Forza, forza, forza!

November 2, 2011 in Gaming, Xbox with 0 Comments

I’ve been playing Forza 4 rather excessively last week and made it to the final of ten seasons in World Tour mode while at the same time the statistic tells me I only completed 5.3 % of the career events indicating the insane amount of car class – event type combinations in the Event List which is also part of career mode.

The World Tour features an adaptive opponent AI difficulty, meaning if you drive a slow, not upgraded car so will the computer. You don’t even have to win to progress but if you do the AI will get a little harder to beat next time. This system actually works quite well often giving you the impression that your skill allowed you to only barely win a race.


Picture: Ran out of skill.
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Starting fresh

September 26, 2011 in PC Gaming with 0 Comments

So I finally finished my World of Warcraft “experiment”. Final balance: 100k gold, 4 level 80 characters but not a single one at cap (85). Since I’m not planning on returning to the game within the next couple of years I took about 90% of that gold and invested it in various vanity items (elementium geodes for example) and Cataclysm trade goods. Basically I didn’t want to worry about in-game inflation urging me to come back any time soon.

The next step was to purge my gaming rig of all the WoW stuff like update clients, dual-boxing tools, backup scripts and some such. I wanted to make absolutely sure to get rid of every piece of WoW-ware that was now possibly on my system. A clean reinstall of the operating system was in order. Continue Reading…

Health update: calendar weeks 37 & 38, 2011

September 26, 2011 in Health with 0 Comments

Food, calendar week 38, 2011 Food, calendar week 37, 2011

Here you can see what I ate in the last two weeks but not necessarily how much though.
More stats after the jump.
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Filters make everything look better

September 13, 2011 in Photography with 0 Comments

Old stove Dramatic sky

Are you a lousy photographer? There are apps for that!

Combine today’s smartphones and tablets with sub-par cameras and app marketplace/stores and you get a lot of photo effect/filter apps trying to salvage your snapshots and turn them into pieces of art or just something you are not afraid to share on your social network of choice.

I tried Pixlr-o-matic, and liked it, because it’s a multistep process thus giving you more control over the resulting image. The app works in portrait mode only but can handle landscape images just fine as shown in my quick video-review below the jump.
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Health update: calendar week 36, 2011

September 13, 2011 in Health with 0 Comments

Food, calendar week 36, 2011

Here you can see what I ate last week but not necessarily how much though.
More stats after the jump.
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The Evolution of Apple USB Plugs

September 6, 2011 in Photography with 0 Comments

Evolution of Apple USB Plugs

From left to right: iPod era, iPhone era, iPad era.

I was always impressed with the attention to detail and the whole Apple experience prior to even turning on your new gadget. Starting with the packaging itself to the unique look and feel of – in reality standard – power cables. In recent years you could almost watch as packaging became less expansive and the build quality of things like the pictured sync cables was slightly reduced.

Health update: calendar week 35, 2011

September 6, 2011 in Health with 0 Comments

Food, calendar week 35, 2011

Here you can see what I ate last week but not necessarily how much though.
More stats after the jump.
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How Kinect sees the world

August 30, 2011 in Video with 0 Comments

This is a graphical representation of what the Kinect sensor picks up with its infrared point-cloud 3D tracking system. I try to show you the challenge of finger tracking and how well Kinect does with facial expressions and different textures/surfaces. I also do some pseudo martial arts and MJ-esque dance moves.

Health update: calendar week 34, 2011

August 29, 2011 in Health with 0 Comments

Food, calendar week 34, 2011

Here you can see what I ate last week but not necessarily how much though.
More stats after the jump.
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Health update: calendar week 33, 2011

August 22, 2011 in Health with 0 Comments

Food, calendar week 33, 2011

Here you can see what I ate last week but not necessarily how much though.
More stats after the jump.
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