I just went to the 2007 Austin Maker Faire, tons of interesting stuff there. It was really great overall, there was everything from a human powered ferris wheel transportation device (see picture above) to a fire hydrant made into a flamethrower, and everything in between. The only bad thing about the day was that they [...]
Archives for October, 2007
Red Ring of DEATH update – 360 sent back!
Well, 3 days after I reported the Xbox 360 hardware error – otherwise known as a Red Ring of Death (“RROD”), I received Microsoft’s pre-paid return packaging (also known as the “coffin” – look at the picture). I sent it off the next day, and since I’m in the same state as the repair [...]
Yahoo! Autosync
Yahoo! Autosync is basically an easy way to upload your Microsoft Outlook contacts to an online contact manager (Yahoo). Since my iPhone supports yahoo contact synchronization, and I am trying to switch away from using the Microsoft Office suite, I decided to give it a try. It worked really well, once the program is [...]
! RRoD !
Or in other words, an Xbox 360 “Red Ring of Death” (hence, RRoD) . This particular 360 is very close to a launch model, with the production date in December 2005, so I guess I should have been expecting a problem, but it’s worked great so far!
Just yesterday, I was playing Halo 3 and finishing [...]