New 24" DELL LCD.
Doh. I knew it was big, but haven't expected such a monster. All I can say widescreen monitors rock :D Played Doom 3 and Half life 2. Really different experience. Actually finished D3 ROE on it. OMG! That was a blast. So far I've decided to keep old 20" LCD as well. Dual monitor setup does have its benefits :) Especially if you work in graphics and run over a dozen progs at the same time.
Thursday, April 21, 2005 00:00:00
Doom 3 Resurection Of Evil.
D3 ROE rocks :) Got it today, been playing since then. Double barrel shotgun is a blast. Trully Doom spirit. Especially interestign when combined with the "Artefact". Blasting monsters in a single shot and slo-mo is somethin you'd have to experience yourself :) As for the rest, it's Doom 3. So, it's dark, scarry and creepy. And yes, you still have to switch between flashlight and a weapon.
Sunday, April 17, 2005 00:00:00
Google disabled AdSense for zvis.com.
Citing that site is not compliant with their policies prohibiting "firearms and ammo sales/promotion, and knuckle or gravity knives" Go figure, in all pages I do state that I don't sell anything, and in CA I can't have those gravitly(butterfly) or knuckle knives. Before signing for it I submitted site to google for review, they said it was ok, no problems. In 2 weeks they change their mind apparently, since I didn't change content... Frustrating. And can't get an answer from them which page is incompliant. Looks like email bot answering all emails with the same standard answer. What is wrong with this people anyway.
Thursday, March 31, 2005 00:00:00
Bill Martino has passed away today.
Uncle Bill of Himalayan Imports passed away today, March 28 :( He was a real gentleman and very nice person. He will be remembered by his family, friends and all kukri enthusiasts all over the world.
Monday, March 28, 2005 00:00:00
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster.
Watched the documentary today. if you're Metallica fan perhaps you should watch it. Otherwise, not worth it. Donno why this movie got so hyped up, there's nothing extraordinary to it. For one I can't even tell who's real and who's faking or even if the whole movie is real or fake. Besides, why do you want to watch your favorite band in crisis... Anyway, Newsted did look real and sincere in the interviews, the rest was much less interesting. L. Ulrich going about being most hated person in R&R, like someone forced his to drag Napster case to court, but eventually nobody said anything and the movie hardly made a point in the end.
Sunday, March 27, 2005 00:00:00
Angels & Demons
Just finished reading Dan Brown's books, Angels And Deamons, Da Vinci Code. Frankly, I don't understand what was all the fuss about. It's a good reading, but nothing extraordinary. Besides, IMHO Angels & demons is much better. Da Vinci code is just rehashing the same things over and over again. Same R. Langedon, same race against time, lone assasin and lying, manipulative hand driving the assasin and so on. And because of that Da Vinci code is boring compared to its predecessor Angel's & Demons.
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 00:00:00
Arc LSH review posted.
Customized Arc LSH with 561ma TWAK LED frmo CGPeanut. Review posted here. Pictures were up for a while, but now linked in the review page as wel.
Monday, March 21, 2005 00:00:00
Received Peleng Fisheye :).
My very first fisheye lens :) Got it from rugift.com. Initial test passed, it's brand new and working fine. I'll post a review later on once I manage to do some serious shooting with it.
Thursday, March 17, 2005 00:00:00
Google AdSense added.
I figured the site can at least cover direct maintenance costs using that.
Wednesday, March 16, 2005 00:00:00
Bugfixes over the site.
Fixed bug in DOF & FOV calc. Minor bug fixes for IE in various pages.
Sunday, March 13, 2005 00:00:00