New host for my blog

Ok so I transferred my blog to it's new place. Sadly, I lost all the embeded video during the process... Anyways, you can reach my new blog at www.doublesouls.com/Twinsplynn/

This will be my last post at twinsplynn.blogspot.com

Blog news

After more than a year running this blog, I have decided to take a step forward. This blog will be moving (hopefully by the end of the weekend) to it's brand new domain. I will keep you posted and put up the link to it soon.

From now until it has moved, I do not think I'll be updating this blog. I'm not sure if I'll be able to move my previous entries... We'll have to see.

Hydrofoam R/C

Whoa I wouldn't mind getting my hands on this...

Amazing archery shots

Zune is coming

Microsoft not content on letting Apple have all the fun in the portable music players have announced their new player called Zune.

These system have:

• The three inch screen is 320 x 240 in resolution
• Video CODECS supported: WMV, H.264, MPEG4
• Video is limited to 320 x 240 currently, but they are discussing options for higher resolution video support
• Supported bit rates for video haven't been finalized at this time
• Audio CODECS supported: non-FairPlay AAC, WMA, MP3
• Chris was unable to confirm if the battery was 700 mAH as the FCC documents indicated, but I believe that will be the case
• The battery life is still in flux due to last-minute firmware adjustments, but Chris said that compared to the iPod the battery is quicker to reach full charge, quicker to partial charge, and is "very comparable" to the video playback time on the newly announced iPods - I'm hoping that means around six hours of video playback, which would be impressive indeed
• The Zune battery is built-in and not user replaceable
• The Zune player is 5.6 ounces in weight, 4.4 inches tall by 2.4 inches wide and 0.58 inches thick. By comparison, the iPod is 0.47 inches thick. By way of comparison, my Zen Vision:M is 5.8 ounces, 4 inches tall, and 1 inch thick. So I can definitely say that I don't think the Zune is too thick, especially while serving up that bigger screen
• WiFi is 802.11b/g, and Chris described the WiFi as being "on when you need it, off when you don't" - I assume that means it has a very aggressive sleep state that will minimize the battery impact
• Photo support is JPEG so far, I have no further details at this time

You can get your fix on news of this device at ZuneThoughts.

Red Steel trailer

New trailer for the Wii game called Red Steel.

Overworked Programmer

Rejected Iron Man movie armors

Here are some (5 but only showing 2) armor concepts which were rejected for the movie. You can see the rest here.

 

Wii

So it's official, Nintendo announced the details for their Wii system:

* 250$
* Comes with Wii Sports
* Includes 1 controller
* Wii Channels (photo, news, ...)

There is more details and I'll probably add more to it later in the weekend.

Quickly, I'm a bit disappointed with the price, I was hoping for cheaper. But it still not the end of the world. I still think this system will rock!

Breathing Earth

A nice graphical display that shows the status of the earth.

Star Wars Kid, part 2847...

More Star Wars kid... Will it ever end?

My future laptop!

Japanese Algorithm Dance

Hmmm yaaa...

Japanese Prostitute English Lesson

Oh my god! Way too funny! Viewer discretion is advised.

Yuka and the most beautiful CG Girls

There was a contest at CGFolks (or here if link is down) to find the most beautiful CG girl and CG girl "Yuka" won 2nd prize. She was drawn by Lukasz Szeflinski.

Simply amazing! This is a drawn photo! You can see how he made it here (has a higher resolution picture also). His website can be found here.