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Cloudy Sky

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I needed to reward myself and soothe my jangled nerves from all the stress I had. So I purchased S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - Clear Sky in advance. And today was the great day to set it up and stalk through the Zone once again. Oh, I love radiation!

EDIT: See below for some new insights about the critical start-up bug. Why me?!

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Alone in the Dark

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A premiere here on the Promenade Blog: my first video post! And it’s a rant about the new Alone in the Dark by Eden Games. So if you can stand my voice and my thick accent when talking English then feel free to click the play button. If you prefer to read and click some links: No problemo, what is said can be read here as well. A weekend well spent…
Enjoy!

DISCLAIMER: No, I don’t hate the game, in fact it’s quite entertaining. But I needed to vent my anger that I am unable to handle the game controls well. And I die a lot!
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DVCPRO-HD-MXF-QT-MOV-FCUK!

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Working on bigger projects with people in remote places always is a hassle. Today1 I received the long anticipated hard disk with the blue screen shots I should be working on. I popped it into the USB port but Windows thought the device was damaged and suggested to replace it. Luckily I remembered that the person who sent me the disk was a Mac user so I tried connecting the device on some Mac and it worked. Then my data-odyssey began…

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  1. Well, in fact yesterday now [back]

YouTube features

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While I was spending the night cleaning up and UV layouting a scene in Maya I felt a the urge to check my mail. So I logged on Yahoo! to check whether I got some more r*0*l*e*x and v14gr4 spam mails to get rid off, usually no more than 2 or 4. but today it was different. When you have suddenly 68 new emails from one day to another in your inbox then either something great or something terrible has happened to you.

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Digital Cinematography

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Another convention report, my apologies! I haven’t thought that I would be on so many (= two) conventions in the field of digital film in such a short span of time. But attending the Digitale Cinematographie convention this Thursday in Munich was something way out of the ordinary because a little dream never dreamed came true: Seeing my work on the grandeur of a real IMAX theater silver screen.

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Supervise Me

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This Saturday was a big day for me: My first Visual Effects supervision job apart from anything related to my education. Magic Movie hired me for the visual effects to their documentary for national TV which will be aired some time in fall. I can’t tell you about the story (because I’ve signed a non-disclosure contract) but I can tell you about my day.

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HD - what now?

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HD - What Now?

Hehe, just something funny I stumbled across in the “cheapy-box” of a local bookstore. I just hope your pet isn’t affected by HD! But still click the link to know what’s behind this HD craze, and why it’s so serious to know about it…

Alex’s Party

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Jot, as always hiding from the camera that eventually steals his soulUsually I don’t post party pictures or crude cell-phone videos, but some people needed official proof that I really showed up there. So here’s a video of some people at the party. Sorry to all those nice people who are not in the video and sorry to all who are shown but whose names I don’t know (yet). The video is now working - at last - shame on you, Mr YouTube!

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The Source of all Good

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The green man is looking at something big!Call me flip-floppy but today I like Steam better than the day before. Because it works again and likes to display my custom models. Like the one out of three airplanes I modeled for S&P Simulations some months ago.

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An Early-Adopter’s Odyssey

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Yesterday my HD-DVD drive arrived from Alternate. Bulk version, eighty bucks (Euros), no fancy-schmancy stuff attached like Pet-Print-Studio or crap like that. No, just plugged in and it works. Perfect! But I had no HD-DVD media at the time, so I thought I just go to the mall and get one. That’s when my odyssey started… yes, another one.

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