As frankps sees the world!

I am not a gamer, and I haven’t paid attention to what is happening on E3. But Microsoft’s keynote has not been about gaming, but rather how they are expanding the Xbox ecosystem – with, among other things, Internet Explorer and Xbox SmartGlass. Yes, battle for the living room is on! The SmartGlass announcement came as a surprise to me. According to Microsoft “Xbox SmartGlass” is a system that integrate your big-screen TV with your console, your tablet, your […] Continue reading →

I am not much a gamer, and not a singer either. But having said that, I must add that I simply love the karaoke game Lips for XBOX 360. I saw a commercial of the game, where they played Young Folks (by Peter, Bjorn & John) and I was sold. I just had to buy the game and it was released just in time for the holiday season. My sister and her boyfriend are SingStar champions, but now I can finally be at least an outsider. I can’t wait to compete against them. It’s a social game, […] Continue reading →

Later this autumn Microsoft will release a bigger firmware update for the XBOX 360, and they recently released a video of how to create avatars through the new interface: Video: Avatars in the new Xbox experience The improved interface looks awesome! […] Continue reading →

I have just bought Apple TV 40 GB (previously known as the “iTV”) as a replacement for Apple Express, and spent most of the weekend to rip my CD collection (320 Kbps) and synced it over to the Apple TV, and then packed down all the CDs in plastic boxes and put the CD player in the bottom of a locker. They are not to go back up on the shelf! […] Continue reading →

I was quite fast on signing up on Joost. The project was called “The Venice Project” in it’s early days, and it is another project from the guys behind Skype. In the beginning the service was lacking intersting content, but as this is now changing I am using it more and more. Today I discovered that there was even a Aardman Production channel, the studio behind the successes Creature Comfort and Wallace & Gromit. I find Joost far more interesting then videocast […] Continue reading →