Kim Bach . OrgApple today announced the first Intel based Mac computers. Below is a link to a BBC article describing the announcement.
BBC NEWS | Technology | Apple debuts Intel-powered Macs
The keynote by Apple CEO Steve Jobs.
Steve showed himself to be a master of suspense, since the keynote had been running for an hour, without any mention of Intel based Macs what-so-ever.
I celebrated New Years on Vesterbro, the part of Copenhagen I still consider my hood, even though I moved in 1993. Vesterbro has changed immensely since I moved. It’s now very trendy with lots of cafés and interesting little shops. To draw a parallel…What used to be a pharmacy, where you could overhear the drug-addicts order their syringes for safe shooting-up, now is home to a popular café, and the most “greasy” diner of the neigbourhood, has been replaced by a deli specialised in bio-dynamic bread.
2005 most certainly was a roller-coaster ride, I’ve renewed friendships, found new and most certainly discovered who my true friends are. I’m really privileged to have such good friends, and I’d like to thank all of you for being so supportive. Pad yourself on your shoulder, you know who you are.
Now I’m looking forward to 2006 with optimism, and I think that it will be a great year where I after a long period of reflection, will be able to act out my potential.
Wired 13.12: Slacking Off in Science
I was really surprised by this article in WIRED Magazine. For years and years we’ve been told that Denmark is suffering from a “brain drain”, but according to this WIRED Magazine article, based on information from a number of US and international science indicators, for instance the CIA World Factbook; Science and Engineering Indicators, this is not true.
“Plantage” by Amanita Design, music by Under Byen
Really cool Flash based music video featuring the alternative danish band “Under Byen” (en: “Beneath the city”).
InteractiveStory.net – Façade New Concept in Gaming
InteractiveStory has created an amazing new gaming concept that uses advanced AI to provide a fully interactive experience. I haven’t personally tried it – it’s not available for Mac yet – but from what I heard in HARDDISKEN, the experience is quite amazing, and the feeling you get playing it is very much like a real social experience.
Make Poverty History is a noble cause – IMHO the noblest of causes since the “Free Mandela” movement, but I refuse to wear a white armband…Why?
I just discovered the KtB site…It’s VERY interesting…
Killing the Buddha is a religion magazine for people made anxious by churches…
Welcome to Fullscreen QTVR (Quicktime Virtual Reality)
Fullscreenqtvr.com is a collaborative effort between Hans Nyberg of panoramas.dk, and Marco Trezzini of VRMAG.org, the Virtual Reality photography and travel magazine hosted by VRWAY Communication
This is a great site dedicated to QuickTime VR, a technology, that enables the display of 3D panoramas.
QuickTime VR hardly is a new technology, but it’s comming of age, and has, like good wine, matured gracefully. QTVR holds a virtual monopoly on this type of technology. Who remembers AVIVR (or something like that)? Sometimes Microsoft looses.
Artists Network of Refuse & Resist!
Artists Network (AN) are attempting to create a community/network of Artists dedicated to creating a “Culture of Resistance”.
The extensive AN manifesto, or “Principles”, can be found here.
Even though I don’t subscribe to all their views, I find a lot of their works “important”.