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Archive | September, 2006
Evolution and KMail Development Stymied
Jason Clinton put together a pretty insightful writeup about some factoids (from IRC groups, issue trackers and rumors around the water cooler) that point at Novell’s Evolution and KDE’s KMail applications development almost completely stymied and/or maintained by very small teams. In the case of KMail there are considerably bugs that have been hanging around [...]
Continue reading...Impressions of Dark Messiah of Might and Magic
26. September 2006
Ok so I grabbed the Dark Messiah of Might and Magic demo off of Steam and tried it out and here’s my verdict: awesome. You can check out GameSpot for some more information and screenshots on it (check out the movies). To be honest when I saw the movies I didn’t think much of it, [...]
Continue reading...Sam & Max Episode 1 GOLD
26. September 2006
For the Sam & Max fans out there, Episode 1 just went gold. Here are some screenshots: Sort of reminds me of the cartoon fun in games like Leisure Suit Larry, which I thought was a lot of fun/funny.
Continue reading...Sony Playstation 3 Price Point: $60
26. September 2006
Hmm not so bad. Sonystyle has pre-orders up for 7 PS3 titles, all priced at $59.
Continue reading...Article Explains How XGL/Compiz/Mesa/Device Drivers All Relate
26. September 2006
Ths is a great writeup done by Emanuele Tamponi on how all these 3D-related technologies combine to give Linux users eye candy. He explains what the drivers need to support, where the X Server fits in here, what Compiz does and more. As you know I was already confused about this, so check it out. Here [...]
Continue reading...Optimal Settings for Mitsubishi WD-57831 & WD-65831
25. September 2006
Ok guys, a LOT more feedback pouring in on the Mitsubishi WD-57/65831 and I have to say you might as well just forget that post from a few days back where people were having problems, this thread has turned into nothing but praise for the set. Everything from picture quality, to flexibility of card-read, to [...]
Continue reading...Fantastic Free CD/DVD Burning Tool
25. September 2006
For those of you (like me) that every once in a while need a good CD/DVD image burning tool for Windows and don’t want to buy a commercial solution because you just don’t use it enough AND maybe even used to use BurnAtOnce but stopped after development on it stopped so long ago, then you [...]
Continue reading...Microsoft Asks: Is Windows Vista Ready?
24. September 2006
I would encourage you, if you have a chance, to fill out the “Is Windows Vista Ready?” survey. It’s got a confusing layout, but the way it works is along the left side are a ton of scenarios, and in each scenario are 5-20 questions. The most important questions are marked with stars. You can [...]
Continue reading...Compiz Branched, Project Beryl Created
24. September 2006
Well in the true fashion of no commercial entity ever understanding how to keep an open source community committing to it’s spin-off project (Eclipse doesn’t count, they benefit from huge quarter-million-dollar-a-year-strategic-partners), Compiz (Novell’s compositing manager) has been branched due to growing developer concern over the level of communication, feedback, bug fixes and documentation taking place. The [...]
Continue reading...My Impressions of the Mitsubishi WD-65831
23. September 2006
Ok so I finally found a place in town that carries the Mitsubishi WD-65831, Roh’s Electronics “Where we charge you retail, because you are a sucker”. Ok that’s not really their tagline, but it should be. I walked into Roh’s, which actually had a very high end layout/setup. Qualias, Pioneer Elites and the WD-65831. Many listening/viewing [...]
Continue reading...Addictive Flash Game: Custom Sledding
23. September 2006
Not sure why this is so addicting, but it’s a Flash game where you use basic drawing tools (like a Pen) to draw what is effectively a snow hill from the top left of the screen to the bottom right… then you hit Play and a little sledder rides your hill down. The sledder seems [...]
Continue reading...Microsoft Windows Vista Build 5728 (aka RC1 Update 1) Released
23. September 2006
Well when it was first announced it was only available to XXX, but now Build 5728 of Windows Vista has been released to the public (Vista blog announcement), although from the download page it just looks like the 32-bit version. I was happy to see this given all my problems with the RC1 release. While [...]
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26. September 2006
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