Obduction
Obduction is Cyan’s new highly anticipated “spiritual successor” to Myst. Funded by Kickstarter, this teaser trailer finally pulls back the curtain for a sneak peek of what to expect. Obduction’s release is scheduled for June 2016
Wintergatan – the musical marvelous marble machine
Created by Swedish musician Martin Molin, the Wintergatan is an amazing, complicated musical instrument. It uses over 2000 marbles to produce notes and rhythms that are guided by human input.
Amazing – a fantastic work of imagination and creativity.
Loving Vincent – amazing trailer
Here is a trailer from the upcoming film “Loving Vincent” by Breakthru Films (Obtained from the official website: http://join.lovingvincent.com/)
This animation was composed of 12 oil paintings per second, all done by over 100 painters trained in the same style as Vincent VanGogh. I’m really looking forward to it!
Devil Daggers
Holy night terrors!
Devil Daggers is a timed survival game that is “fast-paced shooter that places you in an abyssal arena to face endless legions of demons. Armed with versatile magic daggers and a fluid movement system, fight to survive as long as you can.” That does little to describe the fear-inducing visuals and sounds that seem to be captured from hell itself. The creatures you fight are right out of a HP Lovecraft tale and shrouded in enough darkness to really freak you out.
Some of the longest known runs of the game (like the one below) are just over 8 minutes long. Terrifying – or as some of the comments say – “NopeNopeNopeNopeNope”
Skylight – or why waiting 5 minutes gives you a completely different shot during magic hours
A mind blowing collection of unique moments was captured from mountaintops to rooftops to coastline, at locations including: Los Angeles • Chicago • NYC • Tokyo • Singapore • Sydney • New Zealand • Big Sur • Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest • CARMA • Eastern Sierra • Death Valley • Yosemite • Vermillion Cliffs • Mojave Desert
More info about the film and some of the shots is available on Chris Pritchard’s blog.
Skylight from Chris Pritchard on Vimeo.
Ice caves on Mt Hood
Here is everything you need to know about seeing the ice caves on Mount Hood.
Original Starship Enterprise Is Getting a Face-Lift for 50th anniversary
The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. has begun work on preserving the 11-foot (3.4 meters) model craft in an effort to make the ship resemble how it looked in the episode “The Trouble with Tribbles.” That episode was the last known modification to the model during the run of “Star Trek.” The model appeared in all 79 episodes of the original “Star Trek” TV series, which ran from 1966 to 1969.
A small gesture of gratitude
Sometimes it takes those from outside our culture to point out what we should hear.
Cartoonist Yao Xiao saw how often people apologized in our culture as a sign of politeness. But apologizing is not the same as saying thanks.
So, instead of offering an apology – make it a moment of gratitude.
Time vs Focus
Thought for the new year:
Stop managing your time. Manage your focus.
CMake with compilers that need custom parameters
When using CMake on non-GCC/non-Microsoft compilers – you often run into interesting problems. Especially true for embedded devices/cross-compilers.
One thing that can bite you is the fact that CMake requires the compiler to pass a ‘smoke’ test. Unfortunately, if there are required parameters for your compiler, the smoke test part will fail.
There are a few ways to solve this, the ‘recommended’ way seems to be via the CMAKE_FORCE_C_COMPILER/CMAKE_FORCE_CXX_COMPILER flags. This allows you to tell CMake what the compiler is and pass the smoke test.
CMAKE_FORCE_C_COMPILER(/usr/mycc/cxint86 GNU)
CMAKE_FORCE_CXX_COMPILER(/usr/mycc/cxxint86 GNU)
Here are the docs for more information
https://cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_Cross_Compiling#The_toolchain_file