Archive for April, 2008
GTA 4 Animation Technology
Here’s a video of NaturalMotion’s euphoria animation technology used in GTA 4.
Charlie The Unicorn – Very Surreal
Wow… and I thought Weebl and Bob were surreal. Charlie The Unicorn Part One Charlie The Unicorn Part Two
2003 Blogrolling hack linked to 2008 419 spam
Checking my email today, I was surprised to find SPAM sent to an email address I used for Blogrolling.com. Turns out Blogrolling was hacked back in November 2003, and now this email address appears to have made it’s way into the hands of 419 scammers/spammers. How do I know it was from blogrolling.com? Well, I [...]
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Two for the geeks, courtesy of xkcd
Firstly, people playing chess on roller coasters. Something I’d be very interested in trying too. Maybe I need to arrange another meeting of the Rollercoaster Police. Secondly, Randall (creator of xkcd) has also create the bash.org-like Limerick Database. Take a look at the Top 150 for a good (possibly overly geeky) laugh.
Listen to the Techie
Dell says, “Listen to the Techie.”
An Engineer’s Guide to Cats
An Engineer’s Guide to Cats
Jonathan Coulton – Still Alive – Lyrics
Jonathan Coulton – Still Alive – Lyrics This was a triumphI’m making a note here: huge successIt’s hard to overstate my satisfactionAperture ScienceWe do what we must because we canFor the good of all of usExcept the ones who are deadBut there’s no sense crying over every mistakeYou just keep on trying till you run [...]
Best April Fool this year – BBC – Penguins
The BBC came up with the best April Fool this year: There’s also a ‘making of’ video up on the iPlayer site (but only until 8th April, so hurry). Oh, and then there’s the worst April Fool’s gag this year.
Get your German interior minister’s fingerprint here
One problem with biometrics is that once they’re out there’s no way to revoke or change them. Another problem is that you leave them all over the place every day. The German interior minister might want to think about that.