Ok, am I the only one that is creeped out by this latest development in robots? Check out the video below and see for yourself. Yeah, you might argue that this is new marvel of technology, but it does have a creepy side to it. I have never seen a robot move in a way that it really looked like an animal. A scary animal I might add. It could be an invention by Skynet, the nefarious computer network that tries to kill all humans in the Terminator movies. Actually it think also looks like some weird monsters from the […]
Home improvement Amazon.com style
If you ever ordered something from Amazon.com, or you have an account there, you know that Amazon likes to spam mail you with a lot “special deals” and such. Usually you receive them after you searched Amazon for something or just looked up a product or two. Anyway: the recommendations are usually spot on and do trigger users to buy more stuff (which is the whole idea off course). I think I heard somewhere it works automatically and somewhat along the lines of Google ads, that are triggered by your searches or – in Gmail – by keywords in your mail. This […]
Election day
Tomorrow it’s election day in Holland. I have been voting since I was 18 (legal age to vote in Holland) and this is the first time in 25 years that I will not vote for the political party that I like, but I have to vote for the most likely political coalition I want and trust to be good for Holland. What? Yeah, that was what I was thinking too. But the reality for the 2010 elections is, that coalitions need to be formed to get a majority in parliament. And this election the voters are so divided that you […]
Damn, I’m converted
Ok, <insert confession mode here> this is a big step for me, but I confess that I have been converted. I just saw the new iPhone 4 revealed by Apple CEO Steve Jobs as only he can do. It’s gorgeous – and – I want one. There, I said it. I want an iPhone. Finally iPhone is up to par – and now even trend setting – feature-wise – with other phones. They finally added multitasking (my phones did that 4 years ago already) and a front cam (both my Nokia E71 and HTC Diamond Pro have that already). But also a gyroscope, dual-mic […]
Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated by the Orange Fever!
There is no escape. If you live in Holland you will get caught by the “Orange Fever” that currently sweeps our country. It happens every year on Queens Day, but even more so during any national or international sporting event that involves fellow Dutchmen. May it be soccer, cycling or – our national pride – skating. The phenomenon manifests itself very visually as people start wearing orange clothing, like T-shirts, hats, shawls etc.. Some people even paint their hair orange and decorate walls, rooms. Even whole houses and or the streets are adorned with orange beams. What most people do […]
Minority report
Back in 2004 and 2005 I did some presentations at my work about the future of print. In my presentation I used many examples from the 2002 movie Minority Report. In that movie many futuristic gadgets where shown and 8 years later a lot of them are actually working. I strongly believe that digital will replace anything analogue. E-paper is one of the new media. But we all want color and not just black & white. Well, Sony is now showing off a OLED rollable display prototype that look promising. I can imagine many useful purposes for such a device. For instance, […]
The Machete conspiracy
Four days ago I posted the new trailer for the new upcoming Robert Rodriguez movie called “Machete”. What looks like a harmless all action packed movie, is actually a call to racial violence and uprising by the Mexican population in the state of Arizona. The movie is going to cause widespread violence and a race war! Yeah right. And Santa Claus really exists…. Who comes up with this shit? Enter the twisted and paranoid world of Alex Jones, maker of movies such as “911: Road to Tyranny“, “Martial Law 9-11: Rise of the Police State” and “Fall of the Republic: […]
I’ll pay to see this
I’ll pay to see this! It looks like so much fun! Machete is an upcoming action film, directed by Robert Rodriguez and Ethan Maniquis. The film will star Danny Trejo in his first lead role as the title character. The film also stars Michelle Rodriguez, Cheech Marin, Lindsay Lohan, Don Johnson, Jessica Alba, Steven Seagal, Robert DeNiro, Jeff Fahey, and Cheryl Chin. The film is an expansion of a fake trailer Rodriguez directed for the 2007 film Grindhouse and centers around the character of Machete Cortez, who previously appeared as the uncle of the protagonists in the Spy Kids films. […]
Navigate with The Force
This is just out: you too can now navigate the road that lies ahead using The Force 🙂 Beside the familiar voice of Darth Vader, TomTom wil also release the voices of C-3PO, Yoda and Han Solo. Man, I laughed my ass off watching the video 😉 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ljFfL-mL70
AC/DC vs Iron Man 2
This summer May, Iron Man 2 is coming out. I loved the first one and the second one looks like a killer action movie too. Especially because I got turned of by that wimp of a Peter Parker in the Spiderman movies. The Australian rock band AC/DC are doing some of the soundtrack for Iron Man 2 and by way of promotion, they gave this really cool light show in England. Well, actually more of a “projection show”. Aw, you’ll just have to watch the awesome video below. Amazing what you can do with technology and a creative mind. I […]