Tag Archives: fun

Geek time: portrait in ascii art

Posted on 3 February, 2010 by Stef

Chatting with a colleague about ascii art, I ended up playing with GIMP from this pic.

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How to promote GNU and Software Freedom on 5th Avenue for free

Posted on 25 November, 2009 by Stef

Get this: Microsoft execs are desperately trying to reach kids and hipsters (pretending Windows is a cool brand) that they allow anybody to broadcast their tweets in the store window at legendary Saks on Fifth Avenue New York. So here … Continue reading →

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Libreplanet, Android, Funambol, Symbian, Ubuntu, Gnome, Mozilla and more at OSCON

Posted on 29 July, 2009 by Stef

OSCON 2009 was as good as I thought it would be. This year there was no mobile specific track but lots of talks about cloud computing. I met very interesting people, attaching faces and voices to email addresses and identi.ca … Continue reading →

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Funambol engineers apply iPhone ergonomics to cars

Posted on 1 April, 2009 by Stef

Check this out: Funambol’s R&D department just released a prototype user interface for driving cars. According to my colleagues that drove it in Redwood City, it’s so easy to use, even a caveman can drive it. The vehicle smashes driving … Continue reading →

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Devolve me: a game to celebrate Darwin’s theory

Posted on 15 January, 2009 by Stef

To celebrate 200th anniversary of Darwin’s birth and 150th anniversary of his book ‘Origins of the species’ the Open University setup a special site. I’ve played with their Devolve me game.

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Rainman, the day of the election

Posted on 16 April, 2008 by stefano

.flickr-photo { border: solid 1px #000000; } .flickr-frame { float: left; text-align: center; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Rainman This is how I’m dressed when it rains… well, it pours, for days like … Continue reading →

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New UI from Funambol to iPhone

Posted on 1 April, 2008 by Stef

Only real hackers consider improving what everybody else thinks is already optimal. At Funambol we like to do just that and we decided to improve the iPhone user interface: Funambol, the company that is known for putting the “fun” back … Continue reading →

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Upgraded wordpress, closing the week

Posted on 8 February, 2008 by Stef

This WordPress needed some maintainance, but this time instead of upgrading ‘manually’ I decided to use the WordPress Automatic Upgrade Plugin: boy, it was fast and simple. It seems to be working fine.’  If you spot any glitches let me … Continue reading →

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Fun: Oh lord (hacker version)

Posted on 17 January, 2008 by Stef

Some months ago, during a boring train trip, I plaid iwth famous Janis Joplin’s song Oh lord (Mercedes Benz). Here is the outcome, I hope you like it: Oh lord, would you teach me to hack gcc my friends all … Continue reading →

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Il uai e il bicaus

Posted on 24 December, 2007 by Stef

Buon Natale Visto che mi è stato chiesto, approfitto e rispondo alle domande di Alessio: Chi o cosa ti ha spinto a creare un blog? Principalmente per esercitarmi a comunicare in modo breve e rapido. Non l’avevo mai fatto prima, … Continue reading →

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