September 30, 2008
September 29, 2008
September 26, 2008
September 25, 2008
links for 2008-09-24
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Videos of talks by folks from Python Ireland user group.
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September 24, 2008
September 23, 2008
IBM gets contract for integrated ticketing system in Dublin
Yay, a little progress. IBM will be contracted to build an integrated ticketing system which, according to the article, is based on the system in Singapore. Fingers crossed.
links for 2008-09-22
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The guy who played some great songs outside convention centre at PAX 2008.
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The guys who played outside convention centre at PAX 2008. Great stuff. See video at kotaku: http://tinyurl.com/48olf9
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The guys who played outside convention centre at PAX 2008. Great stuff. See video at kotaku: http://tinyurl.com/48olf9
September 21, 2008
September 20, 2008
links for 2008-09-19
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Not a fan of pink? How about a pony in blue or green or even red? :)
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Still waiting for Monkey Island 5, try this, you might like it.
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September 19, 2008
links for 2008-09-18
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From a review: "“The premise behind Roam's book is simple: anybody with a pen and a scrap of paper can use visual thinking to work through complex business ideas."
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September 18, 2008
September 17, 2008
Anoter Hitchhikers Guide book
By Irish author, Eoin Colfer. I've never read any of his Artemis Fowl books, more so because I'm a bit old for teenage fiction, so I'll assume he must be up to scratch to be given this chance to write the next HH's book. I just can't believe why people can't leave sleeping dogs lie?
links for 2008-09-16
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People were talking about this in PyConUK after a few bevvies and said it's really addictive and fun.
September 16, 2008
Clickable YouTube videos
I've been noticing these videos like "Choose your adventure" or "Choose your fortune" videos on Youtube.
For instance the fortune telling one. Do a search for interactive in YouTube and you will see some more examples.
links for 2008-09-15
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Stack Overflow is a collaboratively edited question and answer site for programmers — regardless of platform or language. Jump in and share your software engineering expertise! No registration or account required.
September 15, 2008
When WoW and Coultan collide
re: Your Brains
Code Monkey
Mr. Fancy Pants
Creepy Doll
Flickr
More vids at Spiffworld.
Thank goodness I am not the only...
... that is thinking "WTF!?!?!?"
The commercial I saw while I was in San Fran recently:
Now, for those outside of U.S. and did not see this on Youtube yet, it's time for your "WTF?!?!?!".
Well, Penny Arcade made a strip on this, and I'm glad it's not something that people in States understand...
I saw another one on Youtube, a longer version in a different setting, again, W.. T.. F...?
links for 2008-09-14
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3 film shorts made with a handicam in HK. Short and sweet. :)
September 14, 2008
links for 2008-09-13
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The premise of the system is ideally suited to rapid prototyping, but it would work equally well when integrated into a production environment. There are printable sketch sheets, design layouts, and a CSS file that have identical measurements.
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September 13, 2008
September 12, 2008
links for 2008-09-11
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When you post a pic, can be tweeted as well. Can be marked as public or private, and send pics via email. Dead easy. :)
September 11, 2008
September 09, 2008
Fruit F*cker on a rampage
Great action footage of cosplayer as Fruit F*cker.
PAX2008: Swag
OMG, look at all that swag! Someone got lucky. We'll have to do better next time!
Signed PAX event mag
There you have it, the signed events mag by Tycho and Gabe. :)
PAX 2008 - More reminiscing
I'm happy with the swag we got at PAX this year. I queued up straight away when I got to the exhib halls on the first day of PAX. Lucky I did, they were out of PAX 08 tees and others stuff by Saturday evening.
The special PAX Razer mouse Mick got was cool:
And the collectors of Penny Arcade's first game, Precipice of Darkness:
(Both images from Kotaku.)
Most of our swag was bought or given on the 1st day:
And yes, we even got the Fallout 3's Vault Boy puppet as seen in http://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/31/pax-2008-the-vault-boy-puppet/.
A few people have been blogging how PAX can be improved (here and here and here for example). I hope the overlaps of certain events like demos, panels, Q&As as well as the long queues are resolved for next year. 5 hours queuing the first day was epic, and was not that enjoyable. Ok, people falling over themselves to get a blue band to get into the concert on Friday was funny:
Although in the end, we got our blue bands without doing anything. A few cosplayers were taking our attentions away from our tired and sore limbs from standing or sitting on the hard floor:
And not forgetting the Cookie Brigade who sold cookies and manage to raise $5000 for Child's Play.
There were good suggestions voiced out at PA's Q&A sessions, like having a Child's Play auction at future PAXis (apparently Tycho approves of the use of "PAXis suggested by a fan). And for all those dads who thinks that gaming is a waste of time, direct them to Child's Play (just re-iterating what Gabe said at the Q&A).
I don't think the smell was that bad, as mentioned by some bloggers, but I was lucky not being stuck with ones they mentioned. One other thing, they should have designated areas for charging DS', PSPs, laptops, etc. When over 50K (I mentioned 60K before, I was incorrect, I was guessing at the time as everyone was saying it was double the amount from last year's PAX) nerds attend a gaming festival, there are bound to be a lot of portable consoles and laptops. While we were queuing for an event in the main hall, it was announced that items will be confiscated if people were caught using the power outlets in the convention centre. Hours waiting in line, what did they expect, anyway, people honoured the announcement, and no more crowds of people around a power source that pocketed the convention centre. One thing I found funny, was the gun they were giving away (we did not get one as we were busy queuing) was not allowed to be used in the centre as they are a weapon. Sheesh, they should have asked the security in the place, give gamers a gun and hours of wait time, what did you think would happen?
And it sometimes feels good when photos taken (mainly by Mick) are good quality especially when you come across an article such as this one by Joystiq and compare to Mick's pic:
Again I cannot emphasise on the queuing side of PAX, at least we were having a nice dinner when these guys were in line at 10:30pm the night before PAX opened. We wandered in at 10'ish I think, after brekkie. We love PA, but there are limits. (Ok, Mick got sigs off Tycho and Gabe after their second Q&A, got to take a photo of that and put it up).
September 07, 2008
September 05, 2008
links for 2008-09-04
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Excellent animation on Adult Swim, just so happen to be on when I was flicking through channels in the hotel room. :)
September 04, 2008
Tis my B-Day!
It's great getting Facebooked with Happy B-day wishes from all my friends from my Sun, Propylon days and friends from college. It's great. Got the "old skool" HB wishes via emails, SMS' and also just saying it to me person to person. Got tweeted as well. Heehee. It's great to be connected to friends who I have not seen for a long time and who are in different parts of the world. Technology, huh! :)
Oh, and I purchased Photoshop CS3 (after Mick had problems with his VISA again, he forgot to tell them he is in the States for another week, VISA is getting annoying at this stage). One thing, I checked the receipt and they had my email address, it's so freaky. I got back and I got the receipt via email from Apple. Efficient and freaky...
links for 2008-09-03
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Alteil is a story-driven online card dueling game with art by Japan's most talented fantasy artists!
September 02, 2008
links for 2008-09-01
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"Animation needs man's drawing hand, which is why I will continue to use the pencil for as long as I can." - Miyazaki
September 01, 2008
Looking back at PAX 2008
From the overwhelming amount of people attending PAX this year to my utter disgust at Freezepop's inability to perform without your ears bleeding to immense pleasure of witnessing Gabe's artistic talents at work in creating Monday's panel (which unfortunately won't be seen till Gabe's machine is fixed, but that's ok as I have a video of it to remind me what it was like, and you can check out the photo of the final image at the make-a-panel). Who can forget the many, many DS' and laptops shining out during the gig, and Jonathan Coultan's act was fantastic, the Portal song and the Zombies were my highlights. Audience participation is a must for full enjoyment.
From phrases like "Whooo-oo" to "Yea-aah!" to "Awesome" was the main vocab for some odd reason. It's not like nerds/geeks are not educated or anything, it felt like they are either rednecks or surfer dudes (and yes, dude was mentioned somewhere out there).
The moment of Jerry tying the mic chord around Mike's neck to get the Pacman watch given by a fan was funny, Mick did not get a shot of that, we'll need to wait for the PAX 08 DVD to come out to see that again. Another thing I've never experienced before (apart from it being my first time at a gamers convention) was the use of PictoChat on the DS. It's fantastic up to a point where people were populating it with wangs and arses. Although I was happy when I drew (or tried to) a stick figure version of the portal slide and got Portal responses from the people around.
And finally some pics from PAX can be found at here