December 2008
20 posts
Gory Xmas 2008: Hawthorne KIA
Report from the front. We’re closing in on Daedelus position. Hawthorne didn’t make it.   Guess it’s just a matter of time until German officials have Resistance 2 taken off store shelves … — Mustafa K. Isik   http://codesurgeonblog.com Sent from my iPhone Posted via email from Mustafa’s posterous | Comment »
Dec 24th
It has arrived: #symphonicshades. Orchestral...
Listening to it now. Bliss.   The track listing: 01. »Grand Monster Slam (Opening Fanfare)« [02:45] 02. »X-Out (Main Theme)« [05:11] 03. »Jim Power in Mutant Planet (Main Theme)« [05:37] 04. »Tower of Babel« [04:39] 05. »Turrican 3 - Payment Day (Piano Suite)« [05:18] 06. »Gem’X (Main Theme)« [03:40] 07. »Apidya II (Suite)« [05:25] 08. »R-Type (Main...
Dec 20th
Stuck in the freezing cold, 0355h. @emonk_net and...
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Dec 19th
It's Playtime!
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Dec 19th
The weekly Games und so madness ...
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Dec 17th
Another busy day at the Apple Store ...
My personal take on lolcats …   P.S.: For those who are having trouble separating truth from comic bubbles, she works at the Apple Store Munich and didn’t really think this. I know because I can read minds … yes, works over the Internet too … stop thinking that … phew, you perv! Posted via email from Mustafa’s posterous | Comment »
Dec 17th
Buddies asking for Xmas Ideas #1: Books on TDD...
A buddy asked me for a couple of quick recommendations for some easy vacation reading on unit testing and TDD. IMHO there is an incredible amount of bad books on the topic floating around. It’s seems so as if every second B-class author feels tempted to put together a book on the topic - probably due to the matter and the interfaces as made popular by JUnit being very approachable.   My...
Dec 13th
Sins of the Gaming Industry #1: Never to release...
I picked the Snatcher Intro tune for our game music contest in Games und so episode #76.   Losing myself in memories of repeatedly giving in to the pull of the greatest cyberpunk adventure - don’t even think of arguing here ;) - year after year, brought back the pain of hoping for Policenauts. The latter is considered the sequel to Snatcher due to it also being the brainchild of Hideo...
Dec 12th
It's here: Justice - A Cross The Universe
Finished watching the documentary something like half an hour ago. Liked it a lot.   Our little household is still busy trying to figure out how much of the behind-the-scenes stuff, i.e. pretty much the whole thing, is authentic. I’m not referring to the easy-to-have groupie chicks, that part is obvious to anybody who has done his fair share of club and event work.   It’s rather the...
Dec 11th
Batch of photos "Bits und so" fans have taken of...
We all had a great time meeting up with fans at the Apple Store opening yesterday. An impressive number of store employees turned out to be “Bits und so” listeners as well, which made us extra happy.   Since we more or less completely missed out on signing up for an official press invitation beforehand, it looked like we’d have to get in line like everybody else and wait for...
Dec 7th
Packing up. About to leave studio.
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Dec 6th
Where am I? What am I up to?
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Dec 6th
Grotesque scenes 5 minutes to Apple Store Munich...
They are applauding and cheering “München, München”.   Kool-aid river in the back? — Mustafa K. Isik   http://codesurgeonblog.com Sent from my iPhone Posted via email from Mustafa’s posterous | Comment »
Dec 6th
Free Public WiFi
jstn: Have you seen this wireless network? I see it *everywhere*, and it’s so suspicious because it’s always ad-hoc (meaning broadcasting from a computer rather than a regular access point). I imagined for a long time it was part of a virus; it waits for someone to connect, redirects to a page that exploits some hole in Internet Explorer, scrapes your hard disk and sends your social security...
Dec 6th
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Last minute preparations at Apple Store Munich
After watching the latest Woody Allen movie, Kati and I wandered over Munich’s Marienplatz on our way home.   Look at what we spotted, the Apple Store Munich covers are gone and the store team is busy getting everything ready for tomorrow’s grand opening.   As those interested probably already know, all of us - that is the Bits und so crew - will be there to witness the first German...
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@ivory_tower forgive me for having this without...
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Dec 3rd
gf knows how to turn around a so-so day. kinder...
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Dec 2nd
Success! "Enter the Dragon" boss fight w/ gf still...
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