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a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Aug 31, 2012 at 10:38 am
The Scottish Games are GREAT! Enjoy the show, the culture, the competitions, the dancers, the merchandise, the people, etc... Thank you again to the Fairgrounds for hosting this exciting and fun event in our community. Keep up the good work.
a resident of Livermore
on Aug 31, 2012 at 11:16 am
I must admit I've had a good ole watching the games. I'll be there with a small gang of seniors! VIVA!
a resident of Birdland
on Sep 3, 2012 at 9:06 am
No games on Monday Pleasanton Weekly. Why are you reposting this today?
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Roland ("Chris") Martin Christensen started his life's journey March 1, 1923 on a dry land farm in Garden County, Nebraska, the second of two sons born to Christen Lauritz Christensen and Emma Lehmkuhl Christensen. His father was of Danish descent and his mother, German.
Roland and his brother, Christen Darwin "Dar" Christensen married sisters, Lois Jean and Betty Munson in 1944, the year the boys joined the U.S. Navy to become pilots.
Roland began his Navy career as a fighter pilot and instructor during WWII and flew helicopter rescue missions from the Bon Homme Richard in Korea in 1952-53 pulling downed pilots from the icy sea. He served 22 years in the Navy and Naval Reserves and returned to flying in 1965 as a helicopter check pilot for the Army at Fort Wolters in Mineral Wells, Texas during the Viet Nam War.
Roland then began another career with the Department of Defense as a Housing Manager. During this phase, he completed a tour at Ansbach, Germany and retired from Fort Sam Houston in 1986, settling in San Antonio with Lois after living in over 30 different homes together.
Roland and Lois raised three children, Nancy, Charles, and Jane. The couple has been active in church and social activities and enjoy spending time with family and friends. Roland, an accomplished woodworker and painter produced many treasured pieces that will be admired and cherished for a long time. He loved gardening and always had a fresh flower on the table for Lois in the growing season. Roland was a fisherman and an explorer who drove thousands of miles crisscrossing the country – always seeking the scenic routes or short cuts. As his youngest daughter, Jane recalls, "Dad's shortcuts became known simply as alternate routes." He was the pilot, not the navigator. Many of the cross-country jaunts were centered on genealogy research in pursuit of ancestral connections. Roland and Lois traveled through Germany and Denmark looking for Roland's roots and Sweden seeking Lois's family origins. The family tree is quite extensive and Nancy has documented the results of the research for posterity. Roland bowled in a local league, was active in the neighborhood association and on the COPS patrol, a card player all his life who enjoyed poker night with his buddies.
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I was able to get The Evil Within at launch for a pretty good price, so I decided to jump on it. I've only played a little bit of the game, but I wanted to say a few things about the PC version.

First, unfortunately, the PC version reeks of being a console port. Now, console ports aren't necessarily bad by default, but this one has barely anything that actually takes advantage of the fact that it's on the PC, so it's kind of hard to overlook. First of all, there are barely any graphics settings outside of shadow quality and anti-aliasing; you're not going to be doing a lot of tweaking here. Second, there are HUGE black bars on the top and bottom of the screen. This can be modified with console commands, but that shouldn't have to be something we have to mess with through text, and the lack of actual visual customization is kind of a twist of the proverbial knife. Not only that, but some of the scene transitions look really weird without that super-widescreen aspect ratio. Still, the game is graphically beautiful, and I'm sure it'll be updated to be a bit more user friendly in the future (Bethesda has already confirmed that patches are coming).

The thing that gets me is the framerate: Initially, it's locked to 30fps. It can be unlocked with one of the console commands I mentioned earlier, but I don't recommend changing it, since the framerate is really janky in The Evil Within. I have a pretty capable desktop now, and after trying both locked and unlocked, I swear, there are parts that won't go above about 25fps even if I set the resolution to 800x600; yes, I'm serious. This is probably my biggest problem with the game so far, and I wish I had a PS4 or Xbox One to compare it to, just for curiosity's sake.

As far as the actual game goes, I'm really enjoying it so far. It's sufficiently creepy, and it has that early Resident Evil cheesiness that I can't help but love; it's absolutely a Mikami game, and I wouldn't have had it any other way. I'm looking forward to diving into it head-first later today with my girlfriend, and if it goes the way I think it will, we're in for an enjoyable ride.

Overall, The Evil Within on the PC is definitely playable, but it needs a hell of a lot of work before it's optimized enough to be considered a proper PC "version." While I'm fine with the experience because I didn't BUY IT AT A HIGH PRICE!, I'm a little sick of the way developers and publishers keep releasing obviously unfinished games; I really do wish sometimes that our gaming machines weren't capable of going online so companies would be forced to actually finish their games before releasing them, just like in the good old days.

 tag:destructoid.com,2008:275806Modding the DualShock 42014-06-02T14:32:47Z2014-06-02T14:32:47ZI love the DualShock 4. Seriously, it's my favorite controller that I've ever used, and I've used pretty much anything you could name to me, plus a countless number of third-party offerings. In my 26 years of gaming, I've never used a controller more comfortable.

Except for the joysticks.

The DualShock 4's joysticks really bother me. They just... I don't know, feel like they're going to start wearing out at any moment. Not only that, but they're the only joysticks I've ever used that actually hurt my thumbs after using them for a while. So I figured I'd replace them.

First, I checked to see if the DualShock 3's sticks would fit, but that turned out to be a bust; the bottoms are too big, and the hole that the pegs go into aren't the right shape, so a lot more -- and messier -- modding would be required than I was willing to do. While doing some research, I came upon an interesting discovery: The Xbox One controller's joysticks fit the DualShock 4 flawlessly, and I love the Xbox One controller's joysticks.

As it turns out, the holes on the bottoms of the Xbox One sticks are literally the exact same sizes and shapes as the holes on the bottoms of the stock DualShock 4 sticks. It wasn't hard to find some extra sticks on Amazon, and with the help of my lovely girlfriend, I got to work.

The first thing I did was look up a tutorial on YouTube of how to pull the DualShock 4 apart. It's not too hard, but after unscrewing the back of the controller, there were a couple clips on the sides that gave me a lot of problems. I didn't have one of those plastic separator tools, so I used my fingernails, which didn't exactly feel nice. But whatever, I got it open.

The battery fell out almost immediately, since it's only held in the controller by a ribbon. It's worth pointing out that the battery in the DualShock 4 is the same size as the much superior DualShock 3 battery, and they can be swapped if you want longer battery life for your PS4.

As I opened the controller casing, the triggers flew out onto the floor, but they were easily put back in. There were two small L-shaped springs that were connected to the sides of the triggers, and they're absolute pains to get back into place. The only purpose they serve is to add some extra tension to the feel of the triggers, though, and reassembling the controller without them doesn't make much of a difference; the triggers are fully functional without the springs, but they feel ever so slightly more spongy. On the plus side, removing them actually fixed my sticky L2 trigger.

After disconnecting the battery, lightbar, and motherboard ribbons, I was able to just lift the motherboard out of the casing. This was the goal, since the sticks are connected to the board on the opposite side.

The sticks themselves were easily removed by simply pulling them off the pegs, which my girlfriend did as I held the board (I get nervous putting delicate stuff like circuit boards down, and I try to hang onto them near the edges until I need to put them back). The Xbox One joysticks were then lined up and pushed into the pegs, and the motherboard was put back into the casing.

After everything was back in place, it was just a matter of reconnecting the three ribbons and screwing the back of the controller back on. Everything went back together without a hitch, and as you can see, it looks absolutely gorgeous:

I can't even begin to tell you how much better the Xbox One sticks feel over the stock DualShock 4 sticks. Everything is just as smooth as when I took the controller out of the package, and I couldn't be happier; the Xbox One sticks are a bit taller than the stock DualShock 4 sticks, but the difference is barely noticeable. This controller is perfect now, as far as I'm concerned, and combined with the XInput wrapper for Windows, there's no better controller for PC gaming.

How about everyone else? Anyone dabble in controller modding in the past?

EDIT: It turns out that there are microscopic slots in the controller where the trigger springs are actually supposed to go. Once I figured that out and got the springs to go in, everything felt great when it was put back together. Even with the springs, my L2 trigger doesn't stick anymore, so I suspect that the spring wasn't fit correctly out of the box. (More than one person has reported sticky triggers on these controllers.)tag:destructoid.com,2008:274372Five more things about pedrovay20032014-05-06T09:09:40Z2014-05-06T09:09:40Z

Ooh, it's been a while since we've done one of these, hasn't it? Well, we've all had life updates, I'm sure, so let's get to it! (I'm only doing five, since I've done one or two of these in the past.)

1. I've been published in an actual gaming magazine

Remember when you could actually pick up a magazine made of paper, instead of reading it online? Well, I've recently been doing some writing for Pure Nintendo Magazine, and one of my articles got printed in the actual, physical publication. As a mass communication major and writer, this is still the coolest thing that's happened to me in a while. I'm pissed that the editor used an old copy of the story, though, with some grammatical errors; you can't exactly fix something like that after it's been printed.

2. While I constantly talk about how I hate DRM, I love Steam

Want to know a secret about Steam? It's not actually DRM. Steam's CEG component is its consumer-locking DRM system, and it's completely optional when publishing a game to the platform.

The key word there is "platform." As a platform, I love Steam, and I only WISH consoles could do all the things it does. There are plenty of games that use Steam only as a delivery service, and I'll gladly take those PC versions over console versions any day of the week. I just wish developers/publishers, Valve included, respected their customers enough to know how to use Steam and how to not use it; it's not like Steam's DRM actually slows piracy down or anything, anyway.

3. I can't stand touchscreens

See that picture? That's a picture of my phone, and I love it.

I'm typing this blog on my girlfriend's Kindle Fire right now, and my God. I don't care what the future of gaming has in store, physical buttons will ALWAYS be better than anything that has to do with touch sensitivity. The feedback you get from actually feeling the movement of buttons, a joystick, or a mouse under your finders/hand will never, ever be accurately emulated by merely touching a flat surface. The occasional touch feature in 3DS games and the like are fine, but as a main method of control, no thanks; I generally won't even play an Android game without a controller.

4. I'm very interested in the future of the Xbox One

So, here's a fact-within-a-fact: I think the Xbox 360 is close to being the most perfect gaming machine we've ever gotten. While the later exclusives weren't all that impressive, the system-level features were astounding, and every day, I wish the PS3 (and PS4, for that matter) can do what the 360 can.

With the promotion of Phil Spencer as the head of the Xbox brand, I think we can expect the amazing OS features of the 360 plus a healthy list of exclusives down the line. Yes, I think the price needs an adjustment, and I think we'll get one soon. But for now, I'm hopeful. I just sometimes miss the old-timey Destructoid community that was more tolerant of differing opinions; it seems like every time an Xbox-related story or comment comes up, the bashing ensues without ado.

5. I think the keyboard is one of the worst game controllers ever

A keyboard is good for three video game genres: MMO, RTS, and Surgeon Simulator. For everything else, WASD is a horrendous d-pad that requires three fingers to operate and is used to navigate a 3D space. My PC controller of choice? Mouse+PS Move navigation controller. Yes, I'm dead serious.

The nav controller replaces the separate keyboard keys for movement, giving me a complete 360-degree movement system using just the joystick with only one thumb, while maintaining the precision aiming/cursor movement of the mouse. I've actually tried to go back to the keyboard for games like Half-Life 2 and Metro 2033, and I just can't. And don't even get me started on the original Thief games, which are carpal tunnel sources if you use the keyboard with their three million movement keys.

So, there we have it. I hope I made these interesting enough!

 tag:destructoid.com,2008:268199PSA: FlingSmash with Wii Remote Plus $14.97 at Kmart2013-12-30T16:12:38Z2013-12-30T16:12:38Z

I guess the guys at Kmart don't know that the Wii Remote is compatible with the Wii U, because they're currently getting rid of all their copies of FlingSmash -- which comes with a black Wii Remote Plus -- for the paltry price of $14.97. I don't have any stores around me that have any in stock, but the website seems to have them ready right now.

I already have four Wii Remotes, two of them being Remote Pluses and two of them having separate MotionPlus boxes jacked into them, and even I'm thinking of grabbing this just on principle alone. That's a fantastic price, even if the game is mediocre, and to have it work right out of the box with Nintendo's current console offering? Yeah, that sounds good to me.

 tag:destructoid.com,2008:268128Every Steam developer/publisher needs to live up to Monaco2013-12-28T05:38:58Z2013-12-28T05:38:58Z

I bought Monaco: What's Yours is Mine during a recent Humble Store sale. I haven't even gotten the chance to play more than two levels of it yet, but I like what I've seen so far. However, I'm not here to review the game. I'm here to talk about how Monaco, developed by Pocketwatch Games, may very well be the most well-handled Steam game I've ever had the pleasure of experiencing.

If you've read ANYTHING I've ever put on Destructoid, then you probably know how against DRM I am, and generally, that goes for Steam, too. I know Steam isn't DRM in and of itself, but Valve uses their own optional DRM in their developed games, so why wouldn't everyone else do the same? Most Steam games utilize the platform's DRM, i.e., forever locking a game to a single account; requiring an Internet connection to install/reinstall a game, even if you have all the files locally available; and requiring the client to unnecessarily run in the background, even for single-player games. Monaco does things a little differently.

If you have Steam installed and start Monaco up, the game runs with Steam, giving you all the benefits of the platform, like achievements, automatic updates, and online multiplayer. If you don't care about any of that, and you just want to know that you'll be able to play your game forever and ever (I'm trying to raise my hand and type at the same time right now), then the game will run completely DRM-free if Steam isn't found for whatever reason (uninstalled, renamed, etc.). Pocketwatch Games programmed Monaco EXACTLY the way EVERY SINGLE DEVELOPER/PUBLISHER should handle Steam titles: They give paying customers all the benefits of Steam, but without a single useless, DRM-related drawback. You can even switch between Steam cloud saves and local saves from within the game itself.

Now, Monaco isn't the only game that works this way; in fact, there's a huge list of games that can run with or without Steam, and some can be "turned" DRM-free the same exact way. The difference here is that Pocketwatch Games has actually advertised it. They've actually gone out of their way to let people know that the game can indeed be run without Steam if desired. This is something that I don't think ANY other developer/publisher, Indie or otherwise, has ever done (at least to my knowledge), and I really hope it continues. I would absolutely love it if some kind of notification existed somewhere on a game's Steam store page to let people know that Steam isn't actually required to play it after the initial download.

Steam's DRM is easily cracked; I defy anyone to name a single, non-free-to-play Steam game that wasn't cracked and put online for "free" within 24-48 hours of it's legal public availability. No such game exists. Yet, here we have a game that's been getting rave reviews, and the developer actually used Steam the way it's supposed to be used: without any restrictions, but with all the features that PC gamers have come to expect from a Steamworks title. What's more is that they're not afraid to do it. They've stepped out into the light to let people know how the game was made, and to make sure people actually feel like they own what they've paid for.

(EDIT: Apparently, the team behind Mercenary Kings did the same thing, and advertised on their Kickstarter that it would be a DRM-free Steam game. I was glad to buy this game after knowing that.)

Ladies and gentlemen, THIS is how you treat your customers. THIS is how you make a Steam game: all of the positives with NONE of the negatives. I hope Pocketwatch Games continues to be successful, because something tells me that they're one of the only developers around right now that really, truly gets how PC gaming should work.tag:destructoid.com,2008:267873PSA: Sonics 1 and 2 Remastered on sale for 0.99 each2013-12-20T20:05:19Z2013-12-20T20:05:19Z

SEGA is having a mobile sale right now, and two of the games I think everyone needs to buy are Sonic The Hedgehog (Android here and iOS here) and Sonic The Hedgehog 2 (Android here and iOS here). Yes, the Genesis games. But these versions have been completely remastered, adding full widescreen, extra characters, extra levels, a higher-quality soundtrack, and save file support. Just 0.99 each is an absolute steal for what I believe to be the definitive versions of the games; I literally can't go back to playing any of the previous releases after playing these new ones.

The Android versions of these games can actually be played on the PC using Bluestacks, an Android emulator. The games play amazingly well, and controllers are even supported, so everyone should be able to play them on bigger screens. The Android versions are also completely DRM-free, so you can back them up and bring them to ANY Android device, and they'll play without any data/Internet connection. They look absolutely fantastic on the Ouya, too.


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This review is from: Pantum P3255DN Monochrome Laser Printer
Pros: There was quite a bit to like about this printer.
I found setup to be quite easy. I didn't bother to read a thing. Instead I unpacked, removed the tape holding it together and simply attempted on my own to install the toner, paper and get it all connected and software installed. I was able to accomplish this all in less than 15 minutes without instruction at all. So that is saying a lot about the intuitiveness of the design. Nothing was a mystery.
I like the black color of the printer. Too often you're stuck with the beige/gray type laser printers as your only choices. The physical dimensions of the printers were ideal also. To test this printer I installed into my father in laws office as he does a lot of document printing. However space was limited and I was concerned that it might be a show stopper. Not the case. For a laser printer, it has a pretty reasonably size footprint and fit into the space with room to spare.
We printed many batches of documents (maybe 3000-4000 sheets in total) for his business. Before this he had an ink-jet printer where printing that many documents would take him days. This was a major improvement in terms of speed, taking only a couple of hours to do all the work and have all the documents printed. Not only that, but the detail in the print was much greater. Most of his documents display bar codes on them, and these never looked as crisp as they did this time around. Factor in that this printer's cost is about what he normally spent on ink for his other printer and it's a wonder why anyone needing a good laser document printer wouldn't buy something like this.
None of the documents he prints at any time needed more than a couple hundred sheets of paper, so the paper tray on this accommodated his needs just fine also.
My personal laser printer costs 6 times the amount that the Pantum costs, and despite that, it does on annoying thing. The sheets of paper that come out of my much more expensive printer always end up curving or developing a slight roll. The Pantum could print in simplex or duplex and in either case the sheets of paper came out flat. This is quite desirable that the printer didn't adversely affect the condition of the paper negatively.
A nice bonus was the included USB cable. It is also capable of being connected to a network via Ethernet.
In all I have to say this thing held up beautifully and performed consistently and with quality over a near two month time period.
Cons: Again, when you're happy with a product, it's hard to come up with a lot of negative things to say. So if some of this seems a little nit-picky or inconsiderate of the price, it maybe, but still should provoke some thought into discovering what your needs might be.
My first con is the some what annoying manner in how it prints. My Brother MFC, once it starts a document, will continue to printer each page/sheet of the document without pause or interruption. This printer would also take long pauses and seem hesitant at times middle way through a document. I'd often think while listening to it print that it was done, only for it to then start up again after a few seconds.
The paper tray supports multiple sizes of paper. While it was quite clear how to adjust the tray to hold the size of paper I needed to print, the actual execution of it was slightly cumbersome. Given how often anyone may change paper size though may make this slight annoyance virtually unnoticeable and completely excusable.
I was hoping that it would be a little faster at printing also. Maybe I'm expecting too much for the price, but the pauses between pages certainly didn't help speed.
I'd be happy if it included a WIFI connection. Charge a few bucks more and include that option and suddenly this device is so much more capable in terms of placement and convenience.
It's just a printer and doesn't include any added functionality such as scanning, copying, faxing. Not really a con as it isn't marketed as such, but just something to consider.
Other Thoughts: I was pretty impressed by this little printer. It did a lot of things right and made me question why I spent $600 for a big Brother MFC Color Laser printer. I hardly ever do any printing whatsoever. My wife is a teach however and she prints often. 90% of the time she printers documents, usually monochrome. My Brother MFC is faster at printing, I will say that. But it's a giant machine that requires a special stand of it's own just to host it's presence, it creates roll or curvature in the paper as it prints also, and it costs a fortune by comparison to this printer. Granted, it has WIFI as well as Ethernet and USB. It can do scanning and copying. It can print in color. But most of the time I don't need any of that.
So my point is if you know your needs, you'd be a fool not to grab this machine. For the cost and quality of product, it's a no-brainer.
I'm not a huge printer guru, I will admit. I hadn't ever heard of the brand Pantum prior actually and was skeptical of what new name low quality junk I'd be testing here. I have to say that never really became the case. It held up for 2 months and is still going strong now even. I'd love to be able to post back in a year and let everyone know what my thoughts on Pantum are. But for now I'll just have to go off of the longest time I could muster before Newegg started complaining that I was taking too long to post my review. Initial indications point to a good product from a good company.
So to wrap up, if you need to print quality documents in a reasonable amount of time at a low cost, you'd be a fool not to buy this printer. If there's competition out there, I don't know about it. The Pantum P3255DN has run the gamut and passed with flying colors.
This review is from: GIGABYTE GA-Z97X-UD5H LGA 1150 Intel Z97 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
Pros: I ran this board now for over a month. I've been using it heavily for gaming and productivity. It has run well the entire time.
It's got the latest chipset which is Intel's Z97. Its got native support for anything Broadwell. I however only had a 4770K to use. This supports Haswell just fine though and it's what I ran for the last month. I wish I could have tested out the newer 4790K, but it simply wasn't available to me.
The layout of the board was pretty good. Everything in the expect place. SATA have 90° turned plug-ins at the side of the board. Aside from that, every cable connection on the board is located on the side of the board. So no worries about running cables across.
On-board power, reset and clear CMOS buttons are becoming quite standard affair on boards as of late, and in keeping with that this board has that also.
2-Way SLI/Crossfire is supported, as is 3-Way (at least in theory, I'll explain later). For 2-Way there is a slot of separation as to not starve any double slot cooled GPUs of airflow.
The color scheme is nice in that the board is mostly black. The gold heat sinks on the other hand would be anyone's personal preference. I personally don't care for them, but I could see how someone might.
I've never found a use for double NICs, but I know people who are looking for that feature. This board has 2 NICs. One from Intel and the other a Killer NIC (intent is gaming purposed, again in theory).
So much of the pros on this board however are not unique to this one board and much of what I've said can be found on many models.
Stability was paramount however, and while that should simply be an expected part of any released product, I've owned Gigabyte boards in the past that were full of unique features, boasted really impressive benchmarks and were simply gorgeous to look at, but at the end of the day often were quirky in terms of stability. I'd get strange unexplainable blue screens that I could never track down, or weird start-up issues, or just any type of strangeness that would often force me in to replacing the board with something else. I can't say that about this board. It simply was something I could run every day without issue and forget it was even there. That's what I'm looking for in any motherboard and I will say this board has it. It's also the reason why I decided I wouldn't post a review on this board until I had ran it for nearly 2 months.
So it's a really impressive board just on the recognition that it was 100% problem free. With it's price well below $200, even more impressive.
Cons: When a board doesn't give me any issues, it's hard to find a lot negative to say. So if this section is a bit brief, then take that as an indication of what kind of board this really is.
2 NICs. As I stated in the Pros is nice for those who can use it. Most can't. So it's an added expense that doesn't seem justified. One could argue that because of the two different types it gives the consumer the option of using either the Intel NIC or the Killer. Having used both extensively myself, I don't know why anyone would care for the Killer. It's supposed to be better for gaming, but I've yet to ever see any evidence of that. When you look latency in games, I never see a difference. They say, "Oh, well the differences really can't be measured. It's more of a subjective thing.", but like I said, I've used both on many different boards and products, I even used each NIC for half the time on this board, and I could not tell any difference.
The key difference for me was that with the Intel NIC, the drivers are installed and you never really deal with them again. With the Killer, they more frequently are updating their drivers, which are needed to make use of some of the Killer supposed features. I don't really care to keep updating my NIC drivers, especially when I can't garner any tangible difference after doing so. If I just use the Intel NIC, I forget about it entirely and simply use my machine without concern of how it's connected to any network or internet.
To justify the double NICs, I think they should make them both Intel's and give some added bonus feature like the ability to team them. Until then, save me the money and just put the Intel NIC on the board and call it a day.
3-Way SLI/Crossfire support is there, with a couple of caveats. The least unique issue is the number of PCI-E lanes give to each card when 3 are plugged in. Not a failing the board so much as the design of the Z97 chipset. Any Z97 board is going to have this issue, barring the addition of a PLX chip. Those themselves have their pros and cons. They work great for multi-GPU, and less so for just a single GPU. Some board are designed to switch effortlessly between single and multi where it either uses or bypasses the PLX chip. But you have to remember that it only adds more cost; cost for the PLX chip, and cost for the added circuitry and design.
Secondly, GPUs 2 & 3 don't have any space between them when the GPU's are using double slot coolers (which aren't aren't these days?) and therefore will often starve GPU 2 of adequate air flow.
Thirdly, there is no additional power plug to provide more power to the PCI-E lanes. I see this as an issue very worth mentioning as I've had boards fail me running 3-Way that didn't have this. It should work fine for 2-Way, for 3, look for a better board.
OK, so maybe this section wasn't that brief, but that's mostly because I talked in depth about a few very minor issues, most of which are hardly unique to this board alone.
Other Thoughts: I see quite a few others mentioning the BIOS as being confusing. Personally I didn't take much issue with it. This might be because I have used a couple of boards now with Gigabyte UEFI bios's and this one is very like those previous bios's in how they are laid out. I will say though that it could be better. Asus and MSI both have better UEFI layouts. But unless you are someone who keeps going in to make changes, ask yourself how much it matters to have a perfectly laid out BIOS. I'd suggest you look past the issue, deal with some immediate confusion and then simply use the board.
This board given to me for review was a bit of a downgrade for me. I was sporting an Asus Maximus VI Formula prior, a much pricier board. In that board I was running a XFX R9 295X2 with a MSI Gaming R9 290X for 3-Way Crossfire. I decided to do the same for this board, despite the fact that this board did not provide the additional power plug for multi-GPU configurations. In addition to the 3-Way GPUs, I ran with a 4770K overclocked to 4.7GHz, 16GB of DDR3-2133 and a Samsung 840 Pro SSD. Cooling was done with a Corsair H110. I ran Windows 8.1 Update 1.
Now that I'm done reviewing, I'm going to go back to the Asus. You maybe asking, "But why go through all that trouble to go back to Z87 when you couldn't tell a difference between the two boards?". The reason is that this is essentially the 3rd build with all the same components for me now. The first was a MSI Z87 M-Power Max that also did not have the additional power plug for multiple-GPUs. The board ran 3-Way for awhile, until it didn't. The Asus board having the power plug has allowed me to run without issue for a long time now. So I fear that if I keep up using 3-Way that this board will simply succumb to the same fate as my MSI. I will state that one keep difference here is that prior I was using 3 reference 290X cards instead of the 295X2 + 290X. So with there having been 3 physical cards as opposed to 2 now, that might have made a difference also. Still I don't want to take any chances and that is the only reason I'll be giving up this otherwise very stable and impressive board.
Now I touched on the appearance of this board already where I stated that I didn't care for the gold coloring. I also did not like the heat sinks themselves in that they simply aren't attractive despite their color. They look cheap and dated, like something you'd find on a board from 10 years ago.
Fortunately they have a BK (black) model that gets rid of the gold. The design of the heat sinks are still bad, but because of them being black don't look at all terrible. Too bad though if you want what is otherwise essentially the same board despite the color change, they are asking an additional $25. I'd go for the extra cost personally, but I can understand why some might take offence to that.
In the end, if you are looking for a new Z97 board to run brand new CPU with either 1 or 2 GPUs, this board is awesome for the price.
This review is from: Corsair CH-9000051-NA Raptor K40 Keyboard
Pros: * 6 Macro Keys with 3 Banks of profiles for a total of 18 possible macros.
* Dedicated multimedia keys
* Attractive design.
* raised keys allows easy cleaning.
* Different colours for WASD and Arrow keys.
* Any colour back lighting.
* Different back lighting levels and profiles.
* Decent software for configuring keyboard profiles.
* Profiles can be stored on the keyboard and are therefore transportable to any machine you connect the keyboard to.
* Claims to be a full KRO
There's a lot of decent features packed into this keyboard. I want to say more good things about this keyboard, but unfortunately the majority of what I have to say will be found in the cons section.
Cons: So I listed a bunch of features in the pros section. The list of features are all there and are what you would buy this keyboard for. That being said, let me explain how those features are quiet up to snuff.
* The macro keys are up to par with how most of the competition are implementing them. So it really isn't a selling point when you can get the same thing else where.
* I like having dedicated multimedia keys as opposed to using a function key to enable multimedia functionality. The problem with the multimedia keys here is that they sit so much lower than the rest of the keys and aren't the easiest to access. So to put them on the keyboard and then do it poorly doesn't bode well.
* It's a nice looking keyboard, from afar. Once you get up close to it, it's bottom tray looks cheap and is cheap, made of flimsy plastic.
* I like the different colour keys for WASD, but not everyone will. They don't send replacement keys for the user to decide whether they want them to be coloured differently.
* The back lighting can do pretty much any colour. It just does it quite poorly. Even in a dark room when the keyboard is set to it's brightest, it looks pretty dim and is fairly unimpressive. Back lighting doesn't have to be blindingly bright, but it should be bright enough to justify its presence, but this keyboard comes up way short in the back lighting department.
* The software is run of the mill. It works. But again does nothing to set itself apart from the competition. I've yet to see keyboard profile management software that has really impressed me. Most simply accomplish the job. Some are cumbersome. This one is some where in between and still doesn't impress. At least if you own a Corsair mouse, the software integrates between the two devices into a single interface where you can manage both your mouse and your keyboard.
* I didn't go out of my way to verify that this keyboard is NKRO (they call it full KRO with anti-ghosting). I know the first batch of Corsair mechanicals were 20KRO, which is pretty good over USB. The fact that they simply don't state NKRO explicitly and use vague marketing terms leads me to question whether it really is NKRO. Again though, I can't say for certain as I didn't test that directly. For most people it doesn't matter anyway, 6KRO is usually good enough.
That addresses the counter points to the pros, but there were even more faults.
* Rubber dome switches. For the price of this keyboard, they could mechanical switches.
* It isn't a sturdy keyboard at all. In fact it exhibits a lot of flex in the middle. Because of the thin single flat plane to which they attach the keys, it bows in the middle under weight.
* It feels and looks cheap up close.
Other Thoughts: I've been using mechanical keyboards for a couple of years now. Before that Logitech gaming keyboards like the G15 and G19 were what I used. It's pretty hard to go back to using dome membrane switches after using Mechanical keyboards for so long. So my initial impression of this keyboard was a little tainted right from the start. That is why I decided I wouldn't write or decide anything about it until used it for at least a month.
Boy am I glad that month is over.
So Corsair typically makes pretty good products. I like their company and their products and use them quite frequently. Either through quality or through their brand name recognition however, their products will often carry a bit of a premium. So they will occasionally release a product to reach a lower segment in the market hoping to reach people unwilling to spend top of the line. Usually when they do this though, they sacrifice quite a bit and still charge too much because it's branded Corsair. And that is what I feel they did here.
When they first released keyboard, they were partial mechanical keyboards. They looked great, were popular and performed well. And despite being only partially mechanical, people praised them and they seemed to sell well. The 2nd generation was even better. Gone was the odd use of occasional membrane switches, replaced by 100% mechanical switches. These were the models to own, and for anyone who waited to purchase these, they would be quite satisfied.
This keyboard is trying to capitalize on the success of both the first and second line of Corsair mechanicals. It looks very similar overall with it's raised key design and open tray. The problem is that it's not at all in the same league in terms of build quality. I don't think I've ever seen a keyboard exhibit so much flex in it's design. It's simply made cheap. And unlike the Corsair mechanicals, it doesn't feel sturdy. The back lighting between them is also night and day. Sure the mechanicals only do one colour, but at least you can see the light. In a lit room, you can barely tell this keyboard has back lighting.
This keyboard simply exists to serve one purpose, to let people who want a K70 buy something cheaper and make them think they are getting something similar. I'm here to say you are not.
At the price of $80 also, it's simply overpriced for what you get. After using it for awhile, I guessed it was a $50 keyboard at most. Imagine my reaction to find out what they wanted for it.
And after a month of using it, it doesn't do enough good stuff mentioning because it doesn't do anything special in terms of how it feels to type on it. I've used $20 keyboards that fell similar when I type on them.
I simply can't recommend a good reason to buy this keyboard. I often see sales where mechanical back lit keyboards fall into the same price range. And if you don't want a mechanical keyboard and would rather save the money, you can find keyboard for $20 less with similar features.


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Rob popped "the question" February 23, 2012.
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Rob popped "the question" February 23, 2012.
Our wedding will be May 24, 2014, gathered by our closest family and friends!!
If you'd like to lend a hand to help clean up our community following the severe weather, this Saturday (May 3rd) is that day, 8:30am - 5:30pm!
The storms that ripped through town Monday night left a mess with trees down and homes damaged
Through a partnership with the Tuscaloosa City School Board, the City of Tuscaloosa will open two safe rooms for public access.
If you haven't already, please register online for the 2014 Mayor's Cup 5K, presented by Mercedes Benz US International!
The 16th Annual DCH SportsMedicine Fund Run is set for Saturday May 3rd at Tuscaloosa County High School in Northport.
Shana Taylor and Steven Dill of Fayette were engaged February 14, 2014. We will tie the knot at First Assembly of God on June 13, 2014, Friday the 13th... NO, we are not superstitious at all.
On Tuesday, the City of Tuscaloosa Environmental Services Department began a drop-off electronic recycling program.
Thanks to our many Partners In Hope this year, we raised a grand total of $38,023 for the work to continue at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital!
The Tuscaloosa Half Marathon presented by UR Fed Foundation and the Radiology Clinic one-mile fun run are this Saturday! Charles Tiller came by to give us last minute details.
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The Innovate Conference for parents, professionals, and young adults was a unique two-day experience. Day one of the conference brought together a community of professionals and parents who explored innovative and viable strategies to ease the transition between high school and the next step. Day two, the first conference of its kind designed specifically for teens and young adults, featured a number of hands-on interactive workshops that provided attendees with the opportunity to learn new skills and interact with peers. Workshops were conducted on topics such as searching for a job, exploring creative arts, managing stress, healthy living, college exploration and success, and building relationships with others. Read More
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Townhome, 4 Bedrooms, 3.5 Baths, Sleeps 10
You will feel completely at home in our private 4,000 sq. ft. Douglas townhouse with three floors of living space. This beautifully cottage-decorated home is well appointed and includes 4 bedrooms and 3 1/2 baths which sleeps 10 people very comfortably. The home also includes a modern, fully equipped kitchen; a large living room; and a family room with theater style seating, large HDTV, shuffle board, and foosball table.
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A journal featuring all the local happenings in the area; restaurant menus; and a calendar of events is available in the home to assist you in planning your dream vacation. So, whether you are visiting during one of the holidays, the Waterfront Film Festival, the Venetian Festival, or just one of Pure Michigan's summer weeks, there is something to do for everyone.
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The new autumn 2014 make-up collection from Clarins is all about creating a natural yet defined look. The collection perfectly signals a change of season through its captivating colours.
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Schools and parents may be interested to hear about a pilot program Facebook has put in place with Maryland's Attorney General Douglas Gansler, because – if successful – it may roll out nationwide. The "Educator Escalation Channel" offers school staff dealing with cyberbullying (one point person per school system) a "direct channel" to Facebook staff […]
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Phresh James' last feature, Timeless, was a promo single when it hit our front page in February; in the intervening months, however, it's blossomed into the title track of the North Miami repper's next project. The latest leak off the set, Coming Down finds James trading blunted bars with Panhandle State crew Da Camp and reader fave J NICS (who recently dropped his SNAS: The Product tape in the Booth) over a low-key synth beat by Sir Flywalker. Timeless has yet to receive a drop date. Keep it locked for details—and, if you haven't already, click here to stream and/or download his last street album, the DJBooth-sponsored Universal Lve Period.
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When did you know you wanted to get into tattooing? My grandfather had a panther on his arm that he named marmaduke that he got in the Korean War. When I was 4 years old I would color on it with crayola markers. I think my mom knew at that point, my mom always told me I could be whatever I wanted to be. Since I could remember all I ever wanted to do was travel, skateboard, do graffiti, and tattoo. I wasn't good at skateboarding, kept getting busted painting graffiti, so tattooing and traveling was all I had. How Long have you been tattooing at Zombie Tattoo. I first went to zombie tattoo a few years back after I sold 6th street tattoo in corona ca. Zombie Joe the owner is one of my best friends so I came over part time while working at inkslingers also part time. I later was offered a full time spot at inkslingers and worked there total for 2 years. I left and did my own thing trying to find what direction I wanted to go with my wife, children, and career, and zombie was always home, I've been around a lot of shops who claim family, but this is my family. No matter if I worked there or not they were all always a huge part of mine and my families life. What are your favorite type of tattoos do you like doing? Realism, Letters ect. I try to stay well rounded. ... Read More »
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Russ Abbott and Guy Aitchison are gearing up for a major collaboration, which will be webcast live this October 22-23 from Off The Map Tattoo in Easthampton, Mass., where you'll see biomech, ornamental and dimensional graphic elements fused into something totally new. The first session's webcast will be free to the public, where you'll be able to observe the unfolding of a major leg piece, and can submit your questions for the artists through the TattooNOW chat feature. The second day's session will be for professionals only and will get into the in-depth technical aspects of the project, from layout to machines to rendering techniques. Tune in to TattooNOWtv.com on Oct.22 to check it out, or you can sign up in advance for the paid seminar. Advance tickets are $175, and tickets sold during the event will be $200. Don't miss this unique opportunity to learn from two of the industry's leading educators in a single high-powered event! The good folks at Wacom will be giving away a free tablet on the 23rd! Don't miss out! To purchase tickets, go to: http://www.tattooNOW.com Starts at Noon eastern time. and can submit your questions for the artists through the TattooNOW chat feature. The second day's session will be for professionals only and will get into the in-depth technical aspects of the project, from layout to machines to rendering techniques. Tune in to TattooNOWtv.com on Oct.22 to check it out, or you can sign up in advance for the paid seminar. Advance tickets are $175, and tickets sold during ... Read More »
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By Nicki Kasper What was the inspiration for the World Wide Tattoo Conference, and who's idea was it in the beginning? The project WWTC (WorldWideTattooConference) was conceived in 2011. The original idea was to get together different talented Tattoists in an itinerant multicultural context who would travel around the world, stopping over in significant European and American spots to share and offer their expertise and personal views of their work to the global tattoo community. The initial idea was mine. This year's conference is in Venice, Italy… Where have previous conferences been held? Did you find that each event had a different vibe? 2014 is the year to get back to the origins… After the first edition of Rome 2011, the WWTC is going back to its home country, Italy. So far the WWTC has been held 5 times, once in Europe and once in the States alternatively: 2011 was in Rome, April 2012 was the turn of Chigago, then September of the same year in London… 2013 was in Boston and 2014 will be Venice (actually it is in Mogliano Veneto, 10 minutes from Venice). Each edition had definitely a different vibe, specially if we distinguish between Europe and the US, but I guess the most distinctive one was the atmosphere perceived in London, as this conference was much rougher and wilder than the other ones, being it held in the same premises of the 8th London Tattoo Convention and just before the very same convention. How has the conference progressed ... Read More »
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by Nicki Kasper Tell us a little bit about yourself… Where are you from? How long have you been tattooing? What shop are you in now? Etc… I was raised in Florida, ended up in NYC where I've been for the past 10+years. I began tattooing just about 9 years ago and have been at Three Kings in Brooklyn for the last 6 1/2. How would you describe Victory Cult, and what was the inspiration? I'd call it sort of a sophisticated street wear brand. I grew up skateboarding and playing in bands, so I've always had a strong inclination towards graphics and the merch game. When I began tattooing It was just a natural progression to carry that on. With this project, I have begun with the basics (t-shirts,hats,hoodies,etc.), but I aim to eventually expand that scope. I also wanted to create a project that would treat the artists involved respectfully. I know a lot of us tattooers have been approached by companies that look at us as cheap labor, so I'm just trying to keep this all in the family and have everybody treated correctly. You know the old adage, if you want to do something right, you have to do it yourself. How long did you sit on the idea before you decided to get it rolling? Probably not long enough. Haha. I had always thought it would be fun to create a proper brand, but I had never taken the idea all that seriously. It took a ... Read More »
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A new tool for life after a mastectomy. Breast cancer survivors are often told they have two options following a mastectomy: reconstruction or not. Most of the time, neither option can conceal the scars that often mark the experience. That's why we at P.ink created the Inkspiration app by P.ink — to help survivors make friends with the mirror again after a mastectomy. Try on your own tattoo. In private. Inkspiration offers survivors a way to try on mastectomy tattoos in the privacy of their own home. Select a body type or upload a photo to get a better idea of what designs might look like. Inkspiration houses a growing library of tattoo inspirations and helps survivors identify and connect to tattoo artists who have mastectomy experience. An empowering step in taking back control.Most survivors have no idea where to begin when they consider a mastectomy tattoo, especially if they're not a "tattoo person." We created the app to demystify things — to show them what a tattoo might look like on them. And to point them towards the artists who can help them move on after a mastectomy. Download the Inkspiration app for iPhone now. Release notes: iPhone only for now. Android version is in the works. Future feature: order temporary tatts directly from our app. Are you a survivor or a previvor? We'd love to hear what you think. Leave a review or drop a line: firstname.lastname@example.com. Would you like to donate your illustrations to our image library? Send your hi-res vector files to firstname.lastname@example.com. The ... Read More »
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By Erika Icon Tattoos and piercings are becoming more accepted as a form of art and expression. They are a big part of the cultural landscape in cosmopolitan cities like Los Angeles. To give you an idea of their rise in popularity here are a few figures. Thirty years ago, 1 in 100 people in this country had tattoos. Now 1 in 10 Americans have them, and one-third of those aged 25 to 30 have tattoos. While society is becoming more liberated and expressive, and piercings and tattoos become part of mainstream culture, some employers are still having a hard time wrapping their heads around body art in the workplace. What are my rights? If your company tells you that you can't wear piercings or reveal your tattoos at work, they aren't doing anything illegal. Don't look to the legal system to protect workers who have body art. The law covers discrimination on the grounds of race, color, religion, age, nationality, origin and gender. The one exception may be if you're a Hindu with a nose ring, which could be a religious observation. But there are limits. Your company can't use tats or piercings as an excuse to fire you. A company can, on the flipside, use it as an excuse not to hire you. I'll cover more reasons for this later. Many companies have policies that prohibit tats and piercings that are generally outlined in their handbook and/or employee manual. If the policy is new, it may be given out ... Read More »
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A new species of ancient balloon-headed dolphin has been identified from a fossil pulled up by fishers in the North Sea (map), a new study says.
The 2.5-million-year-old species was named Hoekman's blunt-snouted dolphin after Albert Hoekman, the Dutch fisher who trawled up a bone from the creature's snout in 2008.
Measuring up to 20 feet (6 meters) long, the newfound dolphin had an extremely short and spoon-shaped snout that supported a large, high, and protruding forehead.
(Related: "New, 'Chubbier' River Dolphin Species Found in Bolivia.")
Bulbous Head Helped Dolphin Navigate?
In looks and size, the new species was similar to modern pilot whales—although its head was much more bulbous, said study author Klaas Post, an honorary curator at the Natural History Museum Rotterdam in the Netherlands.
(See "Pilot Whales Are 'Cheetahs of the Sea,' Study Finds.")
Post and colleague Erwin Kompanje suspect that Hoekman's blunt-snouted dolphin may have been a direct ancestor or at least a very close relative of today's pilot whales. (See whale pictures.)
As with today's pilot whales, the team also suspects that the new dolphin used its large forehead for echolocation, a biological form of sonar that allows dolphins and some whales to navigate in murky conditions.
"Pilot whales seem to have developed this tool in some special way," Post said via email, "and [Hoekman's blunt-snouted dolphins] seem to have been the forerunner."
The new dolphin species is described in the 2010 issue of the yearly Dutch journal Deinsea. The fossil snout is currently on display at the Natural History Museum Rotterdam.
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Pune: Sanaa Bhambri quelled some stiff
challenges before overcoming Anastasia Malhotra of Japan 6-3
6-4 and entered second round of USD 50,000 NECC-ITF Women`s
Tennis Championships here on Monday.
Sanaa started on an attacking note in the match and
bagged the first set 6-3.
The Japanese tried to claw her way back into the match in
the second set but the Indian held her nerve and capitalised
on excellent placings of the ball to snatch a 6-4 win to round
off the tally.
Meanwhile, two Indians Rishika Sunkara and Shivika Burman
alongwith Israeli player Chen Astrogo and Serbian Tamara
Curovic qualified for the main draw of the tournament.
In other first round matches, second seeded Masa
Zec-Peskiric and sixth seeded Rika Fujiwara of Japan also
scored lop-sided wins to move into the second round.
Zec-Peskiric outserved Hae-Sung Kim of Korea 6-3,6-4,
while Fujiwara blanked junior compatriot Miki Miyamura 6-2,
Bureau Report