Thursday, 8 December 2011

ProgressQuest

For all you gaming fans out there - sit back and relax:

http://progressquest.com/

Wednesday, 7 December 2011

Jagged Alliance is Back!

Jagged Alliance for PC is back! There is a new version "Jagged Alliance: Back in Action" that is supposed to come out in February 2012.

Have a look at the preview on GameSpy: http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/jagged-alliance-back-in-action/1214074p1.html

Tuesday, 6 December 2011

Music on the Net

The Grooveshark trial got me interested to investigate what is going on with the music available on the Internet. So, here I'll list some services I run into, together with brief findings.
  • Grooveshark - lots of music, HTML interface, currently on trial for copyright infringement
  • Spotify - must download and install the player application, lots of music
  • MixCloud (link) - techno music
  • Mog - not such a wide choice of music, HTML interface, cool radio feature, limited amount of free music
  • Rdio (link) - not now available in certain geographic areas (like mine) yet 

Tuesday, 29 November 2011

Mercer's Quality of Living Survey 2011

The latest Mercer survey of the world's best cities to live

http://www.mercer.com/qualityofliving

has seen Australian cities completely removed from the top 10. Sydney has fallen to 11th place and Melbourne is way below at #18. 

As CNN noted, half the cities in the top 25 are located in Europe, with Vienna being the #1 for third year in a row.

Monday, 28 November 2011

Guitar Notes and Tabs

Here is a very useful notes/tabs-equivalent notation for interpreting notes. Quite convenient as a reference when playing music from scores (like this, for example).

Found using Google Image search. The original source is My Guitar Solo web site (link). They also have nice guitar tutorials, scales, etc.

Wednesday, 26 October 2011

Illuminati

Playing Deus Ex: Human Revolution, I have reached a point where the cause of all the chaos (in the game) is established to be the Illuminati. I knew it! :) Similar to famous quote by surrealists in former Yugoslavia - "nema bitke, nema rata bez Jasera Arafata" - there's no real conspiracy without the Illuminati.

Here's an interesting link in that regard: http://www.conspiracyarchive.com/

Sunday, 7 August 2011

Sid Meier Pirates!

Here is a nice site with lots of tips and hints about Sid Meier's Pirates! 

http://www.addictedtopirates.com/

Monday, 1 August 2011

Motorcycle Ride Video - Kulla

Kulla's ride on a new Kawasaki, with a new camera:

http://contour.com/stories/olsfors-bollebygd

Nice features on the site include following the actual location on a map overlay, average speed, altitude and other GPS information.

Monday, 18 July 2011

Image and Reality about the UN

Here is a site that contains lots of interesting data about the United Nations, explaining the reality of the organization and comparing to the image most people have.

http://www.un.org/geninfo/ir/index.asp?id=160