Somewhere in the previous posts i have already done [small rant]
regarding the desired specification of modern smartphone. After fiddling around with the latest [Oppo Find X6 Pro]
aka the best modern cameraphone, i come to a conclusion with myself on how the smartphone specification of my dreams should look like. Consider this as a revisited version of the previous document. And yeah, you will surely see the Oppo review in a while when i free myself up from the daily routine.
I don’t fully understand emotional component of this track. Or it’s the triumphant completion of something or it’s the grandiose beginning of something. Choose your own variant.
SOVIET ▀ SYMMETRIC CONNECTION
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If you were a fan of the original Fallout series, you already know Mark Morgan, one of the most unique composers of the 90s. His soundtrack for Fallout 1/2 has already status of a classic masterpiece in the game OST genre.
Today I would like to introduce you to [Andrew Lahiff]
. He makes exceptionally good space ambient tracks that sometimes resemble the atmosphere of Fallout.
Just listen to these tracks:
I am glad that in this historical video there is no mention of such things as windows 10/11, as they surely did not bring anything new to the world of ergonomics, but rather on the contrary worsened it by a substantinal margin.
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If you are fond of computer related stuff in parallel with films, then you are probably familiar with [Simon Boswell]
. If you don’t know what i am talking about just listen to these.
[HARDWARE 1990]
▀ CRUCIFIXION [HACKERS 1995]
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Ok, we are almost in the middle of the summer. Some words about computer music history to celebrate this.
Onestop.mid is a midi file found within the Windows Media folder on most Windows starting from Windows XP back in the 90s. It was composed by David Yackley. Despite Wikipedia assurance that the main purpose of it was an easter egg thing, music was mostly used as a troubleshooting demo song for Microsoft technicians, which was available on almost all Windows installations.
I know that significant amount of visitors come here to acquire quality retrowave stuff, but today i’ve decided to stir things up a bit to bring a piece of variety and freshness to the webpage.
Here is some solid trip-hop into your years. This soundtrack comes from Belorussian noir-RPG game [Backbone]
.
DANSHIN ▀ STAY WITH ME [PART II]
Not fond of Trip-Hop? Ok, here is some cool Jazz.
A friend of mine introduced me to [Lebrock]
band by sending me a tune he liked. I’ve searched YT and find out that crew is surely has multiple hits in their repertory.
Here is a nice couple.
LEBROCK ▀ HOLLOW
LEBROCK ▀ STAR
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Most of you are probably thinking why there are no posts for such a long time. I was quite overloaded with real life events. Anyways, here’s a bunch of atmospheric retrowave tracks for you.No junk, no fluff, only solid stuff. As always.
SLEEPLESS NIGHTS ▀ HEARTBEATS
VOYAGE ▀ ALLUDE
JASPER DE CEUSTER ▀ PATTERNS
SHEAF ▀ SOLITUDE
SELLOREKT/LA DREAMS ▀ THE A FFAIR
DUETT ▀ HIGHRISE
KING PALM ▀ RADIO WAVES
HOTEL POOLS ▀ HARVEST
JASPER DE CEUSTER ▀ WIREFRAME
GALAXY 80 ▀ INFINITE MIRRORS FEAT. DECISIVE KOALA
AM 1984 ▀ NIGHT IN ACTION
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Just another `80s retro pop jam in celebration of weekends.
MITCH MURDER ▀ PRODUCT LINE
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Good news to Windows 7 users! Operating system will be updated until at least of winter 2026, despite yellow pressed tabloid propaganda that such thing will not happen. Even microsoft official documents show that [system is “dead”]
right from winter of 2020. But what moron listen and trust to official and moreover public statements?
The main trick here is that Windows 7 is based upon Windows NT 6.0 codebase. This is the same codebase upon Windows 2008 R2 was build.
UPDATED ON: 2024-06-25
Forget about last two [or so] seasons, because they are complete boredom!
As for me, i think that [YOUNG SHELDON]
is a worthy prequel to [Big Bang TV-series]
. Great warm analog atmosphere of 80s.Watched it excitedly in one gulp. A bit too pop, with rare deterioration in scenario quality but very solid in terms of actor performance and overall design. If you have bad mood for some reason this thing will fix you up at no time.
I’m not a big fan of [Godfrey Reggio]
as a non-verbal filmmaker, because of dominance of marvelous [Ron Fricke]
in this category. But [Once Within A Time]
surely hit the spot in a right way. Unconventional mind cleaner at it`s best! Surrealistic post-apocalyptic analog tale with subtle digital flavoring introducing reality shaped into inner brain atmospheric vistas. OFFICIAL TRAILER
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UPDATED ON: 2024-09-06
Here is a collection of plugins for VS Code, which can improve coding workflow dramatically. Currently i’m using [Codium]
, it is an open-source fork of VS Code, that is why provided links are heading to [non-ms marketplace]
.
BENEFITS:
performance optimized telemetry can be completely turned off no network connections to servers of evil corpo can be executed on Windows 7 machine [v1.87] FAVORITE PLUGINS:
It’s weekends people, that is why here is some funky house at yer face!
KINO OKO ▀ THE PIECE OF RUSH
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Some 80’ goodness right in the end of the endless week.
ROOSEVELT ▀ LUNA @ 1980 ▀ BACK TO ME Imagery by spacedrone808 @Adobe Imagery by spacedrone808 @Freepik
Short answer will be: NONE OF THEM. But if you are not satisfied with that and interested in topic: read below. In this quick blip-note i’ll explain my subjective opinion regarding big corpos and their influence on technology in general. Let’s start from the barebone roots of the problem. There are two people who brought home computing to masses. Bill Gates and Steve Jobs. Who are they?
First one cheaply bought DOS operating system from [Gary Kildall]
and resold it to IBM for a waaaay bigger money.
[KING OF THE HILL]
is a hilarious cartoon for adults, which turns rather boring [at first glance] show into complete grotesque action. The most interesting part is that such weird and funny things people are doing in real life.
Straightforward hillbilly [Hank] always protects his son [Booby] from everything interesting and unusual, turning his life into complete boredom. Presumably such disposition comes from the fact that Cotton, the father of Hank, counts him as the most miserable man in the world, don’t value his interests and opinions under any circumstances.
It’s been a while since Aki Kaurismaki delighted us with his ultra-realistic dramas about generic people. Movie is surely a gulp of fresh air, clearly marking it among fake’n’plastic main-stream so-called hollywood videos.
Despite the low amount of words [it is a calling card of director] Fallen Leaves is so emotionally fulfilled. But enough of this, go watch film if you care.
[FALLEN LEAVES]
OFFICIAL TRAILER
MOVIE OST
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Another gem from highly anticipated one-man band from UK.
LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER ▀ NIGHT OR DAY
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Live performance of the Polish duo. Acoustic piano mixed with synthesizers deliver solid musical texture. Very satisfying, to say the least. Video suggested by Belka205. Enjoy!
TWO LANES
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[Worms W.M.D.]
is the most successful modern remake of classic turn-based artillery game [Worms Armageddon]
. Beautifully hand-drawn 2D art combined with atmospheric backdrop music make wonders and shape game into sedative for a calm and peaceful pastime.
OFFICIAL TRAILER
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Underground Russian ambient band performing on the roof in Moscow 2016. Unique footage provided by [DJ Incognito]
. Preserve unique art / don’t war / make sense.
COOL FRONT ON THE ROOF
NO TO WAR!
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As a former fan of side-scrolling beat’em up games i surely remember [Streets Of Rage]
series on Sega MegaDrive platform. In some regions it was also known as Bar Knuckle.
[Streets Of Rage 4]
is a modern continuation of vintage trilogy of 90s. High quality hand-drawn animation and brand new soundtrack [with ability to switch to original Streets Of Rage themes] do the thing and mark Streets Of Rage 4 as a worthy continuation of original SOR trilogy.