Ian Winter
Firefox RC1
Subject says it all really.
Archive for October, 2004
R.I.P. John Peel OBE
Tragic. A massive loss to the world of music and his family and friends.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/3955289.stm
Steam Backups
If you use Steam and have downloaded any games, in particular Half Life 2 lately, you may want to know how to backup the files so you can rebuild your PC/Laptop etc. Well here is an article posted on the Steam forums.
If you want to know more about steam I’ve copied the description from the site. Basically “Steam is Valve’s new broadband platform for direct software delivery and content management.”
Ross Noble : Unrealtime DVD
Go buy it, it’s brilliant. Professor chimpenstein, it’s wrong but brilliant. Did I mention it’s brilliant? Really funny. 2 DVD’s of wholesome monkey and vole based humour.
Serious Fan Boy Stuff
If you’re a sci-fi fan boy you’re gonna love this. Cheers to Jam.
“Someone has spent A LOT of time on this, I’m sure. Pretty interesting though. It shows all of the well-known starships from various popular Sci Fi film and television shows TO SCALE.”
CFMX Performance Settings
A very good summary of how you can improve CFMX’s performance written by Sarge. As he mentions it’s non-official and use with caution but it’s an excellent article covering all the points you need to think about.
Half Life 2 Goes Gold
Finally! There’s a release date and an official announcement that HL2 has gone gold and will be released on Nov. 16th.
cfScopes
The first bit of this is quite handy, shows you all current CF scopes. Second one someone sent me a while back, can’t quite remember why either but might be useful. Not documented or I’m sure supported so use with care.
<cfset x=getPageContext().getCFScopes()>
<cfdump var=“#x#”>
<cfscript>
x=getPageContext().getPage();
y=getPageContext().getOut();
</cfscript>
<cfdump var=“#x#”>
<cfdump var=“#y#”>
K700i Firmware Online Update
Sony Ericsson have launched an online update service for the K700 phone.
Basically it allows you to update the firmware online, yourself, without the need to take it to a SE Service Center.
You’ll need the Sync Station software installed and also you’ll have to get hold of or buy a DSS-25 (Desk Synchronization Stand). I got mine of Ebay which was the cheapest I could find. You may need to go and download the drivers for the DSS-25 as mine didn’t come with a driver disk.
Once you’ve got the Update Software, Sync Station software and the DSS-25 installed you’re ready to go.
Took about 10-15 minutes to do the full upgrade on ADSL.
A firmware overview is available over at Esato.