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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XBox 360 Clock Update
May 29th, 2008 · Comments Off
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 [...]
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 [...]
Watching ABC, CBS, and NBC Shows Online
May 3rd, 2008 · Comments Off
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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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Half-Life 2: Episode 2
March 31st, 2008 · Comments Off
I just finished Half-Life 2: Episode 2. This means that I am now out of Half-Life. Since I recently finished Season 1 of Sam & Max (my full review: fun, not bad, annoying DRM on boxed copy), this means that Team Fortress 2 is my only reason left to boot into Windows.
Episode 2 was plotted [...]
