12/10/2023 0 Comments Swinsian script![]() John Cleese, listening to “Shake Break Bounce” by The Chemical Brothers on T7Vs The signature “ribbon tweeters” are awesome and I doubt there are any higher frequencies I’d ever be able to hear from any speaker at all. I keep revisiting my favourite tracks just to hear all the new things I can discover. Nothing wrong with that though, I like the design a lot. It seems a bit like they were deliberately designed to look more simple than some of the higher models – bass port, on/off switch and indicator are all on the back. ![]() The speakers look very elegant and clean. I decided to get a pair of Adam Audio T7V speakers. With that in mind, I started looking around for entry-level studio monitors to replace my old pair of Edirol MA-15Ds. I prefer hearing things the way they were recorded. I’d love to see a special edition of some sort with developer commentaries in the style of Half-Life 2: walk up to an area, hear a quick clip of Jonathan Blow talking about his intentions and challenges related to that place etc. A true sign of a well crafted piece of art. Sometimes it all seems simple and effortless but when you think about it a lot of work has gone into every detail to make it all work. A person has been there before me, setting up challenges for me to discover and solve. Running around the island reminded me of orienteering. This is a nice reminder that the puzzles have been carefuly crafted – not randomly generated. A deliberate joke one can only understand knowing the rules and having seen the previous puzzles. Sometimes, after going through a few increasingly difficult puzzles, I’d stumble on one that just made me laugh. Find the place to learn what you need and come back later. This adds more challenge and also acts as a key/lock mechanism to prevent you from going places where you shouldn’t be able to get yet. Later in the game there are places where you need to combine several puzzle types. I guess other players could easily have it the other way around because they see and think differently. I was able to finish some areas without much effort, some others I found devilishly difficult. Generally, the difficulty goes up for each puzzle type as you progress through the area but it is fine to leave and go elsewhere if you get stuck. Go back and think again – same moves, different reasoning. The rules you devised worked for the first puzzle or two but not the next one. The rules are not written anywhere or shown – for each new type of puzzle you need to experiment a little to see what works. There are several areas on the island, each with a different type of puzzles. In The Witness, those would look out of place. The game is designed so that there’s no need for a tutorial, a guide or other hints that would normally be put in a game. I also found it delightful to hear proper footstep sounds for different kinds of surfaces. Just the right amount of geometry and texture to make everything clear. The world of The Witness is vibrant and beautiful. From the first minute, it was clear that this was a game for me. ![]() When the game finally came out, I thought I had seen enough screenshots and read enough blog posts about the process that actually playing it wasn’t necessary.īut one day it went on sale on Steam and I decided to give it a try, just to see if it would run on my iMac at all. Jonathan Blow, a very talented game designer, took over 7 years to make it. The Witness Reviewįollowing the development of the Witness was fun. ★★★★★ / ★★★★★ The device management & overview of sync status. Filesystem changes are picked up and synced quickly. It is solid software, complete and functional with no extra fluff. I’ve been using Syncthing for about two weeks now and it seems to be working really well. I set up a simple DigitalOcean VPS as a “master” node that’s always online and adding extra storage space is super easy and cheap. ![]() Do I want them back? Nah, I’m good.įrom a business standpoint it probably makes sense that Dropbox doesn’t offer a pay-for-what-you-use plan but that is exactly what I want. With Syncthing, it’s no problem. Simple, free, self-hosted, with Linux, Mac and Windows clients. ![]() Sooner or later they are going to introduce a similarly annoying UI blunder, crippling limitation or an unfriendly plan. ICloud, Google Drive and OneDrive might seem like the obvious candidates but I’d rather avoid them. The latest annoying update from Dropbox made me look around for an alternative. ![]()
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