Thursday, October 31, 2002
I have been away for the last few days visiting my very good friend Dave who is in the hospital right now. I wanted to stay longer but I had to return to NYC, and on Halloween of all days. I can tell you this Halloween seems to be craziness since I moved to this small town. The neighborhood is jammed pack with people in costumes partying in the streets and waiting for the parade. I can tell I will not get any sleep tonight. The yelling and screaming has already started and it's only 8:30 pm. Oh well...part of the joy of living in the West Village. Too bad I am not into the festivities this year.
posted by Kirby Turner | October 31 08:35 PM | comments (0)Friday, October 25, 2002
I got the new Transworld Snowboarding game for the XBox last night and it's pretty dang cool. I still have not decided which I like better, Amped or Transworld SB, but both are a must have for any rider who own an XBox.
I found Transworld SB to be easier than Amped on learning tricks, and jibs and landings are definitely easier. Transworld SB's uses a combination of the left and right sticks to control the rider, which work better for me. The graphics are definitely better than Amped and I perfer the freedom to roam throughout the slopes without being told I am out of bounds or that I must go down hill. Probably the biggest difference in the two is that Transworld SB seems to focus more on perfecting specific tricks whereas Amped is about tricking it out with whatever to get the highest possible score.
Example, one objective in Transworld SB is to pull a perfect Indy. Originally I was doing the indy along with other tricks but this did not meet the objective. As it turns out, to meet the objective I had to pull the perfect indy and that it is. I didn't need to do other tricks while in the air. Another example is the objective of a front-side 720. I had to learn not to over spin the trick. In Amped I always try to get the most spin each and every time.
Transworld SB is definitely cool, but I find Amped more challenging (so far). Making it through a career in Amped to be number one is dang hard, imo. Still, if you love to ride and you have an XBox get both games.
Tuesday, October 22, 2002
Today Killington posted that it plans to open its slopes to the public this Friday at 9:00 am! Start waxin' the boards because the season is about to begin.
posted by Kirby Turner | October 22 04:55 PM | comments (0)Alan Cooper has this to say about architects: "Architects synthesize people, purpose, and technology. If you just take people and technology, you have art-entertainment. If you just take technology and purpose, it's engineering. And people and purpose without technology is psychology. Architects have to synthesize all this, to create a vision of a solution. People must get something practical achieved."
Read more from his recent chat withVisual Studio Magazine.
Monday, October 21, 2002
I un-installed Visual XSLT the other day and it broke my Visual Studio.NET install. When I created a new Windows Application, VS.NET would fail to display Form1 in the Form Designer with the exception "File or assembly name EnvDTE, or one of its dependencies, was not found." I believe the problem was caused by un-installing Visual XSLT. Luckily the fix was simple.
Under the .NET Framework directory C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.0.3705\ you will find the envdte.dll assembly. Copy this file to C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET\Common7\IDE\ and you should be good to go. Of course you will need to adjust the drive letters based on your configuration.
This fix worked for me. Hopefully it will work for you if you are experiencing the same problem.
Wednesday, October 16, 2002
I love this photo of Melanie.
posted by Kirby Turner | October 16 06:01 PM | comments (3)Melanie recently had cable TV setup in the apartment. Yep, she is trying to bring me into the '90s. Next thing you know, we'll have a microwave. Anyway...I spent the day veggin' out on our new comfy couch watching cable TV and concluded that Saturday Night Live must be one of the most aired cable TV shows in America today. It seems to be on all the time. From the original Not Ready for Prime Time Players to those bad 80s and 90s seasons, you are only a few clicks of the remote away from another broadcast of SNL. Now back to Sponge Bob Square Pants, Nickelodeon's top rated kid's cartoon show where 40% of the viewers are adults.
posted by Kirby Turner | October 16 05:47 PM | comments (8)Sunday, October 13, 2002
New photos from recent trips including France are finally online. As per Renay's request a gallery link has been added to the links section on the right side. Enjoy.
posted by Kirby Turner | October 13 02:50 PM | comments (15)Saturday, October 12, 2002
I just put the finishing touches on PhotoRoom version 1.2, which is now available for download. Enjoy.
posted by Kirby Turner | October 12 07:04 PM | comments (0)Thursday, October 10, 2002
Barney not found? Microsoft might have your answer in this KB: Q172668 - Barney Fun on Imagination Island Error Message: Barney Not Found.
posted by Kirby Turner | October 10 12:19 PM | comments (0)Monday, October 07, 2002
I have finally been published...online that is. Integration News has published an article I wrote months ago on Building a Web Service. Looks like some nice edits were added too because I almost didn't recognize the article.
posted by Kirby Turner | October 7 05:14 PM | comments (4)We have returned from our Charlotte visit. It was a great time and really nice to see Dave and meet the little woman (no pun intended) Meg. We ate at some very good restaurants...Dave and Meg knows how to pick 'em. And Saturday night's live sketch comedy at The Perch left all of us with our sides hurting. "Talkin' Baby. That's crazy." Thanks Dave and Meg for the invite!
posted by Kirby Turner | October 7 04:24 PM | comments (0)Friday, October 04, 2002
Melanie and I are heading down to Charlotte NC for the weekend to visit my most excellent friend Dave. And to meet his main squeeze Meg. Although I have been to NC before, this will be my first real visit to the state.
posted by Kirby Turner | October 4 01:14 PM | comments (4)
