GTA 4 Animation Technology

Here's a video of NaturalMotion's euphoria animation technology used in GTA 4.

Charlie The Unicorn - Very Surreal

Wow... and I thought Weebl and Bob were surreal.

Charlie The Unicorn Part One



Charlie The Unicorn Part Two

2003 Blogrolling hack linked to 2008 419 spam

Checking my email today, I was surprised to find SPAM sent to an email address I used for Blogrolling.com. Turns out Blogrolling was hacked back in November 2003, and now this email address appears to have made it's way into the hands of 419 scammers/spammers.

How do I know it was from blogrolling.com? Well, I use Sneakemail disposable email addresses for all my web-based accounts, and this particular address is the only one that has received SPAM.

It's possible that there's been another breach at blogrolling.com, but who knows? Suffice to say, I've updated my account and changed the email address (and password while I was at it), so even if it was compromised I won't have to deal with any more SPAM.

Follow privacy08 on Twitter

If you use Twitter and care about privacy, show your support for EPIC by following privacy08 and spread the word.

Two for the geeks, courtesy of xkcd

Firstly, people playing chess on roller coasters. Something I'd be very interested in trying too. Maybe I need to arrange another meeting of the Rollercoaster Police.

Secondly, Randall (creator of xkcd) has also create the bash.org-like Limerick Database. Take a look at the Top 150 for a good (possibly overly geeky) laugh.

Listen to the Techie

Dell says, "Listen to the Techie."

An Engineer's Guide to Cats

An Engineer's Guide to Cats

Jonathan Coulton - Still Alive - Lyrics

Jonathan Coulton - Still Alive - Lyrics

This was a triumph
I’m making a note here: huge success
It’s hard to overstate my satisfaction
Aperture Science
We do what we must because we can
For the good of all of us
Except the ones who are dead
But there’s no sense crying over every mistake
You just keep on trying till you run out of cake
And the science gets done and you make a neat gun
For the people who are still alive

I’m not even angry
I’m being so sincere right now
Even though you broke my heart and killed me
And tore me to pieces
And threw every piece into a fire
As they burned it hurt because
I was so happy for you
Now these points of data make a beautiful line
And we’re out of beta, we’re releasing on time
So I’m glad I got burned, think of all the things we learned
For the people who are still alive

Go ahead and leave me
I think I’d prefer to stay inside
Maybe you’ll find someone else to help you
Maybe Black Mesa
That was a joke, ha ha, fat chance
Anyway this cake is great
It’s so delicious and moist
Look at me still talking when there’s science to do
When I look out there it makes me glad I’m not you
I’ve experiments to run, there is research to be done
On the people who are still alive

And believe me I am still alive
I’m doing science and I’m still alive
I feel fantastic and I’m still alive
And while you’re dying I’ll be still alive
And when you’re dead I will be still alive
Still alive
Still alive

Best April Fool this year - BBC - Penguins

The BBC came up with the best April Fool this year:



There's also a 'making of' video up on the iPlayer site (but only until 8th April, so hurry).

Oh, and then there's the worst April Fool's gag this year.

Get your German interior minister's fingerprint here

One problem with biometrics is that once they're out there's no way to revoke or change them. Another problem is that you leave them all over the place every day.

The German interior minister might want to think about that.