Eclectic

An update with an unpleasant discovery:Reason I can't access my phone's photo or tone galleries is because Cingular has locked off access to ANY third party. They'll be getting a strong letter of complaint from me - what's the point of having a camera installed in my phone if I can't transfer pictures from it easily? Of course, they want to charge for every sent or received message, every access to the internet, every time you actually want to do something with the piece if technology in your hands that you bought. Well, if they provide the connection, they can set the charges, but they should *not* prevent me from getting my own pictures off my own phone.

Yes, I have. It doesn't have a setting for my model number, but I've tried it anyway. Without proper phone recognition, it either locks up or crashes. I may keep tinkering with it, but I'm not sure. Thanks anyway, though.

Please assist me, O Xisto gurus!I just got a data cable to connect my LG CG225 cell phone to my computer through a USB port so that I can transfer audio and image files back and forth without using my cell to connect to the internet and thereby pay fees. The cable works fine, but the software that came with it (Mobile Action) doesn't work. I was able to go to the MA website and find an updated driver and management software for my phone, but that software will only allow me to send SMS messages (without attached audio files or images) and to sync up my contact list. I've been able to use monkeybongo.com's composition tools, but their free SMS programs can't get through to my phone. Anyone know of some good freeware to manage my data cable connection? (Heck, I'd even be willing to spring for some decent shareware if the price was right). Thanks.

Wow, I never really thought about this before until I saw the thread title. Not in order of frequency: 1) Winamp 2) Firefox 3) VERITAS RecordNow DX (very nice app for burning material to recordable CDs and DVDs) 4) TMPGEnc (for making my videos DVD and VCD compatible) 5) Yohoho! Puzzle Pirates application (the online game for those of us with neither the time nor the funds for World of Warcraft! [/kidding]) 6) VLC media player (I already thought it was a really handy program, but then I learned that it can also be used to stream video in from my Pinnacle AV/DV card, so now it has become much more of a necessity to me.) 7) dbPowerAmp Music Converter (this app can change virtually any audio file format backwards and forwards with just a drop-down menu - I love it!) 8) MonkeyBongo's set of cellphone applications (now that I have a phone better suited to downloaded ringtones and wallpapers, these free apps are my current "programs I can't stop tinkering with") 9) SRip32 (very simple, no frills screen capturing program for your desktop, but I've never had it give me grief) 10) Yahoo! Widget Engine (I recommend the ColorBurn widget for you design-types) I used to mess around more with video editing, but I really need to clean out a lot of old work from my hard drives before I get back into that.

It doesn't seem like there's been much of an update on what people think of the games, so I figured I'd put in my two cents worth, since I own both the first PS2 game ("Broken Angel") and the second ("Crimson Elixer"). Game 1 When people say the graphics aren't so hot, they're not kidding. Basically, this game came out before cell-shaded graphics became the main standard for anime-related games. Also, I think it was produced in a bit of a rush. However, I found this to be a pretty good game for anime-fan non-gamers like me to get started on, mostly because the obviousness of what you have to do (go here, slay this monster, open that chest) was at the level I could manage at first. It starts to get repetative in that they reuse certain environments and you have to figure out little "tricks" to get past certain points (i.e. you have to figure out some way to get the giant crab chimera boss knocked on its back before you can smack the heck out of it) and the like. Still, like I said, the difficulties in it have helped make me a more patient/skilled gamer, but I too wouldn't recommend it for the non-fan. Game 2 *This* might be more worth your while if you didn't like the first game. It's got shell-shaded graphics that are much nicer on the eyes, and the number of techniques has increased. Three of my favorite changes are: 1) Al's ability to throw Ed up in the air in order to reach high places. (definitely could've used this in the first game!) 2) The automatic appearance of the "trasmutation rings" showing what objects are transmutable. Alchemy was what made the first game a lot of fun for me, and they've improved the mechanics in this one. You no longer have to hold down the "circle" button to see what you can transmute, and you can have Ed make a more useful set of objects out the standard set of raw materials. Also, some objects, like the air-blasting decoy, can be re-transmuted into sources of health-restoring Elixer (which you WILL need!), something that *never* happened in the first game. 3) The fine-tuning of Alphonse's AI controlls. He can aim long-range weapons automatically now, and he no longer wanders off after a period of time. The updated user interface also makes it more obvious what your commands are telling Al to do. I haven't played as far into this one as I have into the first, but I'll keep people posted if they're interested.

Hi, MammaKas. Hello fellow Xisto users! First post here on the boards, and this seemed to be the best place to make an introduction. I have "Eclectic" tastes in pretty much everything, so much so that I haven't yet decided what form my new website is going to take yet! *laughs* I just wanted to say two things to the Asta-group at large:1) This has definately been one of the more interesting get-free-webhosting setups I have seen in my years on the Web. I *like* the whole "participate to get hosting" idea.2) You have standards for spelling and grammar. As someone who used to frequent IRC channels and other pits of unintelligible postings, this place is like a breath of fresh air.{P.S. Sorry for this newbie question here: what does it mean my "no post count"? Does that mean that whatever we write here will not count towards earning credits? That was my initial interpretation.}