Tonight I powered on the Xbox 360 to be told there is a patch available for Madden NFL 09. I have no idea what the update is for, but I apply it anyway. I’ll do some digging around to find out what it is supposed to fix. In any case, […]
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Well, fresh from my previous post on Madden, I’m in a new and potentially blocking situation: I can’t save. I’d really, *really* like to hear from anybody who has suffered from “Freeze syndrome” – i.e. random console locks when playing Madden NFL 2009. It seems that I’ve had a lockup […]
I’d like to help London Studios (creator of the very successful SingStar franchise) sell a few more games. There are a number of tracks I’d like to see – these are songs you might find if you wander into a pub and hear the odd tune. This isn’t just a […]
Well, I’ve been fighting Kerberos so I thought perhaps this might be a good time to document it. Hand up if you love Kerberos? …If you like Kerberos? ..If you have to live with Kerberos? Well, anyway, it’s often a necessary evil. Let’s start at the beginning. Event […]
New year, same glitches. So fans of this blog and of EA Sport’s Madden franchise (in particular on the Xbox 360) will know that Madden NFL 2008 was basically a release which no one in their right mind would have enjoyed given the heinous defects encountered – especially in franchise […]
This is going to be a long post. In fact, I’m very unlikely to finish it in one session, so check back for updates. This year I was very lucky enough (a huge thank you to Readify) to attend the SQL Server 2-day conference event (The SQL Server Summit) which […]
This evening I finally uploaded my Tech.Ed 2008 Chalk Talk presentation slides [zip file] (SQL Server 2008 CE and the Entity Framework) for those who are interested. The complete presentation will be given at SQL Code camp next month. Here’s the slide deck and the sample code from SQL […]
Mitch Denny recently passed this link around an internal tech list. Now, as developers (or software engineers) we do have some odd eccentricities. We typically work in far different environments to the contrast of many traditional industries/work environments, and the challenges of day to day life seem to be somewhat […]
This diagram (above) is one which I drew earlier in the week when explaining access control, reliability, trust and environment sanitation. At the time I thought it’s something I ought to blog about, so here is the blog post. I’ve always viewed IT&T systems as a triangle. At the […]
The largest Microsoft platform development conference in Australia kicks off next week. Starting on Monday, there are several pre-conference events lined up. If you head to the SQL Server two day pre-event, you’ll bump into me. The conference kicks of in earnest on Wednesday, and we have three days jam […]
So a friend of mine put me onto ping servers to make blog posts more visible. Strangely enough, I think I recall this from a while ago, but he found a way to set ping server addresses for Live Space blogs hidden within Live Writer (which I highly recommend). I’m […]
Hi all. Tonight I played Madden 09 on the Xbox 360 for a couple of hours. Big improvement over Madden 08 in terms of stability, but I have a few items to nit pick. Before I forget (again) – here’s a link to EA Sports site where you can download […]
Hi Everyone, Quick note: if you found this information helped you, please leave a comment – thanks! Well, chances are that if you’re using Hypervisor (Hyper-V) as I am, you might also be using a Wireless Network Interface Card (NIC) to connect to the Internet and/or other sources. Personally, I […]
Well, in an article that should shock no one, Australians are paying too much for video games [smh] (both online and retail). This will come as no shock to anyone who has ever been overseas – and applies to many other markets equally, especially automotive (cars in the US are […]