Are you an expert US citizen? · 19 June 2009, 18:59
Email from a recruiter this year included a request for the following skill:
- US Citizen – 10+ years of experience Expert Required
— Max Schubert
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You Can Code It - (partial parody of "You Can Do It" by Ice Cube) · 13 September 2008, 12:14
Code Geek, baby …
’09, baby …
I’m online, baby …
all the time, baby …
You can do it, put your code into it!
I can do it, put requirements to it!
You can do it, put your code into it!
I can do it, put requirements to it!
Put your code into it!
Put requirements to it!
Click Click Zoom
See me typing out these code sheets
Codin out a framework
like a freakin nerdy athalete
— Max Schubert
Spore: 15 Easy Steps To Getting the Game Running · 8 September 2008, 06:33
I like games but rarely have time for them. I also usually do not get a game when it is first released because of the bugs that generally accompany any first release.
I have, however, been anticipating Spore (EA) for almost two years. So last night I decided to not wait 3 weeks for the local Best Buy to get more boxed copies in and instead I purchased and downloaded the game from EA.
After the 2 hour download I ran the installer and then started the game. Screen goes black, resizes to 1024×768, EA logo appears and then poof, crashes. Try again, same story.
So, 2 hours later and a lot of EA forum trawling, I get the game to run. Here are the steps I had to take on my Windows XP, 3.0 Ghz Shuttle (1 GB RAM) with a Radeon 5500 (256 MB) video card to get the game to work:
- De-install Spore
- Install service pack 3 for Windows
- Update to the latest version of DirectX
- Download a shareware program called CCleaner and use it to clean the registry (some users had keys left over from creature creator that were causing problems for Spore)
- Download and install the latest Radeon 5500 drivers from ATI
- Re-install Spore (which because I jumped on the electronic download took another 2 hours to do :p)
- Download and install the DMCmdPortalClient.dll patch from http://www.spore.com (FAQ section)
- Manually change my screen resolution to 1024×768 before starting the game
- Ensure that the EA download manager I used to get the game was not running (some users reported that as an issue that would crash the game)
- Start Spore!
- Save your game every time you are about to enter the creature creator as the game still randomly crashes with this release (mine crashed about 10 minutes into the land level).
It worked. Easy :p.
— Max Schubert
Sun Support Quote - Tier 2 · 13 April 2008, 09:16
“Thanks for the 9 MB zip file. I didn’t know our mail server was that robust.”
— Max Schubert
Malloc' failed · 7 January 2008, 20:54
malloc() failed, my resources were stuck, and I was leaking memory bad … I had forgotten the importance of free()
— Max Schubert
James Nerderson - Woke up on LAN · 27 December 2007, 09:52
Woke on LAN this morning cause I was pinged by my nearest peer .. yeah, I woke on LAN this morning and got pinged by my nearest peer … yeah, my IP’s uncertain but the DHCP server is always near .. let my network counters roll, baby roll, let them roll, baby roll, let them roll, baby roll, let them rolllll .. alll night long – Jimmy “Bit Boy” Nerderson
— Max Schubert
Funny spoof comedy! · 19 August 2007, 16:40
Zachary Kahn is a comedian who lives in Florida, on his web site are many spoof movie reviews, prank calls, and other gag style comedy. I find it to be very funny stuff!
— Max Schubert