I finally saw Avatar this week. I thought I’d be one of the last to see it, but after a couple of weeks the huge IMAX theatre was still filled all the way. First about the movie. I’d never seen a movie in IMAX and also not with this kind of 3D technology. I was pretty impressed by it [...] Continue Reading…
After the initial years for Twitter in which they wanted to keep their service as pure or spartan as possible, they have included three big changes in the last couple of months. The first one is lists, which they implemented differently than I expected (I expected a similar way as Friendfeed or Facebook, but the ability to share your [...] Continue Reading…
A couple of days ago a question was raised on Friendfeed. The issue was what would happen to the pre-owned market of media such as movies, games and music when they are all digital in the future. This is of course assuming that digital downloads will replace all physical media.
First of all I don’t think all physical media will [...] Continue Reading…
Sometimes you run into something that you don’t really appreciate at first, but have to get accustomed to. There is this trend of so-called image macros, which basically are images with some text on them. Now when the same image keeps being used, with differing text, a new internet fad or meme is born. Advice Dog is such a [...] Continue Reading…
I have tried to keep track of the websites where I have an account and share stuff on my Web Wide page. Now I have an addition. I made a Tumblr blog. Tumblr blogs are usually used for images or videos. You can also write blogposts with Tumblr, but thanks to the beautiful ready made themes and easy bookmarklet [...] Continue Reading…
I’ve recently been hired by howto and tech blog MakeUseOf.com. I’m very excited about it and have already published a couple of posts, but am still in my probation period. The first one is 9 Steps To A Great Start In Friendfeed. I’ve written it as a small starters guide. Especially for people who are already using twitter [...] Continue Reading…
Who doesn’t call him or herself a gadgetlover? Everybody likes to look at and touch shiny new phones, laptop or gaming devices, right? We all like to open a package and smelling the plasticky Taiwanese smell before it dissolves (alright this is getting weird). Anyway, there is a new gadget site where you can go for all your gadget [...] Continue Reading…
If you’ve got 10 minutes to spare please have a look at this award winning short film. Put on your headphones or loud speakers! Or even better, watch it in HD at vimeo.
Please Say Something – Full Length from David OReilly on Vimeo.
A troubled relationship between a Cat and Mouse set in the distant Future. Winner of the Golden [...] Continue Reading…
It are difficult times for newspapers. First the internet has taken over the function of marketplace and joblist from them and people went online for their news and opinion pieces. And now advertisers loose interest because there are less readers and these companies have less advertising budget. It’s hard to say what the future will look like for newspapers. [...] Continue Reading…
The website Tweeting Too Hard shows a collection of tweets, on which every visitor can vote. The purpose is that eventually the most ridiculous and arrogant tweets will emerge.
This results in the following example gems:
it makes me sad, the more I have success the more people don’t like me…. – by @iamsammis
Went to the gym this morning. As I [...] Continue Reading…