wOOt! A new mini-feature and a bunch of annoying bug fixes makes for a sub-release of a pre-release of a beta release. Or Beta 2, for short. The bug fixes in the installers and some dialogs/version numbers was for my own benefit, but the mini-feature is a first shot at this bookmarklet stuff. This first cut works very similarly to the way the RSS Aggregator works: click a link and the test will appear in one of SharpMT’s text boxes… in theory. More on this in the article…
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Monthly Archives: April 2005
Tiger and Apple
[insert whatever “yay it’s Tiger Day!” obligatory post here, if you want to, but I can sum it up another way]
I hate you, Apple.
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Poke Her? I Hardly Know Her!
Given the recent popularity of poker – Texas Hold’em or otherwise – I have to say that the run just continues to astound me. You see, I grew up around cards – for the two of you that have actually read Memoirs of an Italian Geek I can confirm that the bit about how I learned how to count with “ace two three” and stopped at eleven because I knew “jack” wasn’t a number is a true story. In fact, I learned how to add by playing black jack with one grandfather and I later learned ratios by talking about craps with my other grandfather [betting the 6 and 8 typically pay 6:5 which isn’t all that common in math class].
All this poker awareness this has led to a few observations in my poker abilities and other such skills.
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Interesting…
Tom’s Hardware: Microsoft officially launched the 64-bit client version of Windows XP professional today at WinHEC and announced that it will offer users of 64-bit processors and the 32-bit XP Pro a free upgrade to the new operating system.
Classy move. Other OS makers should take note of the gesture.
SharpMT 3.0 Beta 1
The latest beta of Visual Studio 2005 included a license that allows people to “Go Live” with applications: developers are allowed to offer applications that have been coded on VS2005 to the general public.
And Go Live, I shall: the first beta of SharpMT 3 is now available. And yes, you’ll need the Beta 2 release of the 2.0 version of the .NET Framework.
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Doh: She’s Early!
TUAW: Well, if you didn’t order your copy of Tiger directly from Apple, but rather from PCMall or ClubMac, then you may be lucky enough to receive Tiger today. […] In other news, reportedly somewhere near Infinite Loop, a bearded gentleman wearing a mock turtleneck was seen from a distance and heard clearly exclaiming random expletives in a string of curses aimed towards PCMall and ClubMac.
“Sweet.” – Eric Cartman
Sigh…
I know, I know, I know, alright? I knew that if I re-wrote any of my apps for Beta 1 of VS2005 that there was a good shot that they wouldn’t work with Beta 2. There was never any discussion about migrating the Beta 1 projects forward… in fact, since you weren’t allowed to release any applications based on Beta 1, why should there be a forward upgrade path?
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PSP Accessories-o-rama!
Brando has done it again: http://shop.brando.com.hk/sonypsp.php. His shop has put together a bunch of PSP accessories, including neato keen things like replacement analog sticks and other types of cases or protection thingies. Neat stuff.
Employee of the Month
MSNBC: The woman, identified only as Lori in Wednesday’s Fort Worth Star-Telegram, said she recently phoned authorities after coming home to find her daughters fighting. She told the dispatcher that her 12-year-old had kicked a hole in the door.
A 911 dispatcher was reprimanded for responding to a mother’s plea for help with an unruly child by saying: “OK. Do you want us to come over to shoot her?”
And he’s getting backlash over it, because “Lori” was offended. “Lori” should be mortified that she complained about this. Unless she came home and found a chunk of skin dripping from one of her kid’s bloody mouth or her errant daughter cut herself while kicking a door, why in the hell would she be calling 911? Parental advice??? She should get a Talking To, for having tied up an operator for this…
I swear, having kids should be regulated as a privledge and not a right.
The Prelude-to-a-Shot Heard Round the World
Visual Studio 2005, Beta 2 has been released. Express is available to the public; MSDN Subscribers have access to all of the bits. The problem I faced is “what to download”? Here’s a post about what the versions mean [via Firedancer] which helped me out a great deal…
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Ow.
PSP: Follow Up
I’ll have to admit it I guess: I’ve played with Twisted Metal on the PSP over the last three days more than I have with Halo 2. Could be because of the move or because it’s new to me – I don’t know which. Halo 2 is still a kick ass game, of course – better than Twisted Metal, in all honesty – but after so many months of it, I think I might have needed a little break. Besides, it’s nice to know that I can suck ass on a completely new platform… but there’s been some unexpected bonuses with PSP play… w00t!
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Blogging Milestone
Matt: (Housemate) Ben, please use your own toothbrush. Thanks. (Mine is the one with the blue handle).
That’s gotta be the first time a Blog has been used for inner-bathroom communication… or perhaps not.
The Ol’ Switcheroo
MSNBC: Two days after the end of the legislative session, state lawmakers are discovering something few were aware of: They voted to make English the official language of West Virginia.
Hah!
Sour Apple?
Steve: Here comes my rant: I certainly wouldn’t mind paying $25 or so for the upgrade, considering I just bought a $700 machine from them 4 weeks ago. However, $129 is freaking ridiculous.
He ain’t lying. In fact, I’m pretty freakin’ annoyed at Apple – and their zealots – about this constant pay-for-minor-release bullshit… they keep getting a shaft shoved up their collective asses and say “Yum good more!” just because it comes from Apple. Maybe they’re too busy pointing fingers and shouting in the wind at Redmond to notice it. Fact is, there are many problems with this practice…
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