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Vanity Search

Nils — Fri, 01 May 2009 04:00:02 +0000

Richard, I see your 34 matches and counter with 46 players named “Jeppe” in Europe and 9 in the American World of Warcraft.

(Of course “Jeppe” is a fairly common name in Scandinavia, especially in Denmark.)

New iTunes 8 Visualizer

Nils — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 11:58:25 +0000

Oh my god, it is full of stars…

I got my first computer pretty much 20 years ago. I’ve been a gamer and I’ve followed the cool stuff the demo scene put out. I thought I was a hardened user, one which simply doesn’t get “wow’ed” anymore.

Enter Apple and iTunes to prove me wrong.

Their new visualizer is simply stunning. Words would be wasted, take a look:

Needless to say… I am currently going through my classical music collection. The Blue Danube is playing as I write this, and it is stunning.

IronPort Lego Logo

Nils — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 09:54:02 +0000

As promised, here is the other cool thing IronPort did with Lego bricks:

The little sign reads:

IronPort 3D Logo 2007

Built by New York-based artist Nathan Sawaya in the IronPort booth during the 2007 Interhop event in Las vegas, this Lego exhibit was awarded “Most Ludicrous Promotion” by Smart Exhibits magazine.

More about the artist: Nathan Sawaya creates awe-inspiring works out of the most unlikely things. His recent North American museum tours feature large-scale sculptures using only Lego bricks. www.brickartist.com.

No Legos were harmed in the making of this piece.

42″ x 42″ x 60″

This sculpture now stands in the lobby of the IronPort HQ in San Bruno.

Coolest Marketing Gift Ever

Nils — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 18:29:19 +0000

Okay – Do I work for the coolest company ever, or what? This is a LEGO model of an IronPort appliance, something they gave out last year at a trade fair. I just found it on Flickr.

I’ll try to get my hands on one of these, but I am sure there are none left. There’s something else I’ll post a photo of. Stay tuned.

Lonely

Nils — Tue, 06 May 2008 14:10:22 +0000

Cute:

The Guy With The Turbo Linux T-Shirt

Nils — Tue, 02 Jul 2002 12:12:12 +0000

I met a coworker of mine on the Lufthansa shuttle bus yesterday. She is a trainee at Lufthansa Systems, and she had another female trainee with her.

After introductions were passed, this other girl said, “Ah, you are the guy who runs around with the Turbo Linux T-Shirt.”

Now, I’ve worn this shirt I think once since I started to work for Lufthansa Systems. And already I am "the guy with the Turbo Linux Shirt". Gee. I am not sure whether I should consider this a good thing – after all people did take notice of me – or a bad thing – after all people did take notice of me as being a Linux [geek](http://geek.pandemonium.de).