¡Por fin! Después de la actualización de hoy, el Xbox 360 puede leer archivos DivX y XviD (que obviamente adquirieron legalmente). A penas oí hablar de esto, encendí la bestia y bajé los archivos necesarios (se necesita el nuevo software Xbox y los codecs, que se bajan por separado). Funciona casi perfectamente con mi configuración, que es un servidor TVersity que hace streaming hacia el Dashboard a partir de un PIII 500 MHz, 128 MB RAM.

Enfin ! Après la mise à jour d’aujourd’hui, la Xbox 360 est maintenant capable de lire des fichiers DivX et XviD (que vous avez logiquement acquis légalement). Dès que j’ai entendu parler de cette mise à jour, j’ai évidemment allumé la bête et téléchargé les fichiers nécessaires (vous aurez besoin du logiciel Xbox et des codecs, qui sont à télécharger séparément). Le tout marche presque parfaitement sur ma configuration, qui est un serveur TVersity qui stream vers le Dashboard à partir d’un PIII 500 MHz, 128 Mo de RAM.

Je viens d’un pays qui n’a pas d’armée—d’ailleurs, nous avons célébré hier 59 années sans armée—et bien que je suis contre la violence qu’avoir une armée implique habituellement, je dois admettre que j’admire les établissements militaires. Après tout, beaucoup d’avances modernes sont malheureusement le résultat de la recherche qui d’abord a été prévue pour la guerre et je ne nierai pas que deux ou trois mois de discipline martiale ne seraient pas si mauvais pour pas mal de jeunes d’aujourd’hui.

Vengo de un país que no tiene ejército—de hecho, celebramos ayer 59 años sin ejército—y aunque estoy contra la violencia que tener un ejército implica generalmente, tengo que admitir que admiro a las instituciones militares. Después de todo, muchos avances modernos son desafortunadamente el resultado de la investigación que al principio fue pensada para la guerra y no negaré que un par de meses de disciplina marcial no serían tan malos para muchos jóvenes hoy en día.

I come from a country which has no army—as a matter of fact, yesterday we celebrated 59 army-less years—and although I’m against the violence that having an army usually implies, I have to admit that I admire military institutions. After all, many modern advances are unfortunately the result of research which at first was intended for war and I won’t deny that a couple of months of martial discipline wouldn’t be so bad for many of today’s youths.

(Disclaimer: although I’m all for constructive criticism most of the time, this is clearly nothing more than a rant, which by the way, does not even deserve translating.) Lets start with a dictionary definition of the word seamless: adjective. perfectly consistent and coherent Now lets take a look at a quote from the website of a product I decided to work with while writing my book on WPF (highlight mine):

Back in January 2006, when Microsoft was preparing to release the .NET Framework 2.0 and, with it, the Windows Presentation Foundation, countdowns seemed to pop up everywhere: Dazzling Graphics: Top Ten UI Development Breakthroughs In Windows Presentation Foundation

This is the first in an irregular series of posts where I bring you nice surprises I’ve found while browsing the Internet. I found today’s surprises in my RSS aggregator just waiting to be shared with the rest of the world*. Both of today’s surprises come from totally different sources, but they do have one thing in common: innovation. Both concern technology that is not yet available, but that’s totally awesome.

There was one thing I loved about Seoul and it’s that, wherever you were, if there was a little green near you, there was music to be heard. Gyongbokgung was not an exception. Indeed, I actually got to see the artists behind the music and one of them was glad to perform before the camera:

This post is long due, but I guess since it doesn’t concern me I wasn’t in a hurry. No, I’m just kidding. Of course, the most exciting moment of every competition is the announcement of the winners, so here they are, in case you are not interested in the official press release: Software Design First place: Thailand — Team 3KC Returns/Project LiveBook! Prachaya Phaisanwiphatpong, Vasan Chienmaneetaweesin, Jatupon Sukkasem, Pathompol Saeng-Uraiporn Second place: Korea — Team En#605/Project Finger Code Lim Chan-kyu, Min Kyoung-hoon, Lim Byoung-su, Jeong Ji-hyeon Third place: Jamaica — Team ICAD/Project CADI Imran Allie, Conroy Smith, Ayson Baxter, Damion Mitchell Embedded Development