Protos

I found the Youtubeflick below and was quite surprised:

I have a Daft Punk CD and I like it, but I had no clue that the best most catchy parts of their songs are from other people.

Basically some of their best catch lines are rip offs. Now does that actually make the music poorer? I mean it really should not, but somehow, it just seem more stale.

Here I was thinking that they were brilliant musicians and all (and I guess they are to some extend), but somehow I am not so impressed as I would have been (or rather were) – if they had actually made everything themselves…

So I am thinking: Does it matter? Which is more important? to have ideas or to employ them smartly? And then it ties straight into innovation.

For instance the Ipod that everybody loves: Apple did not invent all the components. They were clever at getting the right stuff and combining it the right way (and iterate). That doesen’t matter that much to me, I still think they are clever, but somehow, for the music it felt different.

Anyway ripping content from Barry Manilow rofl.

Anyway here is a goddie:

UPDATE (2-08-2007): Amazing hand action video

Well here we go.

Remember back when games were real games? Back in the day when everything was jumping from platform to platform? When a solid jump-kick to the stomach of a fat green sumo would bring joy in the brains of little kids? Back when plainly stating “I have a C64 with a 1541 Floppy disk drive” would make (well some) people listen?

Back when a hero was made of boxy over sized pixels? Back when every game color palette was so insane, that you didn’t even notice how insane they were? Back when Migrane-Mint and Hell-Flesh-Pink were common base colors?. Well get ready for a blast from the past! BRUCE LEE!

Take a look at these wonder full screen shots:

My google desktop just popped up a zip file I had long forgot about (and it was hiding on the old stuff drive): Mark Rosten’s version of a Commodore 64 Bruce Lee stand alone port (Click to Download).

In 2001 Mark Rosten was thinking about learning the Blitz programming language and he remade the first computer game that I completed: Commodore 64 Bruce Lee.

I clearly remember feeling sad and empty the day I actually completed the game. I remember banging my tiny hard as titanium-alloy fists into the keyboard! Ahh these were the days where you could not even save games – it was do or die – Aces High!

Enjoy! it here at Protos.dk or via: Mark Rostens site.

From the original release notes by Mark:

Program: Bruce Lee – A remake for the PC
Type: Platform game
Written: August 2001
By: Mark Rosten
Using: Blitz Basic
Version: 1.12 (full release)
Build date: 6th October 2001

Game background
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To learn how to use Blitz Basic, rather than create a whole new game from scratch. I needed a game I both loved and was familiar with. A remake was in order…

Thinking back to my humble gaming origins, no game brings back such fond memories as Bruce Lee on the Commodore 64. I’m not sure what it was about this game that I loved so much, was it the simplicity of the gameplay? The awesome graphics and sound? (They weren’t that bad when this game was released, believe me.) Or the
simultaneous 2-player mode with the unforgettable Yamo?

…

Thanks Buddy, let me know if you come to Copenhagen and ill buy you a beer!

Edit: 100 C-64 Games in 10 minuttes

Iljin Display of South Korea would embark on mass production of super small projectors allowing the display of video images stored in mobile handsets with a maximum size of 20-inch from September. Last year the company developed its Nano Projector that enables users to project video images from mobile handsets on a wall by incorporating Single LCD Panel technology. Iljin Display recently signed an agreement with SK Telecom for an exclusive commercialization of Nano Projectors. Under the deal, the Korean vendor will commence mass production of Nano Projector for use in SK Telecom mobile phones from September, and SK Telecom will receive the products to sell them at home and abroad.

via: fareastgizmos.com

Interesting: http://krazydad.com/colrpickr/

You pick a color, and via the open Flickr API, you see cut-outs of pictures that have that color.

Its really odd, and useless but kind of fun anyway – you should take it for a spin :-)