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November 9, 2009

Misuse and no use

Well in one picture you can see a misuse of a fire extinguisher (mind
the red tube in the backgroud). A few yards away you can see no use of
a fire extinguisher. I couldn't held a smile, but it's not funny at
all.

The restaurant burned out completely, an employee tried to stop the
fire and got a smoke poisoning and injuries. About $300.000 was
desintegrating into smoke.

I can't tell you exactly why someone was using the extinguisher over
the cars, but it was a mess. Maybe someone saw it outisde and tried to
be funny. FAIL in any way.

Source for the details: Morgenweb (beware of German language)

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August 22, 2009

The gamescom 2009 - Games can be great!

I were at the gamescom 2009 in Cologne, Germany. Together with almost any important company of the games sector. It was quite big, and very good organized. But there were some caveats, too. You can get a glimpse at the photo gallery.

The biggest gaming trade fair in Europe, and one of the biggest in the world had some TV-Stars on the stages, big names like Hideo Kojima, Tony Hawks, and many more appeared at the booth. And they were great. I gave up on some with a big line. Blizzard e.g. placed a sign saying "Don't wait in this line anymore. 4 hours from this point". Well I had to do something better, than to wait 4 hours. Ubisoft waited for me, and the new Rabbids stuff, we are going to see, will be fun. Also Red Steel 2 and a new, funny soccer game "Academy of Champions", all for the Nintendo Wii, will be coming soon. One of the developer of "Raving Rabbids - Go Home", showed some stuff live and created a "Mario Rabbid". Genius!

Talking Nintendo. It was probably the most stingy company on the whole event. They almost lost me as a customer of Nintendo. I'm really pissed that you have to beg for a T-Shirt as a long year customer, and get rejected. Tim Feldner (from the former Giga-TV team) and his helpers saved Nintendo's ass and handed me over a Shirt, but you know, I probably won't wear this for some time, I'm really furious about this. Speaking of GIGA-TV, Not only Tim, but Michael Neudert, Vio and Susi were all there, and I'm glad I saw them all in action. I missed Florian at the "Runes of Magic" booth.

Runes of Magic, the free-2-play, MMORPG is now a real contender. It looks good and is very playable. I played it as a beta, and it did improve unbelievable. Also, they had a great show, and a quite big booth. They gave out Paysafe Cards preloaded with money for buying in-game stuff. The competition is numerous on the other hand. NCSoft showed Guild Wars 2 and Aion also made a good impression. Also Bounty Online is now free-2-play, too. Especially pirate fans will be satisfied with this.

One of the biggest surprises to me was "Fairytale Fights" from Playlogic. The booth was so cute, I thought it's a game for children. Until I saw a sign saying "18+". Now that made me curious. So I took the wait and I saw a cute looking game, with small graphic chars. Then up to the first enemy, a lumberjack. Got that axe and... part the guy into 2 pieces. The head fell over and gallons of blodd spilled on the floor :) Okay, so that's why it's 18+. Innovative level design, smooth gameplay, multiplayer on the same screen, and other great stuff made this game one of the best I found. It's not epic, but it's a game for having a lot of fun alone or with friends. And that's what I badly miss these times.

The gamescom 2009 showed how good a game fair might be. Cologne is the right place, and for me, it's a huge success. I'm sure the numbers will prove that. I was there on Thursday, the first official day, and it was well visited. Saturday will be hell ;). So many big names, and all of the important game companies were there. It was fun, and I really got that "gamer-feeling" from the Amiga shows in 1989, which were held in Cologne, too. It was great! I can't wait for gamescom 2010.

Link: Photo Gallery

Videos:

gamescom2009: Get nostalgic - play Atari VCS2600 & Nintendo NES

gamescom2009: One Piece beat'em up

gamescom2009: Nintendo-Angel shows how to play Mario & Sonic Winter Olympics on the Wii

gamescom2009: Nintendo-Angel

gamescom2009: Extreme CPU cooling 2

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August 20, 2009

At GamesCom 2009

Yeah, it's on! At the Gamescom 2009 in Cologne, Germany.
Great stuff here, but less goodies than expected. Groar! Now to the Rockstar booth.

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August 15, 2009

Chemical Plant On Fire

Fire spotted at a chemical plant. Lucky that the wind blows the other direction.

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August 14, 2009

Gawker: Digsby Joins the Dark Side, Uses Your PC to Make Money

The popular Digsby instant messenger client not only bundles half a dozen "optional" crapware applications, it's also using your computer to crawl the web, do stock market research, and more. It's time to uninstall.

Bundling Crapware is a Despicable Business Model

Many popular freeware applications bundle crapware into their setup files, prompting you during the installation process to install something that nobody wants—like the Yahoo/Ask.com/SomeRandomCompany browser toolbar. Tech-savvy users may consider this nothing more than an annoyance, but this practice preys on unsuspecting or less knowledgeable users that click "Next" through every setup screen, and the makers of any software that do this should be ashamed of themselves.

via feeds.gawker.com

Wow, this is bad. I always resisted to use Digsby while I found it suspicious to store your account data on their servers in an instant messenger. It looks like I did the right thing. Everyone who used Digsby should thought about changing their IM passwords.

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August 13, 2009

Beautiful Woman, Scary Drawing - Wii - Kotaku

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Yu Kobayashi looks like an angel. She sounds like a angel. Too bad she draws like a monster. Visual horrors await.

While this may look like a ring of hell Dante missed, it's actually Kobayashi's drawing of Polla, the character she voiced from Wii role-playing-game Arc Rise Fantasia.

This is how Polla actually looks when not drawn by the hand of Satan.

via kotaku.com

Rotfl. Oh dear, reminds me on my drawing. But that caption from Kotaku on the last picture is priceless :)

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August 12, 2009

Humanthesizer turns 15 bikini models into a live dancing synth

And you thought conductive paint was boring. Say hello to the Humanthesizer, a joint creation between electronic musician Calvin Harris, Sony Music UK, and Bare conductive body ink, which turned 15 bikini-clad ladies into a giant Arduino-powered synth

via engadget.com

Well, check the videos on engadget and then say again it's not cool :)
There is only one problem: I'm not Calvin Harris, or do these girls come to my home if I buy this thingy O.O.

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August 12, 2009

Sanrio and MIMOBOT team up to unleash some cute for Hello Kitty's 35th

via engadget.com

"Get ready -- Hello Kitty's about to blow out the candles for her 35th anniversary "

50 Bucks for 30GB isn't so bad. But hey, this is a Hello Kitty brand, so I expect triple the price. Oh dear, I knew this year I'm gonna spend a lot of money... :).

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August 12, 2009

Found an Android Group on identi.ca. Lets see... http://identi.ca/group/android / Searching good Android-Forum

After leaving FF, I need a place for my daily Android OS dose. I'm will participate in at last one Android-Forum. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated :).

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August 12, 2009