This piece of news is a week old now but I somehow didn’t notice until today: LGPL License Option Added to Qt
Month: January 2009
My laptop is back from service
After the RAM failure I procrastinated for two weeks before sending the laptop to service and then it took a month (including Christmas and stuff) to get it back. After service they tried to return it to the wrong address by changing the first letter in the street name from S to T and dropping… Continue reading My laptop is back from service
I found a compatible USB memory stick!
Yesterday I mananged to jailbreak the Xbox with a Splinter Cell save game found in a file called splinter_cell_exploit-pal.zip! I used a 2 GB SanDisk Cruzer Micro without U3 support. (USB vendor id and product id 0781:5151.) Let’s see when I get time to install XBMC and connect a network cable between the Xbox and… Continue reading I found a compatible USB memory stick!
Another future Xbox project: replace HDD with Compact Flash
The idea is not new, but I want to jailbreak the Xbox first.
Problems connecting USB storage device to Xbox
I’ve been looking for a media center to get rid of the rising pile of DVD movies belonging to my 2.5 year old son. I was pretty close to buy a Popcorn Hour A-100 but a friend suggested XBMC Media Center and it sounded like a fun project. On Monday I bought a used Xbox… Continue reading Problems connecting USB storage device to Xbox
PC Magazine and Dr. Dobb’s Journal are going web-only
Or: web killed the paper star? From The 2008 Media Inflection: Meet Dr. Web, the New Gorilla by Herb Sutter: As of January 2009: PC Magazine is going “digital only.” After the January issue, the print magazine will disappear. Instead, the content will appear exclusively on the web. As of January 2009: Dr. Dobb’s Journal… Continue reading PC Magazine and Dr. Dobb’s Journal are going web-only