January 2007 Archives

January 10, 2007

Star Wars - An ASCII Hope

This is just something funny and interesting that I happened across on my never-ending search for the end of the internet. If you are a Star Wars fan, such as myself, then this should amuse you if nothing else. For those of you familiar with telnet, open this address towel.blinkenlights.nl and enjoy the show. The IPv6 version has extra scenes and extra color support. So if you want to experience ascii Star Wars to it's fullest you really should get IPv6. www.sixxs.net or another IPv6 tunnel broker may help getting IPv6 to your computer.

For those of you who don't know what i'm talking about, keep reading...

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Apple Computer, Inc. Unveils iPhone

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Only Apple, Inc. folks. The computer is gone, long live...the device! The iPhone was unveiled this week leaving jaws dropped all over the place. Are we being told that this sleek, stylish, sexy yet comfortable, convenient, touch-screen, video playing, picture showing iPod phone is also affordable? Is that just one big run-on sentence? Is there a dash in run-on? Hmmm...

I tend to drift. Since this device has so much to offer, it is easier on me to just touch on the main highlights to get you all excited. So here we go..

- It is in fact, an iPod and a phone.
- 3.5" Widescreen View that autosenses when turned.
- Incorporated Coverflow (the pretty way it displays album art)
- Touchscreen for easy naviagtion or music, contacts, etc..
- 2-megapixel camera and a photo management application
- Built-in Google and Yahoo! search

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