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Continuum Gaming E473: SFOS Update 5.0.0.68 & VR Chat Assistant

How can you combine two hobbies? Sometimes it’s not that easy, e.g. when you try to bring Sailfish OS and virtual reality together, but here I’ve finally managed it. :) VRChat is a social VR app that offers one of the largest and best VR communities in the world. In this video, I’ll show you a little helper tool for VRChat that you can use on SFOS: If you just want to take a look, you don’t necessarily need a VR headset or similar ...

Microsoft shuts down Windows 10 Mobile Store - how can you download apps now?

Windows 10 Mobile has long since ceased to be usable as a daily driver for mainstream users, but until now you could still do a lot of things on the side, especially with Continuum, such as playing games. But now Microsoft has also switched off the ability to download apps from the store using the Windows 10 (m) store app. Is that the end of it? Well, not quite: the apps are still there, but they can no longer be downloaded with the Lumia 950 ...

3d print: happy easter egg

Today I just printed out a bunch of Easter eggs that I hope will be a nice surprise for colleagues (when you’re back in the office sometime). Until then, I’d like to show some, I think quite interesting and successful pictures of the eggs, showing how the layer structures are built up, how something looks like at 300 micrometer layer height in FDM and that, depending on heat and material, sometimes threads form in cavities, which can be ...

Continuum Gaming: Special Episode 210

At the moment it is a bit difficult to print with my new resin based 3d printer, because printing unfortunately consumes a lot of isopropanol. Why is this a problem? Isopropanol is one of the best disinfectants and is used in practically every surface disinfectant and also in many hand disinfectants. Unfortunately, my supply of it is running low (I was very lucky to have a large amount of it at home due to the 3d printing... this makes it ...

The current crisis: Let’s help your cinema

As some people know, I am a film fan and a presidential moviegoer. Unfortunately, among many other professions, cinemas in particular have been hard hit by the pandemic crisis and, as many know, the cinema is already under pressure from streaming and the like. It’s not about the big studios or the film distributors but really about the cinemas themselves. In order to support them, here is a nice action, where you can watch cinema commercials ...

Continuum Gaming: Episode 200 & Special Episode in English: 3d printing a cover for the L950 XL

Today the episode 200 of Continuum Gaming was released on YouTube and in addition the new special episode was released. In it I show the 3d printing process with my Elegoo Mars resin 3d printer and also how to slices it. You can find the special episode here: https://youtu.be/z7joSlEp2G8 The normal episode can be found here: https://youtu.be/z7joSlEp2G8 Have a look and have a look at the normal episode of Continuum Gaming :).