I needed to minimize some fairly complex logical functions, and I found Logic Friday very handy.
Ubuntu Lucid Lynx on Toshiba nb 200 slow/no boot
I just upgraded to Ubuntu Lucid Lynx and just found that with the provided kernel the boot is incredibly long (more than 5 minutes).
After a bit of upgrading to the last-last kernel available to date (2.6.22-32) with no aid, I decided to have a look around and see what other people were experiencing.
The hidden apostrophe against Openoffice
I had this strange problem importing a regular .csv file into Openoffice.
A field in the file would not be recognized as a number, no matter what I would do during the import process.
This happened chossing ‘Sheet from file’ as well as cutting and pasting into a sheet.
The ‘ is not visible into a cell but is present only in the formula field.
A simple find and replace will not help. Nor it will help setting a the cell format via Format Cell
A Gnuplot tutorial
Gnuplot is a free, handy software to plot mathematical functions. It runs on various system 
(on Windows, too)
Ubisoft new DRM cracked in *1* day
Infoaddict reports Ubisoft new DRM scheme has been cracked (in a day). Legit user will live with the hassle of having to be connected to Ubisoft servers in order to play, while pirated copies can play without particular restrictions. A rather peculiar way to raise profits from game sales…
Very Low-Cost Sensing and Communication Using Bidirectional LEDs
Via Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, LEDs as last centimetre problem solutions. Read the full technical report (PDF: 530.9 kB)
mounting iso in XP
via Godshell.com An unsupported way to mount ISO images in Windows XP from Microsoft: the Virtual CD Control Panel. It worked for me, and the download it’s from the Microsoft site. Disclaimer: try at your own risk.
XOR story RELOADED
Security firm Syss reports what allegedly seems to me another case of XOR story, speaking of a false sense of security. In an article from H-Security, the reports a serious weakness in some Secure-pendrive certified with the FIPS 140-2 Level 2 certificate: During a successful authorisation procedure the program will, irrespective of the password, always … Leggi tutto
In memory of Cristina Castagna
Cristina Castagna (23 Dicember 1977-18 July 2009) La montagna in questo momento è lontana, ma il tuo ricordo non si affievolisce. La strada da fare è tanta, ma intravedo una stellina che brilla e che ha già tracciato il cammino Ciao grillo,
One Beautiful Day, Porto Venere
One Beautiful Day, Porto Venere, originally uploaded by hayha.