According to the post in the IGN forums, there are 4 new maps available for Halo 2 Multiplayer via the Xbox Live Download Center.
Two of the maps, Containment and Warlock, are free. The other two, Sanctuary and Turf, will cose you $5.99.
From reading the posts in the forum topic, looks like they are on a […]

A great entry over at 43 Folders discussing the games geeks play while doing tedious tasks. Hell, I am not even sure I should regulate that to just geeks, since I believe everyone tends to play games in their mind when doing really boring things.
For example, when shopping with a girl I like to see […]

astrasoul7 writes:
Opera is running a cool affiliate program that lets you get a free license and support for promoting their browser. Once you sign up for the program, just place an Opera banner on your site. Once Opera logs 250 referrals from your site they will e-mail you a free copy of the software.
(thanks […]

Ever wanted to learn Morse code? Maybe you wanted to get your amateur radio license, but just couldn’t wrap you head around the code. Well there is help for people like you and it’s called Aldo. Aldo is a Morse tutor released under GPL and developed for GNU/Linux.
The article shows you how to use Aldo […]

With so much music stored on the average user’s iPod, there’s bound to be more than a few songs that suck. And when songs are chosen at random for play, those less than desirable songs are sure to pop up in the playlist. AJ Schuster of Maximum Aardvark has come up with one […]

Here is an app that will let you get a map of or directions to an address in your Address Book (Mac only) from Google Maps.
Comes with an installer as well. Just click and hold your mouse on top of an address and a menu will pop-up asking which you would like to retrieve.
Much better […]

Some observations on “the little things” that have changed in Apple’s new operating system. These are the things that really make a difference in your daily use of the machine after the initial wow-factor of the new big features have worn off.

One of my favorites is an Undo in text areas in Safari 2.0. A […]

Wapedia helps bring Wikipedia to mobile devices by providing a simplified interface to Wikipedia.

There are separate Wapedia addresses for mobile phones and PDAs.

WAP-enabled mobile phones
PDAs

The above links are for the English version although Wapedia is also available in German, Spanish, and French.

Everyone has days (weeks, months) when they feel like their brain is overloaded to the point that it might explode. Maybe it’s the stress of getting a project done within time and/or budget constraints, having too many obligations, or having a project list the length of a small book. Add that with the […]

The most recent post the IEBlog has some hints at what to expect in the IE7 Beta, which is due out pretty soon.
Among a few CSS fixes, it was announced that IE7 will support alpha transparency in the PNG format. This is exciting for Web designers who have maybe resisted using this format because of […]

So you’re a geek… You’re probably not big on camping. But if you were to camp, you’d probably have some soda or some beer and a chocolate bar for smores. At least if you are a stereotypical geek that drinks a lot of coke and eats a lot of chocolate.

Anyway… you’ll need a fire if […]

Well there may be mixed opinions on the movie, but the book is a classic and hilarious as ever. If you can’t afford the $5 for the paperback copy of the book, or just prefer reading on your computer (weirdo!), you can now access the entire book online in one giant page. Could be useful […]

The new Family Guy episode to air on May 1st has been leaked a little early and is available for download on several of the typical places on the internets. The link below is to a 32mb Real Video file of the show. And wow, it is great to have the show back. Funnier than […]

Speaking of Napoleon Dynamite… Check out this replica of the “time machine” up for auction on eBay. It’s got the T-bar handles, the year selector, even the special crystals! Sweet! Yesssssssssssss.

The bidding is up to almost $100 so far, so serious collectors only!

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Several sites around the web have been posting this image of what was reported to be the top of the Xbox 360. Remember, it is supposed to stand on end, similar to the PS2.

According to a source for Engadget:
That is a real pic. What you see is the hard drive mounted on the end of […]

Well it took a little while, but someone finally made a hub/external hard drive to match the Mac Mini perfectly. It looks exactly the same as the Mini, and has a 160gb hard drive as well as a USB 2.0/Firewire hub with 3 plugs each. It can sit on top of or below your Mac […]