Archive for December, 2005

EZCamGrab v1.0 Released!

Wednesday, December 28th, 2005

I wanted to figure out a way to start capturing video or images using VB.NET, and for my first program, EZCamGrab was the result. It is used to capture JPG snapshots quickly and easily from any WIA (Windows Image Acquisition) supported webcam. It also automatically saves captured files to new filenames, so you can capture […]

Merry Christmas!

Saturday, December 24th, 2005

Just wanted to wish everyone a merry Christmas! I think I’m going to get lots of coal this year in my stocking, but then again, thats not anything new :) Eat lots of sweets, watch a little holiday football, and try not to get too tired of your family!

SunChips Marketers Should Be Fired

Monday, December 19th, 2005

During lunch today, while enjoying my tasty, crispy bag of SunChips, I noticed a couple of odd things while reading the package. On the front of the package, there is writing of how SunChips have “30 percent less fat that regular potato chips”. Out of curiosity, I turned the bag over and started reading the […]

XBox 360 Game Supposedly Cracked

Sunday, December 18th, 2005

The first rumors of a game for the XBox 360 have started, with Condemned : Criminal Origins. A group called “Team PI Coder” have said they were able to create a Raw Dump of the files from the DVD. You can’t do anything with the files yet, the XBox 360 won’t play them, but its […]

FireFox 1.5 Is Officially Here

Wednesday, December 14th, 2005

FireFox 1.5 is now out, it is not in Beta anymore, so time to download! What’s new and improved in this version? Faster browsing, improved pop up blocking, integrated search, stronger security, and Live Bookmarks, as well as a few other things. If you are still using IE, then click on my “browse happy” link […]

PopClock

Sunday, December 11th, 2005

Found another interestingly unuseful site that I figured I would post here. The census keeps a running tab of US population predictions, accurate to the very minute. Want the current pediction??
Go to the PopClock now!
From my visit:
According to the U.S. Bureau of the Census, the resident population of the United States, projected to 12/11/05 […]

InfoBot v1.1 Released!

Saturday, December 10th, 2005

Created a minor update for InfoBot. Some errors occurred with people not having microsoft.mshtml.dll in their framework installations. To resolve this, I included the dll in a new installation package, and should be included in the directory when you install the MSI package. Also fixed a problem with calling the application directory in order to […]

Search Pi

Monday, December 5th, 2005

Found a site where you can search for patterns of numbers in Pi. The Pi Search Site searches over 200 million digits in the number. What is this useful for? Well, nothing really, just something to play with. I searched for my birthday (01/07/1980), and the results:
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The string 01071980 was found at position 42,989,599 counting […]

Only An Aggie….

Friday, December 2nd, 2005

Here’s an associated press article that my bro sent me…
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Aggie charged in manure incident at UT game
Associated Press
BRYAN — A member of the Texas A&M University Parsons Mounted Cavalry accused of throwing horse manure at University of Texas band members before their annual football game has been charged with criminal mischief.
A lieutenant from the […]