I have a new fixation and it’s called M.U.G.E.N. I can’t remember what it stands for (or maybe I never knew), but it’s an engine (computer programming library you could say) for building fighting video games. It sounds like a lot of work, and I’m sure it is, but the cool thing is that people all over the world have already gone to the trouble of creating characters, backgrounds, music… but what’s even better is that people have ‘ripped’ characters out of other games like all the ‘Street Fighter,’ ‘Mortal Kombat,’ ‘X-Men’, etc. games and you can add them to your game. In like 5 minutes of surfing the web I was able to find a cool Ryu (from ‘Street Fighter Alpha’) and tried him out. It also looks like you can alter them yourself if you feel so inclined. Anyway, as a fighting game purist I thought I’d hate the idea, but it’s really quite fun. There isn’t an official location for where to find this stuff, but search for yourself and it won’t take you long (there are Linux, Windows and DOS ports available).
As for the house, I have officially hit the wall (I’m being figurative of course). I feel as if I don’t have any interest in working on it anymore. I would like a few more things done, but I don’t have what it takes to do them myself. Oh, I do plan on posting some before and after pictures fairly soon – maybe that will rekindle my passion.
I’m not working today but there are always jobs to do on the house. I haven’t decided whether to be productive today or just have one of those ‘who cares’ days. One thing I’d like to do but am having trouble justifying working on it until other things are done is setting up a computer to media center hooked up to my television. Now, most people assume when I say media PC that I’m talking about games, surround sound, and… well, I don’t know what else. Here’s what I mean by media PC – a way to watch all of my downloaded shows, or watch things online, from my television. I’d like to give Linux MCE a try (it’s 100% free), but it feels a little like overkill since I don’t have a nice TV, or home automation abilities. Still, check out these videos comparing it to Windows MCE:
Now, knowing me I’ll probably just end up installing Ubuntu on the PC and just using a wireless keyboard – since I’d like to be able to surf the net and I like the feel of a mouse and keyboard. Either way, I’m looking forward to (1) watching my downloaded stuff, (2) getting all of my DVD content onto the PC, and (3) being able to go to youtube to show my friends the latest stupid videos going around. Oh yeah, I also bought a cheap TV tuner card the other day and would like to capture TV shows too – but I have no idea whether the card will be Linux compatible or not. If not, I’m sure it will be eventually.
