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Kristin picked me up from work today wearing the boots I bought her for Christmas that she wasn’t supposed to open yet. As a result, I arrived home and ripped open my new white PSP slim Rebel Assault edition (complete with Darth Vader on the back) and composite video attachment to hook it up to [...]

w00t! PSP 1.5 downgrade and unbricker. Suh-weet.

Hey check out this post: Hackszine.com: Hacks Authors’ Blogs: One Feed to Rule Them All to grab a feed that includes my blog and every other Hacks author’s blog in one big feed. Pretty cool.
ps—I wrote a book called PSP Hacks. You can buy it via the link in the sidebar. *hint hint*
pps—Thanks, Eliot, for [...]

So remember how I wrote that PSP how-to for Wired that got edited nearly to oblivion and appeared sans byline. Well, I finally received my kill-fee check for that piece. w00t!
Behold, the riveting world of freelance writing in effect. You write something, it gets cut, and you get paid a nominal fee 6 months [...]

This site has some pretty good info on the PS3. Now that I’m transitioning out of AOL and Netscape, I’m thinking I may want to take a break from the day to day grind and work on some writing, possibly a book. The more I tinker with the PS3, the more I can see the [...]

Saturday night we had some peeps over for a belated birthday party for yours truly. Lots of alcohol, lots of food, lots of fun, and the Saints won. w00t! Bowl bound, baby!
Yesterday, Kristin took me over to Gamestop and in the complete absence of any Wii, she bought me a PS3 for my birthday. I [...]

So, remember how I mentioned that Wired took a piece I wrote for them, stripped it down to 38 words and didn’t give me any sort of byline or mention on the credits page? Well, here it is:
Wired 14.08: How To: Get Your Game On
Share a PSP Game
Load a level, then eject the disc. The [...]

So, if you get the August copy of Wired magazine and you turn to page 015 of the special Wired HOW TO section, you’ll find a small blip of writing in the middle of the page, beginning: “SHARE A PSP GAME.” Well, I’m not on any Contributor page (there doesn’t appear to be one any [...]

I grabbed a few PSP titles yesterday: Samurai Warriors: State of War, Metal Gear Acid 2, and Untold Legends: The Warrior’s Code. I’ve played Samurai Warriors: State of War for a bit. Seems pretty cool. A very Americanized version of Dynasty Warriors (a series that I actually enjoy), with odd bits like English “Die! Die!” [...]

Jake, one of the contributors to PSP Hacks has some nice, albeit slightly biased, things to say about the book over here: 8Bit Joystick.com: Review : PSP Hacks : Tips & Tools for Your Mobile Gaming and Entertainment Handheld. Check it out.

I’m interviewed about the PSP in this article: IEEE Spectrum: Beating Sony At Its Own Game. Check it out.

I wrote a tutorial for hack a day discussing How-to: PSP 2.00-2.60 homebrew with eLoader. Check it out.

Nice! Homebrew on PSPs running firmware 2.01 through 2.50! No 2.60 solution yet, but I’m sure it’s coming…

There are a few sample hacks from PSP Hacks, First Edition up in PDF format. Check it out.

Did you get a PSP for Christmas? Want to find out how to add an external wifi antenna or how to take the PSP apart and fully reassemble it? Want to play games that were only designed to be wirelessly played in Ad Hoc mode over the Internet instead? Want to share one UMD with [...]

Looks like they snuck up the cover on the O’Reilly site for the book in the past couple of days. Here’s the book’s blurb:

PSP Hacks shows you how to make the versatile and powerful new PlayStation Portable (PSP) do more than you ever imagined–and more than Sony ever intended–with 50 innovative hacks, tweaks, tricks, and [...]

Got a new bio up: C.K. Sample, III on PSP Fanboy.

Just got the proofs of PSP Hacks today. Wheeeee! Looks great. Can’t wait until the final thing rolls out.

My first post over at the newly announced and launched PSP Fanboy just went live. Make sure you check it out. Should be cool stuff trickling out of the site daily, hourly, etc.
In other news, that post is the 1000th post I’ve written for Weblogs, Inc. w00t!

So, today during my lunch hour, I gave my first interview regarding PSP Hacks. Pretty cool. Should be appearing in December / January. More details to follow…