Matt Bowcock // mbowcock.com

I ran into an issue last night where I changed the boot options for XP using MSCONFIG (foolishly) to enter safemode.  After doing this the computer would blue screen when booting and then attempt to boot back into safe mode.  I didn’t have a XP disc to enter recovery mode so I ended at google [...]

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I got into programming about a year before Future Crew released Panic in 1992 and absolutely loved it.  I thought it was the most amazing thing - the music was great, loved the mandelbrot set.  Anyway - I was browsing the Interweb and found a couple of sites worth checking out -
pouet.net - online demoscene [...]

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I’ve been playing with Chrome since I downloaded it yesterday and have a couple of observations -
Its fast - much faster to start than Firefox, Opera, or IE7 - and pages start loading quicker
As far as memory usage is concerned for 1 page (1 tab) Chrome uses less memory.  As you add tabs Chrome utilizes more [...]

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Google announced it intends to release its own open source web browser called Chrome on Tuesday (Sept. 2).  The announcement came after Google accidently posted a comic book detailing the plans.  You can view the comic book on Google Books.  I wonder how the name came about since Google has been a big supporter of [...]

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Although the Android hasn’t been released yet Google is working on the details of a marketplace to support 3rd party applications for the platform.  According to a post on the Android Developers Blog - devices will initially have a beta version of the market where users will be able to find free apps.  A future update [...]

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I guess I missed the big news yesterday but many didn’t - Comcast is implementing a 250GB cap on bandwidth per month - I assume for residential customers.  My first response is WTF? I’m already paying $50/month for Internet access and they might charge me more?  Although - realistically I probably come nowhere near 250GB [...]

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