As a big fan of retro-computer games, I did enjoy this video re-creating the classic video game Space Invaders with Human beings! 
Monthly Archive for July, 2006
Here’s a site I was previously unaware of – Technorati. It allows you to specifically search the Blogosphere in the same way you’d search the web.
Technorati Profile
Technorati Profile
Technorati Profile
Technorati Profile
Matt Barton pointed me to the LifeHacker web-site a few months ago – since that time I’ve been a regular visitor.
If, like me, you find your mind wandering from the task at hand during the day and are tempted to go take a aimless browse of the web – jump across to LifeHacker and read one of their articles. The site is aimed at making your life easier and more productive using “hacks” or short-cuts. I tend to read an interesting article and find it motivates me to become productive again!
I’ve also come across DIY Planner this morning – a site in a similar vein. Well worth a look next time your motivation for work is work is waning…
If, like me, you find your mind wandering from the task at hand during the day and are tempted to go take a aimless browse of the web – jump across to LifeHacker and read one of their articles. The site is aimed at making your life easier and more productive using “hacks” or short-cuts. I tend to read an interesting article and find it motivates me to become productive again!
I’ve also come across DIY Planner this morning – a site in a similar vein. Well worth a look next time your motivation for work is work is waning…
Dare Obasanjo (who’s blog is worth reading regularly if you are interested in any behind the scenes Microsoft developments, or the thoughts of a Microsoft employee involved in them) reports that Yahoo! Messenger and Windows Live Messenger Now Interoperate.
It’s still a Beta program, and there is plenty of work yet to be done, but it’s a step in the right direction.
Of course applications such as Trillian, that allow multiple logons to different IM services have been around for some time – but it’s long overdue for the big IM providers to start to get together to provide something "official".
After struggling to fix problems with a customers Windows XP Home PC today that was hosed with WMI (Windows Management Instrumentation) problems – ranging from "System Information" not displaying, to Network cards not functioning – I was tempted to nuke the system and start again. Fixing each problem in turn just created a new problem – frustrating.
But then I stumbled across Ramesh Srinivasan’s site – and in particular his page on WMI Repairs. Ramesh is a Microsoft MVP – one of those excellent folks who monitors Usenet Newsgroups and the like to provide assistance.
Using the advice on these pages – in a matter of minutes, the WMI on this particular PC was rebuilt, I was able to fix the remaining issues, and one PC was back to normal working order.
WMI is hardly the sexiest subject, but if you encounter problems with a PC and track it back to WMI – then Ramesh’s site should be your first port of call.
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