Posted: 2008.November.21 - 1:20:00 PM - Section: General
 I realize that Vista made some great improvements to the security of Windows over XP. However, for me, Vista was way too frustrating, and I had to go with XP. I tried Vista. I really did. But after 2 weeks, I was just too darn cheesed off to keep it. It’s almost as if Microsoft went out of their way to make Vista different than XP – so as to make it harder to do things. I was using Vista with UAC turned off, and it was still annoying. I had 2 applications that did not work properly on Vista – and they were Microsoft applications that were fully patched. On a scale of 1 to 10, I give XP an 8 (a good OS, but not perfect), and Vista a 4 (still a good OS, just way too frustrating). Sorry Microsoft. Maybe you’ll get it right with Windows 7.
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Posted: 2008.November.20 - 2:04:00 PM - Section: General
Today i got the message "Access to the path c:\windows\microsoft.net\framework\v1.1.4322\Temporary ASP.NET Files\ is denied" on my new machine (while using Visual Studio 2003). After trying a few things, I fixed it by running this command: aspnet_regiis -ir
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Posted: 2008.November.17 - 9:46:00 PM - Section: Vixis
Today i've released a slightly revised version of Vixis. I found a bug where it didn't resize a movie properly to fit on a monitor running a resolution of 1680 x 1050.
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Posted: 2008.October.17 - 3:46:00 PM - Section: General
If you’ve ever wanted to convert the annoying litres per 100 km (ie: L/100km) value that Canadian cars are rated with into the easier to understand kilometers per litre (ie: km/L) format, you just need to use this math formula: (1/x)*100. For example, if you see a car rated at 7.5 L/100km, you would run this through your calculator: (1/7.5)*100. You would get the easier to understand value of 13.33 KPL.
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Posted: 2008.October.15 - 3:19:00 PM - Section: General
Just recently i went to Niagara Falls for the weekend. While there, i decided to try out an attraction called Niagara's Fury. Well that was a complete waste of money. They promote it as being in 4D. Let me tell you that it wasn't in 3D - just in 360 degrees (and poorly), and the if they consider that light sprinkling of water to be 4D, then my morning shower is 10D! Don't waste your $15 on this crappy ride. 
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Posted: 2008.October.13 - 7:33:00 AM - Section: General
 I was assembling a crib made by Fisher-Price, and I found it to be an exercise in frustration. I think the guys at Fisher-Price need to talk to the guys at IKEA. Maybe they might learn a few things about how to make furniture easier to assemble.
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Posted: 2008.September.19 - 1:34:00 PM - Section: Gaming
I'm a PC. 
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Posted: 2008.August.15 - 11:42:00 AM - Section: Automotive
It appears as if Volkswagen is getting ready to sell a mini pickup truck in other parts of the world called the "Robust". It’s actually not bad looking. I think it might sell (a few units) if they brought it to North America – especially with some nice 4 cylinder and/or diesel engines. 
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Posted: 2008.August.15 - 10:22:00 AM - Section: Automotive
I’ve been following the progress of the Chevy Volt since I first heard about it. It’s a great idea, and way better than the silly Toyota Prius that most tree-huggers seem to favour. GM just released a teaser picture of the production version of the new Volt, and it’s looking pretty damn sweet. Not too shabby. 
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Posted: 2008.July.30 - 1:03:00 PM - Section: Television
I always knew it was a dumb idea to remake KITT (from Knight Rider fame) as a Ford Mustang, but now they’re making it so that the car can turn into a truck! I’m gonna go out on a limb here, and say that this TV show is gonna suck – badly.
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Posted: 2008.July.23 - 2:37:00 PM - Section: Movies
It’s good to hear they’re seriously going after the people that steal movies in the theatres, but I wonder how long it’s before they start going after the people that download the movies? I don’t download any movies (which is stealing by the way, for those that don’t realize it), so I know I’m safe. 
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Posted: 2008.June.27 - 2:21:00 PM - Section: Automotive
It’s great to hear that Volkswagen has finally got plans to make a proper hybrid car. I’m only disappointed to hear that they don’t have any solid plans to make it available to the public. 20 cars in 2010 isn’t going to help anyone – they need to make it more like 20,000 cars in 2010.
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Posted: 2008.June.27 - 9:53:00 AM - Section: Gaming
Okay,... so i've been a little distracted by LEGO Indiana Jones. But it's a great game, so you can't blame me. I still wish they'd come out with a LEGO Halo. That would be awesome!
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Posted: 2008.May.31 - 7:59:00 AM - Section: General
I signed the petition to ban handguns in Canada. If the gun collectors don't like it, i say let them move to Texas.
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Posted: 2008.May.26 - 3:15:00 PM - Section: Gaming
 While it appears to have just been an April Fools joke, i gotta admit i really liked the idea of a Lego Halo game. It's too bad they're not making it - 'cause i would have bought it! I loved playing the Lego Star Wars games, and i'm planning on buying the Lego Indiana Jones game.
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Posted: 2008.May.26 - 12:22:00 PM - Section: Gaming
What have i been up to lately? Well playing my xBox 360 of course! I even took a little time to write down my thoughts on the games; Jumper and Looney Tunes: Acme Arsenal. Click over and read the reviews if you're interested.
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