Category Archives: Software

Craiyon (ex Dall-E mini): come creare immagini a partire dal testo (grazie all’AI)

Posted on June 29, 2022 by Stefano

Craiyon (precedentemente noto come Dall-E mini) è un esperimento che prende spunto dal più complesso Dall-E – un sistema basato su AI (machine learning, per essere precisi) che genera immagini molto particolari a partire da normale testo. Dall-E (un progetto … Continue reading →

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Come aggiungere un’immagine di sfondo per Skype

Posted on May 19, 2020 by Stefano

Come aggiungere uno sfondo su Skype? Domanda banale? Mica tanto, visti alcuni tentativi malriusciti cui ho dovuto porre rimedio. In questo periodo, molti di noi vivono (praticamente tutto il giorno) dividendosi tra call su Skype, Zoom, Meet, Webex e simili. … Continue reading →

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Windows 10 Fall Creators Update deletes Trashcan after 30 days (and how to change this setting)

Posted on November 6, 2017 by Stefano

Windows Fall Creators Update (AKA 1709) has been recently deployed to some million PCs around the world; one of the default settings about disk space and storage management may be hurting the way you think about your files: let’s take … Continue reading →

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A pocketful of early Internet Service Providers greeting packs from 1994.

Posted on March 1, 2015 by Stefano

Digging in my vintage-computer mess, I found this pack from Xmas 1994 – labelled Software ETC.   I barely reminded that a long-time friend, Claudio, brought me this stuff from a trip in the USA – where early Internet was … Continue reading →

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Don’t panic: even though Windows 7 free support ends today, we’ve still got five years ahead…

Posted on January 14, 2015 by Stefano

Today is the last day of what Microsoft calls “mainstream support” and this has been planned since a long time. Windows 7 users don’t panic: Windows 7 will get security updates and patches for the next five years, the real … Continue reading →

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Halloween? Creepy backup software ads from the past!

Posted on October 31, 2014 by Stefano

Data back-up as a nightmare? Ok, just for Halloween let’s take a look at these creepy magazine ads for a couple of (ancient) backup software back from the very early 80s: Ecosoft’s Archivist for CP/M-based computers and Locksmith 5.0 for … Continue reading →

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Blast from the Windows-past: how to delete file & folders from NTFS drive with wrong names & nested folders

Posted on July 2, 2014 by Stefano

You never learn enough… (about Windows, I mean). Problem. During a routine backup operation, I found a Windows NTFS drive contained several files and folders which could not be deleted due to wrong naming. Yes, it’s 2014 and we’re still … Continue reading →

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#RaspberryPi Jasper: somehow like #Siri, but open-source voice-control #software.

Posted on April 9, 2014 by Stefano

This is why I love Raspberry Pi (at large). Meet Jasper, an open source project driven by two Princeton students, that’s a lot like Siri (and the Samsung-alike) and enables the tiny Raspberry Pi to operate through an USB-connected microphone … Continue reading →

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WinAmp, one of the first MP3 players, shuts down after 15 years

Posted on November 21, 2013 by Stefano

After 15 years, the final curtain falls over WinAmp, one of the very first MP3 Players. I still remember quite well the first version I used on my back-then brand new notebook (a Pentium 120 MHz-based, Windows 95 behemoth): WinAmp … Continue reading →

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