http://web.archive.org/web/19970706101420/www.mpp.com/mission.html

Now that brings back memories... Thanks Ducky.

MPP was where I got my start working in the computer industry, way back when I was still in high school, about 12 years ago. Wow, I feel old now... 

I have been working on this problem for a little while now and I think I have finally figured it out. I am using SQL 2005 Express Edition, and now on 2 seperate occasions, I have had the problem where the SQL Server service will fail to start with the following events in the Windows Application log:More...

The Slip has been released by NIN for free, and this time from what I can tell its much more mainstream and nothing like Ghosts at all. Ghosts was a little too experimental for my taste. I liked it, but its not something I would listen to everyday. Cool thing about The Slip is that they have released it in 4 formats, your normal DRMless MP3s that you can get right off the site, and 3 other lossless formats(FLAC, Apple lossless and WAV) you have to download via torrents.

I guess Trent's made enough money now that he can just give his music away for free huh? Either that or he knows the futility of DRM. Nah, he probably realizes that it is great press, pleases the fans, and that it will probably turn into more merchandise/concert sales.

Past few weeks have been rather exciting for us folks who own a Mac, yet run Windows on it.

First we see the release of MacBook Pro EFI Firmware Update 1.5.1, which I'm happy to report resolves the issue in Vista where from boot, Vista doesn't show the appropriate power source being applied. Basically for the non-techie folk out there, if you booted into Vista, had the power adapter plugged in, Vista didn't know it till you unplugged and replugged the power adapter. A minor annoyance to be sure, but an annoyance none the less.

Second we see the release of Boot Camp Update 2.1, for all current versions of Windows, INCLUDING 64bit Vista, which is new if I recall. The previous versions of Boot Camp prior to this release were all targeted at 32bit versions of Windows. Head on over to the Apple Support Downloads page to find and download Boot Camp 2.1 for Vista 32 and 64bit as well as for XP.

The only thing that's been bugging me for a while is the fact I can't find a change log or a list of bugs fixed for these updates. Can anyone help with that?

Just a friendly reminder to my US based readers that DST starts 2am March 9th! So set your clocks 1 hour ahead.

Starting in 2007, most of the United States and Canada observe DST from the second Sunday in March to the first Sunday in November, almost two-thirds of the year.

NIN has made available the first 9 tracks from the Ghosts I-IV album for free. Looks like they will be DRM free high quality 320kbps MP3 files. I had problems with the ordering system taking my Hotmail address(said it wasn't valid), so if you have that problem try a different address.

Update: Looks like the site is down because they got more then 3 times the traffic they anticipated. Woops! I wasn't able to complete the download, so I have yet to actually listen to any of it. However, you can buy the whole thing, thats 36 tracks, over at Amazon.com for $5. Not bad! You can also find those first 9 free tracks over at thepiratebay.org, so fire up your favorite bittorent client and tell me what you think.

That just makes my blood boil. If its true, I'm glad I'm not a Comcast customer...

After HDDVD Drop Toshiba Spends 835M to Back PS3

Makes you wonder about Sony's business practices doesn't it?