Archive for September, 2005

World of Warcraft

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idl3mind
on 9/25/2005
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Okay, there’s this new brand of crack rock I’m addicted to and it’s called World of Warcraft, or WoW. I’ve actually heard of relationships breaking up over WoW and Everquest, another MMORPG, and now I know why. Several friends of mine are playing it. One of my friends, eyedropp3r, told me I could trade in my PS2 + games at my local EB store, so I wouldn’t have to actually pay for the game. Taking his advice, I traded my PS2 + games, and got about $162 in store credit. I bought WoW and pre-ordered Quake 4. The ‘kid’ at EB said that I could pre-order Quake 4 for a $9 reservation fee, or I could just pre-purchase the game for full price. I figured I would just pre-purchase it, so that when it comes out I’m guaranteed a copy of the game and I wouldn’t have to shell out $40 in a couple of months to procure the game. Anyway, I figured since I’ve got $162 in credit, what the hell, go ahead and pay the full fee.

Anyhoo, WoW is flippin’ amazing. I’ve been playing it off and on for about a week now. My current player is a Level 10 Night Elf Rogue. Some of you won’t know what the hell that is without visiting the WoW site or actually playing the game yourself. The game is so good that I’ve been pricing a new AMD Athlon64 + new SLI mobo + new PCI-E video card to replace my current AthlonXP 3200 + Asus GeforceFX 5200. It’s a sickness, I know.

If you aren’t married or have a serious girlfriend and you have A LOT of time to kill, I suggest getting WoW.

High-res widescreen wallpapers

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idl3mind
on 9/25/2005
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These are certainly fun, especially if you have a dual display system or a very large 23″ or bigger monitor.

WordPress 1.5.2

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idl3mind
on 9/25/2005
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We’re happy to announce that a new version of WordPress is now available for download. This set of improvements and security fixes is in line with our commitment to maintaining an extremely stable 1.5 series. In addition to fixing a number of bugs and adding requested enhancements for plugin authors, this release also addresses all of the security issues that have been circulating the past few days. This is a very straight-forward upgrade, you just need to upload the new files over the old, but as always the Codex is the best resource on upgrading.

P.S. If you upgraded late Sunday night double-check that you have the latest version of wp-settings.php on your blog.

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Firefox 1.0.7 released

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idl3mind
on 9/24/2005
in Computers and News
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Firefox 1.0.7 is a security and stability release.

  • Fix for a potential buffer overflow vulnerability when loading a hostname with all soft-hyphens
  • Fix to prevent URLs passed from external programs from being parsed by the shell (Linux only)
  • Fix to prevent a crash when loading a Proxy Auto-Config (PAC) script that uses an “eval” statement
  • Fix to restore InstallTrigger.getVersion() for Extension authors
  • and more!

I personally have been using Firefox 1.5 Beta 1 (Deer Park). It’s badass. I like the way you can force clicked popup windows into a new tab.

New eyeglasses

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idl3mind
on 9/23/2005
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I got my first pair of eyeglasses this week. Come to find out I’m nearsighted. I’ve been squinting at things for six months now, and finally decided to go to my eye doctor to find out. My prescription isn’t very strong, but these glasses make all the difference in the world while driving, bowling, watching TV, etc. I don’t have to wear them while in front of the computer, but why bother taking them off since they don’t hinder my vision of things up close, plus, they make me look intellectual. ;)

Dear Apple, how do I love thee?

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idl3mind
on 9/11/2005
in Computers, Music and Technology
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Apple does it again, all in one week too!

First off, they release the new iPod nano, a new tiny version of the iPod. Available in a 2GB and 4GB model, the iPod nano can store up to 500 songs or 1000 songs respectively.


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