April 2006 - Posts

Thanks Chuckie P.
29 April 06 08:21 PM | tristank | 0 Comments   

It's a Saturday night, so naturally I'm catching up on thousands of unread blog posts while my girlfriend subjects herself to Return of the Jedi. Charles "Chuckie P"* Petzold (the famous XAML rapper) made a very interesting update on Microsoft's CSAML Read More...

Filed under: Developery, Extra Bits Of A Personal Nature

(Unwelcome) Realism in Games
21 April 06 12:48 PM | tristank | 3 Comments   

Tycho (linked page contains harsh language) expands on something I've been unhappy about for years - my emphasis in bold: I was interested to read an interview with the man who designed Lara Croft, where he makes it clear that their Tomb Raidin' gameplay Read More...

Filed under: Extra Bits Of A Personal Nature, Games

Pfft, who needs CAPTCHA? We've got CATTCHA, you know.
10 April 06 04:12 PM | tristank | 4 Comments   

I was just IM'd this - yes, human proof by kitten . Simple and brilliant, but might be susceptible to forgery by dogs or other interested parties. Read More...

Filed under: IT Pro / Sysadmin, Extra Bits Of A Personal Nature

In The Company Of Heroes
07 April 06 10:19 PM | tristank | 2 Comments   

My job supports my gaming habit. I got into the IT industry by playing games, and it's looking likely that I'll exit in much the same way! :) That said, it's great working in some small way with your childhood heroes, no matter how remote! To hear that Read More...

Filed under: Extra Bits Of A Personal Nature, Game Stuff

SyncToy 1.2 Out Now
06 April 06 01:23 PM | tristank | 1 Comments   

Synctoy is an excellent Windows XP Powertoy that has loads of interesting synchronization modes. It was just updated to version 1.2, though I haven't had any problems with 1.1. If you're using it, possibly worth the download. If you're not using it, and Read More...

Filed under: IT Pro / Sysadmin, Extra Bits Of A Personal Nature

Stupid Fixed-Width Blogs
06 April 06 12:40 PM | tristank | 0 Comments   

There have been a couple of pleas on one of the blog discussion aliases internally about images that seem to jump below the post. If you're in that situation (and oh look! I am too since I moved to a basic fixed-width format), you can use the IE Developer Read More...

Filed under: Extra Bits Of A Personal Nature