Archive for October, 2006

A day of mourning…

Monday, October 30th, 2006

…My Xbox 360 died yesterday under tragic circumstances.
I purchased Splinter Cell: Double Agent on Saturday but I couldn’t play it because we were traveling. So, bright and early Sunday morning I fired up the 360 and popped the disc in. I played for about 10 minutes, just long enough to create a profile and watch […]

Writing a lot of code…

Thursday, October 12th, 2006

…I got a lot of work done on GloryFish.org tonight. If you haven’t been by lately check it out.
I finally got around to installing Vista today. The process was actually pretty close to a miracle as far as tech stuff goes (in my opinion anyway). I created a new Virtual Machine using Virtual PC. Then, […]

Review: Speck Toughskin for Sandisk Sansa e200 MP3 Players

Saturday, October 7th, 2006

I recently picked up a Sandisk Sansa e270 MP3 Player. I’m usually pretty rough with my gadgets, particularly the small ones, so getting the right case is the first thing I do whenever I get a new device. There are a few things I look out for when shopping for a case (in no particular […]

Setting up a widescreen monitor in Ubuntu Linux…

Saturday, October 7th, 2006

…I’m posting this to hopefully save someone some time. Here we go:
On a fresh install, Ubuntu 6.06 was only displaying at 1024×768 resolution on my widescreen monitor. This resulted in a stretched appearance. There was no other option in the Screen Resolution panel.
I have an Intel 945GM Mobile Graphics adapter. As a complete Linux novice […]