High adrenaline films have always been a signature of the summer movie season and with a bevy of blockbusters lines up for the summer months, Universal has the opening salvo with the very impressive “Fast and Furious”. Although the fourth film in the series, the film is in many ways is the first true sequel [...]
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Full-size photos not working on WordPress with IIS7
I thought I had all the weird caveats figured out when hosting WordPress on IIS7. It looks like there’s another one. Apparently by default you cannot view full-size images uploaded through the WordPress interface. You can show the thumbnails, but not the full-size version. The full-size version is completely blank. This can also be demonstrated [...]
Availability of Blu-ray Media
So, I’ve finally secured a Blu-ray drive for the OCMS labs. Now the only thing is to get hordes of BD-R media, so I ventured out on one of our famous OCMS Field Trips. I go into one local computer store and ask where their Blu-ray media is. Looking bewlidered, the sales rep called over [...]
Left 4 Dead Used as Training Simulator by Military
If you’ve ever been to Idaho, you’ll agree with me that’s it’s a nice place to visit. They have more potatoes than anyone else really cares to brag about. But there’s something else there just behind the thin veil of potato chips and skinheads. There is a group of people living on a twenty-acre tract [...]
Interview with NCsoft’s Lani Blazier About Aion MMORPG
Recently I had a chance to speak with Lani Blazier, the Community Mnger for NC Soft’s pending MMORPG, Aion. I want to thank Lani and Halcyone for setting up the interview for us. OCMS: What is the background and setting of the game? LB: The games takes place in Atreia – a once peaceful world [...]
I took out an ad on the bus
I was presented with a pretty good deal lately. In exchange for donating some of the leftover lab computers, I was given free advertising on public transportation. I’ve always wanted to spread the word about how awesome OCModShop is, and I finally saw one of the busses with the sign. Here it is for everyone [...]
The lights went out in OCMS
My wife just informed me that the electricity went out on the block… but she was still able to IM me… meaning that the UPS in the OCMS server room is working! Unfortunately, the servers have such a load that the UPS will only work for 12 minutes. So, OCMS may be down until the [...]
FIFA 09 Screenshots
For those who like soccer, or football, or whatever. Now you can watch no one score for three hours on YOUR schedule!
Fantastic Four Character Renders
Here are some renders of some characters for the Fantastic Four game. We really only care about the digital render of Jessica Alba…
Social Media: The Hunted Become the Hunter
“Nothing in those files makes their sacrifice worthwhile. You have to let go. We’re professionals, when an operation goes bad, we tie it off. “ – Ward Abbott (Brian Cox) – The Bourne Supremacy (2004) The world of new media – widgets and social applications – looks like a beautiful marketing hunting grounds. It’s like [...]
EA Goes to Hell
Guildford, UK.;March 30, 2009 – Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) and Starz Media’s Film Roman announced today the start of production on an animated movie based on the immortal epic Dante’s Inferno™. The feature-length project will expand on the story in EA’s new, must-have game coming out for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system [...]
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars Review
The phenomenally successful Grand Theft Auto series roars onto Nintendo DS in style in the very impressive Grand Theft Auto Chinatown Wars. Using the same outlay of Liberty City that was featured in Grand Theft Auto 4, the game tells the story of Huang Lee who is tasked with delivering a sword to his uncle [...]
MLB 09 The Show Review
Just in time for the Baseball Season Sony has released MLB 09 The Show for the PS 2, PSP, and PS3 gaming systems. For my review, I used the PS 3 version and was immediately gripped by the strong graphics and lifelike animation of the players. The game is stocked with full rosters from all [...]
OCMS News March 2009
Social Media: The Hunted Become the Hunter Monday, March 30, 2009 The world of new media – widgets and social applications – looks like a beautiful marketing hunting grounds. It’s like shooting fish in a barrel. Imagine people flock to Web 2.0 locations where they blog. They upload/download audios/videos of specific interest to them. They [...]
Gaming News March 2009
Eve Online: Apocrypha You Gamers :: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 “Iceland is these days probably best known for the epic failure of their banking sector, but they also have a game company, CCP. Working out of a renovated old fish processing plant(!) in Reykjavik, they run a sci-fi themed MMO, EVE Online. EVE has been [...]
Audio Video News March 2009
Street Fighter HD Movie Review Tweak Town :: Monday, March 30, 2009 “Horrible video game to movie adaptations are nothing new; notable mentions are Mortal Kombat, Doom and Bloodrayne. However, now 15 years old, Street Fighter was only the second one, following 1993’s Super Mario Brothers. So I guess the first question is; has the [...]
Gadget News March 2009
Rosewill RX355-X2 External Hard Drive Enclosure Review Think Computers :: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 “We mainly have been reviewing Rosewill computer cases and power supplies, but they make a whole plethora of other products ranging from CPU coolers to card readers. Rosewill’s whole thing is to create quality made products and offer them at an [...]
Tech News March 2009
How to Assemble a Custom PC Hi Tech Legion :: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 “Back in December I figured out what my new year’s resolution was going to be… I’m giving up pre-built computer systems! Oh those packaged Dells, Gateways and HPs certainly have their place. They’re great if you’re a complete novice, or if [...]
Bigfoot Xeno Network Card First Look
Every person on the internet has experienced lag… the feeling of frustration while waiting for something online. It’s not that big a deal when waiting for a download or web page, but can be absolutely critical when playing an online PC game. Humans can perceive less than 16 milliseconds of delay (60fps is equal to 60hz, [...]
Fighting Firewalls
Some of you may have noticed that OCMS has been down off-and-on for the past day or so… that is because I installed a hardware firewall. I’ve had the hardware for a while, but it didn’t want to cooperate with several distributions… and installing drivers on Linux is nowhere as easy as it is on [...]
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