Over at CodingHorror, Jeff riffs on problems hiring for development positions , when many interviewees aren't able to answer the most basic of code questions. Well, I'm sure this is a common story in any skills-or-knowledge-driven industry where there...

Gah! The whole weekend spent playing Crackdown! What has the world come to!? Crackdown does a bunch of stuff phenomenally well. I've had to think, I've had to react quickly, and in some areas I've just had to sandbag my way through. Climbing up the sides...

It's great that it's finally out in the US... Not so good that I got back last week, dagnabbit! Now I just need to wait for Aussie availability, so I can play RFactor with Racing Wheel comfort until Forza 2 drops! Mmm. Racing wheel. Combine that with...

Quick catchups: While in Seattle, I talked with some folk about IAG and ISA 2006 - all I can say is *wow*. I'm downloading the demo VMs now to have a play. The other *wow* was SoftGrid. Architecturally, wow ! I'm eager to learn more about that. While...

I'm in Seattle at our TechReady conference (actually, it's over, I fly back tomorrow), and just noticed that my p1610 has a bluetooth logo on the case, but no driver. Not that I have anything I'm dying to use it with here, but, you know, principle and...

About time! March brings us Aussies the Xbox 360 HD DVD add-on. $249 looks like the magic number - nicely equivalent with the US RRP. Can't wait to watch MI3 and Superman Returns... And Kotaku said it even ships with King Kong in the box ! Awesome! I...