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		<title>When the cat eats fish&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 20:46:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week I had to buy a new PC (no, I didn&#8217;t come up with the excuse that mine was too old, too slow or decided I deserved one ). So I got a new minitower with a pretty nice hardware and a brand new LCD screen with double luminosity, faster response, etc. Even after [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Last week I had to buy a new PC (no, I didn&#8217;t come up with the excuse that mine was too old, too slow or decided I deserved one <img src='http://www.mindsuburbia.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' />  ).<br />
So I got a new minitower with a pretty nice hardware and a brand new LCD screen with double luminosity, faster response, etc.</p>
<p>Even after a lot of fine tuning monitor, resolution, gamma correction, etc, the look and feel was quite strange, so I decided to search for some optimizations and I discovered this Cleartype font switch.</p>
<p>Cleartype uses the way monitors are built to create a smoothing effect with sub-pixels calibration (the R, G and B of the RGB).</p>
<p>As one may read on the net, Cleartype is something you hate or love: since it uses single R, G or B pixels, you might end up with multicolor fonts (where the source is single color, typically black). This behaviour may be very annoying to sensitive people, so much that they have nightmares from Cleartype setups <img src='http://www.mindsuburbia.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':-D' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>What I did was a very innocuous move: I run the Cleartype tuner of Windows 7 and turned the switch on.<br />
After a few hours I started seeing red halos around characters, with a general effect of an unfocused screen.</p>
<p>I then decided I didn&#8217;t like at all this red-ish font corners and just turned off the switch.</p>
<p>&#8220;Oh my god! What&#8217;s this?!&#8221;<br />
The fonts looked so grainy I couldn&#8217;t read!<br />
After that, the rest is a nightmare&#8230;. I couldn&#8217;t possibly imagine a simple switch messed up all Windows settings&#8230; </p>
<p>Or it&#8217;s just me that got used to smooth chars and couldn&#8217;t ho back? <img src='http://www.mindsuburbia.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>Madness</title>
		<link>http://www.mindsuburbia.net/2010/09/09/416/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 19:09:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MindSuburbian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Quando pensi di essere l&#8217;unico sano di mente al mondo, è in quel momento che rischi di diventare veramente pazzo. Allora tieni duro, perché presto tutto diventerà chiaro! E&#8217; più pazzo chi ha chiuso il gate nella foto, o chi ride guardandolo? When you believe you are the only mentally sane on Earth, there&#8217;s the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.mindsuburbia.net/?attachment_id=417"><img src="http://www.mindsuburbia.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Airport-gate-225x300.jpg" alt="Gate" title="Airport gate" width="225" height="300" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-417" align="right" /></a></p>
<p><strong><font size="+3">Quando</font></strong> pensi di essere l&#8217;unico sano di mente al mondo, è in quel momento che rischi di diventare veramente pazzo. Allora tieni duro, perché presto tutto diventerà chiaro!</p>
<p>E&#8217; più pazzo chi ha chiuso il gate nella foto, o chi ride guardandolo?</p>
<p><strong><font size="+3">When</font></strong> you believe you are the only mentally sane on Earth, there&#8217;s the risk you really become mad. But don&#8217;t worry, soon everything will be clear.<br />
BTW, is the one who closed the gate the most mad, or who&#8217;s laughing at the picture? </p>
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		<title>Develop iPhone Apps faster?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 20:44:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MindSuburbian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I really don&#8217;t understand if Apple and iPhone is all about being trendy and trashing your money (for the customer) and becoming popular and rich with iBeer and iFart (for the developer), or actually doing something useful (well, there must be something useful that gets you rich ) Anyway, it turned out that if you [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I really don&#8217;t understand if Apple and iPhone is all about being trendy and trashing your money (for the customer) and becoming popular and rich with iBeer and iFart (for the developer), or actually doing something useful (well, there must be something useful that gets you rich <img src='http://www.mindsuburbia.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' />  )</p>
<p>Anyway, it turned out that if you can&#8217;t write in Objective-C (and here please allow me to be a bad boy: if you really can&#8217;t, i would suggest you go doing something different than a programmer), you may now write iPhone Apps with HTML and Javascript, for a mere $99 using this <a href="http://www.nimblekit.com/">NimbleKit</a> by VolnaTech.</p>
<p>The whole story feels like it doesn&#8217;t fit at all to me! <img src='http://www.mindsuburbia.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_sad.gif' alt=':(' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
Having just noticed that you may write DHTML fully featured apps using <a href="http://weblog.openlaszlo.org/archives/2007/07/our-first-iphone-app/">OpenLaszlo</a> or some DHTML libraries/toolkits, it just p*ss me off to see that if you want to make money, you must buy this $99 tookit (seems to me a kind of a bluff). </p>
<p>Hey, I mean no offense to the VolnaTech guys: they&#8217;ve been very smart and very hard programmers to make this possible. And I see nothing wrong in making money from your hard working, especially if we&#8217;re talking about the iPhone App Store (you can make thousands from iBeer!).</p>
<p>But please, let me explain these simple facts:</p>
<ul>
<li>iPhone does not support Flash (among the thousand other missing features), and this is ok, cause Flash may be so nasty with CPU, battery and users, that it&#8217;s not a very bad idea. But this make one think: why that? Something to do with the fact that you will buy Apps?</li>
<li>
to develop something for the iPhone you <strong>must</strong> pass thru a Mac, thru a <strong>$100 fee</strong> and thru the Apple approval (yes, we&#8217;re good guys and do not want to jailbreak). Seen the above doubt?</li>
<li>iPhone Safari has a native support for DHTML</li>
</ul>
<p>Now, the only really missing thing for making a DHTML app on iPhone is the offline mode (with the local data storage): otherwise one may just make a 320&#215;240 web page with almost anything possible in it and the result will be exactly the same app as a real one.<br />
Well, given that i don&#8217;t know if a DHTML Safari app can handle multi-touch (sure there is a way), of course I don&#8217;t know a way to interface the GPS and the Webcam with a web-page (but who knows&#8230; maybe there&#8217;s a way)</p>
<p>Well, I do not have a Mac (so don&#8217;t have XCode and the iPhone SDK), but my idea is: make a simple iPhone App <strong>FOR FREE</strong> (and even if it&#8217;s not for free, jesus, not for $99, but $7.99!).<br />
Make this App in this way:</p>
<ul>
<li>a builtin webpage server</li>
<li>one Safari frame</li>
<li>a virtual XML storage</li>
<li>something like a JavaScript API for interfacing iPhone hardware</li>
</ul>
<p>
This will make it possible to:</p>
<ul>
<li>write a DHTML application</li>
<li>add an XML file for keeping data of that (read-writes will be done on the local storage someway)</li>
<li>wrap it in a special XML/ZIP/manifest/wathever</li>
<li>deliver it to our DiPhone (DHTML-iPhone) App for offline execution and local storage</li>
</ul>
<p>Easy eh? <img src='http://www.mindsuburbia.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' />  &#8230;and almost free too!</p>
<p>Now i guess Steve is not paying me for this&#8230; (well, maybe he read my <a href="http://www.mindsuburbia.net/2009/05/08/256/">previous idea</a>)</p>
<p><em>P.S.<br />
Ok, for the moment you might just try to make an online DHTML app (without GPS, webcam and local storage) and I belive it will work great <img src='http://www.mindsuburbia.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':-D' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
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		<title>Apple patents make me wander</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 17:58:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MindSuburbian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today David pointed my attention on an article appeared this morning (well, for italians it&#8217;s last night ) on the AppleInsider about new ideas (patents) about electronic media distribution kiosks. It&#8217;s not a new idea: some appeared even 10 years ago and nowadays internet kiosks with an USB port are quite common (not counting other [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Today David pointed my attention on an article appeared this morning (well, for italians it&#8217;s last night <img src='http://www.mindsuburbia.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif' alt=':P' class='wp-smiley' />  ) on the AppleInsider about new ideas (patents) about <a href="http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/05/07/apple_proposes_itunes_kiosks_for_movie_downloads_on_the_go.html">electronic media distribution kiosks</a>.<br />
It&#8217;s not a new idea: some appeared even 10 years ago and nowadays internet kiosks with an USB port are quite common (not counting other kind of kiosks, like info points, picture printers, etc)</p>
<p>Briefly (go and read the full article, if you like), it&#8217;s a patent proposal addressing common problems of kiosks, applied on the media distribution (iTunes based).<br />
I won&#8217;t go into the details of the patent (they have great ideas for sure), but it seems there&#8217;s too much effort for very little coming out of that. Let me explain&#8230;</p>
<p>First, kiosks never made it in the real world (if you need internet, you bring your netbook, BlackBerry <img src='http://www.mindsuburbia.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' />  or wathever it&#8217;s your mobile device), second if you planned to take a plane, it sounds quite unusual to put a movie on your player the minute before flying (hey, you planned that! It&#8217;s not a bus or the subway: get your media ready player while you&#8217;re filling your 24-hour bag <img src='http://www.mindsuburbia.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':-D' class='wp-smiley' />  )</p>
<p>Second I don&#8217;t see why you need to access iTunes, but not to your mail. The opposite may be true: you access the (paying) airport WiFi for your mail and&#8230; <em>&#8220;hey, what about this new song in iTunes&#8221;</em></p>
<p>So my mind kind of wanders and think: why pay thousands for a patent on kiosks, when you just need to re-program a common hot spot to get the thing done.</p>
<h2>Project <em>fonTunes</em></h2>
<p><a href="http://www.mindsuburbia.net/2009/05/08/256/fontunes/" rel="attachment wp-att-267"><img src="http://www.mindsuburbia.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/fontunes.jpg" alt="FonTunes Logo" title="FonTunes Logo" width="169" height="65" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-267" border="0" /></a><br />
copyright Mindsuburbian 2009 <img src='http://www.mindsuburbia.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<ul>
<li>Get a Fonera 2 for making hotspots</li>
<li>Connect an HD to the Fonera 2</li>
<li>Hack/reprogram the Fonera 2 for adding/editing functionalities</li>
<li>Write a new app with the developer kit that downloads movies and songs to the HD</li>
<li>Set up an authentication method so that you can encrypt the connection on the fly (for passwords and credit card info)</li>
<li>Let the non-paying users go only to &#8220;fonTunes&#8221; for free</li>
<li>Let the paying users go both to &#8220;fonTunes&#8221; and the internet</li>
</ul>
<p>Steve, if you read this: I may sell my idea for the price of a couple of patents <img src='http://www.mindsuburbia.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':-D' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>Ning getting on track for OpenSocial</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 17:37:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I would like to add an update on my previous post about the shame on Ning. Ning yesterday announced they are close to release Ning Apps: that is an interface to OpenSocial Apps for the hard to please Ning network-owners. That is a very nice idea, which is exactly in line on what they announced [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I would like to add an update on my previous post about the <a href="http://www.mindsuburbia.net/2009/04/15/221/">shame on Ning</a>.</p>
<p>Ning yesterday announced they are close to release <a href="http://developer.ning.com/profiles/blogs/an-update-on-ning-apps">Ning Apps</a>: that is an interface to OpenSocial Apps for the <em>hard to please</em> Ning network-owners.</p>
<p>That is a very nice idea, which is exactly in line on what they announced when they disabled REST APIs in favour of OpenSocial.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, even if this is a great piece of news, I have to admit that, after a brief check they did not very much for the developer him/herself! <img src='http://www.mindsuburbia.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_sad.gif' alt=':(' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<ul>
<li>They made it possible to install OpenSocial pre-made apps like a charm</li>
<li>There is a new <a href="http://developer.ning.com/notes/Ning_Apps_Documentation">documentation page</a> with a comprehensive and detailed example stack</li>
<li>Now there&#8217;s even a Ning specific method, to call general Ning variables (readonly)</li>
</ul>
<p>Yes, they&#8217;re making a nice job implementing more OpenSocial features as possible, but well no, there is still no way to access all the Ning data (i.e. profiles data, custom answers) or any way to edit them.</p>
<p>The only &#8220;write&#8221; funcions are:</p>
<ul>
<li>Write profile activities</li>
<li>Send a message to another member</li>
<li>Saving app-restricted persistent data</li>
</ul>
<p>Something like a relief for Ning developers, but not that much after all.<br />
You might be very enthusiastic if you&#8217;re getting all this for free, but I bet the paying network-owners are not that impressed after all <img src='http://www.mindsuburbia.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif' alt=':-P' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Updated 2009-07-16: read below Well, it seems recently i&#8217;m not very amused by the tools and sites i find online. No, it&#8217;s not me This time it happened with Ning. We have a network (no commercials, for now) and would like to add a very little tiny banner. Easy, eh? Well, not so fast: the [...]]]></description>
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<p>Well, it seems recently i&#8217;m not very amused by the tools and sites i find online.<br />
No, it&#8217;s not me <img src='http://www.mindsuburbia.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>This time it happened with Ning. We have a network (no commercials, for now) and would like to add a very little tiny banner. Easy, eh?<br />
Well, not so fast: the banner have to be shown only if the user is logged in and if he/she answered a multiple choice question with a definite answer (the other answers will lead to no banner or a generic one). This is because the user will be eligible to a <strong>free</strong> subscription and services on another website.<br />
Yep, we&#8217;re not giving free beer to anyone <img src='http://www.mindsuburbia.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif' alt=':-P' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
So, that is a requirement for the partner site to give us the service: we filter the users, we get the service. No filter, no service!</p>
<p>First thing I thought: eham&#8230; Ning? I&#8217;m not very confident, but I know they&#8217;re smart guys and made two (wow!) APIs.</p>
<ol>
<li>REST and XML APIs</li>
<li>OpenSocial APIs</li>
</ol>
<p>Now, in March they <strong>completely disabled</strong> REST APIs and WebDav features because they want to concentrate on OpenSocial: <a href="http://blog.ning.com/2008/10/the-ning-platform-a-few-updates.html">Ning platform updates</a>. So option #1 is no more.</p>
<p>The OpenSocial APIs are really a nice idea: you write an app/widget and it works all over the OpenSocial-compatible socialnetwork platforms! Great! <img src='http://www.mindsuburbia.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':-D' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
Well, not so fast!</p>
<p>First, Ning didn&#8217;t implement a lot of features, just the <a href="http://developer.ning.com/notes/OpenSocial_APIs_Supported_by_Ning">minimum</a>.<br />
Second, even with the whole of the APIs, there is <strong>no way</strong> to recover user data of the custom questions (yes, the custom answers <img src='http://www.mindsuburbia.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' />  ) and moreover, there is no API to automatically recover the whole user base (in case one would like to export the data periodically as a feed and/or use it for an external app).</p>
<p>Ah, and forget to put OpenSocial apps on your home page (it&#8217;s not permitted)</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;They want to concentrate on OpenSocial&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>?!?!?  <img src='http://www.mindsuburbia.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_mad.gif' alt=':-x' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>The only way to recover user data is to download a CSV file from the admin panel: yes manually!</p>
<p>So I decided I had to <em>hack</em> this <img src='http://www.mindsuburbia.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif' alt=':-P' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>The only way to do that automatically is to use the cURL library to simulate the click of a real admin, but unfortunately the admin panel is so sophisticated, that it&#8217;s not just a matter of retrieving the login webpage and the export page.</p>
<p>The admin panel seems to work like this: since the extraction of the data could take much time, there is an AJAX procedure polling the server and the polling is the way the server dedicates time to this action (so if you do not poll, you don&#8217;t get the extraction). When the extraction is done, one may download the CSV file from a specified link.</p>
<p>Jee, i had to sniff the communications to get the protocol right! <img src='http://www.mindsuburbia.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_sad.gif' alt=':-(' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Here is the request sent by the AJAX function on the admin browser:<br />
<code>POST /main/bulk/exportMemberData?xn_out=json HTTP/1.1<br />
Host: www.example.cpm<br />
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; it; rv:1.9.0.8) Gecko/2009032609 Firefox/3.0.8<br />
Accept: application/json, text/javascript, */*<br />
Accept-Language: it,en-us;q=0.7,en;q=0.3<br />
Accept-Encoding: gzip,deflate<br />
Accept-Charset: ISO-8859-1,utf-8;q=0.7,*;q=0.7<br />
Keep-Alive: 300<br />
Connection: keep-alive<br />
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=UTF-8<br />
X-Requested-With: XMLHttpRequest<br />
Referer: http://www.example.com/main/membership/listMembers<br />
Content-Length: 51<br />
Cookie: xn_visitor=a111111-111-111-1111-11111111111; __utma=11111110.2111111111111111110.1111111111.1111111111.1111111111.1; __utmb=111111111.1.10.1111111111; __utmc=11111111; __utmz=11111111.11111111111.1.1.utmcsr=(direct)|utmccn=(direct)|utmcmd=(none); xn_id_example=AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA*QAA*4ZAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAv-AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA*qDaE_; xn_shared=GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA*QAA*4AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAeAAA*rA0NniIQ__<br />
Pragma: no-cache<br />
Cache-Control: no-cache</p>
<p>counter=2&#038;xg_token=81111111111111111111111111111110</code></p>
<p>Well, I can&#8217;t post the reply because it&#8217;s gzipped, but the content is:<br />
<code>({"contentChanged":50,"contentRemaining":1})</code></p>
<p>So basically, one shoud call the same URL (www.example.com/main/bulk/exportMemberData?xn_out=json) in POST mode, with an increasing counter number and it receives the above reply every time. It&#8217;s time to stop when the <em>contentRemaining</em> variable is zero (0).</p>
<p>After that, you just open the url www.example.com/main/membership/downloadMemberData with a cURL call and you get the updated file.</p>
<p>So, summarizing:</p>
<ol>
<li>Setup cURL</li>
<li>Call www.example.com/main/bulk/exportMemberData?xn_out=json with POST data counter=0&#038;xg_token=81111111111111111111111111111110</li>
<li>Examine the reply and if contentRemaining is != 0, increase counter and recall the #2</li>
<li>Repeat #2 and #3 until contentRemaining==0</li>
<li>Call www.example.com/main/membership/downloadMemberData and save the CSV to file</li>
</ol>
<p>Be aware that:</p>
<ul>
<li>if you do not run the extraction procedure, the file can be downloaded, but it will be obsolete</li>
<li>the extraction takes quite a long time, even with a relatively small number of users</li>
<li>the procedure refuses to update if you call it too frequently (it will return <em>contentRemaining</em>:0 even if some data is changed (I tried changing my profile)</li>
</ul>
<p>Of course all the above operations must be done offsite with a script or an executable (you can&#8217;t do that on the network webpage itself with Javascript for example), so who does not have a different host to run the scripts on, well, its f*cked.</p>
<p>After that, you may use a Javascript on your Ning nework to get the current userid from the <em>ning.CurrentProfile['id']</em> variable and pass it to your script via AJAX, JQuery or simply as a parameter of an iframe src url.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s an example:<br />
<code>&lt;iframe id="myframe" style="display: block;" scrolling="auto" width="150" height="200" frameborder="0" name="myframe">&lt;/iframe><br />
&lt;script type="text/javascript"><br />
document.getElementById('myframe').src = "http://external.example.com/banner.php?r="+ning.CurrentProfile['id'];<br />
&lt;/script></code></p>
<p>Hope this helps some desperate network owner and: thanx Ning&#8230;</p>
<p>P.S. This hack is given as is and it&#8217;s not guaranteed it will work forever.</p>
<hr />
<p><b>Update 2009-07-16</b><br />
As requested I&#8217;m uploading the PHP functions to operate as suggested above.<br />
Happy downloading <a href='http://www.mindsuburbia.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/ningcsv.zip'>ningcsv</a>.<br />
Please note that no guarantee is given for this file.<br />
The original piece of code is actually copyright by the firm i work for, but i prefer not to mention it for privacy metters (in case you would like to sue that! <img src='http://www.mindsuburbia.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif' alt=':-P' class='wp-smiley' />  ).</p>
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		<title>Banzai: how to cut iced food</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:34:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MindSuburbian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Read this in Italian This is not a joke. I know you have that wanderful piece of meat, or that huge lasagne ready dish, or you just have a nice wife who likes to cook for you and/or prepare the food and put it in a big pan in the freezer, because she doesn&#8217;t have [...]]]></description>
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<p>This is not a joke.<br />
I know you have that wanderful piece of meat, or that huge lasagne ready dish, or you just have a nice wife who likes to cook for you and/or prepare the food and put it in a big pan in the freezer, because she doesn&#8217;t have time to prepare it on the fly (lasagne is a difficoult one).</p>
<p>So you will end up with that delicious dish in the freezer, but you can&#8217;t eat a whole lasagne pan: 4 days in a row? <img src='http://www.mindsuburbia.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
After some time, you&#8217;ll starve for that, and finding no other mouth watering food in your fridge, you&#8217;ll really want a way to cut that dish in two or four pieces (no you&#8217;re not so smart to cut it before icing it, i bet you can&#8217;t do that with a lasagne pan: it&#8217;s very difficoult <img src='http://www.mindsuburbia.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif' alt=':P' class='wp-smiley' />  )</p>
<p>So this is a fast banzai guide to cut iced food. Why <em>banzai</em>?! Ehehehe <img src='http://www.mindsuburbia.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':-D' class='wp-smiley' />  &#8230;keep on reading!</p>
<p>First: use disposable pans for your food. They can be reused, if treated properly and they don&#8217;t take up too much space. And most important: your food will be more easly take off the container!</p>
<p>So, take your pan and be prepared to get your fingers iced. If you would like not to get your fingers stick to the ice, you may put the pan in the ordinary fridge and wait some time for it to melt a little bit.<br />
<a href="http://www.mindsuburbia.net/2009/03/18/159/ice_step1/" rel="attachment wp-att-169"><img src="http://www.mindsuburbia.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/ice_step1-150x150.jpg" alt="Ice cutting: step 1" title="Ice cutting: step 1" width="150" height="150" class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-169" /></a><br />
<strong>Warning</strong>: even if you put your unused part in the freezer, this is not reccomended if you&#8217;re not eating the whole pan in a couple of weeks. You know: germs proliferate easily.<br />
And never leave this kind of food outside the fridge, ever!</p>
<p>Now, take the big ice block free and etch it with a big and sharp knife both sides. Be sure the incision is deep enough, or it won&#8217;t break<br />
<a href="http://www.mindsuburbia.net/2009/03/18/159/ice_step2/" rel="attachment wp-att-170"><img src="http://www.mindsuburbia.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/ice_step2-150x150.jpg" alt="Ice cutting: step2" title="Ice cutting: step2" width="150" height="150" class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-170" /></a></p>
<p>Next put something below it, in the center of incision.</p>
<p>Now scream with all your breath: <em>BANZAI</em> (in the mean time of this difficoult task, you will have to hold the ice in one end and hit it in the other)<br />
<a href="http://www.mindsuburbia.net/2009/03/18/159/ice_step3banzai/" rel="attachment wp-att-168"><img src="http://www.mindsuburbia.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/ice_step3banzai-150x150.jpg" alt="Ice cutting: step 3 - banzai!" title="Ice cutting: step 3 - banzai!" width="150" height="150" class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-168" /></a></p>
<p>Tada! <img src='http://www.mindsuburbia.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':-D' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Put the part you would like to eat in the fridge and wait for melting (or put it right in the microwave if you&#8217;re hungry) and the rest back in the pan and back in the freezer.</p>
<p>Done!</p>
<p><a name="icedfood_italian" onClick="document.getElementById('div_icefood_italian').style.display='block';">Clic per Italiano</a></p>
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<h1>Banzai: come tagliare del cibo surgelato</h1>
<p>Questo non è uno scherzo!<br />
Sono sicuro che anche tu hai in freezer quel magnifico piatto di carne o quell&#8217;enorme lasagna pronta da cuocere, o semplicemente la hai una mogliettina che non ha il tempo di preparare i piatti al volo, a cui piace cucinare dei bei pranzetti, oppure prepararli prima per metterli in freezer (le lasagne sono uno piuttosto lungo da preparare).</p>
<p>Quindi finisce che hai quel delizioso piatto pronto in freezer, ma non puoi mangiarti l&#8217;intera scodella: lasagne per 4 giorni di fila!! <img src='http://www.mindsuburbia.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
Dopo qualche tempo morirai dalla voglia e siccome non trovi nient&#8217;altro che ti faccia venire l&#8217;acquolina così, né in frigo né in freezer, cerchi un modo efficace per tagliare la lasagna in 4 pezzi e cucinare solo il pezzo che serve a te (non sei così furbo da tagliare le lasagne prima: scommetto che non ci riesci con le lasagne fresche&#8230; è piuttosto difficile <img src='http://www.mindsuburbia.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif' alt=':P' class='wp-smiley' />  ).</p>
<p>Dunque questa è una veloce guida banzai per tagliare cibo surgelato. Perché <em>banzai</em>?! Ehehehe <img src='http://www.mindsuburbia.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':-D' class='wp-smiley' />  &#8230;continua a leggere!</p>
<p>Prima di tutto: utilizza vaschette usa e getta. Possono essere riutilizzate, se trattate opportunamente e non occupano troppo spazio. E, cosa molto importante: è più facile estrarne il cibo congelato!</p>
<p>Quindi, prendi la tua vaschetta e preparati a ghiacciarti le dita. Se hai paura di appiccicarti al ghiaccio, puoi lasciare per un po&#8217; la vaschetta nel frigorifero, così che si sciolga un po&#8217;.<br />
<a href="http://www.mindsuburbia.net/2009/03/18/159/ice_step1/" rel="attachment wp-att-169"><img src="http://www.mindsuburbia.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/ice_step1-150x150.jpg" alt="Ice cutting: step 1" title="Ice cutting: step 1" width="150" height="150" class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-169" /></a><br />
<strong>Attenzione</strong>: anche se rimetti la parte inutilizzata in freezer, non è raccomandabile aspettare troppo a mangiarla. Purtroppo i batteri proliferano facilmente.<br />
E non lasciare mai questo genere di cibo fuori dal frigo, mai!</p>
<p>Ora, libera il blocco di ghiaccio ed incidilo con un grosso coltello affilato, da entrambe i lati. Assicurati che l&#8217;incisione sia sufficientemente profonda, altrimenti no si romperà.<br />
<a href="http://www.mindsuburbia.net/2009/03/18/159/ice_step2/" rel="attachment wp-att-170"><img src="http://www.mindsuburbia.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/ice_step2-150x150.jpg" alt="Ice cutting: step2" title="Ice cutting: step2" width="150" height="150" class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-170" /></a></p>
<p>Adesso mettici sotto qualcosa, al centro dell&#8217;incisione.</p>
<p>Ora devi urlare con tutto il fiato che hai in corpo: <em>BANZAI</em> (mentre compi questa difficilissima operazione, dovrai mantenere fermo il ghiacciolo da un lato e colpirlo dall&#8217;altra estremità)<br />
<a href="http://www.mindsuburbia.net/2009/03/18/159/ice_step3banzai/" rel="attachment wp-att-168"><img src="http://www.mindsuburbia.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/ice_step3banzai-150x150.jpg" alt="Ice cutting: step 3 - banzai!" title="Ice cutting: step 3 - banzai!" width="150" height="150" class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-168" /></a></p>
<p>Tada! <img src='http://www.mindsuburbia.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':-D' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Metti il pezzo che vuoi mangiare in frigo ed attendi che si sciolga (o piazzalo direttamente nel microonde, se proprio hai fame) ed il resto di nuovo nelfreezer.</p>
<p>Fatto!
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		<title>Ma il petrolio non era finito?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 11:48:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MindSuburbian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Comincio a sentirmi un po&#8217; troppo ripetitivo: sinceramente non vorrei dire ve l&#8217;avevo detto, ma in un certo modo avevo afferrato la situazione già da tempo. Secondo voi un bene così profondo come il petrolio (l&#8217;oro nero!) come mai scende in picchiata anche peggio dell&#8217;economia? (avete letto i giornali, no?) Sì, effettivamente il petrolio segue [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Comincio a sentirmi un po&#8217; troppo ripetitivo: sinceramente non vorrei dire <em>ve l&#8217;avevo detto</em>, ma in un certo modo avevo <a href="http://www.mindsuburbia.net/2006/08/10/30/">afferrato la situazione</a> già da tempo.</p>
<p>Secondo voi un bene così profondo come il petrolio (l&#8217;oro nero!) come mai scende in picchiata anche peggio dell&#8217;economia? (avete letto i giornali, no?)</p>
<p>Sì, effettivamente il petrolio segue la legge di mercato (diversamente dall&#8217;oro) che è quella della domanda e dell&#8217;offerta. Ma secondo voi, un panettiere, o un autotrasportatore, o insomma il 75% della popolazione, smette di comprare benzina, perché c&#8217;è la recessione? Mi sembra un po&#8217; stiracchiata come motivazione&#8230; <img src='http://www.mindsuburbia.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
Certo, la produttrice di auto, o di beni di consumo, prevede meno vendite, quindi meno produzione, quindi meno tutto. Ma a parte la pur importante questione del trasporto delle merci, io devo andare tutti i giorni al lavoro comunque! Non mi facciano ridere!</p>
<p>Secondo me, non era sensato che il dollaro scendesse e il petrolio salisse: è stato tutto dovuto alla bolla economica. Le attività non valevano così tanto, ma le si gonfiava a sproposito e quindi di conseguenza i beni di consumo dovevano salire (esempio: se la grande società finanziaria o produttiva, guadagna il 110% in più rispetto all&#8217;anno scorso, beh, il petrolio caro mio te lo paghi il 10% in più ogni 6 mesi).<br />
E il segnale evidente era appunto la disparità di potere d&#8217;acquisto euro/dollaro: il dollaro scendeva, ma i prezzi in euro andavano verso l&#8217;1:2, alla faccia del cambio! Le semplici motivazioni &#8220;costi doganali&#8221;, &#8220;costi di trasporto&#8221;, &#8220;instabilità economica e di cambio&#8221; non mi convincevano affatto! </p>
<p>Ma tutto questo non poteva continuare e ci assesteremo su un livello energetico più basso (anche qui ne avevo parlato precedentemente).</p>
<p>Toh! Il petrolio non è finito! Anzi, costa pochissimo! <img src='http://www.mindsuburbia.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':-D' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>P.S. Non voglio che si pensi che io sia anti-ecologista: infatti preferisco andare al lavoro in bici e mi piacerebbe produrre elettricita da celle fotovoltaiche, però il discorso è vero a prescindere dall&#8217;ecologia.</p>
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		<title>Bosch Day &#8211; il ritorno</title>
		<link>http://www.mindsuburbia.net/2008/10/04/81/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Oct 2008 19:30:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vi assicuro che non lo abbiamo fatto apposta! Ma per un fortuito caso, come due anni fa al Bosch Day, ci siamo ritrovati da Chiesa al ChiesaDay! Ma ovviamente, quali clienti affezionati &#8211; praticamente capitiamo lì solo quando c&#8217;è qualche manifestazione &#8211; , abbiamo approfittato dell&#8217;aperitivo (che per noi è stato pranzo). E per di [...]]]></description>
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<p>Vi assicuro che non lo abbiamo fatto apposta! Ma per un fortuito caso, come due anni fa al <a href="http://www.mindsuburbia.net/2006/10/29/42/">Bosch Day</a>, ci siamo ritrovati da Chiesa al ChiesaDay!<br />
Ma ovviamente, quali clienti affezionati &#8211; praticamente capitiamo lì solo quando c&#8217;è qualche manifestazione <img src='http://www.mindsuburbia.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif' alt=':-P' class='wp-smiley' />  &#8211; , abbiamo approfittato dell&#8217;aperitivo (che per noi è stato pranzo).<br />
E per di più questa volta non abbiamo nemmeno trovato il pezzo di tubo che cercavamo! Quindi questa volta non abbiamo nemmeno contribuito con i nostri acquisti!</p>
<p>Beh, che dire? Anche questa volta ci è andata bene <img src='http://www.mindsuburbia.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>Cane mangia cane</title>
		<link>http://www.mindsuburbia.net/2007/09/20/62/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2007 17:52:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Viviamo in un mondo di pescecani, di profittatori che non guardano in faccia a nessuno, dove cane mangia cane&#8230; ragno mangia ragno&#8230; Most Commented PostsApple MOVs with codec m2v1 unreadable under Windows (73)Poor man&#8217;s repairing a Samsung E700 mobile phone (18)Ning + OpenSocial = OpenShame (3)When the cat eats fish&#8230; (2)DirectX dopate (1)]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Viviamo in un mondo di pescecani, di profittatori che non guardano in faccia a nessuno, dove cane mangia cane&#8230; ragno mangia ragno&#8230;<a href='http://www.mindsuburbia.net/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/ragno.jpg' title='Ragno mangia ragno'><img src='http://www.mindsuburbia.net/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/ragno.thumbnail.jpg' alt='Ragno mangia ragno' /></a></p>
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		<title>Non fidiamoci della società</title>
		<link>http://www.mindsuburbia.net/2007/04/21/51/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Apr 2007 04:44:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MindSuburbian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Avete mai visto qualche programma pseudo-comico come Le Iene, dove testano i comportamenti sociologici delle persone, con lo stile da candid camera? Io mi ricordo quella scenetta del tizio che lascia la radio in spiaggia e chiede ai &#8220;vicini&#8221; di darci un&#8217;occhio mentre è via: poi un attore arriva e finge di rubare. Risultato: tutti [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Avete mai visto qualche programma pseudo-comico come Le Iene, dove testano i comportamenti sociologici delle persone, con lo stile da candid camera?<br />
Io mi ricordo quella scenetta del tizio che lascia la radio in spiaggia e chiede ai &#8220;vicini&#8221; di darci un&#8217;occhio mentre è via: poi un attore arriva e finge di rubare. Risultato: tutti lo fermano. Nella scena successiva il tizio non avvisa nessuno e il ladro ruba indisturbato.</p>
<p>Senza la prova di questo esperimento (che potrebbe benissimo essere tutta una finta) nessuno avrebbe mai pensato che la società si basa su dei principi che non esistono: la società esiste in quanto c&#8217;è un reciproco scambio di favori (che poi vengono ratificati come <em>diritti e doveri</em>, ma è sostanzialmente un favore, rispetto a chi è fuori dalla società).</p>
<p>In realtà questi principi sono fasulli: un ladro può agire indisturbato davanti a persone inebetite, senza che il legittimo proprietario possa fare nulla.</p>
<p>Poniamo il caso degli allarmi di sicurezza anti-intrusione. Ho cercato la traduzione in inglese e sono finito su un sito che propone allarmi, con tanto di motivazioni ed elenco dei vantaggi: uno di questi è proprio basato su quel principio di società.<br />
Negli allarmi di sicurezza antifurto si installa sempre una sirena per un motivo semplicissimo: perché accorre la gente.<br />
E&#8217; ovvio che un ladro non va in giro con un&#8217;auto che ha la sirena accesa, né entra in un appartamento (o quantomeno ci rimane), se scatta la sirena: accorrerebbero tutti o ci si aspetterebbe quantomeno che qualcuno avvisi le forze dell&#8217;ordine.</p>
<p>Oggigiorno sono sicuro che, se non chiamate voi stessi la polizia, la maggior parte delle persone se ne fregherebbe.</p>
<p>Sicuramente qualche lettore addurrà l&#8217;attenuante che nell&#8217;80% dei casi (ma vi do ragione anche se dite 99,9999%) l&#8217;allarme suona erroneamente: perché è passata una mosca proprio in quel momento, perché ho dimenticato di disattivarlo, perché l&#8217;installatore non mi ha spiegato che se mi addormento sulla tastiera parte l&#8217;allarme panico, ecc ecc..</p>
<p>La realtà è che non c&#8217;entra niente la percentuale di errore di un sistema d&#8217;allarme: un ladro esperto se ne frega altamente delle sirene.<br />
Per di più avete sentito quella del ladro che entra in casa con la sega elettrica, toglie la cassaforte dal muro con il martello pneumatico e se ne va indisturbato?<br />
O quella &#8220;ditta di traslochi&#8221; che arriva a tarda notte e se ne va a mattina presto, lasciando <em>stranamente vuoto</em> l&#8217;appartamento o la villa del proprietario?</p>
<p>Io credo proprio che ci stiamo basando su principi sbagliati o quanto meno male interpretati: senò spiegatemi perché avete messo il compositore telefonco per chiamarvi quando scatta l&#8217;allarme? <img src='http://www.mindsuburbia.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif' alt=':-P' class='wp-smiley' />  &#8230;non vi fidate dei vicini? O pensate che i ladri siano troppo furbi? <img src='http://www.mindsuburbia.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>Pausa pranzo</title>
		<link>http://www.mindsuburbia.net/2007/02/15/46/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Feb 2007 12:41:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MindSuburbian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Come molti lavoratori dipendenti sono costretti a fare, spesso l&#8217;unica fonte di informazione quotidiana è la pausa pranzo su internet: mentre si mangia, oppure appena terminato, si passano quei pochi minuti davanti al monitor a scoprire cosa è successo oggi nel mondo. E&#8217; un vero disgusto guardare i siti di notizie italiane: oggi la notizia [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Come molti lavoratori dipendenti sono <em>costretti</em> a fare, spesso l&#8217;unica fonte di informazione quotidiana è la <strong>pausa pranzo su internet</strong>: mentre si mangia, oppure appena terminato, si passano quei pochi minuti davanti al monitor a scoprire cosa è successo oggi nel mondo.</p>
<p>E&#8217; un vero disgusto guardare i siti di notizie italiane: oggi la notizia è ridotta a <em>gossip</em> e spesso bisogna fare lo slalom tra verità e mezze verità (tanto per essere politically correct). I tre quarti delle notizie sono circondati da pubblicità e stragrande maggioranza dei casi c&#8217;è sempre la solita <em>tettona</em> accanto, che richiama l&#8217;attenzione ad un fantomatico articolo di attualità (adesso si chiama così) o che fa da contorno ad un articolo più o meno serioso&#8230; insomma un&#8217;<strong>indecenza</strong>!</p>
<p>Ho seguito un po&#8217; la <strong>vera notizia</strong> tra i blog italiani, ma non sono rimasto grandemente impressionato (vedi Grillo), più che altro perché si è oramai stabilita la regola non scritta che il sensazionalismo è d&#8217;obbligo, invece di fare vera informazione (che comunque non pretendo di certo da un bloggher, precisiamo! Ma almeno che ci si provi!)</p>
<p>Insomma sono finito inevitabilmente <img src='http://www.mindsuburbia.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_sad.gif' alt=':-(' class='wp-smiley' />  sulle solite scelte obbligate:</p>
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<li>Google News</li>
<li>BBC News	</li>
<li>et cetera</li>
</ul>
<p>Di cui i &#8220;cetera&#8221; non sono certo italiani.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.mindsuburbia.net/wp-content/uploads/2007/02/pancakes_420x190.thumbnail.jpg" align="left" border="2" style="margin-right: 4px"><br />
Una cosa è certa: è molto più interessante e molto più <em>informazione</em>! Ho scoperto per esempio l&#8217;altro giorno, che nei mercati emergenti <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6339519.stm">spopolano i cellulari</a> economici e che alcuni di questi hanno, per necessità, una durata della batteria anche tripla <img src='http://www.mindsuburbia.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_cool.gif' alt='8-)' class='wp-smiley' /> oppure che si stanno facendo grandi passi nella spiegazione dell&#8217;universo, nello specifico sulla <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6360757.stm">materia oscura</a>. E non mancano anche le rubriche di cibo!</p>
<p>&#8230;insomma, <em>notizie</em> appetitose! <img src='http://www.mindsuburbia.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Dobbiamo veramente scrollarci di dosso certe imposizioni di pensiero e cominciare a ragionare col nostro cervello&#8230; con l&#8217;aiuto di strumenti di informazione migliori!</p>
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		<title>Chi ben comincia&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.mindsuburbia.net/2007/01/17/45/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jan 2007 08:37:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MindSuburbian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Il 2007 è arrivato&#8230; pure troppo presto! Dopo una settimanina di ferie il lavoro è ricominciato ed anche tutto il resto del tram-tram quotidiano. Purtroppo, pur dopo il meritato riposo, ricominciare è sempre difficile, tantopiù che ci si mettono i soliti problemini: Il telecomando che non funziona L&#8217;amico che ti chiede il favore La bolletta [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Il 2007 è arrivato&#8230; pure troppo presto! Dopo una settimanina di ferie il lavoro è ricominciato ed anche tutto il resto del tram-tram quotidiano.<br />
Purtroppo, pur dopo il meritato riposo, ricominciare è sempre difficile, tantopiù che ci si mettono i soliti problemini:</p>
<ul>
<li>Il telecomando che non funziona</li>
<li>L&#8217;amico che ti chiede il favore</li>
<li>La bolletta che immancabilmente arriva</li>
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<p>e varie altre cose, di cui non sto qui a parlarne.</p>
<p>Il brutto in queste condizioni è che sto ricadendo nella solita questione del <a href="http://www.mindsuburbia.net/2006/08/24/32/">procrastinatore</a>, di cui abbiamo già parlato.</p>
<p>Insomma in qualche maniera bisogna ritornare in carreggiata e cominciare questo nuovo anno non solo con qualche buon proposito, ma con dei fatti! <img src='http://www.mindsuburbia.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':-D' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>Bosch Day, sbafare, la fortuna cecata e la sfortuna che&#8230;.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Oct 2006 14:26:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MindSuburbian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Beh, insomma: ho voluto aspettare qualche giorno, prima di scriverne, perché è stato veramente incredibile! &#8230;e non vorrei che qualcuno si ricordasse del fatto Per una serie sfortunata di eventi ho rotto un chiavistello delle imposte (ad Albano) e, io e Luigina siamo finiti in questo grande ferramenta alla periferia di Bergamo (non faccio nomi [...]]]></description>
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Beh, insomma: ho voluto aspettare qualche giorno, prima di scriverne, perché è stato veramente incredibile! <img src='http://www.mindsuburbia.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_cool.gif' alt='8-)' class='wp-smiley' /> &#8230;e non vorrei che qualcuno si ricordasse del fatto <img src='http://www.mindsuburbia.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif' alt=':-P' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Per una serie sfortunata di eventi ho rotto un chiavistello delle imposte (ad Albano) e, io e Luigina siamo finiti in questo grande ferramenta alla periferia di Bergamo (non faccio nomi <img src='http://www.mindsuburbia.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif' alt=':-P' class='wp-smiley' />  ) a cercare il pezzo di ricambio.<br />
Sarà strano, ma la sfortuna ci vede benissimo: all&#8217;arrivo il parcheggio è stranamente chiuso (vabeh, per uno che non ci va mai, non è poi così strano).<br />
Per di più c&#8217;è un traffico pazzesco e anche parecchia gente: parcheggiamo nell&#8217;unico buco disponibile, offiamente dalla parte opposta del negozio e ci avviamo al banco.<br />
Entrando scopriamo che abbiamo beccato l&#8217;unico giorno dell&#8217;anno in cui c&#8217;è una manifestazione in questo ferramenta, nello specifico il Bosch Day, con tanto di tendone esterno, hostess e pure cantanti.<br />
Ci affrettiamo ad acquistare il pezzo, che fortunatamente troviamo ed è pure abbastanza economico e ci avviamo all&#8217;uscita.<br />
Guarda te il caso: macchina bloccata da un bravissimo parcheggiatore.<br />
Facciamo fare un annuncio, ma nulla; due annunci, e ancora niente; dopo il terzo annuncio, chiamo i vigili: &#8220;mi spiace ma non so quando può arrivare la pattuglia, perché sono tutte alle scuole&#8221;&#8230;. e che SFIGA! <img src='http://www.mindsuburbia.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif' alt=':-P' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
La commessa a questo punto dice: vabeh, mettetevi l&#8217;animo in pace ed andate a mangiare.<br />
Mangiare? <img src='http://www.mindsuburbia.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_confused.gif' alt=':-?' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
<a href="http://www.mindsuburbia.net/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/P1020573.JPG"><img src="http://www.mindsuburbia.net/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/P1020573.thumbnail.JPG" align="left" border="2" style="margin-right: 4px"></a><br />
Ci intrufoliamo furtivamente alla manifestazione come normalissimi addetti ai lavori (beh, di lavori ne sto facendo parecchi, eh <img src='http://www.mindsuburbia.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' />  ), anche grazie ad uno dei responsabili che ci aiuta a trovare il guidatore rompiscatole con un altro annuncio e nell&#8217;attesa&#8230;. beh, mangiamo qualcosa e ci beviamo un paio di birre!! <img src='http://www.mindsuburbia.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':-D' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Morale della favola? Quasi come il detto, ma al rovescio:</p>
<blockquote><p>La sfortuna ci vede benissimo, ma la fortuna è cieca</p></blockquote>
<p>Ovviamente l&#8217;incredibile non è la sfortuna, ma il fatto che dopo tre quarti d&#8217;ora che eravamo al negozio per un normalissimo ricambio, ci hanno per forza di cose scambiato per persone del settore (che so, artigiani o rivenditori), con in più il divertimento che nessuno sapeva chi fossimo (non ci siamo di certo registrati o comunque identificati), ma che per forza di cose, dovevamo star lì (a mangiare <img src='http://www.mindsuburbia.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif' alt=':-P' class='wp-smiley' />  )</p>
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		<title>Online computing: DreamHost decuplica lo spazio!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Oct 2006 12:09:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MindSuburbian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ebbene sì! Già dal 4 Ottobre ho ricevuto il mailing mensile di DreamHost che, fra le mille grandi novità, annunciava: Decuplicamento dello spazio (da 20GB a 200GB) Raddoppio della banda di trasferimento (da 1T a 2T) Adeguamento degli incrementi settimanali (+1GB di spazio a settimana, +16GB di banda a settimana) La cosa è esaltante. Se [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ebbene sì! <img src='http://www.mindsuburbia.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':-D' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
Già dal 4 Ottobre ho ricevuto il mailing mensile di <a href="http://www.dreamhost.com/r.cgi?161202">DreamHost</a> che, fra le mille grandi novità, annunciava:</p>
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<li>Decuplicamento dello spazio (da 20GB a 200GB)</li>
<li>Raddoppio della banda di trasferimento (da 1T a 2T)</li>
<li>Adeguamento degli incrementi settimanali (+1GB di spazio a settimana, +16GB di banda a settimana)</li>
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<p>La cosa è esaltante. Se pensate che per una <a href="http://www.dreamhost.com/hosting.html">piccola cifra</a> lo spazio sul mio hosting è <strong>maggiore del mio HD</strong>, viene voglia di usare DreamHost anche come storage personale <img src='http://www.mindsuburbia.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':-D' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p><a href="http://www.dreamhost.com/r.cgi?161202"><img src="http://www.dreamhost.com/images/rewards/125x31-a.gif" align="left" border="2" style="margin-right: 4px"></a>Ed ineffetti lo confermo: a breve preparerò uno spazio per i miei file (magari cifrati o protetti da password) tra cui: file personali, foto e backup importanti (profili, OS, etc).</p>
<p>Insomma, ormai quello che io chiamo online computing è praticamente alle porte (ma già ne <a href="http://www.mindsuburbia.net/2006/03/23/9/">avevo parlato</a>) :</p>
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<li><a href="http://www.google.com/calendar?hl=it">Calendario online</a>, grazie a Google per potersi organizzare anche fra amici/colleghi</li>
<li><a href="http://www.writely.com/">Documenti di testo e fogli di calcolo</a>, per la produttività personale (Google o <a href="http://www.ajaxlaunch.com/">AJAXLaunch</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.dreamhost.com/r.cgi?161202">Tutto lo storage che vuoi</a> a prezzo abbordabile, comprensivo di programmi web installabili con un clic (<a href="http://gallery.menalto.com/">Gallery</a>, <a href="http://www.wordpress.org/">WordPress</a>, <a href="http://www.phpbb.com/">phpBB</a> e molti altri)</li>
</ul>
<p>Quindi preparatevi perché fra poco il PC servirà solo per applicazioni di alto livello, mentre tutto il resto sarà dato per scontato direttamente con la connessione Internet <img src='http://www.mindsuburbia.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_cool.gif' alt='8-)' class='wp-smiley' /> : bisognerà abituarsi all&#8217;idea di avere disponibile il proprio archivio di produttività (sia software che dati) in qualsiasi momento e in qualsiasi parte del mondo. </p>
<p>Come dire: non potrai più mettere la scusa che hai dimenticato a casa gli appunti <img src='http://www.mindsuburbia.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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