Turning Old XBOX Controller into USB Gamepad

I haven’t had an XBOX in a while so the lone game controller that was left behind has been long since retired in the “forgotten drawer”.  Recently though, I began thinking back to when I once played Nintendo games on emulators, circa 2000 (maybe the nostalgia from the end of a decade is getting to me).  I was somewhat surprised to find emulators for nearly every game system ever made, even recent ones like the Wii and obscure systems such as Coleco Vision and Commodore 64.

Opera 11 and Extensions

First off, I love Opera.  I’ve been using it as my main browser for about 5 years now and always come back to it after trying something new (Chrome/Firefox 4 beta).  With the new version, 11, the Opera community has introduced extensions.  I presume this is to more closely resemble some of the alternative browsers previously mentioned.

Black Sabbath and Todays Advertising

So as I’ve been watching “Classic Albums: Black Sabbath – Paranoid”,  and its gotten me thinking of modern advertising techniques.  Although not quite sure how the two ideas connected though,  I cant help notice the fonts and posters and press releases.