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From: mvale…@ruido-visual.pt (Mario Valente)
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Subject: Aquaria, 2007 Independent Game of the Year
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 08 16:48:21 GMT

Brlliant, beautiful, haunting. Aquaria was named the
best independent game of the year.

http://www.bit-blot.com/aquaria/index.html
http://www.gametunnel.com/articles.php?id=661

If/When I create a games company, this is the type
of game I’d like to create. The world in general and
me in particular are fed up with 3D and FPS games…

— MV

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From: mvale…@ruido-visual.pt (Mario Valente)
Newsgroups: mv
Subject: Gold In Them Thar Hills
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 08 23:59:21 GMT

Nao e que eu seja o gajo mais inteligente na materia
(chumbei 3 vezes a Financas…) e tambem nao pretendo
ser nem sou grande conselheiro no assunto. Mas como o
meu financeiro preferido concorda, pelo menos quanto mais
nao seja ficam os artigos e os graficos para referencia
futura…

Rising Inflation Expectations Amidst An Inflationary Storm :2008-2009
http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/Article2337.html

http://www.inflationdata.com/inflation/images/charts/Gold/Gold_inflation.gif
http://static.flickr.com/1/130522983_d95326bc6a_o.gif
http://www.nowandfutures.com/download/house_gold_ounces_USAVEHLGC6.gif
http://goldprice.org/axstone/uploaded_images/2-774070.jpg

Se conseguirem tirar alguma conclusao, run dont walk…

http://goldprice.org/buying-gold/

— MV

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From: mvale…@ruido-visual.pt (Mario Valente)
Newsgroups: mv
Subject: The Unbeliever
Date: Sun, 20 Jan 08 16:16:21 GMT

Wheeeeee!!! Just found out that one my favourite authors,
Stephen Donaldson, after a sci-fi series (that I didnt like),
has returned to fantasy and is doing a third trilogy about
the “Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever”.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chronicles_of_Thomas_Covenant%2C_the_Unbeliever

I didnt even know about “Runes of the Earth”, the first
volume in this 3rd trilogy (it came out in 2004), but they
are going fast into my Amazon queue.

For those interested, the first two trilogies are at or
above Tolkien level. You might think of them as “Lord of the
Rings” for grownups.

— MV

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From: mvale…@ruido-visual.pt (Mario Valente)
Newsgroups: mv
Subject: CDROM Os Lusiadas
Date: Sun, 20 Jan 08 00:10:21 GMT

Isto tem *tanto* tempo que ainda nem Internet havia
em Portugal.

http://lsm.dei.uc.pt/ribie/docfiles/txt20034173131OS%20LUS%C3%8DADAS.pdf

Alias, a Esoterica inicialmente foi criada para fazer
produtos multimedia (e nao Internet); este era um deles.

— MV

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From: mvale…@ruido-visual.pt (Mario Valente)
Newsgroups: mv
Subject: Podia Ter Sido Eu a Inventar o MacBook Air
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 08 00:55:21 GMT

Quando vi as primeiras imagens/publicidades do Mac Book
Air pensei: “olha! queres ver que o sacana do Steve Jobs
me roubou a ideia?! vou ja processar o bastardo!”

http://www.macpredictions.com/2008/01/macbook-air-sub-notebook-with-no-cables.html

As imagens e o texto sao enganadores; diz “cables not included”
e parece nao haver qualquer ligacao entre as duas partes do
portatil. Um bocado em linha com o que a minha homonima Maria Joao
Valente ja referiu, pensei logo em video wireless.

http://mac2.wordpress.com/2008/01/15/something-in-the-air/

Mas pensei mais do que isso. Pensei: queres ver que finalmente
apareceu alguem inteligente e fez um portatil composto por DOIS
ecrans LCD (com ligacao de video wireless ou normal), em que um
dos ecrans poderia ser usado com um teclado virtual, algo que a
Apple estaria especialmente preparada para fazer dada a experiencia
do multitouch no iPhone?

http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/canova-dual-touch-screen-laptop

Mas nao, afinal o Steve limitou-se a apresentar um portatil
que cabe num envelope. Inovacoes a serio e um processo de patent
infringement ficam entao para a proxima MacWorld.

— MV

PS – Ah! O MacOSX 10.3.5 instalou no Powerbook G3…