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 does all [...]
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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 should this luxus laptop be cheap like an [...]
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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. It will use a solid state flash [...]
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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 since [...]
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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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