Adventures As Me

Directx, the most common API on Windows for game development, is not backward compatible. Why?
When you upgrade to a new version of Windows ( e.g. from Windows XP to Windows Vista ) you need to install older versions of directx in order to use your older games. For Windows Vista, this means installing directx 9. [...]

Twitter went from being “why would I use this?” to “hmmm, look how many of my friends are using it” to “why doesn’t this integrate easily with anything I use?”
The closest is via SMS, but that can be costly for how often updates happen. What I would like to see:
1. Better integration with current IM [...]

After three months, openSUSE is here to stay. On my home desktop that is. It has totally replaced Kubuntu for my preference. The quality documentation is one shining point for me. Yes, I actually read documentation. The tight integration between applications is another. Kubuntu may eventually reach this level, in a about 6 – 10 [...]

At work we debated adding OpenSUSE 11 as
an officially supported platform[ 1]. In the past, when doing this, I’ve
preferred using the targeted platform exclusively for an extended period. For
various reasons, this hasn’t been feasible this time. While testing time has
been devoted to it, that doesn’t give one the same familiarity as using it for daily [...]

Years ago, I registered my Linux workstation with the Linux Counter project. Each year I receive a reminder from them to update my registration. Which I have, even adding servers and more workstations. Each year I marvel at the usability issues of the site, which (according to my memory) has looked the same for the [...]