03-2001 NEWS

03 - 2001

 

29: Music : IndieSpin 0.310b released
21: Music : IndieSpin 0.261b released
21: Video : Just anouncing SBC for DivX
19: Software : Flashget fast review
19: Music : IndieSpin 0.260b released
14: Games : Halo screenshots from XBox
14: Games : Doom3 on GeForce3 video
14: Games : Metal Gear Solid 2 video
14: Games : Tribes2 screenshots
14: Gfx : Photoshop 6.01 update ( Win & Mac )
14: Gfx : Acrobat eBook Reader
12: Video : Bink video codecs and videos samples
11&10: Site : Eeggs.com
11&10: Site : Online Boox
11&10: Cinema : Eight classic & cult movies to download freely
11&10: Soft : Icq add remover
9: I just Love Her
6: 3d : Nvidia videos
6: A2D91 : Host problems
6: A2D91 : Main Urls to remember
5: Travel : Biarritz, South of France
5: Music : Important notes about my artworks

 

 

 

MAR29-2001

Music :

IndieSpin 0.300b for winamp is released. Download it here ( ~ 660 Ko )

 

 

MAR21-2001

Music freaks :

IndieSpin 0.261 Beta
IndieSpin plugin for Winamp collects all the best underground artists from all genres into one location, and gives artists the opportunity to be heard by bigger audiences.
Click here to download it

 

Video news :

Soon you will heard about the new brand DivX codec SBC ( Smart Bitrate Control ) ... Much better than VKI, MM4 or VM2.

MAR19-2001

 

Tools:

I've tried a lot of great download tools and managers ( Download Accelerator, Getirght, Godzilla, NetVampire ) and I tried with enjoyment the tool Flashget.
I think it is the most powerfull one. If you searched of a fast and intelligent download software, try it now !

Flashget 0.95 from Zdnet Downloads ( 1336K )
Flashget 0.95 from Tweakfiles ( 1336K )
Flashget 0.95 from AmazeSoft (1336K)

 

Music freaks :

IndieSpin 0.260 Beta
IndieSpin plugin for Winamp collects all the artists from all genres into one location, and gives artists the opportunity to be heard by bigger audience worldwide.
Click here to download

 

MAR14-2001

 

1. Hardcore Gamers :

Strongly recommend you to enjoy watching "oldies" as ...

* Halo screenshots taken from the Microsoft XBox deck.

* Doom3 on a GeForce 3 - The video ( ASF : @3D Downloads -- @3D Action Zone -- about 13.25 Mb ) [Thanks to C|Net News.com]

* Metal Gear Solid 2 Video ( @3D Downloads NewYork - @3D Downloads Texas - @Pelit Finland )

* Tribes 2 new screenshots ( Thanks to GamespyDaily )


2. Gfx News :

a. If you are a Photoshop 6.0 user, you'll be happy to download and update it to the 6.01.


Changes include :• The painting tool brush picker has new usability improvements including:

- Enter brings up and dismisses the preset picker at the current mouse location

- Double-clicking a brush in the picker selects the brush and dismisses the picker

- The current brush is always highlighted in the preset picker

- The current brush indicator always displays the brush size

- The First Brush and Last Brush keyboard shortcuts (> and <) work regardless of whether the current brush exactly matches a preset brush

• Image clipping paths in EPS and TIFF files saved from Photoshop 6.0.1 have been modified so that software, such as QuarkXPress, is able to read them.

• ImageReady is able to save and preview animations under constrained memory conditions.

• There is no slow-down of performance when files in the Open Recent list are unavailable.

• Batch file naming works correctly.

• Export Paths to Illustrator retains path scaling.

• Using certain tools, such as the move, marquee, or lasso tool, after using the Open, Save and Print commands no longer generates a Program Error dialog under certain circumstances (Windows only).

• The Contextual Menu system extension no longer needs to be installed in order to use the toolbar flyout menus (Macintosh only).

• Photoshop 6.0.1 will remove old Photoshop temporary or scratch files if the operating system has failed to do so (Macintosh only).

• Selecting a single color in Color Range now works correctly.

• Online help is accessible for more Web browser configurations (Windows only).

• New Japanese character map (CMap) files are included to resolve conflicts with Adobe ImageStyler™ 1.0 and Adobe PageMaker® 6.52 Plus.

• Memory usage behavior is better on all Windows operating systems; the network should no longer become unavailable when Photoshop is running (Windows only).

• Showing and hiding edges for a selection no longer requires pressing Ctrl/Command+H twice.

Download Photoshop update 6.01 for
* Windows
* Macintosh

 

b. You may also want to download the Free Adobe Acrobat eBook Reader from Adobe.com . Read more about ebooks here.

 

MAR12-2001

 

Video freaks :

Let's take a look to the BINK video codecs.
According to their creators at Radgametools dot com, " Bink is a "better-than-MPEG-II" class codec - it compresses better than MPEG-II at up to three times the playback speed!
Bink is a hybrid block-transform and wavelet codec that can encode your video using 16 different compression techniques (wavelet, DCT, motion compensation, a variety of vector quantizers, Smacker-style, etc). With all of these techniques in one codec, Bink can handle any type of video.
Bink has a psycho-acoustic based audio codec that is capable of 8 to 1 perceptually lossless compression, so your audio will sound as good as your video looks!

The Rad' Video tools are downloadable here for Windows and here for MacOS .

I am actually coding a Divx video to a Bink executable. And it seems to be very slow comparing to others actual high quality codecs.

As test files, compare yourself the Tribes2 "jaw breaking" videos ( thanks to www.jeuxvideos.com ) :

AVI 14.8 Mo
Site 1 (208.186.102.195)
Site 2 (208.186.102.207)
Site 3 (207.199.1.30)
Site 4 (207.199.1.36)
Quicktime 8.9 Mo
Site 1 (207.199.1.36)
Site 2 (207.199.1.30)
Site 3 (208.186.102.207)
Site 4 (208.186.102.195)
Bink 18.6 Mo
Site 1 (207.199.1.36)
Site 2 (207.199.1.30)
Site 3 (208.186.102.195)
Site 4 (208.186.102.207)

 

 

MAR11-2001 & MAR10-2001

 

Selected site : Eeggs dot com -- The Easter Egg Archive : Hidden secrets in softwares, movies, music and more !

 

If you like e-books and software manuals, you may enjoy browsing the Online Boox website.

 

Hey english speaking cinemaniacs ... I think you would love what Area2-Deck91 hot news found (at Filmspeed dot com )

Right click on any link and choose " save link as ... "
- A Christmas Carol -- Download ( ASF 400 Kbps ~ 245 Mo )
- Charade by Stanley Donen, with Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn ( 1963 ) -- Download ( ASF 400 Kbps ~ 355 Mo )
- Fist Of Fury aka Jing wu men with Bruce Lee ( 1972 ) -- Download ( ASF 450 Kbps ~ 345 Mo )
- Nosferatu by F.W. Murnau ( 1922 ) -- Download ( ASF 400 Kbos ~ 221 Mo )
- The Chinese Connection with Bruce Lee ) -- Download ( ASF 450 Kbps ~ 342 Mo )
- The Man Who Knew Too Much : an Alfred Hitchcock Master Piece ( 1956 ) -- Download ( 400 Kbps ~ 215 Mo )
- The Night Of The Living Dead ( 1968 ) -- Download ( ASF 400Kbps ~ 260 Mo )
- The Third Man ( 1949 ) -- Download ( ASF 400 Kbps ~ 335 Mo )

 

If the ICQ ads bore you : read this ( from www.wincomplete.com )
This small tool removes advertizements from affected versions of ICQ leaving just a blank space.
Use of this program may violate your TOS agreement with ICQ please check before use.
ICQ Ad Remover is Freeware and compatible with Windows 95 / 98 / Me / NT / 2000
Click here to download it.

 

 

MAR9-2001

Again, no news good news : I just love her. Enjoy your life.

 

 

MAR6-2001

 

Nvidia official website has some nice proggies aka demos which show the 3D capabilities of the GeForce 1/2/3 cards. Added recently some videos about the powerfull GeForce3' Engine.
Nice eye candies. Leech em all !

 

My web host iFrance did major server updates yesterday, so no pages from Area2-Deck91 were readable. I hope that you apologize them. No all it's ok, so enjoy your stay in Area2-Deck91.

 

A note about all urls that redirect to Area2-Deck91 :
* http://www.Onickz.com
* http://www.Deck91.com
* http://Fade.to/Area2
* http://Onickz.ifrance.com
* http://Cine.n3.net
* http://Newz.n3.net
* http://Tracks.n3.net

 

 

MAR5-2001

Coming back from a wonderfull weekend in Biarritz, Surf Town in the south of France. So the selected site is " Biarritz For Ever " --- a website currently in construction for a big update. I Hope that all Biarritz lovers will appreciate the big work we are working on. Bars, Nightclubs, Restaurants... You won't loose your time anymore in the bask country.


If you know and/or like my artworks such as my music compos, you may have ever read my name in the best Dj at DjMixes dot com since 4 years ( first rank for one complete year ). As I do not want to break any copyrights, I removed the " Strong Mix Session # 1 " from DjMixes dot Com. I am still ranked, but expect soon that I'll be kicked away from " the best deejays " at DjMixes dot com. Hope you liked it like thousands of techno freaks.

Some notes about my music : I distribute it mostly free at Mp3 Dot Com and FranceMp3 Dot Com ( do not forget to try too the Deck91's Station ). So you may want to go there to ear and buy my work. Please note that it is illegal to download my tracks from download software like Napster, Gnutella etc... You can download but you have to delete them after 24 hours. Your only chance to not break the law if you plan to download some from Napster , is to search for someone called " Pleemeyork ", who distribute legally a big part of my work. He has my total agreement to do it, so do not hesitate. Some collectors are still available on the Internet. I mean, some tracks I do not distribute anymore. And some pages such as the Japanese Goo Page has some of them. Enjoy your search and my ears candies.

Please also note that a friend made a little joke the day I released on the Internet the track " Mas X Trem " : He renamed this track to "Jenna Jameson and Asia Carrera Suck oNiCkz - Mas X Trem ( xxx ) .mp3 " .
I apologise him as it is just a joke, but in any way I have nothing to do with the two porn stars mentionned on this title.
Just a tip to find it : in Napster you'll find different results if you search for "oNiCkz" or "onickz (same as Onickz)".
If you find it, please feel free to share it, but it would be very nice that you rename it to its official title : "Onickz - Mas X Trem .mp3"

Thanks for your support from all around the globe.

 

 

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