Marcus Mattsson » Software

iPhone App: Movie Ratings

Marcus — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 17:59:09 +0000

I recently updated my Game of Thrones app to support iPad, and am now looking at a new idea for an application. Basically, I often find myself wanting to know one or more of three things about a movie: Its (…)

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My first iPhone application – The “A Wiki of Ice and Fire” App

Marcus — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 19:21:30 +0000

I’m currently reading “A Dance with Dragons”, and I find myself wanting to look up characters and places a lot, so I went to look for an iPhone application that could help me, but I only found one, “Game of (…)

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Android Application: Nightlife

Marcus — Wed, 11 May 2011 20:48:39 +0000

I’m currently developing an Android application as a part of my 6th (and final) semester of the Medialogy bachelor. The application tries to recommend bars (and other nightlife venues) based on the user’s friends who are currently logged in at (…)

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iPhone Application: Copenhagen Mirror

Marcus — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 12:21:52 +0000

I’m now on the 5th semester of Medialogy, and we’re currently developing an iPhone application. The application lets the user use the iPhone as a camera that looks back in time, i.e. if you’re standing at Christiansborg in Copenhagen and (…)

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My First 3D Models

Marcus — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 20:13:44 +0000

I just started on the 5th semester of Medialogy which focuses a lot on 3D-modeling in Maya, and I’d like to show you my first 3D models! Our assignment was to make a town square with a statue or a (…)

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Tutorial: Mesh Render in Maya

Marcus — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 15:34:33 +0000

This is a write-up of this video, mostly so I don’t have to watch the video every time I want to mesh render something. Go to “Windows” -> “Rendering Editors” -> “Hypershade”. Create a new Lambert shader, and open its (…)

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I found something to love about Windows 7

Marcus — Mon, 31 May 2010 22:48:02 +0000

I’ve been using Windows 7 for a couple of weeks now, and I don’t want to sound like an angry Apple fanboy, but I’m really not that happy with it. It all seems nice on the surface, but if you (…)

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Windows 7 Likes to Tell You Stuff

Marcus — Fri, 14 May 2010 08:49:01 +0000

I recently installed Windows 7 for work-related purposes, and I think this screenshot is a pretty good represenation of my experience with the operating system so far. Come on.

Optimizing Your Computer Use #1: Firefox Search Keywords

Marcus — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 08:40:45 +0000

I’m a huge fan of optimizing the way I use my computer, if I stumble upon a task I know I will be doing in the future (e.g. looking up opening hours for the local grocery store) I usually try (…)

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New Theme

Marcus — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 10:22:50 +0000

I’ve been using the old theme for a couple of years, and in that time I’ve changed the code a lot, and recently my changes have started breaking plugins, and I have no idea what the cause is. Today I (…)

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