John introduces you to Apple's latest invention.

but this really looks fantastic

The both videos in my previous post should have given you already a rough idea of perspective. Here’s another one that clearly states: we are not the centre of the universe !

In 1977, Charles and Ray Eames made a nine-minute film called Powers of Ten that still has the capacity to expand the way we think and view our world. Millions of people have seen the film, and it continues to be shown in classrooms, business meetings, festivals and retreats around the world. Starting with a sleeping man at a picnic, the film takes the viewer on a journey out to the edge of space and then back into a carbon atom in the hand of the man at the picnic, all in a single shot. It is an unforgettable experience.

Each October 10th, the Eames Office celebrates Powers of Ten Day to promote and share this method of viewing ideas from an infinitesimal to a cosmic perspective.

Have you ever thought of constructing your own machine ?

Well, this might be a good inspiration for the beginning…

Martin posted a fascinating Lego video this week. Well, when it comes to toys, Lego is not the only thing coming to my mind: of course a model railway is on top 1 of my favourite toys ;-)

Located in Hamburg, Germany, is the by far largest model railway of the world, the Miniatur Wunderland. I have been there countless times being amazed by the creativity, the technology and the size of it.

For some time they are working now on the next huge section, not directly expected on a model railway, but it fit's perfectly: a model airport, with starting and landing planes, taxing to the terminal, getting pushed back, cars busses and tankers driving around, and of course some trains as well.

Would you buy this 37-inch flat screen TV for $100 ?

Looks somehow strange, doesn't it ?

Well, honestly, it is no flat screen. But what is it ?

This year's Swyx Forum staff meeting (SFSM) took place in Oslo last week. These are the brief meeting minutes of day 2.

This year's Swyx Forum staff meeting (SFSM) took place in Oslo last week. These are the brief meeting minutes of day 1.

Last week Swyx Forum silently celebrated it's second birthday. Even I wasn't invited to the party on the server ;-)

About a year after founding Swyx it was time to represent SwyxWare the first time to the public at CeBIT 2000. For this event Swyx Marketing produced a small video showing the advantages of CTI.

Enjoy

If this has been produced 25 years ago, the world would defiantly be a different one today !

• Commodore 64 Original Hardware Laptop

Just imagine that...

It's been 400 years since Galileo Galilei pointed for the first time in history the newly invented telescope (a set of lenses) into the skies instead of using it for military purpose (for which it was invented for). He quickly discovered that the sky is much larger than expected and things up there do not match with current believes about how the world is functioning. The "knowledge" back then was highly influenced by the church(es) i.e. religions.

He first discovered that the moon is not flat but instead found craters and mountains to be plastic (3D) objects.

When pointing his telescope to the Jupiter the first time he figured three new stars close by the planet. The next night he was quite surprised that these "stars" had moved and also a fourth "star" appeared additionally. He concluded that these were no stars but instead moons orbiting around...

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In direct response to Morten's blog Are Violent Video Games Adequately Preparing Children For The Apocalypse?

Here is the conclusion...

If you read yourself through all the blogs world wide these days you find that nearly everyone has to say something about Evolution or Charles Darwin. Even those who are more after Creationism.

Do you think the NHL finals or this years Super Bowl where breathtaking ?

Forget about the ICC Cricket World Cup, the Dakar Rally, the Volvo Ocean Race, the Wimbledon Tennis Championships or the Olympic Games.

The new and most exciting sport of the year 2009 is Submarine Racing !

 Don't take the following news flash too serious...

It is nearly weekend (just a few moments from now) and it is definitely time for the weekend fun ;-)

It's about weekend soon, so let's prepare our self for the night in the cinemas with a couple of movies of all genres.

According to my forum post I have updated the blog module at Swyx Forum which comes with a new Windows Live Writer interface (MetaWebLog API). This posting just tests this interface as it is written using Windows Live Writer.

Halloween is not far and it's time to prepare your little ones. My advice is to start with good stories to read as bed times stories. Maybe Steven King is not the best choice...

As a follow-up to my last Fridays post the following is an episode of Bremner, Bird and Fortune, a satirical British television program. John Bird (in the guise of investment banker, George Parr) and John Fortune (together known as the Long Johns) explain a fictitious crash of the money market.

The interesting thing on this is: it was already recorded last year !

It is Friday afternoon and the financial markets are going crazy. The following is both: Friday afternoon fun and an easy to understand explanation of what's going on.

As there is a national holiday in Germany tomorrow (German Unity Day) my "Friday fun post" is one day early.

Regardless if you like your browser to get a unique ID from Google during setup or not: Chrome's

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