Visual Reboot

Daily Digest / 2008-12-25

admin — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 07:59:59 +0000

“Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.” - John Lennon #

Daily Digest / 2008-12-22

admin — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 07:59:59 +0000

“it’s never what you did.
it’s what you do about it.”

Thanks Jayson. #
Hundreds of images stitched together: http://photoartkalmar.com/Photoart%20Kalmar%20high%20res/Gigapixel/ #

Daily Digest / 2008-12-17

admin — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 07:59:59 +0000

Ready for the olympics? http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2008/12/16/bc-gondola-tower-snapped.html #
Dear mouse, your so f@#king old: http://www.cyberpunkreview.com/cyberpunk-history/pc-demoed-in-the-mother-of-all-demos-09-dec-1968/ #

Daily Digest / 2008-12-16

admin — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 07:59:59 +0000

Cooked vegetarian last night, thanks to their book: http://www.cafeflora.com #
Tips for migrating and getting comfy with Wordpress 2.7 http://ur1.ca/099x #
Be careful while snow driving this winter [geekologie]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dooKpdIwwR4 #
Animated Aurora Borealis, from Orbit [geekologie]: http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=JeAmKKrIVlc #
Meteor blasts over Canada. Catching up on my [geekologie]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_2aX-784sw #

Daily Digest / 2008-12-14

admin — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 07:59:59 +0000

Host your own photos. Gallery 3 announced! Planned for Feb 2009 release. http://gallery.menalto.com/gallery_3_begins #

Daily Digest / 2008-12-12

admin — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 07:59:59 +0000

Maya GUIs made simple with this tool: http://www.exood4.com/melanie.php?hl=en . I’ll have to try it out soon. #
War amputees ASTAR robot: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_QMcRSuXzE . Kinda freaky #
Gmail’s got task lists now. Enable them under the Labs tab, in your Settings. #

Daily Digest / 2008-12-09

admin — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 07:59:59 +0000

BeardyMan’s “Monkey Jazz”: Voice loops. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fC65sy9tzY #
SNL’s new music video, “Jizz In My Pants”: http://ur1.ca/0331 #

Karting in Paris

admin — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 01:55:54 +0000

One of those mornings, then someone sends (yet another) Mario Kart video. I clicked and started watching… and although I’m not sure why, I started laughing. It was the bananas… definitely the bananas.

Thanks to AC for this one.

MARIO KART (REMI GAILLARD)
by nqtv

It’s All About the Remix

admin — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 04:32:01 +0000

Momentum is gathering.

Going Back to Play Some Old Games

admin — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:40:27 +0000

I recently picked up some used PC games off of a guy on Craig’s List. It was a good deal and I’m looking forward to playing some games that won’t have me thinking “Gee, maybe I should upgrade soon.” The list includes: Freedom Force vs. the 3rd Reich, Gangland, Mafia, Rainbow 6: Ravenshield, Deus Ex, Ground Control II, Vampire Masquerade Bloodlines, Spellforce 2, etc, etc, etc. Lots of good stuff. Ok, so they’re probably not “old” by some gamer’s standings, but they’re certainly not cutting edge. I guess the really old stuff required DosBox.

I installed one of the unfamiliar games yesterday. Although the interface was pretty clunky, by today’s standards, there was still quite a bit of innovation to take note of. Like steering a character as your run around, but the moment you let go of the arrow keys, the mouse cursor becomes a floating hand to manipulate objects in the environment. Perfect for an RPG.

In any case, you can expect me to post some more findings as I shovel through these games.

Thanks to Troy for the hook up and the recommendation of King’s Bounty.