Month: February 2017

A very interesting magazine, and this article in particular, about the creation of Prince Of Persia. Not sure, though, if many here remember him 🙂 It’s interesting to read about the game creation process in the 90s.

Nowadays I don’t play at all, but during my school years, I was quite fond of it. Among the titles I remember are Loom, Monkey Island, Another World, King’s Quest, Lemmings, Mortal Kombat, Railroad Tycoon, Elite, Leisure Suit Larry, Return to Castle Wolfenstein, Doom, Duke Nukem, Eco Quest, Half Life, Quake 2, Civilization, Alone in the Dark, Myst, Full Throttle, Day of the Tentacle, The Incredible Machine, SimCity, UFO, Stunts, Might & Magic 4, Home Alone, Ultima Underworld, Warcraft, Descent 2, Need for Speed… And now, I don’t even know what has come out in the last ten years. Probably no major breakthroughs, just improved graphics.

I realized what’s missing in the States. It lacks elegance. In the broadest sense.

The topic is relevant again. On Monday, there will be a trial in Kolomna where, most likely, in my absence, I will be obliged to pay Rosgosstrakh for the repairs of the Mercedes that collided with me. Paying the entire amount at once is difficult (or rather, impossible in my case). There probably are some standard terms or installments. If anyone has dealt with this issue, please contact me. I need to know what problems to prepare for.

London tour with Ken Block. Cool footage

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrqYohBV58o

Masha was molding monsters out of clay during the class at school. Now such a glossy little monster lives at home.

Yesterday was a corporate event in Minsk, and today we’re celebrating the five-year anniversary of trading NYSE: EPAM at the New York Stock Exchange. And on Sunday, I’m off to Krakow and Minsk for nearly three weeks. Time to freeze and work.

https://livestream.com/accounts/1160789/events/6960804/player?width=800&height=450&enableInfoAndActivity=true&defaultDrawer&autoPlay=true&mute=false

An interesting manual for preparing for flame wars )

https://m.habrahabr.ru/post/315152/#21

February seventh, it was plus 22-23 degrees. I don’t even know how to dress for work 🙂

https://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/KDCA/2017/2/7/DailyHistory.html?req_city=McLean&req_state=VA&req_statename=Virginia&reqdb.zip=22102&reqdb.magic=1&reqdb.wmo=99999

It took three minutes to find a band whose name I only remembered as “it starts with B”. Found it though)

Blackmore’s Night.

Wikipedia, a list of all world music bands (that achieved something) alphabetically, there isn’t a very long list under B, you can scan through it quickly with your eyes.

And this is the second award. For winning the EPAM hybris Competence Center Contest. Perhaps someone remembers my experiments with Crop & Resize for Hybris. In this contest, this prototype was developed into a fully-fledged extension, very flexible and customizable for specific project needs. A couple of sleepless nights, but everything was submitted on time, and here it is, the first prize — in the studio.