Mostly, I Write pinned «Compie 90 anni la vettura tra iconica di Milano: la Carrelli. Atm pubblica un pdf: non lamentiamoci, è già un inizio... https://www.atm.it/it/AtmNews/Documents/Lineadiretta.pdf»
Una premessa: in casa non abbiamo automobili o motorini: usiamo i servizi del comune di milano (abbonamento) e i vari sharing: auto e bici. Ci piace così.
Detto questo, da tempo combatto una battaglia contro l’inciviltà degli abitanti di Milano sia per il parcheggio selvaggio che per quelli che vanno in bici sui marciapiedi. Al riguardo, il comune a quanto pare “tollera”. Io, nel mio piccolo, mi oppongo.
Il comune di Atene mi dà ragione e aumenta le multe a chi va sui marciapiedi con la bici da veri a trenta euro. Da noi non c’è neanche la multa...
http://www.thepostathens.com/article/2017/11/athens-court-street-bicycle-skateboard
Detto questo, da tempo combatto una battaglia contro l’inciviltà degli abitanti di Milano sia per il parcheggio selvaggio che per quelli che vanno in bici sui marciapiedi. Al riguardo, il comune a quanto pare “tollera”. Io, nel mio piccolo, mi oppongo.
Il comune di Atene mi dà ragione e aumenta le multe a chi va sui marciapiedi con la bici da veri a trenta euro. Da noi non c’è neanche la multa...
http://www.thepostathens.com/article/2017/11/athens-court-street-bicycle-skateboard
The Post
How Athens City Council could change fines for bikes on sidewalks Uptown | The Post
Athens' traffic code currently bans bicycle and skateboard use on sidewalks Uptown, and the penalty for doing so could soon rise.
Toccare il fondo. A chi non è capitato? E come si fa ad evitarlo? Anzi, ad accelerarlo, perché no. Dopottutto, abbiamo paura del cambiamento, ma quest’ultimo di per sé è la cosa buona, no?
Money quote: “As a therapist, I see people who need to change to avoid catastrophe. Some of them want to. Some of them don’t. You might find this also in your own life. You know you need to make a change, but you in some ways you enjoy your bad habit. Unaddressed this bad habit will force a “rock bottom” on you and then change will be easier. Obviously, it would be healthier if you could change right now.
The good news is that a person’s “bottom” can be influenced and changed”
https://betterhumans.coach.me/how-to-break-bad-habits-by-simulating-rock-bottom-8e46b5acb027
Money quote: “As a therapist, I see people who need to change to avoid catastrophe. Some of them want to. Some of them don’t. You might find this also in your own life. You know you need to make a change, but you in some ways you enjoy your bad habit. Unaddressed this bad habit will force a “rock bottom” on you and then change will be easier. Obviously, it would be healthier if you could change right now.
The good news is that a person’s “bottom” can be influenced and changed”
https://betterhumans.coach.me/how-to-break-bad-habits-by-simulating-rock-bottom-8e46b5acb027
Medium
How to Break Bad Habits by Simulating Rock Bottom
You decide where you make your turn-around. Here’s how to do it sooner.
“Quaderni giapponesi 2”. Igort, vagabondo del manga e del viaggio - il mio articolo per Fumettologica
http://www.fumettologica.it/2017/11/igort-quaderni-giapponesi-2-recensione/
http://www.fumettologica.it/2017/11/igort-quaderni-giapponesi-2-recensione/
Fumettologica
"Quaderni giapponesi 2". Igort, vagabondo del manga e del viaggio - Fumettologica
Recensione di Quaderni giapponesi 2: il vagabondo del manga, il nuovo graphic novel di Igort, in cui l'autore continua a raccontare il Sol Levante.
Cosa ce meglio del sesso, preliminari inclusi? Le coccole che seguono.
Money quote: “Muise, who studies how sexuality impacts on relationships, set out with colleagues to learn which part of sex made people feel more connected to their partners. In a study published in 2014 in the Archives of Sexual Behavior, they reported that it was what followed intercourse itself. The length of ‘post-sex affection’ ranged from zero minutes to several hours, the researchers learned. And those who spent more time snuggling were more satisfied with their relationships”
https://aeon.co/essays/why-post-sex-cuddles-and-pillowtalk-count-for-more-than-orgasm
Money quote: “Muise, who studies how sexuality impacts on relationships, set out with colleagues to learn which part of sex made people feel more connected to their partners. In a study published in 2014 in the Archives of Sexual Behavior, they reported that it was what followed intercourse itself. The length of ‘post-sex affection’ ranged from zero minutes to several hours, the researchers learned. And those who spent more time snuggling were more satisfied with their relationships”
https://aeon.co/essays/why-post-sex-cuddles-and-pillowtalk-count-for-more-than-orgasm
Aeon
Afterglow
The intensity of orgasm is sublime, but the gentle love cocktail that follows is what helps relationships to endure
Bentornata Leica CL, la compatta vintage che dà filo da torcere alle full frame - il mio articolo per Macity
https://www.macitynet.it/bentornata-leica-cl-embargo-15-30-del-21nov/
https://www.macitynet.it/bentornata-leica-cl-embargo-15-30-del-21nov/
Macitynet.it
Bentornata Leica CL, la compatta vintage che dà filo da torcere alle full frame - Macitynet.it
Presentata Leica CL: da Wetzlar arriva il sistema APS-C da 24 megapixel con baionetta L e design compatto: un mostro con una capacità di risoluzione del contrasto da full frame
Tragica e intensa storia di lupi in Oregon
Money quote: "The black wolf and B300 mated for the first time in December of 2006 or 2007—nobody knows when exactly. They settled in the high timber of the Wallowa Mountains, a kingdom of pines and wildflowers and cow pies that curves like a palisade around the agricultural communities of Joseph and Enterprise. They made a den inside a huge felled ponderosa and cared for their first round of pups, born blind and helpless in early spring. They were now officially a pack, the first to exist in Oregon for nearly 60 years."
https://www.outsideonline.com/2255971/very-old-man-wolf
Money quote: "The black wolf and B300 mated for the first time in December of 2006 or 2007—nobody knows when exactly. They settled in the high timber of the Wallowa Mountains, a kingdom of pines and wildflowers and cow pies that curves like a palisade around the agricultural communities of Joseph and Enterprise. They made a den inside a huge felled ponderosa and cared for their first round of pups, born blind and helpless in early spring. They were now officially a pack, the first to exist in Oregon for nearly 60 years."
https://www.outsideonline.com/2255971/very-old-man-wolf
Outside Online
A Very Old Man for a Wolf
As the alpha male of the first pack to live in Oregon since 1947, he was beloved by conservationists. Then he broke one too many rules.
I mall americani sono una cosa diversa dai nostri centri commerciali per vari motivi. Un aspetto poco studiato e molto intrigante secondo me - oltre che inesistente da noi - sono i chioschi, le strutture al centro delle gallerie che vendono in modo molto aggressivo bene di scarso valore (da cover dei telefoni a improbabili apparecchi per stirare a vapore da viaggio). Le tecniche di vendita sono piuttosto aggressive e nell’insieme ci sarebbero anche altre cose da dire. In questo articolo, le dicono tutte...
Money quote: “But I had some questions for them, and recently went to a mall in the Midwest to get some answers. Mall kiosks are not an often-interrogated part of our shopping ecosystem. How do they work? Who works at them, and should we hold them accountable for their hard-sell tactics?
What I learned surprised me.”
https://www.racked.com/2017/11/7/16553220/mall-kiosk-worker?utm_
Money quote: “But I had some questions for them, and recently went to a mall in the Midwest to get some answers. Mall kiosks are not an often-interrogated part of our shopping ecosystem. How do they work? Who works at them, and should we hold them accountable for their hard-sell tactics?
What I learned surprised me.”
https://www.racked.com/2017/11/7/16553220/mall-kiosk-worker?utm_
Racked
The Secret Life of the Mall Kiosk Worker
How mall kiosk workers get you to stop — even when you know better.
Dropbox ha fatto un rebranding - ne avevamo parlato qui mesi fa - che non mi piace. L'icona blu, soprattutto, secondo me non si può guardare. Però a quanto pare sbaglio io e hanno ragione loro: i rebranding non si giudicano a simpatia dal punto di vista del design, ma se funzionano o no. E questo funziona
Money quote: "A visceral reaction to product design is not that important when judging its effectiveness. (Just for fun, if you want to see what it’s like for designers’ heads to explode, read the reactions here). Instead, a digital product brand (like any brand) should be judged on how well it serves the stated business goals."
https://medium.com/innovatemap-current/dropboxs-rebrand-will-probably-be-successful-whether-you-like-the-design-or-not-ff2ad5e7975b
Money quote: "A visceral reaction to product design is not that important when judging its effectiveness. (Just for fun, if you want to see what it’s like for designers’ heads to explode, read the reactions here). Instead, a digital product brand (like any brand) should be judged on how well it serves the stated business goals."
https://medium.com/innovatemap-current/dropboxs-rebrand-will-probably-be-successful-whether-you-like-the-design-or-not-ff2ad5e7975b
Medium
Dropbox’s rebrand will probably be successful whether you like the design or not
Recently Dropbox redesigned their brand from the ground up and it resulted in blowing the collective mind of designers everywhere.
Procrastinate? È il momento di meditare. Articolo apparentemente idiota come quasi tutti gli articoli di self help, ma che in realtà dentro ha tante cose più profonde
Money quote: "Newsflash: You are not your thoughts. And you are not your emotions. Thoughts and emotions just pop up, they come and go like clouds in the sky. They are like the weather. Sometimes it’s sunny; sometimes it rains — sometimes you feel happy and motivated; sometimes you feel sad and depressed."
https://fityourself.club/overcoming-procrastination-why-mindfulness-is-the-key-b4bed2218d55
Money quote: "Newsflash: You are not your thoughts. And you are not your emotions. Thoughts and emotions just pop up, they come and go like clouds in the sky. They are like the weather. Sometimes it’s sunny; sometimes it rains — sometimes you feel happy and motivated; sometimes you feel sad and depressed."
https://fityourself.club/overcoming-procrastination-why-mindfulness-is-the-key-b4bed2218d55
Medium
Overcoming Procrastination: Why Mindfulness is The Key
For as long as I can remember, I’ve been a procrastinator.
Viviamo in un mondo fatto di troppe regole. C'è chi queste regole non le sopporta e, anziché ribellarsi in maniera distruttiva, lo fa in maniera costruttiva.
Questa storia giapponese di un complesso di appartamenti totalmente illegale ed abusivo, costruito senza architetti e senza progetto, è uno degli esempi più chiari.
Money quote: "Kano Sawada (1927 to 2003) was a self-taught architect and carpenter. Dissatisfied with “cage-like” standard apartment complexes, he set about building an apartment that could foster a sense of community and creativity, all while accommodating up to 100 people.
Construction on the complex commenced in the early 1970s. Though the building reached its current scale in 1985, additions are ongoing to this day. There are approximately 70 rooms in the building and about 100 residents. The exact size of its parameters is unknown, as no blueprints were used.
The white five-story building is rife with plant life and unusual additions. On the fourth floor there’s a fishpond and the roof houses an extensive vegetable garden and self-built crane. Kano Sawada’s widow, Hiroe, still lives in the building with her family. Their top-floor apartment has an impressive garden, complete with chickens, rabbits, and even a pet pig!"
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/sawada-mansion
Questa storia giapponese di un complesso di appartamenti totalmente illegale ed abusivo, costruito senza architetti e senza progetto, è uno degli esempi più chiari.
Money quote: "Kano Sawada (1927 to 2003) was a self-taught architect and carpenter. Dissatisfied with “cage-like” standard apartment complexes, he set about building an apartment that could foster a sense of community and creativity, all while accommodating up to 100 people.
Construction on the complex commenced in the early 1970s. Though the building reached its current scale in 1985, additions are ongoing to this day. There are approximately 70 rooms in the building and about 100 residents. The exact size of its parameters is unknown, as no blueprints were used.
The white five-story building is rife with plant life and unusual additions. On the fourth floor there’s a fishpond and the roof houses an extensive vegetable garden and self-built crane. Kano Sawada’s widow, Hiroe, still lives in the building with her family. Their top-floor apartment has an impressive garden, complete with chickens, rabbits, and even a pet pig!"
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/sawada-mansion
Atlas Obscura
Sawada Mansion in Kōchi-shi
The eclectic structure is beloved by the approximately 100 residents who call it home.
Arrivato Scrivener 3, ma per ora non c'è su Mac App Store - il mio articolo per Macity
https://www.macitynet.it/arrivato-scrivener-3-ora-non-ce-mac-app-store/
https://www.macitynet.it/arrivato-scrivener-3-ora-non-ce-mac-app-store/
macitynet.it
Arrivato Scrivener 3, ma per ora non c’è su Mac App Store
Mac App a Pagamento, Mac App Produttività e Office, Mac App Utility, Mac e Windows, Software
A quanto pare è finito nei guai per questioni di molestie anche Jabba the Hutt
Money quote: "Hutt, who has business interests in space transit and is best known for his appearances as a television pod racing promoter and commentator, stands accused of using his position to harass a succession of women culminating in an attempt to ‘stick his tongue down the throat’ of Princess Leia Organa within minutes of them meeting.
Jabba is understood to be paying twelve million credits as an out of court settlement, but insists this is not an admission of wrongdoing and that he is paying up as he ‘feared being throttled by political correctness’."
http://newsthump.com/2017/04/06/jabba-the-hutt-denies-sexual-harassment-charge/
Money quote: "Hutt, who has business interests in space transit and is best known for his appearances as a television pod racing promoter and commentator, stands accused of using his position to harass a succession of women culminating in an attempt to ‘stick his tongue down the throat’ of Princess Leia Organa within minutes of them meeting.
Jabba is understood to be paying twelve million credits as an out of court settlement, but insists this is not an admission of wrongdoing and that he is paying up as he ‘feared being throttled by political correctness’."
http://newsthump.com/2017/04/06/jabba-the-hutt-denies-sexual-harassment-charge/
NewsThump
Jabba the Hutt denies sexual harassment charge
Businessman, commenter and media personality Jabba the Hutt has denied allegations of sexual harassment against Princess Leia this afternoon.
C'è qualcosa di profondamente sbagliato nell'ordine sociale nato attorno all'economia della rete, se per questa intendiamo le grandi 4+1, da Apple ad Amazon, da Facebook a Google sino a Microsoft. Una specie di magnete per i talenti che però ha distorto la nostra stessa idea di cosa voglia dire lavorare, quale sia l'impegno e quali siano le competenze, dove stia veramente il valore. Dovrebbe far capire che forse, tutto sommato, alla fin fine abbiamo un problema.
Questo articolo di una sviluppatrice e scrittrice (alla fine scrive sempre: a volte parole, a volte codice) secondo me dovrebbe diventare una lettura da antologia. Dovrebbe fari riflettere su cosa vuol dire illudere che l'oro di una vita futura stia nell'imparare a scrivere codice a quattro anni e cose del genere.
Money quote: "The difference between writing and coding is how your colleagues treat you. Writers rally around the laid off, are eager to commiserate. “Failed” coders are shunned in tech culture. They don’t even want to acknowledge your existence. It would go against their narrative that anyone can make it in the industry if they work hard enough. But don’t be fooled. There are a lot of coders like me. We are, in the end, just workers, and not immune to the tides that have drowned other workers."
https://medium.com/@melissamcewen/coders-should-fear-what-happened-to-writers-d87a895b03db
Questo articolo di una sviluppatrice e scrittrice (alla fine scrive sempre: a volte parole, a volte codice) secondo me dovrebbe diventare una lettura da antologia. Dovrebbe fari riflettere su cosa vuol dire illudere che l'oro di una vita futura stia nell'imparare a scrivere codice a quattro anni e cose del genere.
Money quote: "The difference between writing and coding is how your colleagues treat you. Writers rally around the laid off, are eager to commiserate. “Failed” coders are shunned in tech culture. They don’t even want to acknowledge your existence. It would go against their narrative that anyone can make it in the industry if they work hard enough. But don’t be fooled. There are a lot of coders like me. We are, in the end, just workers, and not immune to the tides that have drowned other workers."
https://medium.com/@melissamcewen/coders-should-fear-what-happened-to-writers-d87a895b03db
Medium
Coders Should Fear What Happened To Writers
I’ve had two careers. I’ve been a developer, which has frankly paid most of the bills. And I’ve been a writer, which I’ve done mainly…
Ecco perché Leica fa rivivere gli MTF: con il lancio della Leica CL la casa di Wetzlar torna ai fondamentali della fotografia e spiega perché i suoi prodotti sono superiori - il mio articolo (piuttosto lungo e teorico) per Macity
https://www.macitynet.it/perche-leica-rivivere-gli-mtf/
https://www.macitynet.it/perche-leica-rivivere-gli-mtf/
macitynet.it
Ecco perché Leica fa rivivere gli MTF
Foto Digitale, Leica
Tutti gli sconti del Black Friday su Telegram - il mio articolo per La Stampa
http://www.lastampa.it/2017/11/23/tecnologia/news/tutti-gli-sconti-del-black-friday-su-telegram-vUxZ9QCiBDtJhHcCBwVdgK/pagina.html
http://www.lastampa.it/2017/11/23/tecnologia/news/tutti-gli-sconti-del-black-friday-su-telegram-vUxZ9QCiBDtJhHcCBwVdgK/pagina.html
LaStampa.it
Tutti gli sconti del Black Friday su Telegram
Ecco come funzionano i canali di Telegram e quali sono i migliori per avere sconti sugli acquisti nei grandi siti di ecommerce
Il problema con la manipolazione genetica è molto semplice. Non ne sappiamo abbastanza. Anzi, in realtà non ne sappiamo niente. Abbiamo capito come cambiare le cose, ma il reale funzionamento dei geni è ben oltre la nostra portata.
Per questo l’esperimento che la Nuova Zelanda sta portando avanti per fare fuori i topi usando la manipolazione genetica potrebbe essere una catastrofe epocale. E sarebbe ancora una buona cosa, perché se invece va bene (ma la scala su cui misurarlo sarebbero i secoli, non gli anni) il rischio è che diventi una prassi comune.
Money quote: “Until the 13th century, the only land mammals in New Zealand were bats. In this furless world, local birds evolved a docile temperament. Many of them, like the iconic kiwi and the giant kakapo parrot, lost their powers of flight. Gentle and grounded, they were easy prey for the rats, dogs, cats, stoats, weasels, and possums that were later introduced by humans. Between them, these predators devour more than 26 million chicks and eggs every year. They have already driven a quarter of the nation’s unique birds to extinction.”
https://www.theatlantic.com/article/546011/
Per questo l’esperimento che la Nuova Zelanda sta portando avanti per fare fuori i topi usando la manipolazione genetica potrebbe essere una catastrofe epocale. E sarebbe ancora una buona cosa, perché se invece va bene (ma la scala su cui misurarlo sarebbero i secoli, non gli anni) il rischio è che diventi una prassi comune.
Money quote: “Until the 13th century, the only land mammals in New Zealand were bats. In this furless world, local birds evolved a docile temperament. Many of them, like the iconic kiwi and the giant kakapo parrot, lost their powers of flight. Gentle and grounded, they were easy prey for the rats, dogs, cats, stoats, weasels, and possums that were later introduced by humans. Between them, these predators devour more than 26 million chicks and eggs every year. They have already driven a quarter of the nation’s unique birds to extinction.”
https://www.theatlantic.com/article/546011/
The Atlantic
New Zealand’s War on Rats Could Change the World
The nation wants to eradicate all invasive mammal predators by 2050. Gene-editing technology could help—or it could trigger an ecological disaster of global proportions.
Le foto di un viaggio in Siam. Alcune sono davvero belle in quanto esotiche. Fa tenerezza (e molto anni novanta) il suggerimento per andare a tutto schermo.
Money quote: “Please view in Fullscreen-Mode (F11).”
https://medium.com/@voltachrome/full-frames-from-siam-657639948b9
Money quote: “Please view in Fullscreen-Mode (F11).”
https://medium.com/@voltachrome/full-frames-from-siam-657639948b9
Medium
Full Frames from Siam
A journey to Chiang Mai/Pai/Ko Chang. All images taken with Sony A7II, Samyang 35mm 2.8, Canon 50mm 1.4.
Questo è un periodo che ho nostalgia di viaggi in Asia e in particolare di viaggi in Giappone. Mi manca Tokyo, sono un po’ di anni che non ci vado e l’atmosfera della città mi è rimasta nel cuore.
Per soffrire di più e meglio, ecco 50 viste di Tokyo. Sempre usando a Medium come piattaforma (che scelta singolare).
https://medium.com/@Kelman/tokyo-landscape-11b14a4aa3cc
Per soffrire di più e meglio, ecco 50 viste di Tokyo. Sempre usando a Medium come piattaforma (che scelta singolare).
https://medium.com/@Kelman/tokyo-landscape-11b14a4aa3cc
Medium
Tokyo Landscape
50 Views of Tokyo