Dido – Here With Me
Y2000 old, but I’ve not heard it in a while.
MSIE 8 Tabbed Browsing
In order to adjust MSIE 8 behavior to open new windows in tabs instead of in a new window, the following config changes are indicated:
- MSIE8 => Tools => Options => Tabs (subsection) => Settings (Button) => Opens Tab Settings Window
- Tabs Setting Window => When a pop-up is encountered (subsection) => Always open pop-ups in a new tab
2010 Movies update
http://www.datarave.net/zfh/2010/01/01/2010-movies-i-want-to-see/
Daybreakers – Didn’t see it. Reason: reviews were poor
Book of Eli – Didn’t see it. Reason: Stephanie saw the preview and said it looked like a Post-Apocalyptic Roadhouse (and I don’t like Patrick Swayze movies)
Legion – Didn’t see it. Reason: Life interfered with seeing it while it was in the theatres (only 3 weeks till it was down to only two theatres and a total of four showings in the Bay Area)
Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief – Saw it. Review:
http://kotaku.com/5472879/percy-jackson–the-olympians-the-lightning-thief-review-a-muddled-mess
I agree overall with the Kotaku review. The movie lacked in a lot of ways, but don’t let that disuade you from seeing it in the theatre, just don’t go in with high expectations. It was certainly a fun movie. I wrote a review on AMC Entertainment (since I saw it in an AMC theatre and had purchased my tickets through their online store, they sent me “write a review” email, which I decided to fill out. Unfortunately the review only permits 750 characters, so …)
http://www.amcentertainment.com/Movies/Percy_Jackson___the_Olympians__The_Lightning_Thief/
Snow Patrol – Chasing Cars
Bioshock 2 – Alternate endings
My first play through resulted in the first ending. I killed one of the people mid-way through because he was pretty evil and given the choice, I felt the world would be better without him. Apparently the little Daughter learns from this that she should kill her mom (having judged her mother to be irredeamable).
The first ending in this video is the ending I got my first play through. I accidently harvested a few little sisters rand said “meh” and didn’t reload. You see, if you remap your keyboard so that the Use key isn’t “F”, the indicators for whether you harvest or save don’t update dynamically. It was quite bewildering when I first played through, only to discover that I couldn’t save the little sister because the button combinations didn’t work. (It says “Press F” to save the little sister, and I did and nothing happened.) As I got the hang of it, I still sometimes pressed the wrong buttons (the key mapping wasn’t as easy as I remember Bioshock 1 being… on the other hand, it might just be that I’m getting older and am beginning to suck at 1P shooters.)
I let the first “boss” (the old woman) live, I killed the other guy (his name escapes me), killed “alex the great” as his sane-recordings asked that I do, and I said “Save myself” at the end once I got up to the surface. Voila, ending 1.
Considering my choices, I imagine if I’d said sacrifice I would have received Ending 3. The only thing that caused me to choose “save myself” over “sacrifice” was something she said about if I chose “X” it would indicate I had regret, and if she didn’t know if she could be a monster if I had regret. I must have misunderstood which choice signified regret.
Bioshock 1 – Alternate Endings
My first play through I harvested none of the Little Sisters and got the “good ending.” I played through a second time to see what the “bad ending” was like. Youtube probably existed, but it was a mystery to me. I never completed my third playthrough for the “neutral ending.”
Roxio Creator 2010 & Tivo
http://roxiocentral.roxio.com/enu/offers/emc/default_tivo.aspx?tla=sonic_tivo
For a limited time, Tivo users get a $30 discount on both Roxio Creator and Roxio Creator Pro. Still trying to decide if I want to buy it myself, and if so, which version.
Of course, along the way, I decided to play around with my Tivo Desktop (for the first time since I upgraded to Windows 7), only to discover that the upgrade from Vista to Windows 7 broke Tivo Desktop.
After some searching on the internet, I discovered that the fix should be to uninstall Tivo Desktop, run the Desktop Cleaning utility from Tivo, then re-install with Administrative privileges. I’ll test that and report results later.
3 Doors Down – It’s Not My Time
Branching out to other sources for streaming media.
The Killers – Somebody Told Me
Older, but Pandora comes through with the tunes to post by selecting from the Alternative/POP catagory and starting to mark songs I like or don’t like.
Book anticipation: David Weber – A Mighty Fortress
I’ve enjoyed David Weber’s “Honor Harrington” series and as I’ve commented before, I’m looking forward to the continuation of this story. I have this book on order and it’s currently scheduled to be released on April 13. The point of this post is primarily to see if it is possible to put some Amazon marketing links on to the blog. While I doubt I’ll sell anything through this, it certainly can’t hurt to open the door to the possibility.
