What are those squiggly words used to verify a live human?
The technology is called CAPTCHA.
Microsoft Research on Human Interaction Proofs (HIPs)
How fast is your internet connection?
Turn your XBOX into an XBOX Media Center
Photo Hosting
Greg reviews photo hosting site (Nov 2005):
Flickr – review – 20MB monthly Upload Limit (Free Account)
Zoto – review
Smugmug – review
I fixed my first XBOX
This summer we took our second XBOX to South Padre. I debated whether to take it at all but I’m glad we did because the first day it rained all day. David and I finished the Halo 2 campaign in cooperative mode. The next few days, the XBOX had trouble reading some of the games. By the end of the week, it couldn’t read any disks. Don’t know if it was the humidity, the car ride, fine sand that got inside? At home it continued to fail to read ANY disk including DVD movie or music CD. I could, however, get online, and view game saves on the hardisk. It seemed like a DVD drive or laser problem.
Tonight I finally got around to trying to fix it. I followed the instructions here to open the case and then did a thorough DVD drive cleaning as described here. I was setting my expectations low, but low and behold, it worked! After disassembling the XBOX, using a $3.50 can of compressed air to dust the inside and the laser components, then reassembling it back, it fired up! David and I celebrated (past his bedtime) by playing a level of Halo2. This was the XBOX where we finished the campaign so we jumped directly to one of our favorite levels: The Great Journey.
We’ve missed having the second XBOX and playing XLINKed games. It will also come in handy for our XBOX Nights.
Execution in the Java Kingdom of Nouns
Gadgets
Until the people that designed what goes for "packaging" on many products get fired, there’s this.
Java to C# ports
Anonymous methods tutorial
What IS an anonymouse method? It’s basically a method that is written "in place". Read the links for a thorough discussion and some gotchas to look out for.
OldNewThings Tutorial: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3
Funny quotes on marriage
[Copied from Maryam’s Blog]
Marriage is a three-ring circus: ? Engagement ring, wedding ring, and suffering.
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For Sale: ? Wedding dress, size 8. ? Worn once by mistake. ?
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There are two times when a man doesn’t understand a woman: ? Before marriage and after marriage.
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My husband and I divorced over religious differences. ? He thought he was God, and I didn’t.
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I dialed a number and got the following recording:
"I
am not available right now, but thank you for caring enough to call. I
am making some changes in my life. Please leave a message after the
beep. If I do not return your call, you are one of the changes."
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My wife and I had words, but I didn’t get to use mine.
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God made man before woman so as to give him time to think of an answer for her first question.