Shimmering Waters

Research and development: a single-player Half Life 2 mod (2009)

Thierry Gagnon — 2009-11-01T13:05:19Z

Solve physics-based puzzles and build your own ride in this cleverly entertaining (and FREE!) add-on to Half-Life 2: Episode 2. - Games / Humour, Science-fiction, Intelligence in action, Windows, Games, First Person Shooter, Half Life

Out of Time, by Oleg Vorslav and the Dvinsk clan (parkour excellence!)

Thierry Gagnon — 2009-10-12T22:31:16Z

An incredible display of gravity-defying parkour jumps, acrobatics and smooth moves to the phat beatz of a superb hip-hop sound track. - La Boue / Free, Music, Danse, parkour, hip-hop

'You Suck at Photoshop' is back - Profs launch 'Big Fat University'

Thierry Gagnon — 2009-10-06T02:36:37Z

The launch of the long awaited season 3 of the web video comedy You suck at Photoshop is a boon to all would-be Photoshop jockeys and comedy aficionados. It also heralds a bright new age in crazed online learning with the launch of Big Fat University. - Video / Humour, Free, Teaching, Webmaster tools, Writing, Video, Tutorial, Photoshop, Mockutorial, Design, Big Fat Brain

Master and Commander: The Aubrey-Maturin novels, by Patrick O'Brian

Thierry Gagnon — 2009-05-30T17:53:50Z

A rare mix of literature, wit, history and high adventure, the Aubrey/Maturin novels (better known for "Master and Commander", the first novel and the name of the 2003 movie adaptation) has been by far one of my favourite reading experience and a consistent way to lift my (occasionally) sagging spirits. - Novels / Humour, Drama, Intelligence in action, History, Fiction, Literature, Made in UK, Leadership, Patrick O'Brian

Cool spam: Lyudmila, the "e-mail-order" Russian bride scam

Thierry Gagnon — 2009-04-25T18:38:45Z

E-mail Russian bride scams are the Eurasian advance-fee fraud equivalent of the Nigerian 419 scams. They both share a love for Babelfish-like horrendous translation and gripping narrative. The "sexy", grainy & amateurish picture of some random woman is a treat in itself and well worth a thousand (badly translated) words. - Blog / Romance, Humour, Fiction, Made in Russia, Spam, Scam

Zero Punctuation: animated game reviews with an attitude

Thierry Gagnon — 2009-02-28T18:41:25Z

One my favorite web video series, Zero Punctuation is a weekly video game reviews created by comedy writer Ben “Yahtzee” Croshaw and produced for online magazine The Escapist. Yahtzee's hilarious animated reviews are fast-paced, expletive-laden and viciously rude. But most of all, his relentless quest for quality in such a crud-infested industry is both entertaining and inspirational. - Video / Free, Not for kids, Games, Video, Half Life, Portal, Swearing , PopCap Games, Bookworm

Yes they could: my hopes for an Obama presidency

Thierry Gagnon — 2009-02-28T18:38:20Z

As the world breath a sigh of relief following the inauguration of Barack Obama as the US president elect, I too feel that a heavy weight of dread has been lifted. It appears that Americans have decreed that they no longer wished to be led by division, ignorance and fear, choosing instead a message of change, hope and rationality. As a Canadian, I am heartily glad that our powerful neighbors are apparently finally moving away from the wasteful insanity of the last eight years. - Blog / History, Barack Obama, Politics, Leadership

Scott McCloud on comics

Thierry Gagnon — 2009-01-29T01:37:10Z

In this entertaining TED conference Scott McCloud summaries his theories about comics from his two ground-breaking books Understanding Comics (2003) and Reinventing Comics (2000). - Video / Free, Teaching, Comics, Video, Art, Autobiography, TED conferences

Dig-Dug Machinima, by The Duo Group

Thierry Gagnon — 2008-11-14T18:28:33Z

He's back from the '80's and he's mad as hell! 'Nuff said! - Video / Humour, Nostalgia, Games, Video, Machinima, C64

Redesign of the GORE BIKE WEAR™ and GORE RUNNING WEAR™ websites

Thierry Gagnon — 2008-10-19T23:51:32Z

As a Nurun Inc. employee, I have been assigned as project manager for many web projects for W.L Gore & Associates, the makers of the famous GORE-TEX� brand of high-performance fabrics. The biggest project I have worked on so far this year has been the redesign of the websites of their GORE BIKE WEAR™ and GORE RUNNING WEAR™ sportswear brands. - Blog / Portfolio, Personal, Design, Nurun