Seems my mobile phone, a SonyEricsson K700i, is breaking apart. The wee joystick isn’t working properly and some of the keys are on strike for the moment. I’m going to take it apart to see if some clean air can make the fragile electronics behave better, but I think it’s time to start looking for a new device. I’ve initially written down a short specification, and here goes:
I need bluetooth since I want to be able to synchronize it with my PowerBook. Synchronizing needs to be as simple a task as possible so every phone NOT on Apples iSync list is out of the picture. Probably :-). I also need decent camera functionality; it doesn’t have to be able to take perfect pictures of setting suns or sport events, but it’s good if you clearly can make out what’s on the pictures. The phone I’m buying needs to be quite slender. Most 3G phones tends to be more brick than matchbox, but if it fits in the front pocket of my jeans together with a set of keys I’m ok with it. And finally: The Phone I’m buying must appeal to me and must be possible to use without the involvement of foul language. To be continued…
Archive for September, 2006
Got a small gift from my wife two weeks ago. It was a torn page from a book in a small frame.
Seems it’s a rather popular animal, and my perfect little specimen (with friends) can be found here.
The Tarsier never goes out of style, and it seems rabbits also have a similar tendency to stick. The Playboy Bunny is getting a bit too old and reeks of aging males moulded minds, but new additions to the ever growing family of bunnies is waiting in the background eager to take over.
First out in this modernized line of salad devouring mammals are the rabbits made famous by Angry Alien Productions. The creator Jennifer Shiman lets bunnies re-enact movies in 30 (!) seconds and she has to this date created over 25 short films parodying everything from Casablanca to The Ring.
Second addition: France (and Vincent Gallo) has always had a special relationship to bunnies. And until recently this relationship has been a purely national fetish. But now it seems the French take on “the rabbit of the future” is taking over the world. Developed by Violet, it’s called Nabaztag and it’s really cute. Nabaztag is the Armenian word for “rabbit”, but the Armenian connection ends there (except that one of Violet’s brilliant founders, Rafi Haladjian, is Armenian, born in Lebanon). This rabbit is wirelessly connected to the Internet and can provide it’s owners with plenty of information through Violet’s services. It can, for example, (in a more or less subtle way) notify when friends and relatives sends e-mail or connects to Google Talk. What’s interesting with this little critter is that it uses an open API. So if you are comfortable with and interested in the PHP/bunnies connection you should get your own bunny and start hacking away.
Third: If you feel rabbits are all to rare in your life you should seriously consider buying the soon to be released, new iteration of Ubisoft popular franchise: Rayman Raving Rabbids. You will definitely not be disappointed. It’s full of rabbits (or Rabbids). And it’s probably one really good excuse (of many) to buy the Nintendo WII.
Fourth addition: And we must never forget our dear rabbit friend in Donnie Darko.
6 October Update!
A recent, fifth, addition has arrived: Many of Strange Kiss’ wonderful creations are rabbits (or rabbitish). I especially like the Suicidal Bunnies!
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