Permalink 21/01/09 08:22:34 am Categories: Personal , 242 words, English (AU)

The Hot Dog Parable

There once was a man who lived by the side of the road and sold hot dogs. In fact, he sold very good hot dogs. He put up highway signs telling people how good his hot dogs tasted. He stood by the side of the road and called out, “Buy a hot dog, mister… more »
Permalink 12/01/09 05:44:34 pm Categories: Personal , 409 words, English (AU)

Windows 7 - So far, so good

OK, so I only mentioned a couple of days ago that I might try Windows 7, and sucker than I am, I've now installed it. So far, I'm pretty much liking what I see. It feels a lot "snappier" than Vista, but maybe that's just a placebo effect. With plenty… more »
Permalink 09/01/09 07:24:19 am Categories: Personal , 157 words, English (AU)

Windows 7

Looks like a beta of Windows 7 is now available for people to download (at least for MSDN subscribes. I understand the general public will be able to download it soon as well). When I got my new laptop, all I had was 32-bit Windows Vista, which isn't… more »
Permalink 04/01/09 07:23:53 pm Categories: Gaming , 299 words, English (AU)

Why are pings from Australia to the U.S. bad on Xbox Live?

It seems to be a fairly common complaint that Aussie gamers get bad ping times when trying to play with people overseas (particularly in the U.S., which I guess is because that's where most of the Xbox Live users live). A lot of the time, the frustration… more »