Garoo

Hi! Do you remember blogs? Well, this used to be one. Now it just serves as an archive for my multiple Twitter accounts.

29 June

RT @DickKingSmith: Prevent YOUR Dachshund escaping through bars with the advanced technology of the WDN Spoon Evolution LITE Mini Security System™. https://t.co/8MECk9RFZp

# 2017/06/29 - 14:27

This week’s massive malware attack only pretends to be ransomware

# 2017/06/29 - 13:53 — originally published on @cedricbozzi

RT @alexhern: Ain’t no pitch as creepy as a dating app pitch [pic.twitter.com]

# 2017/06/29 - 12:49

RT @bigpotplant: And here is another @tiltbrush creation by Tobias Wustefeild. Honestly the #VR recently has been mind blowing. https://t.co/fOpLKn3tI5

# 2017/06/29 - 12:14

RT @__meehear: น้องงงงงงงงงงงงงงงงง แงงงงงงงงงงงง รวมพลคนโง่มากเว่ออออ [pic.twitter.com]

# 2017/06/29 - 11:48

RT @stroughtonsmith: Seeing the hole punched in this Apple Pencil Case makes me wonder why the heck Apple didn’t do that themselves https://t.co/4rWkJBLdIs

# 2017/06/29 - 11:19

I feel like “grip” should explicitly be “contract” instead. MY TAIL SHOULD NOT FALL WHILE I’M COILED AROUND BAMBOO.

# 2017/06/29 - 01:17 — originally published on @commandergaroo

Snake Pass is fantastic but it’s a gamepad breaker. I’ll have to limit myself to a couple levels per session.

# 2017/06/29 - 01:04 — originally published on @commandergaroo

28 June

Crash Time III is kind of terrible but the driving physics are surprisingly decent

# 2017/06/28 - 23:56 — originally published on @garooscreens

Why did I buy Dark Souls III when I’m still only halfway through the love-hate relationship that is my first Bloodborne playthrough 😩 #whycantigiveup

# 2017/06/28 - 17:45 — originally published on @commandergaroo

I wish Steam’s discovery queue had an “Already Owned” button. Clicking “Not Interested” on a game I own and like feels very wrong.

# 2017/06/28 - 14:43 — originally published on @commandergaroo

RT @alexhern: It got proposed, built, and shut down in the time it’s taken Hyperloop to build a test tunnel in a desert.

# 2017/06/28 - 13:04

RT @alexhern: The insane bus tunnel thing is dead because of course it is. [qz.com]

# 2017/06/28 - 13:04

I can’t imagine how it could be a hard problem for Finder to remember the right view settings for each folder.

# 2017/06/28 - 11:48 — originally published on @garoocomplains

They were so close to looking legit but they couldn’t help themselves with the all-caps and exclamation marks

# 2017/06/28 - 00:58 — originally published on @cedricbozzi

Which isn’t to say that I’ve defeated Rom, btw. I just die later. (And decided to check out Cainhurst instead.)

# 2017/06/28 - 00:21 — originally published on @commandergaroo

Ca fait six mois que je me retiens de reprendre les gens qui disent “de Rugy” 😬

# 2017/06/28 - 00:17 — originally published on @garoo

I guess I win at spending money 🎉

# 2017/06/28 - 00:14 — originally published on @commandergaroo

27 June

Pages and pages of hints about defeating Bloodborne’s Rom before learning the key was to lower my Insight so I could survive her attacks.

# 2017/06/27 - 22:14 — originally published on @commandergaroo

RT @doney: Ramin Djawadi is such a nice guy 😌 → Inside Game of Thrones: A Story in Score (major spoilers up to S06 finale) https://t.co/RA1w33Yd7K

# 2017/06/27 - 19:30

RT @NathanJLiu: Damning review of Planet of the Apps, with a sad conclusion. Apple has lost its taste. [youtube.com]

# 2017/06/27 - 19:18

RT @Oniropolis: “Photographer Benny Lam has documented the suffocating living conditions in Hong Kong’s subdivided flats” https://t.co/FV5ULzSLxV https://t.co/fUZJkWw58X

# 2017/06/27 - 15:01

Ooh, linking the “Report problem” button to logout is totally something I’m gonna steal 😁

# 2017/06/27 - 11:58 — originally published on @cedricbozzi

RT @DShankar: I wonder if Apple is making a AR headset 🙃 [twitter.com]

# 2017/06/27 - 11:49

26 June

I’m not sure if getting drunk right now would happily destroy my short-term memory of Rom and her friends or just make the nightmares worse.

# 2017/06/26 - 23:35 — originally published on @commandergaroo

RT @ImACultHero: Just learned that Cheetahs are really nervous animals, and some zoos give them “support dogs” to relax https://t.co/NbqYZgmu7H

# 2017/06/26 - 23:32

Died with over 30k blood echoes at the second stage of the Moonside Lake. No way to find them again.

# 2017/06/26 - 23:21 — originally published on @commandergaroo

Oh god the nightmares 😱

# 2017/06/26 - 23:05 — originally published on @commandergaroo

Just reached Byrgenwerth and judging by the new enemy design I’m getting close to the point where I can’t play this game anymore 🕷

# 2017/06/26 - 22:30 — originally published on @commandergaroo

Bon, je n’ai pas passé 25 ans à me demander ce qui était arrivé à l’agent Cooper et je n’ai aucune raison de continuer à m’infliger cette saison 3 qui n’est pas faite pour moi. (Ni pour qui que ce soit d’autre.)

# 2017/06/26 - 21:10 — originally published on @garoo

RT @Kantrowitz: This is madness. Don’t understand why anyone would want this. [buzzfeed.com] [pic.twitter.com]

# 2017/06/26 - 18:45

Spoiler: it uses material from 4dviews.com

# 2017/06/26 - 18:30 — originally published on @cedricbozzi

It took me a while to understand what I was watching 😲 (I was paying attention to the wrong things)

# 2017/06/26 - 18:29 — originally published on @cedricbozzi

Et on n’est pas aidés avec les putain de dispositifs anti-fraude qui ressemblent à des dispositifs de fraude, juste mieux fixés

# 2017/06/26 - 11:44 — originally published on @garoo

RT @bencjenkins: IF you accept that it’s likely we’re all living in a simulation then you also have to accept you’re probably living above a painting goblin https://t.co/pyvsn8OUGt

# 2017/06/26 - 11:37

RT @unormal: Aircraft rated surface vs not. [pic.twitter.com]

# 2017/06/26 - 00:13

25 June

Shadow Warrior comes with a special version of Viscera Cleanup Detail :D

# 2017/06/25 - 22:01 — originally published on @garooscreens

RT @MonsieurDrama: Héros d’Istanbul ❤️🏳️‍🌈 #PrideMonth [pic.twitter.com]

# 2017/06/25 - 21:45

RT @MooseAllain: The Internet of Things [pic.twitter.com]

# 2017/06/25 - 20:16

RT @stroughtonsmith: ! ARKit is accurate enough to measure point to point distances in a room. On an iPhone. [twitter.com]

# 2017/06/25 - 19:15

C’est déstabilisant — et même un peu rageant — que Moffat soit encore capable de signer un excellent épisode de Doctor Who.

# 2017/06/25 - 18:38 — originally published on @garoo

RT @nukotanhshs: チーターの鳴き声可愛すぎて草 [pic.twitter.com]

# 2017/06/25 - 17:06

As far as unsolicited emails go, this would be pretty clever if blogs hadn’t been dead for years

# 2017/06/25 - 12:40 — originally published on @cedricbozzi

RT @Ekanaut: Dino Frontier dino riding #screenshotsaturday #PSVR coming soon [pic.twitter.com]

# 2017/06/25 - 11:55

The Dream Machine

# 2017/06/25 - 02:58 — originally published on @garooscreens

24 June

Neill Blomkamp, ça ne s’arrange pas, mais Sigourney Weaver porte toujours aussi bien le treillis 💜

# 2017/06/24 - 20:18 — originally published on @garoo

I have to send out an invoice before month’s end so I can pay my rent. But my empty bank account is all that saved me from this Steam sale 😱

# 2017/06/24 - 19:47 — originally published on @commandergaroo

RT @twitgera: lol this horse mod for Spintires, the game where you navigate trucks over crazily muddy terrain [pic.twitter.com]

# 2017/06/24 - 16:12

Let’s make it illegible to add insult to injury

# 2017/06/24 - 14:42 — originally published on @garoocomplains

Four Last Things is funny as hell — and the screenshots don’t show how much work went into integrating and animating all those paintings.

# 2017/06/24 - 02:32 — originally published on @commandergaroo

Four Last Things

# 2017/06/24 - 02:31 — originally published on @garooscreens

23 June

RT @GiveMeInternet: Mother protecting it’s baby. [pic.twitter.com]

# 2017/06/23 - 22:07

RT @GameDesignDan: I have a lot of admiration for how Ancel is immediately excited about this big game about delivering pizza

# 2017/06/23 - 00:50

22 June

“Beyond Good and Evil 2: First In-Engine Demo”

Tech’s impressive but what I love most is the giant statue’s texture.

# 2017/06/22 - 22:33 — originally published on @commandergaroo

clicks the warning

What’s that, Lassie?

# 2017/06/22 - 17:05 — originally published on @garoocomplains

ET CLAUDIA BLACK. PERSONNE NE M’A PRÉVENU.

# 2017/06/22 - 01:25 — originally published on @garoo

Je découvre avec horreur que j’avais arrêté de regarder The Originals pile avant l’arrivée de Meg Foster 💜

# 2017/06/22 - 01:22 — originally published on @garoo

21 June

I just had a flashback to when PS3 trophies were supposed to become virtual objects you’d show off in a cabinet in PS Home

# 2017/06/21 - 23:11 — originally published on @commandergaroo

Il y a un chien mouillé sur la plage en haut de ma timeline Instagram et je n’ai jamais autant regretté de ne pas avoir une fourrure.

# 2017/06/21 - 21:56 — originally published on @garoo

Extreme measures for extreme temperatures

# 2017/06/21 - 18:32 — originally published on @cedricbozzi

RT @Pentadact: I remember the mix of delight and horror when I found a Praxis Kit in a drawer. A Praxis Kit! But now I have to check EVERY. DRAWER.

# 2017/06/21 - 17:34

RT @Pentadact: Whatever you reward, some players will feel forced to do it. The tiny XP payout for hacking in Deus Ex 3 killed the game for this person. https://t.co/7EP0kAUAFD

# 2017/06/21 - 17:34

I had no idea Scott Forstall was so fun and interesting to listen to; wonder where Apple would have gone with him

# 2017/06/21 - 11:54 — originally published on @cedricbozzi

20 June

RT @Monty_Brogan69: Quand on me demande de prendre un bébé dans les bras. [pic.twitter.com]

# 2017/06/20 - 20:59

RT @verge: It’s so hot in Phoenix, planes are physically unable to fly [theverge.com] [pic.twitter.com]

# 2017/06/20 - 18:31

RT @stroughtonsmith: Apple’s approach to getting Photoshop on iPad was ‘wait 7 years for an indie to recreate Photoshop from scratch’. Worked—not very scalable

# 2017/06/20 - 18:09

RT @ID_R_McGregor: Japanese Robot Sumo.

I was aware of it, but had no idea it moved so fast.

None of this footage has been sped up.

https://t.co/8pvEimPIy1 https://t.co/zgH4zt29In

# 2017/06/20 - 15:39

RT @christianmccrea: If you need a self-imposed Twitter break, just tell a nazi to go fuck themselves, the app takes care of the rest for 12 hours.

# 2017/06/20 - 14:47

Urgent, cherche job d’été, directeur technique ou vice-président, bureau climatisé impératif. Ou caissier dans un Monoprix, sinon.

# 2017/06/20 - 14:42 — originally published on @garoo

L’orage a disparu des prévisions météo de ma Watch pour aujourd’hui

# 2017/06/20 - 13:16 — originally published on @garoo

At least no one’s contacting me about bugs in Uniconsole because no one’s using it anymore.

# 2017/06/20 - 12:28 — originally published on @cedricbozzi

Providing support for an app that sold for all of three months until it saturated its very niche market is the worst.

# 2017/06/20 - 12:27 — originally published on @cedricbozzi

RT @chapmanchapman: New favorite bathroom sign [pic.twitter.com]

# 2017/06/20 - 12:07

The demo video on the After Effects plugin’s site isn’t bad either 😍😍😍

# 2017/06/20 - 12:03 — originally published on @cedricbozzi

Incredible what you can do with a tiny drone and some specialized software (do watch the raw footage, too) 😲

# 2017/06/20 - 12:00 — originally published on @cedricbozzi

American Gods vaut le coup rien que pour le prologue de chaque épisode 😲😢

(Mais le reste aussi. Particulièrement cette semaine.)

# 2017/06/20 - 00:09 — originally published on @garoo

19 June

RT @alexhern: TIL: The tube is hell because London clay is a giant heatsink that has been absorbing energy for a hundred years https://t.co/j60fS8U4nc

# 2017/06/19 - 19:34

“macOS High Sierra tech preview”

I thought APFS upgrade wouldn’t be default — maybe it is only for beta testers?

# 2017/06/19 - 16:44 — originally published on @cedricbozzi

RT @CraigGrannell: I’ve never understood modern tech’s tendency towards stupid and insanely loud beeping you can’t turn off. (Fine if you can.) https://t.co/GoDO1Dbtw9

# 2017/06/19 - 14:46

With this heat there’s no way I’m turning on the PC — never mind a VR headset — so I guess I’ll focus on interactive fiction for the summer.

# 2017/06/19 - 14:44 — originally published on @commandergaroo

RT @leroncier: Gay Guys: You’re Douching Wrong [vice.com]

# 2017/06/19 - 13:10

J’ai descendu la saison 1 de Twin Peaks d’une traite, mais après une heure de la seconde je crois que je vais plutôt lire un résumé 😴

# 2017/06/19 - 01:54 — originally published on @garoo

18 June

RT @steve_breen: Surprising WWDC labs takeaway:

Many developers eschew the trackpad “natural scrolling” direction setting 😂

# 2017/06/18 - 23:53

Je n’ai jamais vu un chat aussi inconscient du risque de se faire marcher dessus quand il est en plein milieu du chemin 😸

# 2017/06/18 - 17:28 — originally published on @garoo

(Ca marche aussi pour les chiens, mais j’aime pas les petits chiens.)

# 2017/06/18 - 13:50 — originally published on @garoo

Pro tip : si vous choisissez une petite race de chat, vous ne passerez pas vos journées à changer sa litière

# 2017/06/18 - 13:49 — originally published on @garoo

RT @BenedictEvans: The state of AI understanding: someone can give a ‘Wizard of Oz’ demo with the curtain open and people still think they’re seeing magic

# 2017/06/18 - 13:37

RT @samjhewett: This dog followed the google earth guy [pic.twitter.com]

# 2017/06/18 - 12:49

RT @animalcog: German photographer Christian Vieler captures the moments before dogs try to catch their treats. [2] [pic.twitter.com]

# 2017/06/18 - 00:54

17 June

Kelly.

Capwell.

😲

💜

# 2017/06/17 - 23:45 — originally published on @garoo

C’est rare qu’un changement de showrunner soit bénéfique, mais la saison 5 de House of Cards est bien meilleure que les deux précédentes.

# 2017/06/17 - 23:44 — originally published on @garoo

RT @mikeBithell: Hey, person who bothered to put physics on this coffee, you did good #PS4share

[store.playstation.com] https://t.co/565xUjpIjV

# 2017/06/17 - 21:24

I guess it’s time to enable round avatars in Tweetbot

# 2017/06/17 - 16:40 — originally published on @cedricbozzi

16 June

Alonso Martinez’s 3D-Printed Animated Robots 💜 (via @balbinus)

# 2017/06/16 - 18:41 — originally published on @garoo

RT @JulianLepinski: Tim Cook: I run Apple & hit the gym @ 4am to keep my body in peak condition

Me: I built an app &the pressure made me stress-eat 5000 cookies

# 2017/06/16 - 17:33

Welp, I can throw out my first Unity project

I’m so damn jealous of their name, too.

# 2017/06/16 - 11:10 — originally published on @commandergaroo

15 June

RT @chrisrodley: I used deep learning to cross a book of dinosaurs X a book of flowers [pic.twitter.com]

# 2017/06/15 - 22:32

RT @shanselman: Twitter: The border-radius will increase until morale improves.

# 2017/06/15 - 22:21

Ca fait vraiment bizarre d’écouter le podcast politique de Vox en plein marathon House of Cards 😨

# 2017/06/15 - 19:17 — originally published on @garoo

RT @netsabes: Call of Cthulhu : [youtube.com]

# 2017/06/15 - 16:38

My NYT crossword streak is back down to four days and I never realized I’d missed one 😔

# 2017/06/15 - 14:54 — originally published on @commandergaroo

Ca y est, le bouton “Archiver” d’Instagram est disponible pour tous \o/ #grandnettoyagedeprintemps

# 2017/06/15 - 14:33 — originally published on @garoo

I’ve been waiting for this since I was ten (but it’s not gonna be available in France for a while)

# 2017/06/15 - 12:16 — originally published on @cedricbozzi

Alors j’aime bien Joel Kinnaman mais comme candidat républicain à la présidentielle, vraiment ? 😂

# 2017/06/15 - 00:07 — originally published on @garoo

14 June

RT @Factornews: OK, David Cage décime des arbres par douzaine, mais au moins il recycle ses discours marketing #OVER2000!! https://t.co/L1m6Bmc00a

# 2017/06/14 - 22:42

“Shadow of the Colossus PS3 vs PS4 Pro Graphics Comparison”

# 2017/06/14 - 16:21 — originally published on @commandergaroo

RT @robmanuel: Increasingly uncomfortable with Facebook doing this. I live 6 miles away. Feels like they’re adding to people’s stress to drive engagement. https://t.co/6UxZ6iJDTZ

# 2017/06/14 - 15:39

Je viens de finir la saison 3 de House of Cards et c’est dingue comme ils ont gâché ce qui aurait dû être le meilleur épisode de la série.

# 2017/06/14 - 03:31 — originally published on @garoo

RT @edasfr: Pendant ce temps on crache sur notre système de santé, on le trouve trop cher, on veut réduire les “charges” que sont les cotisations… https://t.co/9IpiI3iVPC

# 2017/06/14 - 01:44

Does “ZeniMax would fire everyone involved if we released an Oculus version” count as “We can’t”? 😞

# 2017/06/14 - 01:28 — originally published on @commandergaroo

RT @odavis_: Incredible. Within first 10 minutes of Uber all-hands meeting today, a board member makes a sexist joke. https://t.co/iurWrXTOXw https://t.co/ngQW6uS5J3

# 2017/06/14 - 00:46