Garoo

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

1 July 2014

I’ve started customizing my trackpad gestures with BetterTouchTool. I feel like I’m on a slippery slope there. I’m gonna OD on arcane UI.

# 2014/07/01 - 03:45 — originally published on @cedricbozzi

”Microsoft seizes No-IP domains”

My neighbor sometimes left trash outside his door; give me his apartment.

# 2014/07/01 - 14:59 — originally published on @cedricbozzi

“I’ve used quite a few gadgets in my time, and I’ve never seen anything become as instantly useful as Android Wear”

# 2014/07/01 - 20:57 — originally published on @cedricbozzi

Shouldn’t audio technology allow a smart watch to ignore voice commands that aren’t coming from, say, five inches away, straight-on?

# 2014/07/01 - 20:59 — originally published on @cedricbozzi

I don’t really want to give the Watch Dogs franchise more money but I doubt I can resist the appeal of getting more stuff to do there.

# 2014/07/01 - 22:25 — originally published on @garooshepard

2 July

God help me, cet article m’a soudain donné envie de lancer une newsletter

# 2014/07/02 - 05:01 — originally published on @garoo

Passwords as self-hypnosis

# 2014/07/02 - 14:07 — originally published on @cedricbozzi

Playing Watch Dogs and Infamous in quick succession makes me realize how much better an open world GTA5 was. Pity it was the least fun of the three.

# 2014/07/02 - 22:06 — originally published on @garooshepard

@automobilemag:

On this day in 1992: 1 millionth #Corvette was built. Now it looks like this. THANKS, SINKHOLE [oak.ctx.ly] [pic.twitter.com]

# 2014/07/02 - 22:55

3 July

What’s going on.

# 2014/07/03 - 00:11 — originally published on Flickr

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# 2014/07/03 - 00:12 — originally published on Flickr

#gramlater because I hadn’t noticed immediately when a stupid Instagram update moved the “post to Flickr” button

# 2014/07/03 - 00:13 — originally published on Flickr

HEY INSTAGRAM HOW ABOUT NOT MOVING THE SHARE BUTTONS AROUND WITHOUT WARNING BETWEEN VERSIONS.

# 2014/07/03 - 00:15 — originally published on @garoo

The only way a 5.5-inch iPhone makes sense is if it forgoes the 16:9 aspect ratio, right? Right? Pretty please?

# 2014/07/03 - 19:34 — originally published on @cedricbozzi

4 July

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) ☆☆☆☆☆

I can’t believe I had never seen this movie before. It’s great, and almost not dated at all. (Apart from the cast — I also can’t believe Jeff Goldblum was already acting when I was just two years old. He looks forty now!)

# 2014/07/04 - 03:31 — originally published on Sens Critique

I finally just gave up on Defiance. This calls for celebration.

# 2014/07/04 - 21:16 — originally published on @garoo

Vivement le mois d’août et ses rues désertes.

# 2014/07/04 - 22:59 — originally published on @garoo

5 July

Salauds !

# 2014/07/05 - 18:48 — originally published on Flickr

The Internet’s Own Boy is making me feel woefully inadequate. It’s also a much better and more interesting documentary than I expected.

# 2014/07/05 - 21:33 — originally published on @garoo

Capsule ☆☆☆☆☆

It’s a very simple game, and I’m not sure I’ll ever run it again (it gets hard), but considering the experience it creates with such elementary devices and the very small price at which it’s sold, the game is quite worth it.

# 2014/07/05 - 23:48 — originally published on Sens Critique

6 July

Stranded ☆☆☆☆☆

On the opposite side of the spectrum from Capsule — though with an eerily similar premise — Stranded is a ripoff at any price, unless you’re looking for a diaporama of 8-bit animated gifs where the only gameplay, and I’m not exaggerating for effect, is waiting for the infuriatingly slow walking transition from one screen to the next.

Protip: in “games as art” the word “game” is there for a reason.

# 2014/07/06 - 00:33 — originally published on Sens Critique

Une touche de couleur (mais va falloir passer un coup de fer)

# 2014/07/06 - 22:00 — originally published on Flickr

Je vous conseille les protecteurs d’écran amzdeal en verre trempé pour smartphone, on n’a pas du tout l’impression de dénaturer l’écran.

# 2014/07/06 - 23:11 — originally published on @garoo

Même que sur mon prochain iPhone j’en mettrai un avant de lui faire faire un vol plané sur le goudron.

# 2014/07/06 - 23:11 — originally published on @garoo

7 July

I don’t make games. I don’t do detective stories. But tonight I’m kept awake by ideas for an awesome investigation game engine on iPad.

# 2014/07/07 - 04:58 — originally published on @garoo

#photosynth

# 2014/07/07 - 15:31 — originally published on Flickr

@aatishb:

If it wasn’t already clear that we’ve reached peak kickstarter. [kickstarter.com]

# 2014/07/07 - 16:34

“The new half-range operator”

“OK, yes, our syntax is problematic, but we can NOT have people typing ‘+1’ when they define ranges!”

# 2014/07/07 - 20:34 — originally published on @cedricbozzi

Each time the inline preview fails to load in Google Images it’s a reminder that they’re humongous assholes for hotlinking the files. Incredible.

# 2014/07/07 - 20:56 — originally published on @cedricbozzi

Mountain, the Game: “It’s my own damn fault for buying it, what was I expecting?”

# 2014/07/07 - 21:06 — originally published on @garooshepard

Je viens de réaliser (en voyant passer une photo de fesses) que le génie de Tinder, c’est de laisser la validation de photos à Facebook.

# 2014/07/07 - 21:37 — originally published on @garoo

8 July

Oh god, the reason those albums were incomplete was that I’d deleted the tracks I enjoyed the least to make some room — like a savage.

# 2014/07/08 - 02:34 — originally published on @garoo

So maybe I won’t buy a tempered-glass screen protector for my next iPhone after all

# 2014/07/08 - 13:56 — originally published on @cedricbozzi

Facebook-Connect your dance party

# 2014/07/08 - 13:58 — originally published on @cedricbozzi

Never again, la chaudière à gaz.

# 2014/07/08 - 14:44 — originally published on @garoo

@pschiller:

Inclusion inspires innovation

“Pride” [youtu.be]

# 2014/07/08 - 15:22

This No Man’s Sky interview is still light on actual details but makes me optimistic for the very first time

# 2014/07/08 - 22:12 — originally published on @garooshepard

9 July

The Wolf Among Us ☆☆☆☆☆

I loved Telltale’s The Walking Dead. I really enjoyed the first decade of Fables. And that’s why I bought the whole season of The Wolf Among Us as soon as the first episode came out — I won’t do that mistake again. The first episode received some leniency because one assumed the story was going somewhere, but the season only got less and less interesting as it progressed. It sucked as a detective game. It sucked as an adventure game. It pretty much sucked as an interactive experience. And it wasn’t a very good or interesting Fables story either. The best thing about it is, it’s over.

But, hey, you should read Fables, it’s pretty fun. And if the game contributed to popularize the comic, good.

# 2014/07/09 - 00:44 — originally published on Sens Critique

“Who’s gonna wear a smart watch? Nobody’s wearing watches anymore.” NOBODY CARRIED PHONES AROUND BEFORE MOBILE PHONES, EITHER.

# 2014/07/09 - 19:42 — originally published on @cedricbozzi

Original Movie Cast Reunite for Alien: Isolation… Pre-Order DLC

How to make awesome news feel awfully gross.

# 2014/07/09 - 22:15 — originally published on @garooshepard

10 July

The keyboard-and-mouse controls for The Fall are obnoxious. Of course I can’t play with my gamepad because… argh I hate gaming on a Mac.

# 2014/07/10 - 02:53 — originally published on @garooshepard

I know I’m missing out on stuff but I just cannot get over clunky controls. Gaming has existed for 40 years; there’s just no excuse anymore.

# 2014/07/10 - 02:59 — originally published on @garooshepard

Besson directed a movie about… Aung San Suu Kyi? You’re shitting me. How did I miss that? I can always use a good laugh.

# 2014/07/10 - 03:50 — originally published on @garoo

The WSJ says Apple is finally ready to get its CPUs from a new supplier. Samsung acknowledges it’s hitting the ceiling of its market positioning. The sourcing diversification of Retina displays already began a while ago. Is this when the shit hits the fan? #karma

# 2014/07/10 - 20:06 — originally published on Tumblr

The best of Dronestagram

I need one of those.

# 2014/07/10 - 20:11 — originally published on @garoo

@RarestAnimal:

A Mary River turtle with algae growing on its shell [pic.twitter.com]

# 2014/07/10 - 21:00

Coming Out Simulator 2014

Thought it was a joke when I saw the title in a tweet, but it’s a real thing, and well written. Rather unnerving, until I went full-on hostile to regain some control over the situation — more like Teenage Simulator 2014, amirite.

# 2014/07/10 - 21:06 — originally published on @garoo

11 July

The Fall ☆☆☆☆☆

We started on bad terms because my controller wasn’t operational and I found the game basically unplayable with keyboard and mouse. However, the gamepad control scheme is actually well designed and, once I got it working, the game suddenly became enjoyable.

Like all point-and-click adventure games, there are some puzzles I would never have had the patience to figure out without a walkthrough. And, as you can expect from a game that mixes point-and-click puzzles with shooting action, the combat is annoying and I’d love to be able to skip it. But the atmosphere, writing, and voice acting are all really pleasant and make up for the shortcomings.

Though probably not to the point that I’d buy the upcoming sequel — unless it finds the courage to do away with combat altogether.

# 2014/07/11 - 01:47 — originally published on Sens Critique

rdar://17628154: “Kill Swift, Fix Xcode” — Daniel Jalkut

Also, having some personal experience creating new development languages for the Objective-C platform, I’d like to suggest that the appropriate way to introduce a new language is for its creators to spend several months writing nontrivial applications in the language and reviewing the results with experts. This does not seem to have been done.

# 2014/07/11 - 02:39

Oh, I had no idea Hearthstone was made with Unity

# 2014/07/11 - 03:32 — originally published on @garooshepard

Lightroom will let you access and manage your photos after your subscription expires

# 2014/07/11 - 04:31 — originally published on @cedricbozzi

Norway Has Invented The Bike Escalator

# 2014/07/11 - 16:05 — originally published on @garoo

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# 2014/07/11 - 18:27 — originally published on Flickr

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# 2014/07/11 - 21:52 — originally published on Flickr

13 July

Trois salles, trois ambiances, trois envies de mourir. Au point de me réfugier dans la boîte de province au fond qui passait du hip-hop.

# 2014/07/13 - 05:56 — originally published on @garoo

Facebook Messenger for iPad permanently pollutes my visual space with a list of old conversations I don’t wanna see… nor delete.

# 2014/07/13 - 18:50 — originally published on @garoo

14 July

Wo putain. Depuis des mois que je me dis sans conviction qu’il faut que je tente le Queen par acquit de conscience. Mais c’est top en fait !

# 2014/07/14 - 05:33 — originally published on @garoo

Par contre c’est plus de l’acouphène, je suis juste simplement sourd. IL DIT QUE CA C’EST DE LA BONNE SOIREE.

# 2014/07/14 - 05:35 — originally published on @garoo

Depuis le temps que je me plains de pas trouver le son que j’aime à Paris y’en avait pas un pour me dire d’aller au Queen.

# 2014/07/14 - 05:38 — originally published on @garoo

18:58

# 2014/07/14 - 18:58 — originally published on Flickr

“From Paris with Games”

I guess we really don’t like Macs.

# 2014/07/14 - 21:49 — originally published on @garooshepard

r/fiftyfifty

I’m not subscribing (or clicking), I just love the idea.

# 2014/07/14 - 22:53 — originally published on @garoo

15 July

“Watch Boeing’s 787-9 Dreamliner do things that would make you throw up”

Superb — and stressful to watch.

# 2014/07/15 - 04:02 — originally published on @garoo

“If You Were a Dinosaur, My Love”

Shit, that wasn’t the right Hugo Award nominee to read right before going to sleep.

# 2014/07/15 - 04:23 — originally published on @garoo

Oh, ces vacances, ça va être les championnats du coup d’épaule dans le touriste #quartierlatin

# 2014/07/15 - 17:02 — originally published on @garoo

WHO ARE YOU AND WHERE’S MY DADDY

# 2014/07/15 - 17:07 — originally published on Flickr

LE WIFI N’ARRIVE PAS AUX TOILETTES. SNED HALP.

# 2014/07/15 - 18:21 — originally published on @garoo

Does iOS 8 preselect the damn text field contents when you reopen Spotlight before its value has been reset?

# 2014/07/15 - 20:24 — originally published on @cedricbozzi

22:20

# 2014/07/15 - 22:20 — originally published on Flickr

“Put another way, does the leopard-print iMac feel as lastingly beautiful as the iMac G5?”

# 2014/07/15 - 23:02 — originally published on @cedricbozzi

16 July

The Strain’s pilot is so full of stupid I can’t imagine they’ll have enough left for the Pacific Rim sequel. How ever will they manage?

# 2014/07/16 - 03:19 — originally published on @garoo

“What to expect from Syfy’s 12 Monkeys series”

Shit. Shit is what to expect. That’s all you really need to know.

# 2014/07/16 - 14:46 — originally published on @garoo

@RarestAnimal:

They are called “Blue Dragon” part of the Mollusk family [pic.twitter.com]

# 2014/07/16 - 18:29

#worldcup

# 2014/07/16 - 18:47 — originally published on Flickr

17 July

#daily #worldcup

# 2014/07/17 - 15:24 — originally published on Flickr

Un Segway garé devant un restaurant. Réflexe immédiat, don’t stare at the handicapped!

# 2014/07/17 - 19:51 — originally published on @garoo

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# 2014/07/17 - 19:53 — originally published on Flickr

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# 2014/07/17 - 20:07 — originally published on Flickr

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# 2014/07/17 - 21:28 — originally published on Flickr

Je voudrais pas critiquer parce qu’au moins c’est pas du 100% pavé, mais ça ressemble un peu à rien, le nouveau jardin des Halles ?

# 2014/07/17 - 21:30 — originally published on @garoo

“Atari announces Pridefest for iOS and Android - its first game for the LGBT community”

What the…

# 2014/07/17 - 22:24 — originally published on @garooshepard

18 July

#daily #catsploitation

# 2014/07/18 - 12:42 — originally published on Flickr

Knowing Overcast exists makes it painful to listen to podcasts without silence reduction and dynamic compression. But I listen on my Mac.

# 2014/07/18 - 16:52 — originally published on @cedricbozzi

A chaque fois que j’ouvre l’appli Météo (et je passe mon temps à l’ouvrir, because reasons) le programme du week-end change.

# 2014/07/18 - 18:28 — originally published on @garoo

19 July

When you start petting a cat and it moves just one foot out of your reach and looks at you like, “Well? Whatcha waiting for?”

# 2014/07/19 - 14:29 — originally published on @garoo

Last daily cat of the day

# 2014/07/19 - 17:02 — originally published on Flickr

Just got an idea for an IRL / AR Watch Dogs-like multiplayer hacking game, and for once it may even be something I could realize by myself.

# 2014/07/19 - 18:17 — originally published on @garoo

I can never, ever remember what the keyboard shortcut is for special characters in Mavericks.

# 2014/07/19 - 18:44 — originally published on @cedricbozzi

L’autre inconvénient d’avoir des terrasses de bars sous ses fenêtres, c’est qu’on culpabilise à mort de ne rien faire de son samedi soir.

# 2014/07/19 - 23:27 — originally published on @garoo

20 July

Le chat qui passe sa journée à dormir sur le canapé ET t’engueule quand tu ne viens pas te coucher à l’heure réglementaire.

# 2014/07/20 - 03:33 — originally published on @garoo

Le chat m’a réveillé à 7:00, j’ai mis une heure à me rendormir. Tastes like chicken.

# 2014/07/20 - 15:08 — originally published on Flickr

Not sure if I interrupted the tutorial too many times (because I was at home) or it’s meant that way, but I’m completely lost in Ingress.

# 2014/07/20 - 17:36 — originally published on @garooshepard

I know I could read up about the game again (I already did when it was first announced) but I just shouldn’t need to — not to that extent.

# 2014/07/20 - 17:37 — originally published on @garooshepard

21 July

I reached (what looked like) the halfway point of Infamous: Second Son two/three weeks ago and I feel zero inclination to pick it up again.

# 2014/07/21 - 02:22 — originally published on @garooshepard

@louije:

The Lego factory at the bottom of the sea (via @lucilesc) [bbc.com]

# 2014/07/21 - 16:56

@olebegemann:

The glowing Apple was fun while Macs were a small minority. Now that (almost) everybody has a Mac, itʼs way to obtrusive for my taste.

# 2014/07/21 - 17:39

21:18

# 2014/07/21 - 21:18 — originally published on Flickr

C’est tristoune et monotone, l’aménagement de Paris Plages cette année, non ?

# 2014/07/21 - 21:32 — originally published on @garoo

22 July

Apple be trollin’

(Hopefully.)

# 2014/07/22 - 15:48 — originally published on @cedricbozzi

I had always resisted it but I must admit I don’t hate having another location to move to (and possibly even work) during the day.

# 2014/07/22 - 17:13 — originally published on @garoo

That’s not right

# 2014/07/22 - 18:15 — originally published on Flickr

Si les chats avaient un concept du chanter-faux, je prendrais très mal sa réaction de panique.

# 2014/07/22 - 20:01 — originally published on @garoo

23 July

@dresdencodak:

The premise of Lucy would bother me so much less if the trailer just said “Look out, Scarlet Johansson drank WIZARD BLOOD!”

# 2014/07/23 - 08:26

I missed being able to leave the dishes in the sink for a couple of days.

# 2014/07/23 - 19:47 — originally published on @garoo

@netsabes:

Le jeu officiel du dernier film de Darren Aronofsky : [itunes.apple.com]

# 2014/07/23 - 23:13

24 July

Bon, je veux déménager dans une ville moins froide en hiver, moins chaude en été, et moins polluée.

# 2014/07/24 - 18:10 — originally published on @garoo

Il aura juste fallu neuf jours mais le chat n’a plus peur que je lui marche dessus à chaque fois que je fais le moindre mouvement.

# 2014/07/24 - 22:43 — originally published on @garoo

Matter lets you add abstract 3D objects to your iPhone photos

Not really useful, but worth buying just to play with.

# 2014/07/24 - 23:12 — originally published on @garoo

25 July

Le chat qui miaule pendant une demi-heure pour que je sorte de la pièce où est sa litière, mais me suit aux chiottes.

# 2014/07/25 - 00:47 — originally published on @garoo

I kinda want one of those

Didn’t realize they could be so big.

# 2014/07/25 - 03:11 — originally published on @garoo

@rataboom:

Mec, je me suis fait chier à taper un mail de 15 pages, c’est pas pour que tu proposes de m’appeler “pour en discuter de vive voix” #autiste

# 2014/07/25 - 15:05

Wish I’d known before leaving home that the Destiny beta is now open to all. I should be able to remotely trigger the PSN download, right?

# 2014/07/25 - 16:03 — originally published on @garooshepard

26 July

Don’t throw the phone into the river don’t throw the phone into the river I wonder how far I could no no no don’t throw the phone into…

# 2014/07/26 - 04:08 — originally published on @garoo

They All Leave Me

# 2014/07/26 - 16:52 — originally published on Flickr

The narrative was that Bungie was tired of making Halo games, but that rings pretty hollow when you look at Destiny, right?

# 2014/07/26 - 21:44 — originally published on @garooshepard

You’d think Bungie would be smart enough to avoid the MMO trap of presenting you as savior. The Guardian mythos scales for co-op — not millions of concurrent players sharing a world.

# 2014/07/26 - 22:29 — originally published on @garooshepard

If all the story missions follow the “cannon fodder + bullet-sponge boss” blueprint, Destiny’s beta may have just turned me off the game.

# 2014/07/26 - 23:39 — originally published on @garooshepard

27 July

Tous les gens qui ont payé le Kickstarter de Star Commander, ils ont vu le film Wing Commander réalisé par Chris Roberts ?

# 2014/07/27 - 03:34 — originally published on @garooshepard

28 July

Edinburgh Handedness Inventory: The respondent is in the Middle decile.

# 2014/07/28 - 02:13 — originally published on @garoo

29 July

Good grief, I have 150 hours’ worth of unplayed This American Life episodes in my iTunes. And ten more in Downcast.

# 2014/07/29 - 01:58 — originally published on @garoo

“OKCupid Brags That It Experiments on Humans, Too”

Not nearly as bad as the Facebook experiment, though.

# 2014/07/29 - 16:06 — originally published on @cedricbozzi

Well, fuck, The Leftovers is grim.

# 2014/07/29 - 20:53 — originally published on @garoo

30 July

I had re-subscribed to the Giant Bombcast 2 / 3 weeks ago, surprised that, oh! they were talking about games!

But of course it was a fluke.

# 2014/07/30 - 14:27 — originally published on @garooshepard

As someone who enjoys Hearthstone for the play-by-play tactics rather than the deck-building strategy, I’m not thrilled with wing 2 of the Naxxramas expansion, which just came out. I’m fine with the first boss punishing my hunter deck and forcing me to diversify a bit — but the last boss is basically a full-on deck-building puzzle, even in normal difficulty, and that’s much less interesting to me. I’m not just frustrated, but also worried about what it means for the upcoming wings… which I’ve all bought in advance. I figured Blizzard earned some money since I like the game so much, but I’m afraid it would have been much better spent on card packs.

# 2014/07/30 - 14:43 — originally published on Tumblr

15-inch Retina Modbook Pro

As much as I drool over the concept, the design is revolting.

# 2014/07/30 - 20:54 — originally published on @cedricbozzi