Asymptomatic

There must be intelligent life down here

Test Email message

I’m posting this message to the site using this new email script that I got from John Blade. It’s supposed to support attachments so that I can post pictures and files along with my email. I don’t know if I will ever use this feature, but it might be useful to have.

More importantly, it prevents random users from posting via the secret email address by checking the sending address against the list of valid users in the database. Neat.

Sleepless in XBox Mod Land

After Berta and Abby went to bed for the night, I got out my tools and ripped apart the XBox again. My goal was to put a bigger hard drive into the XBox so that I could store more pirated games information in it. This project was doomed from the start.

Hairy Scale Model

We have optional homework for Astronomy class. I’m not even sure when it’s due. This teacher has been somewhat fuzzy on these issues; for example, the syllabus says that attendance is part of our grade, but he has yet to take roll. Anyway…

A “scale model” in this case is when you compare something that is too large to be comprehended to something that really relates the size. My favorite example from last night is one regarding the number of stars in the universe.

XBox Mod Foibles

After having played with it for a while, there are a few things that bother me about this XBox mod chip and the software that is available for it.

The Xenium apparently has some kind of problem with there being a non-Microsoft controller plugged into any port when the XBox boots. I have installed XeniumOS 1.1, which is supposed to take care of this issue, but it doesn’t. The system just hangs at the boot screen if you have anything other than a real MS controller plugged in. I’m anxious to get XeniumOS 2.0, which looks very cool, and hopefully solves this issue.