Diversions
Diversions, notes, "blog" entries, and nuggets appear on this screen.
Castlevania Ringtones
I'm creating ringtones from my favorite videogames. Listen now and
download them to your web-enabled phone in MIDI format at http://kriston.net/tones/.
Journal (Blog)
I have a Slashdot.org
Journal which serves as my "blog."
Doomsday
I present a formatted copy of an essay by Bruce
Beach concerning the survivability of a nuclear holocaust.
Kevin's Story
Read an unpublished excerpt of Kevin's Story, Chapter 1.
Other Stuff
Windows CE runs some interesting toys. I came across an HP 620LX that
I use to keep track of appointments. It's not as easy to hold as a
Pilot but it sure looks better. I use it to read long articles
(something the Pilot could never do well) and play Infocom text adventures.
They're now calling this old art form "Interactive Fiction" and there
are plenty of new games to play.
We can't work all the time... well, maybe. I'm constantly listening
to new music on satellite radio. In the pockets of space between trips
to the music store and fighting the solid wall of traffic that exists
between Vienna and Fairfax, I'm feeling my hands "rumble" over Nintendo 64, Sony PlayStation, Sega Saturn, and any number of
stupid PC games. Not to mention browsing the stupid web every chance I
get. There's just so much to learn and relearn, and it's nearly
impossible to stay ahead of the curve in the world of web software
development.
When I saw that Linux is finally available for the Nintendo 64, it
made me anxious to take a soldering iron to one of our N64's. But I
compromised and decided to get a Sony Net Yaroze
development system instead. Hey, MIPS is MIPS. Well, this site is hosted on an
R4400, the
Nintendo 64 is an R4300i and the PSX
is an R3000.
And, knowing this, can someone explain how it's possible that Silicon Graphics (who now owns MIPS) is
hurting
so much with all these popular platforms using their chips? Must
be because of all those supercomputer sales to the communists. I
wonder if they play Starfox64
over there?
I'm not a writer by trade, but I have managed to get a couple of
articles published in 2600
magazine, and have the tee-shirts to prove it. Look for them in
issue 12:4 and 13:3. I mostly wrote them to get free subscriptions,
but I finally gave in and became a lifetime subscriber. With that
order I also got another armload of tee-shirts and a couple years of
back-issues. It's a good deal.
One of them was originally posted to alt.2600 on USENET, but I'm not
sure if it got caught up in the DejaNews mischief.
Here is an article
I wrote for the Computer Privacy Digest that describes how to use
cookies for nefarious purposes on your favorite local "free" email
service.
Development is much more fun
than writing, though I might change my mind some day.
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