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Gadgets I’d buy from CeBIT06

Leisa Reichelt11 Comments
CeBit 06

So, I popped into CeBIT this morning. Afterall, I love a gadget as much as the next girl. I don’t think I’m exactly their target audience, but there were still somethings that I found interesting. Here they are:

  • Wacom Tablets: now, this isn’t new, but when I had a play with one this morning I was thinking to myself, how much more fun would it be to do wireframes using a device like this and software more like Illustrator. Does anyone out there do this? I can see a few problems with it, particularly if you needed to have multiple people working on the files…. but I bet for some projects it would be amazingly fun. (And much less with the old wireframe RSI)
  • Maxtor OneTouch Mini Edition External Hard Drive: I’ve been putting off buying some kind of hardware to backup my lap top and have been using boring DVDs instead. And now I know why. I’ve been waiting for this little darling to arrive. It’s the iPod Nano of external storage. I *must* have one. Immediately.
  • The Open Source Guys were out in full strength. I’ve been thinking about doing something with an opensource project – as in, contributing some time to a project to help it be a little more user friendly. Had a chat. They’re very friendly. I’m going to look into this more. Anyone out there do any work with any open source developers? They gave me a CD so that I can play around with their open source version of Photoshop and Illustrator… I shall report back :)
  • VOIP was everywhere. I was looking for something I could use at home. Didn’t find anything.
  • PTG Global and Hiser were there. They didn’t have any fun showbags though.

OK. That’s my quick, on the fly report of CeBIT from a non-hardcore-techy perspective.

Have you been? What did you think?

ANZAC Day 2006

Leisa Reichelt

It’s ANZAC day in Australia today. Today we remember the sacrifices that men & women far braver than I have made in the interests of peace and freedom in our country. If you have a moment, take a look at the great Australians at War website. This site was launched 5 years ago – it’s really stood the test of time. In particular, check out the Through My Eyes section. Great content, beautifully designed.

abominable movie adaptations of books (via Kottke)

Leisa Reichelt5 Comments

Jason Kottke has a list on his blog today of movie adaptations of books and which he has seen/read.

Personally, I have had too many horrible experiences of movie adaptations almost obliterating the beautiful mental imagery I had of favourite books.

So, who wants to make another list with me of movies adaptations where warnings should be given to anyone who has actually *read* the book that watching the movie will irrepairably alter their relationship with said book.

I’ll start: 1. The English Patient, 2. Possession, 3. Oscar & Lucinda ,4. Portrait of a Lady
Bring it on. (no, not the movie. That’s a call to action)