Monthly Archives: January 2008

Thoughts about the Scientology church

By Manuel Martensen | Published: January 17, 2008
An internal Scientology video, starring Tom Cruise, leaked to the internet and it seems that everybody talks about it, or gave it a thought or two. Some call Cruise crazy, some wish Scientology to hell. I don’t like Scientology either, but for me, it is just another religion. I don’t under­stand the hype. Here is what i think about it Scientology [...]
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No, the Keynote was super!

By Manuel Martensen | Published: January 15, 2008
About the Apple press con­fer­ence (Macworld Keynote) today and it’s news: The MacBook Air Time Capsule, wireless Time Machine Apple TV update iPhone firmware 1.1.3 update Apple intro­duces iTunes movie rentals The MacBook Air SuperDrive   The new Macbook Air is expensive if you compare it with an ordinary laptop. But that’s perfectly fair. Why [...]
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There’s something in the air.

By Manuel Martensen | Published: January 15, 2008
Hopping onto the bandwagon here. Apple’s slogan for tomorrows con­fer­ence, There’s something in the air, could mean that there will be a new MacBook presented. No power­cable and no power adaptor. It will be charged via induction from the Airdock. No optical drive. Airdock contains wi-fi as well and usb/firewire ports for peripherals. No mech­an­ical harddisk. [...]
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Good bye, Mr. living molotov-cocktail

By Manuel Martensen | Published: January 13, 2008
When i grew up, there was this skinny guy in the neigh­bour­hood, a pro­fes­sional drunk. The super­mar­ket where he bought his booze was my parents, so i know from which stuff he “lived”. I was wondering my whole life, how a body can survive just of of alcohol and some canned ravioli. Well, it is now about 20 years later [...]
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Rich and bored? Let’s change that.

By Manuel Martensen | Published: January 9, 2008
I don’t know if this concept is new or not, but it’s worth a shot at least offering it: If you make me “rich”, i will guide you for one year, and i will guarantee you, as far as that’s possible by law, that you will be happy as a puppy after­wards and consider your invest­ment as the best [...]
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