Monthly Archives: January 2007

Macrovision “Nerfed” my MCE PC!

· nerf (nur·f) v. – to make soft or useless something that was once useful. Nerfing items comes from online gaming and specifically MMORPGs. Macrovision seems to have ‘nerfed’ my Windows Media Center Edition 2005 PC by making me unable to record a show and watch it later. Worse yet, FOX has been reported to …

January 28th, 2007 – 8:16 pm | By Ean | Posted in Daily Musings, Geeky Technical Stuff | Comments (0)

Ouch! Full Server Drive

I had never thought I’d run out of space on my server but I have. The great thing is that even though the daemons had no space left to write to their log files for days my webserver seemed to keep on ticking. Somehow… Very soon I’ll have to remedy this situation so you may …

January 26th, 2007 – 3:27 pm | By Ean | Posted in Daily Musings, Geeky Technical Stuff | Comments (0)

Don’t Complicate Their Life

It seems that now and then when you’re developing a project for someone you lose sight of an important principle. Don’t complicate their life. People want you to work for them because they have a problem. This problem complicates their lives. If the solution you propose further complicates their lives, then why are they even …

January 16th, 2007 – 6:39 pm | By Ean | Posted in Daily Musings, Geeky Technical Stuff | Comments (0)

Is it true? Is Nintendo on top?

Some early post-holiday reports suggest that the Nintendo Wii has some serious staying power in the retail market whereas the XBOX360 and Playstation 3 are collecting dust on store shelves. I can’t say I didn’t see this coming. I’ve thought for a long time that Sony had lost it’s commanding lead on the market, and …

January 9th, 2007 – 2:28 pm | By Ean | Posted in Daily Musings | Comments (0)

I Love Coffee

To anyone who knows me, which probably means anyone bothering to read this blog, that comes as no surprise. An article on Sympatico’s Health and Fitness section claims to have ended the debate as to whether coffee is good or bad for you, with little evidence on the page itself, mind you. However, the actual …

January 8th, 2007 – 6:07 pm | By Ean | Posted in Daily Musings | Comments (0)