Hugo Barra Dumps Xiaomi For Facebook/Oculus!

Posted on January 25, 2017 by

Who even knew he was interested in VR?  And lead Oculus too? Where’s Palmer Luckey?

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Testing WordPress Android App

Posted on January 25, 2017 by

I’ve been using a borrowed Asus MeMo Pad 7. These specs:

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Mr. Robot: Elliot’s Building Has Changed!

Posted on January 25, 2017 by

It used to look like this:

That red building, as captured on Google Maps. Continue reading →

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Blog Suspension Continues

Posted on January 1, 2017 by

I have to deal with a bunch of complications in my life, post-this.

So I’m not sure yet when I’ll be able to get back to posting here.

I do manage to do what looks like wasting time on Twitter, however. But that’s solely due to being able to borrow an Asus MeMoPad 7 (not a recommended device, by the way). However, I’m mainly cranky there and my communication is also constrained, so I mainly retweet things in-between posting excerpts from a Disney biography I’m currently reading.

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Magic Liars

Posted on December 9, 2016 by

Magic Leap is actually way behind, like we always suspected it was

But at least one of these videos — showing an alien invader video game that let the wearer of the supposed headset or glasses make use of real-world objects — was created by visual effects studio Weta Workshop. Prior to today, it was believed Weta had simply created the visual assets for the game. However, The Information reveals the entire video was created by the studio.

How about all of the videos, especially the fraudulent one after the break.

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The Missing: Series Two

Posted on December 9, 2016 by

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This has to be binge-watched. It gets confusing on a weekly basis.

Clearly superior to the first series but I don’t like the time-switching. It doesn’t make it interesting to watch, it makes it frustrating. It would have been better told chronologically.

The Achilles’ Heel of this series is the parents. There’s only so much a viewer can take of seeing them distraught. That made the first series very annoying. The writers of Forbrydelsen understood this problem and cast a wide conspiratorial net to take the focus off the parents. Had this series been done as a chronological story, we’d have less of the parents and their emotional upset.

The best thing was the character of Julien Baptiste, as in the first series. His character was actually the heart of the story and that made all other annoyances worth suffering through.

If there’s a third series, even more Baptiste. And tell it chronologically, dammit.

Previously here:

The Missing, Series 2, Episode 1

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Not Back Quite Yet

Posted on December 9, 2016 by

There will be sporadic posts for the time being.

People expecting my weekly TV posts will remain disappointed. I am far behind in all viewing except for one show, The Missing, that will get a brief wrap-up post.

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#FuckCancer: Death

Posted on November 29, 2016 by

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CRUSHER: He’s dying.

(Korris, Konmel and Worf stand over the bed. As the young man breaths his last, Korris holds his eyelids open. Then they all start a deep throaty growl, which becomes a roar as they are sure he is dead. Konmel removes a hook from the boot)

CRUSHER: Is there any special arrangement you would like for the body?

KORRIS: It is only an empty shell now. Please treat it as such.

— Star Trek: The Next Generation, Heart of Glory

Updates to this site are now suspended for an unknown period of time.

Previously here:

#FuckCancer Update And Blog Notes

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Thunderbirds Are Go: Season 2, Episode 7

Posted on November 28, 2016 by

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Be careful what you create. It will come back to haunt you.

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R.I.P. Special Effects & CGI Pioneer Ron Thornton

Posted on November 22, 2016 by

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The passing of another LightWave3D legend – Ron Thornton
Ron Thornton has passed away

At post time, there’s no official obituary. He was a giant in his field. He saved Gerry Anderson’s New Captain Scarlet from the abyss, being called in to triage an out-of-control CGI production that didn’t have his depth of expertise.

Rest in peace.

Additional:

Meet LightWave Legend Ron Thornton: Ron Thornton broke new ground for visual effects in the 90s with LightWave and his innovation with the software continues today

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