A lot of commercial investments are made in regards to product placement. Miami Vice has no less than 36 placements, Talladega Nights a whopping 89 (according to my count). Now, I realise that it is difficult not to include something if you depict everyday life in a rural setting from the Western world, but there [...]
There are now more overweight people across the world than hungry ones…
The renowned Ph.D., physicist and systems theorist, Fritjof Capra [more] wrote in 1975 in one of his books, The Tao of Physics, that the paradigm in which we in the western world live in, contains a view of the universe which is very “mechanical”: We consist of building blocks (DNA), life is a competitive struggle, [...]
Now and then I get these words when talking to others about Apple Computers. I’m not going into the intricate details of why I choose Apple as the manufacturer of my personal computer, except for the fact that, apart from the other things I like about Apple, Apple as a corporation, is a fairly responsible [...]
A bit of a rant: “Give people what they want” – “It’s what they want” – “We are afraid that this is not what our customers want” – “Our target group analysis says that the segment we’re aiming at want this”. “Give the people bread and acting (and they will obey you)” – Julius Caesar [...]
The $100 Laptop Project is a non-profit association dedicated to research to develop a $100 laptop—a technology that could revolutionise how the world’s children could be educated, co-founded by tech guru Nicholas Negroponte. Bill Gates has scorned the project. This for the apparent reasons that It’s based on Linux Google backs up the project (Microsoft [...]
Forget fancy AJAX technologies and superpowered blogs. This is the ‘real’ ‘web 2.0′…
Loose Change 911. A very disturbing documentary about 11th of September 2001. You can watch it or get a copy in its entirety at Google Video. Conspiracy theory? Perhaps. But if just a quarter of it is true, the US’ government has some things to explain…
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I created this piece as a wedding present for two of my friends, Lotte and Bjarne. All made in Photoshop. The image has not been printed yet. Click on the image or here to see more.
Elaborating on my previous post, Zach Lieberman, the co-creator of OpenFrameworks actually talks about artistic practise being R&D for the society in this very inspiring speech:
Billede: Fastcompany.com Der har været mange spekulationer på prisen på en iPad. Humac lækkede i kort tid priserne på deres hjemmeside, men de er nu taget bort. Jeg har regnet på det, og det ser ud til, at priserne sikkert kommer til, at holde. Her er der et hurtigt blik på tallene: Apple’s priser kan [...]
It is quite hard these days to find seclusion. Always online, wired up, connected, networking, twitting, blogging, facebooking, surrounded by family, friends, co-workers, available on the phone, on the computer, at work, at home, even on vacation. Even at home, resting, Xbox Live keeps you connected. Most people can handle this. It’s no problem. Some [...]
Taken in Manhattan somewhere at an abandoned parking lot as far as I remember…
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