⇒ another Vodafone moment

Vodafone!!!

that's me exclaiming thy name in vain! (Think KAHHHHHN!)

another memorable moment for the once great organisation. F#ck you, Lara (automated service BS).

<Annoyed grunt!>

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⇒ E3

E3 coverage summary (bits and pieces):
new motion controls:
Wii mmotion plus
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2009/06/eyepetpreviewe3ra.jpgzAugmented Reality 'eyepet'

expect great things from Project Natal

quantification of sony/micro's new 'grooves'

"In general, the freaky-deaky augmented video mechanisms presented by Microsoft and Sony are inert for us - that is to say, we have no reaction to them whatsoever. Absent anything beyond minigames and puppet shows, I don't know how to contextualize this technology. I can't be certain that it has ramifications of any kind for the games I like to play, the ones my friends like to play, or for the games that built this industry."
-(CW)TB
source


onlive: it works


DJ Hero hands-on

Castelvania - very cinematic


just cause 2: over the top!

new super mario bros. Wii
katamari forever

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⇒ people

Michael Caine impersonation:

how come he didn't play Alfred like this?


that was unbelievable! Dead on perfect. I like Aries Spears' Shaq too...



source

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⇒ games, design and gundam

Gunpla:
unicorn gundam


sinanju gundam

Macross Plus YF-19 (Plastic model)


1/100 MG Shin Musha Gundam Sengoku no Jin


TRV-06k-H Viper II (Ver.1P) (Plastic model)

unfortunate juxtaposition
Must buy all these SD figs:
http://www.hlj.com/product/BAN956745?nav=rss
http://www.hlj.com/product/SES84533
http://www.hlj.com/product/BAN956048
http://www.hlj.com/product/PLX84572

superannuation
some sort of industry informant

Adobe Pixel bender

NECA online


Hunt ghosts on your Nintendo DSi with Ghostwire

Phiculator makes it easy to use the Golden Ratio in your designs

so that's where Bombay and Calcutta went!

thai world records

iPhone gameboy skin


amazing super powers


amazing car sketches on a homebrew DS app 'colors!' by Christian Pearce. see his blog here and colours app here

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⇒ stuff

http://www.penny-arcade.com/images/2009/20090520.jpg
i hear ya, man. I had a SEGA Mega Drive 2 in the day (still do).

web basics need to know

iPhone dev: getting started

Rapid prototyping tools:
irise | axure | more tools





free lullatone music

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⇒ misc

This vid won me over

Cracked:
Nuns who could kick your ass

8 moments from MMA

gourmet foods that used to be cheap

Mary's Room

Digit Ratio


sweet! Tatsunoko vs capcom coming to english territories!

Men's Fitness:
lose weight faster

muscle tricks

whup someone's ass

test your strength


tips for a better you
here's my summary:

• love what you do


• look after yourself


• never back down


• listen, observe


• come prepared


• got lemons? make lemonade


• don't lie to yourself


• finish what you start

Tennis time

:
Federer just won FO'09 and beat Rafa in Madrid Masters finals, straight sets. I'm guilty of having written off Fed. Impressive, not to take anything from Fed's win, but Rafa did just come off a (greatest best-of-3 clay) 4hr match the day before. Also, Rafa's most vulnerable in best of 3 matches, he's said so himself...then again, for Fed to win on clay in Rafa's home/dominant tournaments, is pretty big.
Federer's bagel party stats


Rafa training

Rafa interview | Rafa the unstoppable

pre-french open '09 mens predictions
ha ha...none of it accurate!

french open stats

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⇒ tech

radiology art

New materials change color when stressed, making fans of mechanochemical transduction positively giddy

Samsung's MEMS shutter could massively improve high megapixel cameraphones

D.I.Y. wireless power project unleashes your inner mad scientist

JVC debuts 8K / 4K prototype camcorders, moviemakers drool

Dell's $299 Mini 10v now officially on sale

Flexible, stretchable, rubbery OLED prototype shown off in Tokyo

NY storefront hosts the first no-glasses 3D LCD ad


Roomba's journey shown to be endless, beautiful

The Old Republic dev diary shows how to make a planet

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⇒ 2 clips

beautiful, fascinating


AWESOMEST building-lights-to-pixel visualisation i've seen yet.

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⇒ thingz

MAKE:

Stunning laser light art

Incredible tire sculptures

designing a custom wordpress theme

Roomba hacked for Rangoli-like ability
Rangoli: indian art of sand-printing


different map visualisation

Three Reasons Why Indie Devs Don’t Finish Their Games
summary: "No good ideas”, “Got tired of it after working on it for too long”, and “The game wasn’t so great after all after actually starting to make it.”

top 100 game dev studios


gorgeous muramasa art and here


SFII ASCII edition

play cat cat watermelon
yup


shadow physics game is hella cool

plants and zombies designer blog

Prototype wiki
anyone else think this looks like resident evil's tyrant in his own game? no?


fight HDTV lagyeah it sucks, I got my first taste of HDTV lag when I got 3rd strike brutalized.

the fall of midway

3d modelling bayonetta

benheck explains how to hack video game consoles

Flash gaming:
windosill

minotaur china shop

paper moon

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⇒ apple catchup:

Mac OS X: How to troubleshoot a software issue
Using MSCONFIG to troubleshoot conflicts in Windows XP
Duplicate mount point in /Volumes after unexpected restart
About the security content of Security Update 2009-002 / Mac OS X v10.5.7
Mac Pro (Early 2009): Graphics distortion in Adobe Photoshop CS4 with certain window configurations
Apple Remote Desktop: Configuring remotely via command line (kickstart)
Mac Pro: Audio may not switch when new devices are connected
Mac OS X 10.4, 10.5: Relaunching an application after it unexpectedly quits
Applications don't work after reinstalling Mac OS X

new iPhone out (3GS). Iz more funk-shunal.
new MacBook Pro, 13". Iz smaller than 15".
Safari 4.0 released. Iz better than beta.

moar tipz:
Intel-based Macs: Using VT-x virtualization technology
Mac OS X: Reading system memory usage in Activity Monitor
How to create a password-protected (encrypted) disk image in Mac OS X 10.3 or later
About the "Ignoring trackpad when mouse is present" option on computers with a Multi-Touch trackpad
About the security content of Safari 4.0
Aperture: How to create large softcover books
Mac OS X v10.5: How to back up and restore your files
When to reset NVRAM or PRAM

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⇒ Federer di'it!

Roger Federer finally gets his French Open, downing Robin Soderling in straight sets to bag his 14th Grand Slam, his first French Open and complete a career Grand Slam.

It's a shame he didn't face Nadal in the tournament. Federer's in Soderling's head--Soderling has all this reverence for Fed yet none for Nadal? What gives? He could've had half a chance if he thought the same way about this match as he did against Nadal. Time's gonna tell on that 4th round.

Here's Federer's Grand Slams:
AO: 2004, 2006, 2007
FO: 2009
WI: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
US: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008

He's also been runner-up 5 times, all to Nadal: French Open 2005-2008, Wimbledon 2008, Aus Open 2009.
I really think 3/4 of his 2008 season was affected by Mono, but regardless he finally got the one slam that eluded him (though not by beating arguably the greatest clay court player in history).

Well let's see how Wimbledon goes. That may be Federer's only French Open. True, he's been to the semis or better since 2005, but he's not getting any younger.

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⇒ Tetris: 25

Tetris is 25 years old today! The game that never ends and never stops giving.

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