My latest voodoo projects

Busy, lately -- he only stops by every few days right now.

Hey East I have the voodoo folder (keoskin plastic) and mouse that came with the m855. Let me know on the price, go ahead and email me....check your inbox

Yeah, been busy. Plus, my cat isn't doing well. He was diagnosed with a cancerous growth in his throat. He really doesn't have much time left (could be days, maybe a week), so trying to spend some time with him.

Sorry to hear that!

It's life, I suppose. But feels like a cruel joke at times. Maybe I have too much of a soft spot for things with fur and paws.

Well I pm'd you a 2nd time but you didn't get back to me.

Had to put the furry one down yesterday . . . . That's the worst part about having pets. Leaves a hole in your heart.

Sorry to hear that man.

Sorry to hear that! That is always painful.

We ended up with a thirteen year old teacup Bichon kind of dumped in our laps. She is blind in one eye, has a heart murmer (and a cough that may be nothing or may be tied to the heart, meaning cardio-pulmonary disease,) two detached kneecaps, etc. We are trying to give her a happy home until she dies, but that just means that we will keep getting attached to her, knowing that we will have to let her go in a few months (possibly years, but I am skeptical.) Nothing like setting yourself up for more pain!

Sucks being a softy at times, doesn't it!

Indeed.

Blur, Where is my swag?

"Soon."

BAG

Heres yet another repository of service manuals for ADOR

I also found pictures of a "new" omen torn down.

http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/forum/showthread.php?t=28413

Might be of interest to king if hes still working on this

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?231644-BigApe-s-Watercooling-Case...

Thanks East. I will check them out.

I ended up going with the razer death adder black edition. Really nice mouse with good ergonomics. I just have to get the dpi tweaked the same as my g9.

I picked up a free sony vpl-vw10ht with a bad lamp. Do you guys know anything about projectors? I don't think the units specs and age warrant ~$90 for a bulb but maybe I am wrong. It has component HD in. Not hdmi, No VGA or DVI. My gut is telling me not to waste time / money on it. If you guys wanted a projector would you put $90 in it for a lamp?

http://www.projectorcentral.com/Sony-VPL-VW10HT.htm

With no HDMI or even DVI, I would not. For copy protection purposes, most Blu-Ray players -- assuming that they even have component outputs, which most do not anymore -- will limit the output via component to 480i or 480p, at the absolute most 1080i. Plus, given the vintage of that projector, there are a whole lot of other potential problems. Save the $90 and salt it away toward a newer projector.

Plus, that is an early vintage LCD projector, and it will definitely have poor black levels and contrast ratio no matter what you do with it. Not worth the effort.

The projector would be fine in secondary room. Or, if you happen to run your own company and need a projector for presentations, this might fit the bill. As a home theatre projector, I agree with Iago. Ten years ago, it would have been an okay buy (though pricey). Today, it's too dated and too limited technologically.

Plus, it is lower resolution as well. But you are right, if he has a use for it in another room, like maybe a game room, that may be worthwhile. For watching movies, no.

I actually wanted to use it with a pc for general tasks, browsing the net, IM, some games (mostly emulated), and of course the occasional movie. Basically when ever I don't feel like sitting at my desk. It would require a bunch of adapters including a sony smf 400 cable to get it hooked up to a dvi out though.

I wonder how clear text would display on it.

Any way to hack a LED or another bulb into it?

Keep in mind that it only has analogue inputs, which means that your digital outs will have to be converted to analogue before going into the projector (and technically, depending on the design, being converted to digital again before being sent to the panels) so I would not expect the sharpness to be tip-top for thoe purposes. Assuming that you can get it back into full convergence, since it will doubtless be out of perfect convergence right now, and that also affects the sharpness of text. But who knows; the price was certainly right for something to experiment with!

This is East we're talking about. He can probably manufacture his own bulb for the unit . . .