Monthly Archives: June 2005

Alastair Reynolds – Chasm City

After having read Revelation Space I immediately started looking for further books from the same author. Turns out, I misspelled his name while searching Amazon.de, which just turned up the one book I had already read. So, I’ve now been … Continue reading

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The argument

I just saw a good argument for high frame-rates / instant feedback on Charles Bloom’s Rants Page. I think this is one the reasons why Gran Turismo 4 (to me) feels much better than Forza Motorsport: [T]he response to every … Continue reading

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Apple’s Move to x86 vs. Security

I was fairly surprised at Apple’s announcement of their transition from PowerPC processors to using Intel chips, and I am still fairly sceptic about this whole affair. After having watched the keynote, I am seeing things in a slightly more … Continue reading

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Star Wars: Episode III

I just figured out what’s missing in Episode III (in contrast to Episode II): It is completely unsexy. No hints of sexyness anywhere in Ep. 3.

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