January 2007 - Posts

Need a GFX (cartoon) artist
Wednesday, January 31, 2007 1:36 PM

I'm looking for a GFX artist who can render a proof-of-concept cartoon strip for me.

It'd be purely voluntary work, but the concept is way cool and it'd attract many a hit and we'd make sure your name is put up in Hollywood style bright lights ;-)

PM me if you are up for it!

Rob

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Hollywood OS
Wednesday, January 31, 2007 1:27 PM

This is probably not funny at all, but I reproduce here in case in makes you chuckle.

Hollywood OS, don't you love it Tongue Tied [:S]

Fly says
I saw White Noise 2
Fly says
was quite good
Rob says
oki
Rob says
i watched Pulse last night, holy batman what a corny tech horror
Rob says
if your a geek these movies hurt with their inaccurate depictions ... demons that come out of mobile fones, ok
Rob says
i can just about download a picture or send a MP3 let alone a fully blown flying digital demon! 
Fly says
yeah, i saw that
Fly says
there is one called stay alive
Fly says
corny as hell
Rob says
like he boots up his PC and no OS loads, just a one liner would you like to see a ghost and EVERYONE clicks on the word to but yet it's not hyperlinked or highlighted
Rob says
and the acting was megadire! ok rantflame over
Fly says
thats hollywood OS
Rob says
oh yeah of course!!!!
Fly says
there is hollywood browser too
Fly says
big chunky and only has back and print
Rob says
Hollywood OS V5, and Hollywood Messaging Email client
Rob says
i might blog about that, Hollywood OS's
Fly says
oh yeah... the one that has no tool bar
Rob says
just a big back button
Fly says
yep
Rob says
go on take time off and come snowboarding with me bro
Fly says
preloaded with hollywood search engine
Rob says
18th to 22nd
Rob says
preloaded lol
Fly says
only has a big text box and the button search
Fly says
always gets what you want first time
Fly says
google should take a leaf from their book
Fly says
i cant mate, i am working!
Fly says
they dont give me time off here
rob says
maybe you should type your holiday request in to Hollywood OS Search Engine. it would come up with a Hollywood 404
Fly says
file deleted
Fly says
duh duh daaaaaaaaaaa
Rob says
or the menu's have only one action on there, and coincidently its the action you want delete all
Rob says
no copy,  no paste, not laden with useless features, its better than a MAC OS !
Rob says
oh and thats another thing, Hollywood Messaging client predicts what your going to say so no typo's appear and the letters come out fluidly one after the other
Fly says
even if you hit the keys continously
Fly says
even command prompt enumerates one char at a time in a flashy pulsy kind of way
Rob says
exacto

And there we left it, overwhelmed by the amazing powers of the Hollywood OS!

Here's some links to funny Hollywood OS sites

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_operating_system

This one cracked me up,

http://www.somethingawful.com/index.php?a=112

http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?HollywoodOs

All these where lifted from the first link (Wiki site) heh

Enjoy!

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Google videos
Wednesday, January 31, 2007 1:15 PM

Was having an MSN conversation last night with a friend, when he dropped in these two links:

Richard Dawkins - The Virus of Faith

If you're religious and not willing to accept any criticism or the mere mention of the word atheist turns you, then skip this link.

Anyone else, its worth watching as Dawkins presents some good arguments and observations with interviews of various religious leaders.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5752208690443739173&q=genre%3Adocumentary

Magic Weed - History of Marijuana

Hemp has been used for about 10,000 years according to this documentary. But for various reasons it's use has almost been completely banned in recent times. If this documentary is accurate, then its shocking how governments and religious organisations have restricted it's use. Some of the statistics are eye-opening. And it beggers belief, that we still use cotton when Hemp does not need pesticides to grow nor does it require as much land to produce the same quantities as it does to yield cotton. Worth watching.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8410436555236949417&q=genre%3Adocumentary

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Alex's Pictures
Wednesday, January 31, 2007 1:13 PM

Here's some pictures a friend took and put up on the web. Some amazing shots here.

http://www.alexeckford.com/photos/index3.htm#

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A day with the Traffic Police
Wednesday, January 31, 2007 1:12 PM

A friend send me this article he wrote, wherein he spends a day with a UK Traffic Officer in the City of London.

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/EDITORIAL/CARS/FEATURES/32637.html

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SMS2003 ITMU gets some lovin
Wednesday, January 31, 2007 1:09 PM

The SMS2003 ITMU Tool has been revised (30th Jan)

Systems Management Server 2003 Inventory Tool for Microsoft Updates Revision 3

Article ID : 931506
Last Review : January 30, 2007
Revision : 2.1

INTRODUCTION

This article describes the Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003 Inventory Tool for Microsoft Updates (ITMU) Revision 3. The SMS 2003 ITMU Revision 3 was originally released on November 2, 2006. Additionally, the SMS 2003 ITMU Revision 3 provides support for a new offline catalog format that is provided by Microsoft Update and Microsoft Windows Update. This catalog is used by the Windows Update Agent. The latest version of the ITMU also includes performance improvements and setup changes to create collection memberships that target Windows Vista client computers.

http://www.kbalertz.com/kbNamed_931506/Describes.Systems.Management.Server.2003.Inventory.Tool.Microsoft.Updates.Revision.aspx

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My fav shot from Chamonix
Saturday, January 27, 2007 1:32 PM

Mr Pryce, toe'ing towards me!

He's coming directly towards the camera, sliding towards the left of the shot. It took nerves of steel to keep my Canon 350D on him, i think he almost touched my board as he came passed! His is not in the shot, but at the speed he was going i'm glad to have captured this Stick out tongue [:P]

Taken at Le Tour, in the Chamonix Valley (France).

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Intels new 45nm die production process
Saturday, January 27, 2007 12:36 PM

These chips, they just get smaller and smaller!

Bit-tech have a good review of the new 45nm technology process that Intel recently announced.

And on a side-note, my brother Fred who works at Bit-tech, reviewed the Zalman HD135 HTPC Enclosure earlier this month, worth a read Big Smile [:D]

 

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Back from my holiday
Tuesday, January 23, 2007 3:21 AM

Just got back from the French Alps.

Bit early in the season, and was a bit concerned that good old mother nature wasn't going to dump enough snow ... but in the end we found some cool red's in Le Tour and Le Houches. I'll put some pictures up on MyLifeOfTravel once i've got them off the camera and processed Big Smile [:D]

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SMS2003 Service Pack 3 Open Beta
Tuesday, January 23, 2007 3:19 AM

SMS2003 SP3 Beta was opened to the public on the 17th of Jan. A tad late but here is the link for you to play with it in a dev environment.

 

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Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts File (MVPS)
Wednesday, January 17, 2007 11:54 AM

I've been using the HOSTS file from MVPS for a couple of years now, and its helped block a lot of junk activity during my WWW travels.

If you've not seen it before, check it out here

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Microsoft Messaging and Mobility User Group in the UK
Wednesday, January 17, 2007 11:33 AM

Nathan Winters from The MMUG group is organising a meeting at the MS SOHO office in London on Monday 26th February.

Covering two topics, Powershell and Server Security for Exchange.

Link

Might try to attend this one, as Richard Siddaway from the UK PowerShell User Group will be there to show some of the wonders of PowerShell scripting.

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SMS2003 and Publishing data to the Active Directory
Monday, January 08, 2007 11:28 AM

I wrote this article a while back. But Community Server doesn't have a true Article feature so I couldn't surface it easily.

Anyways heres the link

SMS2003 and Publishing data to the Active Directory

I've read that some engineers have had a hard time in setting this up so that a global group can be used rather than specifying the Site servers computer account(s).

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The Secret Life of Machines
Sunday, January 07, 2007 4:03 PM

Found whole series (it seems) of The Secret Life of Machines

Excerpt:

Just how does a video recorder work? And how about fax machines, cars, washing machines, electric light, telephones, vacuum cleaners, and refrigerators? You'll find the answers here. This site is designed as a companion to the TV series 'The Secret Life Of Machines' written by Tim Hunkin, and presented by Tim Hunkin and Rex Garrod.

Here is the homepage describing each episode
http://www.secretlifeofmachines.com/index.shtml

And here they are on Google Video!
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8470833559277771120&q=%22the+secret+life+of+machines%22

 

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