Supreme Snowboarding

by | Sep 11, 2003 | Computer Games

Regarding Supreme Snowboarding

How to make it work with XP:

Install the game. Rename or delete supreme.exe. Apply Supreme_Snowboarding_Patch_v1.035

Have not tried the following tips but might be handy:

“If you want to run the game WITHOUT CD: Just copy the directory DataAnims to C: (or to another root directory of your hard disk).”

How to stat BF1942 linux dedicated server on FreeBSD 4.8

by | Aug 19, 2003 | Online Games

I just tried to setup and run the latest version of the Linux dedicated server on my FreeBSD 4.8 machine.

I already had the Linux-base installed but this thread indicates you need the debian version of it but I dont use it. And it works. Though I mounted the linproc as indicated in the thread, though dont know if that is needed, but I just wanted to be sure BF would know my CPU speed.

Though I had to brandelf the binary as indicated by this thread.

ZonkBoard

by | Aug 19, 2003 | Websidor

I found ZonkBoard when surfing some blogs. It’s a neat tool that lets visitors keep an oongoing chat with you or other visitors.

ZonkBoard also have a list of other Blog Tools that could be interesting to look through.

Modellflyg

by | Aug 12, 2003 | Utomhus hobbies

För ett tag sedan visade Roberto mig det modellflygplan han har köpt och förra veckan började Ulf prata om att låna ett plan av Annikas plastpappa Gunnar. Ulf visade mig även FMS och det gamla barndomsintresset var på nytt född. Nu har man ju råd också:-)

Det vore skoj att skaffa ett enkelt billigt plan och en kontrol. Det balla är att de går att koppla till FMS med. Olika interface finns beskrivna här.

USB Memory card reader connectivity problems

by | Jul 20, 2003 | Foto, PC

Some days ago I bought a Mitsumi.com 7in1 Internal Media Drive FA402A to easily store images from my digital camera. Though when I should connect it to the motherboard (ASUS A7V8X) I realized it did not fit physically. Examining the connector more closely revealed that the pinout did not match with the pinout as described in the manual for the motherboard. Calling MicroStore where I bought the reader did not help much. They claimed the reader should work with ASUS motherboards and for sure with MSI motherboards as they had one there working(MS-6596).

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I downloaded the MSI 6596 manual to check the pinout and according to the manual it had the exact same pinout as my ASUS motherboard. Strange! After some more calls to MicroStore I finally took the car down to the store bringing the reader with me. It turned out that the manual and the actual motherboard did not match. The motherboard MicroStore had version 20B while the one on MSI’s homepage is only Version 1. So I guess the pinout has changed but not the manuals. Anyway this did not help much. I continued searching the web but did not find any solution that described the strange pinout on the MSI boards, though I found more and more pages indicating how to move cables around in internal USB connectors. Seems to be a common problem to fit internal USB connectors. This page described the colouring most commonly used for internal USB cables and the colouring scheme matched the one on the cable from the reader so maybe that could be a solution. Though I was a bit confused since there were two black cables coming from the reader but checking with an instrument they both were connected to GND. It’s quite easy to to shift around the cables in this kind of connectors so I gave it a try. If you do not know how to do remove and re-insert a cable this page describes how to do it. I moved the cables (one black and the red) that was not in their appropriate position according to my ASUS manual. Also had to move the plug (the one preventing you to put the connector in wrong position) to pin 9. That made the reader fit the connector on my motherboard and it works now!

Stabilizing videoshots from Canon A70

by | Jul 14, 2003 | Foto, Utomhus hobbies

On our last hike in the mountains I took a number of video shots as well as several still images. Though these turned out to be very shaky so I started to look for some software to correct that.

I found some shareware filters for Adobe Premiere but htey where quite expensive($50 – $70) so I started to search SourceForge for some open source projects. I didn’t find any filters for Premiere but I found Virtual Dub and the Deshaker filter. It turned out to do the job. Compare the unprocessed(11.8MB) file with the processed(2.16MB). VirtualDub also allowed me to compress the files as well.