Quando l'ingegno e la casualità si sposano il loro frutto può essere succoso e rinfrescante. Da dirigente del marketing a figurante di televisione e cinema, otto anni di vita intensa e piena di soddisfazioni nel luccicante e rutilante mondo dello spettacolo. Ovvero, mamma guarda come ho sconfitto la crisi.
Money quote: "Eight years ago, I’d never have imagined I’d be playing the VIP bestie of the supermodel Coco Rocha. Or, for that matter, casually strolling by Matt Damon, pretending not to be aware of his scripted meet-cute on a New York City sidewalk. In 2009, I’d lost my job as an ad sales and marketing executive at a publishing company and was having trouble finding a new one. The recession was affecting most businesses, and unemployment had reached its highest level in 25 years; months of interviews and rejections had me searching desperately for new avenues. Unexpectedly, I’d find my first days back at work on a film set, as an extra. What initially seemed like a temporary gig turned into a viable, even unexpectedly stable, way to make a living while also learning the nuts and bolts of a fascinating industry."
https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2017/09/my-life-as-an-extra/541212/
Money quote: "Eight years ago, I’d never have imagined I’d be playing the VIP bestie of the supermodel Coco Rocha. Or, for that matter, casually strolling by Matt Damon, pretending not to be aware of his scripted meet-cute on a New York City sidewalk. In 2009, I’d lost my job as an ad sales and marketing executive at a publishing company and was having trouble finding a new one. The recession was affecting most businesses, and unemployment had reached its highest level in 25 years; months of interviews and rejections had me searching desperately for new avenues. Unexpectedly, I’d find my first days back at work on a film set, as an extra. What initially seemed like a temporary gig turned into a viable, even unexpectedly stable, way to make a living while also learning the nuts and bolts of a fascinating industry."
https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2017/09/my-life-as-an-extra/541212/
The Atlantic
The Curious Life of an Extra
Playing bystanders and party guests was supposed to be a temporary gig. It turned into a viable, and surprisingly fulfilling, way to make a living.
Magnum PI, Miami Vice, Starsky e Hutch. Un articolo di Quattroruote che racconta le supercar della tv anni Ottanta. Breve e incisivo.
Money quote: "Che fine hanno fatto le auto usate nei telefilm più famosi degli anni 80? Alcune sono state demolite, altre rivendute. Su altre ancora aleggia il mistero. E capita pure che qualche sopravvissuta finisca all’asta per ben cinque volte senza trovare acquirenti. Ecco cinque storie sulle auto che hanno fatto sognare intere generazioni."
https://www.quattroruote.it/news/curiosita/2017/02/03/auto_da_telefilm_ecco_che_fine_hanno_fatto_le_regine_delle_serie_tv_piu_amate.html
Money quote: "Che fine hanno fatto le auto usate nei telefilm più famosi degli anni 80? Alcune sono state demolite, altre rivendute. Su altre ancora aleggia il mistero. E capita pure che qualche sopravvissuta finisca all’asta per ben cinque volte senza trovare acquirenti. Ecco cinque storie sulle auto che hanno fatto sognare intere generazioni."
https://www.quattroruote.it/news/curiosita/2017/02/03/auto_da_telefilm_ecco_che_fine_hanno_fatto_le_regine_delle_serie_tv_piu_amate.html
Quattroruote.it
Auto da telefilm - Che fine hanno fatto le regine delle serie tv più amate - FOTO GALLERY
Che fine hanno fatto le Ferrari di Magnum P.I., le Kitt di Supercar e le General Lee di Hazzard? Ecco le risposte
Ci sono voluti 82 giorni e 20mila tiri per completare la buca da 2mila chilometri: la più "lunga" nella storia del golf.
Money quote: "Two retired rugby players needed a fresh challenge, so they set off for Mongolia, fell in with a stray dog and completed the longest hole of golf ever played"
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/behind-the-lines/2017/oct/03/longest-hole-golf-ever-mongolia
Money quote: "Two retired rugby players needed a fresh challenge, so they set off for Mongolia, fell in with a stray dog and completed the longest hole of golf ever played"
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/behind-the-lines/2017/oct/03/longest-hole-golf-ever-mongolia
the Guardian
What is 2,011km long, lasts 82 days and takes 20,093 shots? Golf's longest hole
Two retired rugby players went to Mongolia, fell in with a stray dog and completed the longest hole of golf ever played
The Believer ha ripreso regolari pubblicazioni - seppure con un altro editore - mentre McSweeney's va avanti alla grande. Anche sul web, dove fa la lista delle cose più regolate negli Usa che non possedere armi
Money quote:
Owning a fucking dog
Walking a fucking dog
Selling a fucking mattress
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/things-more-heavily-regulated-than-buying-a-gun-in-the-united-states
Money quote:
Owning a fucking dog
Walking a fucking dog
Selling a fucking mattress
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/things-more-heavily-regulated-than-buying-a-gun-in-the-united-states
McSweeney's Internet Tendency
Things More Heavily Regulated Than Buying a Gun in the United States
Having a fucking bake sale Building a fucking shed in your own backyard Pumping fucking gas Getting a fucking vasectomy Owning a fucking car Drivin...
La mia recensione dell'iPhone 8 per Il Post
http://www.ilpost.it/antoniodini/2017/10/04/liphone-8-plus-provato-bene/
http://www.ilpost.it/antoniodini/2017/10/04/liphone-8-plus-provato-bene/
Il Post
L'iPhone 8 Plus provato bene - Antonio Dini
Il nuovo telefono di Apple che non è ancora l'iPhone X ma si difende decisamente bene, soprattutto con le foto e la realtà aumentata
Digg racconta tutto quello che Google ha presentato poche ore fa. A me piace il portatile. Meno i telefoni e le cuffie Bluetooth smart. Una nota: anche Google dice addio al mini jack audio nel telefono. Aspetto che anche loro vengano lapidati sulla pubblica via...
Money quote: “Both Pixels have full aluminum bodies and each have the glass inlay in the top. There's a fingerprint sensor on the back of both phones. There are front-facing stereo speakers... but no headphone jack:”
http://digg.com/2017/google-pixel-event-highlights
Money quote: “Both Pixels have full aluminum bodies and each have the glass inlay in the top. There's a fingerprint sensor on the back of both phones. There are front-facing stereo speakers... but no headphone jack:”
http://digg.com/2017/google-pixel-event-highlights
Digg
Just The Good Stuff From Today's Google Event
New Google Homes, new Pixelbook, new Pixels and more.
Blade Runner 2049 è un capolavoro - la mia recensione per Fumettologica
http://www.fumettologica.it/2017/10/blader-runner-2049-recensione/
http://www.fumettologica.it/2017/10/blader-runner-2049-recensione/
Fumettologica
Blade Runner 2049 è un capolavoro - Fumettologica
"Blade Runner 2049" di Denis Villeneuve è un film visivamente potente, che si distanza dal classico "rifacimento-schifezza" e prende una strada propria.
Sembra quasi il documentario dietro le quinte di una storia di paperi nel deserto di Carl Barks: cosa sono le rocce sferiche e come si formano?
Money quote: "In fact, spherical boulders are molded over millions or even billions of years by a natural but long-misunderstood geological phenomenon called concretion. The concretion process occurs when sediment that has not yet hardened into rock accumulates around some sort of hard nucleus, such as a fossil or shell, and then binds together with a cementing mineral such as calcite. A natural concrete then forms in the space between sediment grains, banding the layers of sand together around the core, often in a spherical shape."
http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/concretion-spherical-rocks
Money quote: "In fact, spherical boulders are molded over millions or even billions of years by a natural but long-misunderstood geological phenomenon called concretion. The concretion process occurs when sediment that has not yet hardened into rock accumulates around some sort of hard nucleus, such as a fossil or shell, and then binds together with a cementing mineral such as calcite. A natural concrete then forms in the space between sediment grains, banding the layers of sand together around the core, often in a spherical shape."
http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/concretion-spherical-rocks
Atlas Obscura
How Nature Creates Uncannily Spherical Boulders
There's a geological phenomenon behind exceptionally round rocks.
La Chinatown di New York è stata a lungo una destinazione turistica: ricchi o semplicemente benestanti dei quartieri alti alla ricerca di qualcosa di pittoresco e di esotico da guardare: fumatori d'oppio, mercati all'ingrosso, risse e sparatorie. Una vera e proprio messa in scena delle condizioni di vita più povere e disagiate a totale beneficio degli eloi, insomma. Ma non è finita là.
Money quote: "In one form or another, it persisted as a form of tourism until the beginning of the World War II. At that time, the rise of suburbs and television, among other factors, seemed to put it to rest. But beginning in the 1980s, slum tourism has come back with a vengeance and a more international flavor, with tours that see affluent white visitors passing through what are considered slums in countries such as India, South Africa, and Brazil. It’s sparked controversy and moral outrage. Some see it as a racist exercise that taps into a universal fascination with inequality and the less fortunate. Others claim it pumps money into critically poor neighborhoods, as well as the pockets of tour operators. Indeed, in some cases, a significant proportion of slum tourism profit has been pumped back into the communities. But it still represents, to many, poverty as entertainment."
http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/slumming-chinatown-new-york-history-fake-opium-dens
Money quote: "In one form or another, it persisted as a form of tourism until the beginning of the World War II. At that time, the rise of suburbs and television, among other factors, seemed to put it to rest. But beginning in the 1980s, slum tourism has come back with a vengeance and a more international flavor, with tours that see affluent white visitors passing through what are considered slums in countries such as India, South Africa, and Brazil. It’s sparked controversy and moral outrage. Some see it as a racist exercise that taps into a universal fascination with inequality and the less fortunate. Others claim it pumps money into critically poor neighborhoods, as well as the pockets of tour operators. Indeed, in some cases, a significant proportion of slum tourism profit has been pumped back into the communities. But it still represents, to many, poverty as entertainment."
http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/slumming-chinatown-new-york-history-fake-opium-dens
Atlas Obscura
For Decades, New York’s Chinatown Duped ‘Slum Tourists’ With Faked Danger and Depravity
Opium dens, gunfights, and poverty theater.
Ho recensito per Il Post l’iPhone 8 Plus ma ovviamente non sono stato male. Dal punto di vista fotografico, questo è un buon approfondimento.
Money quote: “Like the camera in every iPhone that preceded them, Apple is touting the cameras in the iPhone 8 Plus and the forthcoming iPhone X as its best ever. This year the company is particularly proud of these, which boast a marquee “Portrait Lighting” feature that brings a range of professional-looking effects to the already great photos the dual camera system on the iPhone 7 Plus is capable of taking”
https://www.buzzfeed.com/johnpaczkowski/iphone-portrait-lighting
Money quote: “Like the camera in every iPhone that preceded them, Apple is touting the cameras in the iPhone 8 Plus and the forthcoming iPhone X as its best ever. This year the company is particularly proud of these, which boast a marquee “Portrait Lighting” feature that brings a range of professional-looking effects to the already great photos the dual camera system on the iPhone 7 Plus is capable of taking”
https://www.buzzfeed.com/johnpaczkowski/iphone-portrait-lighting
BuzzFeed
Inside Apple’s Quest To Transform Photography
How does Apple think about iPhone camera design? Obsessively.
Questa serie di profili di attori realizzata da GQ mi piace molto. Dopo Harrison Ford, è tempo di cambiare e parlare di Jackie Chan, 63 anni, più scatenato che mai. E, leggendo del centro sportivo che ha creato, della sua storia, di come vive, si scopre che è anche un personaggio abbastanza inquietante. Molto inquietante.
Money quote: "He hasn't been idle this decade. Idle is not one of the speeds in Jackie Chan's gearbox. "Sometimes I look at some other actors, famous actors," he says incredulously. "They're so comfortable! After filming, just holiday! With a girlfriend or the family." After filming, Jackie tends to an ever-expanding portfolio of business interests, and then he makes more films."
https://www.gq.com/story/jackie-chans-gq-profile-2017
Money quote: "He hasn't been idle this decade. Idle is not one of the speeds in Jackie Chan's gearbox. "Sometimes I look at some other actors, famous actors," he says incredulously. "They're so comfortable! After filming, just holiday! With a girlfriend or the family." After filming, Jackie tends to an ever-expanding portfolio of business interests, and then he makes more films."
https://www.gq.com/story/jackie-chans-gq-profile-2017
GQ
Jackie Chan’s Plan to Keep Kicking Forever
GQ sent Alex Pappademas to Beijing to interview the king in his castle—a vast martial-arts complex as awesome and over-the-top as Jackie Chan himself.
Rimanendo in argomento: adoro anche Pierce Brosnan. L'ho sempre adorato. Non per i film di 007, ma per la serie Remington Steele, che per me è stato un telefilm stupendo, come Moonlightning con Bruce Willis (all'epoca dotato di capelli). Questo ritratto di Brosnan su GQ di sette anni fa è una meraviglia.
Money quote: His father, Tom, had taken off soon after his birth and Brosnan met him only once, when Remington Steele was shooting in Ireland and there was a knock on the door of his hotel room.
"I opened the door and there was this flinty-eyed man, hair like this gray snow white, chiseled features, not as tall as me. He walked in and said, 'Ahh you're a good lookin' man,'" says Brosnan, lapsing into a brogue. "I said, 'Well I get it from you, Tom. Like a cup a tea?'"
https://www.gq.com/story/pierce-brosnan-suit-guide
Money quote: His father, Tom, had taken off soon after his birth and Brosnan met him only once, when Remington Steele was shooting in Ireland and there was a knock on the door of his hotel room.
"I opened the door and there was this flinty-eyed man, hair like this gray snow white, chiseled features, not as tall as me. He walked in and said, 'Ahh you're a good lookin' man,'" says Brosnan, lapsing into a brogue. "I said, 'Well I get it from you, Tom. Like a cup a tea?'"
https://www.gq.com/story/pierce-brosnan-suit-guide
GQ
Man On The Street
How is it that **Pierce Brosnan** keeps getting cooler with age? Well, part of it is that the guy knows how to wear a suit (and shirt and tie) like no one else, whether he's on the big screen or the streets of Los Angeles
State usando il vostro nuovo Raspberry Pi per un interessante progetto ma non potete spegnerlo seguendo la maniera corretta. E rischiate tutte le volte di corrompere la scheda SD con la memoria del sistema (dovete formattarla e reinstallarla dall'ultimo backup). Non è il modo più semplice. Possibile che non esistano altre soluzioni? Beh, l'idea è quella di una modalità read only per il piccoletto, in maniera tale che non ci siano problemi in caso di spegnimento improvviso.
Money quote: "But what if it’s not as easy as selecting shutdown, because your Raspberry Pi is embedded deep inside the belly of a project? Maybe you’ve hot-glued your Zero W into a pumpkin which is now screwed to the roof of your porch, or your store has a bank of Pi-powered monitors playing ads and the power is set to shut off every evening. Without the ability to shut down your Pi via the menu, you risk the SD card’s contents every time you power down your project."
https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/adafruits-read-only/
Money quote: "But what if it’s not as easy as selecting shutdown, because your Raspberry Pi is embedded deep inside the belly of a project? Maybe you’ve hot-glued your Zero W into a pumpkin which is now screwed to the roof of your porch, or your store has a bank of Pi-powered monitors playing ads and the power is set to shut off every evening. Without the ability to shut down your Pi via the menu, you risk the SD card’s contents every time you power down your project."
https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/adafruits-read-only/
Raspberry Pi
Adafruit’s read-only Raspberry Pi
Perfect for passive projects and hard-to-reach Pis, Adafruit's read-only Raspberry Pi script allows you to pull the plug without corrupting your SD card.
Il gioco che nessuno riuscirà mai a completare (perché lo allungano tutte le volte...)
https://www.nevercompletedgame.com/
https://www.nevercompletedgame.com/
Tutti gli screensaver di Apple TV in un video - il mio articolo per Macity
https://www.macitynet.it/tutti-gli-screensaver-apple-tv-un-video/
https://www.macitynet.it/tutti-gli-screensaver-apple-tv-un-video/
Macitynet.it
Tutti gli screensaver di Apple TV in un video - Macitynet.it
Tutti ora possono ammirare gli spettacolari video Aerial in slow motion che Apple ha prodotto come screensaver Apple TV. Una compilation fenomenale
Foto di macchinette per distribuire bevande (spesso calde) nel nord del Giappone, sepolte tra le nevi dell'Okkaido. Poetico.
Money quote: "Outdoor vending machines, especially the ones in remote locations, buried in snowfall, became not only a photographic subject for Ohashi but also a welcome oasis from the harsh winters of Hokkaido. The deep snows can become inconvenient “but even then I can get warm drinks from the vending machines. When I hold a warm bottle that I buy from the vending machine, my feelings relax.”"
http://www.spoon-tamago.com/2017/10/04/japanese-vending-machines-at-night-juxtaposed-with-a-wintry-hokkaido-landscape/
Money quote: "Outdoor vending machines, especially the ones in remote locations, buried in snowfall, became not only a photographic subject for Ohashi but also a welcome oasis from the harsh winters of Hokkaido. The deep snows can become inconvenient “but even then I can get warm drinks from the vending machines. When I hold a warm bottle that I buy from the vending machine, my feelings relax.”"
http://www.spoon-tamago.com/2017/10/04/japanese-vending-machines-at-night-juxtaposed-with-a-wintry-hokkaido-landscape/
Spoon & Tamago
Japanese Vending Machines at Night Juxtaposed with a Wintry Hokkaido Landscape
“In Hokkaido where I live, winters are harsh and snows are deep,” says photographer Eiji Ohashi. “Every day can become rather inconvenient” due to the constant snowfall. But heavy snows also bring wintry wonderlands and the discovery of small pleasures. …
Microsoft: addio alla produzione di nuovi Surface entro il 2019 - il mio articolo per Macity
https://www.macitynet.it/nuovi-surface/
https://www.macitynet.it/nuovi-surface/
Macitynet.it
Microsoft: addio alla produzione di nuovi Surface entro il 2019 - Macitynet.it
Secondo il Ceo di Canalis, Satya Nadella si prepara ad abbandonare il mercato hardware: difficoltà e margini troppo ridotti che impattano negativamente sul resto del business
Quelli di Dropbox stanno un po' esagerando. Super lancio per un restyling grafico minore, ma che "interpreta" la nuova mission aziendale. Bah
Money quote: "As our mission has evolved from keeping files in sync to helping keep teams in sync, we realized our brand needs to change, too. Our new brand system shows that Dropbox isn’t just a place to store your files—it’s a living workspace that brings teams and ideas together. The look is expressive, with vibrant colors, rich imagery, a versatile typeface, and playful illustrations."
https://dropbox.design
Money quote: "As our mission has evolved from keeping files in sync to helping keep teams in sync, we realized our brand needs to change, too. Our new brand system shows that Dropbox isn’t just a place to store your files—it’s a living workspace that brings teams and ideas together. The look is expressive, with vibrant colors, rich imagery, a versatile typeface, and playful illustrations."
https://dropbox.design
Dropbox
Dropbox Brand Guidelines
At Dropbox, our Brand Guidelines help us infuse everything we make with identity. From icons to illustration, logos to language, this collection is the foundation for how Dropbox looks, feels, and sounds like Dropbox.
Ha perso un motore e, se fossimo stati su quel volo, sarebbe stata l'avventura di una vita (di quelle che per fortuna si possono raccontare). Ma a parte questo, è interessante non solo leggere la dinamica dell'incidente dell'A380 di Air France, che ha perso un motore mentre volava sull'Atlantico, ma soprattutto guardare le foto. Spettacolari...
Money quote: "An Air France Airbus A380-800, registration F-HPJE performing flight AF-66 from Paris Charles de Gaulle (France) to Los Angeles,CA (USA) with 497 passengers and 24 crew, was enroute at FL370 about 200nm southeast of Nuuk (Greenland) when the fan and inlet of the #4 engine (GP7270, outboard right hand) separated from the engine. The crew descended the aircraft to FL310 and diverted to Goose Bay,NL (Canada) for a safe landing about 2 hours later at 12:41L (15:41Z). Emergency services reported hydraulic fluid leaking from the engine."
https://avherald.com/h?article=4af15205
Money quote: "An Air France Airbus A380-800, registration F-HPJE performing flight AF-66 from Paris Charles de Gaulle (France) to Los Angeles,CA (USA) with 497 passengers and 24 crew, was enroute at FL370 about 200nm southeast of Nuuk (Greenland) when the fan and inlet of the #4 engine (GP7270, outboard right hand) separated from the engine. The crew descended the aircraft to FL310 and diverted to Goose Bay,NL (Canada) for a safe landing about 2 hours later at 12:41L (15:41Z). Emergency services reported hydraulic fluid leaking from the engine."
https://avherald.com/h?article=4af15205
Avherald
Accident: France A388 over Greenland on Sep 30th 2017, uncontained engine failure, fan and engine inlet separated
Aviation Herald - News, Incidents and Accidents in Aviation
La nuova strategia dei big della tecnologia: integrare tutto - il mio articolo per Macity
https://www.macitynet.it/la-nuova-strategia-dei-big-della-tecnologia-integrare/
https://www.macitynet.it/la-nuova-strategia-dei-big-della-tecnologia-integrare/
Macitynet.it
La nuova strategia dei big della tecnologia: integrare tutto - Macitynet.it
Dal silicio ai servizi nella nuvola digitale, il futuro è fare tutto in casa, come insegna Apple e come Microsoft e Google stanno copiando