Macity mette alla prova il re degli eReader: Kobo Aura One - il mio articolo per Macity
http://www.macitynet.it/macity-mette-alla-prova-re-degli-ereader-kobo-aura-one/
http://www.macitynet.it/macity-mette-alla-prova-re-degli-ereader-kobo-aura-one/
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Macity mette alla prova il re degli eReader: Kobo Aura One - Macitynet.it
Test approfondito per l’ebook reader tra i più grandi sul mercato: Kobo considera l’Aura One il suo prodotto più riuscito di sempre. È davvero così?
Kobo compra Tolino. Il mio articolo per Macity
http://www.macitynet.it/kobo-compra-tolino-grande-avversario-amazon/
http://www.macitynet.it/kobo-compra-tolino-grande-avversario-amazon/
macitynet.it
Kobo compra Tolino: ecco il nuovo, grande avversario di Amazon
Amazon, E-reader, Kindle, Kobo
Un po' di tempo fa ne avevo scritto per Il Post, anche perché Gigi è il mio spacciatore e riparatore di macchine fotografiche per eccellenza. Adesso è diventato famoso, direi!
Money quote: 'Camera Master'
https://www.dpreview.com/news/2462298490/camera-master-gian-luigi-carminati-has-been-repairing-cameras-for-almost-60-years
Money quote: 'Camera Master'
https://www.dpreview.com/news/2462298490/camera-master-gian-luigi-carminati-has-been-repairing-cameras-for-almost-60-years
dpreview.com
'Camera Master' Gian Luigi Carminati has been repairing cameras for almost 60 years
A short video introduces Gian Luigi Carminati, a 76-year-old technician from Italy, who has been repairing analog cameras for nearly 60 years. Watch the video
Le dieci storie che avrebbero voluto scrivere quelli di Bloomberg
Money quote: “Every year, Bloomberg News publishes a “Jealousy List” — the stories Bloomberg staffers wish they had published. It’s a delightful and endearing concept, and one that makes us incredibly — what’s that word? — envious.
So, here are the stories other folks published in 2016 that made the FiveThirtyEight staff super duper jelly.”
http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/damn-we-wish-wed-written-these-11-stories/
Money quote: “Every year, Bloomberg News publishes a “Jealousy List” — the stories Bloomberg staffers wish they had published. It’s a delightful and endearing concept, and one that makes us incredibly — what’s that word? — envious.
So, here are the stories other folks published in 2016 that made the FiveThirtyEight staff super duper jelly.”
http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/damn-we-wish-wed-written-these-11-stories/
FiveThirtyEight
Damn, We Wish We’d Written These 11 Stories
Every year, Bloomberg News publishes a “Jealousy List” — the stories Bloomberg staffers wish they had published. It’s a delightful and endearing concept, and o…
Una logica conseguenza del boom edilizio è l'aumento degli ascensori. Che adesso sono quasi tutti in Cina
Money quote: "China is experiencing an elevator boom. Over the past decade, the vast majority of elevators installed around the world have been placed in China, where rapid urbanization has met with a desire for ambitious “super-tall” skyscrapers. It has been estimated that by 2020, 40 percent of all elevators will be in China."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/the-surprisingly-cutthroat-race-to-build-the-worlds-fastest-elevator/2017/01/03/8f6a83ae-8910-4786-b1da-dd049b702f20_story.html
Money quote: "China is experiencing an elevator boom. Over the past decade, the vast majority of elevators installed around the world have been placed in China, where rapid urbanization has met with a desire for ambitious “super-tall” skyscrapers. It has been estimated that by 2020, 40 percent of all elevators will be in China."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/the-surprisingly-cutthroat-race-to-build-the-worlds-fastest-elevator/2017/01/03/8f6a83ae-8910-4786-b1da-dd049b702f20_story.html
Washington Post
The surprisingly cutthroat race to build the world’s fastest elevator
China’s growth is slowing, but its cities still battle over tall towers and speed records.
Cuffie 3D: diventa sempre più economica la tecnologia per ascoltare musica come non l'abbiamo mai sentita. È la nuova frontiera?
Money quote: "The shape of our ear canals is unique to each of us, he tells me, even more so than our fingerprints. This is why your average pair of earphones keep falling out, have poor sound quality, and a habit of sharing your music tastes with everyone else in the train carriage"
http://www.thememo.com/2017/01/06/snugs-earphones-review-3d-printing-lube-hearables/
Money quote: "The shape of our ear canals is unique to each of us, he tells me, even more so than our fingerprints. This is why your average pair of earphones keep falling out, have poor sound quality, and a habit of sharing your music tastes with everyone else in the train carriage"
http://www.thememo.com/2017/01/06/snugs-earphones-review-3d-printing-lube-hearables/
The Memo
Snugs: 3D printed earphones that won't keep falling out
The Snugs Earphones are 3D printed to fit your own unique ear canal, but you'll need to lube up to put them in.
Kodak annuncia che riprende a produrre una pellicola analogica - si chiama Ektachrome - invertendo la tendenza degli ultimi quindici anni a togliere dal mercato le varietà del film per via dell'avvento del digitale. Da qualche anno stanno vedendo una domanda in crescita costante e vogliono seguire il mercato.
Sui social: #EktachromeIsBack
Insieme alla nuova/vecchia pellicola, hanno hanno fatto anche un notevole spot che è un mini-film. Dura tre minuti ed è molto bello.
https://youtu.be/sZBrowcWnMU
Sui social: #EktachromeIsBack
Insieme alla nuova/vecchia pellicola, hanno hanno fatto anche un notevole spot che è un mini-film. Dura tre minuti ed è molto bello.
https://youtu.be/sZBrowcWnMU
YouTube
Understanding - A 35mm Film by Director Terry Rayment
Director Terry Rayment's 35mm film "Understanding" poignantly depicts the transformational power of love and happiness. Cinematographer Kate Arizmendi captured all of the emotions beautifully on KODAK VISION3 500T 5219.
CREDITS:
NOLAN: Jaz Goodreau
FATHER:…
CREDITS:
NOLAN: Jaz Goodreau
FATHER:…
Videorecensione di I–1, la prima Polaroid Impossibile - il mio articolo per Macity
http://www.macitynet.it/videorecensione-1-la-polaroid-impossibile/
http://www.macitynet.it/videorecensione-1-la-polaroid-impossibile/
Macitynet.it
Videorecensione di I–1, la prima Polaroid Impossibile
Macity mette alla prova la prima macchina istantanea che utilizza le pellicole serie 600 prodotte da the Impossibile Project. Convince ma solo a metà
Gli gli artisti, soprattutto gli attori, sono sempre qualcosa di più e qualcosa di meno della loro opera. Nel caso di Carrie Fisher, scomparsa recentemente come sappiamo, c'è veramente da pensarci un po' sopra. Perché forse era qualcosa di più e qualcosa di meno della principessa Leia Organa.
Money quote: "Carrie Fisher's legacy as a mental health advocate and her fiercely ironic sense of humor were encapsulated in one final gesture: Her Prozac pill-shaped urn."
http://mashable.com/2017/01/06/carrie-fisher-urn-prozac-pill-debbie-reynolds/
Money quote: "Carrie Fisher's legacy as a mental health advocate and her fiercely ironic sense of humor were encapsulated in one final gesture: Her Prozac pill-shaped urn."
http://mashable.com/2017/01/06/carrie-fisher-urn-prozac-pill-debbie-reynolds/
Mashable
Carrie Fisher's urn is shaped like a giant Prozac pill, like she would've wanted
She would have laughed the loudest.
Dietro le quinte della campagna elettorale di Donald Trump, seguita dal giornalista del Washington Post che è bravino
Money quote: “Trump saw.
The next night, he called me to say he had just then given away the $1 million, all in one swoop, to a nonprofit run by a friend. That meant when Lewandowski said Trump’s money was “fully spent,” it was actually still in Trump’s pocket.
On the phone, I asked Trump: Would you really have given this money away if I hadn’t been asking about it?
“You know, you’re a nasty guy,” he said. “You’re really a nasty guy.””
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/david-fahrenthold-tells-the-behind-the-scenes-story-of-his-year-covering-trump/2016/12/27/299047c4-b510-11e6-b8df-600bd9d38a02_story.html
Money quote: “Trump saw.
The next night, he called me to say he had just then given away the $1 million, all in one swoop, to a nonprofit run by a friend. That meant when Lewandowski said Trump’s money was “fully spent,” it was actually still in Trump’s pocket.
On the phone, I asked Trump: Would you really have given this money away if I hadn’t been asking about it?
“You know, you’re a nasty guy,” he said. “You’re really a nasty guy.””
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/david-fahrenthold-tells-the-behind-the-scenes-story-of-his-year-covering-trump/2016/12/27/299047c4-b510-11e6-b8df-600bd9d38a02_story.html
Washington Post
David Fahrenthold tells the behind-the-scenes story of his year covering Trump
A reporter reveals how he investigated Trump’s claims on his donations to charity.
È ufficiale, siamo figli dei Turchi. La mia gioventù di splendido etrusco se n’è andata così, in un lampo del Dna, rubata da un articolo del Guardian.
Ps: e poi, anche la “fiorentina” è turca. Ma dai!
Money quote: “Another recent genetic study, of "chianina" and three other Tuscan cattle strains, found they were unrelated to Italian breeds. Yet matches were found in Turkey and the Balkans, along the supposed route of some of ancient Italy's most enigmatic immigrants.”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/jun/18/italy.johnhooper
Ps: e poi, anche la “fiorentina” è turca. Ma dai!
Money quote: “Another recent genetic study, of "chianina" and three other Tuscan cattle strains, found they were unrelated to Italian breeds. Yet matches were found in Turkey and the Balkans, along the supposed route of some of ancient Italy's most enigmatic immigrants.”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/jun/18/italy.johnhooper
the Guardian
The enigma of Italy's ancient Etruscans is finally unravelled
DNA tests on their Italian descendants show the 'tuscii' came from Turkey.
La coscienza: che cos’è? Un problema che ha traversato la storia dell’umanità, con le migliori menti del passato che si sono dedicate a indagare, speculare, riflettere per cercare di offrire una risposta. Oggi i filosofi non vengono più considerati le migliori menti della nostra società ma le domande di questo genere però non sono scomparse: sono finite in mano a neuroscienziati, psichiatri e cognitivisti, per tacer dei fisici e dei matematici.
Questo passaggio sta pian piano ridefinendo anche i punti chiave del problema stesso: anziché avere due problemi, uno facile e uno difficile (lo diceva Cartesio: quello facile è l’esistenza della coscienza nel cervello, quello difficile è la motivazione per cui essa esiste), siamo arrivati al “vero problema”.
Al di là dell’indagine di per sé, l’aspetto rilevante ma apparentemente invisibile è il radicale cambiamento di impostazione, una trasformazione dell’uomo e del suo modo di riflettere che segna proprio a cavallo della nostra epoca una traccia profonda, separante l’uomo del ‘900 da quello del XXI secolo.
Money quote: “But there is an alternative, which I like to call the real problem: how to account for the various properties of consciousness in terms of biological mechanisms; without pretending it doesn’t exist (easy problem) and without worrying too much about explaining its existence in the first place (hard problem). (People familiar with ‘neurophenomenology’ will see some similarities with this way of putting things – but there are differences too, as we will see.)”
https://aeon.co/essays/the-hard-problem-of-consciousness-is-a-distraction-from-the-real-one
Questo passaggio sta pian piano ridefinendo anche i punti chiave del problema stesso: anziché avere due problemi, uno facile e uno difficile (lo diceva Cartesio: quello facile è l’esistenza della coscienza nel cervello, quello difficile è la motivazione per cui essa esiste), siamo arrivati al “vero problema”.
Al di là dell’indagine di per sé, l’aspetto rilevante ma apparentemente invisibile è il radicale cambiamento di impostazione, una trasformazione dell’uomo e del suo modo di riflettere che segna proprio a cavallo della nostra epoca una traccia profonda, separante l’uomo del ‘900 da quello del XXI secolo.
Money quote: “But there is an alternative, which I like to call the real problem: how to account for the various properties of consciousness in terms of biological mechanisms; without pretending it doesn’t exist (easy problem) and without worrying too much about explaining its existence in the first place (hard problem). (People familiar with ‘neurophenomenology’ will see some similarities with this way of putting things – but there are differences too, as we will see.)”
https://aeon.co/essays/the-hard-problem-of-consciousness-is-a-distraction-from-the-real-one
Oggi iPhone compie dieci anni: ecco come ha cambiato il mondo e come lo cambierà - il mio articolo per Macity
http://www.macitynet.it/oggi-iphone-compie-dieci-anni-cambiato-mondo-lo-cambiera/
http://www.macitynet.it/oggi-iphone-compie-dieci-anni-cambiato-mondo-lo-cambiera/
macitynet.it
Oggi iPhone compie dieci anni: ecco come ha cambiato il mondo e come lo cambierà
IPhone
Gli americani, dopo aver punito il pianeta con una lingua priva di accenti e segni diacritici che ha devastato l’utilizzo dell’informatica (vedere noi e i poveri francesi, ad esempio, che viviamo di accenti gravi e acuti) adesso stanno cominciando a diventare un po’ schizzinosi per quanto riguarda la parte tipografica del web. E così, dopo aver creato numerose spaccature (inclusa quella “little endian, big endian” tra Mac e Pc), arriva il momento in cui ci si mette a ragionare di virgolette dritte o a ricciolino, chiedendosi perché. Già, perché?
Money quote: “This lack of quote sophistication is odd, because the web’s design origins owe a lot to choices Steve Jobs made at Apple and later at his second computer firm, Next. Jobs’s attachment to type famously stems from a calligraphy class taken at Reed College, and he ensured that the first Mac had a mix of bespoke and classic typefaces that included curly quotes and all the other punctuation a designer could want. At Next, he went further, and the web’s father, Tim Berners-Lee, built the first browser and server on a Next.”
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/12/quotation-mark-wars/511766/
Money quote: “This lack of quote sophistication is odd, because the web’s design origins owe a lot to choices Steve Jobs made at Apple and later at his second computer firm, Next. Jobs’s attachment to type famously stems from a calligraphy class taken at Reed College, and he ensured that the first Mac had a mix of bespoke and classic typefaces that included curly quotes and all the other punctuation a designer could want. At Next, he went further, and the web’s father, Tim Berners-Lee, built the first browser and server on a Next.”
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/12/quotation-mark-wars/511766/
The Atlantic
Has the Internet Killed Curly Quotes?
Web publications often favor straight quotation marks, a pragmatic approach to typography that old-school stylists can’t stand.
Se si vuole seguire la teoria che viviamo un nuovo medioevo, questo breve saggio introduce molto bene un argomento a favore della tesi: andare nei resort Disney è la forma contemporanea di un pellegrinaggio medioevale
Money quote: ““Appetites for direct contact with Disney’s creations have transformed the trek to Disney World into a genuine form of pilgrimage,” writes historian Cheryl Krause Knight, author of Power and Paradise in Walt Disney’s World. In the modern world, a trip to Disney has become a rite of passage that transforms those who make the trek, and the design of the park heightens that experience: Disney World resembles a medieval pilgrimage center, designed to connect pilgrims with the supernatural, represented by Mickey Mouse and company.”
http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/visiting-disney-world-is-the-modern-version-of-making-a-medieval-pilgrimage
Money quote: ““Appetites for direct contact with Disney’s creations have transformed the trek to Disney World into a genuine form of pilgrimage,” writes historian Cheryl Krause Knight, author of Power and Paradise in Walt Disney’s World. In the modern world, a trip to Disney has become a rite of passage that transforms those who make the trek, and the design of the park heightens that experience: Disney World resembles a medieval pilgrimage center, designed to connect pilgrims with the supernatural, represented by Mickey Mouse and company.”
http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/visiting-disney-world-is-the-modern-version-of-making-a-medieval-pilgrimage
Atlas Obscura
Visiting Disney World is the Modern Version of Making a Medieval Pilgrimage
According to anthropologists, religious studies experts, and art historians.
2001 Odissea nello Spazio e i nostri padri: storie di grandi promesse ed enormi tradimenti. (Era meglio Blade Runner)
Money quote: "He’d worked for IBM in Poughkeepsie, New York, a corporate labyrinth of beige cubicles and epochal breakthroughs; a world of punch cards and reel-to-reel magnetic tape, where at least some of the employees were deadly serious about making sure to wear the company tie clip and then, once they were off duty, to switch to their own personal tie clips."
https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2015/01/09/hal-mother-and-father/
Money quote: "He’d worked for IBM in Poughkeepsie, New York, a corporate labyrinth of beige cubicles and epochal breakthroughs; a world of punch cards and reel-to-reel magnetic tape, where at least some of the employees were deadly serious about making sure to wear the company tie clip and then, once they were off duty, to switch to their own personal tie clips."
https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2015/01/09/hal-mother-and-father/
The Paris Review
Seeing the Sixties and Seventies Through 2001 and Alien
The two classic sci-fi films reflected the spirit of their times: 2001 full of hope for an evolving humanity, and Alien full of fear about the Me Generation.
Sorpresa Kodak al CES2017 «Ricominciamo a produrre le pellicole Ektachrome» - il mio articolo per Macity
http://www.macitynet.it/kodak-al-ces2017-ricominciamo-produrre-la-ektachrome/
http://www.macitynet.it/kodak-al-ces2017-ricominciamo-produrre-la-ektachrome/
Macitynet.it
Sorpresa Kodak al CES2017 «Ricominciamo a produrre le pellicole Ektachrome» - Macitynet.it
Anni dopo la cancellazione della storica pellicola, l’azienda di Rochester la rilancia. Torna in produzione Ektachrome: l'analogico rinasce?
Dieci anni di iPhone: Phil Schiller spiega un po' di cose, tra le quali i motivi per cui l'apparecchio di Apple è solo all'inizio della sua traiettoria: ce ne sarà per almeno 50 anni ancora.
Money quote: "Schiller takes pains, however, to specify that Apple maintains, and will continue to maintain, a lead over its rivals, despite the fact that Android outsells iPhone in units — though not in profits — and iPhone sales themselves seem to be slowing. “The quality is unmatched. The ease of use is still unmatched. The integration of hardware software is unmatched. We’re not about the cheapest, we’re not about the most, we’re about the best.”"
https://backchannel.com/phil-schiller-on-iphones-launch-how-it-changed-apple-and-why-it-will-keep-going-for-50-years-e4412ad2c8f5#.3ar7ntr41
Money quote: "Schiller takes pains, however, to specify that Apple maintains, and will continue to maintain, a lead over its rivals, despite the fact that Android outsells iPhone in units — though not in profits — and iPhone sales themselves seem to be slowing. “The quality is unmatched. The ease of use is still unmatched. The integration of hardware software is unmatched. We’re not about the cheapest, we’re not about the most, we’re about the best.”"
https://backchannel.com/phil-schiller-on-iphones-launch-how-it-changed-apple-and-why-it-will-keep-going-for-50-years-e4412ad2c8f5#.3ar7ntr41
Backchannel
Phil Schiller on iPhone’s Launch, How It Changed Apple, and Why It Will Keep Going for 50 Years
A reporter there for the creation gets Apple’s exclusive take on the “Jesus Phone”’s 10th birthday.
Dieci anni di iPhone: Phil Schiller spiega un po' di cose, tra le quali i motivi per cui l'apparecchio di Apple è solo all'inizio della sua traiettoria: ce ne sarà per almeno 50 anni ancora.
Money quote: "Schiller takes pains, however, to specify that Apple maintains, and will continue to maintain, a lead over its rivals, despite the fact that Android outsells iPhone in units — though not in profits — and iPhone sales themselves seem to be slowing. “The quality is unmatched. The ease of use is still unmatched. The integration of hardware software is unmatched. We’re not about the cheapest, we’re not about the most, we’re about the best.”"
https://backchannel.com/phil-schiller-on-iphones-launch-how-it-changed-apple-and-why-it-will-keep-going-for-50-years-e4412ad2c8f5#.3ar7ntr41
Money quote: "Schiller takes pains, however, to specify that Apple maintains, and will continue to maintain, a lead over its rivals, despite the fact that Android outsells iPhone in units — though not in profits — and iPhone sales themselves seem to be slowing. “The quality is unmatched. The ease of use is still unmatched. The integration of hardware software is unmatched. We’re not about the cheapest, we’re not about the most, we’re about the best.”"
https://backchannel.com/phil-schiller-on-iphones-launch-how-it-changed-apple-and-why-it-will-keep-going-for-50-years-e4412ad2c8f5#.3ar7ntr41
Backchannel
Phil Schiller on iPhone’s Launch, How It Changed Apple, and Why It Will Keep Going for 50 Years
A reporter there for the creation gets Apple’s exclusive take on the “Jesus Phone”’s 10th birthday.
Ansia e depressione materna: pare sia più forte se si è data alla luce una coppia di gemelli anziché fratelli e sorelle con gravidanze diverse
Money quote: “As it turns out, despite the exhaustion and feelings of overload during the infancy period, mothers experience a great deal of satisfaction and fulfilment in caring for their babies. But as puberty approaches, mothers find less and less positivity in interactions with their children, and the challenges of parenting become far more complex.”
https://aeon.co/ideas/why-mothers-of-tweens-not-babies-are-the-most-depressed
Money quote: “As it turns out, despite the exhaustion and feelings of overload during the infancy period, mothers experience a great deal of satisfaction and fulfilment in caring for their babies. But as puberty approaches, mothers find less and less positivity in interactions with their children, and the challenges of parenting become far more complex.”
https://aeon.co/ideas/why-mothers-of-tweens-not-babies-are-the-most-depressed
Aeon
Why mothers of tweens – not babies – are the most depressed
Mothers’ moods plummet during middle school years and are at their happiest during infancy and the empty nest