Tub of Stupid: May 2007

Thursday, May 31, 2007

This code stopped the lockups

Xbox 360 HDD cache clear code discovered [update 1] - Joystiq

Sunday, May 27, 2007

This is goingto screw things up!

Pickled chili peppers
Ingredients:
Brine: 2 lbs. (1 gallon) fresh, ripe, chili peppers 1 gallon water 2 cups of sea or Kosher salt	Marinade: 1 cup water 5 cups white vinegar (5% acidity) 2 Tbsp. sugar 1 tsp. dried thyme 10 whole allspice 1 tsp. whole coriander seeds 12 black peppercorns 12 white peppercorns 1 tsp. whole mustard seeds 2 juniper berries 6 whole cloves	Herb Oil Garnish: 4 dried bay leaves 12 whole, unpeeled, garlic cloves (par boiled for 2 minutes) 2 carrots, par boiled for 2 minutes and sliced into 1/8-inch coins 6 peeled shallots 12 Tbsp. virgin olive oil
Method: 1. Wash the peppers, trim the stems to a stub and prick each pepper twice with a fork on opposite sides. 2. Bring the water to a boil, immediately remove it from the heat, and dissolve the salt in it to make a brine. Let it cool. 3. Combine the washed peppers and the cooled brine in a glass, plastic, stainless steel, or other non reactive container. Place a china plate on top of the peppers to hold them down in the brine. Use two if necessary. Soak the peppers in the brine for a minimum of 12 hours. 4. Combine all the marinade ingredients in a heavy bottom stainless steel sauce pan. Bring this mixture to a boil, then reduce the heat to low and simmer, uncovered, for 10 minutes 5. Wash and sterilize 8 to 12 pint-size canning jars and lids. In each sanitized, hot jar place ¼ of a dried bay leaf, one garlic clove, several carrot slices, ½ of a shallot and 1 tablespoon of olive oil, then pack the peppers into the jars. Pour marinading liquid into each jar leaving at least ½-inch of head space from the top of the liquid to the rim. 6. Use a boiling water bath method to seal the jars and process the peppers for five minutes. Store the jars in a cool, dark place for three to four weeks before using. Refrigerate unused portions after you’ve opened a jar.

Friday, May 25, 2007

Hehehe

Double the fist - Official Double the Fist website

Thursday, May 24, 2007

Bunch of game resources

Principles
of Virtual Sensation

http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20061114/swink_01.shtml

A great look in to how the controls, feel and feedback of a
simple game can make a huge impact.

Game Producer
Resources

http://www.gameproducer.net/

General game production forums

Free graphics library
for prototyping

http://lostgarden.com/2007/05/dancs-miraculously-flexible-game.html

This could be good to use as placeholder stuff. I haven’t personally
looked at it though.

Power of 2 –
Prototyping

http://powerof2games.com/node/11

The story of two developers as they run through the
prototype phase

DigiPen – Games

http://www.digipen.edu/main/Game_Downloads

Check out your competition.

Bad design

http://tinyurl.com/245djn

Gamasutra articles found
with keywords ‘bad design’. You can learn as much, if not more from a terrible
game than a good one.

Game Over!

http://ua-games.gr/game-over/

A very interesting
look at game accessibility.

Wednesday, May 23, 2007

Karma rocks!

Man's plot to kill girlfriend ends with his death | NEWS.com.au

Monday, May 21, 2007

Th real Hustle chick gets her kit off

Jessica-Jane Clement

Sunday, May 20, 2007

All the chillies in the world!

Chilli Varieties

Friday, May 18, 2007

Donate your organs if you croak

Been meaning to do this for ages but reading the notes on the last post really brought home the fact that even if we don't want/need anymore the bits and pieces we have been given, someone else might. Plus you might keep getting transplanted for hundreds of years to come. How cool would that be?

Hmm... Now I'm thinking... should people who haven't registered to be organ donors be eligible to receive donations?

Medicare Australia - :: Australian Organ Donor Register::

Suicide notes

Art Kleiner _ Suicide

Tuesday, May 15, 2007

And gets really high!

LiveLeak.com - Police Officer Steals Marijuana

Note on the last post with the porn streaming. It seems that they have removed the cool feature and now all you get is a content locked sign. Shame, cause it was awesome.