Meanwhile I participated the second Critical Mass in Berlin (you will also find pictures here and additional information here) since I’ve been living here. As last time it was quite impressive even though it looked like a fair sometimes when people started to fill their stock of beer in one of the 24/7 shops or pick up a döner along the route.
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Tag: Video
Logic with magnetism
Just found that – in the early days of computers people created logic circuits purely based on coils and transformers (video in English):
Kids from today and technology from the past
A nice idea… you show kids from today the technology from the past and watch their reactions. In this episode on YouTube – „rotary phones“:
Delivery
A very nice short film about a homeless bicylce courier…
“Ring frei” in Munich 2014
In August 2014 the “Mittlerer Ring” in Munich was exlusively reserved for cyclists. About 6000 people participated this event. There is also a recording of the track.
Sustainable Handcraft
It’s always nice to see when old things get repaired by a skilled craftsman so they can be used for many years again – we need more of this!
Also see the video (German audio):
NOW
A short documentary by Santiago Álvarez from 1965 which could be seen as one of the first music videos ever (and with this I don’t mean people dancing to the music but music combined with documentary content).
Rise of the Triad… 2013
Maybe some of you remember the time where the genre “3D shooter” was introduced on PCs under DOS. Starting with the then quite controversial “Wolfenstein 3D” (1992) and following titles as “Doom” (1993) or “Duke Nukem 3D” (1996). “Rise of the Triad” was published in 1994 by Apogee and was also a typical representative of this genre. Later there was also an OpenGL port created, called WinRottGL, which is still playable on todays systems.
Now it’s 2013 – and after nearly 20 years there is a new edition of “Rise of the Triad”, but see for yourself…
Clean sensor with “Sensorfilm”
Take an older Canon EOS 40D, take some pictures with a small aperture and bright sky in the background… and then find out that the sensor is obviously forcible dusty. A testshot confirms that…
In remembrance of Douglas Engelbardt
On 2. Juli 2013 Douglas Engelbardt died. In remembrance of ihm I would like to refer to his demonstration in 1968 where he introduced many concepts which are still being used today.
