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A few days with Vista RTM

November 30, 2006

Vista became available for download last week for MSDN Subscribers. This weekend I installed Vista RTM on my development box as well as my TabletPC. The latest build I’ve used was Beta 2 so I was hoping the performance improvements for RC1 and 2 were as dramatic as I had heard.
So far I’m [...]

An Xbox 360 accessories idea

November 29, 2006

I was just out stretching my WRX’s legs and I was thinking about what’s missing when I drive in Test Drive Unlimited /w my racing wheel. One big thing is that your head is not locked forward, you can look around freely. Even FPS games have this same problem — You don’t always [...]

Site Launch – TownRenowned.com

November 23, 2006

I’d like to announce the Ottawa branch of TownRenowned.com.
TownRenowned (TR) is designed to show the best and worst places to eat, things to do and places to party in a given city. Users can vote up or down anything they have experienced. These votes then get mashed together into the “renowned” score (up [...]

I am not *the* code master

November 16, 2006

This post relates to my recent submission DRADIS for the Code Master Challenge.
I just got the Email I’ve been waiting for and it turns out I’m not in the top four. I have to admit I feel really let down - the prize money would have been a huge boost for my business. [...]

ReviewMe.com - Get paid to sneeze

November 12, 2006

Before we get started, The following is a sponsored post (I have to say that). I am writing this for ReviewMe.com. After you create your account, they ask you to write a post about the site itself. Here goes!
It’s pretty simple what ReviewMe.com is, it’s a marketplace that connects marketers with promiscuous [...]