Blog is moving

I'm moving this blog to a new URL. All the old content has been migrated.

New URL:

http://jx7.org

I'll probably leave this blog here, untouched.

Skateboard tricks at 1000 frames per second

Cat walking down a fridge

Portland time-lapse video

(via @wrenthereaper)

Diablo 3

Since Diablo 3 is coming out on Tuesday, I've been doing some reading about the mechanics and watched some videos to learn more about the game.

This here is a great article by David Sirlin (sirlin.net / @sirlin) about the ability system of the game.
And here is a great post from the Blizzard Forums about character customization, with links to interesting Q&A videos with Blizzard's developers.

And, as a side-note, I found an unboxing-video of the collector's edition.

Teaser for upcoming adventure game "Stasis"

The game is currently in development by Chris Bischoff (@StasisGame on Twitter). It's a one-man-project and it looks very promising.
More infos, screenshots and a dev-blog can be found on the game's official website, www.stasisgame.com.

Longboard ride down a mountain

The post I saw this video in said that it was probably taken in Maryhill, WA, which is also home to a Stonehenge-replica! How cool is that?

Cat uses doorstopper as alarm clock

A lynx in the snow

A lynx using a wildlife overpass to cross the Trans-Canada Highway in Banff National Park (via BoingBoing)

Aperture: Lab Ratt - Portal fan film

(found via Kotaku)

Codecademy

Note to self:
Get back into coding, maybe codecademy.com can help.

Also:
http://hackerschool.org/DefconCTF/17/B300.html
http://work.hackerschool.org/DOWNLOAD/
http://money.cnn.com/2012/03/05/technology/hacker_school/index.htm
http://insecure.org/stf/smashstack.html
http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2012/03/googles-chrome-browser-on-friday.ars
http://www.skillcrush.com

Insane downhill bike race in Chile

Indie Game - The Movie

Twitter - The company that couldn't kill itself has finally turned a corner

YouTube trend manager: Why videos go viral

Ben Her - Tattoos

Kotaku has a nice article about tattoo artist Ben Her, who went to Japan to become a tattoo-apprentice.
(Photo found here and here)

Keyboards

I've got the keyboard-bug.

It started a while ago when I started reading about mechanical keyboards (sometime last year when I was looking for components for a new PC). Back then, I was debating whether I should get a Das Keyboard Ultimate or a Razer Blackwidow Ultimate. I opted for the latter and am using that at home right now.
A couple of weeks ago, I decided to buy a Das Keyboard after all and use it at work. I went with the "Ultimate Silent" model (blank keycaps and quieter brown Cherry MX switches).
Both keyboards are a delight to type on.

I discovered geekhack.org, a forum for keyboard-nuts. It's crazy what's out there!
Some pics: [pic 1] [pic 2] [pic 3] [pic 4] [pic 5] [pic 6] [pic 7]
(most of these have custom keycaps, meaning some of the original keycaps were switched out for different ones)

Many years ago, a friend would often have visitors from Asia over at his house. When I saw their laptops, I loved the Chinese characters that were printed on the keycaps underneath the latin characters. I was reminded of that when I saw a picture of this keyboard on Geekhack. This one is sold in the US, but, of course, without the Chinese characters. And all the shops I checked only had it with Cherry blue switches (a Cherry red version supposedly exists as well). Luckily, someone going by the name of "qtan5370" runs an online-shop (he also sells on eBay) where one can get the Chinese version of that keyboard. Ordered! :) (with black switches)

Some helpful links / online-shops:

- The ultimate keyboard and switch guide
- Cherry-compatible keycaps on eBay (cheap and OK-ish quality, but nothing fancy)
- Elite Keyboards
- WASD Keyboards (custom keyboards and keycaps)
- Deskthority (another forum)
- Keyboard Lover
- Pimp My Keyboard
- Fentek
- Keycaps Direct

On the watch-list:

- KBT Race 75%, with white LEDs and black or red Cherry switches
- Vortex Pure 60%
- Happy Hacking Keyboard Professional 2

Monk and tiger share a meal

inkredibl piktchr.
(found via BoingBoing)

Gunpoint

I've read about the game "Gunpoint" (by Tom Francis) a couple of times already and it seems very interesting. There's a preview on BoingBoing.

Money and the App Store

Article found on Gamasutra:
Money and the App Store: A few figures that might help an indie developer