phoenix nest

I remember when I first heard about hacking your PSP to put custom firmware, I was totally excited about it. Mostly because I knew that my PSP would turn into not only a portable playstation, but a portable NES, SNES, Sega Genesis, Gameboy, GBA… you get the idea. So I decided to finally get a PSP, but by the time that I got one, they already had the newer models out, and I got a “Slim” PSP which was lighter and thinner than the original. “Alright I thought…It’s fine it’s just the newer model”. Unfortunately, a number of problems arise when it came to loading the CFW (Custom Firmware). Eventually I was able to load it but I was extremely disappointed to find out that many emulators didn’t work for Slim. I thought all hope was lost. I settled for some shitty NES version with bad resolution and moved on. That was until I found a thread post with a link to a pack of emulators that were completely compatible with the PSP Slim.

Yes you heard me right. All of these emulators work nearly 100% (as far as I’ve tested). The pack contains and emulator for nearly every kind console as well. I’ve included below the link to the File Planet mirror. I’ve also decided to host it here since I am not making use of all of my available bandwidth. Also, since emulators are not illegal, I’ll host as many as I want and no one can say anything about it :-p.

Known Compatibility Issues:

NES

• I’ve noticed that the NES emulator does no close smoothly, results in the PSP shutting off after you exit. Otherwise it seems to work fine.

Downloads:

Click here to download from FileFront

Click here to download from danielsousa.info

At risk of being flagged by the NSA as a suspected terrorist, I want to commend the Taliban in Afghanistan for today. Here is an excerpt from the NYTIMES website:

In a brazen attack, Taliban fighters assaulted the main prison in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar on Friday night, blowing up the mud walls, killing 15 guards and freeing around 1,200 inmates. Among the escapees were about 350 Taliban members, including commanders, would-be suicide bombers and assassins, said Ahmed Wali Karzai, the head of Kandahar’s provincial council and a brother of President Hamid Karzai.

Now, I don’t condone the beliefs of the Taliban, but I’ve got to admit, that is quite the accomplishment. Aside from overthrowing their government a few years back, this is probably the single greatest military accomplishment of the past 5 years. 30 guys basically performed the largest jailbreak I’ve heard about in recent history. So I commend you for your accomplishment, members of the Taliban.

For the full New York Times Article: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/14/world/asia/14kandahar.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

I’ve been putting off the updates and I’m doing it again. Also been putting off my academic work. Once I get that finished I’ll update everything on here, finish up the beta version for WinParsley too, that should hopefully attract some traffic and I’ll get some use out of the site.
Everything should be ship shape in about 2-3 weeks.

I plan on making some updates and adding a whole lot of other information to the site later today or this weekend. For now I need to take care of some stuff.

Here is a copy of one of my favorite science fiction stories by Isaac Asimov. I’m not totally sure if this is legal but if it’s not I’ll take it down:

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