Blog – fsolt

Virtual realities, a GOTY contender, and more: THE WEEKLY RECAP (2022#08)

So Russia ended up invading Ukraine. Seems like both Europe and the US will hastily react by doing… something useful? In a couple weeks? After the invasion ends? Everyone seems to have forgotten how history developed the last time a bully started invading European territories and diplomats did nothing that could break «peace». Economic sanctions … Leer más
LOTR, Cyberblinds, and more: THE WEEKLY RECAP (2022#07)

Quite a slow week on the news side, mainly waiting for ww3 to start? Anyway, work is going quite good recently, and there are a couple cool links to share. Let’s start: Cool gamepad mods Pretty nice mod on a playstation gamepad in order to play with just a hand. It reminded me of the … Leer más
Fusion reactors, Starlink crashes, and more: THE WEEKLY RECAP (2022#06)

Hitting deadlines like a champ, but now I need to sleep for the whole weekend. A short list of cool stuff I managed to read while sleep deprived: For the jillionth time Futurama is coming back! I honestly liked how the show ended the last time, and I cannot help but think this is another … Leer más
Sony’s Destiny, Leonardo’s telescope, and more: THE WEEKLY RECAP (2022#05)

Really packed week. Maybe some good job-related news in the near future? Crossing fingers. Also, more and more deadlines incoming, and winter is hitting quite hard during the past few days: Spring, come save us soon. A matter of Destiny? Who would have thought that, after creating the most iconic Xbox IP (Halo), Bungie would … Leer más
Maus, the Pixel experience, and more: THE WEEKLY RECAP (2022#04)

I. Need. To. Sleep. Week. Has. Been. Ex. Haus. Ting. Fox only, no items, final destination A couple cool pieces on how mainstream video games have become. The one on FT goes along the huge amounts of money the industry has been generating during the last decades, overcoming other forms of cultural content such as … Leer más
Learning to fly, the Microsoft flex, and more: THE WEEKLY RECAP (2022#03)

Frantic week: several meetings, a lot of coding (with mixed results), and deadlines getting closer and closer. Nevertheless I still had some time to read the crazy things that happened, mostly on the gaming front. Let’s start: Money money money So, last week I wrote about the possible acquisition of Zynga by Take Two, and … Leer más
Bonobo’s Fragments, ArXiv milestones, and more: THE WEEKLY RECAP (2022#02)

Welcome back, routine. Really packed week, but at least today was sunny. Moreover, days are slowly getting longer and longer, so the optimistic inside me says: Spring, here we go! Bonobo did it again Just fresh out of the oven today, a new album by Bonobo. It never ceases to amaze me how much he … Leer más
Bioshock’s development hell, buy Apple or die, and more: THE WEEKLY RECAP (2022#01)

First recap of the year. Just came back from holidays, so it will be a short one. Let’s get to it: Arcane was a hit, so now we are going to see a bazillion video game tv shows Basically the header. Arcane, based on League of Legends, was a mega hit on Netflix by the … Leer más
AI therapy, the new tech giants, and more: THE WEEKLY RECAP (2021#52)

Bye bye 2021, crossing fingers for a better 2022. This week I had the chance to catch up with my reading list (I had a feed of news that was more than 2 months old, lol), so there might be a few old links in here… MIT tech review pictures of the year Last week … Leer más
2021 in review: games, books, music, series, films…

Year is almost over, and I want to write a brief recap of some cool things I’ve enjoyed in 2021, in no particular order (but with a «best of the year» in each category, marked in blue): Video games Monster Hunter: Rise This was the first Monster Hunter I played since the PSP era, and … Leer más
Tsunami’s magnetic fields, AI dungeons, and more: THE WEEKLY RECAP (2021#51)

Already back home, resting with the family. Not going to lie: while I enjoy writing this a lot, do not expect very extended takes on some of the news for a couple weeks, as my brain is officially on holidays. Let’s start: Detecting a Tsunami by using magnetism Classic news that I read and say … Leer más
Sci-Hub trials, entering The Matrix, and more: THE WEEKLY RECAP (2021#50)

Two weeks to finish the year, and many rankings are starting to appear. I will try not to saturate the remaining recaps, but some are quite cool and I want to share them. Also, if time allows, I will try to write a bit about the videogames/books/shows/movies that I particularly enjoyed this year. Let’s get … Leer más
The physics of Interstellar: Miller’s Planet

Today I am going to try to explain some of the cool stuff you can see during Interstellar on Miller’s Planet (yes, the one with the giant waves) without using any equation. Let’s see if I can manage to make it easy to follow. When the Endurance crew goes through the wormhole, the first plane … Leer más
A rotten Apple, FPGAs, and more: THE WEEKLY RECAP (2021#49)

One less week to end the year and, as always, it seems that these last weeks before holidays get more and more packed. So much stuff to do and so little time… anyway, on the brief periods of calm, I’ve been reading a lot of cool stuff. Let’s start: Rotten Apple? A couple of weeks … Leer más
The great CEO exodus, and more: THE WEEKLY RECAP (2021#48)

Already in December! The year almost finished without really noticing. Holidays are getting closer and closer (crossing fingers for the new Covid variant…). Lots of cool stuff this week: more crypto nonsense, interesting moves on Twitter, math curiosities and an impressive example of facial animation. Let’s start. Goodbye and thanks for all the fish This … Leer más
Crypto nonsense, x-ray time-lapses, and more: THE WEEKLY RECAP (2021#47)

Pretty busy week (this post was not published at its common time, in fact), but some cool links to share. Christmas is coming! Hats hats hats vs NFTs and crypto Companies love money, and videogames industry is particularly greedy. They were one of the first industries to switch to digital (probably we are in the … Leer más