Ishmael's data exchange

I apologize for not posting as many details about my BBBoxee project for the Blackberry. I seem to be able to only contribute a little bit of time into each month which has been very costly.

I seem to keep hitting the same roadblock each month. I keep forgetting that you cannot always see network traffic from the blackberry if you’re sniffing from a wireless connection. This makes it difficult since I will always have to test the XBMC/Boxee detection protocol at home before I can develop the app any further.

Nevertheless I will get back to re-prototyping the handshaking process with plain Java before finally resolving the issue in RIM’s Java.

I will be updating the site shortly

Yes I know I had to use a breadboard as a common ground

After 7 months of not-so-hard labor I have finally completed my Playstation 3 (TM) Arcade controller.  For me to complete this project I had to learn about woodworking, soldering and basic knowledge about electronics.

Looks beautiful amirite?

The controller works great and has been tested by one of my friends who is a very avid gamer. There may be a button sensing issue yet this is not a noticeable problem. I only noticed that there may be a button sensing issue when playing Tekken with the command history turned on. Despite the extra button press being detected Tekken’s combat system has some leniency when it comes to determining what your character would do according to your actions: A fireball may not be performed perfectly yet the game will still have your character unleash your special move.

Skills Required:

• woodworking
• soldering
• basic electronics

Tools Required:

• solder iron
• table saw
• drill press
• 1 1/2″  wooden paddle bit (http://www.toolbarn.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=WOOD+PADDLE+BIT) Price: Varies yet inexpensive
• wire stripper or pocket knife (I used both)

Materias and estimated costs:

• sacrificed breadboard or a terminal block (common ground for all the buttons) $2.00
• 10 Buttons (Jab, Medium, Fierce, Short Kick, Medium Kick, Roundhouse, PS3 Home, Start) $10.00
• Scrap wood
• Sanwa JLF-TP-8T Ball Handle Joystick $22.95

After spending over 20 hours of play the controller is in need of some repair. This was due to me not wanting to solder any connections yet since I was still testing the joystick. Now that the test is over I just need to finalize all the connections to prepare for the upcoming Tekken 6 tournament.

I just went through 800+ emails which about half of that were actually just mailing list updates. Expect more updates soon

BRB…. Korea

Solar charged, lithium ion powered, wireless routers or access points.

I’m not sure why but it sounds interesting since I have access to most of the resources. It could be used for digital “tagging” or store encrypted data or act as a repeater or legally annoy the fcc

Just something I stumbled across:

http://www.l10-att.com/

How to install Tekken 6 for PS3

1. Insert Game
2. Go into Options
3. –> Other Options
4. Install Game

When deploying Adobe Reader 9.o (and higher) via Group Policy and removing Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.0 (and higher) using Group Policy users may experience issues when attempting to open a PDF object within their browser.

Delete the following keys:

HKCU (HKEY_CURRENT_USER)

–>Software
—–>Adobe
——–>Acrobat Reader

Remove “8.0″
Restart

This is my favorite line:

psexec \\computer -u domain\user -p password MsiExec.exe /I “product location” /passive