Read/Write to NTFS drives in OS X

Using Windows formatted NTFS drives is a problem for Mac OS X users. There is read support for NTFS volumes on the Mac but when you want to write to the volumes, you will encounter problems. Thankfully, there's something called MacFUSE that you can use. Seems like using it can be a little complex, but could be useful if you absolutely need to read and write to that Windows partition on your Intel-powered Mac.

Watching Free TV Online

You don't need a TV to watch TV anymore. Listed on the Mashable site are 33 ways you can get your TV fix, ranging from the popular YouTube to the amazing Joost to lesser known stuff like ChannelKing. Not all the options are excellent but at least they're available.

Life in Nintendo Office

Always wonder what it's like to work for Nintendo? This video gives you an idea.

100 Free Games for Download

A quick resource if you're looking for free, legal games download. Click on the link and you can get a list of 100 titles that you can play on your PC. Titles include shooters and MMOs.

News on the game Rock Band

Guitar Hero rocks! So it's with great excitement when I read the new information about the game Rock Band which extends Guitar Hero to a full band. If you love Guitar Hero, and is wondering how the hell a game will handle four players with each playing one instrument, read this post on the NeoGAF forum with info taken from Game Informer. Some of the interesting gameplay elements include:

- Guitars and Bass now have 10 frets. 5 for the regular sections of the game and 5 for the newly designated solo sections.

- Drums are apparently insane. You use actual sticks and hit one of four colored pads in front of you, in addition to a kick pedal attached to the drumming unit. Drummers will also have the ability to do fills etc. in their own little free-form section, do well and you'll trigger the drummers version of star power.

- If all bandmates can reach the end of a song, you'll be greeted with one huge free-form jam session.

Razer Boomslang making a comeback

Until my recent switch to the Razer Copperhead mouse, my weapon of choice has been the Razer Boomslang. This is one of the first mouse made specifically for gamers. I absolutely love this mouse for its precision, weight, and overall feel of it. I'm not a pro gamer but playing FPS with this makes me feels like one. Over the years, I have found that it has actually become a collector's item. Anyway, I've one gripe with this mouse - the ball. This mouse is the product of a time when optical mice were still not as common, hence, I need to clean the "ball" of the mouse every so often.

After I bought the Copperhead, I retired the Boomslang, but I'm glad to say that it gave me plenty of joy over my years of use. It was therefore with great excitement that I found out that Razer is gonna release a collector's edition of the Boomslang. The revamped Boomslang will be optical can glow like the recent Razer mice. Too bad it's going to be only limited to 10,000 units. Don't know if I'll be getting one, or even if I can get my hands on it, but I'm certainly glad to hear that Razer does look back to its roots.

PS1 as audiophile dream?

Seems like the PlayStation 1 can be used as an excellent CD player, at least according to some audiophiles. On the Destructoid site, there is a piece on how some audiophiles treat the PS1 as the "darling of the audio underground". I'm quite skeptical about this as audio quality actually depends on plenty of factors, including the speakers or A/V receivers that you're using. Still, there could be some truth in this when you consider that in eletronics, they don't make things like they used to. So, it may not be entirely be a surprise that the older PS1 does have a better audio output with its RCA jacks. Any audiophiles with an old PS1 in the closet to try this out?

The Secret Lives of Otaku

This set by Flickr user "hypersapiens" called "The Secret Lives of Otaku" made me smile. It's a series of photos of otakus doing what they do best. Plenty of cosplay fun here and my fave is the one with two Miis who escaped from their Mii Plaza to join in the real life fun.