Posted in games on Jul 29th, 2008
With a little work, I finally got the PC version of Civilization IV (Civ4) running on my iMac in Parallels. The game uses DirectX 9 and this was the source of most of my problems. Clearing up the graphic glitches was a two step process: First, I had to enable DirectX Shaders in the Parallels [...]
Posted in blogging, linking logs on Aug 31st, 2007
Below you’ll find the interesting tidbits for 2007-08-28 through 2007-08-31: Fast Fix for Cracked Tile | Tile | How-to | This Old House – Having recently suffered the indignity of a cracked tile, I can tell you this page was a lifesaver. tow.com » blog » Cheney vs. Cheney – Simply said…How To Blog – [...]
Posted in blogging, linking logs on Aug 22nd, 2007
Below you’ll find the interesting tidbits for 2007-08-21 through 2007-08-22: PuttyTabs – Tabs for PuTTY – PuTTY is by the far the best terminal client for Windows. When I was a Windows user, I would have a dozen PuTTY windows open and hanging around. Perhaps this application could have helped me get a bit more [...]
Posted in tech on Jul 7th, 2007
Quick note: I’ve got a 20″ iMac on the way. It’s got the 256 MB video option and 2 GB of RAM. It left Shanghai earlier today and has already arrived in Anchorage. I’ll post more when it arrives. In the meantime, the video below should help illustrate why I’m switching fully to Mac OS [...]