Halo 2 on Vista problems (continued)
Still having problems with Halo 2 despite removing the game and re-installing. This is no longer funny; the problem seems to be the data on my live account.
Halo 2 on Vista problems
My installation of Halo 2 on Vista is not working. I get to the part where the Arbiter gets pushed off the ledge when Keyes gets captured and he loses the icon. The game complains about needing the DVD, I insert it and I have to repeat the whole level. […]
Blu-ray gets a boost
This will leave a mark. Blockbuster is going primarily with Blu-ray.
Kids pictures from trip
Saturday we drove to Lancaster County to have a “Day out with Thomas”. We gave the kids a camera each and here are some of the pictures that they took. First the girl: she’s going to be 4 at the end of the month. She likes MINI’s, go figure. Nice […]
Kids and digital cameras
For Christmas the kids had each gotten Disney digital cameras. These were okay but needed special software, a non-standard USB cable, and had no preview window. Yesterday Lily and I got the kids inexpensive affordable low end HP digital cameras. I’ll post the best pictures they take over the weekend […]
Safari 3 beta, safer and faster?
Security. Sweet. Security on Safari 3 Beta. Not so sweet. BetaNews | ‘Day One’ for Safari for Windows Becomes Zero-Day Nightmare Speed! Sweet. Speed. Can’t see the increase myself. Not so sweet. Joel on Software: Apple Safari for Windows: The world’s slowest web browser Joel updates the post a few […]
Safari 3 beta for Windows
You can download Safari 3 for Windows beta here. I’m not sure why this would matter for Apple. It’s a prettier browser (the font rendering is very anti-aliased) but this beta did bad things when I tried to write this blog entry using the built in WordPress editor. What’s the […]
Akismet caught 999 spam
Like waiting for the odometer to roll over.
Halo 2 on Vista
Microsoft could have done better for a Vista only game. Two weeks ago I was at my in-laws house. My nephew has an old Xbox (not the 360) and was playing Halo. It was a little retro compared with Gears of War but it looked okay. So for $20 at […]
Pidgin 2.0.1 for Windows
Pidgin 2.0.1 for Windows now comes with Aspell bundled in. This release fixes over 100 bugs (says the web page). If it speller does not install, you can still get the installer and dictionary from http://aspell.net/win32/.