January 2012
28 posts
Courage is a special kind of knowledge: the knowledge of how to fear what ought...
– David Ben-Gurion (via mnmal)
It’s Just Stuff — Shawn Blanc →
I may drive a Jeep because I’m a Colorado boy at heart, and I may own a charcoal grill because I like things “pure”, and I may own Apple gadgets because I have an affinity for fine software. So yes, you can tell a lot about me by the things I own. But they are just that — things. They can be stolen, broken, taken, and lost. They should never become distractions to the things that matter most, nor...
Conflict or Cooperation? →
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Se há algo de revolucionário na Internet, o SOPA e o PIPA representam Termidor,...
– ÉPOCA – Paulo Moreira Leite em seu Blog.
Infidelity makes a good president
AVISO: o raciocínio abaixo não é piada. Ele foi elaborado por um psicólogo da Fox pra referendar N.Gingrich
1) Three women have met Mr. Gingrich and been so moved by his emotional energy and intellect that they decided they wanted to spend the rest of their lives with him.
2) Two of these women felt this way even though Mr. Gingrich was already married.
3 ) One of them felt this way even though...
Vada a bordo, cazzo!
A história pode não ser verdadeira, mas é sensacional:
After his retirement he was cruising the Mediterranean on an Italian
cruise liner and some Italian journalists asked why an ex British
Prime Minister should chose an Italian ship.
“There are three things I like about being on an Italian cruise ship”
said Churchill.
“First their cuisine is unsurpassed. Second their service is superb. And then,...
Why curators should care about SOPA/PIPA Scoop.it →
Churchill used to say: “In England, everything is permitted, except that which is forbidden. In Germany, everything is forbidden, except that which is permitted. In France, everything is permitted even that which is forbidden. In the USSR, everything is forbidden, even that which is permitted.”
DMCA is England; the Movie Industry thinks it’s France and wants us to be in Germany but this could...
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/01/apple-educat... →
O que a Apple lançará amanhã e NY? que tal uma app que unifique e simplifique o iWork e o faça produzir ebooks? algo como um papel digital para tudo. A ver.
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De uma cidade não aproveitamos suas sete ou setenta e sete maravilhas, mas as...
– Italo Calvino, Cidades Invisíveis
They did it! Imitation is indeed the sincerest form of flattery. Take a look at this video posted on Kickstarter more than one year ago which made the headlines for its record breaking success, and that Android version. In my opinion it’s the difference between elegance and some sort of Dick Tracy unusable gadget.
Iran Says Bomb Kills University Professor -... →
Primeiro o Stuxnet, depois o assassinato a bomba de cinco cientistas envolvidos no programa. Se fosse contra uma nação do ocidente receberia o nome de terrorismo, como chamaríamos se é contra o Irã e, aquela pergunta clássica para encontrar os autores: a quem interessaria?
Há coisas essenciais sobre o racismo no episódio ocorrido no restaurante Nonno...
– Sueli Carneiro: “Para o racista a negritude chega sempre na frente dos signos de prestígio social” | Maria Frô
Poucas palavras, mas que simplesmente jogam no lixo o livro do Ali Kamel
But the truth is that whether we like it or not every action we take and every...
– The Intentional Life
One Out Of Three Ain't Bad...
parislemon:
All we’ve heard for the past year-plus is how Android is killing it. The phones are taking over the world. And that’s true — from a unit perspective. But from an actual business perspective, things are decidedly murkier. Google says they’re making a good amount of money as a result of Android, but it’s clearly nothing compared to their main business. The carriers are doing well too...
Why Political Liberty Depends on Software Freedom... →
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An interview with Notational Velocity developer... →
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In 2004 Merlin Mann at 43folders noticed NV gave me the idea to have it...
– An interview with Notational Velocity developer Zachary Schneirov – Surat Says é ete tipo de interação “em rede” que faz o conhecimento circular e o ambiente tecnológico norte-americano evoluir como nenhum outro. Schneirov não é nenhum gênio multimilionário, nem Merlin muito menos...
It is an irony noted with relish by critics of the protests – one also glumly...
– m.guardian.co.uk
Sou de um tempo em que os símbolos de “revolta” eram criados fora do sistema, tal como a imagem de Che por Korda, o “A” da anarquia ou o “paz e amor”. Não deixa de ser triste que a própria estrutura que a “revolta” atual quer...
December 2011
35 posts
Super Tucano vence programa LAS da USAF | Poder... →
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São Paulo – SP, Brasil, 30 de dezembro de 2011 – A Força Aérea dos Estados Unidos anunciou hoje que selecionou o avião de combate Super Tucano, fabricado pela Embraer Defesa e Segurança, para o programa LAS (Light Air Support), ou Apo…
O Super-Tucano venceu!
Why Windows 8 Tablets Will Surprise Everyone →
Como um arraigado Mac user, posso dizer, a grande empresa de tecnologia de 2012 será a Microsoft. Se algum conselho puder servir para bolsa de valores, compre Microsoft. Metro UI e Kinect, no Xbox, Windows 8 e Windows Phone estão permitindo a MS pensar tão diferente quanto a Apple em 1998.
And now AirServer has even been optimized for dedicated Mac Mini’s connected to...
– Video Streaming | AirServer o media center está completo
Ocidente
Somos nós brasileiros ocidentais? Sempre achei que sim, mas cada vez que leio algum scholar tratar do tema, vejo-os argumentar que não.
Disruptions: Wearing Your Computer on Your Sleeve... →
Michael Liebhold, a senior researcher specializing in wearable computing at the Institute for the Future in Palo Alto, Calif., predicts that the next step in technology is the blurring of the real and virtual worlds.
2011: Twelve Months of Protest →
Malaise. Se um ano pudesse ser definido por uma única palavra, 2011 seria o ano du malaise, como mostram essas fotos na New Yorker. Da Tunísia aos Estados Unidos, de Mohamed Bouazizi ao Occupy Wall Street, uma indefinida sensação de debilidade e desconforto assolou o mundo nesse ano.
Se o Brasil tivesse na mão de administradores na época, e não de economistas,...
– Boa análise de Stephen Kanitz sobre a venda das Teles Sobre o Livro “Privataria Tucana”
There Is a Flip Side →
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Dave Winer, on trying to convince Joe Hewitt to switch to Android: Anyway, he thinks the iPhone is great. He doesn’t want to use Android. But I want him to use it, for the same reason I use it. Which is the title of this piece. Right now i…
“Fear of Apple is about losing control over the software on our computers. Fear of Google is about losing control over our...
A Commencement Address by Joseph Brodsky | The New... →
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A Commencement Address, Joseph Brodsky 1984 →
O texto completo mantenho em todos os meus gadgets, vale sempre a releitura. Hoje, particularmente, precisei relê-lo várias vezes. Extraio essa pequena parte que dá uma boa idéia do todo.
“Twenty years ago the following scene took place in one of the numerous prison yards of northern Russia. At seven o’clock in the morning the door of a cell was flung open and on its threshold stood a...
Miami por Anthony Bourdain →
Se ele diz, quem sou eu para desmentir. Ademais, começo a gostar da Flórida.