ASCII and ANSI art Blog by Roy/SAC - Superior Art Creation

Some Handy MS DOS Batch Tricks – Infinite Loop and Wait Command

noreply@blogger.com (Carsten a.k.a. Roy/SAC) — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 01:19:05 PDT

I am always interested in how to do stuff with Windows command line tools and BATCH scripts to make things easier and to automate processes that are related to the operating system itself or to the file system. I found some interesting tricks and tips in one of the recent issues of my favorite computer magazine from Germany called “CT Magazin” (CT stands for “Computer Technik”) by the publisher “

SAC Art Packs Now Accessible Via Web Browser Online

noreply@blogger.com (Carsten a.k.a. Roy/SAC) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:42:29 PDT

Bam, Bam, Bam. I just announced at the beginning of this month that the Superior Art Creations intros/cracktros/bbstros etc. are now accessible online via ordinary web browser. Now you can not only access the intros online, but the rest of the content of the SAC artpacks as well. I talked at the end of last year about those efforts (see my blog posts here and here). I also put up a lot of content

Berlin Wall History Timeline from May 8th 1945 to October 3rd 1990

noreply@blogger.com (Carsten a.k.a. Roy/SAC) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:38:45 PST

This is an updated and extended version of the historic timeline of the events about and surrounding the Berlin Wall that separated a city and it’s people for over 28 years. I posted a timeline previously on July 29, 2009. This version has much more details and I also included a lot more images to illustrate the individual events within the historic timeline. The timeline extends beyond the

ASCII Nudes Gallery Revamp

noreply@blogger.com (Carsten a.k.a. Roy/SAC) — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:21:36 PDT

I wasn’t really happy with how my ASCII nude’s gallery One thing that bugged me the most was that it was hard to find a certain piece and that the selection was somewhat confusing. The confusion came from overload. I wanted to put too much stuff into too little space. I added a couple months ago the feature of having the selection boxes with the image thumbnails of the 100 ASCII art pieces scroll

Berlin Wall Video Responses, Copyright and Background Information

noreply@blogger.com (Carsten a.k.a. Roy/SAC) — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 17:19:32 PDT

Unlike my much more elaborate video “Berlin Wall – Lessons Learned”, my “shorty” in between, titled "Moments in History: The Fall of the Berlin Wall" got a lot more attention than I would have expected. The nearing anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall plays probably into this, because I was contacted by various parties over the past months requesting my permission to use my video for a

SAC Crack Intros and BBS’tros Collection Finally Live on RoySAC.com

noreply@blogger.com (Carsten a.k.a. Roy/SAC) — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 22:17:00 PDT

It took only ages, but I finally managed to get it done, the complete list of SAC Intros/Cracktros/BBStros that were released in the SAC Art Packs between December 1994 and May 2007 are now up on the site where they belong. Well, not just a list, that would have been not a problem and could have been done in one afternoon. For each intro are detailed credits shown, links to the SAC art pack

Demoscene Marvels – Know Your History

noreply@blogger.com (Carsten a.k.a. Roy/SAC) — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:17:51 PDT

I started a while ago a special play list at my YouTube channel SACReleases, which showcases over 400 videos (as of now and growing) related to the demo and art scenes already, to highlight the best demos across all computer platforms over the past 18 years. I called it the “Demoscene Marvels”, because I think that those productions are indeed marvels that should not be forgotten. The first

Razor 1911 and Dynamic Technologies – Dytec Cracktro Remakes 2009

noreply@blogger.com (Carsten a.k.a. Roy/SAC) — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:17:51 PDT

Since it was so nice with the TRSI Intro and the new RoORS intro that I created, two more intros are coming up your way…. also created with the Oldskool Demo Maker by Peace/Testaware. This time I created actually remakes of existing intros and did not create something entirely new. Let’s start with the first one, which is for a group that is dear to my heart. You might also want to check out my

How to Turn Paying Customers into Pirates

noreply@blogger.com (Carsten a.k.a. Roy/SAC) — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 02:28:06 PDT

I want to use my registered copy of Babylon 7 Pro, including the additional professional dictionaries “Oxford Dictionary and Thesaurus”, “Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary and Thesaurus” and “Britannica Encyclopedia” on my new Dell laptop with MS Vista (and soon on Windows 7). This is not much to ask for you would think. Hey, I bought this stuff directly from the author of the software and

Imagine The Beatles in Love and 20 Years Under the Sun

noreply@blogger.com (Carsten a.k.a. Roy/SAC) — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:19:44 PDT

Since it went so nice with my publication of the Inside La Nouba documentary, I thought that I continue and also publish some other non-available/out of print Cirque du Soleil documentaries. Imagine – The Beatles in Love This is the 50+ minutes long BBC documentary "Imagine, the Beatles in LOVE" about the creation of the Cirque du Soleil show "The Beatles - LOVE", which is performed at the Mirage

Cirque du Soleil Show Names and their Meanings

noreply@blogger.com (Carsten a.k.a. Roy/SAC) — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 21:09:55 PDT

If you ever wondered what the often strange names of Cirque du Soleil shows mean and where they are coming from then you are not alone. Like the shows itself the name of it also has most of the time a very fascinating background story and meaning to it. Names are not chosen by Cirque quickly. Like all other elements of the show creation process, a lot of thoughts and considerations go into it.

More OSDM Intro Mania

noreply@blogger.com (Carsten a.k.a. Roy/SAC) — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:17:51 PDT

More Intros/Cracktros created with the Oldskool Demo Maker by Peace/Testaware. First an Intro for TRSI – Tristar & Red Sector Incorporated. The main logo is based on the probably most recognized and almost legendary TRSI logo design that J.O.E. created on the Commodore Amiga for the group back in the early 1990s. I cannot remember who made this transformation animation out of it, but it was

Cirque du Soleil’s Inside La Nouba and In the Heart of Dralion

noreply@blogger.com (Carsten a.k.a. Roy/SAC) — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 20:09:26 PDT

Finally, after months of searching and having an instant alert on eBay to find the documentary DVD “Cirque du Soleil: Inside La Nouba - From Conception to Perception”. Just about 1 1/2 weeks ago I got an alert that somebody is selling the DVD on eBay. I jumped on and placed my bid. The auction ended about one week ago and I was outbid. I didn’t watch the item closely at the end, because I was (

Script Tool: Process Scene Releases Version 2.1 Update

noreply@blogger.com (Carsten a.k.a. Roy/SAC) — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 16:04:38 PDT

This is a quick update (and fix) for the Version 2.0 of the script that I released about 1 month ago. I wrote in detail about it here. It is basically a useful batch script with configuration INI file to RAR and then ZIP your scene releases, add NFO and File_ID.DIZ and optional INTRO to each Release File automatically. See ReadMe.txt, which is included in the Release ZIP of the script, for

Cirque du Soleil File Archive

noreply@blogger.com (Carsten a.k.a. Roy/SAC) — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:19:44 PDT

This article is part of my Cirque du Soleil primer articles series. I made over the time a huge amount of content related to Cirque du Soleil available for download at various places. To make things easier to find, I also store most of my stuff at my file sharing account at MediaFire.com. The good thing about MediaFire.com is that you do not stupid delays or other hoops to jump through in order

Fonts Collections: Over 31,000 Fonts (TTF, OTF, FON, AFM, PFB & PFM)

noreply@blogger.com (Carsten a.k.a. Roy/SAC) — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 06:54:43 PDT

Yes, the title was not a typo, over 31K fonts for Windows XP, Vista, NT etc. There are multiple collections. There are several collections of TrueType Fonts (*.TTF), which make up the by far largest chunk of the whole thing, plus separate collections for font formats like Open Type Font (*.OTF), Fixed Size Bitmap Fonts (*.FON), Adobe Font Metrics Files (*.AFM) and Adobe Fonts (*.PFM + *.PFB).

Michael Dell Gone? Dell Starts to Suck Now too!

noreply@blogger.com (Carsten a.k.a. Roy/SAC) — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 19:35:45 PDT

Michael Dell, the entrepreneur who founded the computer retailer "Dell" and built it into a multi-billion dollars business must be gone from Dell. Once a poster child for customer centric marketing, web site performance enhancement making it better converting and more user friendly at the same time. Dell computers might not be the best computers on the planet in regards to their quality, but

Retro Cracktro Remakes Collection Volume 1

noreply@blogger.com (Carsten a.k.a. Roy/SAC) — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 06:21:12 PDT

I guess it is time again for another collection of mine. I was able to put the new Version 2.0 of my scene release creator batch script to good use again. It was a breeze to get it ready with this new and enhanced version of it. You should check it out as well. This collection is a bit different and some of the hard core purist sceners will probably have something to bitch about it, like that

Sorting Away MP3 Files into Sub Directories by Artist Name

noreply@blogger.com (Carsten a.k.a. Roy/SAC) — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 14:09:54 PDT

I just published the post where I introduced the great and useful tool Bulk Rename Utility. I first wanted to include the content of this post into that one as well, but then decided to make it a separate post instead. The introductory post of BRU was already getting long enough, especially because I included suggestions and comments to the tool itself, which I originally intended to post at the

Processing Files, Housekeeping, Sorting and Renaming

noreply@blogger.com (Carsten a.k.a. Roy/SAC) — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 13:21:33 PDT

You might notice already that the subject of organizing, sorting and cataloging files is one of my favorites. I am collecting and archiving a lot of stuff for personal reasons, so I have to spent a lot of time dealing with issues related to that. Since I am not an egoist and keep what I learn to myself, I am sharing what I learned with anybody who is interested in it or looks for options when he

Logo Collection V2 and Pixel Art Images Collection V1 Released

noreply@blogger.com (Carsten a.k.a. Roy/SAC) — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 04:47:52 PDT

Two more scene art releases are coming your way. All in all about 1 GB of data for you to download and spread to FTP servers, old-school bulletin board systems and share with friends and other sceners and/or graphic artists who are able to appreciate what they are looking at. The first release is actually an update, a major one though. Scene Pixel Art Logos Collection V2.0 Version one was

Script Tool: Process Scene Releases Version 2.0

noreply@blogger.com (Carsten a.k.a. Roy/SAC) — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 07:04:22 PDT

I wrote in march about how to package a scene release properly. In that post I also published the source of a release creation batch script called ProcRel.bat. I wrote a heavily modified and extended version of that script and present it to you here and today. NOTE: This Script does not work for SINGLE ZIP release files. It will stop after it created the RAR archive. I have to take a look at it,

Data Collection, Sorting, Archiving and Access #1 (Thesis)

noreply@blogger.com (Carsten a.k.a. Roy/SAC) — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:21:10 PDT

babbling my thoughts and theories to nobody and everybody, or in other words, to anybody who might be interested in it :). Introduction I collected myself a vast amount of data and have issues with using them effectively. The lack of ability to find and use specific data that I collected when I need them is a problem that bothers me and where I am constantly working on improving. This problem

The Fall of the Berlin Wall - Personal Account of Events

noreply@blogger.com (Carsten a.k.a. Roy/SAC) — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 07:32:39 PDT

In response to my videos about the Berlin Wall (like this one on Vimeo.com) or when people who I meet in person learn that I grew up in the former East-Berlin (the communist part of the city), they often ask me about my own personal experiences and feelings that I had. Specifically when it comes to the time when I was 15 years old and from when the Wall fell on November 9, 1989 until the reunion

The Berlin Wall - August 13, 1961 to November 9, 1989

noreply@blogger.com (Carsten a.k.a. Roy/SAC) — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 04:38:15 PDT

I wrote in the past already two blog posts about the subject of the "Berlin Wall", which accompanied videos that I created using moving and photographic images from those historic events. See The Berlin Wall - History Lessons Learned and The Berlin Wall and the Walls Between Us I created four versions of my "Berlin Wall" documentary already and also another short video that only depicts the