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January 2007 - Posts

• Xbox 360 Broken console service wasn't as good as I thought

  A few months ago my Xbox got the red ring of death issue. Microsoft quickly replaced the console and at the time I was very happy with the result. One thing I asked them about but didn't verify is that would all my games purchased on Xbox arcade continue Read More... Posted Thursday, January 25, 2007 4:45 PM by darryl | 1 Comments Filed under: gaming

• Mac Mini likes and dislikes

  After one day of owning a Mac here is a list of things I like and things I don't. Things I like. When I first booted up it asked if I had a bluetooth mouse when it detected I didn't have one, and later it asked for a keyboard. It recognizes ISO Read More... Posted Tuesday, January 16, 2007 12:13 PM by darryl | 5 Comments Filed under: computers

• I now own a white computer

  It is nice to see that the shipping box is just the right size for the mac mini inside. Then you get to the instructions. Now the computer. Now the remote on its own layer. Finally the power bar It is to bad Apple shipped the mouse and keyboard separately, Read More... Posted Monday, January 15, 2007 11:56 AM by darryl | 2 Comments Filed under: computers

• Vista still not 100%

  Creative finally released drivers for their X-Fi cards just after Christmas installed them today and I now have sound. Once that was working 3 reboots later I decided to check if there was any new video drivers. nVidia released some new drivers for Vista Read More... Posted Monday, January 08, 2007 7:37 PM by darryl | 0 Comments Filed under: Vista, computers

• Children of Men

  Great film I highly recommend it . It is not often that I am suprised by a plot turn, but this film managed to do it twice. Read More... Posted Monday, January 08, 2007 10:04 AM by darryl | 0 Comments Filed under: movies