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Thursday, November 14, 2002 |  |
Audio all around
Heh - Xbox Live is launched officially TOMORROW... and already there's a web page up that shows you how to split the audio signal so that your friend, visiting your house and playing as a guest, can join in the verbal fun. Not sure how happy MS will be about this (they're kinda hoping that the Guest accounts will convince people to buy their own XBL account, since the guests don't get audio, normally)... but all the parts are off-the-shelf (and require no physical modification of any MS-supplied hardware). Radio Shack part numbers are included. Thanks to kiro69, who posted this to the Marty Army Chapter of the 7th Column. Update: Mr. Poke discovered a 3/32" splitter at Radio Shack, obviating the need for a couple of adapters recommended in this article. As for part number 274-948, and you'll save about $6 in extra parts. (Louis Wu 14:10:45 UTC) (permalink)
Fiction for you
Thursday's Fan Fiction:
- Fafnir Part Eight, by KnightmareWolf
- Through a Soldiers Eye, by [E}{G] Bioblob
You'll find, if you read straight from the fiction page (instead of from these links) that Fafnir part 8 has been broken up into two chunks - this is a necessary evil of our databasing system. The two listings (chunk 1 and chunk 2) will show the same content; the only place it's actually broken up is if you read the series as a whole. (One of these days, I'll clean up the code so that this won't happen.) (Louis Wu 13:35:31 UTC) (permalink)
Everything Ever Said - In One Place
Forum wordsmith Hedgemony has taken on the daunting task of compiling a full list of all the dialogue spoken by NPCs in Halo. This has been attempted before (PanZer set up a database in his 7th Column Chapter which currently has over 780 entries in it, though many are duplicates), but never quite so systematically. Marty O'Donnell chimed in with useful information about the scope of the project, and ways to improve the odds of hearing new dialogue. As of about 12 hours ago, Hedge was up to just under 500 entries, categorized; I'm posting this here to encourage him to take this as far as possible, and to offer a home for the final product. Let him know what you think! (Louis Wu 10:38:31 UTC) (permalink)
Monochrome simplicity
Ripsaw has dropped off a black-and-white desktop for our Wallpaper collection. Take a look. (Louis Wu 10:27:55 UTC) (permalink)
Art offerings
In the Miscellaneous Art collection today, an image originally posted on our forum showing J-Lo's latest suitor, and three dark options for boot image replacement for Jaguar. Check 'em out! (Louis Wu 10:21:31 UTC) (permalink)
Wednesday's news in brief:
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Words How fast ARE you? |
Tuesday's news in brief:
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Videogame Talk looks at Halo Long may it wave... MC in Black Halo Fan Music Rocks. Night Reading Space Battles... New Job Opening at Bungie |
