Devo resistere.

In fondo a cosa mi serve il GPS ed il 3G?
Ad andare piu’ veloce e piu’ facilmente (dato che la copertura 3G e’ di gran lunga superiore a quella 2.5G)?
A poter andare in giro come turista e avere una mappa che mi localizza in maniera ancora piu’ precisa?

Il 2.5G e’ piu’ che sufficiente per: navigare siti web e, soprattutto, email.
Il locationing basato su Triangolazione basta e avanza con uno che ha un buon senso dell’orientamento come me, e permette di imparare anche meglio i luoghi, pur usufruendo della mappa se davvero mi perdo.

Ma… basta un video online di spacchettamenti di quei cazzarielli che fa Mamma Apple, ed io perdo la testa.
Sparatemi in fronte, please! Fatelo per il mio Conto Corrente!

You know, I’m picky when it’s about woman and technology (and food, but not as much as for the previous). Apple, a while ago now, get rid of the the normal/classical keyboard with big and deep keys (that every proper geek/software engineer loves)…

… to replace it with the crap, ultra slim, no-noisy, no-tasty, no-feedback alluminum+plastic keyboard.

A shame. A real shame.

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I have already highlighted in the past this project. Now I’m delighted to report that version 1.7 is out, and… it’s a great one!!!

We are thrilled to announce the launch of PicLens Version 1.7 with three exciting additions:

• Shop Amazon– The 3D Wall transformed image search. Now PicLens launches online shopping into the 21st century. Browse and buy seamlessly just like window shopping!
• Discover– MSNBC, ESPN, movie trailers…Get the latest news, photos, and video feeds.
• Return to PicLens– An essential for playing with pictures: toggle in and out of your desktop, the browser, and PicLens!

Find out more at http://blog.cooliris.com and download your own free latest release at http://www.piclens.com.

My favourite feature? Discover!
As soon as I installed the addon in Firefox (very notable: it’s already compatible with the brand new version 3 of my favourite browser), I spent something like 40 minutes just browsing the “movies/tv” section, full of very updated and interesting content… and presented in the most “sexy” way I have ever seen.

Again, a great piece of Software. Strongly recommended to give it a go!

PS Just to avoid to forget, Piclens works practically ANY browser .

Coca di fianco al mio MBP.
Una mano agitata di troppo (e’ la mia natura, non ci posso fare niente).
Una superficie di alluminio e plastica metallizzata… ricoperta interamente di friccicante coca.
Spegnimento istantaneo automatico (ancora non so perche’, ma dalla velocita’ e l’immediatezza assumo sia presente un sensore water-proof).
1299 pound che salutano con la manina, insieme ad una quantita’ infinita di dati dal valore inestimabile.

Iastemme di tutti i tipi. Richiesta di aiuto (prima in Italiano, poi in Inglese).
3 disperati che tentano di asciugare per salvare il salvabile.

Lasciato sotto sopra ad asciugare tutta la notte.

Al mattino, alimentatore, MegSafe, power-button: DOOOOOOONG!!!
Il classico suono del mio amato amico/figlio/compagno.
Una finesta si apre con “l’ultimo Update per Google App Engine”.
Tutto funge.

Alcuni tasti sono un po’ “azzeccosi”: oggi lo apro e vai di alcool denaturato per rimuovere le impurita’.

Grazie Steve.

After a year and a couple of months I’m going to leave Symbian Software Ltd. (London). It has been a very good experience as my first job in UK: a way to grow mainly, first as a Man, then as a Software Engineer… and then professionally in general.

A lot of interesting, inspiring, intelligent people (and a lot of NOT), that showed me “their way”: I took where it was worth it, not where it wasn’t… and left where I was able to.

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From Slashdot:

Nokia Urges Linux Developers To Be Cool With DRM

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superglaze writes in to note that according to Nokia’s software chief, its plans for open source include getting developers to accept things like DRM, commercial IP rights, and SIM locks.

«[Ari] Jaaksi admitted that concepts like these “go against the open-source philosophy,” but said they were necessary components of the current mobile industry.
“Why do we need closed vehicles? We do,” he said.
“Some of these things harm the industry but they’re here [as things stand]. These are touchy, emotional issues, but this dialogue is very much needed. As an industry, we plan to use open-source technologies, but we are not yet ready to play by the rules; but this needs to work the other way round too.”»

So, Nokia wants to EAT using the knowledge and the software that the Open Source Community created… and, at the same time, change it’s culture and impose concepts that are COMPLETELY against the Open Source “philosophy” itself. Interesting…
Instead of learning of the quality of what the Open Source community is capable of doing using a development model built around “equality and quality”, they want to teach/impose? And to who? To the Trolltech employee? They are free to do so… but this does not mean that the rest of the Community will change its mind.
QT? There is KDE that has a foundation to protect it PLUS there is always the Fork option .
Think about XFree86 and X.org: nowdays they lost all the users… because of the stupid decision of changing the license.

Sorry mates, this is not the right way. And now you are not the only player any more: still the biggest… but this is changing, and the Q4-2007 + Q1-2008 says that more than anything else.

Source: Pollycoke.