philtre.org http://www.philtre.org Be brave, not beige! Fri, 15 Feb 2008 08:27:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 en Another reformat in the works http://www.philtre.org/2008/02/15/another-reformat-in-the-works/ http://www.philtre.org/2008/02/15/another-reformat-in-the-works/#comments Fri, 15 Feb 2008 08:27:55 +0000 philtre http://www.philtre.org/2008/02/15/another-reformat-in-the-works/ This is a bit embarrassing.

You know, I really wanted this blog thing to work, but it just somehow didn’t work out. I don’t have the time to type out long posts about stuff, and posting links and videos is a bit uninteresting. I also don’t intend to spill my guts regarding my personal life, let’s just say I’m really, really happy.

I’m now more excited about Sindikat’s new blog at http://www.sindikat.tv, so I don’t really feel the need to keep this one.

I will, however turn this one into a regular portfolio site. I’ll update my wordpress installation, tweak the template a bit and cancel the daily blog section.

So long, and see you at the next Sindikat!

]]> http://www.philtre.org/2008/02/15/another-reformat-in-the-works/feed/ Sure, Tom! I’ll just go and buy that plane ticket http://www.philtre.org/2007/10/09/sure-tom-ill-just-go-and-buy-that-plane-ticket/ http://www.philtre.org/2007/10/09/sure-tom-ill-just-go-and-buy-that-plane-ticket/#comments Tue, 09 Oct 2007 09:28:05 +0000 philtre http://www.philtre.org/2007/10/09/sure-tom-ill-just-go-and-buy-that-plane-ticket/ I don’t know whether this is a joke or for real. Either way it’s funny. Today, I wanted to watch some videos on MySpace and got this error:

It appears that you are accessing Myspace.com from a location that is not authorized to view our licensed videos. Please go to the United States or its territories and try again.

Check it out:

http://www1.myspace.com/misc/novideo.htm

]]> http://www.philtre.org/2007/10/09/sure-tom-ill-just-go-and-buy-that-plane-ticket/feed/ A peek at Flash Player 10 at Adobe MAX http://www.philtre.org/2007/10/08/a-peek-at-flash-player-10-at-adobe-max/ http://www.philtre.org/2007/10/08/a-peek-at-flash-player-10-at-adobe-max/#comments Mon, 08 Oct 2007 09:01:08 +0000 philtre http://www.philtre.org/2007/10/08/a-peek-at-flash-player-10-at-adobe-max/ New stuff in the next Flash Player includes native 3D transform controls (rotation of objects on in XYZ) with their interactivity intact, correct right-to-left text aligning an breaking, selecting across multiple text-fields and the ability to write fast custom transform filters using the new Hydra language (it’s Adobe’s new pixel shading technology).

So here is the keynote from the MAX conference:

]]> http://www.philtre.org/2007/10/08/a-peek-at-flash-player-10-at-adobe-max/feed/ Pimp my ride, biatch! http://www.philtre.org/2007/09/05/pimp-my-ride-biatch/ http://www.philtre.org/2007/09/05/pimp-my-ride-biatch/#comments Wed, 05 Sep 2007 13:41:08 +0000 philtre http://www.philtre.org/2007/09/05/pimp-my-ride-biatch/ Good times!

I just passed my driver’s exam. It’s about friggin time. I don’t want to turn 30 riding a bicycle.

Anyway, honk if you see my car.

This photo is of symbolic nature.

]]> http://www.philtre.org/2007/09/05/pimp-my-ride-biatch/feed/ Clip of the day: Black Ghosts - Any Way You Choose It http://www.philtre.org/2007/08/22/clip-of-the-day-black-ghosts-any-way-you-choose-it/ http://www.philtre.org/2007/08/22/clip-of-the-day-black-ghosts-any-way-you-choose-it/#comments Wed, 22 Aug 2007 14:47:35 +0000 philtre http://www.philtre.org/2007/08/22/clip-of-the-day-black-ghosts-any-way-you-choose-it/ I don’t know. Robots just make me hot. And their masters too. ]]>

I don’t know. Robots just make me hot. And their masters too.

]]> http://www.philtre.org/2007/08/22/clip-of-the-day-black-ghosts-any-way-you-choose-it/feed/ Clip of the day: David Lynch on product placement http://www.philtre.org/2007/08/21/clip-of-the-day-david-lynch-on-product-placement/ http://www.philtre.org/2007/08/21/clip-of-the-day-david-lynch-on-product-placement/#comments Tue, 21 Aug 2007 14:53:09 +0000 philtre http://www.philtre.org/2007/08/21/clip-of-the-day-david-lynch-on-product-placement/ Don’t go see the Transformers, Dave! Oops, I think I placed a product right there. Seriously, after seeing that 2-hour marathon of commercials and cross-promotion crap with my own eyes, I wonder how Lynch would pull off directing My Little Pony without plugging a gadjillion of Hasbro products. Don’t worry, though, it [...]]]>

Don’t go see the Transformers, Dave! Oops, I think I placed a product right there.

Seriously, after seeing that 2-hour marathon of commercials and cross-promotion crap with my own eyes, I wonder how Lynch would pull off directing My Little Pony without plugging a gadjillion of Hasbro products.

Don’t worry, though, it was only an april fool’s joke.

]]> http://www.philtre.org/2007/08/21/clip-of-the-day-david-lynch-on-product-placement/feed/ Flash with MPEG-4 and AAC support? Hell feels suddenly very chilly. http://www.philtre.org/2007/08/21/flash-with-mpeg-4-and-aac-support-hell-feels-suddenly-very-chilly/ http://www.philtre.org/2007/08/21/flash-with-mpeg-4-and-aac-support-hell-feels-suddenly-very-chilly/#comments Tue, 21 Aug 2007 14:44:58 +0000 philtre http://www.philtre.org/2007/08/21/flash-with-mpeg-4-and-aac-support-hell-feels-suddenly-very-chilly/ After long years of putting up with proprietary video encoding solutions for Flash, Adobe just released a public beta of the next Flash Player update with MPEG-4 and AAC support.

Tinic Uro’s blog states that Flash will be able to load .mp4, .m4v, .m4a, .mov and .3gp files that are encoded with a H.264 video codec (no luck with XviD or DivX, though, boys and girls…) using Baseline, Main, High (BluRay, HD-DVD) or High 10 profile and AAC audio codec using MAIN, LC or SBR profile. Yes, HE-AAC is supported! And 3GPP timed text and image tracks too.

So let me get this straight. Flash will be able to stream high definition video and audio encoded using open-source tools like libfaad, x264 and MP4Box? Hell yeah! You can even play files with multi-channel audio (although it will be downsampled to 44.1 kHz stereo until they replace  that horrible audio engine).

Don’t be shy, jump out from your cubicle and do a funny dance!

]]> http://www.philtre.org/2007/08/21/flash-with-mpeg-4-and-aac-support-hell-feels-suddenly-very-chilly/feed/ 2 Transformers and a Helicopter http://www.philtre.org/2007/08/19/2-transformers-and-a-helicopter/ http://www.philtre.org/2007/08/19/2-transformers-and-a-helicopter/#comments Sun, 19 Aug 2007 08:59:24 +0000 philtre http://www.philtre.org/2007/08/19/2-transformers-and-a-helicopter/ ]]> And finally some reports from the event at Planet Tuš in Celje.

Edinstveni spektakel v Sloveniji na terasi Planeta Tuš, Celje

]]> http://www.philtre.org/2007/08/19/2-transformers-and-a-helicopter/feed/ Transformers! More than meets the eye! http://www.philtre.org/2007/08/16/transformers-more-than-meets-the-eye/ http://www.philtre.org/2007/08/16/transformers-more-than-meets-the-eye/#comments Thu, 16 Aug 2007 09:25:42 +0000 philtre http://www.philtre.org/2007/08/16/transformers-more-than-meets-the-eye/ I’ve been a big fan of the transformers since I was a kid. Little did I know I will actually turn into one at some point in my life. Although I will restrain myself from commenting on the movie itself, here is a video of me and Matevž getting ready to rehearse some robot moves for the opening event at Planet Tuš in Celje.

]]> http://www.philtre.org/2007/08/16/transformers-more-than-meets-the-eye/feed/ philtre: scars on 45 http://www.philtre.org/2007/07/21/philtre-scars-on-45/ http://www.philtre.org/2007/07/21/philtre-scars-on-45/#comments Fri, 20 Jul 2007 23:30:41 +0000 philtre http://www.philtre.org/2007/08/16/105/ scars on 45Scars on 45 is without a doubt my best work yet. It took a long time to put together and the tracklist went through many changes before it felt completely right. Nearly all the songs have been re-edited and the mix features some new mash-ups I did only for this mix. The lack of time to work on it was pretty frustrating, but it certainly paid off in the end, when Radio FM4 invited me to play it exclusively at their high-profile show La Boum de Luxe.

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