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OK, PS3 user here. Here's the deal: I played... 12,482 Views / 309 Replies  
OK, PS3 user here. Here's the deal: I played Fallout 3 all the way through and loved it. I decided to play through again as an evil character, didn't get very far with that before stalling out, but...
Posted by gheff, on Sep 26, 2009 at 10:13 AM, in Gaming
I've got the 16. All but about 2G is taken up... 1,331 Views / 13 Replies  
I've got the 16. All but about 2G is taken up with music and the rest is essentially transient stuff, video, podcast, audiobook and the few apps that are present in 1.1.3 with the January...
Posted by gheff, on Jan 24, 2008 at 10:24 AM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
Really? I'm not saying there aren't people for... 1,331 Views / 13 Replies  
Really? I'm not saying there aren't people for whom this is true, but am I the only one who uses his iPod touch primarily as a music and video player? Mine is stuffed to the gills with music and a...
Posted by gheff, on Jan 23, 2008 at 09:22 AM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
Perhaps it's due to where I'm coming from, but I... 5,806 Views / 39 Replies  
Perhaps it's due to where I'm coming from, but I find it much easier to get to my music than I used to. I was running a 3G for the longest time. Unlike the 5G's it gives you no alphabetic cues as you...
Posted by gheff, on Nov 14, 2007 at 01:18 PM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
Yum. Orange 4,700 Views / 21 Replies  
I missed the whole HL/HL2 thing the first time around. Didn't have anything to run it on. Now I've got a last rev 2.33GHz MBP to run it on. So I bought myself the Orange Box for my birthday. Loving...
Posted by gheff, on Oct 17, 2007 at 04:20 PM, in Gaming
I haven't heard much about Tiger Woods 2008 Wii.... 4,070 Views / 39 Replies  
I haven't heard much about Tiger Woods 2008 Wii. Does it make good use of the controller?

Don't have a Wii myself, but I'm a fan of the TW series. (Can't seem to get my hands on a Wii. Never in...
Posted by gheff, on Sep 8, 2007 at 10:31 AM, in Gaming
Ah. I misunderstood you. I was drooling at the... 963 Views / 11 Replies  
Ah. I misunderstood you. I was drooling at the thought of getting a bunch of classic adventures for one low low price. :)

Still $10 apiece isn't bad. I'll have to look for them.

Thanks.
Posted by gheff, on Jul 5, 2007 at 03:52 PM, in Gaming
What other games are in the set? 963 Views / 11 Replies  
What other games are in the set?
Posted by gheff, on Jul 3, 2007 at 11:08 AM, in Gaming
Obligatory "me too." I have essentially the... 4,908 Views / 39 Replies  
Obligatory "me too."

I have essentially the same system as the OP and I can count on a very sluggish system on startup. I haven't timed it, but 1 or 2 minutes seems reasonable. I haven't taken any...
Posted by gheff, on May 29, 2007 at 02:08 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Plot? This is a first person shooter. Who expects... 1,599 Views / 20 Replies  
Plot? This is a first person shooter. Who expects a plot? ;)

Shoot, shoot and shoot some more until you kill the ultimate bad guy. That ought to be enough plot. Right?

I kid, I kid.

What...
Posted by gheff, on Feb 16, 2007 at 01:15 PM, in Gaming
Nah! I like the swearing. But thanks. :) ... 1,599 Views / 20 Replies  
Nah! I like the swearing. But thanks. :)

I've been playing the full game. I've gone through it in both normal and "Cherokee" modes now. Love it. There are lots of tight corridors it's true, but...
Posted by gheff, on Feb 14, 2007 at 05:54 PM, in Gaming
I've been running it a lot the last few days on... 1,599 Views / 20 Replies  
I've been running it a lot the last few days on my MBP C2D 2.33 1600 w. 256M VRAM and I've gotta say that I'm pretty happy with performance. I haven't bothered to check frame rates or anything....
Posted by gheff, on Jan 15, 2007 at 10:56 AM, in Gaming
Darn you all to heck! I have MBP money... 51,810 Views / 280 Replies  
Darn you all to heck!

I have MBP money burning a hole in my pocket so I went to look at them in the Apple store last night. I looked at the 15" matte and the glossy and both of them were grainy...
Posted by gheff, on Dec 22, 2006 at 11:25 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Is that G5 tower of yours a dual as well? I've... 1,729 Views / 10 Replies  
Is that G5 tower of yours a dual as well? I've got one of those that I've been thinking about replacing with an MBP 2.33. (Tired of towers.) And I've been wondering if that's a reasonable thing to...
Posted by gheff, on Nov 13, 2006 at 03:04 PM, in Mac Notebooks
The border is still there--at least in the legacy... 13,113 Views / 170 Replies  
The border is still there--at least in the legacy Win2K/95 mode. (I never use the Fisher-Price mode.) But if you jam the mouse to the bottom of the screen and click, the applications activate....
Posted by gheff, on Oct 11, 2006 at 12:15 PM, in macOS
What's funny is that I really notice it when it... 880 Views / 13 Replies  
What's funny is that I really notice it when it *isn't* there.

I think that the OP (and others) should have the option to turn it off, but I've always loved that extra bit of feedback. In fact I'd...
Posted by gheff, on Apr 30, 2006 at 11:02 AM, in macOS
Yikes! How'd I miss that? You're right. The... 889 Views / 8 Replies  
Yikes! How'd I miss that? You're right.

The last time I looked, right before the holidays, 1.32 was the official release. Sorry for the bad info.
Posted by gheff, on Jan 7, 2006 at 07:58 PM, in Applications
http://www.stevenbinder.net/ This is the... 889 Views / 8 Replies  
http://www.stevenbinder.net/

This is the place to find the Celestia for OS X pre-releases. Pre-release 6 is what I've been using and it seems very solid on my system.
Posted by gheff, on Jan 7, 2006 at 09:40 AM, in Applications
Celestia is a great way to see what the universe... 889 Views / 8 Replies  
Celestia is a great way to see what the universe looks like. Make sure you find the latest and greatest version. There are some "beta" type versions that are very stable and are a bit more polished...
Posted by gheff, on Jan 6, 2006 at 03:20 PM, in Applications
Hmph. Single player is what made Quake 2 for me.... 1,872 Views / 11 Replies  
Hmph. Single player is what made Quake 2 for me. Since Quake 4 claims to be Quake 2 with purtier pictures, I'm trembling with anticipation. Multiplayer is overrated. :D
Posted by gheff, on Oct 29, 2005 at 12:32 PM, in Gaming
I was seeing the magical iTunes a few days ago... 949 Views / 6 Replies  
I was seeing the magical iTunes a few days ago myself. But in my case I "cured" it by removing the iTunes widget from the Dashboard.
Posted by gheff, on Sep 23, 2005 at 02:14 PM, in Applications
I haven't listened exhaustively, but the samples... 6,222 Views / 95 Replies  
I haven't listened exhaustively, but the samples that I put on my 3G seem to play just fine. I didn't look at things like: did the display update properly, is the time being reported properly, etc.
Posted by gheff, on Sep 7, 2005 at 11:26 PM, in Applications
Argh! Is it just me or is there no way to tell... 1,503 Views / 9 Replies  
Argh! Is it just me or is there no way to tell from within iTunes that a song is VBR? If so, that's a pretty silly oversight.
Posted by gheff, on Sep 7, 2005 at 08:44 PM, in Applications
I'll give you "colour," "theatre," and "centre,"... 1,564 Views / 43 Replies  
I'll give you "colour," "theatre," and "centre," but according to the book Nature's Building Blocks by John Emsley, "aluminum" was the original spelling given by Humphry Davy. (God, I'm enjoying...
Posted by gheff, on Aug 4, 2005 at 08:24 AM, in Applications
I think that link refers to the release 1.0.6... 999 Views / 9 Replies  
I think that link refers to the release 1.0.6 version, which is what I normally use. The are also G5 DeerPark builds available, but since most of my favorite extensions seem to get blasted with...
Posted by gheff, on Jul 31, 2005 at 10:16 AM, in Applications
Higher bitrate from iTMS? 598 Views / 2 Replies  
I just bought a cut from one of the iTunes Music Store's featured "just added" albums, the "Greatest and Latest" from the Average White Band. (Yes, I'm a closet funk fan. :) ) The tune is a live one...
Posted by gheff, on Jul 26, 2005 at 11:29 PM, in Applications
Think of it not as "effects" but as "feedback." I... 534 Views / 3 Replies  
Think of it not as "effects" but as "feedback." I don't know how many times on other operating systems, I've thought I've selected menus and because there was no feedback I've ended up waiting a bit...
Posted by gheff, on Jul 9, 2005 at 09:35 AM, in macOS
Can't get it to work in Safari/Tiger. Works... 796 Views / 7 Replies  
Can't get it to work in Safari/Tiger.

Works great with Firefox/Tiger though.
Posted by gheff, on Jul 6, 2005 at 09:12 PM, in macOS
No. It's a rehash--or rather "remake"--of Quake... 876 Views / 6 Replies  
No. It's a rehash--or rather "remake"--of Quake 2. And I couldn't be more delighted. :D

This just might be the game that finally gets me to buy a new graphics card. Can't wait!
Posted by gheff, on May 21, 2005 at 11:52 AM, in Gaming
It's supposed to be possible to win it, but the... 4,164 Views / 69 Replies  
It's supposed to be possible to win it, but the only result I've ever gotten was the same as you got.

But I liked it anyway.
Posted by gheff, on May 19, 2005 at 05:12 PM, in Gaming
Diablos 1 & 2 (Killed way too many hours) Quake... 4,164 Views / 69 Replies  
Diablos 1 & 2 (Killed way too many hours)
Quake 2 (Love this game!)
UT 1999 ('04 is fine, but there's something about '99)
Posted by gheff, on May 15, 2005 at 11:34 AM, in Gaming
I just visited it for the first time. Nice work.... 853 Views / 7 Replies  
I just visited it for the first time. Nice work. Handsome, stylish, nice content and it validates! :thumbsup:
Posted by gheff, on May 15, 2005 at 11:18 AM, in Applications
Dual 1.8 G5 here. Mostly happy. I was... 6,296 Views / 81 Replies  
Dual 1.8 G5 here. Mostly happy.

I was really happy with 10.3.9. It had pretty much cleaned up all the issues I had. I had skipped .8 due to the fan issues, but with .9 my system was quiet and...
Posted by gheff, on May 8, 2005 at 01:26 PM, in macOS
Another Java datapoint 15,883 Views / 241 Replies  
I had skipped 10.3.8 because of the fan issue on the dualies. After the 10.3.9 quiet fan reports started coming in, I decided to jump on it.

After the combo update, Java 1.4 apps like jEdit and...
Posted by gheff, on Apr 16, 2005 at 11:33 AM, in macOS
If you haven't already tried this... This is... 920 Views / 8 Replies  
If you haven't already tried this...

This is something I grabbed from somewhere. (Can't remember where. google for "privacy.popups.disable_from_plugins" if you don't trust me ;-) I too was seeing...
Posted by gheff, on Mar 26, 2005 at 07:28 PM, in Applications
Re: OS X Doomsday Beta released 843 Views / 2 Replies  
I've gotta say that I've been playing this a lot in the last few days. What a beautiful job! I've always loved Doom/II/Ultimate etc and this really succeeds at bringing them up to date. (OK, so it...
Posted by gheff, on Feb 26, 2005 at 11:20 PM, in Gaming
Oh. Thanks a lot, Charles. Now I'm busily wasting... 2,417 Views / 28 Replies  
Oh. Thanks a lot, Charles. Now I'm busily wasting large portions of my life watching these things. :D

Not sure how I missed them before.
Posted by gheff, on Dec 4, 2004 at 11:44 AM, in macOS
Well I won't speak for hudson1, but I was... 819 Views / 12 Replies  
Well I won't speak for hudson1, but I was referring to the 'Bookmarks' menu on the menubar. Why do you say, "of course they don't work?" Safari does them, so there's a reasonable expectation that...
Posted by gheff, on Nov 27, 2004 at 10:31 AM, in Applications
Hmmm. This is one of those things that I kinda... 819 Views / 12 Replies  
Hmmm. This is one of those things that I kinda noticed but didn't pay lots of attention to until now.

When I do about:config and search for favicons, I see only one entry, browser.chrome.favicons...
Posted by gheff, on Nov 26, 2004 at 11:19 PM, in Applications
How odd. My Dual 1.8 with the 5200 video card is... 27,300 Views / 195 Replies  
How odd. My Dual 1.8 with the 5200 video card is fine with D2 after the update. It's pretty much the same as the card in the iMac G5's isn't it?
I verified that it's set for OpenGL in millions of...
Posted by gheff, on Nov 6, 2004 at 08:12 PM, in macOS
How odd. Firefox DID block this one.:confused: 2,956 Views / 50 Replies  
How odd. Firefox DID block this one.:confused:
Posted by gheff, on Oct 11, 2004 at 09:35 PM, in Applications
Verrry interesting. Firefox won't block it... 2,956 Views / 50 Replies  
Verrry interesting. Firefox won't block it either. Looks like they're calling a javascript function that opens a window, from inside of Flash. Odd that that gets through.

Checking bugzilla...
...
Posted by gheff, on Oct 11, 2004 at 09:32 PM, in Applications
jEdit It does HTML, XML and Java pretty... 1,301 Views / 26 Replies  
jEdit

It does HTML, XML and Java pretty well. Is extensible, and most importantly for me right now, it's cross-platform. I use it at work on my PC and at home on my Mac.
Posted by gheff, on Jun 1, 2004 at 04:46 PM, in Applications
Updated 1.8 dual from 10.3.3 and so far things... 14,985 Views / 170 Replies  
Updated 1.8 dual from 10.3.3 and so far things have been fine. My 3G iPod (running latest firmware) connects.
Posted by gheff, on May 26, 2004 at 09:17 PM, in macOS
"Kind" "Contains" "Apple Lossless" This... 1,735 Views / 27 Replies  
"Kind" "Contains" "Apple Lossless"


This is what my ALE playlist uses. (I've reripped a few of my favorite CD's, just to fiddle with ALE.)
Posted by gheff, on May 16, 2004 at 09:54 AM, in Applications
My G5 1.8DP is averaging 3:05 per unit using the... 955 Views / 8 Replies  
My G5 1.8DP is averaging 3:05 per unit using the command line client.
I 'm running 2 different clients, one on each processor. It's cool to see them both cranking at 95% :)

I haven't checked the...
Posted by gheff, on Apr 27, 2004 at 01:51 PM, in Mac Desktops
Re: Your favorite Firefox extensions 683 Views / 6 Replies  
Web Developer (http://extensionroom.mozdev.org/more-info/webdeveloper) provides all kinds of shortcuts and quickies for, you guessed it, web developers. (Things like: resize the browser window to...
Posted by gheff, on Apr 1, 2004 at 05:42 PM, in Applications
I've simply never gotten into the habit of using... 1,107 Views / 18 Replies  
I've simply never gotten into the habit of using the services menu, so I never even noticed the stickies item before. But now that I've tried it and found that it brings up the wrong stickies program...
Posted by gheff, on Feb 25, 2004 at 10:51 AM, in macOS
Re: Panther - usability 2,124 Views / 57 Replies  
I like most of it, but for some reason I feel strongly that on the desktop the disk and removable devices should appear on the right side, and the incidental items should come in from the left. The...
Posted by gheff, on Feb 9, 2004 at 09:54 AM, in macOS
I'm sure it won't help you any but I've got Quake... 749 Views / 4 Replies  
I'm sure it won't help you any but I've got Quake 2 running on Panther. It didn't require anything heroic to get it running.

FWIW, I installed it fresh on Panther.
Posted by gheff, on Jan 9, 2004 at 10:10 PM, in Gaming
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