November 2005 Entries
From Microsoft Watch, Microsoft has committed to VS.NET 2003 SP1 and VS 2005 SP1. About bloody damn time, I say. I still encounter sporadic bugs in 2003 so this will definitely help. I just hope it doesn't cultivate more bugs and require MORE patches. http://www.microsoft-watch.
Many may all ready know this but I had a chat with one of the Webhost4Life operators a few minutes ago and they should have ASP.NET 2.0 out to all their servers in about a week or two. How freaking great is that? The 7th would be wonderful but
A friend passed me a link that shows some pretty cute plush animals representing certain microbes. In the list are HIV, Ebola, Mono, Syphillis, the Clap, and the flu. Too cute. http://www.thinkgeek.com/cu
Pros: The graphics are a very nice improvement over AoE2. Better civilazation/empire building. Rushes are a lot harder in this one. More sources for food and gold. Cons: Nearly identical gameplay as AoE2. No historically accurate campaigns (I am a history buff and therefore would at least like to see at least historical campaigns). The better quality graphics seem to require a lot of hardware, more than I would have thought. $50! There should be a warning on the box: If you played AoE2, just skip...