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Archive | August, 2006
Dancing with Treadmills
And for some chuckles, got this in my inbox today. Very clever:
Continue reading...Installing Internet Explorer 5.0, 5.5 and 6.0 on Linux
30. August 2006
I would say in 99% of the cases people would want to do this for testing a website if they are exclusively a Linux user, this is certainly the position I’m in. I knew I needed Wine and being on Ubuntu that was as easy as using Synaptic to download and install it. I would mention [...]
Continue reading...The Benchwarmers Movie Review
29. August 2006
My wife and I watched The Benchwarmers. With the current score of 5.3/10 we expected to chuckle a few times but not crack a rib. For some quick background, we love movies like Happy Gilmore, Napoleon Dynomite, Not Another Teen Movie and the Scary Movie series. So maybe we should have expected more, but we didn’t [...]
Continue reading...Canon Rebel XT and XTi Gain Automated Cleaning System
29. August 2006
This is a very slick technology coming out of Canon for you photographers out there. Aparently they have added an integrated dust/cleaning system into their Rebel line of cameras that uses an electrically charged panel to detach and sluff dust off of your lens for you, have a look at the video:
Continue reading...PS3 Speed Downgraded, Again
29. August 2006
If you think back to when the PS3 was first announced and it was going to have 8 cell processors or something like that, then that got downgraded to 6, where 1 of them is dormant and will act as a backup incase of a failure (who pre-bundles CPUs incase of failure? What other device [...]
Continue reading...Choosing a Core Duo or Core 2 Duo Laptop
29. August 2006
or Introduction I’ve been in the market for a new laptop recently and have been trying to decide between purchasing a new Core Duo system now, or waiting a few months for all the Core 2 Duo laptops to be out and then take my pick. A usage requirement I realized recently that I had [...]
Continue reading...Windows Vista Prices Leaked
28. August 2006
Well it looks like the Windows Vista prices have been leaked and things are looking a little bleak: Full Version Vista Ultimate $450 Vista Business $341 Vista Home Premium $269 Vista Home Basic $233 Upgrade Version Vista Ultimate Upgrade $269 Vista Business Upgrade $224 Vista Home Premium Upgrade $179 Vista Home Basic Upgrade $116 Update #1: You can download Build 5536 (pre-RC1 release of Vista) now. Update [...]
Continue reading...Amazing Card Trick
28. August 2006
This card trick is fantastic, be sure to watch all the way to the end:
Continue reading...Official GNOME 2.16 Features
28. August 2006
I’ve been trying to dig up more detailed information about both Ubuntu EdgyEft (upcomming 6.10 Ubuntu release in October) and the GNOME 2.16 release that will be included with it. Most importantly I’ve been looking at the GNOME 2.16 information and have been getting sneak peaks at it by running the nightly EdgyEft LiveCDs to [...]
Continue reading...Crysis Primarily a PC Title, “Next-Gen” Consoles not Powerful Enough
28. August 2006
TeamXBox is reporting that after speaking with the Cyrsis developers (Crytek) it looks like Crysis will be a PC/Windows-Vista title as DirectX 10 will be shipping with Windows Vista and not available on the current XBox 360 or upcomming Playstation 3. If you haven’t gotten a chance and possibly doubt this, take a few minutes [...]
Continue reading...Google Applications for Your Domain, Free
28. August 2006
Google Apps for Your Domain is a free service from Google that offers semi-branded (labelled) Google officeware services to your organization by associating them with your domain of choice. The products offered in this application set are: Gmail Google Talk Google Calendar Google Page Creator The purpose of this service is to provide services for what I believe are low-impact [...]
Continue reading...PAX, Day 3
27. August 2006
For those of you not farmiliar with PAX, it is the Penny Arcade Expo and is poised to become the replacement for E3. My friend, Laurence Hartje, has gone to PAX and is reporting on it for us: Day three was much calmer (I think everyone was recovering from two previous sleep deprived days…) Two guys were [...]
Continue reading...PAX, Day 2
27. August 2006
For those of you not farmiliar with PAX, it is the Penny Arcade Expo and is poised to become the replacement for E3. My friend, Laurence Hartje, has gone to PAX and is reporting on it for us: 8:00 am fucking sucks when you went to bed at 3:30 am the same morning… with that happy [...]
Continue reading...PAX, Day 1
27. August 2006
For those of you not farmiliar with PAX, it is the Penny Arcade Expo and is poised to become the replacement for E3. My friend, Laurence Hartje, has gone to PAX and is reporting on it for us: PAX 2006 started off about 30 minutes late, but it started off with a bang. The first talk [...]
Continue reading...For Sale: 15.4″ Apple MacBook Pro - 2.0Ghz, 2GB, 7200RPM 100GB HD
26. August 2006
I just posted my MacBook Pro to eBay, if this is something you might be interested, please feel free to ask me questions. Here are some pictures of it for quick reference: More pictures and information are available over at the auction.
Continue reading...New Demo “Just Cause” on XBox Live, Fun All Around!
25. August 2006
Ok so the new demo of Just Cause is on XBox Live, I downloaded it and gave it a spin and here is what I think: Fun. Not GTA-murder-a-hooker-and-ride-over-pedestrians fun, but MDK-fun. For those of you that didn’t play MDK or don’t remember it, it was this kookie game from Shiny (before they reuined the Matrix [...]
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