Archive | January, 2007

31 January 2007 ~ 0 Comments

Yet another Python/Ruby comparison

Benjamin Ferrari compares Python and Ruby, and decides to go with Ruby.

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31 January 2007 ~ 2 Comments

The price of Komodo IDE 4.0 (follow-up)

Yesterday I commented on the release of ActiveState Komodo IDE 4.0 and mentioned that I’m apparently no longer the market for their product due to its price. Three ActiveState employees were kind enough to take the time to leave some comments on that post attempting to clarify the situation, and to provide some assurance that [...]

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29 January 2007 ~ 11 Comments

Komodo IDE is really expensive

I’ve been using Komodo as my IDE of choice from the beginning. I was able to get a copy of the Personal edition for free using a promo code, and was very impressed. It had, in my opinion, a nice clean interface and all of the features someone like me would need. A top quality [...]

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28 January 2007 ~ 4 Comments

NWN on dual-core systems

I loaded Neverwinter Nights on my new desktop tonight and noticed that it wasn’t running quite right. Rather the walking from place to place, the characters seemed to immediately “jump” there, and the video was all jittery. Fortunately Google was able to help me find a solution on the forums. Here’s a summary: Problem: On [...]

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24 January 2007 ~ 5 Comments

A new desktop (finally)

My last attempt to get a new desktop PC didn’t go so well. So this time I did what I knew I should have in the first place… ordered the parts and built my own: Shuttle XPC SN27P2 AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ Dual-core 2.2GHz CPU Corsair XMS2 2GB DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel [...]

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