Monthly Archive for March, 2006

RockBox… The Firmware Of The Future!

Published on March 16, 2006 in Gadgets, mp3 and Software. 6 Comments

Firmware flashing is not for the faint of heart. Especially when upgrading to a 3rd party open source firmware that is not supported by the manufacturer of your device. By doing so, you potentially run the risk of ‘Bricking’ your beloved peice of electro-gadgetry, as well as the fact that you’ll definitely forfeit any remaining warranty you may still be relying on.

So… you can understand my reluctance to do so with my ever-so-beloved iRiver iHP-140 mp3 player. Even though my warrenty had long since run out, that just meant it would be that much harder to try to get support if I did happen to screw something up. But after reading the accounts of many successful upgrades on the RockBox forums, I decided to go ahead with it. With my fingers crossed and headphones on in anticipation, I followed the step-by-step (and quite easy) instructions. Once everything was in place I selected ‘OK’ to confirm the firmware upgrade and then held my breath…

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iPod Nano to be swapped for Creative Zen Vision:M

Published on March 15, 2006 in Gadgets, iPods Suck, mp3 and Tunes. 5 Comments

Well, I’ve had my little iPod for a few months now. So naturally, I’m sick of it and I want a new mp3 player. The nano is great player, taken by itself; throw in iTunes, however, and it really causes me headaches. For one thing, all my media is stored on a Windows Media Center 2005 PC, so synchronizing involved making a second music library just for the iPod so iTunes wouldn’t frag my current library. Additionally, the iTunes interface really blows compared to WMP10, in my humble opinion. It’s a pain to cusomtize tags, make playlists, and organize music. It’s the Playskool effect – Apple tries to make things too easy by taking away control.

Anyway, check back over the next week or so for a report on the new Zen Vision:M, and we’ll see if I like it any better than I liked my last Zen.

Comments, Comments and more Comments!

Published on March 14, 2006 in Announcements. 0 Comments

Hey all…

We’ve still got a few issues to iron out, but for the most part the blog comments are now live. Please be patient with us as we try to get this built out. We’re trying to do it ourselves (as opposed to using some pre-built blogging tool) and unfortunately, we kinda suck at it.

Please feel free to let us know how you really feel about our posts, the site in general or anything else you happen to feel the need to share. We love feedback (mostly only the positive kind) and we hope to receive a lot of it.

Thanks for your support,
The ModStomp Team

More Unreal Info!

Published on March 7, 2006 in Games. 0 Comments

Ever since we first caugth a glimpse of the new Unreal 3 engine, the gaming community has been in awe at the amazing visuals Epic games and Midway is capable of delivering. We’ve had a few screenshots and some in-game footage to wet our appetites, but Epic has now announced that their latest offering, Unreal Tournament 2007, should be available this fall. WOOT!!

There’s still not a lot of information out there and the promo videos are still the same ones we’ve had for a couple months, but Game Daily seems to have gotten their hands on some more in-depth info on what we can expect from this latest installment. Click the pic below to read their full in-depth review on Unreal Tournament 2007.