http://www.amiri.info blogging from Dubai Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:18:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Meet Emily, a fully animated computer character. This is a demo of a  technology that will usher in a new age of computer animated characters that are life like. Probably we will see this in new animated movies as well. Again, the character that you will see in the video is ... http://www.amiri.info/2008/08/21/emily-an-animated-character/ I loved 1 & 2 and now we get to see the first official trailer for Fallout 3 and it looks amazing. You can also see an early game demo at this link. This should be one of the best games this decade by far. http://www.amiri.info/2008/07/15/fallout-3-trailer/ Blizzard has revealed the trailer for their up-coming sequel to the Diablo franchise. I can't wait to see this relesed and of-course the new C&C game. http://www.amiri.info/2008/06/28/diablo-iii/ Ever since I owned a C64 back in the late eighties I have been fascinated with game creation. I remember spending so many nights writing assembly code for on the C64 testing out ideas and techniques I saw in the games I played then. From parallax smooth scrolling to wire ... http://www.amiri.info/2008/06/28/breif-history/ I have been reading this book on and off for over eight months now and finally I'm done with it. I have always liked Chuck's previous books, especially Fight Club and Invisible Monsters but I'm not really sure about this one. I think it is an ok book by all ... http://www.amiri.info/2008/06/15/rant/ If you ever wanted to download YouTube videos or download the audio track of a video file you can use this service. http://www.amiri.info/2007/11/25/youtube-downloads/ There is a lot you can say in just one sentence, Hemingway was once asked to write a six word story and here is what he came up with: "For sale: baby shoes, never worn." He considered it his best work ever. http://www.amiri.info/2007/11/21/one-sentence-stories/ These is a new trailer for J.J Abrams new movies, but I haven't been able to track it down. Until then, for those that have not seen it yet, check out this earlier trailer. Looks like a must see movie when it comes out this January. [youtube width="425" height="335"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvNkGm8mxiM[/youtube] http://www.amiri.info/2007/11/16/cloverfield-1-18-08/ If you are fond of mind mapping tools then you will love the 30+ links to free and subscription based tools here: Mind Mapping Tools http://www.amiri.info/2007/11/03/mind-mapping/ Couldn't resist the urge to get it, so I took a trip to Diera and got me a brand new unlocked iPhone and it is simply amazing. Within the first 5 minutes I was taken away by the interface, I won't do it any justice here regardless of what I ... http://www.amiri.info/2007/11/01/iphone-here/