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Mutant bandit in Fort Strand

(Summarized version of my post in the Bethesda forum) Here is an encounter I had at Fort Strand (ruins directly East of Anvil). http://www.alquier.org/TES/images/Oblivion…fort-strand.jpg My first thought is that something went bad with MMM and/or OOO, but I have learned enough about mod interaction to know better than just go with my first feelings about this kind of issues. Also…

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Optimizations

Granted.. I don’t have the latest rig available. But my P4 3GHz with HT, 3 Gb of RAM and Radeon X1600 is able to run other graphically intense games smoothly – including Call of Duty 4 or Crysis. I keep reading of people running several mods and getting framerates in the 40 to 60. The most I can get at…

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About evolution, civilization and our (already half-way) story …

Vista vs OSX upgrades

Every once in a while, planets align in such a way that computers start acting up, regardless of operating system. I have been fighting with my desktop PC for weeks to troubleshoot random shutdowns and blue screen issues. All that time, I was thinking about my MacBook Pro laptop and how stable it is… until I upgraded it to Leopard,…

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Another brilliant talk about the reclaiming of culture by a democratization of content providers and how absurd copyright laws have become. A powerful call for a reform (not a replacement) of laws that criminalize anyone who participates into the digital culture.

iPod Touchy

 So.. I received my iPod Touch today. It was pre-ordered mid September through the Apple website, with a customization on the back. Announced to be available on the 28th. Shipped and received within two days – not bad. Nevermind the fact that the Touch was already available in stores at the same time the Apple site was listing it as…

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SIGGRAPH Wrap Up

To wrap up with this year’s coverage of SIGGRAPH 2007, here are links to articles I wrote for the occasion. For Renderosity: Summary of the week Emerging Technologies – Experience the futurePart I – Part II Front Page articles on related technologies.Back to the drawing boardImage ExplorationsFor VFX world – (free registration required)Electronic Theater review On Flickr:SIGGRAPH 07 Photo stream

RealSwords

Real Swords – 100+ weapons for ElderScroll IV: Oblivion Modular collection of realistic swords and armors, inspired by real historical weapons and grouped by races. Status: Partially released. 6 races done – 4 races and 5 modules to go.