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- Lazy blogging through quotation: Apple on Wednesday released Battery Update v1.1, software which enhances PowerBook and iBook battery performance by making sure that full capacity is available. As said by MacCentral |
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- SGJL042Associate DBA LA JOLLA CA 6 monthsUS OR GREEN CARD Only Position Description: Install SQL server and Oracle DBMS. Perform general database management and monitoring. Fulfill requests for database access. Knowledge of data migration and replication procedures is required. |
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- Governing Council urges Hussein supporters to end their guerrilla campaign; 'A spirit of forgiveness'; 2,000 coalition troops sweep Samarra to kill or capture insurgents |
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- Md. appeals court cuts award by $239 million; Software firm alleged fraud |
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- Lukoil: Its second-largest oil company helps Russia become an alternative to OPEC nations. |
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- Hoffman's: A family tavern in Canton gives way to development, but pieces of it will get a second chance. |
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- Verdict, sentence depend on judgment of sanity |
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- Health, environmental rules could be buried in peer reviews, critics fear |
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- Rajeev Srinivasan on the absurdity of Indian Marxists lauding the Chinese space launch. |
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- The court also directed the National Council for Education, Research and Training to frame a model syllabus in this regard. |
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- Lost in the Shuffle of THE CAPTURE was this interesting piece from Sunday's WaPo by Everett Erlich. I don't agree with all of it, but the basic premise is that the economy of cheap information via the internet is changing politics for good -- a fact that |
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- Tack Yvonne, och god jul! |
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- A new variety of soybean developed by Brazilian scientists to flourish in this punishing equatorial climate is good for farmers, putting South America's biggest country on the verge of supplanting the United States as the world's leading exporter. |
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- Genesis10 is seeking an experienced Corporate Communications writer for a 12-month contract position in the Oakland, CA area with a major client. At this time, this would be a 25 hour work week. There may be a possibility of being able to work offsite. Description: The Communications Writer/Editor for our client will support Program Communications by writing and editing materials including newsletters, web content, program announcements, presentation materials and other communication documents. |
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- A friend of mine is the VFX supervisor for the film "The Day After Tomorrow" ( |
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- Ken and list, Back in the pre-VTP days, I used to do this using Okino Polytrans |
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- Genesis10 is seeking two experienced Network Specialists for 12-month contract positions in the Walnut Creek, CA area. Description: Network Consultant The Responsibilities include planning, design, implementation and support of data networks. This includes network analysis, engineering and network hardware configuration. Work closely with clients, vendors, and other technical staff to analyze business and technical requirements. |
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- Genesis10 is seeking two experienced Network Specialists for 12-month contract positions in the Pasadena, CA area. Description: Network Consultant The Responsibilities include planning, design, implementation and support of data networks. This includes network analysis, engineering and network hardware configuration. Work closely with clients, vendors, and other technical staff to analyze business and technical requirements. |
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- Mark Pilgrim has written a fairly technical yet easy to read article on how the Atom Authentication protocol works. They have chosen to base the procol on the Web Services Security UsernameToken Profile which is, while not finalized, a reasonably secure authentication protpcol. I think they made a good choice -- it's kinda ironic that |
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- I was dressed nicely. He was dressed decently, but not spiffily. I was wearing makeup. While he'd shaved, it wasn't freshly on purpose for the occasion. He told me that I hadn't needed to dress up. |
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- Come on, Ann- don't let her get away with that! Show up on her set with a ball bat. Cuss her out. Get in that ass. |
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- Konami of America and IDW Publishing announced early last week that the two had come to a deal that would see IDW Publishing putting out a series of comic books based on Silent Hill starting in February 2004. Today, in an update made to the Silent... |
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- Cyan Worlds, developers of Ubisoft’s Uru: Ages Beyond Myst, sent out word this morning that the official game soundtrack for the game is now available at Amazon. The soundtrack includes 50 minutes of music, including bonus tracks, as well as... |
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- We reported a few weeks ago that an official website had been launched for Take-Two Licensing’s (then TDK Mediactive) upcoming racer, Corvette. Earlier today it seems that developer Steel Monkey has launched an official game site of its own.... |
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- Move over Clint: A new Wanted Guns trailer is now available for download, which is the alternate title of Iridon's western-themed shooter also known as Wanted Dead or Alive. The movie is accompanied by tune from the game's soundtrack in .mp3 forma... |
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- On the heels of the new patch, a new bonus map for Railroad Tycoon 3 is now available. The "Eastern China" map is a 4 MB download, available on 3D Gamers and Gamer's Hell. |
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- This week's Steam update is live, with the major changes to the Steam server browsing function, with the only direct gaming change being a load balancing tweak for the HLDS. |
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- There's not a whole lot of info here, but nonetheless, 1UP has posted summaries of some interviews from the latest issue of the Japanese magazine Famitsu. In those interviews, character designer Akihiko Yoshida and director Yasumi Matsuno and othe... |
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- The ATI Drivers & Software Page now offers downloads of new version 3.10 CATALYST reference drivers for RADEON video cards (thanks AutoSear). Word is: "Installing a new driver is only recommended if you are having issues with your ATI product, inc... |
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- IGN's StarCraft: Ghost Interview talks with John Lagrave, the producer at Blizzard on their upcoming console expansion of their RTS classic. Among other things, he confirms the various features of each version of the game, and Xbox owners will be ... |
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- The public release of the Armed & Dangerous demo is now available, the more widespread distribution of the sample of PlanetMoon's third-person action game. It looks like the project's restricted release has caused it to get the cold shoulder from ... |
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- The Hulk was released on the Xbox, PlayStation 2, GameCube, Game Boy Advance and PC platforms over the summer, coinciding with the theatrical debut of the film. Since that release, although appearing on NPD charts several times, sales figures were... |
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- Computer and Video Games is reporting that they have confirmed that The Getaway 2 is in production at the UK-based Team Soho. They're saying that the game is planned for a late-2004 release, although I'll believe that when I see it (I still haven'... |
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- UC Dev Status - Ship it or give it another month is an extensive forum post from 3000AD's Derek Smart discussing his decision to delay the release of Ultimate Combat, how publisher DreamCatcher feels about this, while polling the forum for their o... |
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- A patch for Railroad Tycoon 3 is now available, updating the mogul simulation to version 1.03. The update implements bug fixes and balance tweaks. The download is available from 3D Gamers and Tiscali Games. |
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- A new Q&A with Kevin Shrapnell, the producer at EA on their upcoming game Harry Potter & The Prisoner of Azkaban. Fans of the books will recall that Azkaban is a much darker tale than the first two, and among other things Kevin talks about how tha... |
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- Vivendi Universal Games announced development of Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude back in October, pinning the game down with a Fall 2004 release. This morning however, it appears that the game has fallen back a bit as, according to a game page... |
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- PC.IGN popped out a preview of Middle Earth Online, the upcoming massively multiplayer role playing game from Turbine:Since there is no resurrection in Middle-Earth, characters who fall in battle will awaken in the last town they visited. Vivendi ... |
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