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Continue reading →: Why Programming is So Hard
This is an interview with one of the co-founders of Salon which does a good job of articulating why programming takes so long. Some of the major points I have found to be completely true: · You can accurately estimate the portion of a project that many people have done…
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Continue reading →: Welcome to the future
Ok, I realize this is not the future. This is the present. But I’d like to usher in a new era of the Blogosphere. I have made a new resolution to blog more this year. I guess I shouldn’t say more but better. I’m going to blog better this year.…
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Continue reading →: Is Computer Science Still Worth It
from slashdot: “Is it a good idea to go into Computer Science? Yes, there are certainly pending labor shortages as Indian companies outsource to the United States, but speakers of Stanford Computer Forum generally agree that it’s a good career choice. From the article: ‘To ensure job security, students must…
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Continue reading →: Where Are The Media PCs?
This guy has some good points. “My theory is that PC-TV hybrid products like Viiv aim for a sweet spot that doesn’t exist. Very savvy consumers will hack together these setups themselves. The less savvy will just keep their TVs and computers separate. And the folks in the middle? If…
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Continue reading →: XBox harddrive upgrade
I just finished swapping my XBox drive with a 120gb Maxtor. Now I can copy every game I ever wanted to play to the harddrive and I won’t have to carry disks around anymore. I used the tutorial at http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=244043 to operate xboxhdm. Here’s what I did: Bought XBox Before…
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Continue reading →: On Game Development by Zach Bronow
I saw this on Slashdot and I don’t quite understand why an article like this was even written. People of the Press such as this seem to treat the initial development vision and feature lists as utter fact and don’t seem to understand that things change during the development process.…
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Continue reading →: bronow.net
I recently bought a new domain and I’ve been very busy setting it up. I’m using ZoneEdit.com to control DNS. It’s a nice service because it’s free. I registered the domain through GoDaddy.com and they have a DNS management utility but it doesn’t give me the same freedom. So I’ve…
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Continue reading →: Favorite new features in Visual Studio .NET 2005
Work sent me to Microsoft’s Launch Tour 2005 on November 29th at the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle. It was probably the geekiest event I have yet attended. I mean I went to the AMD vendor expo a few months ago and it was no where near as geeky…
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Continue reading →: Windows Mobile 5 on Audiovox SMT 5600
I just got an Audiovox SMT 5600. I’ve got it running Windows Mobile 5 and here’s how I did it. First I hit thepiratebay.com, searched for “windows mobile 5” and downloaded Windows.Mobile.5.ROM.Pack.For.HTC.Typhoon.C500.SMT5600. The nfo file contains instructions for flashing the ROM however mine came with the latest Smartphone 2003 image…
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Continue reading →: My iPod makes me steal
When I’m sitting at a computer I can log in to Yahoo! Music Engine, queue up a bunch of my favourite tracks and go on with the rest of my day. It costs me $6.99 a month to stream any album in their 1mn song database. Prior to Yahoo’s release…
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Aaron Bronow 