Category Art

Mason Sans ή αλλιώς το Χαος

Μετά από αρκετό καιρό αποφάσισα να κάνω κάποιες αισθητικές αλλαγές στο cosmix.org. Δεν είναι κάτι το ιδιαίτερο ώστε να αξίζει αναφορά εδώ, όμως παρατήρησα κάτι που με προβλημάτισε. Κοιτώντας στο Web για γραμματοσειρές πέτυχα την Mason Sans Greek Alternative. Τη γραμματοσειρά μπορείτε να τη δείτε στο νεο λογότυπο του cosmix.org. Ψάχνωντας λοιπόν τη βρήκα στο […]

A New Era.

Just a few hours ago, Apple and EMI announced the availability of DRM-free, high bitrate tracks on Apples iTunes Store. One thing is certain: Today’s announcement is an important milestone for the media industries, but it also sets a precedent as the first major offering that disentangles technical restrictions of media and consumer rights. This […]

Thirteen Conversations About One Thing (2001)

There are some films that few people know of. That fewer people have seen. But sometimes they are films that possess qualities surpassing many of the well-known, widely distributed commercial ones. Take for example Thirteen Conversations About One Thing, a truly fantastic movie about happiness, predictability and order, presented through a series of intertwined events […]

Has Satch lost it?

I first listened to Joe Satriani when I was in high-school, in 1995. At first I found his music pleasantly different from either the hair-metal 80s kitsch (even though some of his early stuff are clearly influenced by the æsthetics of the time) or, the fashionable genre of the time, grunge. Much of Satriani’s music can […]

La Cité des Enfants Perdus (1995)

Πριν από μερικά χρόνια, ένας φίλος μου πρότεινε να δω το La Cité des Enfants Perdus. Είχα ξεχάσει εντελώς την ύπαρξη του μέχρι το καλοκαίρι που μας πέρασε. Εαν σας αρέσουν τα παραμύθια το ‘La Cité’ είναι ενα κρυμμένο διαμάντι. Ξεχάστε προσωρινά το πρόσφατο El Laberinto del Fauno, ξεχάστε τον Tim Burton και τη σειρά […]

Diesel and Dust

Σήμερα άκουσα — μετά από πολύ καιρό — το Diesel And Dust. Ίσως επειδή — όπως πάντα συμβαίνει με τη μουσική — έχω τόσες πολλές αναμνήσεις, κυρίως καλές, που καλύπτουν το μεγαλύτερο μέρος της ζωής μου, ίσως επειδή η μουσική είναι εύπεπτη (αν και όχι ξεχωριστή) αλλά παράλληλα τόσο διαχρονική (η σχέση μου με τα […]

Virt!

Ok, some of you already know about this, but here goes. Two or three years ago I was looking for Microsoft's Windows 95 easter egg MIDI file called clouds.mid and somehow ended up on this site. First of all the arrangements and some of the productions this guy has made are amazing. Then check out the 'a capella' versions of the Star Wars theme, Mario 3, Bubble Bobble etc. Pure madness :)

IMDb redesigned

Besides a few minor changes over the years, IMDb hadn't been significantly revamped for the better part of a decade. Until today that is. There's one thing I'm not exactly getting here: why didn't they redesign the whole site? What's the point of incremental updates?

Blender 2.43 is out.

BlenderThe latest version of the premier open source 3d modelling application is here. Read the release notes, watch the feature videos and get it from blender.org! This version adds several interesting new features, such as Mesh Sculpting and Retopo tools. It also has numerous improvements in the renderer, particle system, animation system and compositing. Finally it seems so much faster on my PowerPC G5 hardware.