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|3 - 7 nights
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The architect designed Bauhaus style house features a large front, a sheltered side patio and a paved terrace roof,all with wonderful views over the water. The open plan entrance, dining and living areas have counter top connection to a galley kitchen. One large double and two twin bedrooms have french door access to the front patio equipped with luxurious furniture providing a relaxing place to enjoy the clean air, breath-taking scenery and local birds,seals and fish.
The restored 18century farm cottage provides charming accommodation for 4. Its beamed open plan first floor contains dining,living and kitchen areas all of which enjoy the same views over the water as the house. Downstairs are two bedrooms a bathroom, a utility room and a private front patio for the cottage.
Although literally right on the water both properties are sheltered and enjoyable at all seasons of the year. They share a well maintained one acre garden filled with local and semi-tropical plants.
Further Details of Possible Local Activities : Excellent walking is available eg cliff top, rain-forest above Lough Hyne, Iron Age Fort Knock Drum above Castletownsend,etc. There are undisturbed archaeological sites, including ancient copper mines, Stone Tumuli eg Drombeg stone circle. Excellent local bird and whale watching.
Bicycles can be rented in Skibbereen, the quiet local roads are ideal for cycling. Try the trail above Loch Hyne
Boat trips are available for fishing and whalewatching. Good salmon and trout fishing in season.
A local kayak school teaches kayaking to all levels.
There are diving and sailing schools in Baltimore(10 miles). A ferry runs from Baltimore to Clear Island.
Golfers, Skibbereen has an excellent 18 hole course.There are also well know courses at nearby Glengarriff, Dunmore,Clonakilty and the Old Head of Kinsale. Many local gardens are open to visitors and the area is a paradise for photographers and artists because of the clean air and superb light. Local guides can be introduced
Available by Car: A great many places of scenic interest are within easy reach. East the coastal inlets are attractive and exploring the small local roads is rewarding. Small places can be found for refreshments. eg Unionhall and Glandore are within 30-45 minutes. West the road to Mizen Head takes you through places such as Ballydehob, Schull, Crookhaven and Goleen. This road leads to the site of Marconi`s first radio transmission across the Altantic. North Bantry Bay and Bantry House are only 40 minutes by car and well worth seeing. 10 miles past Bantry is Glengarriff where you can take a ferry to the delightful Garnish Island Gardens. Glengarriff is also the entry point to the beautiful Beara peninsular. Alternatively from Glengariff you can travel due north to Kenmare, the Killarney National Park and the Ring of Kerry. There are also a good number of artists and craft workers in the area whose studios can be visited. Details at the Tourist Office in Skibbereen
Activities and Guest Comments : Many activities including seaching for ancestors are available through local guides and tours. Let us know your interests and we will either put you in touch with a them or make arrangements for you.
Horse riding is available in Rosscarbury and there are local Spas and beauticians to pamper you.
One Italian guest who arrived late at night and only saw the view from his bedroom window in the morning, came into breakfast and said 'They said I would be staying in a nice place,but no-one told me it would be paradise!'
Many people have arrived in Traharta stressed with pressures of work etc. and found that somehow things get into perspective just sitting on the front patio and taking everything in.
Graham and Cecilia Shenton live in Swindon, Wiltshire in the UK. Graham grew up in Brisbane and Sydney, Australia. He spent his working life in electronics working in Australia, UK/Europe and the USA. Cecilia is a physiotherapist who still practices on patients who are well enough to climb the stairs to her attic treatment room.
Graham Shenton purchased this cottage in 1994
We were staying with friends in Castletownshend and saw Traharta one wet Saturday morning. We walked down the steps from the car park to the rocks, looked at each other and said, 'we`ve not seen the house yet, but we`re going to buy it'. We`ve never regretted it.
Location to die for. Difficult to appreciate until have been there, but just amazing at all times of the year.
we spend 4 days there in the cottage, what a blast, It was very clean and had everything that was needed, close to a grocerie market. We would go back there on our next Irish Trip. I do believe we were there in 2012, can't remeber at this time.
We loved our week in this cosy cottage by Traharta beach. Had a very warm welcome by the caretaker, the property was very clean and well equipped. Great base for touring West Cork, those who like water sports, walking and enjoying the pubs and restaurants in Skibbereen. Fantatsic views to the beach and big skies, a little disappointing that the weather did not allow much use of the patio.
Wonderful location right next to beach - we swam and snorkelled in clear water every day. Comfortable cottage with all mod cons, also well stocked shops only a 15 minute car ride. Highlights of holiday - whale watching with Colin Barnes from Reen Pier (saw Minke and Fin whales) and Mizzen Head cliff views.
We are just back from our holiday in Traharta Cottage.
The cottage was just perfect and very well equipped for all our needs. The views over the Atlantic were magnificent. Both children and our dog had great freedom to roam the stoney beach, the sandy cove and the rocky cove and being able to see them kayaking and swimming in the bay from the cottage was breathtaking. They enjoyed the fishing and searching for crabs along the rocks and walking over to flee island when the tide was out. Looking out over the bay while having a barbecue and eating dinner was so relaxing in the evening with friends. It is so calm and peaceful, away from all the hustle and bustle of everyday. We will definately be returning again next year. Both children and I cannot think of a nicer place to have our holiday. It is a little bit of Heaven.
have just returned from the most wonderful holiday.We had gone with the intention of exploring the area but found that we couldn't pull ourselves away from the cottage and the little beach at Traharta, it was so perfect. With its beautiful views over the beach, the sea and the islands beyond it really is the most idyllic retreat. having breakfast with the door open onto the sea, swimming in the bay, discovering the deserted sandy beach around the headland will all be memories we will treasure. Definitely somewhere to go back to.
We had an absolutely fabulous time in this idyllic cottage. The kids could run about freely and we practically had the pebble beach all to ourselves. We went on lots of walks, the boys had a go at go-karting, and we went across to flee island at low tide. We had a lovely log fire in the evening, the kitchen is well equipped so eating in was easy. I have not seen a view like that, with literally no people houses around for a long time. We would have stayed longer but half term was only a week! We'll be back for sure.
Traharta or 'strand' is opposite Horse Island at the entrance to Castletownshend Harbour on the South West coast of Ireland. It`s unique location on the water is surrounded by green fields and dairy cattle. A perfect place to relax and get away. The environment is one of the cleanest in Europe. It is a paradise for photographers and artists, because of the subtly changing lighting and sun filled evenings. The property has its own steps to the rocks and beach. Is only 1.5 miles from Castletownshend, 4 miles from the active historic market town of Skibbereen and 50 miles from Cork and its International Airport. Google for special deals on flights and car rentals which are usually available. The location is surrounded by tourist activities including golf, sailing, canoeing, diving, walking, whale and bird watching and gardens. Places to visit include Sherkin and Cape Clear Islands, Mizen Head, Schull, Bantry and the the Bera peninsular, Glengarriff, Garinish Island, and even Kenmare and the Ring of Kerry are accessable in a day trip
Other Activities: Observing life in the rock pools, visiting local archeological sites,kayaking,whale watching
Golf: Skibbereen Golf Course has 18 attractive and variously challenging holes. It is a public course open to non-members and is located on the Baltimore Road just outside Skibbereen.
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19 Jun 2016 - 3 Sep 2016
7 night minimum stay
for 7 nights
Late Summer
4 Sep 2016 - 8 Oct 2016
4 night minimum stay
for 4 nights
9 Oct 2016 - 12 Nov 2016
3 night minimum stay
for 3 nights
Late Autumn
13 Nov 2016 - 17 Dec 2016
3 night minimum stay
for 3 nights
Christmas/New Year
18 Dec 2016 - 14 Jan 2017
6 night minimum stay
for 6 nights
|Pet Fee
|cleaning/laundry per wk
|Refundable Damage Deposit
A deposit of 25% of the total letting cost is due at booking. The balance plus a security deposit of E100 per week to is due four weeks before arrival. Linen is provided. Towels are available on request. The cost of electricity, any breakages, extra cleaning etc will be deducted from the security deposit and the balance refunded within two weeks of your stay.
* Approximate monthly price. Actual pricing will depend on the days of the month you stay.


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Great anime! RecommendedThis used to be my favorite anime when I was 10/11.Its not my favorite anymore,but still one of them.~~~~~~~~~~~gonna be random since i have nothing else to say~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~`~~~~``~~~~~~~~~~~~
Everything you want!This anime does not disappoint. You get good animation, great story line, great character development, comedy, tragedy, love, and lots of KAWAII DESU! Hinamori Amu is probably one of the best heroines ever. She doesn't have to hurt her enemies to defeat them and she ends up making friends out of most of them. GREAT anime! WATCH IT!
1 out of 1 people found this review helpful:The show that started it all for meI don't remember how I came across Shugo Chara, I believe it happened when I was scrolling through related videos on Youtube. At this time, it was just starting to be subbed to english, and I could only find episodes of it on Crunchy Roll.Read more
I was never big on anime before this show, but something about it hooked me right from the start and I stayed with it until the end. I realize I am not ...
1 out of 1 people found this review helpful:Very good and cute show!This is a very cute and sweet anime! I like it! it makes me smile! the art, music, characters and lessons are very nice!! Its also very funny! Go watch if your a girl and you don't mind, cute and happy anime's sometimes!! lol
1 out of 3 people found this review helpful:ONLY WATCH THIS ANIME IF YOU ARE 1-10 YEARS OLDthis anime was.....very girly.......and it got boring after 3 episodes so i stopped watching it..
But i remember when I was a little girl, when i was like 2nd grade,it was so good for some reason...
soo.. I guess this has a age limit..well for me may be not for you...
1 out of 1 people found this review helpful:I really love the show and I think that Everyone Show watch it.I'll admit that before watching this show I thought it would be very girly and over dramatic and stuff. I'll admit that when I was watching the beginning Episode i thought it was somewhat stupid but as I reached the ending of the episode I found that it was very interesting to me and Now I'm addicted. I love the Main Character Amu, Sometimes I feel as though she's too self insecure and she needs ...Read more
Shugo Chara, i loved itI enjoyed the first season of Shugo Chara, the progression of the characters was great. The art was great. There was a good sense of comedy and romance in this season. I enjoyed this season because their wasn't a dull episode. The characters are fun and easy going.
Something Unsuspected and SpecialMy friend told me about Shugo Chara! in March, earlier this year. I suspected that it would be something not in my regular interests - and I refused watching it until September, not even bothering to see what it was about.Read more
When school started again, she ended up begging me to watch the first episode, at least. I couldn't help but go; "Fine, I'll try it," with a heavy sigh.
I remember ...
who you are and who you want to beShugo Chara may sound like an anime for little kids but really, i think anyone can watch it!Read more
i think the main moral of this anime is who you are and who you want to be, i even found my real self when i watch this anime.
it will definetely teach some lessons in your life, regarding to your dreams and who you really are. have a good think about it.
i recommend to those who are confused about who ...
My first Anime to ever watch. Recommend.At first I didn't know what Anime was until Shugo Chara came along. I mean, my childhood was Pokemon and Yu-Gi-Oh! But back then I didn't know what 'Anime' was until I ran into this one. (What I'm trying to say is that it's the first Anime I watched that was in Japanese XD) At first, I'm like "What's up with this pink haired girl? Why are there eggs and characters coming out of them?" I almost ...Read more

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Retro City Rampage Xbox 360
- Publisher: Vblank Entertainment Inc.
- Release Date: Jan 2, 2013
- Also On: PC, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita
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Jan 24, 2013Retro City Rampage is not really a good game. It is nice and entertaining, but also very shallow. But it is an darn good compilation of reminders what was cool and hip in the 80s and 90, it is a declaration of love to the era of big pixels and plastic pop.
Jan 23, 2013Retro City Rampage has all the charm, scattershot wit and entertainment value of a drunk, gabbling child. It's shallow, mindless and simple - that's the point.
Jan 17, 2013Retro City Rampage is far from perfect, but sure is brutally honest.
Jan 9, 2013As a gleeful tribute to gaming and pop-culture past, though, Retro City Rampage is definitely recommended. It may not rival the series it most closely follows, but it still offers a unique and gorgeously presented experience.
Jan 11, 2013The effort that has gone into this game is clear from the start. This game was made by a very small team, and mostly by one man, so tip your hats to them. In terms of playability though, it is basic, and even tedious at points. But that is what it is trying for. Old games were repetitive, and painfully difficult, and RCR is just trying to replicate this.
Jan 8, 2013It's a game that tries to be everything, in other words, yet through the sheer all-encompassing nature of its irreverence finds an identity of its own.
X-ONE Magazine UKFeb 27, 2013An average overall experience. [Issue#95, p.86]
Jan 27, 2013Retro City Rampage never tops its front-loaded showpiece, descending rapidly into a Family Guy-esque parody of 1980s and 1990s pop culture.
Jan 21, 2013When the surprise of all pop cultural references fades I start to see past the gorgeous graphics and the awesome music, and the disappointment sneak up on me. Retro City Rampage walks the line between being a brilliant homage and a generic copy, and in the end it relies too much on the ideas of the games that came before it.
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Generally favorable reviews- based on 19 Ratings
User score distribution:
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Mixed: 0 out of 2
Negative: 0 out of 2
Jan 25, 2013Take one look at Retro City Rampage and you'll probably know if you'll enjoy it or not. Its a retro inspired parody of GTA filled with cheesyTake one look at Retro City Rampage and you'll probably know if you'll enjoy it or not. Its a retro inspired parody of GTA filled with cheesy jokes and references. It easily has enough charm and silly fun to hold its own though. The main missions are completed easliy enough but the side missions will really test your patience. The city itself has enough to keep you busy for hours at a time, filled to the brim with secrets and unlockables. From driving Kitt from Knight Rider to dressing up as parody superhero "Biff-man" to the fun of discovering playable versions of other indie classics (including an actual 3D Super Meat Boy), you'll be kept busy for a long time. If your into indie games or just a fan of having a silly enjoyable time, you'll love Retro City Rampage.… Full Review »
Mar 22, 2013I can't believe how amazing this game is. From the trailers it just looked like a mini-game version of GTA almost but it has a crazy as hellI can't believe how amazing this game is. From the trailers it just looked like a mini-game version of GTA almost but it has a crazy as hell campaign full of every possible video game and movie reference/parody I can even think of. It's fun as hell, there are heaps of weapons and customizations and it controls great (to be honest it is best played with a controller for sure), I bought it cheap on a Steam sale and 5 minutes into playing knew I wanted it on my big screen for the full retro ride. It's just so damn awesome that I hadn't written a user review on metacritic for about 2 years until now, I signed in just to write this one. Please get it, support the developers they've done an absolutely amazing job!… Full Review »


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I definitely live in the boonies! I actually have to drive to the next county over to get my mail. They simply will not deliver here. Never have and probably never will. The post office is actually going to go be cutting it's hours to almost nothing. It will be open about 24 hours in a week.
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MIAMI BEACH -- The 19 terrorist hijackers of Sept. 11 were a virtual blank spot to U.S. intelligence agencies, but a British banking compliance company had profiles on 15 of them in its files of high-risk people.
Banking clients had access to the information, but the profiles evidently were never seen by U.S. agencies that might have spotted something in them to act on.
Now, banks here and overseas are being asked to check their customers more closely and are being encouraged to share their suspicions with others.
"The banks are really bearing the brunt of this," David Leppan of Global Objectives Ltd. said Thursday at an international conference on money laundering. "A lot of people are saying, 'We can't catch these people, so banks will have to do it.'"
Congress broadly expanded U.S. bankers' reporting requirements in the Patriot Act passed after the attacks, and U.S. bankers in some ways are just catching up to foreign practices.
Swiss bankers facing risk of arrest for opening accounts to strangers with crime in mind pushed for a database to avoid getting into the private investigative business.
Created to serve that need, Global Objectives' Internet-based World-Check created a 53,000-name database since October 2000, and about 6,000 names culled from public records worldwide are added each month, Leppan said.
Files cover politicians and other movers and shakers as well as convicts, fugitives and people associated with terrorism, drugs, war crimes, organized crime and fraud, Leppan said.
Hijackers in World-Check files on Sept. 11 were identified as people linked to Osama bin Laden, suspected terrorists or associates of terrorists, he said.
Sixty-two banks have access to the encrypted World-Check database.
The hijackers' bank files in most cases were complete with dates of birth, places of birth, aliases and associates. The FBI's initial list of hijackers issued Sept. 14 offered as many as seven possible dates of birth but no countries of origin.
The Patriot Act, passed in response to the attacks, for the first time relaxed confidentiality rules to let banks talk among themselves when they are suspicious of account holders.
"We pushed for a provision so that we would have a better ability to push information within the industry," said Richard Small, Citigroup's global anti-laundering chief. But, he added, "There are some provisions that I don't think will have any impact on terrorist financing."
The hijackers' practice of making routine use of U.S. checking accounts, credit cards and ATMs to pay for everyday expenses such as rent, rental cars and food "would not hit the radar screen," Small said. "We did not know they were terrorists, at least in the industry, until after the attack."
Also for the first time under the new law, banks are able to give frank references to other banks about fired employees.
"We think this will have a very real effect on preventing terrorists from infiltrating banks through employees," said John Byrne, senior counsel with the American Bankers Association.
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The investment projects and partnerships detected by the ANIMA-MIPO observatory (Mediterranean Investment and Partnership Observatory). Since 2003, the observatory keeps identifying Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and partnerships in the Mediterranean countries;
Detailed business news project by project (name of the investor, sector targeted, amount, company's web links, etc..). More than 5,000 investment projects and partnerships are currently geolocated by the ANIMA team;
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Thursday, October 22, 2015
Oh, and then there was the GPD XD
JXD S192 Singularity Android Game Console looks like it actually has the chops
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- Some insanely powerful Nvidia Chip - not a Rocky, not an Amlogic - we're looking here at the Tegra K1: an Xbox 360 only leeeeetle!
- A 1920*1200 323ppi screen, so even when this baby disappoints because upscaled Mr Do! just somehow don't seem right, you can still happily use the darn thing to watch xVids!
- Look at those sexy dual analogs, dpad, xbox inspired buttons and the shoulders!
- An f2.0 camera lens. In a little known (albeit better known) Chinese product of this kind, this is nothing short of miraculous. f2.0!
You really need to see it to believe it. Go back and click play. Now.
You can actually order one too: here and here! Indulge and report back please!
Or just go here to whine about the price: http://boards.dingoonity.org/jxd-devices/jxd-s192/ , or to discover pretty graphs like this one:
Thursday, July 16, 2015
It took this guy to say it: "Company claps Commodore brand on back of generic smartphone, gets attention"
Well put, sir!
Which actually brings me to today's topic (before, perhaps, I go slumbering again into 2016, maybe April): the way the mighty have fallen, I think we could crowdfund getting the Commodore logo onto this most suitable of unpunny devices, for, oh, a couple of fishbones and a broken pencil:
Has a nice ring (har har) to it, don't you think?
Who's with me?
Wednesday, July 15, 2015
Say mwarhrrrr***drool*** to the GPD XD Android Gaming Console
You don't know what you've got until it's gone. It wasn't too long ago that
an Android tablet with gaming controls was released every few months (and was supported for just about as long, but we won't go there). After a while, our
eyes glazed over and we all stopped looking.
And then, nothing. I don't know why. Good however, comes with the bad. Just like staying away from incognito mode on your browser can heighten the sensation of its eventual relaunch, there is now a curvy new pro
nm queen on the block: the GPD XD. I want it.
Here it is:
Cars, guns, balls! The freedom to choose between them all! That says. It. All. Yeah! What else does a handheld gaming console fan who's been going dry need to wet his whistle? Those sexy curves, those round little nubs, those colourful buttons just begging for some delicate tweaking ….. oooooohhhhhhhh ….!
But I digress. Here are its specs:
GPD XD Tablet GamePad
RK3288 Quad Core 1.8GHz
ARM Mali-T764
Android 4.4.4
5 inch H-IPS capacitive touch screen
Extend Card
Support T-FLASH (Support 128GB max)
Back 0.3MP
AVI(H.264, DIVX, XVID, rm, rmvb), MKV(H.264, DIVX, XVID), WMV, MOV, MP4(H.264, MPEG, DIVX, XVID), MPEG, MPG, FLV(H.263, H.264)
Supported Game Types
PSP/DC/ONS/NGP/NDS/N64/PS1/ARCADE/MAME/GBA/AFC/FC/MD/WSC/GBC/Arcade Games/Android Games/Computer Games, etc
I/O Port
1XUSB 2.0 OTG port
1XMicro SD Card port
1X3.5mm Earphones Port
1X HDMI port
3.7V/6000mAh Li-ion battery
1 x Tablet PC
1 x USB Cable
1 x Charger (DC 5V, 2A)
1 x Adapter (the adapter depend on the country of the buyer.)
Want some real detail about this sucker? Follow the 11 page dingoonity thread here: http://boards.dingoonity.org/gpd-devices/gpd-xd-new-5-inch-device-with-rk3288-(rumours)/
And if you're so inclined to preorder, you could do a whole heap worse than helping me out and using this link: www.banggood.com/GPD-XD-RK3288-Quad-Core-1_8GHz-5-Inch-16GB-Android-Foldable-Game-Tablet-p-986049.html?p=6Q240816780732015057
Which is to say, pretty please with sugar on it and a red cherry.
Tuesday, March 31, 2015
Five arcade games you MUST play before you die
For me:
4. Mr Do
You controlled a ballsy clown. Read that any way you like, pun intended, as this pixellated blob from the golden days of 25c arcades could finish levels in multiple ways - eat all fruit on screen, kill all pursuers with his ball, flattening them with fruit, or collecting randomly appearing letters to spell a word. All this while dodging enemies (what were they exactly?!) and tunnelling in the best possible way to create a torturous route which if done right, resulted in a killzone for your trusty balls of death! While always a classic, Mr Do never quite elicits the same response as Pac Man, which I put down to the fact that deep inside, we're all freaked out by Clowns. That's not Mr Do's fault however.
3. Bank Panic
This arcade gem looks today like something whipped up by a 3 year old - colourful blocky graphics and cheery simplistic music, but for gameplay it remains unique and unmatched. You control 3 gunsights. Yep, 3, at the same time, each mapped to a separate button. Doors open to reveal either bank customers or bandits, drawn cleverly to resemble customers. Shoot the bandits, don't shoot the customers. Perfect to pick up and play in 30 second bursts, this is the perfect subway game with a modern save state enabled console. This is just begging for an Android native version, or a clever Minecraft level mod remake.
2. Exciting Hour
Another relatively unknown arcade game, this wrestling slugfest lets you take on opponents like the (misspelt, or cleverly parodied) "Insane Worrier", and the politically incorrect "Cocoa Savage", obviously Quentin Tarantino's inspiration for Django. While there was only a joystick and 2 buttons, Technos managed to cram more than a dozen unique moves into the combos, setting the stage for later classics like Street Fighter 2 or today's incomprehensible UFC games.
1. Galaga
Galaga is Space Invaders evolved to perfection. After Galaga, the art evolved into scrolling Shoot Em Ups, for there was no more for the static screen shooter to achieve. Galaga was devilishly simple to learn, but almost impossible for the average player to conquer for more than 10 minutes, which I put down to being caused by extreme greed, once the rudimentary power up mechanics were discovered. Back in the day, you had to work hard for your money, as boosting the ship's capabilities involved a tortorous process of getting your ship tractor beamed, then frantically trying to blast the alien that captured it- and your reward for all this was simply two shots at a time! With no plot to speak of, the goal of this was only to score big, which consumed too many of my university hours and I'm sure cost thousands in lost earning potential. But hey, I got to experience gaming in its simplest, purest form, when the words "High Score AYY" meant something.
Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Gamestreaming desktop consoles (PS3/X360/PS4/XOne) to Android (and other) devices
Universal Gamestreaming method
I posted a guide (in spanish, use translator) for gamestreaming our desktop consoles (PS3/X360/PS4/XOne).
The main goal of this guide is providing an universal method for streaming/gamestreaming our desktop consoles, and get them on our devices such Android consoles, allowing to play on it in normal way, using the android console controls directly, and get a new way to play on desktop consoles, even in remote (outside our local network).
This guide is part of the Guide for Gamestreaming that i published some days ago. (and is so extensive for translating to english for now)
Note: WiiU is not included for now because there are some tech problemas that don´t allow to use this device for streaming.
- Android device
- IOS device
- PC Widnows
- PC Linux
- windows phone
- Google Chrome Browser (with add-ons enabled)
The client of the streaming depends on the the streaming solution you choice.
- Limelight
- Kainy
- Splashtop Gamepad THD
The guide includes these three alternatives, because with this is possible to bring some alternatives for people that don´t have a compatible NVidia GPU for use within LimeLight, the other solutions may work fine for other GPUs.
The solution is divided in two parts:
Part 1: Streaming audio/Video from your desktop console to some device to be used as screen, and play using the normal controller connected to their desktop console
Part 2: once you get the part 1 running, you can control your desktop console by the client streaming device, and with this allowing remote gamestreaming (outside your local network)
Part 1: Audio/Video Streaming
With this, you can play on your desktop console using something similar to gameklip, or directly on your tablet using the desktop console controller.
You will need:
- A capture card for your video output from desktop console
- A software for previewing the video captured. (Debut, Totalmedia Extreme 2, TV View, etc. Any software that don´t generate lag in the image)
- A software for streaming (Limelight, Kainy, Splashtop THD)
- A tablet, smartphone, etc. that will be the client of streaming
- A desktop console that you want to stream, and a wireless controller (you will play with this, connected to their console)
Part 2: Complete GameStreaming (Audio/Video/Control)
If you need control your desktop console from your device, i.e. for remote playing, then you will need:
- A capture card for your video output from desktop console
- A software for previewing the video captured. (Debut, Totalmedia Extreme 2, TV View, etc. Any software that don´t generate lag in the image)
- A software for streaming (Limelight, Kainy, Splashtop THD)
- A tablet, smartphone or similar with a gamepad connected, or an android console etc.
- A desktop console that you want to stream
- Optionally, may need a controller from the desktop console, for authenticate process of the gamepad.
- A Titan One device, for controlling our desktop consoles from streaming client.
The guide is on my blog. I started a discussion thread in spanish on elotrolado, and i want to start other similar thread in english here. I want to help people that want to try this, but my time for now is low (so much work, end of the year, etc), but i will try to check forums for people that need some help.
I will update this post with some videos of samples with this method.
Hope you found interesting and useful this info.
Thursday, October 16, 2014
JXD S7800B 8GB - CyanogenMod 11 Kitkat (With Power/Sleep fix) Rom!
[30.08.2014][ROM] JXD S7800B 8GB - CyanogenMod 11 Kitkat (With Power/Sleep fix)
Thought I would give people a heads up in case some wasn't aware about the beta of a ported CM11 rom. Seems great so far
Thursday, September 18, 2014
Rockbot 1.0.3 released
Rockbot is an open-source, SDL based, game engine to replicate old style
Rockman (aka Megaman) games, being as close as possible to Rockman 1-6,
and an editor made with Qt, for custom graphics, weapons, bosses,
enemies and level creation.
A must have game to run on your Dingoo Dingux and Android game console.
Changes in 1.0.3:
- fix stage boss jumping out of screen
- fix player falling beyond floor after dying to a boss
- password now stores the selected player
- restart stage music after dying to a boss
- fix Ape walking midair
- better control on player speed
- better speed limit (40 fps)
- lower touch damage
As usual, you can get it from our downloads page.
Saturday, August 16, 2014
Spec Envy – iReady Much W1Android console/Smartphone comin' real soon now …
This svelte looking WTF is that device will evidently be available real soon now, and perhaps sooner than that if you're game to make contact with the nice folk at iready here.
It appears to be a MTK 6592 2 GB powered smartphone, with an IPS 720p screen ++ thing, but its asking price of over $250 might be a little hard to stomach if it doesn't change. Here are the published specs:
Operating System
Battery Capacity
WCDMA: 2100M/1900M/900MHz
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
Sunday, August 10, 2014
ScummVM 1.7.0 "The Neverrelease" for Dingux
ScummVM is a program which allows you to run
certain classic graphical point-and-click adventure games, provided you
already have their data files. The clever part about this: ScummVM just
replaces the executables shipped with the games, allowing you to play
them on systems for which they were never designed!
ScummVM supports many adventure games, including LucasArts SCUMM games (such as Monkey Island 1-3, Day of the Tentacle, Sam & Max, ...), many of Sierra's AGI and SCI games (such as King's Quest 1-6, Space Quest 1-5, ...), Discworld 1 and 2, Simon the Sorcerer 1 and 2, Beneath A Steel Sky, Lure of the Temptress, Broken Sword 1 and 2, Flight of the Amazon Queen, Gobliiins 1-3, The Legend of Kyrandia 1-3, many of Humongous Entertainment's children's SCUMM games (including Freddi Fish and Putt Putt games) and many more.
A year has passed and ScummVM 1.7.0 is here.
With this release we have added support for
- The Neverhood
- Mortville Manor
- Voyeur
- Return to Ringworld
- Chivalry is Not Dead
But this is not all. We have added experimental support for the OUYA console (we couldn't add GCW-Zero support simply because sev still awaits his console from Kickstarter), made major improvements to the PS2 port and merged the Bada with Tizen ports.
The full list with all changes mentioned can be found in our release notes and the release can be obtained as usual from our downloads page.
Everybody Way Oh!
Source: http://scummvm.org/
Dingux Port: http://dl.openhandhelds.org/cgi-bin/dingoo.cgi?0,0,0,0,20,725
Source Code: http://sourceforge.net/projects/scummvm/files/scummvm/1.7.0/scummvm-1.7.0.zip/download?use_mirror=freefr&download=
Saturday, August 9, 2014
Reicast Dreamcast Emulator makes Android party like IT'S 1999
It's not a new new thing, but for those not yet in the know (like, um, me) the Reicast Dreamcast Emulator is now completely playable on any decent Android gaming machine! Don't take my word for it. Here's proof:
How to disassemble your GCW-Zero
Looking for a step by step on how to disassemble your GCW Zero? (So soon? It's only been a 2 year wait!). Well fear not, Fosamax has your back, and the tutorial to prove it, which you can find here: http://boards.dingoonity.org/gcw-general/gcw-zero-disassembly-and-d-pad-mod-tutorial/msg110661/#msg110661
Thursday, August 7, 2014
How to connect serial something to something on your GCW Zero for something console, um …
It's got alligator cables and raw PCBs! What else can any self respecting geek want? Well, you can read all about it here:
It allows you to connect the GCW Zero to your computer and output the early boot messages to an external display, and also gives you control of the device through a terminal at the end of the booting processing.
Anyhow, it's good to know you can do this. Yessiree.
Tuesday, July 22, 2014
NVidia confirms Shield 2 is a tablet! I knew Shield 1. Shield 1 was a friend of mine.
It is rare that 80's presidential politics has much to say about 2014 gaming, but then, black swans appear, like now.
After months of speculation, Nvidia has confirmed that its impending Nvidia Shield 2 gaming device is a … tablet?! Tablet? Yes, let's call a spade a spade. It's a well specced beast of a tablet, but the fact is that unlike the Shield 1, which was a daring, hideously ugly but damned functionally excellent piece of gaming kit for the handheld android (retro)gamer, the Shield 2 looks to be JAFT – just another frickin' tablet, with an optional controller.
Look, here it is; so optional, it's floating in space. Which is, of course, the subliminal message of this image: to gamers, the Shield 2's optional controller is as optional as air in space.
When the Shield 1 was released, the general consensus of reviewers was that it was a bold move to dominate a niche market, but that more time was needed to see if this would pay off for Nvidia. Time appears to have told its tale. Close, but no cigar, and obviously, no payoff! While the Shield 1 was undoubtedly the best handheld device of its class, it appears that with Shield 2, Nvidia is confirming that the market for a truly handheld android gaming device just isn't big enough to sustain continued product development in that direction. With the confirmation that Shield 2 really IS a glorified tablet, fans of handheld (retro)gaming are going to have to wait a bit longer for their dream product.
Monday, July 21, 2014
Version 2: S7800B 1.6GHz - (Tweaked+vSync Fix+60Hz+Apex Launcher) ROMs
Version 2: S7800B 1.6GHz - (Tweaked+vSync Fix+60Hz+Apex Launcher) ROMs
Current Version: webclaw-tw116-9.img:
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Why are there so many ROM releases?
The JXD S7800B is a pretty unique device. Two versions of this unit exist, and each require a different kernel to get the best speed of out them. Fix one issue, and it breaks RK3188-T devices, fix another and RK3188 users have problems. It's very hard to balance both. Competition out there really is focused on RK3188-T devices - which means they are slower but only have a single kernel (so modifications are easy to test). Further, there were many ROM versions released by JXD (.05, .08, .09, .14, and .16). JXD never released very good release notes on what changes were in these ROM's. This doesn't help ROM developers like me as now I and the community have to test things to find out! Lastly, JXD has not released the a source Kernel, so updates and fixes are nothing more than hackjobs.
« Last Edit: July 17, 2014, 01:05:11 AM by WebClaw »
Wednesday, June 18, 2014
SQRXZ 4 and Xump by RETROGURU for OpenDingux
The fourth part of the (now) quadrology Jump'n Think series Sqrxz brings
you onto an cold icy island. Shiny marbles, evil penguins and ghosts,
underwater creatures and many more to expect. Original Sqrxz made by
Marcus Vesterlund and John Holmvall. Game made by the boys and girls
from Retroguru.
Dingoo A320 OpenDingux port by Sergei Kolesnikov (Exl)
More Information & Download here: http://www.sqrxz.de/sqrxz-4/
Souce: http://boards.dingoonity.org/dingux-releases/sqrxz-4-v1-00-by-retroguru/
Xump - The Final Run is a simple multi-platform puzzler by Retroguru. Initially released by Psilocybin Development in 2005 the game has been improved in almost every aspect you can imagine. New graphics, new levels, new music, new options, new everything...
Help Holger to clean up deserted space fields. As this is a very dangerous task for a human being a headbot named Xump will be the one who has to suffer.
Your main task is to clean all dissolveable tiles on several single-screen levels by simply stepping on them, one by one. Few fields are secured with mines and need a double tap. Mines can be blown up when passing by or deminded by Xump when staying on this specific field for a short moment. Certainly the mission sounds easier than it will be.
Dingoo A320 OpenDingux port by Sergei Kolesnikov (Exl)
More Information & Download here: http://retroguru.com/xump/
Source: http://boards.dingoonity.org/dingux-releases/xump-v1-00-by-retroguru/
Thanks a lot to Kojote and Exl from RETROGURU for these nice games that also work on my Dingoo A-380. You guys really rock.
Tuesday, June 3, 2014
Dingoo A330 reviewed in Blackpool Gazette
Things are slow in Blackpool on a Tuesday. Which explains this:
I've never been to Blackpool, but know it well enough from The Beano. I gather it's famous for pebbly beaches, donkeys, seaside amusements and presumably therefore, penny arcades, which makes the A330 a natural fit for the local rag.
Monday, May 26, 2014
Dingoo A-380 Custom Firmware updated to V2.11.08 "RetroDD"
Source: http://boards.dingoonity.org/dingoo-technology-a380/firmware-v2-0016-with-neo-geo-zip-support/
Re: Dingoo A-380 Custom Firmware V2.11.08 "RetroDD"
Dingoo A-380 render by Santo
The Dingoo A-380 CFW Version 2.11.08 is available for download.
New in CFW V2.11.08:
The swap file is moved to the External MicroSD card in this version to improve the read/write times with the FinalBurn Alpha emulator. There's also an updated SDL VICE build with sound fix and a new UAE4All build with sound fix for the Dingoo A-380.
Grab Dingoo A380 v2.11.08 firmware here: http://dl.openhandhelds.org/cgi-bin/dingoo.cgi?0,0,0,0,42,723
Tuesday, May 13, 2014
SDL-VICE updated to 2.4.6 for Dingoo A-380/A-320e/A320(OpenDingux)–Thanks Aliengrey!
SDL-VICE 2.4.6 for Dingoo A-380/A-320e/A320(OpenDingux)
Here's an updated SDL-VICE version for the Dingoo A-380, A-320e and A320 (OpenDingux).
What is VICE?
SDL-VICE running on a Dingoo A-380
Video by retrodd
Thursday, April 24, 2014
JXD S7800B - Maetel´s Custom ROM Supercharged Pombagira V1 Based on 1.5 04/21/2014
Another custom rom – the JXD S7800B is rolling in it these days; yay yay yay!:
Maetel´s S7800B Custom ROM Supercharged Pombagira V1 04/21/2014
Based on : JXD Firmware 4.2.2 V1.5 0313 03/13/2014
227MB Only !
List of changes :
Thursday, April 17, 2014
Maetel releases Exucaveira JXDS7800B Custom ROM
This is a Custom ROM for JXD S7800B based on JXD´s Stock ROM 4.2.2 V1.1.4 1.6Ghzwith Root, Supercharged and Tweaked. Tested on 3188T and 3188 Devices.
Download V2 of Supercharged Custom ROM (17/04/2014) codename Exucaveira :
V2 List of modifications :
20.000+ Antutu points on this baybee = sweet Maetel, keep up the great work!
Tuesday, April 15, 2014
New A380 Custom Firmware and a Chips Challenge Bonus!
Hats off to Alien Grey for continuing to support the device that'll never die, the A380! Alien has released a new CFW … and to keep you playing, a new version of Tile World AKA Chip's Challenge, for your Dingooing pleasure! Way to go!
The new Dingoo A-380 CFW V2.11.04 "Exmortis II" is available for download:
HERE: http://dl.openhandhelds.org/cgi-bin/dingoo.cgi?0,0,0,0,42,721
What's new:
1. The kernel has been replaced with an updated factory kernel. The kernel has been updated by d_smagin for better compatibility. A second kernel is no longer needed except maybe for charging the battery. It's still possible to boot the factory kernel with the VMLinux files to charge the battery if necessary.
Read more about CFW for the A380 here: http://boards.dingoonity.org/dingoo-technology-a380/firmware-v2-0016-with-neo-geo-zip-support/630/
And Chips Challenge here:
This is a port of Tile World (Chip's Challenge) for the Dingoo A-380 CFW.
Tile World is an open source emulator of Chip's Challenge, able to
Saturday, April 5, 2014
Heroes of Might and Magic for Android devices!
Dreams comes true... Working Heroes III (and more PC classic on the way)!
Hello all,
Heroes 3 Runner (like similar Doom and Heretic ports from Eltechs based on Eltechs' ExaGear Mobile software:
This game is powered by Eltechs ExaGear engine. Eltechs ExaGear is a mixture of virtualization and binary translation technology that translates in run-time Intel x86 code to ARM one. Along with translation this engine applies sophisticated optimization algorithms to bring high performance experience to end-users.
It requires a ~100 MB cache (downloaded with installation) and entire Windows folder of HoMM3 installed on your Win PC (works with GOG Complete version, by the way). Then all that you need is copy that directory in app's subfolder PUT_HEROES3_HERE and that's all. You may enjoy the game for free for 3 days before app will ask you to purchase a 30 days pass or "full version" to play forever. Cost of "full version" is about 150 rubles (~$4.25) which is blatantly FAIR PRICE for such treasure.
Sunday, March 30, 2014
DeenOX's JXD S5800 phablet tablet review
Aching for a phone that will also work as a handheld game device? Check out DeenOX's take on the latest JXD phone/phablet/tablet (It's always worth reading his fab reviews! Check out his blog for more). Like Mr Sheen, is there anything this phone cannot clean?:
[REVIEW] Phablet/Console JXDS5800 (Quad-Core, 5")
[REVIEW] JXDS5800 (Quad-Core, 5")
Note: In first place, apologize my rude english. I do my best for writing directly in english, avoiding automatic translators, but is possible i do some mistakes. I will be glad receiving any improvement or fix, if you consider necessary, but in general speaking i think the main content of the article is understandable (most of this article is technical information). Hope you don´t get problems on reading it.
Product information
According with the manufacturer, or searching info on web pages, we can found many sources of information about the device and sometimes these information may be not consistent (may be different from one web page to other), and this may cause some confusion for anybody that wants to get info about this product.
Info from the device itself (Android info)
In first place, to get a reliable source of info about the system, i take some screenshots from the same device showing android system info (thata usually is insufficient), and from another software that can give us more detailed information about the system, and with this info we can get a general idea about the capabilities of the device.
Default programs on the device
For people that don´t know about these programs, i can tell (in short words) that a benchmark is a program or normalized test that runs on a device. These tests give points (usually, averaging many results) the performance of a device, in the way that the final total point may be useful to compare, in a simple and direct way, the general performance between many devices.
Antutu Benchmark X Edition (Google Play version)
This is a version special anti-fraud edition from this popular benchmark.
Many manufacturer do some tricks to bring best results when running Antutu Benchmark, most of these tricks is temporal overclocking the CPU/GPU, when the SoC detect the benchmark is running. For this reason, this special edition of Antutu Benchmark was created, to avoiding these kind of cheats/tricks from manufacturers, offering a real result for their tests.
Note: running this test, the device hangs on 87% of the benchmark.
Forcing to stop and load the test, appear the following results:
Summarizing points:
Pros, cons and improvements.
As in every product, there are pros and cons points that are good to mention in a clear way. These points will help to us to decide if the device features are enough for what the user are looking for in a device of this kind.
This is an evolved 5" JXD device, and must the base for future devices of this size.


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Ecuador's Avenue of the Volcanoes Now Welcomes Avid Trekkers With Select Inn-to-Inn Hospitality
Heretofore an accessible, comfortable trekking program didn't exist here. For many years climbing has been a luxury for only a select group of expert mountaineers.
This adventure at the hearth of Ecuador's Avenue of the Volcanoes (http://www.destinationecuador.com/
"Mountain Guardians is Tropic's (http://www.destinationecuador.com/)
Heretofore an accessible, comfortable trekking program didn't exist here. For many years climbing has been a luxury for only a select group of expert mountaineers.
"We want to make the mountains accessible to everyone. We want people not to fear the altitude or the discomfort of cold campsites. In addition to the guests, the host accommodations themselves become our ambassadors in the same way that the guests of indigenous peoples are Amazon Guardians and Galapagos Guardians," says Carvalho.
The per person double cost of $2,806 for a 7-night program includes a bilingual naturalist and climbing guide, transportation and support vehicle for luggage, lodge and hacienda accommodations and one night in a high-altitude mountain refuge, first aid kit , meals and snacks. Not included are park entrance fees, tips, alcoholic and other beverages and gear of any type. Sleeping bags and gear can be rented. Shorter programs of 3 nights are at $1,357 per person double.
The program begins in Quito with a city tour and opportunity to obtain necessary rental equipment. Accommodation is at Hacienda Alegria. The Pasochoa Reserve is the destination on Day 2 for a climb of 4,200-meter Pasochoa Peak and views of Quito. The descent to the Pita River canyon ends at the Cotopaxi Pungo Lodge for the evening. A hike on Day 3 through humid, high mountain forests descends through the grasslands of Cotopaxi to an area known as the Pedregal. Tonight's lodge is Los Mortiños hacienda, rife with the history of the country's famous mountain climbers and at the entrance of Cotopaxi National Park. Day 4 brings guests along the Pita River canyon and across a plain inside the national park before arriving at Hosteria Tambopaxi, a world-famous mountain lodge. Enroute guests may see wild horses and such birds as the Curiquingue and the giant Andean Condor.
A second peak, Rumiñahui, is Day 5's destination, offering views of the eastern side of Singholagua and Cotopaxi, the lord of the brilliant grassy foothills that never ceases to entrance hikers. The hike passes by the Machay (an Inca refuge) arriving eventually onto the stunning Limpiopungo Lagoon. The day ends back at Hosteria Tambopaxi. Day 6 accesses the Cotopaxi mountain refuge (a mountaineers'
By now its Day 8, even though it's still dark, and the five to-seven-hour climb to the summit begins. The Avenue of the Volcanoes will reveal Chimborazo to the South and Imbabura to the North and all the magnificent peaks between: Tungurahua y Sangay, el Altar, Quilindaña, Antisana, Cayambe, Ilinizas, Corazón, Atacazo and Pichincha. The approximately three-hour descent leads back to the Refuge and farewells.
Cotopaxi and its refuge are an important part of the story of Carvalho's family. His grandfather and uncles have participated in the establishment, activities and growth of the famous San Gabriel HS Mountaineers Club.
"We want to share the passion of this club," explains Carvalho. "We asked them to show us the best and most accessible routes that are the highlights of our programs. We have incorporated lodges that were built by professional climbers in the region where they have dedicated their lives to passionately sharing these mountains with others. This is what Tropic is all about: meeting and getting inspired by the locals no matter which ecosystem we are exploring and this is the case now for our Mountain Guardians Lodge-to-Lodge Climbing and Trekking vacations.
About Tropic
Established in 1994, Tropic is an award–winning ecotourism company specializing in responsible, community-based tourism in Ecuador. Programs combine life-changing, active-but-cultural ecotourism experiences focusing on nature, conservation, diversity and sustainability.
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They used soul gas ^^
The new gas of the future it doesn't attack the body but the soul
my complaint would be the size of character sometimes they look giants sometime almost ants in...
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They used soul gas ^^
The new gas of the future it doesn't attack the body but the soul
my complaint would be the size of character sometimes they look giants sometime almost ants in...
I don't agree
personally I think that tobi is a zetsu
reason why: he loses an arm he cane just replace it again
the reason why he needs Susuke:
I have a strange feeling it's going to be...
lol it was already mentioned
and personally i don't think so he got the technique finished after he became the hokage meaning he wasn't the squad leader any-more(dead god seal)
my reasoning is...
Nice Chapter personally i felt it was the nicest chapter in a while
i felt the previous chapters where a bit rushed
And now let it begin!!... "WHO IS TOBI"
k personally the first thing i suspected when Madara would be resurrected would be this sentience "I'm alive"
ok a second thing i want to ad here
i wonder when madara/tobi transferred the...
just i thing i want to ad on this
has any considered if kabuto dies the edo's don't disappear ??
it has bin mentioned a couple of times in the manga first by the 3th hokage fighting Oroshimaru ...
for mercury fruit
the temperature is no big deal look at Aokiji does he melt ? he's like ice
and i like it asswel you could potentially even mike sharp objects whit it etc
as for tora fruit ...
i just reread some of the chapters where it is discussed and the manga(tobi a.k.a madara says it we can't be sure he cane by bluffing again) clearly says that they started planning a coup before the...
Now it's finally getting interesting :tee:
I wanne see reborn fight for real
in my country it's like this your innocent till proven guilty
so ass long as there isn't any real proof i see no reason to say the Uchiha where involved whit the fox
and on a side note if the...
alive: i would say probely Naruto or sasuke(Ems but can't be sure how strong he is) pure power base
Dead: "sage of the six paths" and behind him Madara Uchiha
K personally i don't think the Uchiha had anything to do whit the attack
my reasoning is this:
Sasuke's mother is Kuchina's friend (maybe even best friend, because that's what it looked like to...
This is one of the best zoro amv's i have watched
lol loved the chapter very much
and the difference between pirates and hero's is... pirates are egoists and hero's are not
if they are good i dont mind those fillers but i just hope it's about the training etc if there are any fillers
But i hope we get to see reyleigh the next episode already
nice episode overall
Watch OP stream
I guess it's bin confirmed sabo is still a live
Dragon caring him back whit him from watching the...
lol about shiras powers i personaly think its more like this
Mermaids cane talk to fish, sea kings are also fish
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Great chapter
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Hodi is whit Neptune's army funny to see him there
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Ok first of all this isn't just a thread for just the specific episode this a thread for one piece anime in general.
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Here, here! I just returned from the Web Directions North conference, and Brian Oberkirch gave an awesome talk that touched on directions in social networking in 2008. He brought up the Action Streams plugin and I silently oohed and awed, and hoped that someone would port this to WordPress soon. That developer will become a rock star! Start your engines!!
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Here's a plain PHP version (not a plugin).
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Something like that doesn't make it a bad game... For most people that would be considered a minor inconvenience, not a dealbreaker. But eh, it's your loss.
PC gaming is going to be changing a lot in the next few years so being able to adapt to different control methods will be crucial. In fact we're already seeing it. The developers of Sleeping Dogs probably didn't put much effort into the Keyboard and mouse controls because they know that most people now use a controller with that type of game. You're going to see a lot more of this in the future so you might as well just get used to it and try to appreciate the game for what it offers even if it's not perfect. I mean is using WASD REALLY that hard to get used to?
Look at the reverse side of that though, Your gonna be cutting your fanbase in half with the game cause they didn't add the control support that the player wanted. If the developers cared about thier fan base they would add both options. If the developers of sleeping dogs don't care then I simply won't buy anymore of thier games if they will be this way.
Thier is long threads on steam forum and developer forum complaining of the arrow key issue, Not everyone likes WASD or Controller.
You don't just automaticly drop support for a specific control support just because the developers think One is more used then the other, thats a very bad business decision.
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To promote its pop-culture memorabilia series Hollywood Treasure, Syfy has released video from Comic-Con International of an awed Stan Lee as he's shown the complete original artwork from Fantastic Four #12 — pages he's likely not seen in 47 years.
The footage, which clocks in at more than 12 minutes, is interesting for a couple of reasons. First, and most obvious, is Lee's genuine excitement about the art and his admiration for the work of collaborator Jack Kirby. As he pores over the pages he realizes the notes aren't Kirby's but his own, which were usually erased in the production process.
Second, and by far the most interesting, is the suggestion that Lee's garage could be the mother lode of Silver Age original art. Toward the end of the video, after Lee has gone, host Joe Maddalena tells his associates: "This is a great start to a great relationship. His guy was telling me — I said, 'Does he have any artwork?' He goes, 'Boxes and boxes in the garage.' I said, 'What do you mean, garage?' He goes, 'Storage units full.' I said, 'Well, supposedly I've heard him say he doesn't have anything.' The guy said, 'Storage units full of artwork.' He goes, 'He has no idea what he has. He's never looked at it'."
Maddalena, owner of Profiles in History auction house, hopes (naturally) to gain access to the art for appraisal. Watch the video after the break. Hollywood Treasure airs Wednesdays on Syfy.
Wait, so the original art that Jack Kirby spent so long to get back was in Stan Lee's "shed"… This isn't going to end well.
I agree with Blue Saint.
If Stan does have this art and said/did nothing when one of his collaborators he admired wanted it back, he is a real dick.
I don't think that the artwork shown in the clip is Stan Lee's. That said, the idea that he has tons of original art, given that he was EIC at a time when Marvel didn't return art, makes me wonder if any of the art was obtained at a time when no one realized original art's value, and if the ownership of any of the art he has is a little cloudy.
On the other hand, I'm sure every comic artist on Earth has tried to gift Stan Lee with art, so who knows?
Before people race to judgment, perhaps we should wait and see what this is all about. True, if there is art that a co-collaborator had asked for and Stan did nothing or even thought "hey, now that you mention it, I may have some of your stuff", then I will have lost a lot of respect for him. Having said that, It almost seems to be in fashion to bash Stan. Let's give 'The Man' the benefit of the doubt people.
While I agree that we shouldn't rush to judgment, on the face of things it doesn't look good.
Not judging, just speculating. After all, his "guy" says, "He has no idea what he has. He's never looked at it," so it doesn't sound like Stan has a meticulously crafted spreadsheet detailing his original art collection that he could consult when (hypothetically) deciding to screw over former collaborators.
And Blue Saint, for all we know that could be boxes and boxes of original art featuring Stan Lee Media characters.
I am not even saying Stan did anything on purpose, if anything he probably just packed the art up back in the 80's when he moved out West never giving it a second thought. It is just going to look really bad if there happens to be any Kirby art in there.
I think I will not judge the man based on a secondhand reported statement from "his guy".
"Lisa Kirby, serving as trustee for the Rosalind Kirby Trust, also alleges that Marvel didn't return all of Jack Kirby's original artwork in its possession — a bitter dispute that goes back decades — despite its claims to the contrary. The company's alleged efforts to conceal the art are characterized as "willful, wanton, malicious, and oppressive, and justify the awarding of exemplary and punitive damages."
This makes me sick if true. Kirby needed that artwork for his family's livelihood and it was sitting in some garage… Come on. Show some respect for your collaborator… Or admit you're wrong and hand it over to the family.
"It is just going to look really bad if there happens to be any Kirby art in there."
Agreed. No matter what the ultimate truth is.
Greg, unless I'm mistaken, the FF artwork featured in the video is not Stan's.
You're right, Chad. It was assembled (presumably over a span of years) by a collector, and merely shown by Joe Maddalena to Stan Lee.
Besides, Isn´t Stan Lee entitled to some of that artwork? He was writer of it, afetr all. It doesn´t mean Stan Lee stole it, maybe Marvel gave him those after they started returning art. In any case, the information is not complete.
@ipm: i'm sure he was entitled to some of the artwork. Probably 50%.
But assuming he actually has a "shed full" of Kirby pages (which i don't believe he does) he would have gotten way more of the remaining pages than Kirby, who got i believe less than a hundred pages back.
Just an odd thought: Is it 100% certain that the "he" referred to (who supposedly has all this tons and tons of artwork) is Stan Lee? Could the "he" be referring to the person who they got those original FF pages from?
Why would Stan Lee be entitled to Jack Kirby's artwork?
Didn't comic pros once (and maybe still) have a thing where the various members of the creative team would get a few pages from each book they worked on together? Not sure if that convention survived the increased interest in original art.
I don't know if Stan is "the guy" that they're referring to, or if Carlos is "the guy". Carlos appears on the show prior to their meeting Stan, as the current owner of the art. The host says something similar PRIOR to meeting Stan… "This guy doesn't know what he has."
Before everyone starts jumping to conclusions….
I've been in Stan's garage, and his shed, and his storage rooms, and most of his closets when I worked with him to sell his collection through Heritage. Yes, Stan had some art (the painted covers to SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN #1 and #2, the cover to AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #69 were the best pieces), but no Kirby, as I recall. To the best of my knowledge, Heritage sold the bulk of his value several years ago in a series of very well-publicized auctions. He likely has a bunch of original art from the SPIDER-MAN newspaper strip, but that's most likely about it, unless he's uncovered a treasure trove since I was there. Most of the Silver Age Kirby art that's out there now came from the Tony Christopher collection that came to light about ten years ago, not from Stan. The FF #12 art that was seen on Hollywood Treasures wasn't his, it belongs to an unnamed collector. Give the Stan-bashing a rest.
I know there are plenty of people out there who are ready to believe the worst about Stan at the drop of a hat, but after working with him and spending time with him, I can honestly tell you that there is no bigger fan of Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko on the planet. Stan didn't deny Kirby his artwork, Marvel did, and to make an equivalency between Stan and Marvel, especially at the time of the artwork conflict when Stan was already on the West Coast, is ridiculous.
Just trying to provide some actual facts in response to the rhetoric.
back when publishers started returning artwork they used simple 50/50 splits between writer and penciller. Sometimes the inkers were included as well, making it 1/3 each.
This was despite that writers propably never touched the pencilled pages. But on the other hand inkers, colorists and letterers were left out most of the time as well.
I don't know how it's done today.
But anything is better than cutting up pages to hand out single panels to young visitors (as was done occasionally at DC in the 60s).
Great interview. Here are my comments.
I don't know why, but I can't help to remember that someone donated the originals or Amazing Fantasy #15 to the Library of congress not long ago. Could it be related?
@Gnubeutel: Nowadays the artwork is usually split 2/3 for the penciler, and 1/3 for the inker. NOTHING for the writer. Which is your source to tell that back in the days when they started to return the artwork, it was split 50/50 between the writer and the penciller?
At one time in the eighties Marvel split artwork between the writer and the artist. I remember a story about Craig Russel getting the art for a Dr. Strange story he did, noticing that all the balloons had been pasted over the original art, and him scraping them off, dumping them in a paper bag and handing it to the writer saying "Here's your share."
Well, in fact, the ballons were the letterer's share. The manuscript is the writer's share.
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I read a lot of Back Issue, Comic Book Artist and similar magazines, but i can't point out a source article to back up my statements. It's just what i remember.
Just to clarify some mis-conceptions here.
As an art dealer who has been selling art since 1976, I can say the art was NEVER split 50/50 between the artist and writer. From late 74 to sometime in early 1979, the writer received only 2 pages per book. The balance was divided 2/3 penciller, 1/3 inker.
As far as P. Craig Russell's Dr. Strange annual art, Craig received the entire issue back. When Wolfman complained he didn't get his 2 pages, Craig removed the word balloons and sent them to Wolfman. No way was Russell giving Wolfman any art when Wolfman didn't draw it.
Since the book was late, the word ballons were pasted down.
Kirby recieved more than 1000 pages from Marvel, not 100.
Thanks, Mitch.
Although I'm still shocked about the 2 pages that the writers received with no reason, imho.
Anyway, this hardly explain why Lee had the couple of Spectacular Spider-Man covers and the SPM #69 cover, unless they are gifts from Romita Sr. I wonder what John has to say about it, and if he had knowledgement of it. Only these three covers are worth more than 100k.
Mark Evanier reported Kirby received roughly 2000 pages from Marvel.
As reported in TCJ #105 at the time of Irene Vartanoff's inventory of the original art in the Marvel warehouse the art for Fantastic Four #1 and #2, Hulk #1 and #2, Journey into Mystery (Thor) #83, and Amazing Fantasy #15 was missing.
Last year an anonymous donor gave the original art to Amazing Fantasy #15 to the Library of Congress. The donor, who was described as a man by the LOC curator, declined to have the art appraised, which meant the donation could not be used as an income tax deduction. The donor also told the LOC he had more art he might wish to donate.
Irene Vartanoff is quoted in TCJ #105. The quotes are from her, but her source is Brodsky.
"Covers were in big demand as incentives to doing business with Marvel. They sent 30 or 40 pages to Japan to help solidify business deals. Stan was always saying, 'Oh, send me some Spider-Man pages."
"Brodsky wouldn't allow the issue-by-issue listing to fall into anyones hands. The art would have disappeared."
Vartanoff added Brodsky warned her not to show the inventory list to Stan Lee, "I avoided showing the list to Stan Lee, out of concern he would requisition art for himself, or for people he wanted to give the art to."
Recent activity Kirby Estate/Toberoff vs. Disney/Marvel can be seen here.
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Conversation isn't confrontation btorher (who the heck else is would want to talk about DD's boots). I wasn't really talking about Rivera specifically, or at least not intending to, just artists over time adding little, (sometimes very little) visual stamps as they take over the book. For Rivera maybe it's the holster, for Quesada maybe it was the short gloves and boots, for Miller maybe it was detailed ears under his mask, etc. Beyond your observations:1. I have seen DD's horns on the side of his head. Don't care for it.2. I have seen 'divits' in his mask-hole (the opening for his nose, mouth, and chin). I think that was Nord. This I liked.3. Blocky double DD s Colan style. Prefer them modern.4. His eyes white, not red. Hate this.5. And to totally geek out (just for Christine), I hate that Nightwing carries escrima sticks that look just like billyclubs. Thank Scott McDaniel for that legacy.
In reference to Craig's Russell's infamous DR. STRANGE ANNUAL:
Russell conceived, wrote & did full art entirely on his own over a several-year period ON SPEC. When the book was completely finished, new editor & writer Marv Wolfman elected to schedule it IN BETWEEN episodes of an unrelated ongoing story (distrurbing the flow of both), and cut a lot of pages in order to fit it into the then-current page count for Annuals. He then badly over-wrote the dialogue, and had someone in production paste down the word balloons right on the previously-pristene art pages, after FIRST whiting out areas for the balloons to fit over, in spite of the agreed-on rwequest that they be done on an overlay, in order to preserve the art.
When Russell got his pages back, he discovered the combination of white-out and paste-down, doubly mutilating his work. He pealed off the word balloons and mailed them back as a form of heavy sarcasm. Apparently, he had trouble getting work at Marvel for some time after that.
And, in a related story, I recall vividly one Saturday afternoon at my comics shop, listening to a group of fans discussing who they felt was Marvel's "WORST" writer– Len Wein, or his good buddy, Marv Wolfman. Wolfman "won".
Finally, regarding dialogue writers, Jack Kirby on several occasions pointed out that at Marvel, "creators are not allowed to write their own dialogue. Every single story Kirby did for Marvel in the 60s, he conceived, write & drew entirely on his own with no input from anyone else. His "editor" insisted on writing the dialogue himself… allegedly, to give it a "voice", but really, so he could get PAID for the full writing jobn, and claim that since his work was done by a full-time employee (not a freelancer), that anything he did automatically became the propetrty of the company.
See, this is how gangsters work in publishing.
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Bonsoir,C'est un peu un mélange de tout et n'importe quoi l'article. Ça confirme le fait qu'on ne peut pas parler de religion sans avoir un certain bagage spirituel. Parler de religion (spirituelle) en se basant d'un point de vue 100% matérialiste ne réussit jamais!Et c'est justement le crédo de la franc-maçonnerie, qui utilise le spirituel et l'ésotérisme pour une compréhension du monde et un usage complètement matérialiste…Le judaïsme n'est rien d'autre que la religion du royaume de Juda, qui est la soumission et l'adoration à l'unique Dieu.
Henry R. Kujawa:
"Every single story Kirby did for Marvel in the 60s, he conceived, write & drew entirely on his own with no input from anyone else. His "editor" insisted on writing the dialogue himself… allegedly, to give it a "voice", but really, so he could get PAID for the full writing jobn, and claim that since his work was done by a full-time employee (not a freelancer), that anything he did automatically became the propetrty of the company."
%1000 poppycock.
Same old Stan-bashing fro the Kirby fanboys.
Your deity had full freedom and control when he went to DC, and nothing good came from that.
The actual unbeatable kind of most of these bands creates just about every girl require correctly. And also, the actual easy to customize form of these wedding rings give rise to lots of different pattern alternatives. The particular halo design in which the center stone is framed together with scaled-down diamond jewelry to the all round top of the wedding ring can be at the top of type currently. Facet natural stone patterns to help several natural stone ring types to help classic retro styles; the chances involving fashion tend to be endless.


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I have Windows 8 and windows XP on two separate partitions. I don't like Windows 8 default boot menu because:
- It doesn't load right after turning on the computer, but after Windows 8 is already loaded
- Minimal time to wait before loading default OS is 5 seconds.
Can I replace it with custom boot menu, and how?
Also, I installed Windows XP after installing Windows 7. Now there is a problem in XP - drive letters are wrong - XP system drive is not C, but E. Can this be fixed too?


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I have some files on server with the date several months ago, but invisible for
find -mtime 7 search.
When I list them as
ls -l they look perfectly normal
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 347253 Jun 12 16:26 pedia_main.2010-06-12-04-25-02.sql.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 490144578 Nov 24 16:26 gsmforum_main.2010-11-24-04-25-02.sql.gz
The top file is invisible to "find . -mtime 1", but the botton one - is visible.
I almost smashed by head by the wall trying to understand why. I tried some random things and came across
ls --full-time command. And it shows, that these two are somehow a little bit different
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 347253 2010-06-12 16:26:20.000000000 +0400 pedia_main.2010-06-12-04-25-02.sql.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 490144578 2010-11-24 16:26:12.000000000 +0300 gsmforum_main.2010-11-24-04-25-02.sql.gz
The date seem to be ok, bit one has
+0400 as a timezone, and another one is
+0300. How come
find fails to find the ones with
OS is CentOS 5.5 Final with latest updates,
ls version is
(GNU coreutils) 5.97
Also, the thing is that I don't understand where this "timezone" of the file is stored. inode does not have any extra attributes to store them it seems. The FS on server is ext4.


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Anyone find a fix for this and their SWFupload issues?
The image browse buttons are currently broken if you upgrade to Flash 10. I dug around for awhile, upgraded, upgraded wordpress, etc etc to no avail.
Heads up though, if you do upgrade, be careful, as it will blow away your flutter_files directory. Totally frustrating and embarrassing to my client.
Whats odd, is that the same SWFUpload stuff that is in wordpress works for 2.7 with Flash 10. It's something wrong specifically with Flutter's implementation.
Just thought I'd throw it out there and pray for an answer, lol. Asking my client to downgrade to Flash 9 sucked =(


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Player Profile
Mayra Almazan
2014 (junior): Appeared in 18 games ... started in 16 games ... Led the Cougars with seven goals ... also led the Cougars with four assists ... scored two goals against Dixie State on Oct. 23rd ... registered a goal and an assist in victory vs. Notre Dame de Namur (Oct. 18)... Had eight shots vs. UC San Diego (Sept. 11) and Academy of Art (Oct. 30) ... led the PacWest in shots (74) ... First Team All-PacWest honoree ... Second Team All-West Region Honoree by Daktronics ... PacWest All-Academic Team
2013 (sophomore): Played in 18 matches, starting four times in her first season with the program ... Named PacWest Player of the Year and an NCCAA All-American after scoring a team-high 11 goals with three assists ... Named NSCAA/NCCAA Division I Player of the Year ... Recorded six game-winning goals ... Scored the golden goal in a 2-1 win overtime win over Dallas Baptist in the NCCAA championship match on Dec. 7 ... Scored twice in a 2-0 NCCAA semifinal win against Point Loma on Dec. 6 ... Matched a season-high with two goals against Holy Names on Sept. 19 ... Named to the PacWest All-Academic team.
UC SANTA BARBARA (freshman): Played one season of soccer for head coach Paul Stumpf at UC Santa Barbara ... Appeared in 19 games, starting eight times ... Scored one goal, and tallied two assists ... Scored her lone goal in a 4-2 win over Cal State Fullerton on Oct. 19 ... Registered an assist in a 2-1 defeat of Weber State (Utah).
HIGH SCHOOL: Played four seasons of varsity soccer for head coach Scott Mocabee at South Hills High School in West Covina, Calif. ... Was a three-time All-Sierra League honoree ... Set the South Hills freshman scoring record with 16 goals in her first season ... Registered 12 goals and eight assists as a sophomore ... Recorded her third 10+ goal season as a junior, finishing with 11.
PERSONAL: Born Sept. 7, 1994 to Oscar and Kathya Almazan in West Covina, Calif. ... Father, Oscar, is a driver ... Mother, Kathya, is an events decorator ... Has three older brothers, Roberto, Diego, and Noe ... Majoring in psychology ... Wants to pursue a career in health care, preferably working with children.