So today Bungie announced that there will be 4 player online or system-link coop in Halo 3. IMO the 2 player coop was one of the best features of my current favorite 360 game, Gears of War.
So with that announcement, /me pre-orders Halo 3.
I’m looking at getting a new laptop that doesn’t suck at gaming (like my 700m).
I’ve been looking at the Apple Macbook Pros, Dell Inspirons and most recently the Dell Vostro. The Vostro 1700 has a keypad on its keyboard, which I find a really bad decision. So, I’m looking at the Vostro 1500 right now. Decked out to specs that I’d be happy to use, it’s ~$1175 shipped including tax.
Now, to get the wife’s approval :).
In the front of our house, we have two hanging baskets:
One of which is now the home to several baby birds:
It’s pretty cool to see.
So after ~6 months with my DLP HDTV, while watching Hell’s Kitchen on my HTPC, after an hour of playing Gears of War on 360, I heard a popping noise, then beeping, then the picture on my TV went blank. I turned it off for a few minutes, then turned it back on, seemingly no problems.
I wonder if that means that the lamp is going dead. 6 months is pretty fast, I heard it takes at least 2 years for the lamp to go out. Then again, I have the TV on for probably an average of 4-5 hours a day, probably more than the average TV user.
So I’m going to call Samsung, to see what the problem could have been. Amazon says
Warranty
It’s backed by a 1-year warrant on parts (including lamp) and laboe [sic], with in-home service backed by Samsung toll-free support.
