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July 2009

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Electric shaving, something new for me

Tuesday, 28. July 2009, 17:25:47

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This time it'll be a topic related to hardware. But to a different kind of hardware. Electric shavers.
I've decided that classic razors (Gilette dual blade) are not really for me because they really irritate my skin. So i got myself brand new Braun Series 3 370. It's a foil shaver. Got it for 69 eur after rebates for employees. Not bad considering i also got the PocketGo thingie for free. Anyway, i found out that it shaves really well, on some areas even closer than the razors i used to use before, without risking any cuts or excessive irritation of skin. But i have really bad problems shaving my neck area. It just can't cut some hair there no matter how hard i'm trying from all directions (especially on very curved areas). I know each user has it's own skin type and facial hair grow (and even type), but are there any general tips how to shave well the more "bumpy" areas with foil type shaver?
If anyone has some good tips related to this, feel free to post it. I'll be very happy. And i'm sure it'll come in handy for others too.

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Mechwarrior 2 and Screamer 2 on Windows Vista

Saturday, 11. July 2009, 06:42:35

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If you're one of those freaks who like to play almost 2 decades old games now (like me), then this might be interesting for you. I'm a huge fan of Mechwarrior 2 (i have the Pentium Edition with higher resolution mode) and Screamer 2. Got these two games in some pack looooong ago when i was still using Windows 98. And since these two were my first games (that i actually owned, not just rended from friends) i was constantly playing these two. Years have passed and those two games stopped working on new age systems. There were some breakthroughs on later systems uisng VMware, VirtualPC and VirtualBox, but only Mechwarrior 2 worked ok. Screamer 2 was very choppy even on lowest color modes. But not anymore. Few days ago i got myself a new Core i7 based system. It's a Core i7 920 powerhouse with 6GB of RAM and 750GB HDD. Installed VirtualPC, installed Windows 98 in it with 128MB of dedicated RAM and enabled VT or Virtualization Technology. And i think this feature was the reason for smooth operation. But i guess raw power does a bit also... I'll have to test with and without VT to see whats the real reason.
Both games run perfectly like they did years ago on native systems. Only thing that doesn't work is legendary music. But i'm compensating that with media player in the background playing the CD music. It's not the same but it works very well.

Bottom line, if you are using system that is powerful enough, don't even bother with DOSbox and different hacks and patches. Install virtual machine like VirtualPC, VMWare or Virtualbox, install Windows 95 or 98 on it and just work with it like you did years ago.

Can't wait to play these two games again. It really brings back the good memories :D

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