Fun
U2 Vertigo concert in Zurich
25/07/05 00:57
Now that was a concert! We got tickets by luck alone
since the 45,000 were sold out in about an hour.
After that we were hit by one downpour after another
(the first waiting for tickets and the second waiting
for the opening act of the band Feeder). But it was
worth it 100%!
We just happened to see a friend at another entrance and asked why he was waiting there. "Well, you can get into the front section of the concert if you are among the first 4,000 people there" he said. By the time he was done we said what the heck, we had our binoculars just in case. So we followed him in and by the end of the concert we found ourselves one row behind the front of the stage and having a great time with a great crowd in front of a pretty darned cool band.
I loved the CoeXisT plug, even though it is a part of an ongoing trademark dispute it seems. Anyways, it was a great part of their songs and brought together a lot of energy. Then City Of Blinding Lights and of course Vertigo twice over. That was just too much fun.
We just happened to see a friend at another entrance and asked why he was waiting there. "Well, you can get into the front section of the concert if you are among the first 4,000 people there" he said. By the time he was done we said what the heck, we had our binoculars just in case. So we followed him in and by the end of the concert we found ourselves one row behind the front of the stage and having a great time with a great crowd in front of a pretty darned cool band.
I loved the CoeXisT plug, even though it is a part of an ongoing trademark dispute it seems. Anyways, it was a great part of their songs and brought together a lot of energy. Then City Of Blinding Lights and of course Vertigo twice over. That was just too much fun.
Free Earth/Mars viewing program
08/07/05 17:21
Google has released a great new version of the
keyhole satellite viewer http://earth.google.com/
. If you have the minimum computer system below this
is great fun to zoom into various addresses/ cities/
countries, to show kids how the world turns, or to
search for Gilligan's Island. You can even get
driving directions and then fly along the route!
Mars is included too but I don't know how accurate the driving instructions are.
Additional hint, if you go to Seattle don't turn on the Show Coffee Shops option. You might need more than the minimum system configuration to show all of the results
Minimum configuration:
* Operating system: Windows 2000, Windows XP
* CPU speed: IntelÔøΩ PentiumÔøΩ PIII 500 MHz
* System memory (RAM): 128MB
* 200MB hard-disk space
* 3D graphics card: 3D-capable video card with 16MB VRAM
* 1024x768, 32-bit true color screen
* Network speed: 128 kbps ("Broadband/Cable Internet")
Mars is included too but I don't know how accurate the driving instructions are.
Additional hint, if you go to Seattle don't turn on the Show Coffee Shops option. You might need more than the minimum system configuration to show all of the results
Minimum configuration:
* Operating system: Windows 2000, Windows XP
* CPU speed: IntelÔøΩ PentiumÔøΩ PIII 500 MHz
* System memory (RAM): 128MB
* 200MB hard-disk space
* 3D graphics card: 3D-capable video card with 16MB VRAM
* 1024x768, 32-bit true color screen
* Network speed: 128 kbps ("Broadband/Cable Internet")
Lego Star Destroyer built before your eyes
05/07/05 13:05
The people at
http://www.adognamedfish.com/ spent 10 hours
building a lego ship. Not only that but they left
their webcam running to record the moment(s). I hoped
they exercised a bit but the final product sure looks
neat. I've never seen so many lego pieces.