Prypiat, 22 years later
Published February 25, 2008I was playing the amazing game Call of Duty 4 today, when I reached a mission taking place in the abandoned city of Prypiat, Ukraine.
I have an unusual attraction for abandoned places: when I see one I cant help myself trying to imagine who were the people that once lived there, what happened to them, and if they ever came back to see what was left of their home.
In the case of Prypiat, this was unfortunately not possible, because the city was evacuated and marked as off-limits area following the Chernobyl disaster in 1986.
The people living there (about 50.000) were only allowed to take a suitcase with them, and had to leave most things behind.
This video shows how the city is today … it is an extremely emotional footage, and if it wasn’t for the radiation still present in the area, I’d love to visit the place someday.
Creating Worlds – Moondus
Published February 13, 2008The last 5 months at my new job have been really enjoyable and extremely challenging at the same time.
We have been developing a virtual world internet platform, and I have to say it is coming along pretty well.
This is a video of the Alpha release of the engine … playing God is fun indeed :)
Unlimited email aliases with Gmail
Published February 5, 2008
Gmail is amazing.
A totally free service with more than 6gb of mail storage, POP3 and IMAP protocols, spam filtering, web and mobile phone access … and unlimited aliases too!
This “secret” feature is very useful if you want, for example, to create a spam address that you can easily filter connected to your Gmail account.
It works like this: by adding a “+” to your login plus anything you want, the mail sent to that address will be automatically redirected to your main account.
So, for example, the emails bob@gmail.com, bob+smith@gmail.com and bob+superhero@gmail.com will all point to the same inbox. (bob@gmail.com)
This way you can for example register to websites with an address containing “+spambox” and then filter all mail containing that address and send it directly into your spam folder.
Another nice feature is the use of the dot: Gmail strips all dots out of every email account, so the addresses: bob.smith@gmail.com, bobsmith@gmail.com and b.o.b.s.m.i.t.h@gmail.com are basically all the same.
Just wanted to share this nice feature I have discovered today, have fun! :)
Can someone please explain to me …
Published February 5, 2008…why the hell Microsoft always assumes the whole world is using Windows?
And why am I getting these retarded popup messages on my Hotmail homepage:
…when Internet Explorer for my operating system doesn’t even exist anymore?
No, I am not going to “upgrade” (lol) my Safari 3.0 to a more “recent browser” (double lol), but you Microsoft idiots should definately upgrade to a more functional brain.
Thank you.