should i stay or should i go (2)

I think I'll go.
But first a list of tedious tasks to perform before I can move:

• export this set of posts
• format it to be able to upload it to WP (hopefully don't loose the posting dates)
• import into WP
• correct, edit images, ...

pffff ...

Skype TV (3)

Where the project previously ran under the name "The Venice Project" the child now has a new name :

Joost

I'm curious whether they managed to solve the upload hungriness of the program.

and phone has site

Now we have it official on apple's site :

• iPhone
• Apple TV

Be warned, site is slow. I guess everybody is watching this now.

we have phone

Finally the ghost is out of the bottle : Apple just announced it's long awaited phone (referred to as iPhone) on the San Fransisco 2007 MacWorld.

Basically its a widescreen iPod with full calendar syncing and a new touchscreen alike interface. Syncs with iTunes, 3.5 inch screen ,...

More over at MacRumorsLive ...

Ohh... and also AppleTV (former iTV)

the future of 2007

Like every year around this period, Robert Cringely posts his predictions on IT for the coming year.

Apart from the fact the a lot of these predictions are spot on - which is rare in the IT prediction world, some analysts even manage to make no correct prediction at all for one quarter, let alone a year- he is the kind of guy who's not afraid to look back and evaluate his last years predictions.

With an average prediction rate of around 75% I'd say he does a great job.

Here's one that, IHMO could also happen here in Europe :

10) The year the net crashed (in the USA). Video overwhelms the net and we all learn that the broadband ISPs have been selling us something they can't really deliver.

(via /.)

ui gone wrong

You know that feeling you get when you watch a movie and things seem out of place?
The guys over at useit definitely had this when watching computers being manipulated in quite a lot of movies.
They made a top ten of the most unlikely computer user interface manifestations.
A nice follow up to the earlier remarks by drivle.

last.tv

Asked if they could outdo Microsoft they answered with a full blown "yes !" and delivered.
Eelke Dekker and Alper Çugun created a site that combined 2 of the most popular web 2.0 applications : last.fm and youtube and created last.tv.
The idea is to log on with your last.fm profile and the site retrieves video clips from youtube for the bands and songs in you last.fm profile (included suggested artists and songs)

Here is what you get when you log on with my last.fm id.

While CSS' turns 10, Smashing Magazine runs a list of 50 great examples of what you can accomplish with CSS in site design.

In the list also fellow country(wo)men Veerle Pieters

(via Eskimokaka)

css turns 10

This year W3C celebrates the tenth anniversary of CSS (Cascading Style Sheets).
They have an entire portion of their site dedicated to it, including a hall of fame.

Off course the inevitable css Zen Garden is also referenced as one of the classic examples of what you can do with CSS.

viewmaster

The guys over at videolan just released a new version of the almighty VLC.



Version 0.8.6 features:

• native WMV9 support
• improved H.624 support
• support for Apple remote
• much more