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Archive | July, 2006
Change your Southwest Airlines boarding pass from B/C to A
Great tip. Not sure if this is legal, probably not but I also doubt there is anything in the agreement before hand that states this is illegal. The gist of the idea is to get to the end of the process where you print your boarding pass online, and to replace the “B” or “C” [...]
Continue reading...It’s the little things in life…
31. July 2006
… that put a smile across my face: Oh well, maybe if I add a CD or Book I’ll get Super Saver shipping?
Continue reading...Note to Apple: Product QA is a good thing
30. July 2006
Some history on me: I was a devout Microsoft/Windows guy from Windows 3.1 days until Windows 98/2k. The incescent crashing and blue screens got old quickly so I started to dabble in Linux. I’ve been back and forth between the two since then appreciated strengthes and weaknesses in both. I got an iPod Nano as a [...]
Continue reading...Hooking it up with the ladies
29. July 2006
Greatest video ever? Possibly. (You have to watch to the end, otherwise you think I’m a pervert) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQHqtRnzyP4
Continue reading...Companies whine over security changes to Vista
29. July 2006
Can Microsoft win? Is it even possible? Have a look at this story over at the Register. What I take away from this story is: Microsoft has to secure it’s operating system or everyone will hate it If Microsoft secures it’s operating system, 3rd party security vendors will hate it Don’t secure it too much, so we can [...]
Continue reading...Flash 9 coming to Linux soon
28. July 2006
Interesting post a few days old over on the Adobe blogs covering the Flash 9 porting work that is taking place to finally deliver the updated Flash platform to Linux. Mike Melanson provides some details on the original choices made for the Flash port outlined here: General graphics: X11 GUI elements (dialog boxes): GTK Audio I/O: ALSA Camera input: [...]
Continue reading...Dead Rising: Huge potential, little payoff
26. July 2006
Well it’s official. I just received word that probably one of the most anticipated games (by me) this year is going to be a bore… Dead Rising. This game had huge potential, check out some of the screenshot, this game literally had everything: 1) Good looking women (one probably in distress, the other a real go-getter!): [...]
Continue reading...Get iPod Podcast Synchronization Working on Ubuntu 6.06
24. July 2006
Well after my long-winded first week with Ubuntu outlined here I got a ton of excellent feedback from folks on how to make my life easier. This post covers one of the tips which was how to get my iPod working with linux using Amarok 1.4.1. It turns out that using Amarok 1.4.1 is going [...]
Continue reading...Ubuntu 6.06 Long Term Review
22. July 2006
Introduction I started my quest for a good Windows XP alternative (before Vista ships) with SUSE 10.1 RC3 preview as I outlined in a 2 part review here and here. I realized during that review that reviewing something for a day worth of use isn’t that handy and if I don’t force myself to use the [...]
Continue reading...Novell SUSE 10 Usage Preview - Part 2 of 2
15. July 2006
Be sure to start off reading Part 1 of this piece of you are interested in how the installation of SLED went. Because using an operating system is typically organic, I am going to update this post as a stream-of-thought post to give snippets of information to the reader about how my tasks are progressing. A bit [...]
Continue reading...Novell SUSE 10 Installation Preview - Part 1 of 2
14. July 2006
Novell has gotten a lot of attention around their SLED 10 preview release recently. While I have Ubuntu 6.06 installed I figured I’d give it a try; honestly the whole commercialization of Linux has been the best thing that could ever happen for it. Hobby development with the help of some paid positions has helped [...]
Continue reading...$1000 PS3 bundles, COD 3 gameplay and Nintendo
5. July 2006
WARNING: Brain dump ahead! Well I woke up this morning to news of $1000 PS3 bundles, finally some Call of Duty 3 gameplay video that isn’t bullshit like the first movie they released to make us think the game was movie-esque and something about Nintendo “bit Generations” that I don’t understand. Let’s start with the PS3 [...]
Continue reading...Designing conceptually “perfect” software, why is it so hard?
4. July 2006
Why is it that whenever you start a new programming project the initial design, in your mind, is always immaculately laid out, symmetrical and performant while the end result ends up being a shadow of that overall projection? I don’t know what it is about the actual “development” phase of a project that ruins all designs, [...]
Continue reading...Staying fit in I.T., is it possible?
3. July 2006
Is it possible to stay fit in the I.T. industry? 8, 10, 12+ hours infront of a monitor all day long? Endless streams of RSS feeds, emails and instant messages? How am I suppose to get out for a jog, the gym or play some tennis when incomming requests that require my attention are endless? [...]
Continue reading...Sony SXRD DRC 2.5 information
1. July 2006
For the folks looking into the 2006 SXRD lineup from Sony including both the A2000 series and the XBR2 series there are a lot of questions popping up about the differences between the two sets. As usual, the XBR series caries a considerable premium over the A2000 series, and the A2000 series is due to [...]
Continue reading...XBox 360 Price Drop and PS3 Assessment
1. July 2006
Dell selling XBox 360 Premium for $350. Be sure to use the coupon code “C99$273GQ1L4W8″ (without quotes) which knocks off an additional $10. (Link from Gizmodo) I’m not sure yet if I believe all this anti-hype about the PS3 just yet. So far the rumors read something like this: All the technology in the PS3 (BluRay player, [...]
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31. July 2006
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