Archive for the month October 2010

  

I watched YouTube in 3D

While watching Mozilla’s new smartphone concept, I played around with YouTube’s 3D possiblities. Not having red/cyan glasses around, I went for the “cross-eyed” option. It kind of works well in normal size, and even better in expanded size (no way to get an image in full screen). You have to get used to it, but [...]

Microsoft’s vision of the future

Here is an already old video for those who didn’t get the chance to see it, where Microsoft offered us “a glimpse ahead” on new productivity concepts. It’s funny to see how the world has evolved in one year: I was not half as impressed rediscovering it now as when I first watched it last [...]

The giant money machine

Google is making lots of money. Every day we hear about them buying start-ups with great potential (or even wind-mill farms for that matter). At Wall Street, the colorful internet giant ended the third quarter of 2010 with $33.4 billion in cash, his stock now approaching a $200 billion market valuation, almost catching up with [...]

Vint Cerf, Google VP and Chief Internet Evangelist

Here come a few words from Google’s Chief Internet Evangelist, Vint Cerf. I recently remembered these words when I discovered that Google was testing around with ultra-high speed broadband in Stanford’s residencial subdivision. Lucky students!

Suit up day

Suit up! Here at INSA, a bunch of us celebrated the international Suit up day, when every one suits up in honor of Barney Stinson (one of the main characters on the CBS television series How I met your Mother), who almost exclusively wears suits.

42

Happy 42, everyone! Today’s date is 10/10/10, which is the binary form of 42! In order to celebrate this unique day in a century, I invite you to watch this short extract of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams, where this whole 42-mania actually came from.

Artificial Paradise, INC.

Howdy, World! This is the first post of my blog, and subsequently the first post of the category I called Inspiration. I want it to be a compilation of creativity triggers, such as mind-blowing videos, striking pictures, singular thoughts, unique concepts or viral ideas. Here comes a peculiar video called Artificial Paradise, INC. by Jp [...]