Sony Media has created a really cool site for sharing live material (audio and video) over the Web called Screenblast. Check it out! Imagine combining this with a scalable distribution and one cool online TV channel (Jeremiah are you reading? ;-).
On the subject of video on line I just found some links about Video Blogs. Why limit ourselves to only text? I have a camera in front of me all day anyhow? You don’t want to see me? Tough luck!
Monthly Archives: March 2003
Webtip: Swedish News Online
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Quicken
After 2 years break, Johanna got our Quicken database up and running again so now we know how much money we have. This for both good and bad as it shows how much several of stock-funds have decreased in value đ The worst is now worth 12.5% of the money we put in đ
Ring Found!
Johanna (my wife) found my missing wedding ring (see “No wedding ring :-(“). It actually was on the floor in the kitchen. Don’t know how I could miss it yesterday!
The combination of spring, bikes and ice is not the best :-(
The spring has finally reached Luleå and two days ago I brought out my recumbent, a HP Velotechnik Spirit. Last night it got a bit cold and on my way to the University today I fell, ouch. There was a large ice patch behind the D-house. I was really careful when I left the home but after 2 minutes I had forgotten about that and was thinking about other issues instead. Oh well, one cannot be deterred by some ice and the sun is shining so here I come đ
More pictures from last summer…
GeoURL
Just found the GeoURL concept and I just had to add it to my site. It maps web sites from cyberspace into meatspace so you can find out if you have any “neighbours” đ Initially I mixed up the longitude and latitude so I ended up outside Bombay, and then outside San Juan but I got it right in the end (I think :-).
“Sällskapsresan” aka The Charter Trip
I just saw the movie Sällskapsresan aka The Charter Trip. This is one of the best Swedish movies ever made but if you are not a Swede you would probably not get the humor đ If you haven’t seen it, see it, if you have see it again! I must have seen it at least 10 times and it only gets better each time đ Plot summary from IMDB:
“Stig-Helmer Olsson isn’t the fashionable, jet-set type, but for the first time in his life, he’s gonna travel abroad. He takes a trip to the Canary Islands over the christmas. Before leaving, his doctor asks him to bring a package to a friend of his. Without Stig-Helmer knowing it, the package contains 50,000 SEK, which of course is illegal to take out of the country. However, Stig-Helmer’s bag with the package disappears at the airport. Dr. Levander’s friend believes that Stig-Helmer has stolen the money and is anxious to get them back.”
Head mounted display and PDA
Last week I finally found a HMD solution for our PDA Cyborg wearable project. Interactive Imaging Systems have produced a a CF-card that connects directly to a small (40 gram) head mounted display!! Finally! It should be ship on Monday or Tuesday and I will keep all eager readers informed after some testing! Below are images of the display as well as an image of one of my graduate students (Mikael Drugge) as a cyborg. The price was “only” 999 USD plus shipping.
Ps. Click Drugge to the left for a larger view.
Bus Luleå – Umeå
We have some new projects going together with Umeå University and the Interactive Institute in Umeå, so I will be traveling to Umeå quite a few times in the future and my first trip between Luleå and Umeå was last Tuesday. I took the bus down and I took the chance to try out their new business class. They had transformed the last 5 (?) rows on the second floor into 3 three rows with 3 larger chairs (very comfortable), a 220V power outlet for your laptop, free headphones for the movie, free coffee/the, free sandwich and very good service. The price for the upgrade was 80 SEK, about 9 USD. I was all alone in this section which added for extra peace (the rest of the bus was almost full). The extra money was well worth it (as if it was I personally paying anyhow đ The business class is available on bus 100 Luleå – Sundsvall. More info on Länstrafiken Norrbotten.
Hotel Umeå
Going to Umeå and need a hotel? I can very highly recommend Comfort Hotel Uman on Storgatan 52. I have traveled quite a lot in my life (that makes sound really old đ and I have to say that this is one of the best hotels I have ever stayed at. The welcoming I got from the lady in the reception was really overwhelming and I felt “at home” immediately.
The hotel is rather small with 89 rooms but it offers large nice rooms, sauna with free beer, free dinner buffee (simple but very tasty, salads, “sill”, bread, pasta and meat sauce) server until 22.00, normal size breakfast buffee with fresh waffles. On Mondays the manager offers a free glass of wine. And if you enjoy movies, I know I do, then “Filmstaden” is just 100 meters away.