Archive for October, 2009
Link as Link
31, Oct 2009
Inspired by this post back in August, I decided to learn how to knit just so I could make this costume of Link from The Legend of Zelda for our 3-month-old son, also named Link. My wife and I just finished it just in time today to go to a party with some other new parents. Happy Halloween!
Update: Downgrading to 2.4 is the best way to get back Boxee and XMBC back on your Apple TV
31, Oct 2009
To repeat, do not upgrade your Apple TV to 3.0 if you’re running hacked ATV plugins like XBox Media Center or Boxee. I’m sure this will be fixed in a matter of days – if not hours – but as of right now it means a ride on the Failboat to Sad Trombone Town. That’s right: this update destroys the only thing that makes Apple TV usable and good.
Also, as an added bonus, Apple TV firmware 3.0 is insignificant. It adds Internet radio to the package and improves the UI. It also adds Genius playlists. My cup, as they say, runneth over.
UPDATE – Post has been update with instructions for downgrading to firmware 2.4.
Sad: Doom box artist passes away
31, Oct 2009Sorry to put a damper on your night, but it looks like the artist who provided the amazing cover art for Doom has died. Don Ivan Punchatz provided illustrations for a number of publications, but perhaps no single piece of his is as widely recognized as the Space Marine gunning down that demonic horde, combined [...]
- In: Tek Oh!
- Tags: CrunchArcade, sad
Sad: Doom box artist passes away
31, Oct 2009Sorry to put a damper on your night, but it looks like the artist who provided the amazing cover art for Doom has died. Don Ivan Punchatz provided illustrations for a number of publications, but perhaps no single piece of his is as widely recognized as the Space Marine gunning down that demonic horde, combined [...]
- In: Tek Oh!
- Tags: CrunchArcade, sad
Enjoy. We did.
What’s next for some of the biggest gadgets of 2009?
31, Oct 2009
It’s time to put on the Swami hat and predict just what we have in store for 2010 and beyond. Considering all of the movement in the gadget world in the past few months, I’m fairly sure most of this going to be accurate. Given the current status of some of these technologies, it’s hard to prognosticate very far out but there are a few things that have become apparent over the past year, especially the rise of Android and our expectations for the iPad.
Without further ado… the envelope please:
Apple TV -> 27-inch iMac -> Wall Mount for 27-inch iMac
It’s sad but true: Apple doesn’t care about Apple TV. All the real brain power is going to the desktop and laptop and probably onto the iPad. They’ve made it clear with the 27-inch iMac that they can make a high-resolution screen and powerful computer inside of a case the thickness of a college textbook. Who needs a TV, let alone an Apple TV?
The obvious conclusion here is that the 27-inch iMac becomes a real Apple TV. The Mac Mini already makes a great multi-media system and a quick update to FrontRow, now considered abandonware, may make it a great 10-foot interface.
The Back Burner: Things we didn’t post this week
31, Oct 2009A big thank you to everybody for filling our tips-at-crunchgear-dot-com inbox with wonderful, unique, and newsworthy items. Here are a few that we missed.
Oh hey there, Cherry.
I see you’ve blocked me on Facebook yet you’re not above dropping a hint as blatant as this one. So that’s why you haven’t been returning my calls, [...]
- In: Tek Oh!
- Tags: back burner, Headline
Daily Crunch: Down at the Station Edition
31, Oct 2009
Review: Sanyo Xacti CG10 compact HD camcorder
Advertisers get creative at Waterloo Station, create craziness with projectors
Heated slipper looks downright dangerous
- In: Tek Oh!
- Tags: daily crunch, hot
Friday Bots With Stuff
30, Oct 2009Have a safe and happy Halloween, and if you see any robots, make sure to destroy them before they steal all your candy. And then steal their candy and send it to me, because candy is awesome and I’m too old to trick or treat in a non-creepy way.
As always, you can catch the other [...]
- In: Robots and such
- Tags: bots with stuff, General
Dear Valve, where is Episode 3?
30, Oct 2009
Sometimes less is more. In the case of a fan comic recently posted to Valve’s forums, it definitely raises a valid question. Where on earth is Half-Life: Episode 3?
- In: Tek Oh!
- Tags: CrunchArcade, Headline, Valve