Category Archives: Programming

Coding as education: Code.org inspiring video

Posted on March 13, 2013 by Stefano

I love this video (and coding as well). Truly inspiring. Code.org has put together several hi-tech VIPs (and some non-tech guys) in this video witnessing how much programming opens minds, gives logic and opportunity and… definitely it’s fun! Who is … Continue reading →

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1 Million Raspberry PIs sold! What did Eben Upton really thought at the beginning?

Posted on January 23, 2013 by Stefano

I love Raspberry PI, that’s a fact! It’s the perfect computer to learn, play, build and have fun. As reported by TechCrunch: To celebrate the company released this cute info graphic, informing us that, if stacked end to end, a … Continue reading →

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A working iPod on a web page: a tribute to Steve Jobs – and a great HTML 5 example too!

Posted on October 9, 2012 by Stefano

Inventika Solutions, a small Web development company, created this astounding HTML 5+CSS3+jQuery project that works exactly as the original iPod – as a tribute to Steve Jobs. The Mumbai-based company achieved great reviews because of this work – and they … Continue reading →

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NASA’s Curiosity achievement, technology & some fun too!

Posted on August 8, 2012 by Stefano

A few things about great NASA Curiosity mission you may have missed! Apple was almost everywhere in this mission… just check out this photo of the EDL Ops Center (Entry-Descent-Land Operation) : Mac OS X looks like the weapon of … Continue reading →

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Look mom, I developed an iOS app (and I’m still a kid)

Posted on November 11, 2011 by Stefano

This one goes for two categories of people: those who tell you “iPhone development it’s just for grown-ups” those who sell you iPhone development tools that even a kid can leverage… Meet Thomas Suarez (6th grader) at TED talk…

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How programmers and users see each others

Posted on November 6, 2011 by Stefano

I guess there’s more truth in this pic than most programmers (and users) will ever admit! My clue: I’m not green…

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Google Gravity: a JQuery great falling experience with Google – and your browser too!

Posted on September 1, 2011 by Stefano

MrDoob – a spanish guy that calls himself a “non-creative award-losing junior developer” has created a pretty good HTML5 + JQuery page that may look like Google’s home page but… Google Gravity is one project among several others that show … Continue reading →

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20 Popular (and cheap) WordPress plugins

Posted on August 5, 2011 by Stefano

Chill Download has compiled quite an impressive list of 20 great WordPress plugins, ranging from SEO to e-commerce integration, social media enhancements, a shortcode utility (at last), two events-related plugins and photo gallery generator as well as several slider plugins. … Continue reading →

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How to remove images (or selected HTML tags) from a WordPress page (and live happy)

Posted on June 18, 2011 by Stefano

I love working with WordPress, there’s always a new tiny pretty trick around the corner that makes this great blogging tool behave just like something more versatile. I’ve been working on a web site and the client asked for something … Continue reading →

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WordPress: how to put PHP into a Text Widget

Posted on February 25, 2011 by Stefano

The only thing I love more than WordPress is WordPress tweaking. Believe or not, there’s no way to get PHP code running within a Text Widget. I mean, you can have almost all kind of widgets plus HTML-code within them, … Continue reading →

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