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Whidbey Beta 2

Spine.cx Archive 2005

I was at an MSDN event tonight, regarding security in .NET. That wasn't so interesting in itself, although the presenter was good. The really cool thing was the exposition of some of the cool new features in Visual Studio 2005 (Whidbey). The things I was mo...

Category
Software
PublicationYear
2005
PublicationDate
2005-02-08

So, they're going to do another bridge study

Spine.cx Archive 2005

Sometimes I just don't understand what goes on in the minds of politicians. From things as big as the "war on terror", to things in Canada like the sponsorship scandal, to right here at home with the commissioning of a $65k study for find out that there's tra...

Category
Halifax Happenings
PublicationYear
2005
PublicationDate
2005-02-08

User 'blog functionality

Spine.cx Archive 2005

For all you kids who like to 'blog, spine.cx now has a solution for you. Check out the box on the left side with the red title bar. You can post all you want, and you'll have a section of the website to call your very own, complete with hierarchical comments...

Category
Announcements
PublicationYear
2005
PublicationDate
2005-02-08

Best new show on TV this season

Spine.cx Archive 2005

So, what do I think is the best new show on TV this season? House, M.D. It's kind of like a cross between CSI and E.R. Every week, they have a patient with a mysterious illness and the doctors use their noggins to solve the case. But the best part of the sh...

Category
Movies & Television
PublicationYear
2005
PublicationDate
2005-02-07

MGM is a movie butcher

Spine.cx Archive 2005

According to an article I've just read on Slashdot, at least 315 of MGM's so-called "widescreen" DVD releases have actually been the Pan & Scan versions with the top and bottom of the picture cut off. This basically means, when you buy the widescreen version ...

Category
CDs & DVDs
PublicationYear
2005
PublicationDate
2005-01-28

Car accident redux

Spine.cx Archive 2005

Last week, I got my car back from the collision shop, looking as good as new. They even cleaned it inside and out, it was awesome. Since the hairy man had no insurance (nor a drivers licence), I had to pay a deductible, even though I was not at fault; a redu...

Category
Cars and Driving
PublicationYear
2005
PublicationDate
2005-01-22

MSN Messenger Virus

Spine.cx Archive 2005

I don't know if it's been announced anywhere lately, but I believe there's an MSN Messenger virus floating around out there. Last night, from three different contacts that I rarely talk to, I received file transfers of .pif files called "naked_party.pif" and ...

Category
Software
PublicationYear
2005
PublicationDate
2005-01-20