Thanks to Boot Camp I now have Windows XP running on the Mac Mini. Initial impressions are good – the installation was painless and switching between the the to OSes can be done via the Windows Control Panel (nice) or by holding down the option key and choosing at boot up.
So far my impressions are good – the driver disc worked great and everything is detected correctly, the display is nice and sharp on the DVI-D output to my TV.
Sometimes a game or company gets mentioned enough at the periphery of my attention span that it finally penetrates through and I take a look. This is what recently happened with GalCiv II from Stardock. This happened from various sources, including Penny Arcade and Slashdot amongst others – there was so much traffic on it that things inevitably got confused and they had to release a statement to clarify their position.
I have tried many Linux Distros over the years. Up until now I think the champion in terms of ease of use was Mandrake (later Mandriva) but I think we have a new winner in that arena. Ubuntu Linux, a Debian based distribution, was extremely easy and quick to install – from one CD too though of course it required an internet connection to do so The ease of installation is further helped by a little tool called Automatix.
You know what irritates me the most when driving? It’s not idiots that never indicate or people driving at 20 mph or any of that stuff. It’s when Speed Limit signs stop being guidelines to stop you from killing yourself and start being ironic. Sometimes mockingly so – I have a feeling that this is the real cause of road rage……
Oh, and it seems that April Fools Day started bang on time over at Slashdot.
My ranting about Google has not stopped them giving me access to Google Analytics. Since I use my own hosting on of the best webhosting i might add (Jaguar) I’m a fairly consistent user of AWStats so it will be interesting to see what else analytics has to offer.
Which brings me to the other point of the post. Jan has also discovered the power of one Chuck Norris – after creating another (extremely geeky) list of Chuck’s awesome powers, he too has noticed the increase in traffic, or has he put it – “Chuck Norris is clickable gold!
…..that Google is ruining everything. It used to be (kinda) hard to do things like find out obscure information and images, build web pages, view satellite/road overlay maps and write a blog with a nice layout, timestamps etc.
Google is making us geeks look bad by showing everyone that a simple but powerful frontend can make these things accessible to all.
We must stop the rot – bring back complexity, buy Windows Vista, boycott “easy” solutions and such or normal people will steal our jobs and souls, or something.
I turn 27 today, and since it has been pointed out to me that this is very close to 30, I have decided to stop using base 10 to count my age. From now on it is hex all the way baby. For those not familiar with the system, that (at 27) puts me less than half way to the big three-oh, as follows:
20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,2A,2B,2C,2D,2E,2F,30
See? Plenty of time left And yes, I DO realise how nerdy that is – according to Joe it rates a whopping 6 E’s and all in caps nerd shoutout (click for full size):
Google finally invited me to use the Google Page Creator. The resulting page can be found here.
The page took all of 2 minutes to throw together and I think the whole thing is pretty intuitive. As I mention on the test page, I’d love to be able to publish elsewhere instead of at the Google mandated URL like I currently do with Blogger – perhaps that will be a feature in the future.
Taking the high holy day (as Brian likes to call it) off, can’t stand the thought of working while the whole of Ireland is skiving off and lying in the scratcher.
With the day that is in it I should point out that there is no such thing as St. Patty’s day – anyone who sees a sign with that butchered spelling should remove it and burn it. It’s St. Patrick’s Day or St.
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