June 2009
5 posts
13 year old boy switches iPod for Walkman
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8117619.stm Some funny parts: “It took me three days to figure out that there was another side to the tape. That was not the only naive mistake that I made; I mistook the metal/normal switch on the Walkman for a genre-specific equaliser, but later I discovered that it was in fact used to switch between two different types of cassette.” ...
Microsoft's desperate attempt to regain market...
This is one of the lamest campaigns by Microsoft yet.
In a desperate attempt to try and get people to download their new Internet Exploerer 8 browser, Micrsoft (Australia it seems) has launced a web campaign in which it is giving out $10,000, hidden “on the internet” but to see the clues you “must” be using their latest browser. Here are a few screenshots from Safari,...
The world of chemistry
It actually reminds me of my high school chemistry classes… Posted via email from Joao Rei’s web junk | Comment »
Portuguese movie night in Tallinn
Another installment of the Portuguese movie nights here in Tallinn. The cozy Kinomaja (Movie house) is showing the documentary “Lingua - Vidas em Portugues”, which shows the life in different Portuguese speaking countries. What binds these countries together is this common language, my mother tongue, Portuguese. Here is a short clip from the movie As usual, the movie is free...
Home - a documentary about our planet
Certainly worth watching What are we doing to our planet? How did we get to this stage? Will we ever realize it before it is too late? What can we do to avert the same fate as those islanders in Easter Island? The full film will be available on Youtube until June 14thhttp://www.youtube.com/homeproject For more information, visit the project’s webpage ...