Archive for June 2007
World of Warcraft – Alts
26 Jun 2007I’ve hit level 50 with my main character now. Whilst I want to get another 10 levels and start on the BC content, I have found the gold I make farming with this character, particularly on recipes, enables me to spec out my alts like never before.
So I started a hunter. I already have him up to level 12 and besides being a bit time consuming, its fun. Playing a hunter is like being in a 2 man group all the time.
MSIEXEC Complete Install
13 Jun 2007If you want to install an MSI with no user intervention, and scripted, you can use msiexec. But what if you want to do a complete installation on the product, instead of a typical installation (which would be default)? Put this in your script:
<br /> msiexec /i yourpackage.msi /passive ADDLOCAL=ALL
ADDLOCAL=ALL is the key to a complete install. Enjoy your automated windows installation.
Gates vs Jobs
06 Jun 2007Of interest to most “Tech” people out there would be the chat between Steve Jobs (of Apple fame if you are from under a rock) and Bill Gates (of Microsoft fame if you are not in the know). This occurred at the All Things Digital conference, and is now available for your aural or visual pleasure on the iTunes Music Store in the form of an audio and video podcast.
3D Cards and WoW – the 7300 GT TDH
03 Jun 2007I recently upgraded to a 22″ widescreen monitor. To drive this monitor in a Digital fashion, I jumped from a Geforce 3 series to a Geforce 7 Series with a Dual Link DVI connector. It turns out the monitor wasn’t dual link, but this review is on the card, not the monitor. The old 3D card was some major brand, I can’t remember which, and since I was upgrading an existing AGP card, I had to choose a replacement AGP card as well.
iTunes now with 256Kbps DRM free goodness
01 Jun 2007A friend recently said he had been steering clear of the iTunes Music Store because of the low bitrate. This is even though he uses an ipod, mac and iTunes. I personally have purchased over 300 tracks at the previous 128Kbps bitrate, and up to now, have been happy with the quality of these AAC song files.
Now apple have released a (so far limited) portion of their catalogue, being from EMI at 256Kbps, and DRM free to top it off.