I have always been fond of visiting the Duomo of Milan with non-Italian friends, showing them this great piece of art (it IS really big). A couple of days ago I went back again with Costin, and shot some photos. Apart from the obvious beauty of the building, and the great historical and cultural significance […]
The Duomo of Milan is a non-Disney spaceship Read More »
Yesterday afternoon, in a closed parking area in the center of Milan my car was burglarized, and my computer bag was taken from the trunk. My data was backed up, but it would be still great to have it back. I also had my moleskin notebook in the bag, and unfortunately that wasn’t backed up.
My notebook was stolen. I’d like it back :) Read More »
This entry is here for the claim of this blog on Bloglines. I guess I could delete it after I am done with the claim, but I won’t.
It seems that I am one of the 100 lucky bloggers worldwide, who were quick enough to ask for Chris Anderson’s new book “The Long Tail” for review. His confirmation email came with a funny implicit disclaimer, as he is sending out not only the real books, but since too many people asked, also the
Chris Anderson’s “The Long Tail” book is on the way for my review! Read More »
The “Englines of Creation” by Eric Drexler has been a lightning bolt for me when I read it in the late 80s, and it is great to see it freed for all to enjoy. Nanotechnology has come alive lately in lame textiles or cosmetics products, but the vision of Drexler of nanoscale manufacturing lives on,
“Engines of Creation” available in free electronic format Read More »
There is a post today on Boing Boing about human migration. Cory wishes for other types of representations of similar data. Karl Hartig created a great information density chart for the October 1995 Classroom Edition of the Wall Street Journal, which represents five dimensions (!) in an eminently readable and enjoyable form in Edward Tufte’s
Human migration in high density data representation Read More »
. Our heads are like spy submarines exploring the world
Jaron Lanier speaks in Milan Read More »
I keep my photos on flickr, which let’s me share them conveniently with friends. Flickr has always been a fun place per se, and has spawned several creative initiatives. For example the collected photos of ’round stuff’ have been printed on a high quality poster: I have a photo of mine on it as well.
fastr is a funny game based on flickr Read More »
www.librarything.com got me a few months ago. It is a great site for cataloging your books, and has several unique features that make management and navigation very easy and pleasant.
LibraryThing is great for cataloging your books Read More »
I was very glad when Deja News was letting us search the great depths of Newsnet newsgroups postings, as well as when Google moved to purchase it, and integrate the entire corpus in its system. I am sure that there are a lot of things that I don’t know about it yet, but today I
Over twelve years of newsgroup postings Read More »
