http://www.oracleguy.ws/ My blog and personal website covering everything from programming to the Internet to cars to life http://www.oracleguy.ws/images/small_banner.jpg http://www.oracleguy.ws/ 100 34 Copyright (c)2004, OracleGuy Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:52:04 +0000 OracleBlog 1.0.005 http://www.oracleguy.ws/entry.php?entryid=115 I have been enjoying my time playing Left 4 Dead 2. I was originally skeptical about how much better or different it could be. While the idea is the same, the game is a lot better. Especially the sounds, they did a really good job making the environment sound real and... Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:52:04 +0000 Gaming kevin@oracleguy.ws http://www.oracleguy.ws/comments.php?entryid=115 http://www.oracleguy.ws/entry.php?entryid=114 I found that in Windows 7 the Windows Calculator has gotten some new features. And one of them is actually really cool (at least to me). They've added a programmer and a statistics mode to the standard and scientific modes. If you do a lot of work with hardware or... Sat, 28 Nov 2009 18:53:10 +0000 Windows kevin@oracleguy.ws http://www.oracleguy.ws/comments.php?entryid=114 http://www.oracleguy.ws/entry.php?entryid=113 I've voiced my support for the 64-bit transition on Windows before. Whenever I can run native 64-bit software in Windows, I try. I downloaded the source code for LAME 3.98 off their website which also includes build support for 64-bit. I compiled the 64-bit Windows... Wed, 22 Jul 2009 08:14:37 +0100 Windows kevin@oracleguy.ws http://www.oracleguy.ws/comments.php?entryid=113 http://www.oracleguy.ws/entry.php?entryid=112 Apparently there is a new issue with Microsoft’s HTML help system if you have Internet Explorer 8. If your program opens the help using the HtmlHelp call, when you go to exit, there is an access violation in ExitProcess. This is a known issue as of mid-May that appears yet... Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:46:00 +0100 Programming kevin@oracleguy.ws http://www.oracleguy.ws/comments.php?entryid=112 http://www.oracleguy.ws/entry.php?entryid=111 So the first official trailer for the new Star Trek film, Star Trek 11 (Watch it here) has been released. It has been a long time since I’ve blogged about Star Trek, 3 years in fact. Not since the last Star Trek series ended. My feelings are mixed in regards to the new... Sat, 29 Nov 2008 23:43:53 +0000 Movies/TV kevin@oracleguy.ws http://www.oracleguy.ws/comments.php?entryid=111 http://www.oracleguy.ws/entry.php?entryid=110 While it has been a long time since I've posted about this program, development has been restarted on the Episode Organizer. A big side project frequently gets preempted by life so it has been a long process. However I am proud to announce that a version is getting... Wed, 10 Sep 2008 00:09:30 +0100 Programming kevin@oracleguy.ws http://www.oracleguy.ws/comments.php?entryid=110