Spunti per il seminario “Energia”
Ieri una mail di Bernardini mi avvisava che: Sabato 26 gennaio 2008 (…) si terrà (…) un seminario di lavoro, per preparare il 2° Convegno su “Energia e ambiente” che Radicali Italiani ha in programma di organizzare entro la prossima primavera. Non potrò partecipare ma un paio di spunti provo a scriverli (il secondo potrebbe [...]
Use patTemplate
I don’t know why but only few {third-part} Joomla! developers use patTemplate variables: this library is available in both Joomla! 1.0.x/1.5.x so I really don’t understand why it’s not widely used (I didn’t use it in my early components but I’ve definitely started using it). A simple example is available on their website. If I’m [...]
Electricityless
A few days ago I was wondering what life would be like without electricity: no hot water in the morning (using a traditionally controlled boiler, of course) and no light after sunset either. I know that it’s not so rational but one of my concerns at first blush was that I would never be able [...]
The last night on Earth
No, I’m not writing about the well known song. :) I’m trying to visualize the real last night on our planet: of course it will probably not be a night like the ones we usually think about but it’s fun to describe it in this way. Referring to one of the theories of physical cosmology [...]
Un modello insostenibile
Il buon Marcello ci fa sapere che La Chiesa raccomanda di avere i rapporti sessuali solo nell’ambito del matrimonio. Io ho fatto così e mi sono trovato bene. La Chiesa alla quale si riferisce in questo caso è la cattolica romana: i cattolici romani tendono a chiamare la loro chiesa “La Chiesa”. Sono contento che, [...]
A polyglot lyric
Reading the referers of this website, I found that someone reached it querying a search engine for Italian songs that are in English too Strictly speaking, they were looking for something that, in the context of computing, is known as a polyglot. I’m sorry but this is over my head: I can only think about [...]
Hackers on a plane? :)
A few years ago, flying back from LAX to London, pressing the button that should have switched on the light over my chair, I lighted a chair three rows back. Yesterday, Wired let us know that Boeing’s new 787 Dreamliner passenger jet may have a serious security vulnerability in its onboard computer networks that could [...]
Notes about TPCI 2008-01
The TPCI January Headline is TIOBE declares Python as programming language of 2007! The reason is Python appeared to have the largest increase in ratings in one year time (…) Chances are high that Python’s star will rise further in 2008, thanks to the upcoming release of Python 3. Unfortunately I don’t have enough time [...]
Hash’em all
I’ve just released Hash’em all: a Bash script which substitutes recursively the content of the files of a folder with their own sha1sum (changing it to compute a different chechsum is pretty trivial of course). It is a modified version of the already hacked script written by Kaz Kylheku. As Kaz wrote in 2000: What [...]
Peak Oil Survival
Yesterday we reached the so long awaited price of 100 USD per barrel for front month crude oil… could you imagine a better opportunity to publish the first, pessimistic, post/review of this snowy new year? :) Peak Oil Survival is one of the saddest books I ever read: don’t read it until you are acquainted [...]
