reHASHplus

Sober IT truths from the island-state

by Michael Tan, Singapore

Street Fighter 4: Running out of people to pummel

Jun 30, 2009 15:17

Check out the Street Fighter 4 for PC release dates here.

I've been on Street Fighter 4 for the PS3 ever since it was released a couple of months back. After getting to be the top 10K in the world on the championship ladder, I've reached the stage where the people I can pummel, I can pummel easily, and the people whom I can't, pummel me easily.
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Google's Android to hit almost every household

Jun 12, 2009 18:57

Android on phone. Check.

Android on X86 PC and Netbooks and laptops. Check.

All this is fine. But it doesn't give Android the incredible reach which will really make Ballmer have a heart attack yet.

Until I came across this article.
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Rehashed: Final verdict on Wiimotion+ (or how to make your Wiimote better)

Jun 6, 2009 10:21

For one year now, they've announced Wii Motionplus, and now we're days from the accessory shipping. I've been dying to put this small adapter which you attach to the Wiimote where the nunchuk is supposed to go, because it's supposed to make your Wiimote super accurate.

Gizmodo has taken a good look at the Wii Motionplus here.
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Don't complain about the seedy console shops!

Jun 3, 2009 13:59

Anybody considering a PSP, Wii, Xbox, PS3 or Nintendo DS and thinking of EASE of purchase should buy from Best Denki, Harvey Norman, Sony outlets, etc. Those are publicly easy-to-buy places.

BUT THEY DON'T DO THAT. They go to Sim Lim Square to buy. Or a seedy console shop where they can get ripped off. Why?
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Better buy your GPS today... we don't have much longer

May 26, 2009 09:49

I've always thought of the early 21st century as a golden age for us. GPS making all drivers more capable than local taxicab drivers, wonderful cell phones on 3G networks, Gmail, Google, Wi-Fi, aquarium filters having genetically modified bacteria to keep the tanks clean, Hubble images, mainstream knowing that Newtonian physics is just an approximation, the Internet making it easy to buy stuff, digital stills and video cameras, high-speed broadband Internet access, relative peace... So maybe we still don't have teleportation, hyperdrives or even in-system human-rated ion rockets yet. Nor do we have a cure for cancer. But I'm not greedy and the good stuff is enough for me.
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About Michael Tan

Michael Tan is lucky enough not to have to choose between his job and his passion. He is the responsible for all aspects of developing new businesses and sourcing new productlines for a regional IT distribution company. He also oversees the company's legal affairs as General Counsel. In real life, he is a technology enthusiast, from both the fun and business viewpoint. The only choices he has to make are whether to play with his astro telescopes, his PC games, his Wii console, hit the track, tweak his car, or refine his biofilters, post his blogs, research for a new digicam, scour every forum to feed his habit further, play with his sonÂ… You can reach Michael at michaeltanyk@gmail.com ALL BLOGPOSTS ONLY REFLECT MICHAEL'S OPINIONS AND NOBODY ELSES'.