Hey everyone, check out tiltsite.com, I’m a writer here now and you may see a couple of my posts.  I’m working on the first article right now in fact.

By the way, Microsoft Live Writer(and a lot of the Live suite of software) is very cool(using it right now for this article)

Also….I’m on the President’s Honor Roll for last semester, WOOHOO!

If you’re like me, you’re not a fan of Apple hardware or software. Sure you’re probably saying “how can you dislike something so pure?” Well, same way I dislike designer clothing. A mac really is only designer clothing. Sure back in the days of the PowerPC processors Apple was different, but now, you’re just paying insane dollars for a name wrapped in a pretty container(don’t start on EFI).

Among my annoyances are “necessities” now days such as iTunes/Quicktime. Personally, I have a strong vendetta against Quicktime, mostly because it’s constantly messing with Firefox’s stability.

Before you say “it’s a Windows thing” remember this, there’s plenty of other software originally designed for Linux that runs just fine inside of Windows(VLC *cough*). And how about other applications like foobar2000 that are also light on resources

But aside from that, is the annoying Apple Software Updater which now attempts to automatically install Safari. I have no use for Safari, it’s not particularly extensible, and if you’re wanting speed and security, why not try Opera?

But how to get rid of it? I searched everywhere only to find it in a not-so-Windowsy place. Now I will give Apple this, they put it in a logical place where it wouldn’t tie up boot times or otherwise occupy resources when it wasn’t needed. Too many applications these days launch on system boot(I’m talking to you Adobe Updater and Sun Java Updater) and needlessly occupy system resources as well as increase boot time.

It’s in the Scheduled Tasks folder. I’ve since deleted it here and haven’t gotten another prompt for it.

So I end on a higher note than I began. Apple, I’m not a fan of the software itself, but as far as putting an annoying updater in an annoyingly unsuspected place(more annoying that I didn’t think to check here), I’m glad you did it sensibly.

So I decided to write an easy to use pinging program in C++…ok so this is probably platform dependent(uses the system() method) but I said BasicPing.

Download basicping

So Microsoft seems to be pumping out a ton of cool new things(well this isn’t exactly new BUT IT’S NEW TO ME!) and one of these is PowerShell.

I’m working on a streamlined Vista install at the moment, but I’m going to be working more on PowerShell and see what it offers.

Microsoft Live Mesh is one of the coolest things since the glossy LCD screen.  I can’t wait for the mobile version to be rolled out.

Essentially it’s just SkyDrive meets Remote Desktop, but there are more features too.  It allows you to create sync’ed folders across machines(even add external users for collaboration purposes), remote into your PC from any ActiveX supporting web browser(I dunno why I didn’t just say “IE”), and gives you 5gb of storage space.

I’m not 100% sure what the mobile version is supposed to do, but I’m hopeful.

Microsoft is really pumping out the cool technologies lately.  Giving Google a run for their money in a heartbeat.

Finally out of college for the summer, with a 4.0 this semester to boot. Already registered for classes this fall, full-time, no computer classes. It’s ok though, get all my gen. ed.s done now and I don’t have to worry about them for the rest of my degree(well mostly).

So now I look for a new job. I’ve been invited to a talent search next week.

Either way, time to push forward finding a part time job. I’m tired of working full-time and want to enjoy my summer again.

In the mean time, enjoy a Snow Leopard(compliments of XianJaguar)

So I have a correction/confession on my prior comments about Java. I’m currently near the tail-end of my latest semester in college and two of my classes(one focuses on C++ and the other on Java) are pounding me down with homework at the moment.

So I have a confession, Java really isn’t that bad. On the contrary, it’s actually quite good in my opinion. What I meant by my statement is mostly because of my hatred of doing manual GUI’s in Java(I haven’t attempted them in C++). Ever since then I’ve found Visual Editor in Eclipse and the NetBeans GUI editor and both have been promising.

But as it were, more updates after I finish this->semester. This includes gaming stuffs, and more satire, projects, etc.

Also I hope I can ditch my full-time job for a part time at some point.