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Curds & Whey: Cottage Cheese
Ingredient Spotlight
Is "diet food" the first thing you think of when we mention cottage cheese? Because when it comes to cooking, this particular dairy product is capable of so much more.
Cottage cheese is a fresh (as opposed to aged) cheese akin to ricotta, queso fresco, and paneer. It's made by curdling milk and draining off the majority of the whey. This results in fluffy loose curds with a mild, slightly tangy milk flavor. Cottage cheese is typically made with cow's milk, but goat's milk, sheep's milk, or any other kind could be used.
That mild flavor and soft texture make cottage cheese a boon when it comes to cooking. This cheese doesn't melt, but the curds tend to dissolve into the background when mixed into a batch of muffins or used to round out a casserole. Because cottage cheese tends to be low in fat and high in protein, as dieter's have discovered, using cottage cheese is a way to bump up the healthiness of a recipe without greatly changing its flavor or texture.
To give you some ideas for how to use cottage cheese in your cooking, take a look at these dishes:
• Chickpea Casserole with Lemons, Herbs, and Shallots • Alsatian Cottage Cheese and Onion Tart • Lighter Stuffed Pasta Shells • Graham Cracker-Crusted and Pistachio-Flecked Cheese Torte • Quick Cinnamon Rolls • Heidi Swanson's Cottage Cheese Muffins
If you're interested in making your own cottage cheese at home, David Lebovitz has a great tutorial:
• Homemade Cottage Cheese from David Lebovitz
How do you cook with cottage cheese?
Related: On Making Soft Cheeses at Home
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Thanks so much for all these recipes with cottage cheese. I LOVE cottage cheese, it was probably the first thing I always bought when I travelled to the US, because we don't have it in Peru. Our cottage cheese there is more like ricotta. That cinammon rolls with this ingredient sound particularly intriguing. And love the idea of making my own cheese too, will let you know how it comes out when I do.
Love cooking with this stuff and oftentimes sub it for ricotta when in a pinch. I also enjoy it stirred into oatmeal to bump up the protein content and make it that much more creamier.
Truth: I like cottage cheese more than ice cream.
Love cottage cheese! So great in baked egg casseroles/quiches/stratas and as an a substitute for ricotta.
I love it in apple/cinnamon pancakes -- just add some grated apple (squeeze out the juice before adding) and a little cottage cheese to the batter (and reduce some of the liquid). It can make the batter a little sticky in the pan, but gives a great flavor! I think I got this idea from one of the moosewood cookbooks years ago.
Well I don't think diet food, but one of my favorite cottage cheese recipes is called Dieter's Tartine by Dorie Greenspan. It's basically bruschetta with a blend of cucumber and tomatoes, and cottage cheese mixed with a little sour cream as a great bread topper and holder of the cucumber tomato mixture. I like to add balsamic vinegar to the cucumbers and tomatoes, or use reduced balsamic to drizzle over the top of everything. You can find the recipe here:
We'll also be eating cottage cheese and applesauce tonight with my pork roast dinner.
Sometimes when I feel a bit peckish I will make cottage cheese pancakes for breakfast. Cottage cheese is the dominant ingredient with just a bit of egg and flour to hold it together. It is one of the few recipes that my mother made that I still make today (my mom had many virtues, but cooking made her nervous).
My most comforting childhood food is cottage cheese pancakes. I still request them every time I'm at my parents house. They're moist, melty, salty, and delicious and the perfect foil for berries and a dusting of powdered sugar (or "snow" as we called it when I was a kid). Recipe below:
3 eggs beaten with 1 cup cottage cheese, 2 T melted butter, 1/4 cup sifted flour and 1/4 tsp salt. Beat until well blended, then cook just below 370 on a buttered or nonstick griddle. They cook very differently than normal pancakes, and may take a while to get it right. Makes about 12 pancakes, but recipe easily doubles (and you will want to!).
I've also made this with a gluten-free flour mix and its indistinguishable from the original.
Cottage cheese is surprisingly good in oatmeal...with toasted pecans. Mmmmmm. <3
I realize that this is a heresy for a lot of people, but I like cottage cheese in lasagna in place of ricotta, which can be too finely textured or grainy.
I love cottage cheese with just a little salad dressing. It's a great snack.
I use cottage cheese in lasagna like Kakugori (Not heresy - I grew up with it that way!), except I rarely make real lasagna and instead use whatever pasta I have on hand for a baked ziti-like dish.
Cottage cheese (or ricotta) and butter and flour makes an excellent pastry, especially if the cottage cheese is drained first. Very tender and flaky.
I also like to use cottage cheese in place of part of mayo and/or sour cream in hot and cold creamy dips. For instance, I used some in cold spinach dip the other night. I've also used it for hot spinach and artichoke dip. The lower fat content and creamy texture help make these dishes not quite so calorie-rich, but still very tasty.
A friend once served cottage cheese as a cooling agent with a spicy vegetable curry, which was an excellent combination. She also served mujaddarah (lentils and onions) that night and I thought the cottage cheese went well with that too.
I have never had cottage cheese pancakes, but I think now I will definitely have to try them!
my favourite recepie with cottage cheese is a salad made of cottage cheese, cherry tomatoes, avocado, red onion and a couple of spoonfuls of pesto, little bit of olive oli and a drop of balsamico. yum.
Cottage cheese + baked potato + steamed broccoli + lemon pepper seasoning + a sprinkle of fresh Parmesan = a favourite lunch.
When I can find apple butter, I love to stir some of it into cottage cheese (started by me and my sister on a trip to Lancaster, PA, where we mixed them together at a buffet on a whim and fell in love!) The mixture is brown and lumpy and kind of gross-looking, but SO DELICIOUS.
Ditto on the cottage cheese pancakes. Here is my recipe: 1/2 cup cottage cheese, 1/2 cup sour cream, 1/2 cup flour (I use white whole wheat), and 2 eggs. Mix all ingredients together and cook like regular pancakes. I top them with applesauce and for a special treat for the kids, a little powdered sugar. My whole family loves them. Served with some bacon, they make an easy and great "brinner" (breakfast for dinner).
I adore cottage cheese on a baked potato. I think I'll have to try TravelinGrae's combination!
My favorite breakfast is cottage cheese and pineapple. I prefer ricotta in my lasagna but there is no better breakfast than cottage cheese and pineapple.
My childhood comfort food is toast (well toasted) with jam and loads of cottage cheese piled on top. SO GOOD. Now I'm craving it!
Cottage cheese mixed in with the egg makes a great omelet.


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4-star hotel in Jena with a restaurant
Situated in the city center, this hotel is close to Zeiss Planetarium. Regional attractions also include Dornburger Castle and Belvedere Castle.
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In addition to a restaurant, Steigenberger Esplanade Jena features a sauna. Other amenities include a bar/lounge and massage/treatment rooms.
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Steigenberger Esplanade Jena features a sauna and a fitness center. The hotel offers a restaurant. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. Public areas are equipped with high-speed wireless Internet access (surcharge).
Event facilities measure 6327 square feet (588 square meters). This Jena hotel also offers multilingual staff, concierge services, and laundry facilities. Parking is available onsite for a surcharge.
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Can You Have Big Furniture in a Small Space?
As a professional who has a BFA in Interior Design one of my biggest pet peeves is when I open a shelter mag to the advice section and some big-name decorator is quoted saying something like, "Just because you live in a 300 square foot studio apartment doesn't mean you can't have a large, overstuffed sofa and a king-sized bed." Uh, hello! That's exactly what it means!
Now, I'm not suggesting that if you live in less than 500 square feet, that you are limited to doll house furniture. What I am suggesting is that you have to pay attention to something that very few people do: scale.
Scale is determined by visually comparing an object to the space around it. For example, if you are in a large furniture store with 20 foot high ceilings and an open loft-like design, pretty much any 8' long sofa you choose will seem dwarfed by the space. When you get that same sofa home to your 10' x 12' living room, however, it will look enormous because it takes up more of the space around it. The more space your furniture takes up, the smaller the room will seem, which, I think we can all agree is not generally a good thing.
So, if a room full of Lucite and leggy Danish Modern furniture is not your style, but you are limited in your square footage, I have a few tips to help you make the most of your space:
- If you like a comfy, overstuffed look, apply it to a chair and ottoman and keep your sofa simple. Or just pick out a fluffy loveseat and skip the sofa altogether.
- Choose furniture that does double duty and provides you with extra storage — it doesn't have to be modern. Think trunks as coffee tables, or vintage filing cabinets as end tables. Have 2 dining chairs also serve as occasional chairs in your living area. Ask yourself, "What is the least amount of furniture I can get away with, while still meeting my needs?"
- Look critically at your seating groups: is it easy for people to know how to enter/exit? If you have to step over an ottoman and around an end table in order to vault yourself into a chair on the far side of the room it's time to do some rearranging and perhaps some purging.
- Really think about scale. Does your furniture look big for the room? Does it look big compared to the other furniture in the space? Sometimes all it takes is changing out one elephant in the room to bring everything together.
- Finally, despite what those decorators have told you: painting a small room a dark color (including the ceiling!) will not "expand the space." It will just make it seem smaller and darker.
What do you think? Is it possible to fill a small space with large furniture and still have it feel spacious?
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Thank you, thank you, thank you. Apartment sized furniture and pale wall color may be unexciting, but people confined to small space living can rely on these design elements to make small spaces breathe.
I couldn't agree more. I prefer a tailored sofa that I can walk around. And editing chairs is such a good idea!
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I had to give up my beloved sofa because I had the radiator moved from behind the door to under the window. I have better heat distribution but lost half a wall so as a trade off I bought a hanging chair which takes up less space and is just as comfortable. I can highly recommend one. Pic here: http://ploefff.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/hc3a6ngestol.jpg
Depends on the layout and also as mentioned above, the other pieces in the room. I had a huge black leather higher back sectional (the most comfy couch ever). In my 500 square foot rental, it looked perfect in my tiny living room because it lined up perfectly on two walls in the corner, up against the wall. Other pieces in the room were minimal.
Fast forward to my move to a bigger space, 800 square feet. 1/2 the space devoted to living to dining, couch needed to sit in the center of a room with its back to the kitchen. Suddenly it looked huge and puffy (the term catcher's mitt was tossed around sarcastically). Because it wasn't up against a wall and now paired with another larger statement piece (kitchen island) instead of being the main attraction, it just didn't work. I kissed my beloved sectional goodbye and swapped for a smaller, lower backed couch with cleaner lines.
Ihave a normal sized house (for the Midwest, anyway) but even the master bedroom could not fit a king sized bed. Sometimes I hate those "small space" articles. It seems like my normal house qualifies for small spaces based solely on the room sizes!! It seems crazy, but my laundry space is not living space! Neither is the hallway! But then I feel bad, because I shouldn't be a "small" space.... sigh
While I agree that out-of-proportion furniture never looks good, in this case devil is also lurking behind the other side of the spectrum: number of items, regardless of their size. By choosing smaller furniture it's easy to fall into a trap of having a "proper amount" of it, thus ending up with equally dwarfed, as well as cluttered space.
Balance, balance, balance.
I suppose if somebody wanted their home to look appealing to those with interest in design and scale, it might matter. But if somebody doesn't really care what others think and want to stuff their room with two big fluffy oversized sofas... then why not? Design is so subjective, so is use of space... I think it's okay to say you wouldn't like it and other professional designers wouldn't like it, but when you say somebody 'shouldn't' do it... doesn't it seem quite judgemental?
Some of the best homes we've looked into break design 'rules' and do what they love - and even if we don't like the style, we love that they've done it *their* way. That's what I tend to think, anyway.
Look, lady. I love my Crate and Barrel Chair and a Half. I also love my couch. And I'm not moving to the suburbs just so "a professional with a BFA in Interior Design" will approve of these items in my abode. If having Chair and a Half and a couch in my living room is wrong, I don't want to be right.
Oh please. Rules don't apply in my home because it is not about rules, it's about what I like in my space. Next you are going to tell me that a dark paint color will make a small space smaller.
Profoundly disagree. The first ruel, in my mind, is function: I have a 10 X 15 foot living room, and in said living room I have a 10 foot long couch. And it's not some midcentury modern slender little couch. It's a big honking chesterfield. Observe: http://howtorunyourlife.blogspot.com/2010/11/this-is-for-you-blackbird-merry.html
It needs to be 10 feet because I have a boyfirend and a roommate, and we all need to sit on the couch at the same time. 8 feet won't do it. 8 feet will barely do me.
(that's what she said)
So function is first -- and then make that piece the given around which you work everything else. Big hionkikngf couch calls for airy slender but function (8 foot) coffee table (though truth be told its not that functional -- you have to walk over it to get out of the sapce. I've since replaced iwth with three little matching wood cube tables... midcent modern at that.), and there needs to be at least one chair across from it, and that one too needs to be substantial but a bit airy -- ie, not upholstered, not with club feet.
And I for one love dark wallks in small spaces, especially if they dont get a lot of natural light. You have to work with your architecture, and decorate with intention. Don't fight what you have. If it's a room with great southern light, let it be breezy. If its dim and small and only gets northern light, embrace it: paint those walls glossy navy or dark olive green and make it into a fabulous cocoon. No one will say:"this room is so small." They'll say: "what an awesome room!"
pam h
My husband and I are tall and are sprawling sleepers. Though we had a queen bed for a couple of years, once we got to sleep on my in-laws king we decided that we were getting a king-sized bed no matter what. So when we left the south for our 350 sq ft studio in L.A., we decided to make it work. We did have to sacrifice the sofa, sadly - we use 2 Poang chairs instead. Our studio is like 50% bed but it's sooo worth it every night.
urbancricket, your as snarky as the poster with her bfa
I disagree about dark paint making a room feel smaller. That's what we've always been told, but it wasn't until recently that we were being told the opposite. I painted a room a very dark navy and to me the room felt much more expansive. I suppose these "rules" are in the eye of the beholder.... And this post is just referring back to the other rules for small spaces, no large scale furniture pieces, and no dark colors, that we were being told in design magazines not too long ago... I happen to feel like a small space with too many small pieces feels cluttered and unwelcoming, but a small space with a couple of large comfortable pieces is far more appealing. Obviously a small room filled with a full size sofa, two chairs, an ottoman, a coffee table and a couple of end tables will feel smaller.
Here two examples from the Small Cool 2011 contest that seem contradicting the "no dark colours in small places" rule (at least from the photos) and actually achieving great spaces and tons of personality:
Square Feet: 285
Square Feet:523
I think, as always, the trick is in the details. Both examples have plenty of small reflective surfaced that make the spaces sparkle.
I'd be curious to see how they look in daylight.
. . .I will disagree on some of the points you have mentioned - first of all having a small space does not mean having everything else small . . . having to furnish a small space means intelligence and style! Small spaces can look all the more interesting & charming, done correctly.As an Interior Designer myself (Residential, commercial & Yacht) I find that large key pieces add impact and drama - they help the eyes focus more on whats there then whats not (space) obviously one would have to limit a size of a sofa accordingly- that's plain logic! But the worst thing one can do in a small space is clutter it with small furniture, when you do this you tend to create clutter and make the eyes go all over the place, you will feel confused and you wont create that sanctuary feel of your home. Dark walls - I disagree as well! & I also recommend painting the ceiling a couple of shades darker then white as white is more stark and will still give you that impact contrast you don't want! Compromise on size not style!!!
Giving tips to help us make the most of our space. Please tell me that a dark paint color will make a small space smaller. Thanks a lot :)
Pamh: That giant couch rocks that space. But... you've given consideration to the other pieces and to balance, which allows it to function and look beautiful at the same time.
I agree that we shouldn't limit ourselves to tiny furniture because we live in tiny homes, but I also see the author's point - that sometimes advice-givers err too far on the other side of the spectrum, advising people to go giant when they should maybe go giant-with-small or giant-but-limited-number.
I agree that smaller furniture is better in my apartment. I currently have a Huge sofa and I have no choice in the matter at this time. We don't all have thousands of dollars to work with like the pro's on HGTV have to help people out with small spaces. My apartment is currently comprised of two big rooms and a tiny kitchen and bathroom, one of the big rooms my living room, and the other is my bedroom Both are equal in size. I've moved my shelving to the walls, and plan to get a better but smaller desk. My sofa is so Nice though! Maybe I can trade it off for a loveseat, hmmmm.
One thing I have to point out is that making a space seem bigger isn't always the goal. Dark paint, for instance, can make a space seem cozier. There's nothing wrong with that. I think we should be allowed to question this ideal of larger spaces, or spaces that seem larger than they are.
I wish I had thought of this 5 years ago when I helped choose furniture for my boyfriend's house- or could convince him of this idea period. He has a tiny living room and decided to get a normal sized couch, a huge armoire to hide the TV (which he no longer has) and huge (size of a child's bed) coffee table that flips up so he can eat on the couch. All at rooms to go and a local large furniture store. It's made it next to impossible to use the room and it feels overwhelming every time I'm in there. I want to sell the coffee table and armoire but he paid so much for them that he refuses to part with them. His solution: Just don't go in there.
Most recently he bought a four post bed that he had to position just right so the ceiling fan doesn't hit the top rails. *headdesk*
Our place is 550 square feet. We have two of the largest recliners we could find (we're tall), and a reclining love seat and a captain's chair in the living room...all large. Maybe we're breaking the rules, but we love it. Also in the living room is my grandmother's china hutch...filled with books. We have a Queen Sized bed with the large headboard with side cupboards (the only furniture in the bedroom). I say...rules be damned. People should have what they like and feel comfortable in. I don't know who died and left certain "experts" in charge of what's "acceptable" in home or personal fashion. *groan*...just be happy people.
Our place is 550 square feet. We have two of the largest recliners we could find (we're tall), and a reclining love seat and a captain's chair in the living room...all large. Maybe we're breaking the rules, but we love it. Also in the living room is my grandmother's china hutch...filled with books. We have a Queen Sized bed with the large headboard with side cupboards (the only furniture in the bedroom). I say...rules be damned. People should have what they like and feel comfortable in. I don't know who died and left certain "experts" in charge of what's "acceptable" in home or personal fashion. *groan*...just be happy people.
It does always seem to be a combination of factors that makes the difference - mauishopgirl's big black sofa is a good example. I find this subject fascinating and would love to read more. Examples would be great!
I saw bookcases at Dania, white and black side by side, and the black seemed about 3" deeper no matter from what angle you looked - i.e., the dark color receded.
I painted my 8x8' windowless laundry/utility room navy, and carried the blue up onto the ceiling about 16". The sense of height was so convincingly increased that I sometimes am surprised when an item doesn't fit on the top shelf.
On the other hand, the dark gray floor-to-ceiling curtains I hung in another small room made it terribly oppressive. Switching to light tan improved the situation remarkably.
"Ask yourself "What is the least amount of furniture I can get away with, while still meeting my needs?"" Thanks, that's great advice. I buy, keep, and maintain only furniture I use and for which there's space. Traditional arrangements rarely suit my small home.
@Annie-O, I find this subject fascinating, too. For example, lady's fashion guides often say women wearing black look smaller. Yet, home decor guides often say black furniture looks bigger. Can opposite positions regarding how color affects visual weight both be true? How?
I'll stick to my "Lucite and leggy Danish Modern furniture".
I totally agree with @mauishopgirl. It so depends on your space and your layout.
Also there's also plenty of spaces that aren't just straight "big" or "small" that you can't just magically apply rules to anyway. I personally have a large loft-like space - original beams, soaring ceilings, etc. However, I'm in an average size condo from a sqft perspective and our main room is a combo living/dining kitchen with not a ton of room for the living area. We tried a few variations and no sofa really worked well. The apt sized was too small, the overstuffed too big, the low-back longer one was too long and didn't go, etc.. In the end I just did the style I liked the best and worked around it in other ways. So as much as we'd like to compartmentalize into big and small spaces and give rules for each, every single space is different and requires its own "rules" be it for furniture or paint colors or whatnot.
Elaine, a person, unless they are very large, is generally smaller than a couch.
@ec05, Yes, and?
Some good tips here... just one comment - a darker colour can also make a room feel cozier - it depends on the colour & how you use it. Don't do this if you're trying to sell, but don't throw the idea out for yourself just because your space is small. Figure out how you want the room to feel, and maximize the way you use incorporate your lighting.
Pamh, yes I had a similar situation as you and it worked. I had a ten foot u shaped sectional in a 10 by 10 living room. But that was the only seating, except a counter stool near the open kitchen counter. Had no end tables (just an ottoman), a mini parsons desk and a very low profile media center. It worked perfectly but it was important that no clutter be left out. The couch became the main piece and everything else was bought in smaller scale (desk), even to the point of eliminating some pieces (no tables) and/or having multipurpose pieces (ottoman). In that same teeny apartment, I had 2 bedrooms, the sleeping room I had a queen size modern canopy bed 2 nightstands and dramatic drapes. In the 2nd bedroom, I stored my dresser and cubitec shelving, leaving just enough empty floor space for an air mattress when guests came to visit. If I had limited myself on the type of bed I wanted in order to fit my dresser in the same room, I believe how the small the room was would've been more noticeable but by leaving out the dresser I just made it into a very dramatic sleeping alcove.
Urbancricket, I did read the post closely and all the way thru so I guess I'm in the other 50%? I don't disagree with the poster and at the same time I'm of the fewer larger standout pieces look ten times better than a bunch of small ones. In my original post, I did comment how my big oversized couch worked in one small space but not another, as it depended on the scale which was affected by the layout and the other pieces in the room. This is pretty consistent, I think with what the article was getting at, right?
oh dear....I've gotten a massive sectional which I can't return for my tiny 500 sq ft apt :-(
can ANYone post examples of spaces that do take such cons and turn them in to pro's? thanx
I have a three cushion sofa that fits nicely along one wall in my apartment. I have a love seat and matching chair which do not fit well in my apartment because the space it is taking up is awkward. While I think it may be a little large for my apartment, I think it takes just about the right amount of space. The dinette set I have does not fit in my kitchen (too big), but I could have a smaller table and two chairs. However, almost all the other furniture I have does seem to be taking up more space than I would like. The furniture I have fit really well in my previous apartment, it appears to take up more space in my current apartment due to the layout, plus the fact that I have a sliding glass door, so one less wall for furniture. I think what I need to do is get rid of the chair and love seat and replace it one or two smaller chairs. Get rid of the over sized dinette set and buy a smaller table with two chairs that I will hopefully be able to put in the kitchen or take up less space in the corner in the living room.
I have a pretty good idea in my mind about how it should look and turn out, but I will have to see how it turns out and bring a knowledgeable person when picking out furniture that fits my taste while being practical at the same time.


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@mcd78 said:
@edvarim: I agree a large ereader is needed. Lot of the books don't format for the small screen, especially the text books for school that Amazon keeps pushing, and cookbooks. I also want to get an ereader for my parents but the screen is wayy to small since they will need to increase the font size. Since you can turn the font size up on a regular book this would be an excellent selling point to an older crowd. Otherwise, there is no value in switching from paper for a lot of folks. There is a huge opportunity here for Amazon that they are missing. I am hoping they are just refining the tech and are planning on it. Maybe when color eink is ready.
Agreed. The size they have now is great for traveling, but not much else. I'd prefer a bigger screen as an option. If there was an up to date, larger Kindle I'd own one by now but it just isn't that appealing to me at the current size.
I also feel like I've been pretty spoiled by my Nexus 5, as the "e-ink" looked pretty gnarly on the last Kindle iteration compared to the super high density screens I've become accustomed to. Where as the Nexus's screen rarely looked like a screen because the pixels were hard to spot, the Kindle's still looked like a screen to me because of how lacking the density of the display was. Even with the advantages of the e-ink screen.
Love the video, definitely want to see more. I am also insanely jealous, that looks like buttloads of fun.
Love the video, definitely want to see more. I am also insanely jealous, that looks like buttloads of fun.
Sorry guys, but saying that the Titan Z is for gaming is a bit silly. Especially with the fact that every time they mention the popularity of the card, they mention science uses, not gaming. Titans are certainly sold for gaming, but they are very popular for research, and for workstations that need real-time capabilities for a pipeline that benefits from interactivity.
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@MordeaniisChaos: oh you're right. I'm surprised they showed so much bias. They could have said the bigger Xbox one or something that's not pejorative. I find tested is generally quite good at having a unbiased outlook on things. I'm a bit disappointed.
My experience is that the main dudes and fellas like Loyd are great at being unbiased at least in articles (podcast is different but also fair game IMO).
I've never hidden my distaste for this particular writer's tendency to make statements like that in articles. Just comes off as childish, but I guess that's what a vaguely freelance/young writer gets you.
bulky slab that is Microsoft's Xbox One.
So it's a typo?
And I think the PS4 would look acceptable on it's own on a stand or something, but with other cubic devices it sticks out like a sore thumb, and the angles are a little too hip and cool for me to really say they look "adult."
Bulky black slab? Huh, I wonder who has a particular leaning. I think the Xbone looks a little better actually. I dont' mind that it looks bigger and more solid, and at least the back of the thing isn't completely fucked by "engineering" that was actually all design. And it looks less like it's trying to look "cool" and more like something that would look good in a living room of adults. The PS4 looks cool, but with other devices the first thought people will have in a house with one in the entertainment center is "One of these is not like the others." The Xbox One on the other hand looks like it fits right in with the rest of my entertainment system components (which are big boxes with sharp edges and simple glossy fronts). There's something to be said for not trying to be the raddest looking thing in the cabinet and just looking reasonable and classy.
I'm also really not a fan of the texture on the non-glossy part of the PS4. I think a satin/matte finish would have looked nicer and helped tie things together a bit better. The contrast and sort of cheap look of the grainy surface is a bit off-putting.
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After hearing them totally downplay the difference in resolution between 720p and 108p I'm done with Tested for good. There's a minimum level of competence I expect out of the people who work for a tech site, and they fell well below that.
No one who hooks their PC up to a 40+ inch TV does so just to play in 720p which they could have done with a much cheaper console. Almost all PS4 games being in native 1080p is a big step forward because displaying a game at a panel's native resolution is always much preferable to relying on a scaler to stretch out 720p or less worth of pixels to fit on a 1080p screen.
It's all preference man. I think that it's easier to ignore 720p on the couch because either your TV is big enough that either way aliasing is an issue or you're far away enough that the difference isn't HUGE. 720p isn't the end of the world. And keep in mind, if you think the last generation was ever 720p, you have a totally skewed idea of what 720 is. Because that was more like 540p.
That's pretty impressive stuff. Have you folks done any work for/with the military? From what I know of their sims, they have some systems that do chunks of what you guys are doing, but in separate products. I imagine this'd be incredibly useful for everything from EOD techs to Corpsman to just good ol' Riflemen. Especially combined with some of the physical training tools they have like false wounds and all that.
And if nothing else, there are few better ways to get funding than from the military for projects like these. Then again, it tends to tie things up with government use (ie VBS which is basically impossible to acquire as a civilian), which probably isn't what you all want. But maybe the private tactical community might be a good place to reach out for business if you haven't already. I'm sure there are a lot of people who'd jump at that kind of tech for teaching self defense and firearm use in a safer, more dynamic way.
I'm sure you've already thought of all of this but I can't help but want this sort of tech to find success so it's brought to the masses that much faster.
So the project is out of the Seattle area? I actually live about 10 minutes outside of the city proper. Always cool to find out awesome tech/gaming stuff coming out of Washington :) Just noticed I skipped over the "in seattle" part of the frickin article trying to get at the video.
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@MordeaniisChaos said:
If you were in Seattle, I would invite you to try the system yourself. Yes, the system can line up a model to a real world prop absolutely perfectly. In private testing, we have an M4A1 metal gun in real life that lines up PERFECTLY with an M4A1 model inside the game. You can reach out and touch every part of the gun. The bullet trajectory is all in the game software. The gun scale, position, and orientation in space is absolutely 1:1.
For testing, we hold the gun in front of us and take off the HMD to ensure that everything is lined up in the game world with the real world. We dial every millimeter in. Mark can relay stories about us doing this for hours. Nothing short of perfection is acceptable. Again, the system is so accurate that people can reach out blindly and grab the handle of the gun with no representation of their hands. Just pure reflex and 3D depth perception.
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@MordeaniisChaos said:
They really, really need to figure out how to PERFECTLY track the weapon though for the gameplay stuff to really appeal to me too much. Notice how he's got a decent sight picture on the real gun but not on the virtual gun from his in game perspective. With this sort of experience, you'd want to see iron sights working right and all that. At that point, I could see this being really really awesome.
Actually, the system works exactly as you hope. The weapon is perfectly tracked. The issue you may be referring to is that the shotgun used in real life is a toy and the in game model is not created from that toy. However, even as such, iron sights work perfectly. The system is SO accurate in fact, that we can hand users the gun even though they can't see their hands or representations of their hands in the game; they can reach out and grab it from thin air.
The other issue may have been that the user you are referring to had moved his head slightly when we told him to hold still, causing his head orientation in the game to be off from his gun orientation. The new headset design will fix this.
So yes, the system is perfectly accurate. Down to less than 0.2mm.
It's not the prop that I'm concerned about lining up, it's the in game model. The guy was pointing and shooting basically "from the hip." Getting a good sight picture in real life isn't exactly easy as it is. I want to see someone able to use a to scale model of, for example, an M16 and still get a sight picture consistently. If I see working M16 sights, I'll be impressed. With the long range aperture, I'd be amazed, but that's a whole 'nother question.
But without working sights (I suppose the advent of optics being so major that the problem isn't really the same anymore as you can get an accurate sight picture with a lot less effort these days), things'd be pretty tricky when you get outside of a very small and controlled little shooting range.
Don't get me wrong, the video was impressive and this is tech I'm ridiculously excited for. I just want to see it hit ever point before I'm quite sold. Still, miles better than the stuff that students have cooked up with the Hydras.
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@MordeaniisChaos said:
They really, really need to figure out how to PERFECTLY track the weapon though for the gameplay stuff to really appeal to me too much. Notice how he's got a decent sight picture on the real gun but not on the virtual gun from his in game perspective. With this sort of experience, you'd want to see iron sights working right and all that. At that point, I could see this being really really awesome.
Actually, the system works exactly as you hope. The weapon is perfectly tracked. The issue you may be referring to is that the shotgun used in real life is a toy and the in game model is not created from that toy. However, even as such, iron sights work perfectly. The system is SO accurate in fact, that we can hand users the gun even though they can't see their hands or representations of their hands in the game; they can reach out and grab it from thin air.
The other issue may have been that the user you are referring to had moved his head slightly when we told him to hold still, causing his head orientation in the game to be off from his gun orientation. The new headset design will fix this.
So yes, the system is perfectly accurate. Down to less than 0.2mm.
It's not the prop that I'm concerned about lining up, it's the in game model. The guy was pointing and shooting basically "from the hip." Getting a good sight picture in real life isn't exactly easy as it is. I want to see someone able to use a to scale model of, for example, an M16 and still get a sight picture consistently. If I see working M16 sights, I'll be impressed. With the long range aperture, I'd be amazed, but that's a whole 'nother question.
But without working sights (I suppose the advent of optics being so major that the problem isn't really the same anymore as you can get an accurate sight picture with a lot less effort these days), things'd be pretty tricky when you get outside of a very small and controlled little shooting range.
Don't get me wrong, the video was impressive and this is tech I'm ridiculously excited for. I just want to see it hit ever point before I'm quite sold. Still, miles better than the stuff that students have cooked up with the Hydras.
They really, really need to figure out how to PERFECTLY track the weapon though for the gameplay stuff to really appeal to me too much. Notice how he's got a decent sight picture on the real gun but not on the virtual gun from his in game perspective. With this sort of experience, you'd want to see iron sights working right and all that. At that point, I could see this being really really awesome.
When I feel a Razer mouse that doesn't feel like it's going to vibrate apart the moment I touch it, I might take them seriously, but they'v always felt so cheap and shitty to me.
Clearly a good article, I'm just biased. That said, I think "best PC gaming mouse" is a hilarious title.
I think it'd be kind of awesome to see one of you guys attempt the Combat Fitness Test that the Marine Corps does. Drop the fireman carry and just replace that with dragging a dude around and I think it'd be entertaining! I think donations of X for every 10 seconds over 3:45 that it takes to complete it would be a good way to take donations.
It's a brutal test. I tried it once at a poolee meeting and it fucking kicked my ass. Those 60 pounds work FAST. Shouldn't have much long lasting effects assuming no one falls on their face or ass.
Unlikely, but hey, I figured it'd be worth trying.
I'd love to see some money go to a military charity, so I'll throw that suggestion in there. Probably won't be the most popular considering the desire for a more international charity and I also doubt there's a lot of serious support for the troops on the site, but a few of the better rated military charities can be found on this page:
Just give me FLIR implants and I'd be stoked.
I'm really fucking confused. This just looks like horrible shit.
Super flat is entirely innacurate. Windows 8/Phone this is not. It's more of a half step between flat and candy. It still has depth, still has gradients. And now it's all bright and pastel and... bleh. It all looks a little too cutesy.
I think her voice would be perfect actually. She has a really good voice for it, it's clear and easy to understand while also being easy on the ears. That'd be a pretty goofy but awesome little thing to do.
I'll be curious to see what it's like, it would be kinda neat to say "Cortana, find food near me!" at my Xbox or whatever.
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I'll make suggestions which are relatively easy to make/buy, don't have large props (so you can still take photos without needing to carry something heavy and un-wieldy around) and might be a bit of fun for you.
- Spy from TF2 - Easy, only need to carry knife prop and pretty comfortable.
- Ash Ketchum from Pokemon - Comfortable, relatively easy, pokeball or pokemon prop.
- Roy Mustang from Full Metal Alchemist - Comfortable, easy, chain and glove props.
- Dante (Young version) from DMC - Clothing is relatively easy, sword and pistols will be harder. You can keep the sword on your back and keep the pistols in holsters (holsters would be under the coat above your butt).
- Ezio from Assassin's Creed - The clothing is pretty easy to purchase (albeit expensive for a good one), prop can be a sword at your hip although wrist blades are the more iconic weapon (can get them for about $100 each).
- Kirito from Sword Art Online - Clothing again can be easily purchased, sword again can be left on your back.
Uh, I don't know that TF2 cosplay is really a great idea unless you want to go really, really far with it. There are thousands of shitty TF2 cosplayers that do stuff like spy because it's easy. If he goes all the way with it, that could be cool, otherwise I'm not sure it's a great idea. You want your cosplay to be unique and interesting. My buddy did Solaire at PAX Prime this year, and was the only non-lazy one we really saw there. As a result, his cosplay was a huge hit, and he had a few forum threads across the internet about him and he also got a totally awesome freakout from Brad Muir (who tweeted the picture of them together) who is a pretty big Dark Souls dork.
So if you do a TF2 cosplay, you have to knock it out of the park. You'll never be the only spy or scout. Never.
Otherwise, just pick something a little more original.
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"I was raped. Twice, before I was even 17 years old. Each experience was horrific, terrifying, dehumanizing and remains in my memory and nightmares eight years later. I was raped.
And I still didn't have a problem with the Dickwolves because the point of the Dickwolves "raping" the little dude was to evoke that horror and revulsion even in people who have never experienced it. It did so. If other people who have been raped cannot even look at the word rape, they need to spend their energies on healing and counseling - not on ripping someone for a comic. There are lots of people who don't like gays - but Green Lantern is still gay. There are lots of people who don't like transfolk - but Barbra Gordon's roommate is still trans. There are lots of people who don't like lesbians - but Batwoman is still a lesbian. We defend the creators of these heroes - why not defend Mike's right to create a monster?
I don't support rapists, and Mike & Jerry don't either. You're no more likely to get raped at PAX than SDCC or any other large, public gathering. You're no more likely to get raped because of a single two year old comic strip than you are because of 14 years of Law & Order: SVU.
My point is that your rape need not control your life. If you were raped, please get help and learn to function in a world where there are jokes and offense and dickwolves."
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However, I guess I can also understand Mike's desire to defend his creation against people that didn't get it - the people that read the original comic and took personally something that was meant to be a blanket repulsion for the purpose of commentary. It IS bigger than the original comic... but it shouldn't be. Mike himself has said that he made some really stupid choices with the situation.
With that there to represent my ideas rationally, I present my angry rant at the idiocy of the internet:
The idea that simply saying the word "Rape" is fucking sexist or inappropriate is stupid, and anyone who is offended by that kind of thing is stupid, and anyone actually disturbed by it needs to get help, and probably makes up a very, very small percentage of the people who are unhappy about the situation.
There is a huge difference between making a joke that uses a concept to make a point but is BY NO MEANS THE CRUX OF THE JOKE, Mr Will Smith (The joke was all about player behavior, the rape mention was there to freakin' point out how silly it is that the player wouldn't help.), and a joke that is laughing at an actual tragic event. For example, joking about the death of a soldier is not the same thing as joking about war. At no point have the PA folks A) "fostered rape culture" or B) made any jokes about specific events or leveled against rape victims.
It was in no way a fucking rape joke AND the idea that it has anything to do with fucking rape culture is LUDICROUS. First of all, that whole idea of "rape culture" is a shock value phrase designed to scare moms and pops. It's completely inaccurate Second of all, most of the people bitching about it A) are calling it sexist when the person talking about getting raped is a fuckin' male, and B) would be fine if the joke was about being gay or murder or any number of not completely PC/family friendly/super positive concepts.
As someone who knows actual victims of rape, I am fucking TIRED of the entitled little snots on the internet making this kind of shit out to be awful, and dragging people like Will into what seem like pretty uneducated perspectives (the terms you use just play off of the zeitgeist instead of just being original thoughts).
And the idea that a comedian on a stage should have different freakin' standards that those on a website is just STUPID. It's another example of the details being looked at all freakin' wrong.
I'm tired of people getting offended over something they've never experienced, never been a part of, or even been around. I've been in the position of being the person someone confided in about these things. I've been in the position of going against that person's will for their own well being to make sure the proper actions were taken to prevent it from happening again. It's not something to just stir up on the internet and circlejerk to.
But that doesn't mean the entire concept should be completely off limits. In fact, the way that rape is treated in society is a hinderance to people who are actual victims because it makes it harder for them to come forward, harder for them to get help, and easier for the fuckers to get away with it.
Penny Arcade is in the business of telling jokes. Not once have they encouraged the act of rape, not once have they actually said anything negative about transgenders (He said that males are males, females are males. It's a pretty surface level opinion that shouldn't matter to any self respecting transgender, and is also just a plain freakin' fact), or homosexuals, or anyone. In fact, they've been SUPPORTIVE of those communities and even pointed out very simply how ludicrous the gaming industry treats female characters.
I'm sorry to get so worked up about this but it needs to fucking stop. If anyone actually used the term "rape culture" in front of me I'd either punch them in the face or just walk away and never speak to them again. It doesn't help freakin' victims any more than censoring comedians will. It isn't an accurate term. There isn't a fuckin' rape culture there is a troll culture. And acting like a few misogynistic thoughts or statements that have nothing to do with rape are a part of that "rape culture" just adds to the bullshit of the entire concept. It's a shock tactic coming from overzealous feminists and dumbasses that have no idea what they are talking about because they've never even been CLOSE to a situation involving any kind of sexual harassment.
Yeah, Mike can be a bit of a dick in response to utter bullshit. But you know what? It doesn't matter what his response is, because it won't change anything for his critics. They will continue to act like idiots.
As a homosexual who's dabbled in gender roles, cross dressing, and who's had to deal with the fallout of rape and been sexually harrassed, I can safely say that I support Mike completely. He's never said anything about ANY of my "oddities" that suggests he thinks any less of me that I am aware of. He's never said anything to suggest that any sexual harassment is okay, that I am aware of. Not giving a shit that a bunch of people on the internet over-reacted and over-analyzed something isn't being an ass, it's being smart. And being a tiny bit of a dick? Yeah, there are probably better ways to handle it if he wants to save face, but the guy clearly only cares when it starts to impact his company, he doesn't mind a few crazies on the internet thinking he's a bit of an ass because it's cool to.
I've been going to PAX for years and I've ALWAYS felt safe and secure there. Granted, I'm generally not one to feel otherwise elsewhere, but still. I'm going to keep going, because it makes me happy to go, and because I generally really like the PA guys.
Yes, even after that gay robot bit at Acquisitions Inc. That had me laughing so fucking hard the entire time, the only issue I have with those guys is maybe that I almost peed myself laughing at that silliness. Because at the end of the day, they always approach that stuff from the ludicrous side. Sort of like Saints Row. It goes so far beyond reality that if you take a bunch of as far as I can tell male slaves getting raped up the ass by, and please read this carefully, Dickwolves seriously, you need a fucking check on reality, not an apology.
It's a fuckin' concept guys. The word rape being mentioned doesn't just call up every line of the universe's code on every damn rape that has ever occurred and imply application to each of those cases. It's a vile crime the same way murder is. At least rape is something many people can overcome. Murder just ends a life.
And to think you people watch shows like The Daily Show and this is what pisses you off. Jon is more of a leader of minds than the PA guys ever will be. Mike is all about the laughs, Jon occasionally actually tries to inform and sway the public a bit. If Jon Stewart has yet to offend you, you have no place being offended by Mike Krahulic. And I could replace that with a number of comedians, many of them excellent, many of them who've given shit right back to idiots who act offended over a joke that isn't even at their expense.
Hell, a good friend of mine was abused and has always had a part of themselves that pulled them towards being a comedian. They aren't offended at the mention of the word rape, and have managed to move on with their life to the point where they can accept its mention and yes, even it's use in a ludicrous and small part in a joke.
TLDR: Fuck all of this uninformed, uninvolved, hypocritical bullshit. It's not sexist against women, the freakin' comic had no females in it! It wasn't saying "yeah, fuck women, lets all go and rape them!" it was saying "Wow, what a dick, we are suffering in this horrible (and ludicrously so) way, and you won't help because you checked off your list already!"
It makes me livid that idiots on the internet are preening their karma by whining about a joke that wasn't even about rape, and only even mentioned the concept, never even in the slightest (and in fact doing the opposite) suggesting that rape is in any way a good thing when they could be doing something to actually help.
The dude was a dick to a bunch of people over-reacting. Maybe not the most mature response, but he's not an evil asshole for it.
Seriously though, if you can't hear the word "rape" without being disturbed (not offended, disturbed, ie if it brings up issues because you personally suffered from some form of abuse, that isn't healthy, and you should seek some psychological help so you can overcome that. I'm not saying you should be able to laugh it off, but if you are so disturbed by it that you feel the need to speak out, you really should get some help. I've seen first hand how that can help. It's not about not criticizing someone, it's about taking care of yourself. The more you can move on from tragic events and look back on them without pain, the better. That goes for anything in life pretty much. You can't go around telling people not to joke about drinking and driving just because you lost a friend to alcoholism. It's not good for you to drag that shit up and put yourself through it. Move through the tragic events of your life and come out the other end with a life to live, instead of letting shitty circumstances in the past dictate your days. I can speak from experience with this. It's no good. And moving on with your life, though difficult, is vastly better than dwelling or becoming a victim.
Mike and Jerry, keep making me laugh, grin, and giving us an awesome weekend once (or more!) a year. I promise a few of us still retain enough sanity and grip on reality that we don't assume you're the masterminds of the male super race of rape-ville.
See? I made a rape joke. And it's okay. Because I'm being silly and ridiculous. Clearly there's no way a bunch of dudes could mastermind an entire male race with it's own damn city. Based on the act of rape. Plus, it'd be hard for that to be sexist when it's just a bunch of dudes. It's not like I went over to Jane Doe and said "HAHA YOU GOT RAPED BITCH." Nor did Mike, at any point, and he and Jerry made it very clear that neither of them support rape or harassment in any way. Just like Mike doesn't care what gender you are or aren't or want to be or whatever.
Now that I'm done being a grouchy asshole...
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If you don't like it then don't read it plain and simple. Some people like to collect pets others don't. I'm one of those people that does enjoy having a collection of pets because it gives me something to do beside gear grind for stuff that won't be with me at 80. Pets on the other hand if I grind away trying to get one will be there for me. Sure it's just a look but I know a lot of people that collect stuff that I makes me think why. Like why does a guildie have all but one mount? I mean they are all the same speed. But you know what that's ok because if it's something he enjoys and wants to collect then great!
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