It was supposed to be a my first Parks on the Air (POTA) activation. I struggled to find a parking slot inside the Park because streets sides where very narrow, until I found one barred from sea view by a small debris hill. I had my gear set up, my portable antenna ready. Full of … Leggi tutto
It makes for a interesting topic, no matter where you stay in the matter of Copyright and Right to Use. I found a good coverage on michaelharley.net. It covers Linux, so if anyone happens to experiment about making their book device-agnostic, it may give it a read. BE VERY sure to avoid infringing international and … Leggi tutto
Apple has recently spur some controversy with the introduction of a biometric sensor onboard its last flagship product, the iPhone. When it comes to this topic (governments stealing fingerprints…anyone?), I think that most people are overseeing some other interesting issues. In my knowledge, available and affordable biometric sensors are known to be quite easy to … Leggi tutto
I have been quite busy…busy busy. In the meanwhile, let’s have a look at the world’s (possibly) biggest BASE jump. Courtesy of Vercors BASE Team and www.squirrel.ws
Riding the Booster with enhanced sound [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aCOyOvOw5c] It can’t get more awesome than this.
Dennis Ritchie has passed away and we bear another sad loss in these days. Dmr (his Unix user name) had a profound impact on everything we know. Speaking of impact, I have two words: C and Unix. For everyone who understands, again, enough said. Thank you for everything.
Dennis Ritchie has passed away and we bear another sad loss in these days. Dmr (his Unix user name) had a profound impact on everything we know. Speaking of impact, I have two words: C and Unix. For everyone who understands, again, enough said. Thank you for everything.
took a little time to write about. Pain takes time, and words are slow. For everyone who lived the computer revolution and watched mesmerized Macintosh products in shops, enough said. Now people are excited and are repeating the old mantra. I wonder if they understand what they repeat. I wonder if this excitement will last. … Leggi tutto
took a little time to write about. Pain takes time, and words are slow. For everyone who lived the computer revolution and watched mesmerized Macintosh products in shops, enough said. Now people are excited and are repeating the old mantra. I wonder if they understand what they repeat. I wonder if this excitement will last. … Leggi tutto
http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/17/some-e-books-are-more-equal-than-others/ Amazon deleting regularly bought e-books from kindle at editor request? Must they be out of their mind. I would not buy a Kindle, nor use it if someone bought it to me, nor I would buy anything directly produced from Amazon, if those are the policies they enforce toward their clients. Of course I … Leggi tutto