Felix M.C. Li (a.k.a. Maskrider) » Felix M.C. Li

Goodbye, Nokia E6-00

Felix M.C. Li — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 18:44:42 +0000

Replaced (and sold) my Nokia E6-00 with a Galaxy Nexus.

It works fine before the update (Symbian Anna), everything went downhill after the update (Symbian Belle).

There is no way to downgrade, as a last resort, I use the abandoned Sony’s Xperia X8 (of my wife) and installed some modded ROM to see whether Android is a platform that I can use everyday. And I think it still lacks quite a bit from an old time Nokia phone user, but there are a lot of apps to complement the base facilities.

The price of the Galaxy Nexus unexpectedly dropped 30% today, took the plunge, bought one and traded in my Nokia E6-00.

I really miss the keyboard, though.

ICO/Wander and the Colossus collection

Felix M.C. Li — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 20:09:06 +0000

Got mine on 22nd Sep, played through ICO twice and now playing Wander and the Colossus.

They remind me of the old days, ICO is such a beautiful game. SOTC feels a bit better than the original overall (especially on its framerate).

Enjoying every moment with them, and looking forward to 3D mode after getting Sony’s HMD before end of this year.

Valkyria Chronicles 3 Riela and Imca Nendroid figures

Felix M.C. Li — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 17:22:17 +0000

~~Seen both of them (2 x each) at a local store, but decided against buying them since the bonus PSP mission code would not be in any of them.~~

Bought Nendroid Riela after knowing that the code is a feature of the standard product. The crow bar (after beating the Ace and the mission) is the strongest anti-tank “Explosive sword” type weapon.

PS3 data transfer utility … extreeeeeemely slow

Felix M.C. Li — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 16:19:28 +0000

Bought a new Classic White 320G PS3 (3012B LW) , have started transferring for almost 6 hours, still at 67% …

edit: finally done after transferring for almost 10 hours.

PS3 ICO and Shadow of the Colossus

Felix M.C. Li — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 06:14:37 +0000

I spent many many hours playing them on the PS2, these 2 games are beautiful and magnificent. Their soundtracks are awesome, I still listen to them every now and then.

And only a little more than a month to go, I will be able to get my hands on the Japanese limited box.

PC upgraded, finally

Felix M.C. Li — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 17:15:15 +0000

Core 2 Quad Q6600 -> Core i5 2500, 4G DDR -> 8G DDR3, WD RAID edition HDD -> Intel Series 510 SSD, Lian Li 8 years old chassis -> Cooler Master Silencio 550 chassis.

Cost quite a bit, but the boot time is simply excellent.

EDIT:

Added 2 Zalman ZM-SF3 120mm fans to the chassis to increase ventilation.

The CPU cooler hasn’t been upgraded yet, but the noise level is well below the ambient noise (from the surroundings).

Still researching on quiet and relatively small coolers, targets include Notua NH-C12P SE14 and Coolermaster GeminII S524 (much cheaper).

Tomato USB Victek’s RAF mod

Felix M.C. Li — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 15:25:18 +0000

Works great on my brand new E3000, flashed directly from the stock firmware and working great !

Thank you Victek and Teddy Bear.

http://victek.is-a-geek.com/tomato.html

The HDD of my TZ31XN/B has died

Felix M.C. Li — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 06:07:22 +0000

A few days to the end of its 2nd year, the 1.8″ HDD died.

Bought a KingSpec 64G SSD, but it is so damn slow (0.5-0.6MB/s for 4K random writes). I would not recommend anyone to go with it. There are be better alternatives at similar price.

PSN still down in HK

Felix M.C. Li — Tue, 31 May 2011 17:53:20 +0000

Fuck you SCEH and whoever responsible for the loooooong outage. You better close down the sympathetic HK PSN and get lost. Give me back my money on PSN+.

Urmnaf Bort Hyuga

Felix M.C. Li — Sun, 08 May 2011 19:01:51 +0000

I really miss this character, especially in Shadow Hearts II. There is no way that he will be back in any game, though.

I had tried translating the Japanese game for the Western gamers, and I learnt a lot on the work that I had done. Not just about Japanese, but about part of the European stuffs and words. It was indeed a great pleasure to learn so many things by drilling into one of my favourite games.

And yes, I still miss the Shadow Hearts series.