August 27, 2010
BleepCast, Computing, Quotes, games, music, people, retro
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This is the BleepCast on Rob Hubbard, part two. Everything you want to know about the man that taught the Commodore 64 to produce grand sound-scapes and catchy tunes amidst the incoherent 8-bit turds coated with incompetence in the early 80′s. We will hear his later music, hear him talk about his time in the US and why he eventually came back. Don’t miss it!
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This is the BleepCast on Rob Hubbard, part two. Everything you want to know about the man that taught the Commodore 64 to produce grand sound-scapes and catchy tunes amidst the incoherent 8-bit turds coated with incompetence in the early 80's. We will hear his later music, hear him talk about his time in the US and why he eventually came back. Don't miss it!
August 25, 2010
BleepCast, Quotes, games, music, retro
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Two words that describe this and the next BleepCast: Rob Hubbard. The man that taught the Commodore 64 to produce grand sound-scapes and catchy tunes amidst the incoherent 8-bit turds coated with incompetence in the early 80′s. This level is huge, so it’s clipped into two. And you better stock up on extra lives and get ready to enjoy Hubbard’s music, hear Hubbard’s voice and lean about the man in a tenaciously researched podcast. This is part one.
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Two words that describe this and the next BleepCast: Rob Hubbard. The man that taught the Commodore 64 to produce grand sound-scapes and catchy tunes amidst the incoherent 8-bit turds coated with incompetence in the early 80's. This level is huge, so it's clipped into two, loading break: two days. So you better stock up on extra lives and get ready to enjoy Hubbard's music, hear Hubbard's voice and lean about the man in a tenaciously researched podcast. This is part one.
June 15, 2010
CGI & Rendering, Compositing, Lectures, Quotes, Reports, Technology, films, on set
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On the second day we all got late to the first lecture and missed “The VFX of Iron Man” and instead enjoyed the breakfast at our value-priced hotel whose every room was kept in shape for the whole place looked like a museum of 1970′s rustic dwelling. Mrs. Zheng apologized for not having boiled eggs and I downed every bit of orange juice that was left on the buffet because I almost died of thirst the night before. Mrs. Zheng didn’t like seeing me drinking eagerly directly out of the jar but left it at a sullen glance this time. Then we drove off to the Haus der Wirtschaft once again.
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On the second day we all got late to the first lecture and missed "The VFX of Iron Man" and instead enjoyed the breakfast at our value-priced hotel whose every room was kept in shape for the whole place looked like a museum of 1970's rustic dwelling. Mrs. Zheng apologized for not having boiled eggs and I downed every bit of orange juice that was left on the buffet because I almost died of thirst the night before. Mrs. Zheng didn't like seeing me drinking eagerly directly out of the jar but left it at a sullen glance this time. Then we drove off to the Haus der Wirtschaft once again.
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My Access Pass, originally uploaded by Phil Strahl.
Still a bit drowsy I planted my ass in the front row of the König-Karl Halle and knew I wouldn't be getting up for a long time, not even for Pixar's Career Gears (they don't need compositors, I got the message last years). So at 11 a.m. "The Role of Visualization in th
May 17, 2010
Animation, CGI & Rendering, Compositing, Lectures, Quotes, Reports, Technology, films, people
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I awoke after a terrible night of too little sleep (thank you, insane entertainment-industry sleep-cycle!) and was greeted suspiciously by Mrs. Zheng, the hotel manager, on my way to the hotel’s breakfast premises where the ongoing conversations ebbed as I entered. Too much eyeliner, I thought. But I had other things on my mind. In fact, I was so excited that I ran a red light on my way to the conference.
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I awoke after a terrible night of too little sleep (thank you, insane entertainment-industry sleep-cycle!) and was greeted suspiciously by Mrs. Zheng, the hotel manager, on my way to the hotel's breakfast premises where the ongoing conversations ebbed as I entered. Too much eyeliner, I thought. But I had other things on my mind. In fact, I was so excited that I ran a red light on my way to the conference.
Haus der Wirtschaft, originally uploaded by Phil Strahl.
I was eager to first see The Foundry's presentations on Mari, their programming approach and a tech demonstration of the recently acquired Katana, I was so excited about last year in Sony's presentation, but had no exact clue what it really was.
Paint that dinosaur!
Once arrived I got me a seat pretty close up front and was ready for their presentations to begin. Jack Greasley, who worked at Weta Digital on King Kong and Avatar and Zoe Lord, Senior Texture Artist on Avat
September 17, 2007
Funny?, Quotes, Reports, people
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This summer Lisa and really like harvesting strange autographs (like this one). To add another one we went to Munich on Wednesday to see Chuck Palahniuk, the novelist who wrote books such as Survivor, Choke or Fight Club, who held a reading there in the Café Muffathalle.
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This summer Lisa and really like harvesting strange autographs (like this one). To add another one we went to Munich on Wednesday to see Chuck Palahniuk, the novelist who wrote books such as Survivor, Choke or Fight Club, who held a reading there in the Café Muffathalle.
Although we had to queue up to get our tickets I bought over the internets we were lucky with the seat. Somewhat. You probably noticed that there's no plural. But I didn't mind standing because I had a better view and taking photos felt more natural. Additionally I was able to use one of the columns as cheap tripod. It turned 8pm and no Chuck there yet. So we kept on waiting among the people who took turns to order "two beers" at the bar. Book-groupies and The Cult members everywhere were eager to meet their idol.
But how do you pronounce Chuck Palahniuk? [Pah-lae-nik] the evening's moderator said and a bald Chuck in a grey suit with flip-flops sat down between the moderator Bernhard Robben and the German (also voice) actor Jo
August 30, 2007
Dear Diary, Quotes, Reports, people
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Both cars I usually could rely on are now broken. The blue Yaris Verso was severely crashed in an accident and the pale blue Renault today wasn’t working anymore. Something with the light machine. Great. So I was forced to rely on local public transportation to meet up with Lisa for another visit to our beloved Café Promenade. And I instantly noticed the harsh difference in traveling with public transportation between Graz and Berlin: Everything is smaller here, slower and more drunk.
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Both cars I usually could rely on are now broken. The blue Yaris Verso was severely crashed in an accident and the pale blue Renault today wasn't working anymore. Something with the light machine. Great. So I was forced to rely on local public transportation to meet up with Lisa for another visit to our beloved Café Promenade. And I instantly noticed the harsh difference in traveling with public transportation between Graz and Berlin: Everything is smaller here, slower and more drunk.
After the café I accompanied Lisa home and the tram was more empty than full, the only people were drunks and juvenile groups that also stunk of alcohol. Others were coughing and breathing extremely hard while exhaling alcoholic fumes. Man, if there was smoking allowed the tram would've exploded from all the hazardous gases floating around.
When riding home I hopped into one of the last buses, the 31, that were going into my direction. I entered the vehicle through the front doors and slipped through between the bus d
A few days ago I received the Metroid: Zero Mission GBA game. I play lots of GBA games on my DS because they’re much cheaper and the same fun. But I must confess: I’ve never played any game of the Metroid series before.