Another time, another LTS release. It’s has been a while and our 12.04 LTS is now pretty old…time to switch to the new 14.04 LTS. Or maybe not.
Capitano Giuseppe Palminteri (1978-2014)
Godspeed, my friend.
HTC Cricket missing menu button and Taskos
I believe Taskos [play.google.com] is a a great way to sync with Google Tasks. I usually suggest this to my customers when for any reasons they need to an alternative to the otherwise excellent Gtasks [play.google.com]. Taskos has a clean and handy interface, and it’s usually quite bug-free. So I was quite surprised when one … Leggi tutto
UFRaw and Gimp 2.8
UFRaw is a decent and opensource RAW file utility. It works on many platforms and despite the ’80 looking site works quite well with NEF file from Nikon cameras. Moreover, it is fairly well integrated with The GIMP, thanks to a dedicated plugin. Setting it up on Windows may be tricky, especially regarding the Gimp integration. I found out … Leggi tutto
Biometric on iPhone worse than Snakes on a Plane?
Apple has recently spur some controversy with the introduction of a biometric sensor onboard its last flagship product, the iPhone. When it comes to this topic (governments stealing fingerprints…anyone?), I think that most people are overseeing some other interesting issues. In my knowledge, available and affordable biometric sensors are known to be quite easy to … Leggi tutto
Arromances
Arromances, a photo by hayha on Flickr. Playing like boys
Etretat
Etretat, a photo by hayha on Flickr. Peace for the mind
It’s has been a while…
I have been quite busy…busy busy. In the meanwhile, let’s have a look at the world’s (possibly) biggest BASE jump. Courtesy of Vercors BASE Team and www.squirrel.ws
Padua, Prato della Valle
Prato della Valle, a photo by hayha on Flickr. IR+Polarizer.
Sasso Remenno
Sasso Remenno, a photo by hayha on Flickr. Val di Mello in infrared.