Vista Service Pack 1 Black Screen
November 18, 2008 by John Boyd
Filed under Interesting, Software
If you were daring enough to install Microsofts Vista Service Pack 1, hoping for enhanced improvements, faster load times and fewer security popups, then you have/had a 80% chance of screwing up your pc to the point that it becomes useless and will probably need a fresh install of Vista. I fell into that 80% [...]
Must Have Software
November 12, 2008 by John Boyd
Filed under Interesting, Software, Tech Toys
I usually don’t promote software to anybody. Especially bloated, over priced software that usually doesn’t live up to my expectations. But over the years, there has been some software development that I think everybody should know about. Espeically now that OS’s are becoming more complex and the amount of junk you collect on your mac [...]
Enough About The Basement Project
Ok, just one more thing. Using Camtasia, I’ve captured a walk-thru rendering of what our basement will look like once all of the sheetrock has been hung, walls painted, etc. It is to scale, however, the rendering gives a greater sense of space than there really is. As I mentioned before, I’m using Punch Home [...]
Another Rendering
This two photos show recent progress on our downstairs bedroom and a rendering of the final process, minus paint. Hopefully, this weekend we’ll be hanging some more sheetrock in our bedroom. It’ll probably be the first room totally completed before we move on to the other rooms. Now that all of the rooms have been [...]
Basement Update
October 7, 2008 by John Boyd
Filed under Feature, Interesting, Projects, Tech Toys
Since the last post on the basement buildout, we’ve hung a few more pieces of sheetrock, but other than that, nothing major going on. I’m using software to design where walls will be going from here on. The first walls we put up were exactly where we wanted them, but now, we have to consider [...]
Chrome / IE8 Quick & Dirty
September 4, 2008 by John Boyd
Filed under Interesting, Tech Toys
The past couple of days, I’ve had the opportunity to test Googles new browser “Chrome” and Microsofts new browser “Internet Explorer 8″. Both are still in beta. First impressions of both are somewhat mixed. Chrome is fast, very fast. It’s basic, simple and reminds of a browser that we would have seen available in 1995. [...]