There are so many things that i’ve missed during the years but there are also so many things that i covered. So where do I want this little baby to go in the future? Frankly I don’t know. There are still a good bunch of you readers comming back every week, and there are still no new posts…

A couple of months ago Me and a friend started http://copygr.am a great service that lets you enjoy Instagram on your computer or iPad. My friend also runs the blog http://www.thecubetheory.com – and we also started http://danjan.se

So what are we doing right now? Well we are planning our move on version 2 of Copygram, it’s going to be awesome. We are also working some state of the art concepts for new online services.

Bare with me… I don’t know where we are going but I know one thing, I’ll always love design, architecture, music, videos, photography and cultural awareness.

see you soon / Linus

So don’t hesitate to send me some articles and link to something you written before, or if you got a blog or similar with reference work.

So, Steve released thoughts on Flash… So i thought why don’t I release thoughts on iPhone 4. Well it’s very hard for me to be constructive in my critics when it comes to Apple. Because they are the number one company in the world when it comes to design consumer products. The level of detail and quality in finish isn’t found anywhere else, maybe if you compare to a Leica camera or and old Braun product from the 60′s. The build quality is always down to the micrometer. Almost at atom level. So what will be different with the iPhone 4? Well not much when it comes to the iOS4, we have had video calls in sweden since the beginning of the 00′s. And Face Time seems cool but not like revolution, and it builds on that everyone has an iPhone 4, very good unique selling point, but thats it really. And we have some gorgeous new features like multitasking, folders, unified inboxes. We also sure knows that Apple and Adobe are friends, and the only reason Flash is not supported is, “It’s simply not running fast enough” – Steve Jobs D8. I love that quote, and I so agree with Steve, HTML5 and CSS3 is the open standard we all should live and develop in, I still know people building sites with tables… So simply go learn HTML5 and CSS3, it’s worth the effort. Because it’s the future.

So what about the hardware? Well here it’s starts to get interesting, first of we got this new beautiful housing, with stainless steel and glass enclosure on both the front and the back. We have this stainless steel frame to also with the help of great engineering works as both an antenna for the GPS, WiFi and bluetooth and the other part works as GSM and HSDPA antenna. Thats just shows how far Apple has come in terms of designing and building great products. So now you think… Whats the downside of this? Well first of, how many do you know that hasn’t broken their screen on their iPhone? Mine never got destroyed, touch wood… But i know plenty of people that has dropped their phone from various heights, with vary outcomes. So if this thing is on both the front and the back, will i have shattered glass allover the apartment if i drop it? And will it be all greasy? Or is it scratch/grease resistant? Just thoughts on that, I just love the design more than ever, but my thoughts this time are trying to be objective.

More on hardware, lets look inside, well they gone with a right decision when they boosted the battery, and when they made the iPhone 24% thinner. They also made an amazing thing when they decided to put in the A4 chip in that little magical device. If we look a bit deeper, we see that they change to 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi (802.11n 2.4GHz only). This is way better, the still got the Assisted GPS, and Digital Compass. Now they also introduce a gyroscope, this simply means gaming is going to be awesome. Do dig a bit deeper on the Gyro, they combine all the sensors on the device and generate a 6-axis motion tracking device. Position, Gravity & Velocity. Still got that gnarly Bluetooth EDR system, you can now pair your bluetooth keyboard.

What do we got left Steve… Thoughts on the iPhone… Ohhh snap, the Retina Display, wow, really, Retina? I mean in the print industry 300 dpi is somewhat standard for magazines. For you people that don’t understand thats the amount of dots being printed per square inch. PPI is the same but comes in handy when you talk about screens. To compare 326 PPI, the exact number of the Retina Display, to print should be just the same, so it should be like looking at a really nice magazine. And a regular computer screen, like the one you get in a Dell or HP first it was 76 PPI then someone decided to change that to 96, and now we have screens like the one on the iMac with 126 ppi… Pretty higres if you ask me but 326?! Thats really insane, and i can’t wait to see that pixel density on larger screens, when that time comes we will talk SPR 8 HD MEGA CHANNEL QUALITY. The branding wont even fit on TV stickers any more, we’ll need to make the screens bigger to fit the stickers.

Well thats the thing I’m most exited about, the Retina Display, however i think the name is bodacious, like what?! A Retina Display? Do you scan your eyes with it? But thats the only downside.

So thats it, my thoughts on iPhone 4. Whats yours? Please comment or share this post. It’s beautiful journalism.
Send steve an email: sjobs@apple.com
Check out the awesome new iPhone site: www.apple.com/iphone
Just want to get HTML5 into your brain: www.apple.com/HTML5

Linus – Editor in Chief

Hey, 4 weeks until christmas and I updated my Photo setup. Went from Nikon to Canon… Got my self the Canon Eos 7D, together with a prime lens, Sigma EX 30mm f1.4 and a wide-angle zoom lens Tokina PRO 16-55mm f2.8. Got a reflector with sunlight and white side. Also equipped the 7D with a battery grip and extra battery.

So why did i go from Nikon to Canon? First the ability to record 1080p video with so big variety when it comes to lenses, and second the price range, the 7D is from 1899$ and compared to the Nikon d300s the Canon seemed like the better option. Why not the Canon Eos 5D mark ll?! Well i like to shot action photography and the 5D does 3 bps… the 7D does 8. And that’s the only reason for me. i would love that big sexy 1:1 sensor in the 5D, but however I don’t work as a photographer and feel no need of a 1:1 camera.

VIDEO:
This is a little something I just tried out, first video i shot with the Canon 7D it’s in 720p and 50bps.

Verdict:
So after shooting with this beauty for a weekend, I feel like I’ve done a good decision. I might want to get one or two more lenses, but so far I enjoy the Sigma 30mm f1.4. The build of the 7D is great, as a High End consumer gadget, it’s just amazing, makes my Nikon d40 feel like plastic junk. You have so many add-ons on the Canon, if you shoot video you can build on with external mics, you can rig it on a shoulder mount. If you shoot studio the flash unit controls external flashes to, new for the 7D. The 18mpx APS sensor is great to, there are some noise trouble on the higher ISOs BIG BUT I don’t care, there is a little less noise in the 5D mark ll, but not enough to make me consider it instead.

Hope this was good reading.
Check out my flickr for more shots with the 7D. www.flickr.com/linusekenstam

This weeks submission to the flickr group F&K, the theme was “sayings”, i wanted to do something rad, but it was raining the entire sunday… The saying i worked on was “As you make your bed, so you must lie on it.”?! right me if I’m wrong.

Check out, Åsa, Mimmi, Magnus and Tessan. This week holds a new theme…

Let’s start with a simple and powerful thank you! We just checked our 3rd quater stats, and we are covered by 100% of the worlds countries. We consider that being 100% international. I have a lot of bloggish friends big thanks to you, i tried really hard not making this just another blog, but many times it’s just that we are just another blog. We need to step out, become something more, without getting destroyed.

Do you have any thoughts? Ideas? comments? Please let us know, we are working on a re-make, but we want to keep the simple and clean layout, maybe get some nice new features, let us know your thoughts, you make this site possible not us.

/ We Are 100% International

This weeks submission to the group Fabulös & Korthuggen, this weeks theme was BULB ( – - ). The shot is taken with 21 second shutter and aperture on f.22 no artificial lighting.
Make sure you check out, Åsa, Mimmi & Tessan submissions.

There was another idea from the beginning, but we had some wine so i couldn’t drive to the place i wanted to take the shots. But i got great results.

Equipment.
Nikon D40
17-55 kit lens.
Tripod.

This is my weeks contribute to the flickr group Fabulös & Korthuggen. This weeks theme was UpsideDown. Shot taken on the roof of my Golf Cab Gl. Blossa 09 Glögg, taken thru a sphere of glass, makes this an very impulse shot. No planning, just an idéa i got when i was in the apartment on my way to my dad to celebrate Fathers day.

Photo on flickr.com

This is my Photo for this weeks theme in our group Fabulös & Korthuggna

I connect breastcancer with my mom, she just been thru hell, and i could have taken a photo of her, but i wanted to try a set design, and well who is better at suporting than Mona Lisa?! I think she is doing a great job.

HOW-TO.
2 shots, one at the set, and one at a stained paper, 2 layers in photoshop, blendmode = overlay. One additional layer, saturation layer with a mask on the Pinkribbon. Thats it. So please visit and bookmark the group, it consists of a group of swedish amateur photographers that does weekly photo themes competitions. Visit Fabulös & Korthuggna

Other entries

1. Mimmi Bäckman
2. Åsa Hellman
3. Tessan Lücke

First I need to speak free, this is not a inspiration post, not a review, not a cool gadget, it’s just me, Linus speaking out. My grandfather passed away last Thursday, therefor no posts the last week, there is no inspiration in me right now. This is why it’s hard being a guy writing a blog, I’m not posting “daily outfit photos” nor any shopping tips. I don’t write how much money i spend on shopping, i write about things, objects, people, experiences that inspire me. My grandfather inspired me.

So right now I’m not so comfortable with writing about anything, I will try to write something about my grandfather Jan Opiola, who passed away on the 24th of September 2009, I’m so sorry for not doing this earlier, grandpa.

Your soul is free, your out of your agony, you’ve found your peace.
Maxwell – This Woman’s Work:

This was for the Dos Family Photo Competition. – We love color.

And as you might notice when you click the Image, I’ve finaly got the lightbox to work. So every post, with gallery images will be in the same set. Check out the Tracy Raver Post, and you’ll see it in action.

You can download your own original high-res copy at flickr (use this link), use it, if you do just feel free to mail me photos on where you used it so i can publish them here!

I also want to give you this address, It’s to a friends blog, headbangheartbeat.blogg.se, her name is Annie and she blogs using the language “Svenska” so if you are swede or just want a bad ass blog to read head over to her site.

Now sleep before my Monday rock-tour at work

Check out my big influense and his amazing artwork at www.byhenzel.com – I can never do the great designs that he does, so this is more of a tribute!

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I’m working on a automated service, where you without login can attach your spotify HTML link, and name the playlist, tag it with artists, and you can click playlists and tell if you like them or not.

You will also be able to search in terms like, “summer 09 mix” or “Sweden top 100″ or maybe if you like house, you can search for “sweet house mix”

The idea is to get you into new music, if you are a frequent user of Spotify you know that the library is huge and that the problem is that you can’t really see other users playlists, here is a way of sharing those really good playlists.

So I’m in the development stadium now, and this is one of the blueprints that are online, you can find it here (there can be problems viewing in IE 7 and down right now, so for the best view in FF or IE 8, Safari or Opera)

So please give us feedback, just send me an email and let me know your ideas or maybe if you have other things you wish where there to help support the sharing of music. You can also use the comments function here on the blog

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Just nu jobbar jag med en användarstyrd sajt där du utan att logga in kan ladda upp en HTTP länk ifrån Spotify, namnge den, tagga med artister, du har möjlighet att klicka på ett hjärta eller att bara klicka och så sjunker listan i popularitet.

Det kommer att vara möjligt att söka på termer som “sommer mix 09″ eller “sverige top 100″, det kommer vara just det som vi saknar på Spotify, hur man delar med sig av musiken på ett smart sätt.

Hela idén är baserad på att du ska få möjlighet att lyssan på ny musik, som du inte kommit i kontakt med men som du med stor säkerhet gillar. Problemet med Spotify som sådant, är att biblioteket är enormt, men om man inte vet var man ska söka på blir kvaniteten onödig och kvaliteten sjunker, men kan man däremot nå bra musik på ett lätt sätt så blir kvantiteten ovärderlig. (Just nu är det lite problem med IE 7 och lägre så använd gärna en modernare webläsare, IE 8, Firefox, Safari, eller Opera)

Total value of 850 sek.

CONTACT ME KNOW!!!

So i figured, who is the new president of the united states of america look-a-like? In my manors it’s Abraham Lincoln one of the 44 president that have been inserted in the white house during the battles between red and blue. This is my way of interpreting this election and i don’t mean any harm, just art.

To download the iPhone wallpaper click here and then just save it to your hard drive. Then import it to iPhoto and sync your phone, or just surf over here on your iPhone and save it directly into your photos.

Wow, this has gone fast, actually we celebrate our 1 year birthday on Friday, and we have no idea what we gonna do to celebrate that online. We need to give you readers something that you deserve but can’t really come up with anything. We do have some stuff up our sleeve but not quite done yet, right now I’m trying to figure out where we wanna be in another year, we know have a nice flow of readers, I mean that I’m very happy for all of you that visit daily or just time to time.

This is from the awesome STILLONTHERUN “Takeshi”

I know that there are times when we don’t update that frequent and we are terrible sorry for that, this is a site that we currently don’t make any money on, and we put in a lot of effort in scanning the web and updating it because of the pure joy of writing and sharing. So there are some natural causes to why we sometimes get less active than others. But in a near future we really hope for some change, not just a new president in the US but maybe a boost in readers and some small amount of money flow into the business so we can afford to take some hours of to deliver even better stuff.

Made by Siggeir Hafsteinsson

There has always been a thought in the back of our heads of creating something bigger than a blog, something where people can participate and evolve together, thru design and architecture, photography, gadgets, life, people and pure happiness. We are a long way from that but we think that if you all enjoy the site and help us to spread the knowledge about the site there can be some change in a not far distant future. Thank you for making this first year of blogging about everything from Shoe Strings to the Burj Dubai a real pleasure, and we hope that all of you will countinue to read and be inspired and help us to spread the word – We Are Super Famous!