New Home For My Blog- (Found June 24, 2008 ) I&8217;ve moved my blog to my own domain at www.maniacalmusings.com.http://homepage.mac.com/tdjohnsen/2006/01/31#new_home_for_my_blog The Browser Wars, Part 2- (Found June 24, 2008 ) I saw on Slashdot last week that Marc Andreessen is saying that the browser wars are back. Andreessen put down the foundation for today&8217;s web browsers by creating Mosaic and then going on to cofound Netscape. At the Web 2.0 conference last week, Andreessen had much to say about the current state of affairs in the browser market. Stating that Apple&8217;s Safari and Mozilla&8217;s Firefox could be enough to make Microsoft stand up and start paying more attention to their stagnating...http://homepage.mac.com/tdjohnsen/2004/10/11#the_browser_wars_part_2 I&8217;m Over One Hundred Posts- (Found June 24, 2008 ) While posting last week about Halo 2 being done I didn&8217;t realize that it was my 100th post. I know this isn&8217;t a big deal to some bloggers. But I&8217;m glad to have reached that milestone and hope to continue for several hundred more posts.http://homepage.mac.com/tdjohnsen/2004/10/11#im_over_one_hundred_posts Halo 2 Is Golden- (Found June 24, 2008 ) Last week I noted that Bungie had said Halo 2 was basically done. Well Bungie has announced that Halo 2 has gone gold.http://homepage.mac.com/tdjohnsen/2004/10/11#halo_2_is_golden What About Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas- (Found June 24, 2008 ) One of the most anticipated games of the year is Halo 2. And as I&8217;ve previously mentioned Halo 2 has gone gold. However, I&8217;m wondering about another highly anticipated game of 2004, the next Grand Theft Auto game. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is supposed to be released two weeks before Halo 2 and yet I haven&8217;t heard a &8220;gone gold&8221; announcement for it. Hopefully every thing is on track and the game will ship as expected on the 25th of October. I preordered it at the.http://homepage.mac.com/tdjohnsen/2004/10/11#what_about_grand_theft_auto A Windows Users Experience With A Mac- (Found June 24, 2008 ) AnandTech recently posted an article about a Windows users experience switching to a Mac for a month. It&8217;s a little long, but definitely worth the read if you are either interested in switching or are a switcher like I am. It&8217;s been over two years since I switched my primary computer to a Macintosh, and I can relate to some of his experience. I&8217;d like to comment that some of his negative feedback is due to inexperience with the platform and disappears once you start thinking...http://homepage.mac.com/tdjohnsen/2004/10/11#a_windows_users_experience_ Programmer Fired For Using SETIhome, Manager Says Something Stupid- (Found June 24, 2008 ) I agree with the disciplining of an employee who installs unnecessary software, such as SETIhome, on a computer designated for server use only. However, I think it is very unprofessional for the manager of such an employee to go and poke fun at the employee who was disciplined. According to an Associated Press article, the manager of a 63-year-old computer programmer who was fired had the following to say: I understand his desire to search for intelligent life in outer space, because...http://homepage.mac.com/tdjohnsen/2004/10/12#programmer_fired_for_using_ CherryOS, Myth Or Not- (Found June 24, 2008 ) A lot of buzz has been generated on the Internet lately around a product called CherryOS. It&8217;s claiming to allow you to run Mac OS X on an Intel x86 platform at fairly decent speeds. A lot of the buzz surrounding this product is whether it&8217;s real or not. Some people are flat out saying it&8217;s a hoax, while others are saying it&8217;s a copy of the open source project PearPC. PearPC is another emulator that aims to emulate the PowerPC architecture that the Macintosh uses. Of...http://homepage.mac.com/tdjohnsen/2004/10/13#cherryos_myth_or_not Halo 2 Has Been Pirated- (Found June 24, 2008 ) In the news today is the fact that the PAL version of Halo 2 is make its rounds on the Internet. One of the comments to the Slashdot post says it best: I have spent so long waiting for Halo 2 to come out that another few weeks won&8217;t make a difference to me. The true diehard fans of Halo will not download the game. Rather, they will buy legit copies of Halo 2, and pay the developers the respect, and money, that they deserve for producing such an awesome game. People who steal from...http://homepage.mac.com/tdjohnsen/2004/10/14#halo_2_has_been_pirated Halo 2 Is Done- (Found June 24, 2008 ) The news coming out of Bungie is that Halo 2 is basically finished. That&8217;s good news, since we are about a month away from the release of this highly anticipated game. Scoble says that it lives up to the hype. I can&8217;t wait, I&8217;ve preordered my copy and I&8217;m ready, are youhttp://homepage.mac.com/tdjohnsen/2004/10/06#halo_2_is_done |