アノニマス→サイエントロジーへの第二の声明
[before you ask, I am not affiliated to any degree with anonymous, nor am I with the church of scientology. the apparent conspiracy, the videos and how it affects media and the very presentation of protest entertains me.]
stephen hobley's laser harp
Although it might take more than a decent week of fiddling around to make Jean-Michel Jarre jack off with unholy glee, Stephen Hobley's laser harp prototype is a working one. Had been for some time, that is, checking out the release dates on his YouTube and all. Still, drop me a few lines if you could prepare a laser harp for our live shows. July's the date, most probably. (link)
german djs and their living rooms (and spiders on drugs)
Found this amazing (and at the same time pretty much outdated) photo selection of living room interiors that belong to certain German DJs off Digg.. Vaguely reminds me of the page where you had all the photos of drug-induced spiderwebs and visually it turned out that caffeine messed up your brain in a much more dramatic way than mescaline or cocaine. Just think about how these DJs handle the music and their decors. Awesome! (link)
DJ HELL
RICARDO VILLALOBOS
RICHIE "PLASTIKMAN" HAWTIN
synesthetics - microdots
A microdot is text or an image substantially reduced in size onto a 1mm disc to prevent detection by unintended recipients. (...) Historically, LSD solutions were first sold on sugar cubes, but practical considerations forced a change to tablet form. Early pills or tabs were flattened on both ends and identified by color: "gray flat", "blue flat", and so forth. Next came "domes", which were rounded on one end, then "double domes" rounded on both ends, and finally small tablets known as "microdots". (source: wikipedia)
Tökéletes példája az oldschool, alagútban fejjel előre zuhanó goa-tekerések középszintjének, a demót eredetileg XBOX360-ra gyártotta a Synesthetics (STS), második helyezést ért el a tavalyi Assembly-n a combined demo versenyen. (via pouet)
the new chiba
Chiba Ákos képkeretező után újabb névrokon, aki foglalkozása szerint (igen megalomán módon jelezve) kardos. Köszönjük. Még mindig fogorvos és utcaiszamuráj, valamint szervizes Chibákat keresünk.
hellgate: fed up
Giving up on Hellgate:London after a few months of alpha and beta testing, followed by three months of subscription enema is something I have to consider either a feat of prehistoric will or simply common sense. Think about it. You're level 33, you've seen your share in combat, instead of doing tai ch'i, studying Japanese or receiving a proper blowjob, you level up and you farm palladium. And the most intense experience you ever get in the game is that you receive some military pants that looks like just the other thousand you've sold and it makes your ass cheeks glow yellow instead of purple.
Level randomization is boring. Monsters are boring. Coloring is dull. Item design is dull and boring. Finding an item is not funny anymore. In a 3D game where DirectX10 effects are supposed to be the shit, I sort of expect my character to look cool and I expect to find shitloads of items that look cool on me. I also expect to be generously handed a vanity cam that works in various ways the current version doesn't. You grind on and on just because you expect to find something new and interesting and it really pulls you into the game. For a time. US and EU players cannot migrate to servers, shared stash and auction house still not working and as for the characters, they are fucking unappealing. Seriously. I do not expect (although I should) the graphical diversity of Guild Wars, but seriously, those guys know their shit. None of the characters look good. The faces, terrible. Mod support? None. And for all that, 10 euros per month? No way in hell and that's not because I couldn't afford it.
I have worked in the game testing/development arena and I have been eaten by wolves every day and worked with fat fascist workaholic cocksuckers, lots of them. So I sort of know what it means not to be able to finish things by deadlines and continuous ego clashes between developers (who shat the universe, basically) and all the lower-level scum. Good intent and the distant prospect of a good game might have led Bill's troopers. Right into the cesspool.
No cocaine ammo for Bill.
DBC030, the end of it all
gibby kivancsi tappancskanak miert ez a neve?
tappancska fiu neve ellenere
tappancska: es azert tappancska mert otthon alt. tappancskanak szolitjak
gibby mar nem is annyira kivancsi
gibby is fiu
missing pages (amended version)
Jerome Olivier decently kicks fellow movie-makers in the teeth with his fotomation, the technique that enables him to create a 24-minz movie out of HD stills. (Think Broken Saints, done really properly.) The whole movie in high-def is freely downloadable off the original page, so you're all better off if you download the zips and start watching right away.
Because that's where things get really confusing. If you've done your primer in sci-fi, you'll know time travel (which the whole movie is about) is inherently bad and involves fucking your parents, dedicated savants are known for not maintaining social relations and there's gotta be at least one traitor in a movie. You have all these. With the sweet addition of butoh dancer group Dairakudakan (they're the time-traveling vampire Core security guys) and time travel gadets that look like steampunk dildos, your synapses can start shooting away. This is one of the best short movies in SF I've seen in a while, also one with too many cliches - so we end up giving it seven outta ten. (link)
doktor sleepless, issue five
"Imagine what all of us, living here in the future, can achieve. Be authentic to your dreams. Be authentic to your own ideas about yourself. Grind away at your own minds and bodies until you become your own invention. Be mad scientists.
Here at the end of the world, it's the only thing worth doing."
Thank you, Warren.
hello kitty gasmask fetish
The greatest achievement of the February 10th protest against the Church of Scientology was the Hello Kitty gasmask girl. Gief, now. (via)
new project - coma video out now!
Australian-cum-Londonese cyberpunk metal band (and sages of rock) NEW PROJECT are out with their PV "Coma" that's from their new album Ultraviolent Light. I'll review the album a bit later, I just have to add that all the CG stuff you see comes from Chaos Theory, the legendary 64k demo by Hungarian demoscene group Conspiracy. The results rock and that's good (also because I tend to whimp away at how Chaos Theory ended up on the Ghost in the Shell DVD), CNS really, really needs to make a few more promotional videos for CP bands.
New priority.
Connect the dots.
on abstract decals and iphones
I know, I know. iPhones are expensive, un-3G pieces of gadgetry that need serious tweaking, hacking and jailbreaking unworldly amounts of tolerance. Batteries die fast, mem's not enough for the new millennium and you very seriously need to stay down with limited options. Regardless, I love these decals and I pretty much consider buying one. With a phone. So share your opinions and stories with me. (And yes, I am aware, buying an iPhone costs more than renting a capsule hotel in Tokyo for a week and living there on cheap food. Also, if you can get me the 8GB model cheaper, let me know. Comments always arrive here moderated.)
operabál 2008: miss thailand greets planetdamage.com!
Stiller kolléga örökítette meg a pillanatot az idei Operabálon, amikor is lekapta a minket (és egyben titeket is) üdvözlő Miss Thaiföldet. Hálát adok a pontosan időzített SMS-eknek, hálát.
keeping it low
Megkapjátok majd a napi több updatet, mihelyst feloldottam a többszörösen összetett matthelyzeteket. Addig: megérkezett a japán nyelvű Neurománc és a mégmindighallgatható Miyavi, valamint sikerült egy darab tektitet (az a fekete basz) a külső űrből, via Kennedy Space Center. (Thx, Dawe!)
korg kaossilator (コルグ カオシレーター)
Vagy egy jó fél órája kutatok már a Korg (viszonylag) új készüléke, a KAOSSILATOR után és mindig meg kell állnom egy pár perces szünetre, ha rátalálok jetdaisuke őszinte, egyszerű örömmel felvett mintavideóira. A körülbelül 200 dolláros, négy ceruzaelemmel működő hangszer egy pattern/loop/groove-alapú, touchpades készülék, ami DJ-munkákhoz kifejezetten ajánlott, támogat számos hangfekvést/skálát, adott a gate arpeggiator, úgyhogy összességében, első ránézésre viszonylag hasznos. Először beszerzek egy beanie hatet és egy ízléstelen oakleyt, aztán jöhet ez is mellé. (via)
warren ellis via'd me, yay!
You might remember the unearthly-looking video that I dubbed "japanese liquid magnetic sculpture". Turns out that there's another one like that and the artist behind them is Sachiko Kodama. Funny thing is, it's all on Warren Ellis' new blog, grinding.be (God bless him and for the Doktor Sleepless series, but that just goies into another post) and I've just been via'd, which is - sue me, but - a great piece of news for this week. The other video is included above.
GLaDOS Guide to February 10th (anonymous protests against scientology)
the water horse 3d hologram in tokyo bay
wood's public domain goes public domain
Meglehetős újdonságnak tűnik nekem a Brian Wood által rajzolt aggro-pol-cyberpunk Channel Zero, pedig pont az ezredfordulón adták ki, a híranyagok szerint kultuszképregény, tananyagként használják a Parsons School of Designban, valamint pár díjat is bezsebelt a biztonság kedvéért. Wood most - nomen est omen - a szerzői jogok rászálltával letölthetővé tette a Public Domain c. artwork-albumot, ami a történethez kötődő vázlatokat, képeket, mini-képregényeket tartalmazza. Olvassatok utána, töltsétek, vegyétek meg. Alább rövid szinopszis. Háztetőről guggolva vizsgálódásért ötven jópont, szintlépés.
Special interest groups have bullied the government into passing the Clean Act, effectively killing freedom of speech and silencing the country into submission. TV and God become one and the same as America wages its own Holy War against its citizens. Meet Jennie 2.5, media slut turned info-terrorist, out to save the country from itself, and restore free will and self-expression. (via)
daily kawaii: jakalope
JAKALOPE - Feel It
JAKALOPE - Pretty Life
Jakalope is a Canadian industrial/pop group. They are named for the fictional animal of the same name, although the animal's name is more commonly spelled jackalope. The band was formed in 2003 by noted Canadian industrial musician and producer Dave "Rave" Ogilvie most famous for his studio work with such acts as Marilyn Manson, Skinny Puppy, David Bowie, and Nine Inch Nails. (off wikipedia, official page, myspace)
UI: Pink/blue sweetness Katie Biever has gone solo. Proceed with caution to her myspace that pretty much mixes half-assed gospel imagery with acoustic guitars. We are getting aggravated, yes.
second skin: the dark side of mmo's
data port tattoo
Megtaláltam az első olyan tetoválást, amit tényleg hordanék magamon. Motoko Kusanagi adatportjai a Ghost in the Shellből. (link, via)