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Breeze Demoparty

Projects, Scene — Pedro Cardoso on January 12, 2007 at 10:38 am

A demoparty will take place here in Lisbon in February, 16-18th. Gaming is not allowed, apparently. Judging from the pre-registrations listed on the site there is not a lot of people coming, which is not unusual.

The demoscene here has always been a minor thing. Nowadays with the internet and cheap flights this has become less of a problem, it’s just too bad you grow old and lack all that free time you had when you were younger. There is a limit to what you can do while balancing work (and/or college) and family with your hobbies. Long gone are the days of long hours into the night in front of the computer trying to optimize a demo effect or trying new ideas.

Luckily, gone too are the days of dialling +358 12387128973 to reach Starport BBS to download the STMIK. If it still existed, it’s now much faster/cheaper/easier to just use www.starport.fi

Well, I’ll see what I can do with Schism Tracker until then.

See for yourself at breeze.untergrund.net

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iPhone

Apple, Blog — Pedro Cardoso on January 10, 2007 at 12:47 am

What do you do when the biggest threat to your iPod is the ubiquitous cellphone?

You make your [own](http://www.apple.com/iphone/).

Really, I keep seeing people with headphones on, and a lot of them are Nokia’s and SonyEricsson’s. They could be listening to the radio, which is common even on the cheaper units, but I’ve seen plenty of high-end models being used as music players, definitely in the price-range the iPhone is aiming for.

I wouldn’t mind having one, but I can wait. Besides, I’m just the zillionth in the queue..

And one more thing:

Welcome [PlanetGeek](http://www.planetgeek.org) readers and fellow bloggers! We’ll keep in touch!

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