April 2007 – Page 2 – frans goes blog

Media room project, part 3

Media room project, part 3
Originally uploaded by FransBadger.

Among all the other stuff, the media room project has progressed, too. During the Easter weekend, we finally got the cables into their canals and fixed to the corners of walls, and after carrying in the chairs the project reached some sort of temporary finale. There must be over 50 meters of medium-heavy loudspeaker wiring alone in the room. The most critical point currently is heat: few people, computers and a powerful video projector can easily transform a small home theatre into a sauna. Moving the server and printers into the storage room helped a lot, though. After a couple of movies (Happy Feet, Pirates of the Caribbian) I am actually rather impressed by the quality of audio and images. But there is always something to improve, of course. (Note the custom-made projector logo: “Mäyrän mediakellari”.)

Easter 07

Easter 07
Originally uploaded by FransBadger.

This is the first Easter in the new home. We have been working hard on everyday things like trying to find all the clothes and other necessities for daily life. Most of these few days and nights when there are no work related appointments have been used on organising and reorganising the house. But: a quiet, peaceful moment when there is no other need than just to be silent and enjoy life — this is what Easter is at its best. And to eat some Mämmi, of course!

Talks in Torni

Talks in Torni
Originally uploaded by FransBadger.

Torni (Tower) is a famous old high-rising hotel in Helsinki; today we had the advisory board meeting there for MindTrek Association, which runs probably the largest and oldest new media event in Scandinavia and one of the leading ones also in European scale. There is the constant challenge of what an event that is focused on the emerging, and the new, while also trying to capture attentions of professionals and general audience at the same time should focus this year. There is again some fresh energy in the air, so lets hope for an interesting, more tightly packaged MindTrek: most things will happen this time during only two days in Tampere, so book October 3rd and 4th in your calendars!

Moving stuff

Moving stuff
Originally uploaded by FransBadger.

We only have two days to move all Laura’s stuff in, after selling her apartment, and after one day we both feel pretty much like someone would have beaten us with sticks and stones. Many things go into contemporary living, many of them big and heavy. Oh, did I mention the aquarium?