The recent local event "Spektakel" has been dearly anticipated, at least by me. As those things go, it started off with two bands i didn't know and "starred" Bounce, the Bon Jovi tribute band from around the corner.
In short : they rock bigtime and sound very much like the original. Whenever you can, you should check them out.
www.bonjovitribute.de
Friday, June 27, 2008
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
one step at a time
hey all,
What a year so far!
I'm happy to announce that gametra.de is well on the way of progress. In addition to Prototype, I have switched over to using 2 more very efficient JavaScript Libraries for the user interface : Scriptaculous and Lightbox v2. The great thing about that : they're all compatible - scriptaculous is based on prototype, lightbox on both of the others. Since Firebug is such a relief for Debug, we can get more serious about using JS than before. Remains to hope that the libs are sufficiently crossbrowser-compatible, because debugging IE will NOT be fun :(
Another project of mine, unbrick.de, will hopefully be online later this week. It has been stuck on my harddisk for something like 4 Months now, waiting for a few graphics, some minor IE-CSS-Debug (yuck!) and a filled database (how should i get this done?)...
Web Recommendations of the month :
• imeem.com - youtube for audio :D
• steinway.de - simple elegance
Back to work!
What a year so far!
I'm happy to announce that gametra.de is well on the way of progress. In addition to Prototype, I have switched over to using 2 more very efficient JavaScript Libraries for the user interface : Scriptaculous and Lightbox v2. The great thing about that : they're all compatible - scriptaculous is based on prototype, lightbox on both of the others. Since Firebug is such a relief for Debug, we can get more serious about using JS than before. Remains to hope that the libs are sufficiently crossbrowser-compatible, because debugging IE will NOT be fun :(
Another project of mine, unbrick.de, will hopefully be online later this week. It has been stuck on my harddisk for something like 4 Months now, waiting for a few graphics, some minor IE-CSS-Debug (yuck!) and a filled database (how should i get this done?)...
Web Recommendations of the month :
• imeem.com - youtube for audio :D
• steinway.de - simple elegance
Back to work!
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Hardware fever
after some time of pondering, I finally made my mind up to get some more current hardware. My config now is :
* intel core2duo e6300 + sonic tower + s-flex/800rpm/120mm
* asus p5k crossfire mainboard
* 2*1GB Team DDR2-6400 Memory
* Gigabyte X1650 Pro/256MB GDDR3/silent pipe II
* Gigabyte X1600 Pro/256MB GDDR2/silent pipe
* 250GB Samsung Spinpoint S-ATA 2
* 500GB Samsung Spinpoint S-ATA 2
* Win XP SP2
Sure this is not bleeding edge (rather budget level), but is a good treat for my needs.
The greatest benefit of all is changing to a 2 Harddisk setup: I do a lot of installing from image files, which can be time consuming when you have your images on the same physical disk as your install target. with 2 Sata2-drives, I managed to install a full 700Megs image in a few seconds. Physically separating soundlibs and temporarily generated audio is also a great advantage for recording, as I have read.
I haven't received my second VGA Adapter yet, I'm really interested in seing how crossfire works (Well, my setup is not optimised for games anyway, with the slower X1600 surely taking the wind from the X1650's sails) and i hope i can get my 3-screen-setup working with it.
what remains now is replacing the PSU, I'm ogling with a Be Quiet! one...
Cheers!
* intel core2duo e6300 + sonic tower + s-flex/800rpm/120mm
* asus p5k crossfire mainboard
* 2*1GB Team DDR2-6400 Memory
* Gigabyte X1650 Pro/256MB GDDR3/silent pipe II
* Gigabyte X1600 Pro/256MB GDDR2/silent pipe
* 250GB Samsung Spinpoint S-ATA 2
* 500GB Samsung Spinpoint S-ATA 2
* Win XP SP2
Sure this is not bleeding edge (rather budget level), but is a good treat for my needs.
The greatest benefit of all is changing to a 2 Harddisk setup: I do a lot of installing from image files, which can be time consuming when you have your images on the same physical disk as your install target. with 2 Sata2-drives, I managed to install a full 700Megs image in a few seconds. Physically separating soundlibs and temporarily generated audio is also a great advantage for recording, as I have read.
I haven't received my second VGA Adapter yet, I'm really interested in seing how crossfire works (Well, my setup is not optimised for games anyway, with the slower X1600 surely taking the wind from the X1650's sails) and i hope i can get my 3-screen-setup working with it.
what remains now is replacing the PSU, I'm ogling with a Be Quiet! one...
Cheers!
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
"Zielchen und Merriem"
after some time of not posting, here i go again.
"Zielchen und Merriem"
time flies, and all of a sudden my kids are so big that i can hardly imagine there ever was a time without them around. very recently, anna (3 1/4 yrs) has named her two fluffy toy cats "Zielchen und Merriem". Strange names, where'd she got those from? Julia (21 Months) has developed a trait of discussing a lot and never giving in. most of her arguments are "no" and "why". So much life to come home to every day, it's great!
I have now finished my first weeks at INKA, a HSBC subsidiary, develeoping WinForms in C#. A step, as I recall, I have first uttered the wish to take, back in 2004.
tomorrow i will post a blurb about software design patterns, since i have had a good / bad time with them.
"Zielchen und Merriem"
time flies, and all of a sudden my kids are so big that i can hardly imagine there ever was a time without them around. very recently, anna (3 1/4 yrs) has named her two fluffy toy cats "Zielchen und Merriem". Strange names, where'd she got those from? Julia (21 Months) has developed a trait of discussing a lot and never giving in. most of her arguments are "no" and "why". So much life to come home to every day, it's great!
I have now finished my first weeks at INKA, a HSBC subsidiary, develeoping WinForms in C#. A step, as I recall, I have first uttered the wish to take, back in 2004.
tomorrow i will post a blurb about software design patterns, since i have had a good / bad time with them.
Tuesday, February 05, 2008
Eye Of Judgment - big time!
A few years ago, I used to play Wizards of the coast's Trading Card Game "Duel Masters". It was something that really got me by the conkers, since I like card games, I am easily convinced to collect stuff (you should see my Elton John collection...), and I really like fantasy-monster-stuff. So, there was this new hobby, but lack of time I dismissed it after spending somewhere around 250USD on import cards.
Now WOTC and sony have finally combined their efforts to put up something really grand : The Eye Of Judgment for PS3. The cards are played on a gameplan that is watched by a USB Cam (PS Eye). The software identifies the card and brings it into play, be it a spell, creature or an action card. A nice 3d-representation of the cast entity is then shown on-screen and battles with its adversaries.
Your opponent can be either remote or locally present, It doesn't matter. Just, if you want to play ladder games, you gotta go online.
If you like TCGs, try finding some cool videos on youtube - there's many - and get yourself this freakin' hot game.
Or, if you already have it, why not challenge me? My PSN ID is fopsi. I am also in the german playstation league with this nickname.
Cheers!
Now WOTC and sony have finally combined their efforts to put up something really grand : The Eye Of Judgment for PS3. The cards are played on a gameplan that is watched by a USB Cam (PS Eye). The software identifies the card and brings it into play, be it a spell, creature or an action card. A nice 3d-representation of the cast entity is then shown on-screen and battles with its adversaries.
Your opponent can be either remote or locally present, It doesn't matter. Just, if you want to play ladder games, you gotta go online.
If you like TCGs, try finding some cool videos on youtube - there's many - and get yourself this freakin' hot game.
Or, if you already have it, why not challenge me? My PSN ID is fopsi. I am also in the german playstation league with this nickname.
Cheers!
Monday, January 28, 2008
10 Years, and then....Welcome back, X Japan!
I am so damn happy about this reunion...Yoshiki's great music coupled with Toshi's grand voice :D
Well, here they are : X Japan. Finally reunited. Looking forward to some more great stuff. If, you care (you really should), listen to their first new Song, a track from the Saw IV OST.
Edit : Obviously, there's some enthusiasts with a plan to get X over to Europe. I really appreciate their effort and I will participate! For more info klick here
Well, here they are : X Japan. Finally reunited. Looking forward to some more great stuff. If, you care (you really should), listen to their first new Song, a track from the Saw IV OST.
Edit : Obviously, there's some enthusiasts with a plan to get X over to Europe. I really appreciate their effort and I will participate! For more info klick here
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