(Updated 30 Oct) Quake 4… the game I wanted to hate.
I hated the trailer
I didn’t go into detail in the First Impressions post, but the video trailer of Quake 4 that was shown at E3 left me seriously unimpressed.
Why? The plot seemed utterly predictable… and it pretty much is. The interaction with other characters seemed [...]

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Where I run around the stores at Macquarie with my pants down taking pictures and noting prices and first impressions. Only without my pants down.

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Installing VSS 2005 didn’t enable it in Visual Studio for me. Perhaps I did it wrong - I never saw Client Tools as an option. Anyway, once installed:
In Visual Studio, Tools, Options, Source Control… Pick the plugin.
If no plugins are listed, REGSVR32 ssscc.dll and RemoteVssScc.dll (in the Microsoft Visual SourceSafe directory), then they should be.
And [...]

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I just read a great post over on Mr R’s blog about what makes for a good support technician. Couldn’t agree more.
I found him through our referrer logs. He seems to think that this is SpongBo’s blog, I guess I will have to post more.
mr r, pinkjoint, tech support, troubleshooting, shifty
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One of the new features for OEMs only that was released at the same time as MCE 2005 Update Rollup 2 is support for a new mode, called Away Mode.
How to describe it… It’s more ON than Suspend/Standby/S3, but less ON than ON. Not really a power saving mode as such. Needs a BIOS that [...]

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Shifty solves two problems and makes a DotNetNuke site even better.

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