persépolis, uma animação demasiado bela para ser verdade... (3)
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Marjane Satrapi é a personagem da história, a autora de uma banda desenhada sobre essa personagem e ainda uma das autoras do filme, em conjunto com Vincent Paronnaud. “Persépolis” é um filme de animação realizado em França usando métodos de desenho e traço tradicionais e que foi nomeado para os Óscares de 2008 como melhor filme de animação. O filme obteve ainda o prémio do júri de Cannes em 2007. Poesia visual, narrativa e sonora. ...
Uma maçã rock'n'roll (1)
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A caminho da noite em que será preciso escolher que concerto ver, mais uma memória. Hoje com Lou Reed, recordando a canção que chamou atenções para um álbum que, em 1989, assinou o regresso do músico à sua melhor forma depois de uma década de 80 com alguns momentos menores (algo comum a quase todos os músicos da sua geração). O álbum, New York, sugeria um certo reencontro com as heranças dos Velvet Underground (onde ...
July 16, 1945: Trinity Blast Opens Atomic Age (15)
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1945: The first atomic bomb is tested successfully at the Alamogordo Bombing and Gunnery Range in a remote section of desert near Los Alamos, New Mexico. The instant the bomb detonated at 5:30 a.m. that Monday, the atomic age was born, and the world changed forever. The Trinity test, as it was known, was the culmination of the American effort to win the race against Germany (and, ultimately, the Soviet Union) in building an atomic ...
Selecting Photographs: What not to show (4)
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You’re an aspiring photographer or amateur photographer and want to show the world, or maybe just your relatives what you can do with a camera and some good ol’ light. But where’s that brilliant photograph in which you’ve managed to time the shot just perfectly? Lost in the quagmire of shots that didn’t make the cut? Here’s one small tip with an illustration to help you out. As a practice, I never used to carry ...
Por Que Escrevo e Outros Ensaios (1)
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Para os leitores de hoje, George Orwell (1903-1950) é sobretudo o ficcionista do distópico 1984 e da sátira anti-estalinista O Triunfo dos Porcos (a sair em breve pela Antígona numa nova tradução, com o título mais lógico de A Quinta dos Animais).
Lastgraph: ondas de som (1)
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A minha conta do last.fm fez um ano e resolvi pedir uma visualização dos últimos doze meses no lastgraph. Há uma série de visualizações possíveis para quem busca alternativas às listas comuns de músicos, temas e álbuns disponíveis no last.fm, a maioria das quais está compilada de forma exaustiva num post no Rocketsurgeon, com descrições e links nos respectivos lugares, dando-nos a possibilidade de ler e explorar à vontade. Continue a ler "Lastgraph: ondas de ...
coisinhas boas (1)
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O Governo admitiu que errou ao indicar ao primeiro-ministro que os carros eléctricos iam ser sujeitos a impostos, quando uma lei em vigor prevê a isenção. A correcção surgiu no dia em que a Quercus anunciou que ia pedir esclarecimentos sobre a questão. Vamos ler isto outra vez. O governo admitiu que errou ao indicar ao primeiro-ministro (...). Reparem como a coisa tem dois sujeitos: ele há o governo e ele há o primeiro-ministro. O ...
Manipulate Radiohead’s Laser-Made Music Video in Real Time (4)
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The folks from RadioHead just released a new video for their latest song “House of Cards.” The thing that makes this video so special is that no cameras or lights we used to film it. Instead, the producing team used two 3D technologies to capture motion and images: Geometric Informatics and Velodyne LIDAR. Geometric Informatics scanning systems produce structured light to capture 3D images at close proximity, while a Velodyne Lidar system that uses multiple ...
Official Google Blog: No cameras. No lights. Just data. (104)
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Posted by Ola Rosling, Product ManagerA few weeks ago we heard about a project Radiohead was working on. The band was making a new video, but they weren't using any cameras, just lasers and data. As you might imagine, we were intrigued.The song is called “House of Cards,” from Radiohead’s recent “In Rainbows” album. In this new video, there were no cameras on set. Instead, two scanning technologies were used to capture 3D images. Geometric ...
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Muzo said:
google and radiohead teams up..
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Amish said:
Radiohead is incredible. They let people name their own price for their album last year, but by taking "risks" and doing crazy, innovative things like this, they make me want to just throw money at them. Too cool.
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Bryant said:
Pretty cool the way they created the video. Radiohead seems to always be trying new things. I admire that about them.
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Chung said:
ultra sweet
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Vinay said:
"A few weeks ago we heard about a project Radiohead was working on. The band was making a new video, but they weren't using any cameras, just lasers and data."
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Damien said:
Yet another reason to love Radiohead!
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Isaac said:
no idea why/how Google is involved here, but I kinda like it
Why you have to reboot your router (3)
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This Slashdot post asks "Why Do We Have To Restart Routers?", referring to home routers like Linksys, D-Link, and Apple AirPort. It claims "It seems like routers, purpose-built with an embedded OS, should be the most stable devices on my network". The assumption that purpose-built/embedded OSes are more robust is wrong, the opposite is true. Purpose-built/embedded operating systems are fragile.The cause of this is "confirmation-bias". Engineering is broken into multiple teams. One team writes the ...
O fenómeno socratino do carro eléctrico (1)
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. Protótipo de carro eléctrico do Entroncamento -desenvolvido pelo empresário João Oliveira do Entroncamento, com o ISEL, Autosil e empresa estrangeiraO Ribatejo, 4-7-2008Na véspera do discurso do primeiro-ministro, e seguinte debate, sobre o estado da Nação no Parlamento, que vai decorrer logo no palco do Parlamento português, sob o peso do empate técnico PS-PSD (32,5%-32%) da sondagem de
Review: Understanding Shutter Speed (1)
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“Photography has to be enjoyed by looking at pictures”, my arts teacher used to say, back when I still listened to teachers. I agree with the man, but I’m also a geek, and I love understanding things. I’m the kind of guy who enjoys knowing why the engine makes more noise and the car goes faster when I press the fast pedal on a car. I like to understand how a satellite works, and why ...
Review: Understanding Shutter Speed (1)
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“Photography has to be enjoyed by looking at pictures”, my arts teacher used to say, back when I still listened to teachers. I agree with the man, but I’m also a geek, and I love understanding things. I’m the kind of guy who enjoys knowing why the engine makes more noise and the car goes faster when I press the fast pedal on a car. I like to understand how a satellite works, and why ...
The Handwriting of Type Designers (14)
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jamie found this blog post wherein an Australian Web technologist, Cameron Adams, wondered whether the handwriting of his favorite type designers encoded some sort of influence on their designs. So he wrote to them and asked for a sample. The result will make you slow down and appreciate the beauty and the aesthetics of type. Or else it won't.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Prédios Devolutos (1)
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I. Fala-se em prédios devolutos em Lisboa (que são 4600—suficiente para, pelo menos, 100 000 pessoas) e a culpa é, normalmente, dos proprietários gananciosos. No entanto, há aqui um passo que eu nunca percebi no raciocínio. Qual é o modelo de negócios deste proprietário? Parece a piada do South Park: 1. Prédio devoluto 2. ??????? 3. Lucro! II. A única explicação que, às vezes, aparece é que estão à espera de vender mais caro no ...
Spartan Programming (100)
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As I grow older and wisereven older as a programmer, I've found that my personal coding style has trended heavily toward minimalism. I was pleased, then, to find many of the coding conventions I've settled on over the last 20 years codified in Spartan programming. No, not that sort of Spartan, although it is historically related. The particular meaning of spartan I'm referring to is this one: (adj) ascetic, ascetical, austere, spartan (practicing great self-denial) ...
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Travis said:
This is MADNESS! (sorry I couldn't help it)
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llopis said:
I totally agree with the minimalism and simplicity. I'm pretty much on board with the whole thing actually.SPARTAAAAAAAAA!!!!
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djhaley said:
I think Jeff's original use of wiser was more appropriate. Over time the tricks of the trade pile up and your brain eventually learns how to put them all together.
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kalle said:
riktigt bra artikel, kolla även in http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000878.html
"Um diploma para todos… é um diploma para ninguém" (1)
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O texto do Desidério Erros e mentira política, toca num problema fundamental da educação escolar na contemporaneidade: o valor do conhecimento.Os discursos em torno dos exames não fogem a este problema. Quando discutimos a sua pertinência, as suas funções e técnicas, estamos, explicita ou implicitamente, a atribuir (ou a recusar) valor intrínseco e/ou instrumental aos conhecimentos que a escola tem por missão veicular.A este propósito lembrei-me do livro de François de Closets, A felicidade de ...
GNU/Linux free software tools to preserve your online privacy, anonymity and security (5)
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Whether you are online or offline, freedom matters. Like good health you never think about it or miss it until it is under threat or actually gone. If you love freedom, you probably love free software and it has given us some terrific tools with which to defend freedom. In this article I will give an overview of some of the available resources (Freenet, Wikileaks and Tor) to protect dissident opinion, facilitate whistle blowing and ...
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Ray Gun Puts Voices Inside Your Head (20)
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Sportsqs writes "The Sierra Nevada Corporation claimed this week that it is ready to begin production on the MEDUSA, a damned scary ray gun that uses the 'microwave audio effect' to implant sounds and perhaps even specific messages inside people's heads."Read more of this story at Slashdot.
