modifoo » 1980s

You can run Vista, but you cannot hide

Martin — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 01:33:36 +0000

Here’s a funny clip featuring B. Gates and S. Jobs - and a surprize guest from the 80s.

And talking of the past and B. Gates, here’s what he once said about the Mac:

And S. Jobs thoughts on Microsoft:

And the commercials for Apple’s forthcoming gaming console have been leaked:

…and Microsoft’s new personal note keeper with automatic save function:

Everyone’s favourite, S. Ballmer (of Microsoft), has participated in a new iPod ad:

(to really appreciate this clip, you have to see a previous performance of Mr. Balmer as depicted here:

Sadly, the latter one is not a fake video…)

And Mr. Ballmer, selling Windows 1.0 in his typical non-subtle manner; who could resist those features?

And another, non-fake, Mac switch campaign, going on about Vistas security features:

Common knowledge ain't so common

Man's fall

Darth Vader, re-cut

Beware!

CES wrap up | A slightly different camera review

Hamster cuteness

Why Apple will never be the new Microsoft

Extras

Martin — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 22:53:57 +0000

Extras are the people in the background of a film that give life to a scene. A less-than-glamorous job (lots of waiting), they are usually directed by the assistant director.

Usually the extras are furnished with simple instructions like “Hey you in the grey shirt - walk from here to there. You with the cap, sit here, count til 10 and then get up. Don’t look into the camera!”. On some films, each extra gets his/her own role description, including a motivation.

In Wim Wender’s excellent film “Wings of Desire” you can see Peter Falk talk to extras.
And if you happen to see the Oscar nominated film “Elling”, you might even spot yours truly - on 3 occasions
Thanks to my iceland-based informer, I found out that the BBC has a new series named “Extras”, and here is a hilarious clip from it:

The 80s (and 60s)

Martin — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 08:32:47 +0000

I thought I knew quite a bit about the music of the 80s (after all I spent hours on end mixing my own tapes). But I found out that my score is (only?) 45%:

You Scored 45% Correct

You know some 80s stuff

You can take your own test.