Archive for August, 2006


Old Video Games in Tulsa

Sunday, Aug 20th, 2006 by Brandon | 0 Comments
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Yesterday we stopped by the Oklahoma Video Game Exhibition in Tulsa. If the OVGE was about the latest video games, I wouldn’t be interested. But an exhibition where people are showing their “old computer” collections and trading rare games, hardware, and software? We’re there! Here are some photos.
I think this afternoon, the Commodore 128 is [...]

Why is Apple preoccupied with Vista?

Saturday, Aug 12th, 2006 by Brandon | 0 Comments
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Paul Thurrott has some interesting comments on Apple’s preoccupation with Windows Vista:
“…But by the same token, I have to admit to being a bit shocked by how childish Apple is about Vista. Say what you will about Microsoft (heck, I do), but the company is at least deferential to its customers in public, about as [...]

Turbo Tools has a website

Tuesday, Aug 8th, 2006 by Brandon | 0 Comments
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Here’s a little update on yesterday’s blog post: The “Turbo Tools” has a website.

Borland brings back Turbo development tools

Monday, Aug 7th, 2006 by Brandon | 0 Comments
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Good news on the Delphi front: Borland brings back its Turbo Tools.
I’ve been a loyal Borland tools user for as long as I have been seriously programming. I cut my teeth on Turbo Pascal. I taught myself C with Borland C++ when it was still a DOS-only tool. I programmed SwordSearcher 2.0 with Borland C++ [...]

Global Warming Already Happened

Friday, Aug 4th, 2006 by Brandon | 0 Comments
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Global Warming Already Happened
People sweltering from a heat wave in the Mid-Atlantic region of the U.S. might find cold comfort in the fact that the temperatures of the past few days are not the hottest on record. That “honor” belongs to a summer 76 years ago — decades before the controversy over “man-made global warming” [...]