What a fucking surprise! They’re holding a Resident Evil 5 release party here in Oslo at Betong on the 12th. Doors open at 20:00 and it goes on until midnight, seems like admission is free too. It’s like ten minutes away from my apartment. Gullstikka is also coming up in a couple of days, but I refuse to pay 400 NOK (~$60) to sit through some retarded award show, the RE5 event is a lot more interesting!!

Gamereactor is having a competition on their site now where you can win a limited edition copy of the game, along with VIP tickets to the release party. I don’t know what’s special about being a VIP over there, but getting the LE for free would be nice. Winners are drawn on the 9th, I’ll cross my fingers.