#blender.fi

Renderfarm.fi and with it Blender are being represented at AltParty 2009: Man Meets Machine on the weekend of 23.-26.10.2009. The event is being held for the ninth time and this year's theme is Cyberpunk. We'll be posting photos and some news about the happening during and after the weekend.

Apart from coming to meet us and many other Blender and BOINC enthusiasts out the Renderfarm.fi stand at AltParty, you can enjoy some very interesting seminars. Some of the most notable speakers this year include Sophie Wilson and Jeri Ellisworth.

Sophie Wilson created the Acorn System One in 1978 and went on to co-design the BBC Microcomputer and implement BBC BASIC. She designed the instruction set for the Acorn Risc Machine (ARM) CPU in 1983. Jeri Ellisworth on the other hand is well-known for designing the Commodore 30-in-1 Direct to TV - a C64 clone built into a joystick, capable of playing 30 famous C64 titles - and in theory expandable to a full Commodore 64 computer system.

Check out the cool Renderfarm.fi AltParty 2009 promo video made by Jerico and some other friends from #blender.fi! The farm backdrop will later be released in CC and used for Renderfarm.fi related competitions for all users of the service. Also check out the full party schedule on the AltParty website.

Just thought I'd post this one as we're getting awfully close to the Assembly 2009 computer fair in Helsinki, Finland. This 30 second add will be shown on the online broadcast of AssemblyTV. The add features a postcard that will be handed out at Assembly 2009 by members of the Renderfarm.fi crew and hopefully also by our friends at #blender.fi. The postcard features a competition and by filling the postcard people at the fair will be able to participate in a competition to win prizes such as Renderfarm.fi t-shirts etc. Postcard graphics by Jani Lintunen (Jerico) and sounds/music by yours truly ;). As Ortho would say, "XOXO, see you soon!"