[Nostalgia] Playstation 2 #1

I'm rediscovering the old charm of the Playstation 2, we see what I can bring home ... for now I'm having fun with Shinobi II.


I'm making a list of must-have titles ...

D-Fend Reloaded: play and organize old DOS games on Windows

If you have the newer Windows versions but you want to play old Dos games the only good way is to use DosBox to emulate a complete (old) computer.
D-Fend Reloaded is a graphical environment for DosBox and it helps you to organize your games.

Features?

• Games can be installed from zip files without any configuration..
• D-Fend Reloaded may be installed in a portable operation mode (for USB-Sticks etc.).
• Besides DOSBox you can also use ScummVM as emulator.
• Also Windows-based games can be managed in D-Fend Reloaded.
• With the integrated Bochs-FAT-Image-Creator you may create floppy and harddisk images to be used with DOSBox directly from the D-Fend Reloaded GUI.
• D-Fend Reloaded can create images from CDs and floppy disks which can be used as drives in DOSBox.
• Screenshots
• Update checker...

More: http://dfendreloaded.sourceforge.net/Features.html

You can download it here:
http://dfendreloaded.sourceforge.net/index.html

PS: There are some packages like Adventure package, action games package etc...

In action with a good old classic... Alone in the dark:

My Abandonware: free old games

Old games? Nostalgia incoming...

This beautiful website has a big archive of old Windows/Dos games:

http://www.myabandonware.com/

How to schedule a shutdown on Windows

Sometimes could be useful shutdown Windows at certain time... there are many ways:

Command method:

Open a command prompt as administrator and write:

 shutdown -s -t SECONDS

where SECONDS are the time in seconds to the shutdown (remember 3600 seconds = 1 hour)

 shutdown -a 

to reset and delete the countdown.
When you set/delete the shutdown a pop-up notification notices you.
The -f option to force programs to close is useless in this case because if -t is set with a value >0 -f is implied.

Task scheduler:
Press Win and search for "schedule task" to start Task Scheduler. You can create a new task to shutdown the pc at a certain time. Use basic task wizard.

Other softwares:
There are tons of tools for this task... I suggest you Simple Shutdown Scheduler

http://sourceforge.net/projects/sshutdown/

Remember: with the Command method you can shutdown remote pcs too!

There will be no Internet blackout

Apocalypse! No, don't worry


Runs on the net the news that on Monday the Internet users will be overshadowed by problems caused by a virus called Dns Changer.

But DNS Changer is an old treat : http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2011/11/how-the-most-massive-botnet-scam-ever-made-millions-for-estonian-hackers/   so if you have an antivirus and your aren't a totally noob you are safe.

Gaming in Egypt

Confirm Higgs Boson...

RaspberryPI Lego case #1

Ispired by http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/1354
I found my old Lego pieces ('80s) and ...

for my future RaspBerryPI... :P

Yep, it's dirty, it needs a wash.

Web server, multimedia center, etc... the RBPi can do different things... what does your RBPi?

Flash on Android? Goodbye...

However, with Android 4.1 this is no longer going to be the case, as we have not continued developing and testing Flash Player for this new version of Android and its available browser options.  There will be no certified implementations of Flash Player for Android 4.1.

and

Beginning August 15^th we will use the configuration settings in the Google Play Store to limit continued access to Flash Player updates to only those devices that have Flash Player already installed. Devices that do not have Flash Player already installed are increasingly likely to be incompatible with Flash Player and will no longer be able to install it from the Google Play Store after August 15^th.

Apple clearly had in the past prevented the use of Flash in its mobile devices, but remember that at that time there was not yet a replacement technology such as the current HTML5 and Android users, however, had always a choice.

https://blogs.adobe.com/flashplayer/2012/06/flash-player-and-android-update.html

Yeah, surely there are tricks and tweaks for Flash on 4.1 8-)

PS: I forgot, you can try A4.1... http://www.redmondpie.com/download-and-install-android-4.1-jelly-bean-on-galaxy-nexus-gsm-how-to-tutorial/

Super Mario Balotelli time (7 images)