Forget about the blackberries and the iPhones of this world. It’s old technology. Within a few weeks anyone using an iPhone will look like a dinosaur, the blackberry people will feel like fossils. New technology is here, baby! Make way for the new generation. The new generation of mobile computing and communication will be Smart Mobile Utility Telephone or SMUT for short. You’ll find an image of my new SMUT below.
Now what would make your workspace a lot more fun? There is plenty of gadgets, toys and other geek stuff on sale to put on your desk. Some of these things are downright amusing nevertheless they start to bore me after a certain amount of time. The only thing I had on my desk that never ever bored me was this super cool plasma light. Take a look at the picture and image you see this in full motion…
The beams slowly find their way on the inside of the bulb. The beam walks a path for a while and then dies. New beams will replace the one that just passed away. When you put your fingers on the bulb the beams are attracted to the spot where you touch the bulb. When you do that long enough it will burn the bulb and your finger at the same time. Nothing beats this plasma light until I came across this ubergeek desktop thingy on YouTube. It is, of course, Japanese. I don’t know if you can purchase it anywhere or what it costs but I think I like this. It is not very well suited for the workplace since it requires you to play music but still, when you do play music… Ah just watch this video.
How’s that for a lucky bastard. Yesterday I got my brand new Apple MacBook Pro to replace my somewhat aged, but still well functioning Dell Inspiron 9100. My employer got me the 17″ version with the high resolution screen (1920 by 1200). It has plenty of memory (4GB) which might come in handy for all my virtualization needs. This is my first Mac and already I’m loving it to death.
First of all the hardware. This is such an elegant machine. I used a Dell inspiron 9100 which has a height of 5 cm. People always thought the Dell came with a builtin docking station. I’ve had my share of mockery but the Dell was fast with a desktop Pentium4 3.2 Ghz. Now this Mac is from another planet. It’s height is only around 1.5 cm. Sure it is bigger since it is a 17″ machine but it is all pixels, baby, just what I need.
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