A project I saw scrolling by on #thepiratebay.org on Efnet caught my attention a couple of weeks ago. Flox is an enhancement on several existing traditional P2P techniques. “Flox is a technique in development which will identify the same parts from similar files and download those when needed. This will …
Hoping to see them this wednesday at the Lokerse Feesten (update: I missed them, bummer !), I thought this was the right time to release a remix I’ve been wrestling with during the last months. Danny The Dog (international title: Unleashed) was a mediocre thriller by Luc Besson (Taxi, The …
and Women Write More Helpful Code from Venus, quoting the Wall Street Journal. Women are more touchy-feely and considerate of those who will use the code later, she says. They’ll intersperse their code–those strings of instructions that result in nifty applications and programs–with helpful comments and directions, explaining why they …
One of my activities these months is setting up a community-oriented wiki for the improvisational theater group Preparee (which I’ll be captaining next academic year. Oh, the suspense !). I went for the PmWiki distribution, developed by Patrick Michaud. Since quite a lot of customization went into converting the base …
Some interesting bits up at Google Code : it’s my second Radiohead-related post this week, I know. For the recording of the House of Cards video clip they did not use any camera’s. Yes, that’s right. Instead, they used specialised hardware that can register 3D geometry at a very fast …
Steamworks went live today. I’ve requested my API key, have you ? On a lighter note, here are some interesting articles I’ve stumbled upon during the last few weeks. Cracked compiled a list of 7 commandments all video games should obey. (#3 is my favorite). Another – more serious – …
There’s a small interview up on the independent gaming industry blog Pariah’s Guild about the project I’m working on, Nuclear Dawn. It’s an interesting read, although my lack of English vocabulary makes me sound like a five year old from time to time.The blog itself has a bit of an …
Every six months, it’s that time again … upgrading to the newest Ubuntu release. I don’t know which department is in charge of the release branding, but with the label for release 8.04 (The year 2008, fourth month) they have outdone themselves: Hardy Heron. I really hope Mark Shuttleworth opens …
Just a quick word to note that the Source Engine modification I’m working on, Nuclear Dawn, is looking for fresh level designers. If you’ve got a fair amount of experience with VHE and some kickass work to show, don’t hesitate to apply ! Development has been a bit slow at …
For my webdesign activities, I sometimes use the great Autoviewer, which is a handy flash application to quickly display images in a slideshow fashion. Recently, I implemented this in a small website for a company. They were going to add photo’s every day, and don’t know how to edit XML …