http://matthew.chaboud.com Putting the cart before the horse since 1979... Wed, 31 Mar 2010 22:06:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It occurred to me while reading about Sony's recent decision to remove Linux support from the PS3 with a firmware update (version 3.21) that the overwhelmingly negative response comes from a few groups of people, only one of which seems well reasoned: 1. People who blame George Hotz for rooting the ... http://matthew.chaboud.com/?p=11 I've seen a number of complaints from users of our software and other software along the lines of: "Vista has been in Beta since last year! Why don't you have an update for compatibility?!? Don't you care about your users?!? I'm going to switch to different software because ... http://matthew.chaboud.com/?p=10 C++ is a language that regularly presents things that make me laugh and cringe at the same time. It, more than any modern language I use that starts with "C" and ends with a non alphanumeric character, provides me enough rope to create things that seem useful on the ... http://matthew.chaboud.com/?p=9 Chances are, if you're an HTC 2125 user, that you use the sync feature of the phone. It's especially appropriate for this phone, as the T9 entry makes it difficult to lay down data really quickly. If you're also a Vista user, you may have found the inability ... http://matthew.chaboud.com/?p=8 If you own a Cingular 2125, there's a chance that you're interested in having it act as a usb modem with your computer. If you're a Windows Vista user, this might be difficult, as the usbser.sys file is not available in the usual way. I spent a lot ... http://matthew.chaboud.com/?p=7 No new Hellotrans news, but I've posted a Vegas 5 difference-masking tutorial here. Let me know what you think... P.S. If bandwidth usage goes out of control from the large files in this tutorial, I'll yank it and note the removal in this post. http://matthew.chaboud.com/?p=6 Hellotrans will receive a much larger update than planned, making use of RegisterHotKey(), building with a makefile, and adding custom key support. This will likely be version 2.0 and will have to wait for a few weeks until I can get a free night to work on it. http://matthew.chaboud.com/?p=5 HelloTrans will be receiving some attention in the near future. At the very least, support for customizable keys will be added. Expect changes before the end of August. http://matthew.chaboud.com/?p=4