Konami Code

Try it out! It works on Feross.org! Really…. you should try it out right now!

Remember to add ENTER at the very end!

And if you don’t know what I’m talking about, please get edumacated, courtesy of Wikipedia:

The Konami Code, known in Japan as the Konami Command (コナミコマンド, Konami Komando), is a cheat code that appears in many Konami video games, although the code also appears in some non-Konami games. The code was first used in the 1986 release of Gradius for the Nintendo Entertainment System but was made famous in North America in the NES version of Contra, for which it was also dubbed the “30 Lives Code”.

Update: The code also works on the iPhone, using gestures. Just replace the final B, A, and Enter keys with taps and it’ll work! AWESOME!

The Cake Is A Lie

Last weekend, I finished playing Portal for the third time. After the third play, the game still amazes me. My respect for Valve has only grown as I play more of their games.

From my humble FPS beginnings when I first played Half Life, Counter Strike, and Day of Defeat in sixth grade, I continue to enjoy Valve’s games immensely.

After buying the Orange Box on Steam last year and playing all of Valve’s latest Source-engine based games Half Life 2, Team Fortress 2, and Portal, I’m even more impressed with the polish, attention to detail, and fun-ness of their games!

Now, all I need to do is find some time to play their latest game, Left for Dead 2 — but, that will have to wait until I’m finished with the rest of the Half Life 2 games (episode 1 and 2)!

Augmented Reality Toys

This is awesomeness in concentrated form. Seriously, kids 15 years from now are going to be SO spoiled.

Mixing the Old and the New

What is it about old stuff that makes us get nostalgic when we look at it? I seem to get nostalgic over lots of stuff — even stuff which was created before my time. Like this Lear-Siegler ADM-3A terminal, for example. Doesn’t just looking it at it make you miss the clickity-clackity keys of the old keyboards and the green hue of the computer terminal?

Lear Siegler ADM3A System

Or what about the classic Nintendo Entertainment System? I remember playing this machine for the first time at my uncle and aunt’s house when I was probably 6 years old. I remember being amazed at the lush 8-bit graphics and amazing beeps and boops the games made.

The pinnacle of video game console achievement.

And sometimes, I even start to miss the sumptuous computing experience that was Windows 3.1. This was the first non command line operating system I ever used. Just look at it — doesn’t it make you pine for the days gone by when the Clock application could be considered a “feature” of an operating system?

Windows 3.11 Workspace - Has Minesweeper really not changed since 1992?

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