Un’intervista di un po’ di tempo fa del Believer con Robert Coover. Se ricordate il link di ieri l’altro su CAVE, era lui.
Old Money Quote “A number of institutions have constructed CAVEs, which are primarily used for scientific research and visualization. Brown University’s Center for Computation and Development installed a CAVE in 1998, and in 2002 the Cave Writing workshop was initiated by Robert Coover, novelist, hypertext fiction writer and co-founder of the Electronic Literature Organization.”
New Money Quote: “The post–World War II era was a transformative time for American literature. It brought, among many other things, postmodernism, metafiction, and maximalism. Most often grouped with other muscular male writers like Thomas Pynchon, Don DeLillo, William H. Gass, and John Barth, Robert Coover was one of the prominent practitioners of this period, publishing the wildly controversial The Public Burning (a Cold War phantasmagoria that includes Richard Nixon masturbating to Ethel Rosenberg) as well as countless other ecstatically weird, daring books.”
http://www.believermag.com/issues/201508/?read=interview_coover
Old Money Quote “A number of institutions have constructed CAVEs, which are primarily used for scientific research and visualization. Brown University’s Center for Computation and Development installed a CAVE in 1998, and in 2002 the Cave Writing workshop was initiated by Robert Coover, novelist, hypertext fiction writer and co-founder of the Electronic Literature Organization.”
New Money Quote: “The post–World War II era was a transformative time for American literature. It brought, among many other things, postmodernism, metafiction, and maximalism. Most often grouped with other muscular male writers like Thomas Pynchon, Don DeLillo, William H. Gass, and John Barth, Robert Coover was one of the prominent practitioners of this period, publishing the wildly controversial The Public Burning (a Cold War phantasmagoria that includes Richard Nixon masturbating to Ethel Rosenberg) as well as countless other ecstatically weird, daring books.”
http://www.believermag.com/issues/201508/?read=interview_coover
The Believer
The Believer - Interview with Robert Coover
From the Believer magazine.
Un racconto breve, “Life-Hacking Isabel”, così, per alleggerire la lettura sempre di saggistica, saggistica, saggistica, almeno la domenica
Money quote: “Looking at her calendar, she saw there were two more consultations this week. Her phone began vibrating and dancing on her desk. There it is. What’s the story? Oh, his team will be working late. They’re ordering in. Who does he think he’s fooling? He thinks I am stupid. I know everything. She said all of this aloud as if she was having a conversation with her phone and the computer screen.”
https://medium.com/the-junction/life-hacking-isabel-4760f363c1dc#.qlz9v0oku
Money quote: “Looking at her calendar, she saw there were two more consultations this week. Her phone began vibrating and dancing on her desk. There it is. What’s the story? Oh, his team will be working late. They’re ordering in. Who does he think he’s fooling? He thinks I am stupid. I know everything. She said all of this aloud as if she was having a conversation with her phone and the computer screen.”
https://medium.com/the-junction/life-hacking-isabel-4760f363c1dc#.qlz9v0oku
Medium
Life-Hacking Isabel
A Short Story
Long form domenicale: dietro casa mia hanno costruito un bolide di cemento armato che oggi è occupato da Microsoft e dalla sua idea di “Smart working” della quale non sono convinto. Qui ne parlo diffusamente e direi criticamente.
Money quote: “La costruzione del palazzo, opera dello studio internazionale di architettura Herzog & de Meuron, è stata abbastanza combattuta nella zona: ci sono voluti anni, riunioni su riunioni con i cittadini, per arrivare ad avere un blocco di sei piani che prendesse il posto di un enorme vivaio che abitava lo spazio di risulta del giro delle vecchie mura spagnole. Alla fine l’obiettivo, ammesso che fosse questo, è stato raggiunto: creare una struttura mastodontica, abbastanza sgraziata, che sembra il rendering di se stessa. Tutti i giornali che hanno parlato della nuova casa di Microsoft all’indomani dell’inaugurazione, sottolineano (come da comunicato stampa) che il palazzo ha 832 vetrate, ma in realtà ha un numero impressionante di campate di cemento a vista sulla facciata. E si notano.”
http://www.ilpost.it/antoniodini/2017/03/19/la-microsoft-house/
Money quote: “La costruzione del palazzo, opera dello studio internazionale di architettura Herzog & de Meuron, è stata abbastanza combattuta nella zona: ci sono voluti anni, riunioni su riunioni con i cittadini, per arrivare ad avere un blocco di sei piani che prendesse il posto di un enorme vivaio che abitava lo spazio di risulta del giro delle vecchie mura spagnole. Alla fine l’obiettivo, ammesso che fosse questo, è stato raggiunto: creare una struttura mastodontica, abbastanza sgraziata, che sembra il rendering di se stessa. Tutti i giornali che hanno parlato della nuova casa di Microsoft all’indomani dell’inaugurazione, sottolineano (come da comunicato stampa) che il palazzo ha 832 vetrate, ma in realtà ha un numero impressionante di campate di cemento a vista sulla facciata. E si notano.”
http://www.ilpost.it/antoniodini/2017/03/19/la-microsoft-house/
Il Post
La Microsoft House dietro casa mia e lo smart work - Il Post
Perché il posto di lavoro non è più un posto? Non c'è bisogno di andare in America per capirlo, basta passare da Chinatown a Milano
Real programmers set the universal constants at the beginning such that the universe evolves to contain the disk with the data they want
La vignetta di XKCD della domenica
http://xkcd.com/378/
Visto che qui alligna qualche nerd e qualche geek, e visto che in queste settimane ci sto pensando anche io (con la finalità di scrivere prosa), una domanda: Vim o Emacs? Il contatto lo conoscete: @antoniodini
La vignetta di XKCD della domenica
http://xkcd.com/378/
Visto che qui alligna qualche nerd e qualche geek, e visto che in queste settimane ci sto pensando anche io (con la finalità di scrivere prosa), una domanda: Vim o Emacs? Il contatto lo conoscete: @antoniodini
xkcd
Real Programmers
Dan Brown ha quasi pronto il suo nuovo romanzo, Origin, che uscirà a ottobre. E lancia il concorso per la copertina: chi realizza la
migliore (scelta dall'autore) vince l'imperitura gloria.
Money quote: "“I absolutely loved writing Origin and watching Professor Robert Langdon explore a rich tapestry of art, codes, religion, symbols, and fascinating locations,” Brown tells EW. “In this novel, Langdon finds himself in an unfamiliar world — the world of Modern Art — and on a quest to answer two of the most profound questions in human history. It was an exciting process for me, and I’m really looking forward to people reading it.”"
http://ew.com/books/2017/03/13/dan-brown-cover-design-contest/
migliore (scelta dall'autore) vince l'imperitura gloria.
Money quote: "“I absolutely loved writing Origin and watching Professor Robert Langdon explore a rich tapestry of art, codes, religion, symbols, and fascinating locations,” Brown tells EW. “In this novel, Langdon finds himself in an unfamiliar world — the world of Modern Art — and on a quest to answer two of the most profound questions in human history. It was an exciting process for me, and I’m really looking forward to people reading it.”"
http://ew.com/books/2017/03/13/dan-brown-cover-design-contest/
EW.com
Design the Cover for Dan Brown's Next Mystery — Exclusive
The ‘Da Vinci Code’ author’s publisher, Doubleday, will hold a contest to design a limited edition cover for Brown’s next book, EW can announce exclusively.
C’è un semaforo in Germania che è rosso da 28 anni per un solo motivo. Perché sono tedeschi.
Money quote: ““The administrative regulation as set out in section 37 paragraph 2 of the of the transportation regulations alludes to the need for an exact plan for traffic light signals,” a spokesperson told The Local.”
https://www.thelocal.de/20150615/there-is-a-light-that-never-goes-out
Money quote: ““The administrative regulation as set out in section 37 paragraph 2 of the of the transportation regulations alludes to the need for an exact plan for traffic light signals,” a spokesperson told The Local.”
https://www.thelocal.de/20150615/there-is-a-light-that-never-goes-out
The Local Germany
German traffic light stays red for 28 years
In Dresden much has changed over the last 28 years. Communism collapsed, democracy blossomed and the city was reborn. But one thing has remained the same - a traffic light which has stayed red since 1987.
Altro che telefilm, i videogiochi sono la vera lettura d’evasione (assieme ai social). Anzi, da fuga in un altro mondo. Non ho altro da aggiungere, va proprio letto.
Money quote: “As video games get better and job prospects worse, more young men are dropping out of the job market to spend their time in an alternate reality. Ryan Avent suspects this is the beginning of something big”
https://www.1843magazine.com/features/escape-to-another-world
Money quote: “As video games get better and job prospects worse, more young men are dropping out of the job market to spend their time in an alternate reality. Ryan Avent suspects this is the beginning of something big”
https://www.1843magazine.com/features/escape-to-another-world
1843
Escape to another world
As video games get better and job prospects worse, more young men are dropping out of the job market to spend their time in an alternate reality. Ryan Avent suspects this is the beginning of
Questo tizio ha successo spiegando che per lavorare meglio bisogna lavorare meno, e non lo dice solo lui. È un truismo, come si dice, ma c’è del vero (ovviamente lui dice cose più complesse di questa, ma più o meno siamo qui) perché l’eccesso devasta tutto.
Money quote: “In particular, during this interview, Harari revealed that he’s a serious practitioner of Vipassana mediation who spends 2 hours every day meditating, and goes on a 1 or 2 month meditation retreat every year.”
Qui però, al netto delle meditazioni trascendentali (che poi servono sempre), le cose si fanno molto interessanti. È breve, da leggere
http://calnewport.com/blog/2017/03/13/yuval-harari-works-less-than-you/
Money quote: “In particular, during this interview, Harari revealed that he’s a serious practitioner of Vipassana mediation who spends 2 hours every day meditating, and goes on a 1 or 2 month meditation retreat every year.”
Qui però, al netto delle meditazioni trascendentali (che poi servono sempre), le cose si fanno molto interessanti. È breve, da leggere
http://calnewport.com/blog/2017/03/13/yuval-harari-works-less-than-you/
Calnewport
Yuval Harari Works Less Than You - Study Hacks - Cal Newport
The Charmed Career of Yuval Harari The 41-year old Israeli historian Yuval Harari has enjoyed a career rise that any academic would envy. He earned his doctorate at Oxford, specializing in medieval military history. He went on to publish a prodigious number…
Forwarded from MacchiaChannel
Tech Insider spiega in un breve video perché usare le reti wi-fi pubbliche mette il tuo computer a rischio, sempre. E suggerisce anche due o tre alternative.
Link: http://42h.it/2ntRXiO
Link: http://42h.it/2ntRXiO
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Tech Insider
You probably shouldn't use public Wi-Fi — here's what you should use instead.
Fra le tante specie di nazi che popolano il pianeta, ancora non conoscevo i “chess-nazi”: talmente appassionati del gioco che soffrono quando vedono le scacchiere usate male nei film e telefilm. Cioè, spesso, visto che a scacchi ci gioca poca gente (almeno tra chi fa film e telefilm) con risultati piuttosto discutibili per la correttezza del gioco. Divertente.
Money quote: ““There are a ton of chess mistakes in TV and in film,” says Mike Klein, a writer and videographer for Chess.com. While different experts cite different error ratios, from “20 percent” to “much more often than not,” all agree: Hollywood is terrible at chess, even though they really don’t have to be. “There are so many [errors], it’s hard to keep track,” says Grandmaster Ilja Zaragatski, of chess24. “And there are constantly [new ones] coming out.””
http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/bad-chess-scenes-movies-tv
Money quote: ““There are a ton of chess mistakes in TV and in film,” says Mike Klein, a writer and videographer for Chess.com. While different experts cite different error ratios, from “20 percent” to “much more often than not,” all agree: Hollywood is terrible at chess, even though they really don’t have to be. “There are so many [errors], it’s hard to keep track,” says Grandmaster Ilja Zaragatski, of chess24. “And there are constantly [new ones] coming out.””
http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/bad-chess-scenes-movies-tv
Pian piano ce ne andiamo tutti. Si dice che i migliori se ne vadano per primi. Jimmy ci ha messo un po’, ma era di gran lunga uno dei migliori
Money quote: “Poetic and profane, softhearted and unforgiving, Mr. Breslin inspired every emotion but indifference; letters from outraged readers gladdened his heart. He often went after his own, from Irish-Americans with “shopping-center faces” who had forgotten their hardscrabble roots to the Roman Catholic Church, whose sex scandals prompted him to write an angry book called “The Church That Forgot Christ,” published in 2004. It ends with a cheeky vow to start a new church that would demand more low-income housing and better posture.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/19/business/media/jimmy-breslin-dead-ny-columnist-author.html
Money quote: “Poetic and profane, softhearted and unforgiving, Mr. Breslin inspired every emotion but indifference; letters from outraged readers gladdened his heart. He often went after his own, from Irish-Americans with “shopping-center faces” who had forgotten their hardscrabble roots to the Roman Catholic Church, whose sex scandals prompted him to write an angry book called “The Church That Forgot Christ,” published in 2004. It ends with a cheeky vow to start a new church that would demand more low-income housing and better posture.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/19/business/media/jimmy-breslin-dead-ny-columnist-author.html
Nytimes
Jimmy Breslin, Legendary New York City Newspaper Columnist, Dies at 88
With prose that was savagely funny, deceptively simple and poorly imitated, Mr. Breslin created his own distinct rhythm in the hurly-burly music of newspapers.
Questo tizio non ho idea di chi sia, a parte che faccia il cuoco, anzi il cuoco-star, ma il modo con cui racconta la sua storia è interessante. E pensare che poi è una forma di pubblicità per un sito di investimenti è meraviglioso. Chi diceva che lo storytelling non è una cosa seria?
Money quote 1: “My books do very well, but it’s probably the least profitable thing that I do. I like writing. But writing your way to riches isn’t a reasonable life plan. For me it's responsible for everything though. I started out doing book tours; they became too big for the bookstores, so they would rent halls, which would fill. Those numbers grew and grew, and people started booking me for corporate events, which were incredibly lucrative. And then people who promote concerts and musical acts approached me. It quickly became clear that, like the record business, there ain’t no money in a record. It’s the tour. The biggest revenue stream out there for me is going out and telling dick jokes. It’s physically and mentally punishing, and takes a lot out of me, but it's over in a relatively short period of time.”
Money quote 2: “Money doesn’t particularly excite or thrill me; the making of money gives me no particular satisfaction. To me, money is freedom from insecurity, freedom to move, time if you choose to make use of time. My investments advisor understands that I’m not looking to score big on the stock market or bonds. I have zero understanding of it and zero interest. Life is too short. I like a limited amount of mail, and a limited amount of conversations with people who make the investments. If the money’s not less money every time I look at it, I’m pretty happy. If it’s a little bit more, great.”
https://www.wealthsimple.com/en-us/magazine/money-diary-anthony-bourdain
Money quote 1: “My books do very well, but it’s probably the least profitable thing that I do. I like writing. But writing your way to riches isn’t a reasonable life plan. For me it's responsible for everything though. I started out doing book tours; they became too big for the bookstores, so they would rent halls, which would fill. Those numbers grew and grew, and people started booking me for corporate events, which were incredibly lucrative. And then people who promote concerts and musical acts approached me. It quickly became clear that, like the record business, there ain’t no money in a record. It’s the tour. The biggest revenue stream out there for me is going out and telling dick jokes. It’s physically and mentally punishing, and takes a lot out of me, but it's over in a relatively short period of time.”
Money quote 2: “Money doesn’t particularly excite or thrill me; the making of money gives me no particular satisfaction. To me, money is freedom from insecurity, freedom to move, time if you choose to make use of time. My investments advisor understands that I’m not looking to score big on the stock market or bonds. I have zero understanding of it and zero interest. Life is too short. I like a limited amount of mail, and a limited amount of conversations with people who make the investments. If the money’s not less money every time I look at it, I’m pretty happy. If it’s a little bit more, great.”
https://www.wealthsimple.com/en-us/magazine/money-diary-anthony-bourdain
Magazine
Anthony Bourdain Does Not Want to Owe Anybody Even a Single Dollar
Before he was the guy from Parts Unknown, he was 44, never had a savings account, hadn't filed taxes in 10 years, and was AWOL on his AmEx bill. That turned out to be a great financial education.
Apple ha fatto Clips, una nuova applicazione per fare video - l'articolo su Il Post
http://www.ilpost.it/2017/03/21/clips-apple/
http://www.ilpost.it/2017/03/21/clips-apple/
Il Post
Apple ha fatto Clips, una nuova applicazione per fare video - Il Post
Un po' Snapchat, un po' Instagram, un po' Vine, un po' Prisma, un po' Messenger e qualche trovata originale
Per l'iniziativa "Milano da leggere" il comune meneghino regala ebook, fino al 31 maggio. Si scaricano qui
Money quote: "La città nelle pagine degli scrittori di ieri e di oggi
MILANO da LEGGERE è un progetto del Sistema Bibliotecario di Milano per far conoscere e diffondere la lettura nella sua variante digitale.
Lo scaffale virtuale, dedicato al racconto di Milano, per la seconda edizione si tinge di giallo e propone libri che, oltre ad avere trame ambientate in città, appartengono tutti alla narrativa gialla e noir. A partire da Scerbanenco e Olivieri, maestri del thriller milanese, ogni autore racconta la “Milano nera” da una particolare prospettiva storica: Biondillo, Carcano, Colaprico, Crapanzano, De Angelis, Gurrado, Luzzi e Tuzzi sono gli altri autori presenti nella nuova collezione. Fino al 31 maggio puoi i scaricare gratuitamente i loro ebook.
La seconda edizione di Milano da Leggere è realizzata con la sponsorizzazione tecnica di ATM e la collaborazione degli editori Bollati Boringhieri, Garzanti, Guanda, Marcos y Marcos, Meravigli, Mondadori, Mursia e dell’Agenzia Letteraria Santachiara.
La prima edizione di Milano da Leggere è stata realizzata con il sostegno di Regione Lombardia e la collaborazione di Marcos y Marcos, Morellini Editore, Sellerio, gli eredi di Oreste del Buono, The Italian Literary Agency, Liber Liber e Wikisource."
http://www.comune.milano.it/wps/portal/ist/it/extra/others/Extra/milano_da_leggere/
Money quote: "La città nelle pagine degli scrittori di ieri e di oggi
MILANO da LEGGERE è un progetto del Sistema Bibliotecario di Milano per far conoscere e diffondere la lettura nella sua variante digitale.
Lo scaffale virtuale, dedicato al racconto di Milano, per la seconda edizione si tinge di giallo e propone libri che, oltre ad avere trame ambientate in città, appartengono tutti alla narrativa gialla e noir. A partire da Scerbanenco e Olivieri, maestri del thriller milanese, ogni autore racconta la “Milano nera” da una particolare prospettiva storica: Biondillo, Carcano, Colaprico, Crapanzano, De Angelis, Gurrado, Luzzi e Tuzzi sono gli altri autori presenti nella nuova collezione. Fino al 31 maggio puoi i scaricare gratuitamente i loro ebook.
La seconda edizione di Milano da Leggere è realizzata con la sponsorizzazione tecnica di ATM e la collaborazione degli editori Bollati Boringhieri, Garzanti, Guanda, Marcos y Marcos, Meravigli, Mondadori, Mursia e dell’Agenzia Letteraria Santachiara.
La prima edizione di Milano da Leggere è stata realizzata con il sostegno di Regione Lombardia e la collaborazione di Marcos y Marcos, Morellini Editore, Sellerio, gli eredi di Oreste del Buono, The Italian Literary Agency, Liber Liber e Wikisource."
http://www.comune.milano.it/wps/portal/ist/it/extra/others/Extra/milano_da_leggere/
Portale del Comune di Milano
Milano da leggere
Scaffale virtuale di ebook da scaricare e leggere
Il governo canadese ha vietato ai diplomatici canadesi negli Usa di usare le cardboard del loro primo ministro Justin Trudeau per promuovere il paese (facendo fare i selfie alla gente con l’immagine a grandezza naturale di Trudeau)
Money quote: “One Pennsylvania-based company said it had sold between 10 and 20 cutouts of Trudeau since he became prime minister. The same company was contacted by the Canadian embassy in Washington, which, in the lead-up to Canada Day celebrations last year, placed a rush order for a cardboard Trudeau, spending C$147.79 (about US$111), including express delivery.”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/mar/21/justin-trudeau-canada-cardboard-cutouts
Money quote: “One Pennsylvania-based company said it had sold between 10 and 20 cutouts of Trudeau since he became prime minister. The same company was contacted by the Canadian embassy in Washington, which, in the lead-up to Canada Day celebrations last year, placed a rush order for a cardboard Trudeau, spending C$147.79 (about US$111), including express delivery.”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/mar/21/justin-trudeau-canada-cardboard-cutouts
the Guardian
Cut it out: Canada bars diplomats from using cardboard Justin Trudeau figures
Though some anticipated ‘serious selfie action’ with the cutouts, Conservatives said they were ‘a perfect metaphor’ for what the prime minister represented
Ce l’avevo lì da un bel po’ di tempo: nel caso ve lo foste perso, dopo che è saltato fuori che la CIA ha hackerato un sacco di strumenti, sistemi e dispositivi (cioè quando sono stati rivelati gli hacking tools degli 007 americani) c’è chi si è messo pancia a terra a lavorare per fare in modo che il propri software non fosse più compromesso. In questo caso, Notepad++, uno degli strumenti più popolari per la programmazione in ambiente Windows (cioè dove si scrive il codice) ha fatto la “Fix CIA Hacking Notepad++ Issue”, che è una 7.3.3
Money quote: “It's not a vulnerability/security issue in Notepad++, but for remedying this issue, from this release (v7.3.3) forward, notepad++.exe checks the certificate validation in scilexer.dll before loading it. If the certificate is missing or invalid, then it just won't be loaded, and Notepad++ will fail to launch.
Checking the certificate of DLL makes it harder to hack. Note that once users’ PCs are compromised, the hackers can do anything on the PCs. This solution only prevents from Notepad++ loading a CIA homemade DLL. It doesn't prevent your original notepad++.exe from being replaced by modified notepad++.exe while the CIA is controlling your PC.”
https://notepad-plus-plus.org/news/notepad-7.3.3-fix-cia-hacking-issue.html
Money quote: “It's not a vulnerability/security issue in Notepad++, but for remedying this issue, from this release (v7.3.3) forward, notepad++.exe checks the certificate validation in scilexer.dll before loading it. If the certificate is missing or invalid, then it just won't be loaded, and Notepad++ will fail to launch.
Checking the certificate of DLL makes it harder to hack. Note that once users’ PCs are compromised, the hackers can do anything on the PCs. This solution only prevents from Notepad++ loading a CIA homemade DLL. It doesn't prevent your original notepad++.exe from being replaced by modified notepad++.exe while the CIA is controlling your PC.”
https://notepad-plus-plus.org/news/notepad-7.3.3-fix-cia-hacking-issue.html