Archive | December, 2008

The Wowhead Christmas Wallpaper

By on December 24, 2008 in MMORPG

The guys at wowhead.com have posted their Christmas wallpaper with a load of Alliance eye candy. The only issue is… where’s the Horde eye candy?

A Christmas Present for You – The Wowhead Blog.

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Unibody Macbook Pro constantly waking up

By on December 21, 2008 in Mac / OSX

If you have any bluetooth device that constantly wants to talk to your new Macbook Pro (like a headset/keyboard) – it will wake it from sleep constantly and thus drain your battery. Fun eh?

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How Warcraft reigned supreme in 2008

By on December 18, 2008 in MMORPG

I’m an avid World of Warcraft player myself. I tried Conan and Warhammer this year… why did they fail? The Register gives some insight… not a very good insight… but an insight none the less!

How Warcraft reigned supreme in 2008 • The Register

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CRY vs. DRY

By on December 17, 2008 in Programming, Random Rants

A work colleague coined a fantastic term for code that just isn’t DRY:

Constantly Repeating Yourself – CRY

Not only does it describe one’s reaction to amazingly shoddy code, that just oozes of a developer spending all day using Copy and Paste, but seems an appropriate opposite.

Back to refactoring CRY code with me!

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