I’ve been waiting for almost one year (see my Dec. 2011 post) to get my hands on a Raspberry Pi and now I’ve got it!
Now… where do we go from here?
First steps into Raspbian-dom, the very first Linux distribution RPi newbies are invited to try: that’s what I’m doing right now, stay tuned!
USA has been hit by Sandy/aka Frankenstorm.
The first message I got this morning (I live in Italy) on my iPhone while I was in the underground was from First Aid app by American Red Cross (check it here from iTunes store, it’s free).
Despite the storm, I guess this kind of communication is a good sign of the times: engaging people to donate for a good cause.
50 years of 007 and the new upcoming Skyfall Bond movie are upping the ante for all Bond-fans around the world.
This is an interesting infographics by Mashable that shows in detail all cars used in all Bond movies, their value (actualized to today’s currency) and lots of 007 trivia!
Check this web site too.
Evans Shalshaw: a UK car dealer that has built up License to drive: it’s a nice HTML5 project aimed at showing the same car lineup.
Which is your favorite?
The Aston Martin DB5?
The diving Lotus Esprit?
[Via Mashable and Evans Shalshaw]
Not really new but all the same fascinating.
Out of 2001 a Space Odyssey, the Stanley Kubrick’s classic movie, here comes a project site celebrating Hal 9000 (and its cryptic screens).
Get the HAL 9000 screen saver and pray that your PC or Mac doesn’t get upset (against you…).
Check out the Hal Project.
Coke Zero challenged unsuspecting train passengers to unlock the 007 in them for their chance to win exclusive tickets for the new James Bond movie SKYFALL.
However, the exclusive tickets weren’t free. People had to go the extra mile and unlock their inner 007 in less than 70 seconds to win.
To find out more about #CokeZero007 : http://www.facebook.com/cokezero.
[looks like the video was shot in Antwerp Central Station – Belgium: no passenger was hurt during the shooting – sort of]
Sign of the times – as they say.
Newsweek, after 80 years, will cease publishing on paper and will survive in the online version only.
According to Bloomberg, Tina Brown, current editor-in-chief, has tried almost everything to keep it alive:
The magazine’s circulation has dropped by 42 percent to 1.5 million from 2009, according to the publisher’s statement with the Audit Bureau of Circulations.
Citing printing cost and declining advertisers (compared to the growing online trend), Barry Diller’s IAC will focus on the online release, starting from Jan 1st 2013.
What will be the future for current Newsweek readers (just like me?):
Newsweek expects “at least hundreds of thousands” of current print subscribers to convert to the digital edition, Baba Shetty, chief executive officer of Newsweek Daily Beast Company, said in an interview.
Brown said more and more readers are asking for Newsweek online.
“The readers have been wanting this and IAC, this whole company is geared toward digital and we really wanted to embrace our future now,” she said.
Full Bloomberg coverage on Newsweek going online is available here.
Today’s Google Doodle celebrates cartoonist and animator Winsor McCay.
Little Nemo is maybe his best-known cartoon: this Google Doodle is so cool, be sure to check it all!
It’s quite simple, just go to Google and check out this formula:
y=2 sqrt(-abs(abs(x)-1)*abs(3-abs(x))/((abs(x)-1)*(3-abs(x))))(1+abs(abs(x)-3)/(abs(x)-3))sqrt(1-(x/7)^2)+(5+0.97(abs(x-.5)+abs(x+.5))-3(abs(x-.75)+abs(x+.75)))(1+abs(1-abs(x))/(1-abs(x))),-3sqrt(1-(x/7)^2)sqrt(abs(abs(x)-4)/(abs(x)-4)),abs(x/2)-0.0913722(x^2)-3+sqrt(1-(abs(abs(x)-2)-1)^2),(2.71052+(1.5-.5abs(x))-1.35526sqrt(4-(abs(x)-1)^2))sqrt(abs(abs(x)-1)/(abs(x)-1))+0.9
Or just click this link if you’re either too lazy or fear Batman!
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 really deserve it: it really works!
Try it out for yourself: it’s an iPod you’ll never lose or have to recharge!
