As of November 19, 2008 the Xbox OS actually requires additional disk space. It's why they discontinued the Xbox 360 Arcade console package since it didn't come with a hard drive.
At a glace it reminds me of any other forgettable corporate site. Maybe it's the shade of blue, maybe the globe in the background. Anyone else agree with me?
I'm not sure that's a mistake. Substitute _forgettable_ for _legitimate_ or _trustworthy_ and I bet we're honing in on the idea here. With tv news outlets constantly referring viewers to random tweets, and twitter's undeniable impact on the way information gets around on the internet, I see the home-page shift as a bit of a visual indication that the service isn't just for geeks and kids, anymore.
So the question (for me) of size/speed comes down to: is it faster/better to build my own jQuery UI js file with selected components or to use the full file from Google's CDN?
The former option has the benefit of being smaller, while the latter has the benefit of being hosted by Google's fast servers and there's a decent probability the client already has it cached.
when using jquery and other google hosted frameworks, i tend to use them from google CDN because a lot of the time not only is it faster, but it tends to be faster for traffic from all over the place. i have a site hosted in hong kong and most of the traffic is from japan, africa, and south america, so obviously the performance will differ for different users. but when i use jquery from google CDN, the performance tends to be similar across users.
We had a contest at work to see who could write the smallest code to create a Christmas tree. Ryan won with flying colours! For it to work error_logging must be set to E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE.
"While previous system updates have been stored on internal memory, the NXE was the first to require a storage device—at least a 128 MB memory card or a hard drive." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_360#New_Xbox_Experience