Archive for January, 2005

January 31st, 2005

Mental Note to Self – AppleScript MultiLine Comments

Posted in AppleScript by Diggory

(* Use block comments for comments that
occupy more than one line *)

I wish applescript used c-style comments.
I can never remember the format for multi-line comments , and frequently put // instead of — which, of course, causes an error.

January 24th, 2005

The hidden cost of console upgrades

Posted in Console Games by Diggory

From: BBC NEWS | Technology | Games firms ‘face tough future’

Jason Kingsley, chief executive of Rebellion, said the transition from the current generation of consoles to the new machines was difficult because “the production quality expected by consumers will be that much bigger”.

He added: “We have been through five technology transitions and survived so far.

“Each one has involved the death of some people.

Yikes!

January 14th, 2005

Downtime

Posted in Networking, Real World by Diggory

I’m moving DSL provider – so my domains (including this one) will go down for an unspecified duration (from today.)

I had thought that I was rather clever, and got the switch-over day-perfect, but then my new provider sent me an email

"Unfortunately we are experiencing a brief delay in upgrading the network capacity required within your exchange and to fulfill your order. As a result your service availability date has been delayed. We anticipate that the upgrade will be completed in a couple of weeks; we will then be able to place your order."

So – my server will be down for a couple of weeks, maybe… yuk.

Au Revoir…..

January 11th, 2005

iMac Mini

Posted in Hardware by Diggory

It’s true: a headless iMac:

iMac mini

$499
1.25GHZ G4, 256MB RAM 40GB drive

$599
1.42GHZ G4, 80GB drive, combo drive

Apple / Mac Mini