Archive for April, 2008

While it didn’t initially, Apple Software Update for Windows now finally picks up the Boot Camp 2.1 update. This is actually a huge paradigm shift for PC markers. For the first time, Apple is updating all the drivers for all their systems in one payload. And, the software that is on every Mac will update [...]

About a day before Microsoft promised to make it available to the public, you can download Service Pack 3 at the link below. Windows XP SP3 (Microsoft Download Server)

It seems that WordPress 2.5.1 may not be as bug-free as everyone hoped. I’m currently having a bad caching issue with WordPress and a new site that I’m working on. Basically, I upload a changed theme file… and the changes aren’t updated. It’s caching the old copy, and I’ve tried just about everything in the [...]

Finally, a Linux distribution gets proprietary drivers right. For those of you that aren’t fully versed on GPLv2 vs GPLv3 wars, and all the other open source wars… the Linux community has been having trouble with graphics drivers and various other device drivers. Specifically, they refuse to include drivers made by NVIDIA and ATI, due [...]

Wow, this is not a good week for me and technology. First MSN Direct Smart Watches, and now, Adobe GoLive. To be honest, I haven’t used GoLive in a long time. The rise of Content Management Systems has really insulated me from web design. I find that making static pages is an inefficient method of [...]

Pardon the dust… I’ve spent all the time I can this weekend on it. But, I hope you like the new look and feel. When time permits, the top navigation and other elements will be fixed. But, it’s a huge improvement already… Feel free to share feedback about the change in the comments.

Comcast has said that they have stopped their filtering. So, I started a few BitTorrent sessions to put it to the test. The results? Not good… Traffic ticked up much better than when the filtering was in place, my 1:1 ratio broke 384k for the first time in a long, long time. In fact, speed [...]

It’s official, Microsoft today killed off the MSN Direct Smart Watch (aka SPOT Watches). No more new watches will be made.   I’ve been a fan of SPOT-based watches for a good four years now… so this is a bitter-sweet day. It’s a good day, because Microsoft is embracing MSN Direct on the idea I [...]

Hurray! Windows XP SP3 is here! Now, how do we install it on the Eee PC? The Eee PC is a special case. With only 4 GB of storage, it’s a tight squeeze to fit the installer on there. For starters, I would suggest doing a clean install. While normally not necessary, we need as [...]

Apple just closed a deal to buy P.A. Semi. For those of you that don’t recall who they are… they were the company minutes away from wooing Apple away from jumping to Intel. The company offered PowerPC processors that provided G5 performance… without the heat dissipation issues. The Intel transition still went through, which has [...]