I finally decided to install Windows 7 on my HP tablet notebook. I don’t use it a ton and don’t rely on it every day, so it was the perfect candidate. That, and I was getting very annoying with Vista on it. Here is a quick summary of my first day with it. – Install [...]
Developing with VMWare
I got the itch recently to do some PHP developing for some photo site needs I have. Opted to try my hand with AJAX and jQuery libs while I was at it. I also wanted to use an IDE of some form, and found PHPDesigner to be a nice one. My problem is that I [...]
A lesson learned.
So, Adobe buys Pixmantec’s technologies (as if the significance matters), and the world ends in a fireball. Well, not quite, but the net would have you believe so. Adobe is the devil and owns all that is evil. Anyways, the up and comer that is Bibblelabs takes advantage of the situation and offers RSP licensed [...]
DVD burner leads to new motherboard
Finally got around to purchasing a DVD burner the other day. To make a long story short, I now have to replace my motherboard (at least I hope that’s my problem) since it no longer powers on. For those curious, the BenQ DVD burner DW1620 does NOT work well with nForce based systems if your [...]
Solaris 10 launch
I was honoured to be part of Sun’s Solaris 10 release party on Monday. We watched the speeches via a live satellite feed along with a few beers and snacks. With some demo’s setup on the side, I saw something I didn’t think I would ever see. A Sun branded system running Windows XP, complete [...]