Archive for February, 2006


PjPic Self Updating Beta 0.9

Thanks to the joy of ClickOnce, the new beta of PjPic is self-installing and self-updating. So I won’t bother posting about it again. Unless something really interesting happens. Like it starts stripping for money. That would be postworthy. Grab from the PjPic page. tags: Development, Software

Whar’s Me 360? Oi Want It Now, Loike!

JB at Macquarie had an Xbox 360 display console hooked up. While the inputs looked a bit lame (there was some image ghosting on the monitor), PGR3 was playing, and a friend and I snatched a go. Damn, that is one good-looking good-playing game. I like much. I loved PGR2, but PGR3 goes up to [...]

Star Wars: Empire At War Demo – First Play

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, there was a galactic civil war. All together now, in yellow scrolling letters: “It is a period of civil war.” In Empire At War you choose a side, or so I’m led to believe; in the demo, your side is chosen for you: You’re Rebel [...]

PjPic – like PasteOff on steroids!

On steroids, that is, without the shrivelled um… equipment and rage issues! PjPic could be called a spiritual sequel to PasteOff, in much the same way that other spiritual sequels bear little resemblance of their alleged parents. It’s got multiple save profiles (one folder per profile, one upload location per profile, one set of clipboard [...]

Taking a moment to metablog

Via the always-entertaining and well-bolded Coding Horror: Scalzi’s Writing Tips for Non-Writers Who Don’t Want to Work at Writing. Scalzi’s tips are really useful. Writing became a real effort for me about three years ago: I’d suddenly forgotten how to string a workable sentence together. Never had that happen before – I’d always been perfect. [...]

How To Add A Bluetooth Headset To A Smartphone

Just because it took me a disturbingly long time, and a web search didn’t immediately answer my question. And the imate SP3i / SP3 / O2 sites weren’t immediately gratifying. Mine’s Windows Mobile 2003 SE. 0. Purchase and charge the headset, then get it ready according to the manufacturer instructions. 1. Go Start, Settings, BT [...]