February 2009
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I moved to france!
Ok, I did not. But I did move most of my websites to gandi hosting in france.
As part of the move I cleaned up my old frob.nl
page, threw away some stuff and moved the rest to 320x200.org. I
also copied some posts from tumblr. I will probably post on
320x200.org from now on, so please update your rss feeds if you’re
reading me at tumblr.
December 2008
2 posts
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Achievement Unlocked →
Not long ago, I was very impressed with the achievement system of Xbox Live. In fact, I was so impressed by the concept, that I started working on similar system not limited to any specific platform or technology. However, now that I actually have an Xbox 360 and take a closer look, it turns out achievements are not what they seemed to be. My vision of the Xbox achievement system is much...
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Piksel 2008
Piksel 2008 has ended. I went to see the live performances on thursday and sunday, some presentations on friday, and had a quick look at the real.code thing on saturday.
Despite having a lot of workshops, presentations and performances, the event did not really feel like it was intended for an outside audience. Most of the people there seemed to be involved in this scene of audiovisual...
November 2008
1 post
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Silent Hill 2, Katamari Damashii
I just finished Silent Hill 2. I was playing on easy, because some creature kept killing me really early in the game on normal, and I was afraid it would only get harder. Looking back I should have persevered, playing on easy just removes too much of the tension the game is supposed to have. I think that’s also why the game seemed so short, it probably is on easy.
I’ll be sure to...
October 2008
1 post
electronic ink netbook? →
Please, everyone vote for this idea! I want my electronic ink netbook :)
September 2008
2 posts
1 tag
The Stolen Scepter on violin →
I’ve seen enough videos by now of people playing video game music on their pianos, but I enjoyed seeing this, someone playing falcom (sound team j.d.k) music on violin.
Fucking stolen scepter. I remember getting lost in that first level of sorcerian, over and over again. I never got very far in that game….
Alexander Marcus - Ciao Ciao Bella →
creepy.
August 2008
5 posts
1 tag
Gambits
I’m still undecided on the gambit system in Final Fantasy XII. In the field, grinding is less tedious, the decisions you would normally make over and over again for certain enemies can just be configured once with the gambit system. So, in that sense, the gambit system makes FF12 more fun (or atleast less annoying) compared to previous final fantasies.
But, with a decent gambit setup I...
Binärpilot →
(for no specific reason)
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engine drone
I’m in the middle of the city, I have the living room window open. It’s about 23:00 in the evening, fairly quiet outside except for the occassional car speeding through the street below my 1st floor window. It’s the peace and quiet of the city, with sounds of cars and muffled conversations, but none of the daytime chaos.
I hear the sound of a ship approaching. I walk over to...
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Distractions
Not having internet at home has shown me that indeed I am more productive without that distraction (until my offline python documentation refers to documentation online for a certain feature >_<).
But how can I create such a situation at work where I’m working on websites for clients and need to be connected to an ever changing list of domains and ip adresses?
ps. Yes, writing this...
I R BAK
Yay! I’m back online:
you can talk to me on irc (and aol/icq/msn if you must).
or send me mail.
and the few sites on my home machine are back too (http://320x200.org and http://frob.nl :).
July 2008
6 posts
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more garr. →
I enjoyed watching play:digital on channelflip/blip.tv ever since I discovered it. I subscribed to their rss feed and watched every episode as soon as it was available, yay rss bla bla. A few months ago, new episodes stopped appearing — it took me a while to notice, but there was no explanation everywhere.
Today I discovered they’ve been back since the beginning of june, with...
still more of the no internet.
My internet connection at home should be ready on august 1st. However, I have to return the keys to my previous flat on july 31st. Which means I have to move the server out of my old home before that.
320x200.org will be offline during those days, and I shan’t be able to receive email or visit irc either. Hopefully I’m back online before the weekend.
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I finished Final Fantasy X-2 yesterday, which was slightly dissapointing. It seems the second half of the game is mostly side-quests with not much story to them, I skipped lots of these side-quests but still defeated the final boss with ease. I guess Rikku’s sphere thingy was a bit overpowered.
Oh well, atleast I can start a new game now, which is always fun :). Looking at the...
Neo Freerunner →
Hm, if calls work reliably on this thing, it could be an interesting option too — anything else has no priority and can be hacked on.
UPDATE: oh meh, no UMTS.
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Hackers & Painters →
I’m not much of a reader, but I’m thoroughly enjoying Hackers & Painters. It’s oddly motivating too.
Moving
Yay! I moved. I have a much nicer place now, but have to wait two weeks for my inernet connection to be moved.
June 2008
8 posts
ik bin su eil →
now playing...
Yay, I just finished Yoshi’s Island DS — which wasn’t very good so I’m not going to spend any more time trying to collect everything. In the meantime, I am trying to get all gold medals in Burnout 3, only three left or something.
The next games I will be playing on the commute:
Single player story of Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates (ds)
Metal Gear Solid...
Nokia Supernova series →
Oh nice. Reasonably pretty and affordable phones, with symbian and GPS.
Pondering on ADD.
I’ve been recently self-diagnosed with mild ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder). Obviously self-diagnosis is not very reliable, but I am reluctant to get a real diagnosis, it doesn’t really matter wether I have ADD or not. I just have this constant feeling I could be more productive. I trust this feeling, and want to figure out why I am not productive, and fix it.
The main issue seems...
Quitting Things and Flakiness: The #1 Productivity... →
Very recognizable, I mostly do this already.
Mobile-review.com Nokia E71 – marvel for the... →
Perhaps this will do…
cellphone update
I noticed the LG Viewty red in a store today, so it’s finally available. But, I had decided that the viewty may not be the right choice, so had a look at the alternatives.
Examining the nokia e61i and the blackberries I came to the conclusion that these full qwerty keyboard phones are all too big and ugly for my tastes. I noticed a nice looking samsung in a shop, with a full qwerty...
Still undecided on my next mobile phone.
I was dead set on getting an LG Viewty, in red. But after seeing some of the pictures reviewers have taken with the phone, I realized cellphone cameras are still fairly crappy. Or well, that’s my impression anyway. I am probably better off spending EUR 150 to 200 on a decent compact camera, and paying a bit less for a mobile phone.
So, I went looking for a good mobile phone to use for...