http://72dpi.console.cc Console++ en Sun, 20 May 2012 00:55:53 +0200 frame@console.cc frame@console.cc http://72dpi.console.cc/flow/?id=86 Tue, 03 Feb 2009 20:15:00 +0100
Cinema:

XXY 10/10 Great drama with realistic and absolutely lovable characters.
Unknown 6/10 I've enjoyed the short puzzle.
How I Celebrated the End of the World 6/10 Cute slingshot assassination attempt of Ceauşescu! Only recommended for USSR-history-savvy people.
Forgetting Sarah Marshall 6/10 one of the better easy movies.
Young People Fucking 6/10
Import / Export 5/10
Arlington Road 8/10 Nice and stable thriller. However Jeff Bridges should seriously pass on roles with a weep-scene.
The Signal 5/10
Turn The River 7/10
Syriana 10/10 Saw it the 2nd time now, still love it.
Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay 9/10 Wow! I didn't expect this one to be such a funny movie. Insanely high taboo breaking ratio.

Television:

Star Trek - TNG Season 1-3 10/10 What a great SCI-FI-Theater classic! Also, thank you summer-flu for so much spare time.
Observe: My Wesley Crusher Pullover Collection

Games:

Sins of a Solar Empire 7/10 Mediocre designs, great UI/Controls and MP is fun.

Books:

Geometrie und ihre Anwendungen]]> http://72dpi.console.cc/flow/?id=85 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:15:00 +0200 Formik is a group of Vienna based artists, architects and designers.

Darwin's Bracelet has been inspired by parts of the human / hominina evolution: Australopithecus, Homo habilis, Homo erectus, Homo neanderthalensis and Homo sapiens. The skulls are handmade from porcelain and metal.]]> http://72dpi.console.cc/flow/?id=84 Sat, 24 May 2008 20:15:00 +0200
Cinema:

Bucket List: 2/10 softcore hollywood fast food
Juno 10/10
The Savages 9/10
Unforgiven 9/10
No Country for Old Men 5/10 I'm really puzzled what's so great about it.
There Will Be Blood 4/10 Same as above. -1 point for no hairdo.
Lars and the Real Girl 8/10
Redacted 2/10 Obsolete depressing shit. Please pull your dick out of other peoples countries, thank you.
In the Valley of Elah 8/10
Michael Clayton 5/10 -1 for Tildas haircut at the Academy Awards
The Bourne Ultimatum 7/10
Transformers 0/10 I wasn't able to distinguish them stupid robots during the whole movie. Stupid CGinema.

Television:

Breaking Bad 10/10
FUR TV pilot 9/10
Dexter (Season 2) 9/10

Books:

The Dark Tower I've spent almost a year reading the whole series. Also caused a lust for (re-)watching a few Western classics.
The God Delusion
A Different Universe: Reinventing Physics from the Bottom Down

Otherworld:

I've joined a brand new DSA4 P&P RPG group. What?
In the Name of Architecture at the K/Haus Passage

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Dark Tower illustration by John Rubio]]> http://72dpi.console.cc/flow/?id=83 Wed, 07 May 2008 20:15:00 +0200
The game design is fantastic. Really, who needs 3D? Every single level was fun to play, but especially the last map of chapter 1 simply stunned me. Music, Animations, the ingame hits, everything seems so perfectly arranged and created with passion.

Can't wait for the final game to arrive!]]> http://72dpi.console.cc/flow/?id=82 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 20:15:00 +0200 Monkey Island Revival Party took place at the WUK in Vienna. Martin Kremecek, the main organizer, really did hell of job: All events were fun to watch, everything seemed well prepared and between all this he even had the time to remember me and introduce me to some guys from JoWood.

There were several compos: coconut beer bottle bowling, insult fighting, cotton swabs fights, best costume and more. Since I was pretty drunk I missed a few events, I think there also was a trivia.

I applied for the Speed Monkeying, even trained with the savegames for a few evenings :) However this compo was first postponed and then canceled due to lack of candidates. At the end Martin gave me the price because I was the last man standing :))) Observe my own copy of Sam and Max Season 1! Arrrr, Booty!


You truly could feel the Monkey Island spirit. At least for me the revival worked out pretty well - I had several flashbacks back to when I was 14 :). The band sucked a bit, music wasn't that good before midnight. Alcohol wise the event was a huge success. The Grog however was a bit too sweet for my taste... Battery acid anyone?

For pics check my Flickr set.
Update: The official photos available too now.]]> http://72dpi.console.cc/flow/?id=81 Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:15:00 +0100
If you got multiple external devices you can manually pick the adapter by using the Bluetooth Explorer which is part of the Apple Developer Tools since 10.4:
Location: /Developer/Applications/Utilities/Bluetooth/Bluetooth Explorer.app

Then click on Utilities / HCI Controller Selector (Command-K), make your choice and hit Activate.]]> http://72dpi.console.cc/flow/?id=80 Sat, 23 Feb 2008 20:15:00 +0100 give me truth."]]> http://72dpi.console.cc/flow/?id=79 Fri, 22 Feb 2008 20:15:00 +0100 The truth is so, so simple."]]> http://72dpi.console.cc/flow/?id=78 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 20:15:00 +0100 *outstanding* cast. Highly recommended even if you don't like Wild West themes or stories about gunslingers :)]]> http://72dpi.console.cc/flow/?id=77 Mon, 21 Jan 2008 20:15:00 +0100 http://72dpi.console.cc/flow/?id=76 Sun, 20 Jan 2008 20:15:00 +0100 http://72dpi.console.cc/flow/?id=75 Wed, 16 Jan 2008 20:15:00 +0100
I liked every single scene and my desire for end-of-the-world SCI-FI stories, which get the romantic aspect right, was satisfied. However at the very end the story just didn't feel right to my atheist self.]]> http://72dpi.console.cc/flow/?id=74 Thu, 10 Jan 2008 20:15:00 +0100 Conspiracy anyone?]]> http://72dpi.console.cc/flow/?id=72 Fri, 07 Dec 2007 20:15:00 +0100
First I suspected bad wiring on my side and replaced several components: New power adapter with "Clean Power" filtering, a new switch, new network cards for both LAN servers and finally a really expensive new patch cable. Sadly all these attempts didn't solve it. The only conclusion left was that the MacBook itself has some internal soldering-fuckup. I tried Apple support but only got the usual copy/paste reply.

So I bought a 13 cents duct tape and put it on the metal coat of the patch cable leading from the MacBook to the switch. See image above :)

And that did it!

How I despised that noise!! I can't put it into words.
It's the relief of the year..]]> http://72dpi.console.cc/flow/?id=71 Wed, 05 Dec 2007 20:15:00 +0100
You don't really want to know.

You want to be... fooled."]]> http://72dpi.console.cc/flow/?id=70 Wed, 17 Oct 2007 20:15:00 +0200 http://72dpi.console.cc/flow/?id=69 Tue, 16 Oct 2007 20:15:00 +0200
What surprised me was Laz' total-out-of-character concert plus one or maybe two just-not-working Timberlake-moments.]]> http://72dpi.console.cc/flow/?id=68 Sat, 15 Sep 2007 20:15:00 +0200 Exactly what you should get for a cinema ticket.]]> http://72dpi.console.cc/flow/?id=67 Wed, 12 Sep 2007 20:15:00 +0200 http://72dpi.console.cc/flow/?id=66 Fri, 17 Aug 2007 20:15:00 +0200 slacking planning
the Phalanx Chip/Tracker Music Archives have finally opened!

1700+ Mod/XM/IT/S3M Songs behind a slick web-player for public enjoyment.]]> http://72dpi.console.cc/flow/?id=65 Tue, 07 Aug 2007 20:15:00 +0200
Cinema:

Science of Sleep (2006) 6/10
The Ex (2006) 5/10 funny but sadly fast food
Sicko (2007) -/10
Gone (2007) 7/10 Hahaha..
Last King of Scotland (2006) 9/10
Mysterious Skin (2004) 2/10 just horrible
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) 8/10 for youth flashbacks while watching.
A Simple Curve (2005) 9/10
Stranger Than Fiction (2006) 5/10
Primer (2004) 8/10
The Dead Girl (2006) 8/10
Reign Over Me (2007) 6/10 could have been a 9/10 if they just wouldn't have Hollyraped the ending.
Zodiac (2007) 4/10 Zzzzzzzzodiac How the fuck can you do a 3 hours movie about an unsolved murder!! Gah!


Television:

The Wire 10/10 - fabulous!! And the sole reason this year to actually like TV (besides Bill Maher :)

The above teaser shows Bunk and McNulty examining a crime scene. According to the book The Wire: Truth Be Told, the whole scene is an insider's homage to a veteran Baltimore murder police who predicted that police would eventually create their own language constisting entierly of profanity.


bla.]]> http://72dpi.console.cc/flow/?id=64 Sat, 04 Aug 2007 20:15:00 +0200 http://72dpi.console.cc/flow/?id=62 Mon, 16 Jul 2007 20:15:00 +0200
Picture: Dialogues between serious characters within a deep and beautiful story, a majestic hawk sitting on the arm of the lead role: The bird is flapping like it doesn't want to be in a scene.. or any scene for that matter. During the whole movie I prayed that some animal control guy busts the scene and frees that god damn bird from it's misery.

I somewhat recommend to watch this movie. Seriously. But you need nerves of steel to cope with the hawk.]]> http://72dpi.console.cc/flow/?id=61 Tue, 03 Jul 2007 20:15:00 +0200 fighting a losing battle.

On a personal note: Better avoid watching it with people who tend to ask stupid questions when the storytelling isn't linear. :)]]> http://72dpi.console.cc/flow/?id=60 Wed, 27 Jun 2007 20:15:00 +0200 The fabulous 1st season is hereby complete :)]]> http://72dpi.console.cc/flow/?id=59 Fri, 11 May 2007 20:15:00 +0200 (Photo by mesiplus, Sound by sbin's hummel)]]> http://72dpi.console.cc/flow/?id=58 Wed, 02 May 2007 20:15:00 +0200 Quake 2, Delta Force series, a few ancient RTS games like Dark Reign or Battle Realms and last but not least MOO 2. Thanks to Hamachi most 'LAN only' multi-player games now fully work over the internet and did ease up firewall/router configuration a lot. We're still trying to get the IPX based MOO2 to run, results pending...

Originally we planned to start with Battle Realms and Delta Force, however after a quick peek-a-boo we realized that we had the original games much more detailed and entertaining in our minds that they turned out to be after all those years. So we skipped right to guaranteed fun - which was Quake 2 and it's actually very unique cooperative multi-player mode.

Why the heck don't add more developers co-op game play to their silly deathmatch games? It's hard enough to find quality online gamers and hanging out around the well known lobbies quickly get quite disappointing (age difference!). There's a big need for 'two-player-games' IMO outside of the usual strategy classics.

Well back to Quake 2: We sorta suspected that there could be a few 3rd parts mods for Q2 which would improve the visual appearance; but what we found sure exceeded our expectations:

Quake II Evolved is basically a complete rewrite of the Quake 2 engine done by Blur with shader and high-res texture support. Together with this Texturepack (search for 'complete' + 'models' and 'correction') the overall result is almost stunning. We were required to delete the items/, objects/ and weapons/ sub-folder from the models.zip, they sorta produced weired results.

Quake 2 co-op mode turned out to be the retro-gaming fun we were aiming for.]]> http://72dpi.console.cc/flow/?id=57 Tue, 24 Apr 2007 20:15:00 +0200
In other news: The download area for my current 'learn new programming languages adventures' is finally done. Check it out if you like.]]> http://72dpi.console.cc/flow/?id=56 Fri, 06 Apr 2007 20:15:00 +0200 http://72dpi.console.cc/flow/?id=55 Fri, 06 Apr 2007 20:15:00 +0200 http://72dpi.console.cc/flow/?id=52 Sat, 31 Mar 2007 20:15:00 +0200 http://72dpi.console.cc/flow/?id=53 Fri, 23 Mar 2007 20:15:00 +0100 really hard to like this game... However the weak AI, boring + repetitive voices, dull swords play, horrible FPS (even on my SLI rig) simply killed the otherwise excellent environment and fabulous story. In sum I had three attempts to enjoy this title, but ended up playing Gothic 2 each time.

I fear Piranha Bytes' Game Engine isn't strong enough for their ideas.]]> http://72dpi.console.cc/flow/?id=54 Fri, 02 Mar 2007 20:15:00 +0100
I think the movie pretty well yells everyone in the face who is remotely intolerant. And folks who say just USandA are addressed are SO wrong: We all suck. That's what I've learned.

The last part (hint: Marriage Sack) is the most incredible thing I've seen since many years. You can't pinpoint our current generation any better at the moment.]]> http://72dpi.console.cc/flow/?id=51 Sun, 26 Nov 2006 20:15:00 +0100
DEAR INDUSTRY: STOP DOING CRAP OVER-LENGTH MOVIES !!! FFS]]> http://72dpi.console.cc/flow/?id=50 Sat, 25 Nov 2006 20:15:00 +0100 http://72dpi.console.cc/flow/?id=49 Sun, 05 Nov 2006 20:15:00 +0100 Fusionsphere.

The countless scenes where the chapters takes place were well designed but at the end far too many with sometimes no obvious connection to the actual background-story. I disliked quite a lot of dialogs; many felt silly to me and lowered the overall quality of the story. The voice actors seemed to had no briefing on the emotional states of their characters.. but worst: even the street workers in Moskau didn't have the slightest accent.

Still, I recommend to purchase this game to anyone who likes puzzle/adventure games that doesn't force you to rush through the story and don't mind the lack of a replay value.]]> http://72dpi.console.cc/flow/?id=48 Sat, 04 Nov 2006 20:15:00 +0100
Big recommendation for any cinéaste.]]> http://72dpi.console.cc/flow/?id=47 Wed, 18 Oct 2006 20:15:00 +0200 Added live audio previews and iTunes podcast compatibility.]]> http://72dpi.console.cc/flow/?id=46 Sat, 07 Oct 2006 20:15:00 +0200
I needed to upgrade Python on my Box anyways..]]> http://72dpi.console.cc/flow/?id=45 Thu, 31 Aug 2006 20:15:00 +0200 http://72dpi.console.cc/flow/?id=44 Mon, 21 Aug 2006 20:15:00 +0200
...make me pure...
2*55000 people, Ernst Happel Stadium/Vienna, great show, awesome audience and nice crowd-neighbours (except the 2m 'rock' in front of me).

..but not yet.
Low end Audio System (three concerts for the price of one, *yey*), Beer + Brezel 15 Euros and I think we might see a lot more Adidas gear in the streets soon.]]> http://72dpi.console.cc/flow/?id=43 Sat, 19 Aug 2006 20:15:00 +0200 Guess with Gore on their side the victory wasn't a big surprise.]]> http://72dpi.console.cc/flow/?id=42 Sun, 06 Aug 2006 20:15:00 +0200 http://72dpi.console.cc/flow/?id=41 Sat, 05 Aug 2006 20:15:00 +0200
Ein Glueck dem, der darueber hinwegblickt und anschliessend nachschaut, im Stick oder eben im Web. Pech fuer den (auch Allgemein) der haengen bleibt und nicht eher Ruhen kann bis die Antwort vor Augen ist.

Microsoft will sich diesen Seelen annehmen und liefert mit Vista einen neuen DVD Player aus, der auf Knopfdruck Alles erkennt was sich bewegt und eben auch Biographien zu Schauspielern weiss, dabei auch den Film voruebergehend zu pausieren vermag - man koennte ja was verpassen.

Die Live Demonstration bei der CES 2006 war atemberaubend, mit viel Szenenapplaus. The Bourne Supremacy lief da am grossen Bildschirm, Franka Potente ideal unbekannt genug um dem Showcase auch den noetigen Ahajaa Effekt zu verleihen. Wie geplant pausiert Vista und praesentiert stolz sein Suchergebnis.

Ich schliesse hiermit und zitiere den praesentierenden Entwickler: "So here I'm watching the scene and I see this woman, I think I've seen her before, silly as that, click a button, it's Franke Potente. Done."]]> http://72dpi.console.cc/flow/?id=40 Sat, 14 Jan 2006 20:15:00 +0100
First Console++ Website, 1998
http://console.cc/v1/

Second Console++ Website, 2000
http://console.cc/v2/

02-09-21 statement on patriot act
http://console.cc/metal-slug/]]> http://72dpi.console.cc/flow/?id=37 Fri, 06 Jan 2006 20:15:00 +0100
Nun, das Problem mit der Coolness-Transparenz hat seinen Preis, naemlich die uncoolness scheint mit durch.

Ich selbst musste meine last.fm Statistiken 2004 zuruecksetzen da ich versehentlich eine Nacht lang Michelle Branch durchloopte und meine Statistik recht Arg ins uebergroundige rueckte.

Das war, im Nachhinein betrachtet, ein Fehler. Denn wichtiger als eine lupenreine Transparenz ist eine Vollstaendige.

Wir alle ziehen uns Junk dann und wann rein, und wir alle hoeren die Saetze 'Wees ned wer der Vata wahr.' in Talkshows mit eigenen Ohren und wir alle haben Sachen gemacht - frueher und jetzt - die nicht Astrein im Sinne der Selbstvermarktung waren.

Es ist OK dann und wann keinen Underground in der Playlist zu haben. Die Gesamtstatistik spricht Baende und schuetzt in diesem Falle auch vor misinterpretation.

Und selbst Schmidt muss seinen Kindern den kleinen Prinz vorlesen. Fakt.]]> http://72dpi.console.cc/flow/?id=39 Thu, 05 Jan 2006 20:15:00 +0100
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Es gab keine Verriegelung an Tueren oder Schraenken und es war in Ordnung mit Pfannen zu spielen. Wir hatten keine Sicherheitskappen auf Medizinflaschen; war auch nicht noetig da Medizin schrecklich schmeckte.

Wir sind ohne Helme Fahrrad gefahren, nur mit Flip-Flops und floureszierenden Katzenaugen zwischen den Speichen.

Als Kinder sind wir in Autos mitgefahren ohne Sicherheitsgurte oder Airbags; der Beifahrersitz war ein Ereignis.

Wir haben Wasser vom Gartenschlauch getrunken, nicht aus Flaschen und es schmeckte genau so gut.

Wir assen Chips, Brot und Pudding - gleichzeitig, tranken Sprudel-Limonade mit Zucker aber hatten nie Uebergewicht - weil wir immer draussen spielten.

Wir teilten ein Getraenk mit vier Freunden, aus der selben Flasche, und niemand starb davon.

Wir verbrachten Stunden damit Seifenkisten von der blanken Idee weg zu bauen; um erst bei der Vollgas Fahrt den Huegel runter die fehlenden Bremsen zu bemerken.

Beim Rennen durch Brennesseln lernten wir das Problem zu umgehen.

Wir gingen am Morgen aus dem Haus, konnten den ganzen Tag ueber draussen Spielen; solange wir zurueck waren bevor es Dunkel wurde war alles in Ordnung. Niemand konnte uns erreichen und niemand machte sich deswegen Gedanken.

Wir hatten keine Playstations oder X-Boxen, keine Videospiele. Keine 99 TV-Sender, kein Zapping, keine VHS-Videos, kein Surround-Sound, keine Handies, keine PCs, keine DVDs, keine Internet Chat Raeume. Wir hatten Freunde, wir gingen raus und fanden welche.

Wir Gummihuepften und spielten Voelkerball, und manchmal hat der Ball echt weh getan.

Wir fielen von Baeumen, schnitten uns, brachen uns Knochen und es gab keine Strafanzeigen.

Wir hatten Faustkaempfe aber keine Klage folgte von anderen Eltern.

Wir spielten an-der-Tuer-klingeln-und-wegrennen und hatten wirkliche Angst dass der Bewohner uns erwischen koennte.

Wir gingen zu Fuss zu Freunden nach Hause.

Wir gingen ebenfall zu Fuss zur Schule, wir waren nicht von den Eltern abhaengig um dahin zu kommen - es war nur - ums Eck.

Wir erfanden neue Spiele basierend auf ein paar Stecken und Tennisbaellen.

Wir sind im Rudel Fahrrad gefahren und trugen die Jacken an der Kapuze.

Die Vorstellung uns mittels Kaution freizukaufen war nicht vorhanden, wenn wir das Gesetz brachen wurden wir von den Eltern bestraft. Sie waren eins mit dem Gesetz.


Diese Generation hat ein Riskio-Bewusstsein, Loesungs-orientiertes Denken und Erfindergeist erzeugt. Wir hatten Freiheit, Fehlschlaege, Erfolg und Eigenverantwortung und wir lernten damit umzugehen.

Leider will es uns nicht gelingen dies weiterzugeben.]]> http://72dpi.console.cc/flow/?id=38 Wed, 04 Jan 2006 20:15:00 +0100
'HCC' is a Windows Application for the Fantasy MMORPG game Horizons which allows it's Players to browse through the huge ingame item/formula, technique and components database, create orders as well as manage a crafter profile.]]> http://72dpi.console.cc/flow/?id=35 Sun, 18 Dec 2005 20:15:00 +0100 http://72dpi.console.cc/flow/?id=36 Sun, 11 Dec 2005 20:15:00 +0100
Console++ provided all templates and programming (Frontend and Backend) using our Coma v4.1 Framework.

Right now, the Site isn't yet fully Firefox/Safari compilant.
We recommend IE for now..]]> http://72dpi.console.cc/flow/?id=34 Sat, 24 Sep 2005 20:15:00 +0200
Added a newsletter engine and a brand new press section with a gallery and downloadable press-releases.]]> http://72dpi.console.cc/flow/?id=33 Sun, 01 Aug 2004 20:15:00 +0200 massively multiplayer role-playing game to hit the market. Horizons boasts nine playable races and arguably the best crafting system in any massively multiplayer game. The ability to dynamically add content has allowed tens of thousands of current Horizons customers to experience episodic content and massive battles like never before.

See my profile and progresson European Server 'Wind' or visit my Guild.]]> http://72dpi.console.cc/flow/?id=32 Tue, 06 Apr 2004 20:15:00 +0200
Featuring the brand new Coma v4.0, full WAI-Triple A guideline support and complete multilingual (German/English) content.]]> http://72dpi.console.cc/flow/?id=31 Tue, 03 Feb 2004 20:15:00 +0100 http://72dpi.console.cc/flow/?id=30 Fri, 23 Jan 2004 20:15:00 +0100
Currently the site is beta/nonpublic.]]> http://72dpi.console.cc/flow/?id=28 Sun, 21 Dec 2003 20:15:00 +0100 http://72dpi.console.cc/flow/?id=29 Fri, 12 Dec 2003 20:15:00 +0100 HTML / PHP-Backend Produced for Pixelwings.]]> http://72dpi.console.cc/flow/?id=22 Tue, 12 Aug 2003 20:15:00 +0200 http://72dpi.console.cc/flow/?id=4 Sun, 15 Jun 2003 20:15:00 +0200 http://72dpi.console.cc/flow/?id=1 Fri, 16 May 2003 20:15:00 +0200 http://72dpi.console.cc/flow/?id=2 Sat, 26 Apr 2003 20:15:00 +0200 http://72dpi.console.cc/flow/?id=3 Mon, 31 Mar 2003 20:15:00 +0200 fun. ;-)
Check out our first and only X-MAS release.]]> http://72dpi.console.cc/flow/?id=21 Tue, 24 Dec 2002 20:15:00 +0100
Note: Meanwhile the Database is READONLY. So don't waste your time entering your name, etc.]]> http://72dpi.console.cc/flow/?id=25 Sun, 01 Dec 2002 20:15:00 +0100 http://72dpi.console.cc/flow/?id=26 Sat, 21 Sep 2002 20:15:00 +0200 http://72dpi.console.cc/flow/?id=7 Sat, 16 Feb 2002 20:15:00 +0100 http://72dpi.console.cc/flow/?id=8 Fri, 05 Oct 2001 20:15:00 +0200
Note: it's still somehow beta]]> http://72dpi.console.cc/flow/?id=9 Sun, 30 Sep 2001 20:15:00 +0200 http://72dpi.console.cc/flow/?id=20 Fri, 07 Sep 2001 20:15:00 +0200