Archive for April 1st, 2006

iPods From Outer Space

Published by ugo on April 1, 2006 in apple. 0 Comments

body snatchers.jpgThe title is not a reference to Don Siegel’s classic Invasion of the Body Snatchers, where duplicates of the people of a small village were grown inside giant pods. Rather, it refers to Apple’s newest marketing strategy: building a giant iPod-like structure that would be visible from high above, if not exactly from outer space. At least, it’s visible in Google Maps.

ipod-space.jpgTake care: While this might seem like an April Fool’s joke, the news broke out at least one week ago on boakes.org, so it’s probably genuine.

By the way, happy 30th birthday, Apple!

(Via Davide).

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Duke Nukem Forever is a Rails application

Published by ugo on April 1, 2006 in fun and ruby-rails. 1 Comment

nukem.jpgThe long wait is finally over. After having been in development since 1997, we finally have a demo version of Duke Nukem Forever. Not being much of a gamer, I’m not that excited, but being a web developer I finally feel vindicated: According to Ars Technica, Duke Nukem Forever is a Ruby on Rails application, runs in a browser and uses Ajax:

From the ReadMe.txt file, I also found out why we’ve been waiting so long for Duke Nukem Forever. Wanting Duke Nukem Forever to run on all platforms, but not wanting to bust a nut writing three different versions (not to mention having to come up with both PowerPC and x86 binaries for Mac OS X), the developers came up with a clever solution. Duke Nukem Forever has been rewritten as an Ajax application written using the Ruby on Rails framework. What it means is that Duke Nukem Forever has skipped a generation and is the first true Web 3.0 application, and it runs entirely in your web browser. Any web browser, on any platform… well almost.

This clearly demonstrates that the Web is the platform for everything, including high-end, 3D games with plenty of sex and gore. Go Rails!