SteveX Compiled

I guess they couldn’t afford to run the Playstation Network for free forever. Playstation Qore, $24.95/year.

Doors Open Ottawa is an event where participating buildings, which aren’t normally open to the public, open their doors for one weekend and allow the general public to see what’s inside. Many places offer tours, and there are quite a few interesting sites. The Diefenbunker is open, and if you haven’t been there already, it’s […]

If you’re trying to figure out boost::bind, read this.

Major Nelson’s podcast interview with Marc Whitten indicated that there isn’t going to be the usual Spring Update this year (one of two yearly updates). At least, not in the sense of the usual update that adds new features, like the DivX support added last fall. And, on top of that, they’re going to be […]

Wow.. the Ottawa Citizen has a summary of the new DMCA style law that’s coming in Canada, and I can’t believe our politicans would even consider something like this. Check this out: The proposal includes “civil enforcement” measures which would give security personnel the “authority to order searches” (without a lawyer present) “and other preliminary […]

Haven’t blogged much lately. Been busy. I’ll be back. Meanwhile here’ s a cool picture I took of some lightning. I discovered, after taking a few dozen long exposure images on my Canon 40D, that there are two spots on the sensor that return solid red data. Lightroom seems to sense and remove the errors, […]

Jeff Atwood has a post insanely recommending the Nuvi 200W, but I wonder if he’s ever tried a Mio. I bought a Garmin GPS and found the startup time just too frustratingly long. I’m still very happy with my Mio C520 GPS.

That the Xbox 360 will be gaining Blu-Ray support is the rumour that just won’t die. But how likely is it? I’d say about 50/50. The hardware part is easy – and the that’s the part that the rumours always focus on: The website … states that MS has contracted Korean firm Pegatron Technology to […]

This can’t be good: “This backup is too large for the backup volume. The backup requires 100.0 MB but only 172.3 GB are available.”

Programming can be a great hobby. Anyone can do it, there are lots of good, free tools, and you can “scratch an itch” – write something that you need yourself. Hacking for fun is a great way to learn more about the computer you’re using, and is just an interesting mental exercise. Let’s say you […]