Turning off the "aero peek" mode that was added to the new compiz:

sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager
ccsm

At the bottom of the dialog under Window Management, select Static Application Launcher.
In the Appearance tab, set opacity to 100% and brightness to 60% (or 100% for exactly the old behaviour, but 60% is a nice compromise).

So, SPU GL. This video is a couple of weeks old now. I actually got much better performance out of this already, down to 40% of an SPU. Over half of that time is spent waiting for the graphics data, so I should be able to achieve a much better speed with the reworking I'm writing now...

But this video shows at least that the PS3 doesn't need RSX to do texture mapping!

Rebirthing of a blog

Some of you might remember that I used to have a blog many years back... in fact, I think I stopped doing the blog back in about 2003 as I thought it'd outlived its purpose. But recently, I've started doing some cool stuff with the Playstation 3 and tunk suggested I should start up a blog again to keep people informed of my progress. I decided I really couldn't be bothered to resurrect my old code or write a new one, so figured I'd just join the masses on here. Et voilà...