A blog about 3DGS, Nerds and a lot of other stuff

So, I got my iPhone and after a few hours of frustration, I finally got to install the latest firmware on it so I can use all the cool apps. Long story short: I am writing you this from my iPhone in the Wordpress app.

Now that I can blog more conviniently, I will blog more often – Stay tuned!

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New System

February 10th, 2009 by Michael Schwarz and categorized as Boredom, Fun, Stupidity, Technology | No Comments »

Got my new PC parts yesterday. Oh my god. I can’t believe what I missed out all these years. Changing from Single Core to dual core is like changing from a tricycle to a Formula 1 race car. Operations that ran at 5 MB/s before now run at 60 MB/s. WHAT A DIFFERENCE! Well okay, each core also is twice the speed the processor I had before.

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Rubik Cube cheater app

January 26th, 2009 by Michael Schwarz and categorized as Fun, Stupidity, Technology | No Comments »

My iPhone arrives in Feburary, and I just found one amazing piece of application: an iPhone Rubik Cube Cheater app!

Just look for yourself!

[via Nerdcore]

News from Tuscture Science

January 26th, 2009 by Michael Schwarz and categorized as 3DGS, News, portico | 4 Comments »

Some new screens from Portico.

What the red button does all by his own in that new room and what it’s gonna do when you press it, you will find out the in the release of Portico.

See the Screens after the jump.

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Death by Black Hole

January 12th, 2009 by Michael Schwarz and categorized as Fun | No Comments »

A very interesting video on ForaTV with Neil DeGrasse Tyson about what it would be like to die in a black hole. Spagetthification!


DirectBlackHole [via Nerdcore]

Foolproof

January 10th, 2009 by Michael Schwarz and categorized as Boredom, Fun, This Humanity has no Future, Tutorials | No Comments »

A nice line from the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy which I just remembered:

"A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools"

Quite a good guideline if you are making a game/application foolproof.

Podcastastic!

January 6th, 2009 by Michael Schwarz and categorized as 3DGS, Boredom, Podcasts | No Comments »

The 3DGS Podcasts are back and they are better than ever!

Listen now to the 135th Podcasts, or Season 02, Episode 01!

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New Portico Screen

January 5th, 2009 by Michael Schwarz and categorized as portico | No Comments »

Alas! Finally a new screen for you to see. Nothing really exciting, but it’s a screen from the Intro scene. What you can see there is the “coverup” for the secret Tuscture Science Facility. I know there is a lot missing like trees and more detail and LOD models (+better mipmaps), but that’s still coming, plus the intro isn’t really priority No. 1.

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OPwhat?

January 5th, 2009 by Michael Schwarz and categorized as Boredom, This Humanity has no Future | No Comments »

opserver

What happened to coniserver.net after we switched from conitecserver.com?
There’s something going on… *suspicious*

Modulo – The Mystery Operator

January 5th, 2009 by Michael Schwarz and categorized as 3DGS, Tutorials | No Comments »

Well, most people – mainly beginners – are very confused about what this “%” or “Modulo” operator does. Well simply put, it returns the “remainder” of a division. Let’s take a look at some easy-to-understand examples:

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