Vista likes to track...

I recently installed Vista on my home laptop and after a bit of a fight I got it to recognise all my devices (the sound was the main problem). I must say it's quite nice, visually. It's quite usable, but the added security can get a bit annoying, but that can be disabled.

Anyhow, I just thought I'd share a little video with you to show just why you need a high end machine to use that yummy GUI.


So what's this video of? Basically it's Sk@le Tracker running on Vista. Then you can see the realtime preview of the tracker window, it's a little tricky to see with the YouTube recoding of the video, but the notes are all scrolling in the little preview window too - all in realtime. Then you get the alt+tab window, which is also scrolling away. Then finally, the windows+tab 3d application switcher, that really made me laugh and think, 'kewl!'.

Just as a minor update, I've played around with more realtime apps, eg. Google Earth, and it's still equally as kewl :) Just get Google Earth to wizz around the world to a destination and try the windows+tab app switcher. You can even watch YouTube videos in multiple windows like this. I know it's all cosmetic, but it's just so kewl :)

Another compo, another entry...

Well, I recently entered the graphics compo at Forever 8 and came third. Not bad considering the competition. Anyway, here's my entry for all to see, it's titled 'Love Lust Sex' of course :)

Keep your eyes on the prize...

Just so you can see one of the prizes I got for winning the gfx compo :) Taken with my shiny new Fuji FinePix S6500fd camera. Hoorah!