Jelle Druyts

I've had a PlayStationPortable for a couple of months now (one of the nice perks of the job when they ship one from Asia as a present for a certain project you did, months before it's available in Europe), and it's a pretty cool device: excellent large hi-res screen, nice graphics, pretty good games, and it can even play music and video!

There are lots of reviews out there so I won't bother you with another rundown of the features, but I have to admit I never got around to using it much though. Partially because of the simple fact that I'm not a very avid gamer, the ridiculously low standard amount of 32 MB of memory doesn't really host that much tunes or video, and mostly because I don't like carrying an additional piece of hardware with me everywhere.

But with the advent of the PSP 2.0 System Update, I've finally found some good old geek use for the device: I'm using it as a remote control for my Winamp See, the PSP already had support for wireless networks from day one, and it so happens that I've installed a wireless network at my home this weekend. Now one of the coolest features of the PSP 2.0 upgrade is the integrated webbrowser. Check out my blog rendered on this baby:

Combine that with a Winamp Web Interface plugin, and you're ready to surf to your intranet Winamp webbrowser controlling your main Winamp wirelessly through your PSP.

Having the right geek tools to be lazy can be so satisfying sometimes