Archive for June, 2008

New pillow

On June 27th, 2008 19:11 • In Net Artefacts • By Oliver
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Need!
(They don’t call me The Don for nothing.)

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Old Desktop

On June 24th, 2008 21:39 • In Tech • By Oliver
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For reasons unknown, there seems to be great interest in an old (2003-09-19) screenshot, at least according to my error log. Well, the original image was deleted, but if want to see it that badly… (The original image URL now directs to this site in case you’re wondering.)

I’m sorry, I can’t credit the original authors [...]

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Patriotismus

On June 12th, 2008 6:12 • In World • By Oliver

Als ich gestern Morgen auf den Parkplatz gefahren bin, ist mir besonders deutlich aufgefallen, was man seit Wochen mit zunehmender Verbreitung auf den Straßen sieht und was seit der letzten WM scheinbar Tradition geworden ist: Die Autos mit Objekten in den Deutschlandfarben (vor allem, aber nicht ausschließlich: Deutschlandflaggen) zu schmücken.
Wieder einmal befindet sich das Land [...]

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Yahoo Pipes

On June 11th, 2008 23:52 • In Tech • By Oliver
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For a net citizen like me, who wants to keep track of many sites, but has limited time (or is just lazy), the next best thing to sliced bread are RSS feeds. You don’t have to visit every site every other day to see if there’s something new posted. A program on your computer (your [...]

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Nochmal Alice

On June 2nd, 2008 19:52 • In Ranting • By Oliver

Wo wir es doch grade von Alice hatten. Es gibt da ja noch diesen kleinen Provider mit dem hübschen Luder (mit dem es angeblich so viele “machen”), mit dem außer Brad Pitt fast jeder Probleme hat (dem Provider, nicht dem Luder). Selbst scheint es dort auch an der Sprache zu hapern. Laut Fernsehwerbung kann man [...]

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Programming with Alice

On June 2nd, 2008 19:44 • In Tech • By Oliver
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Speaking of 3D and learning. A few days ago I discoverd Alice, a 3D programming environment. Basically it’s a tool that let’s you create/program animations and simple games via an easy GUI, without having to worry about syntax and typing errors. Meaning the student/learner can concentrate on learning the basics of programing or tell a [...]

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Big Buck Bunny

On June 2nd, 2008 19:25 • In Entertainment Media • By Oliver
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Watched Big Buck Bunny this weekend, the recently finished Project Peach movie by the Blender Institute. Of course, made with Blender. (Not to be mixed up with the Total Blender (weak pun intended).) I really enjoyed it, very fun to watch. And of course also great from the visual aspect. Go watch it, you won’t [...]

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