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Toy Story 3 Teaser Trailer

greven — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 02:33:14 +0000

It seems Pixar is preparing another sequel for Toy Story, one of their most successful “worlds” to date. I liked the first 2 movies and since then CGI has evolved quite a bit so expect some mean looking toys!

You can check the Official Trailer here.

Update on Website

greven — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 01:55:01 +0000

Sorry, guys, the website has been down for some days but it’s now on track. Thanks very much to WebHS to allow me to continue to run my blog smoothly.

Sorry! by Maarten Dors.

Kudos and new posts very soon they were on the making before the website went down! And thank you for reading.

Icons Icons Icons…

greven — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:57:59 +0000

Smashing Magazine published yesterday a great list of Icon Sets for projects use. Some time ago on one of the first posts I’ve written on my blog, I’ve publish a list of Icons for Web use, but this post from Smashing Magazine hits the nail, it’s very complete and full of packs I didn’t know before. It even includes some Icons I’ve done… that’s nice.

Link: 50 Fresh Useful Icon Sets For Your Next Design

Home

greven — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:25:00 +0000

Home is a documentary about our planet, the planet Earth. It was passing here on portuguese TV the other day but I failed to see it so went to check it on Youtube. It’s available for free in High Quality on the Youtube so check it. It’s more than 1 hour but it’s really worth it. It’s one of those videos that everyone should see.

It’s tremendously scary I can say because it the end you realize we are kinda doomed for abusing our planet the way we ‘ve been doing. The photography of Home is just outstanding, one of the best I’ve seen till date.

Link: Home @ Youtube

Note: If you know what .torrent is, then you can freely download Home in HD at a website like The Piratebay.

Download: Home HD version .torrent @ The Piratebay

IMDB

99 Things You Should Have Already Experienced On The Internet

greven — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 10:05:34 +0000

Found this on a forum I often visit. Quite interesting List. Some I didn’t know, but most are very well known. Can’t get tired of the Afro Ninja. Ahhhh…

Templo Atlante by rodrigoSwr

01) Grape Stomp
02) Charlie Bit Me
03) Chocolate Rain
04) Dancing Baby
05) Post Secret
06) Charlie The Unicorn
07) Mentos and Diet Coke
08) Numa Numa
09) Peanut Butter Jelly Time
10) George Lucas In Love
11) You’re The Man Now Dog
12) Yatta
13) Star Wars Kid
14) Bubb Rubb
15) The Flying Spaghetti Monster
16) Dramatic Chipmunk
17) Homestar Runner
18) GI Joe Pork Chop Sandwiches
19) Fail Blog
20) Skateboarding Dog
21) All Your Base Are Belong To Us
22) Winnebago Man
23) We Like The Moon
24) I Can Has Cheezburger
25) Barney Vs. Tupac
26) Shining
27) Cute Overload
28) Rick Roll
29) Lazy Sunday
30) David After The Dentist
31) Powerthirst
32) Christian The Lion
33) Bert and Ernie Rap
34) Lady Punch
35) Leprechaun in Alabama
36) Where The Hell Is Matt
37) Boom Goes The Dynamite
38) Breakdancing Baby
39) Drunk Jeff Goldblum
40) Scarlet Takes A Tumble
41) Susan Boyle
42) Gay Mount Everest
43) Afro Ninja
44) Cop Shoots Himself In Leg In Classroom
45) Tron Guy
46) “Leave Britney Alone”
47) Laughing Baby
48) I’m the Juggernaut Bitch
49) Exploding Whale
50) Take On Me The Literal Version
51) Bill O’Reilly Flips Out
52) Don’t Tase Me Bro
53) The Landlord
54) Breakdancing Baby Kick
55) The Pet Penguin
56) Ms. South Carolina Answers A Question
57) I’m F*#king Matt Damon
58) Will It Blend
59) Spaghetti Cat
60) Tom Cruise Kills Oprah
61) Little Superstar
62) Chad Vader
63) Pretty Much Everywhere It’s Going To Be Hot
64) I Like Turtles
65) Who Needs A Movie
66) Jake E. Lee Shreds
67) Hawaii Chair
68) Aussie Party
69) Hitler Plans Burning Man
70) Montgomery Flea Market
71) Look At The Horse
72) Asian Backstreet Boys
73) Leroy Jenkins
74) Pinky The Cat
75) Monkey Sniffs Finger
76) Sneezing Panda
77) Prison Inmates remake “Thriller”
78) Techno Viking
79) Ask A Ninja
80) Best Man Trips and Ruins Wedding
81) Best Wedding Toast Ever (Amy’s Song)
82) Kitten Surprise (how to break up a cat fight)
83) Katana Sword Infomercial Goes Wrong
84) Matrix Ping Pong
85) La Pequeña Prohibida
86) Angry German Kid (translated)
87) Evolution of Dance
88) Ok Go – “Here It Goes Again”
89) Battle at Kruger (lions vs. buffalos vs. crocodiles)
90) Daft Hands
91) Human Beatbox
92) Most T-Shirts Worn At Once
93) Zero G Dog
94) Cuppy Cakes Song
95) George Washington
96) Scary Maze Prank
97) Gay Referee
98) Tranquilized Bear Hits Trampoline
99) Reporter Gets A Fly In The Mouth

Star Wars: The Old Republic

greven — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 06:44:08 +0000

Right now the annual E3 (Electronic Entertainment Expo), one of the biggest Video Game Expo is taking place in Los Angeles. I was browsing through some game trailers when I saw the upcoming MMO by Byoware, Star Wars: The Old Republic, based on the published Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (or KOTOR for its friends).

I’ve only played a bit of KOTOR, but played several games by Byoware and I gotta say they are my favourite RPG software house along with Blizzard. Baldur’s Gate was awesome, Neverwinter Nights also and the most recent Mass Effect that seems like an amazing game.

Star Wars is not my favorite universe but everyone likes light sabers, Yoda or even the Dark Side! But the real reason I’m writing this is the trailer. I’ve seen it and I was blown away. I think it’s the best game intro I’ve ever seen. Judge by yourself it’s really worth it.

Link: Game Trailers HD Version

Movie Bitmeter: Sherlock Holmes

greven — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:02:52 +0000

Saw the trailer of this movie today. From the trailer it seems a completely different approach of the typical Sherlock Holmes, maybe it’s good, maybe it’s not. It can be seen by some like a way to corrupt the famous character, but in the other way can be a fresh start of the story (a bit like it’s being done with a lot “classic” story’s and movies). Anyway I liked the trailer and might be a strong candidate to see at the cinemas.

Movie Info

Genre: Action - Adventure - Crime - Drama - Mystery - Thriller

Plot: Detective Sherlock Holmes and his stalwart partner Watson engage in a battle of wits and brawn with a nemesis whose plot is a threat to all of England.

Director: Guy Ritchie.

Writers: Mike Johnson, Anthony Peckham.

Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Rachel McAdams, Mark Strong.

IMBD Rating: NA

Year: 2009

Links: IMDB

Teaser Trailer

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greven — Sat, 30 May 2009 04:55:58 +0000

May Desktop Screenshot

greven — Fri, 29 May 2009 16:14:39 +0000

Well it has been a while since I change something in my Desktop. But since my computer kinda died last week and I needed to buy a new one (or… most of the parts anyway) I changed to Windows Vista and had of course to change the default look.

Details

Wallpaper: For A Thousand Years.
Theme: Transblack FINAL v1.
Icons: Windows Vista Default.
Dock: RKLauncher iVista.
Dock Icons: David Lanham Somatic Rebirth.
Extra Apps: CD Art Display with theme Pure Adium.

Care to share yours?

Windows 7 Transformation Pack

greven — Fri, 29 May 2009 08:50:35 +0000

If you are one of those that can’t wait to grab Windows 7… or make your Windows look like it, there’s a Windows 7 Transformation Pack waiting for you! I don’t like to use this packs myself prefer to do it manually. Anyway this kind of visuals it’s not something I appreciate myself.

Use at your own risk, check the topic at Winmatrix for more details.

Seven Transformation Pack Keynotes:

New 3rd-party applications
ViGlance - Windows 7’s Superbar emulation

Improved 3rd-party applications
ViStart - build recompile in native mode increasing its performance with Windows 7 skin
TrueTransparency - Improved stability with version 1.0 plus SevenStyle’s skin

Functionalities update
Automatic theme applying - Setup now applies themes automatically without user’s interaction after restart
Multi-user Login UI support - Allowing to see user accounts in horizontal view with multiline support
Setup personization - Allowed ViSplore and WinFlip and support load/save configuration
Superbar tweaks - Get Superbar UI with registry tweaks

Download: Windows 7 Transformation Pack

Google Chrome 2 Beta

greven — Thu, 21 May 2009 15:23:52 +0000

Web by sergey1984

Well, I don’t know how I missed this, but there is a new Chrome version in development. I’ve been a bit torn apart between Opera and Chrome. I like Opera because it just works out-of-the box. Google Chrome works too, but Opera brings a lot of neat things like Mouse Gestures or useful Plugins (like the Weather one).

Chrome navigation system is great, the top bars occupies less space than Opera even with a favorite bar displaying (and you can even hide it when not using it - Ctrl + B). I also like how Chrome handles the Status bar, it only appears when you are hovering anything, so more screen read space. I walked away from Firefox even tho I do like it a lot because of the loading times and because in my experience Opera and Chrome are faster rendering pages.

Anyway, I’m posting this because I’ve found that there is a new version of Chrome in Beta, it’s version 2 and it brings some improvements over version 1, so decided to try it out and I’m sold. It bring us some essential stuff I’ve missed from Chrome 1, like autoscrolling, full page zoom and also some bugs I had on this or that page (some pages not reloading when doing back or even some strange behavior of .png transparencys).

Google Chrome 2 Beta Changes

You can check the Release Notes in this Link: Chrome Build 2.0.156.1 Release Notes

How to install Chrome 2 Beta

Pretty easy. What you have to do is subscribe to a channel for the beta releases. How? Google explains:

Subscribing to a Channel

1. Download and run the Google Chrome Channel Changer (Here).
2. Click the circle next to the channel you want to get updates from.
3. Click Update to save your choice.
4. Click Close.
5. In Google Chrome, click the wrench menu and choose About Google Chrome.
6. Click Update Now to install the current channel’s release.
7. Restart Google Chrome.

I recommend subscribing to the Beta Channel and not to the Dev Channel as releases might be too unstable.

Happy surfing!

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greven — Tue, 19 May 2009 01:13:33 +0000

Team Fortress 2: Meet the Spy

greven — Sun, 17 May 2009 13:50:32 +0000

Valve is very well known among gamers and non-gamers for their fine humor within and outside their games (who never heard the famous sentene: “The Cake is a lie!” ?). They are one of the company’s that puts the detail back into the game and we all love the lovely pop references and charades on games, don’t we? Well I do, that’s why along with Blizzard, Valve is for sure one of my favorite game publishers.

Among the games I’ve played from Valve, Team Fortress 2 is the one I play the mostly currently. It’s a Shoot’em Up sequel for the famous Half Life mod… Team Fortress Classic. Team Fortress 2 still shares the principals of his younger brother, but now it deserved a release on it’s own and far more important… a lot of attention from Valve. One of it’s more remarkable features it’s the graphics, they are very cartoonish style giving a “humorous” feel to the game. The game itself is very strategic because each class represents a niche on their team. If you like online gaming, if you like shoot’em ups and to see your opponent being shot by a rocket an tear apart into 1 million pieces, this is the game for you. Will surely provide you with a lot of laughs.

Anyway I’m not writing this post to tell you about the game, but I think an introduction was necessary so the ones not into the “Valve Scene” could understood a bit better what’s to come. Basically I started this post to show you the most recent “Meet the …” series of videos released by Valve. From times to times Valve have been releasing some very funny videos showcasing the classes in Team Fortress. Several have been released but so far I haven’t posted any, not because they are not good… but this last one is just freaking awesome!

I hope that after seeing this one you go and check the other videos here. They are really funny and worth the time. Trust me on this.

Anyway, this week Valve is announcing the release of a new content patch for the classes of Sniper and Spy and it’s the Spy that makes the honor of the new video, so… Meet the Spy!

Meet the Spy Video

Outpost Free Firewall

greven — Sat, 16 May 2009 22:21:07 +0000

Oupost was one of the many firewall software I used in the past (right now using Comodo, also free of charge). Agnitum firewalls have always been known by their robustness and pro-active security so the free version shouldn’t be any different.

Outpost Free Firewall

This one will be on my “To-Try List” in place of Comodo after I reinstall Windows (in a near near future).

Link: Agnitum Free Firewall

Download: Agnitum Oupost Free Firewall