September 2009
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Microsoft's grinning robots or the Brotherhood of... →
I wholeheartedly agree with Guardian columnist Charlie Brooker on the main virtue of Windows: no zealots. I dislike Macs by the same reason why I’ll defend my crappy ‘95 Punto against every verbal assault. It works for me, so shut up already. (via The Null Device)
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This week in Facebook
For almost a year now I have been a Facebook user. I do like the idea of social networks, and while I’m aware of the argument that those websites are actually saying “Come and join the Big Brother, it’s Fun Fun Fun!”, I’m also aware it’s eventually up to you what information you do surrender - just like in the good old Web-at-Large. And while I might not like...
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Ten Dirty Little Restaurant Secrets →
It’s an interesting reminder, even though nothing on this list is new. You should never ask for well-done meat in restaurants, and the same goes for being careful in those joints where they pepper your steaks - basic tricks in hiding bad meat. There’s also another cheap trick they haven’t mentioned, which is done in almost every ‘better’ restaurant - using a salt...
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Location, location, location
Google recently unveiled Street View for both Porto and Lisbon. Privacy concerns apart (I actually believe Street View fits nicely in a discussion of photographers’ rights, in which my personal view is that public spaces are precisely that - public), I think Street View might actually be quite an interesting tool for scouting locations for indie films. Of course, it’s insane to go...
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The Golden Hour Calculator →
Pretty useful. Add a moon and tide calculator and a weather forecast, and it’d be the perfect photographer/filmmaker’s almanac. If on my (not fancy) cellphone.
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Blender Live Shapes →
Real-time Blender with Processing *nerdgarsm*. (via CDM)
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“‘If you look at the studies into paternity, even conservative figures show that...”
– Via psychobabble: A study shows women cheat more often, but are better at lying about it. Yes, it’s a bit of ‘science reporting’ from the Daily Mail so take it with a very heavy grain of salt. But still, both the writer and the schlimazl in me revel in this kind of news. In related...
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August 2009
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