I just received this (shocking?) press release:

PERSBERICHT

08/06/07: Think-Media lanceert dit najaar nieuw gamemagazine.

Think-Media brengt in september via haar dochteronderneming De Vrije Pers, uitgever van P-magazine, Ché en Maxim en hiermee onbetwist marktleider in mannenbladen, een gloednieuw gamemagazine op de markt.

De gamesector groeit uit tot een mature markt nu steeds meer gezinnen één of zelfs meerdere spelcomputers in huis hebben, de nieuwe next generation-spelconsoles steeds meer multimediafuncties omvatten en het online gamen spectaculair stijgt.

Het multiplatform gamemagazine richt zich op de brede groep van entertainment enthusiasts tussen 15 en 45 jaar die zowel occasioneel als fanatiek geïnteresseerd zijn in de wereld van videogames en de bijhorende high definition lifestyle.

Het magazine en de bijhorende gamesite zullen op een objectieve en overzichtelijke manier nieuwe games en randproducten bespreken. Tevens zullen alle facetten van het online gamen uitgebreid aan bod komen.

De redactie staat onder leiding van Bart Cop die reeds meer dan 15 jaar professioneel actief is als gamereporter.

Het magazine verschijnt maandelijks vanaf september met twaalf nummers per jaar; de uitgebreide gamesite die gelijktijdig gelanceerd wordt omvat enkele unieke luiken.

Think-Media is genoteerd op Euronext Brussel. Het bedrijf is actief op het gebied van buitenreclame, uitgever van magazines (P-magazine, Ché en Maxim), radio (Cool FM) en Online Media (Clint.be).

This basically says there’s a new gamers magazine coming up for the dutch speaking people, from the same company that publishes P-magazine, Ché and Maxim. The chief editor will be Bart Cop, which isn’t exactly an unknow person in the game industry. According to the press release, the target audiency will be the casual and fanatic gamer aged 15 to 45. The start of this monthly magazine is planned somewhere round the end of the year and will be released together with a website.

I’m curious what it will contain and if this is going to create new possibilities for gaming Belgium.

Source: http://games.shizzle.be/ 

The first things that came to my mind when I saw this gadget was: “Yes the good old pong is back in a new design” and immediately after that “oh and what a brilliant poker table”.
Ok, I must admin a pong/poker table that costs about 7000 euro’s is a bit decadent but hey … old skool rokz!

Microsoft is developing this idea and concept since 2001 and it should finally be available by the end of this year. I can image boardrooms will benefit greatly of this medium, as well as hotel lobbies and ofcourse my own living room. The only thing is … will we be able to get used to look at a horizontally placed screen. We don’t watch TV from above too. Most of the times the practical side wins from the design side, let’s see who will win this time.

More information on the Mircosoft surface: http://www.microsoft.com/surface/

Today I finally bought an Apple Imac, after years of doubt, thinking, comparing … but now it’s here. My first impressions are super and if it continues like this, Apple is going to be a part of my life for a long time.

The reason why I made this step is not only because I like the Apple community, their design but especially because I am a complete Apple noob and I get more and more Apple questions. It will also help me test future websites for compatibility … and I even tend to design and layout future websites on this machine.

Does this mean Windows and it’s pc/laptop is history? Not at all, Windows and even Linux will continue their existence in my work and personal life, they’ll just have to share the time with the white, shiny, oh-so-good-looking Imac … and we’ll reconsider their positions when Leopard hits the stores

But two is too much!!!!
Everybody has a look-a-like, so they say. And sadly … I must agree. This weekend I found the look-a-like of my colleague, software engineer and Blicbox-blogger. The resemblance was so big I had to take a picture of his second him to prove it, cause I know he wouldn’t believe me anyway. The picture is not 100% perfect and sharp, but I haven’t touched it with any filters, this is the real deal! Timo on the coast of Belgium and Timo2 in Holland/The Kemps.