tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62240562024-03-13T20:08:42.842+01:00Cyberzel's MindUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger243125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6224056.post-47437691889909666432009-12-16T16:40:00.003+01:002009-12-16T16:42:54.831+01:00Hurray!It lives! Or, yes I am still here, wandering the world of the interwebs in different guises, using social networks and the almost web3.0 stuff. Perhaps I will even reinstate this blog in former glory. We'll see!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6224056.post-34325418290785964422009-09-10T16:26:00.000+02:002009-09-10T16:27:25.226+02:00Beatbox againUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6224056.post-25908379703720098122009-07-20T10:54:00.000+02:002009-07-20T10:55:28.129+02:00Thriler Flash MobUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6224056.post-28483098710240843752009-06-22T18:52:00.001+02:002009-06-22T18:52:41.872+02:00Augmented violinUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6224056.post-33078427657153998802008-11-09T23:47:00.001+01:002008-11-09T23:48:51.364+01:00Zoe KeatingGot to love.. Zoe Keating and her cello. Hopefully she'll visit the Netherlands sometime soon.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6224056.post-14533760213198688472008-11-09T18:00:00.000+01:002008-11-09T18:01:16.159+01:00Art LumiereUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6224056.post-25153537207698349792008-09-07T14:14:00.003+02:002008-09-07T14:16:25.335+02:00Couldn't resist...I seem to have a thing with shoes/boots lately, also... red! I disliked red for quite some time, is my taste changing? Hmmmmm.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6224056.post-77070199213550854762008-08-25T06:47:00.003+02:002008-08-25T09:11:33.817+02:00Second SkinYet another documentary about players that are absorbed in virtual worlds one way or another. Somehow these documentaries always leave me with a somewhat awkward feeling afterwards. Of course I'm an avid WoW player and I feel rather normal, but these documentaries seem to have found the categories of players that are just a bit off. How will it ever be a legitimate way of spending time (like Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6224056.post-12735212352098758342008-08-21T19:07:00.002+02:002008-08-21T19:25:40.590+02:00Prince of PersiaTrailer says it all?Okami? Ico? Tales of ..? God of War? Have I said Okami yet? Why... is it that the female has to be caught in his (the prince's) arms every time? She has all kinds of abilities but apparently she is the fragile female that should be caught in an embrace. Will we ever learn? javascript:void(0)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6224056.post-67870161511804014152008-07-16T12:35:00.002+02:002008-07-16T12:39:09.451+02:00Wanted: New houseYessiree... IF I really want to have -all- the peripherals of all music games I should buy a new home... I just love, love, love music games ever since I saw the Bemani stuff from Konami back in the 90s, so it's supposed to be heaven for me these years, but it's a pain I tell you, a pain, as I'm obsessed with having all that stuff within reach and also declaring ownership over it but ... there isUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6224056.post-65179108965743622532008-07-13T14:04:00.002+02:002008-07-13T14:05:53.759+02:00If it be your willBeen to Leonard Cohen concert yesterday evening. It was .. magical.Loved this:Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6224056.post-83328499500402155192008-07-05T09:19:00.001+02:002008-07-05T09:23:05.350+02:00AoC has a male/female issue.http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/37257. Amazing how they never fixed it in the beta stages of the game. At least -someone- should have noticed the differences between the attackpower of both genders?' Let me begin with saying “yes, we here at Funcom agree with you; this is an unacceptable bug”. We never intended for any character to be stronger/weaker than another based on its gender, and we haveUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6224056.post-37209450219746473822008-06-22T00:17:00.002+02:002008-06-22T00:19:09.665+02:00SporeBeen hanging out with the former lead designer of Spore's Creature Creator, Chaim. Really fun guy, brilliant mind. Forgot to take a picture with him.. doh... Also met other interesting people, which I can't remember the names of.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6224056.post-33335661374249363122008-05-08T21:37:00.003+02:002008-05-08T21:40:05.635+02:00Nerf SteampunkVery into Nerf lately, still a bit confused that SteamPunk is everywhere all of a sudden including spicing up the Nerf guns! Love it!By courtesy of Gizomodo. Find more pics of this gun at: http://gizmodo.com/383943/steampunk-nerf-rifle-lets-you-get-victorian-on-someones-assUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6224056.post-56274412856138755952008-04-09T01:15:00.002+02:002008-04-09T01:26:02.627+02:00iPhone & NDS = Love!Love love love it!!Electroplankton on a NDS and two iPhones = Win! Did I say I totally love it? I say it again!Their website: Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6224056.post-16764284005556873632008-03-15T14:45:00.002+01:002008-03-15T14:49:05.888+01:00Flash Flash Revolution crazinessI recently rediscovered Flash Flash Revolution (thanks to my students), a webbased version of Dance Dance Revolution, which is playable with the directional keys on the keyboard. People can share videos of their skills, some real craziness to be found there!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6224056.post-862930779649176722008-03-11T14:56:00.001+01:002008-03-11T14:56:39.956+01:00SearchMeUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6224056.post-18035163134983873122008-03-10T23:06:00.002+01:002008-03-10T23:14:52.114+01:00Guitar Hero?This is great, people really have a nick for doing unexpected things with given technology. In the next youtube movie (from CNET) a couple of guys took some codes, laptops and guitar hero controllers and turned it all into a device that can be used to make music or synthesized sounds. The movie explains it all:Ever seen a pizza slice play Guitar Hero? Now you will! This slice even has a Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6224056.post-40462823948659762812008-02-14T21:57:00.002+01:002008-02-14T22:14:05.801+01:00Game PreservationCurrently trying to set something up for game preservation. I came across the Gameology emulation blog post from Laurie, which asks the question: when is emulation enough?Myself I appreciate the emulation scene to preserve games that way, as digitalizing through emulation saves a lot of space and issues with hardware compatibility. Personally I prefer however the game as it was originally Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6224056.post-51284125165995391222008-02-08T04:12:00.000+01:002008-02-08T04:22:05.242+01:00Hello new geekgirl!Ohh never saw a connection between Boingboings Cory Doctorow and Wonderland's Alice... but seems they have been an 'item' for quite some time now, resulting in this wonderful little 'mutant' as they call it. Congrats both of you! That's gotta turn out to be one helluva tech-savy, home-knitting, gadgetminded, writing, amazing girl. Hurray!Oh and check out this brilliant Little Big Planet puppet. IUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6224056.post-5791757871040524542008-02-08T03:14:00.000+01:002008-02-08T03:26:09.461+01:00Wii rip-offsEveryone wants to dip into the success of the Wii. And no I'm not talking about the Sixaxis controller of the Playstation 3, but the 'cheap' versions of the actual Wii. In the Netherlands a gameconsole got released called the "Vimax", 50 Euros for a crap computer with a 'vimote' that registers some movement but is not really sensitive to all your movements, images are not even vaguelly resemblingUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6224056.post-62934478485203067552008-02-07T20:26:00.001+01:002008-02-07T20:26:48.550+01:00LineRiderUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6224056.post-31485575603651006512008-01-25T00:07:00.000+01:002008-01-25T00:21:17.403+01:00Elspa equivalentWas looking for some numbers and figures about the gamesindustry, more specifically the general number of game (software) releases in 2007. Haven't found any real numbers on it, wonder if those stats are available and if I'm just googling with the wrong terms.According to ELSPA, NPD and ESA the industry faced a staggering growth in sales last year (2007) which is great of course. As many people Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6224056.post-32981659257680799122008-01-23T20:45:00.000+01:002008-01-23T21:24:47.019+01:00Blended LearningCurrently preparing classes and considering using some social networksites and tools for teaching. Ning seems to be useful to create your own social network and there are even options for educational purposes (see education.ning) such as ning availability without ads for free. I signed up for at least two ning networks: Classroom 2.0 and Bibliotheek 2.0 (Library 2.0) recently. But with all these Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6224056.post-19041299608542359942008-01-17T03:05:00.000+01:002008-01-17T03:08:09.768+01:00Cello & Beatboxing FluteGreg Pattillo and Eric Stephenson doing their thing on the cello and flute. I especially like the part from 01:22 on. I want to hear more cello pieces like that.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0