Zooomr | Mark III Desperately waiting for the release of the third version of Zooomr, the coolest photosharing service I’m familiar with. Zooomr should be up again tomorrow with tons of new features, an open api and thus completely fullfilling more expectation than you might ever have. You’ll even be able to sell your photos online “and keep 90 % … Read More
Episodic Gaming – Sam'n'Max and Dreamfall Chapters
I just listened to a Podcast available over at Gamasutra (Link to source) where Dan Connors (CEO of Telltale Games) talks on how the idea of episodic gaming works out for Telltale and it recent releases of episodes from the Sam and Max Season 1.I find this very interesting since episodic gaming especially in my special favourite genre of adventure … Read More
Zelda on the Wii or How story-based Gaming should be
Well, I was really excited about the Wii altogether. When I first got it I loved the Controller, the many different ways it can be used. It’s a hell of an entertainment product. That said, it is merely considered a party console by a lot of people. Many of the games are much more fun if you play with (or … Read More
Official Google Blog: From Gmail with <3
Official Google Blog: From Gmail with <3 After years of elitism and stuff GoogleMail (or GMail) has finally opened the service to all of you. Just go to www.gmail.com and get your GMail Account. I’m using it for about two years now and I don’t regret switching. Give it a try, I can’t imagine what you would miss with your … Read More
I'm with Wii…
Yes, I finally did it. I had thought about it prior to christmas but it was sold out back then and so I had to wait. But on Monday I got my brand new Nintendo Wii!!!!I’m pretty connected with Nintendo. The first gaming concole my mother bought for us was the NES (Nintendo Entertainment System). I played “Super Mario Brothers” … Read More
windows alternatives / kubuntu odyssee
Well, I’m working with linux. It’s been probably 10 years since the first encounter and 8 or 9 years since I put up my first linux-only machine back at my parents’. Since then I always had a linux box at home. My main machine however always ran Windows (sometimes different versions in parallel) and my Desktop was always MS-dominated.Then I … Read More
Should Germans Laugh About Hitler?
article at Spiegel Online This question was asked last week prior to the release of director Dani Levy’s new movie “Mein Führer” starring german comedian Helge Schneider as Adolf Hitler. Well, you can read what others said about that. I prefer to know what I talk about (well, sometimes) and therefore I went to see the movie tonight. In short: … Read More
Gamasutra – Second Life Goes Open Source
The article This is really interesting: Linden Lab announced that they open the sources of the viewer software needed to access the Second Life grid to the public so that everybody is now able to change and (hopefully) improve the software. It might be ported to different devices etc. and that immediately reminded me of the Metaverse as depicted in … Read More
George Carlin / Blogger out of beta
Well, christmas is over (I sent out christmas wishes on deviantArt this year, so you’d like to read them out here) and therefore it’s time for some serious senseless wisdom again. I just read my daily joke newsletter Cyberjoke 3000â„¢ by Al Lowe and he introduced a video of comedian George Carlin talking about him being a modern man. It’s … Read More
why senseless?
This blog is named “senseless wisdom of life”. I didn’t really think about the name and because nobody asked me about it I think I should explain my definition of senseless. See the logic in this?No? Great, there is none. Which is btw. pretty much my point anyway. My idea of sense (like in “That doesn’t make sense”) is pretty … Read More
Official Zooomr Blog : Zooomr Mark III : Open Letter to the World
Official Zooomr Blog : Zooomr Mark III : Open Letter to the World Wow, when I first recognized Zooomr, it was simply a cooler version of Flickr. Actually I’ve never been to Flickr but we analysed it briefly during seminars so I pretty much know it. I’ve got my most interesting photos at deviantart.com and so I just wanted to … Read More
blessings of the modern life
I’m into gadgets. I like those tiny little things that make our living easier. Well, to be honest I also like the big things that make life easier. There have been numerous inventions that changed life profoundly: Cars, Television, cell phone, Personal Computers, those machines that blow hot air to dry your hands with. However, there’s yet another cool thing. … Read More