WOW in prima :)
Mi sono capitate in passato interviste in campo informatico: pur su di un periodico locale, questa è la prima sui temi energia e finanza (ci hanno dedicato sia l’editoriale che l’intera terza pagina).
I want my money back! :)
A few days ago, Slashdot pointed out that the massive computers of the top investment banks failed their World Cup predictions: we are talking about firms like Danske Bank, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan and UBS. Now everyone on Earth knows that an octopus correctly predicted six eight matches in a row. Hire that beast or [...]
Time Lapse Across America
Counting out a well known 3D science fiction movie, though it’s 9 minutes in length, Time Lapse Across America is the most interesting film I’ve seen in the just ended first half of 2010: it’s a coast to coast trip made with pictures taken every 15 seconds. It might recall your last trip in the [...]
PHP5 class for bit.ly API
Having chosen to convert a bunch of long URLs using bit.ly, I slightly modified and packaged in a simple PHP5 class the code written by David Walsh. The following is an example of usage of this class: $mbit = new BitlyWalsh($login, $apiKey); echo $mbit->getShort($yourLongUrl); // echo $mbit->getLong($bitlyShortUrl); You can download here this basic class.
