Archive for June, 2005

AMD vs Intel “Fair and Open Competition”



No not the old AMD vs Intel processor debate, alledgely Intel have been ‘illegally maintaining a monopoly’.
AMD have setup a website here which also contains a PDF copy of the full complaint, which makes for some interesting reading.

Windows Update Update



Probably the most significant update for the end-user for some time was released yesterday. The Package Installer aka KB898461 will finally put an end to downloading an installer with every Windows Update release.
Future updates from Windows Update will use your local copy of the Packager Installer to install correctly on your machine. Indeed, Microsoft […]

CSS Toolbar



I’m currently modifiying my main site, it will take some time, I suspect it will ‘evolve’ over time. One of the pieces of css/html code that will probably be lost in this process will be the CSS toolbar I’ve used in various places.
The advantage of the CSS toolbar is that it requires zero scripting, […]

Software installation



Why does software installation have to be so complex?
I’ve played with many installation packages in my time, from InstallShield and Wise to Windows Installer for Visual Studio. Complex IDE’s, setup engine bloat….. surely there is a simpler way?
Well I think there is, I’ve found NSIS.
Forget an IDE, after all I simply want to […]

The Big Bang



More of a small fizzle maybe…
The start of a new blog, which I plan to update frequently in the near future.
Currently I’m undergoing a painful migration of my site, inflicted on me by my ISP, in their infinite wisdom they have decided to create a new ‘fresh’ server to which all users must manually […]