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Cosmic Crusader: The Answer is Yes

Robert Thompson — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 08:57:37 +0000

Note: Use at your own risk (but it works for me)

My brother asked me this question over two years ago. Tech support has arrived.

Question:

I wish I had a computer slow enough to run [Cosmic Crusader]. Anyone know how to slow down a P4 so this game will run? And where I can get a joystick?

Answer:

1. Download Dos Box (a fully functional Dos emulator that runs on your Mac or PC)

2. On a Mac, unzip it, then double-click the DMG, then drag the ‘DOSBox’ application to your Apps folder

3. Whoops! Their site is mysteriously down. Google ‘cosmic-crusader’ and find the Zip

4. Create a directory called games here: Users / You / games

5. Unzip Cosmic Crusader in this directory

5. Double Click DOSBox

6. Type: mount c ~/games in the DOS prompt

7. Type c:

8. Type dir

9. Execute the game

10. To Slow down the game, type CTRL-F11 (not the Apple key, the CTRL key, on Laptops you need to hit FN-CTRL-F11)

Boom, you’re all good to go, with pre-Sound Blaster sound effects and stunning 1982 CGA graphics.

Screenshots (click to enlarge):

Cosmic Crusader

LodeRunr

Police Quest 1

Alley Cat

Bouncing Babies (Waves as levels, and check out the skeletor head on that baby)

What other games did we play? Below the Root, Space Quest, Bruce Lee..?

How to Add Google Adsense to your Lightroom Web Photo Gallery

Robert Thompson — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 09:42:06 +0000

SEE THE NEW GOOGLEFIED GALLERY!

It’s just wrong. Why am I putting ads on my photo galleries?

Anyway, it’s not difficult to do, but if I get enough interest I’ll post a step-by-step guide on how to add Google Adsense to your Lightroom gallery. Takes less than a minute.

Note to self: Next time create web gallery 768 wide. Use CSS to margin add in the right place. Can lower JPG res.

Adobe Lightroom Review with Video Tutorials and Screenshots

Robert Thompson — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 04:25:02 +0000

Lightroom Tutorials, Screenshots, Review

I just finished my review of Adobe Lightroom. Basically, it is the answer for people who:

Don’t use a Flash on a mountain shot
You know how to shoot, you have a digital SLR, and you take good pictures

Are tired of iPhoto’s poor layout and weak architecture
You liked it in the beginning, but after your library grew, iPhoto couldn’t keep up

Are looking for “a better way” to manage and present their photos
File management, slideshows, export to web, print — Lightroom has it all.

Read and learn here. 6 hours to create this tutorial.