When someone believes in his mission
05 Sep '08 - 14:46 by orangeekThe Rage against the Machine played acapella a couple of songs, after being denied access to the stage at the Ripple Effect festival.
Unbelievable.
Once Erasmus Always Erasmus
12:47 by orangeek
Once Erasmus Always Erasmus, taken in Lisbon
Originally uploaded by orangeek
oh gosh... when I saw this in Lisbon (Bairro Alto), my heart leapt into my mouth.
Erasmus... so many wonderful moments! :)
If you're interested, please take a look at all the pictures I took when in Munich (Germany) for my Erasmus Project in 2003.
Hamster Stuck in a Video Game
31 Aug '08 - 20:41 by orangeekPikes Peak
20:20 by orangeekI admit I have known the Pikes Peak only because of Gran Turismo (the amazing videogame for Playstation) and I didnt know they run there even with motorbikes.
Amazing: 20km, asphalt + sand, more than 150 turns and the track is climbing over 1500m. There is no fences, guard rails, whatsoever... just rocks, trees and the sky who could welcome you if you do wrong some turn. :)
In this aspect is similar with the Tourist Trophy: if you do something wrong, you die.
[ CC licensed picture from Flyover Country ]
If you're interested in how could it be to running there, take a look at these three videos from an onboard camera on a motorbike. And here an high quality video of a Peugeout Rally car attacking the Pikes Peak.
(click for more)Wikipedia vs Britannica: who wins?
30 Aug '08 - 18:50 by orangeekI don't what's your opinion about the question, but are you sure the Britannica can bring us something like that?
List of problems solved by MacGyver
:)
Diet Coke and Mentos... In Zero Gravity
18:49 by orangeekYou don't need I tell you what is the Diet Coke and Mentos experiment, right?
But watch out what money (and talent) can bring... Diet Coke and Mentos... in Zero Gravity!
They are with us: Death Star over San Francisco
18:43 by orangeekBanksy performance in New Orleans
18:00 by orangeekVia Boingboing I found three picture sets with Banksy performances in New Orleans (here, here and here).
Here you can find a special from TIME.
Lisbon!
17:52 by orangeekI forgot to tell you I'm in Lisbon.
Monday and Tuesday I'm going to attend a training here (the topic is "Anti Fraud Audit") and, since flight and hotel are already paid by my company, why I shouldn't take a couple of days off? I arrived yesterday. :)
I've a very short guide of the city and I'm following some of the advices Alberto gave me (via blog and email...thank you!)
Enjoy the pictures I'm taking and in the meantime take a look at these two pictures: a classical view of Lisbon and a narrow street that could be really found in Naples (dad with little son on a scooter and guy playing football :)
London by night... from above!
29 Aug '08 - 23:42 by orangeek
London from above, at night (19 pictures)
Are you kind? do you open your wireless network?
28 Aug '08 - 20:08 by orangeekI have the same opinion as Bruce Schneier: I keep my wireless network open to let others passersby connect to the internet. I'm aware of the risks but I don't give so much weight to those. Actually, I'm just looking for a good solution to keep the network open AND limit the bandwidth used by others: I do want others connect to the internet for some email checking but I do not like people whose steal bandwidth for p2p. I think of that as being nice and kind: if you see I invite you for lunch, you shouldn't order T-Bone and expensive red wine unless I want that, right?
Any way, Bruce is now telling that there is more reason not to follow this advice: some terrorists in India used someone else's wireless network (which was open). News apart, I suggest you to take a look of Bruce's post and the links contained there. He links also the old post where he explained why you should open your wireless network and in the comments I found some interesting point of views.
a smart way to deal with pirates
19:50 by orangeekVia ArsTechnica I found this interesting story about videogames developer and entrapreneur Chris Harris (from Positech Games).
Through his blog he asked the pirates to tell him why they pirate games. They answered and Chris found out the main reasons are:
- The information wants to/free anarchists think copyright shouldn't exist.
- Games are too expensive.
- The quality of gaming is too uneven.
- DRM is hurting the legitimate customers.
- Going to the shops is annoying.
- Because piracy is easy to do with low risk for getting caught.
Want to know which moves took Chris after the survey? He completely dumped DRM from his games and he'll cut down the prices too.
I'm really curious to read some future results of his moves but I think he dealt with piracy in the best way he could: thinking of pirates as competitors and find some really smart business solutions.
If you're interested on this topic, take a look also at the book "The Pirate's Dilemma".
San Fermo... il protettore di tutti i motociclisti! :)
26 Aug '08 - 18:32 by orangeek
San Fermo... il protettore di tutti i motociclisti! :)
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San Fermo... il protettore di tutti i motociclisti! :)
Link collection of Summer 2008
15:15 by orangeekSome links I collected during this 56k 2008 Summer.
After the jump, so move your ass away from google reader and read those bullet points below. :)
(click for more)"La solitudine dei numeri primi" by Paolo Giordano
16 Aug '08 - 10:33 by orangeekAnyway, after the jump a quotation from the book I finished to read yesterday. (click for more)
