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Entries from May 2008

XBox 360 Clock Update

May 29th, 2008 · Comments Off

I emailed Microsoft Support with a bug entry about the clock. They made it very hard to find anywhere to email them, but I did it.
A short while later I got back a nice email saying, essentially, “Sorry, and here is how to set the clock.” You can guess how happy I am about that.
But [...]

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Tags: Games · Reviews

The XBox 360 Doesn’t Include A Clock

May 27th, 2008 · Comments Off

Due to recent experiences, I’m reminded of the fact that the XBox 360 doesn’t include a clock that works when the power is off. With just a few seconds of research, I was able to confirm that the PC-AT (released in 1984) had a real time clock that could keep time when the unit wasn’t [...]

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Life in Liberty City: Playing GTA4

May 9th, 2008 · Comments Off

I’ve been playing GTA4 on and off for about a week now. It’s pretty well done. There are some curious framerate issues, and the game is definitely in the uncanny valley. The shooting controls are much improved; which is to say almost playable. But I’ve come across a fair bit of things that caught my [...]

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Watching ABC, CBS, and NBC Shows Online

May 3rd, 2008 · Comments Off

Intro
Thanks to the large storm cell that went through the midwest on Thursday, basically every TV show that my TiVo recorded off the major networks during primetime was useless. I would guess I got about 10% TV shows, 90% weather coverage.
But I’ve got two nice internet connections (6Mbps at home, dual T1s at work) so [...]

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Tags: Reviews · TV & Movies