March 2005 Entries
Oh boy, my favorite photo site, Flickr was just bought by Yahoo. From what I understand Flickr will be improved and not become Yahoo photos. They also want to preserve the “Flickrness” of the site. I hope they’re successful in doing this. I’m happy that Flickr will get better but concerned that a cool site will become mundane.Now Playing: T-Bone - Redeemed Hoodlum
From The Wall Street Journal: The PlayStation Goes Portable “Our verdict: The PSP is an impressive hand-held game player with great graphics, good game controls and strong multiplayer capabilities. But its added multimedia capabilities, while potentially strong, are hobbled by design and cost issues, at least at launch. The PSP isn't likely to replace the iPod or the portable DVD player anytime soon.” I suspected as much. It would be just like Sony to release functionally that would blow the doors off the competition and implements it a half-baked fashion. How many more people would buy the PSP if...
I just found an instant messenger for my Windows SmartPhone called IM+. IM+ supports AOL, Yahoo, ICQ, and MSN. I must say that having all of my IM contacts on my phone is quite handy. Now if I can only get used to typing on a twelve key keypad.
Now Playing: Starflyer 59 - When You Feel the Mess [Live]
One issue that I’ve always had with Windows XP Pro is that you can’t configure multiple root websites. So I decided to take a peek on the web for solutions. The first solution that I found was an ISAPI filter called multisite. It’s a nice solution that redirects a domain to the proper webroot. This wouldn’t work for me since I needed two websites at the root. The second solution that I found used the IIS admin scripts to copy a website to a new one creating two roots. I found a workaround at http://www.bobshowto.com/iis_servers.htm that allowed me to...
The 3.0 version of DotNetNuke portal software has been released. I’ve already downloaded and installed the bits and it is impressive. DotNetNuke 3.0 includes a significant number of breakthrough enhancements which improve its versatility, power, and accessibility. These include a more intuitive user interface, support for “drag-and-drop” content management, improved URL structuring for search engine indexing, and enhanced provisioning support for scriptable configuration. In addition, the application underwent an extensive code access security review so that it is capable of running in a Medium Trust hosting environment. Also available for download are official blog, forum and gallery modules. I’m...
While browsing through SmartPhone.net I encountered this little gem: Doom is now available for your Windows SmartPhone and it’s free. The name of the port is CellDoom and I’m very impressed. It’s a little tricky to install so here’s some help.
Download CellDoom from SmartPhone.net.
Unzip the file you just downloaded.
Connect your SmartPhone to your PC.
Run the Installer.exe application.
Download Doom 1.9 from Download.com.
Unzip the file you just downloaded.
Run the Deice.exe program.
Follow the instructions and Doom will be installed onto your PC.
Find the Doom1.wad file from the Doom instillation directory.
Copy the Doom1.wad file to your SmartPhone \Storage directory by using the ActiveSync Explorer
Turn...
In a recent post Joystiq posted the comments of Kamalot who makes some good observations on the PSP’s battery life. I will be making up my mind on March 24 when I pickup the system and promptly board a plane for Cubs spring training in Mesa, AZ. The PSP’s battery is a topic of huge debate. Depending on use, a single charge can last anywhere between 6 hours all the way down to 1.5, depending on which features the handheld utilizes. Why is this? I seriously ask, should you as a consumer and gamer, have to juggle volume and...
Here’s a pretty good article on the differences between TiVo, Microsoft Media Center and a cable DVR. It sounds like this guy likes the MS media center a log. Wouldn’t it be great if someone came out with a DirecTV PC card? Via Engadget.
Sony’s new handheld device, the PSP, will be arriving on shelves in three weeks. But you better be prepared to wait in long lines at retailers that aren’t taking preorders like Worst Buy. EB and GameStop have stopped taking preorders on the hot new device. This essentially means that if you aren’t on the list you’re out of luck. So to get your juices flowing here is a video review of the PSP. It’s going to rock!