Friday was probably my favorite day as far as the lectures were concerned. The first presentation was from Anders Carlsson of the blog Goto80 (eye-searing color scheme warning). He talked about the 8-bit demoscene and about chip music. He gave the presentation on an actual Commodore 64, and showed off some demos from the early […]
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Monochrom and day 101
November 24th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Hacker culture, Slovenia, Tech-art, Travel
The final presentation on Friday was my favorite one of the entire festival, by far. Even if you haven’t watched any of the videos of the other presentations, I would really suggest watching this one. At least the first half, the audio gets a bit wonky in the second half. The presenter is Johannes Grenzfurthener […]
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0111 and 1000
November 25th, 2008 · No Comments · Hacker culture, Slovenia, Technology
Monday were some “harder” tech talks and also my own presentation. A guy named Paule Ečimović gave a talk about “Hacked Varieties of the Pong Computer Video Game Experience,” which was really cool. He showed the original version of pong, some of the later ports, and then some modern “hacked” versions, including my personal favorite, […]
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A lot of horror movies start this way…
February 6th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Austria, Photos, Slovenia, Travel
Hitchhiking is kind of a strange thing, it’s basically the only activity I can think of that consists primarily of standing in one place and listening to an mp3 player yet is somehow edgy, cool and exciting.
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Remembering France Prešeren
February 8th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Slovenia, Travel
I think I may have mentioned him briefly before, but today is the anniversary of the death of France Prešeren and a national holiday here in Slovenia. Prešeren was a 19th Century Romantic poet, the father of Slovene literature, and a major national hero.
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