Un esempio di storiografia visiva filologicamente corretta è stato creata dal regista Peter Jackson. Migliaia di metri di pellicola in bianco e nero sulla Prima guerra mondiale, accelerata e pesantemente danneggiata, è stata recuperata, restaurata e colorata. Niente speaker o altri metodi “moderni”, solo la voce dei veterani. Funziona, oh se funziona.
Money quote: “The documentary, which will screen nationwide Dec. 17 and Dec. 27, concentrates on the experiences of British soldiers as revealed in footage from the archives of the Imperial War Museum. Jackson and his team have digitally restored the footage, adjusted its frame rate, colorized it and converted it to 3-D. They chose not to add a host or noscript cards. Instead, veterans of the war “narrate” — that is, the filmmakers culled their commentary from hundreds of hours of BBC interviews recorded in the 1960s and ’70s.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/16/movies/peter-jackson-war-movie.html
Money quote: “The documentary, which will screen nationwide Dec. 17 and Dec. 27, concentrates on the experiences of British soldiers as revealed in footage from the archives of the Imperial War Museum. Jackson and his team have digitally restored the footage, adjusted its frame rate, colorized it and converted it to 3-D. They chose not to add a host or noscript cards. Instead, veterans of the war “narrate” — that is, the filmmakers culled their commentary from hundreds of hours of BBC interviews recorded in the 1960s and ’70s.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/16/movies/peter-jackson-war-movie.html
NY Times
How Peter Jackson Made WWI Footage Seem Astonishingly New With ‘They Shall Not Grow Old’ (Published 2018)
The director restored archival combat film to pristine clarity for his latest project.
Le scuole di scrittura creativa? Secondo Linkiesta sono un imbroglio. Perché non c'è passione, autenticità, verità. Invece, avidità e speculazione, alle spalle di un mondo di persone che vorrebbero trovare il modo per esprimersi. Nella poesia, poi, non ne parliamo.
Anzi, parliamone, anche se non è il tema dell'articolo linkato: questa volta prendo -in modo del tutto dissonante- uno scambio inedito con il poeta residente di Mostly, I Write, cioè Roberto R. Corsi, come money quote: "«Il poeta dovrebbe essere un “uomo integrale” (espressione non di un romantico ma del massmediologo McLuhan alle prese con la frammentazione delle esperienze) in cui l’umanità si chiarisce nella sua sostanziale ambiguità ed ambivalenza e si afferma nella sua trasparenza, pur restando indecifrabile, al di là dell’ombra.
Senza questo nella poesia restano formalismo, manierismo, decorazione vacua, atletismo versale» (Biagio Cepollaro, un mio amico poeta e critico).
Glosso che il poeta è destinato a fallire perché, non essendo autosufficiente, non può essere integrale e deframmentato."
https://www.linkiesta.it/it/article/2017/10/27/vuoi-fare-lo-scrittore-le-scuole-di-scrittura-creativa-sono-un-imbrogl/35963/
Anzi, parliamone, anche se non è il tema dell'articolo linkato: questa volta prendo -in modo del tutto dissonante- uno scambio inedito con il poeta residente di Mostly, I Write, cioè Roberto R. Corsi, come money quote: "«Il poeta dovrebbe essere un “uomo integrale” (espressione non di un romantico ma del massmediologo McLuhan alle prese con la frammentazione delle esperienze) in cui l’umanità si chiarisce nella sua sostanziale ambiguità ed ambivalenza e si afferma nella sua trasparenza, pur restando indecifrabile, al di là dell’ombra.
Senza questo nella poesia restano formalismo, manierismo, decorazione vacua, atletismo versale» (Biagio Cepollaro, un mio amico poeta e critico).
Glosso che il poeta è destinato a fallire perché, non essendo autosufficiente, non può essere integrale e deframmentato."
https://www.linkiesta.it/it/article/2017/10/27/vuoi-fare-lo-scrittore-le-scuole-di-scrittura-creativa-sono-un-imbrogl/35963/
Linkiesta
Vuoi fare lo scrittore? Le scuole di scrittura creativa sono un imbroglio (ed è meglio che tu lo sappia)
Non solo Holden. Le scuole di scrittura sbucano ovunque, come le slot machine nella sala oscura di un bar di periferia, reclutano frustrati. E gli scrittori – notoriamente poveri in canna – fanno l...
2019: l’anno che verrà per Apple tra aspettative e speranze - Primo articolo del 2019 per Macity
https://www.macitynet.it/lanno-che-verra-per-apple/
https://www.macitynet.it/lanno-che-verra-per-apple/
Macitynet.it
2019: l’anno che verrà per Apple tra aspettative e speranze - Macitynet.it
Dopo un 2018 interessante, con molte novità, ma per altri versi di transizione, che cosa aspetta nei prossimi dodici mesi gli appassionati della casa della Mela morsicata?
Razzismo, supremazia dell’uomo bianco, classicità e la scoperta che le statue erano dipinte. E che le società classiche erano multietniche o quantomeno non bianche. Lo stupore dell’ignoranza.
Money quote: “Last year, a University of Iowa classics professor, Sarah Bond, published two essays, one in the online arts journal Hyperallergic and one in Forbes, arguing that it was time we all accepted that ancient sculpture was not pure white—and neither were the people of the ancient world. One false notion, she said, had reinforced the other. For classical scholars, it is a given that the Roman Empire—which, at its height, stretched from North Africa to Scotland—was ethnically diverse. In the Forbes essay, Bond notes, “Although Romans generally differentiated people on their cultural and ethnic background rather than the color of their skin, ancient sources do occasionally mention skin tone and artists tried to convey the color of their flesh.””
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/10/29/the-myth-of-whiteness-in-classical-sculpture/
Money quote: “Last year, a University of Iowa classics professor, Sarah Bond, published two essays, one in the online arts journal Hyperallergic and one in Forbes, arguing that it was time we all accepted that ancient sculpture was not pure white—and neither were the people of the ancient world. One false notion, she said, had reinforced the other. For classical scholars, it is a given that the Roman Empire—which, at its height, stretched from North Africa to Scotland—was ethnically diverse. In the Forbes essay, Bond notes, “Although Romans generally differentiated people on their cultural and ethnic background rather than the color of their skin, ancient sources do occasionally mention skin tone and artists tried to convey the color of their flesh.””
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/10/29/the-myth-of-whiteness-in-classical-sculpture/
The New Yorker
The Myth of Whiteness in Classical Sculpture
Greek and Roman statues were often painted, but assumptions about race and aesthetics have suppressed this truth. Now scholars are making a color correction.
La grande tristezza (grazie Ikea)
Money quote: “Two years ago, the company asked thousands of people about where they felt “most at home.” At the time, 20% of subjects said it wasn’t the space in which they lived. Two years later, they asked again, and found the number has risen by 15% among people who live in cities. In other words, 35% of people who live in cities don’t feel at home in their house or apartment.”
https://www.fastcompany.com/90250152/a-new-ikea-report-is-an-unsettling-look-at-life-in-the-21st-century
Money quote: “Two years ago, the company asked thousands of people about where they felt “most at home.” At the time, 20% of subjects said it wasn’t the space in which they lived. Two years later, they asked again, and found the number has risen by 15% among people who live in cities. In other words, 35% of people who live in cities don’t feel at home in their house or apartment.”
https://www.fastcompany.com/90250152/a-new-ikea-report-is-an-unsettling-look-at-life-in-the-21st-century
Fast Company
A new Ikea report is an unsettling look at life in the 21st century
“Almost half of Americans (45%) go to their car to have a private moment to themselves,” the company reports in a new survey of 22,000 people in 22 countries.
Ci sono anche io tra gli esperti della Stampa per top e i flop della tecnologia nel 2018
https://www.lastampa.it/2018/12/31/tecnologia/gadget-eventi-personaggi-i-top-e-i-flop-della-tecnologia-nel-4AqaAyDngZR33euwXUkFsK/pagina.html
https://www.lastampa.it/2018/12/31/tecnologia/gadget-eventi-personaggi-i-top-e-i-flop-della-tecnologia-nel-4AqaAyDngZR33euwXUkFsK/pagina.html
LaStampa.it
Gadget, eventi, personaggi: i top e i flop della tecnologia nel 2018
Cosa vale la pena di ricordare e cosa invece preferiamo lasciarci alle spalle in quest’anno che sta per finire? Ecco le risposte degli esperti
Una donna si scusa con l’ex moglie di suo marito per il tradimento che ha distrutto la precedente famiglia e creato quella nuova. Ma potrebbe essere tranquillamente un romanzo o un film, in sintesi. O un monologo a teatro. Anzi, per un monologo sarebbe perfetto. Qualcuno si fa avanti? Lo faccio io?
Money quote: “He told me recently that you have found someone new, that you are getting married. He scoffed at this, of course, muttered something about “the poor guy.” I turned away from him before I smiled, for you. Ironically, it’s now you — the one over whom I’ve felt guilt-ridden and regretful and maybe even pitied— it’s you who’s become my hero and my hope.”
https://medium.com/s/human-parts/story-told-in-apologies-to-my-ex-husbands-ex-wife-a-cautionary-tale-for-cheaters-85491d944de3
Money quote: “He told me recently that you have found someone new, that you are getting married. He scoffed at this, of course, muttered something about “the poor guy.” I turned away from him before I smiled, for you. Ironically, it’s now you — the one over whom I’ve felt guilt-ridden and regretful and maybe even pitied— it’s you who’s become my hero and my hope.”
https://medium.com/s/human-parts/story-told-in-apologies-to-my-ex-husbands-ex-wife-a-cautionary-tale-for-cheaters-85491d944de3
Medium
An Apology to My Husband’s Ex-Wife, in 13 Parts
A cautionary tale for cheaters. “An Apology to My Husband’s Ex-Wife, in 13 Parts” is published by Maggie Haukka
Recensione Canopy Studio Neat, la cover Magic Keyboard Apple che supporta iPad e iPhone - la mia prova per Macity
https://www.macitynet.it/recensione-canopy-studio-neat-la-cover-magic-keyboard-apple-che-supporta-ipad-e-iphone/
https://www.macitynet.it/recensione-canopy-studio-neat-la-cover-magic-keyboard-apple-che-supporta-ipad-e-iphone/
Macitynet.it
Recensione Canopy Studio Neat, la cover Magic Keyboard Apple che supporta iPad e iPhone - Macitynet.it
Se avete la Magic Keyboard di Apple e un iPad, perché non usarli assieme? Abbiamo messo alla prova la custodia per il trasporto che fa anche di Studio Neat. Utile ma con alcune avvertenze
Sapere la posizione esatta di un consumatore vale 21 miliardi - il mio articolo per Wired.it
https://www.wired.it/economia/business/2019/01/03/pubblicita-mirata-posizione-cliente/
https://www.wired.it/economia/business/2019/01/03/pubblicita-mirata-posizione-cliente/
Wired
Sapere la posizione esatta di un consumatore vale 21 miliardi
Il mercato della pubblicità basata sulla posizione degli utenti è in crescita. Alimenta non solo il marketing. Ma ci sono dei rischi
Abbandonare Facebook? Gli utenti vogliono almeno mille dollari all’anno - Il mio articolo per La Stampa
https://www.lastampa.it/2019/01/03/tecnologia/abbandonare-facebook-gli-utenti-vogliono-almeno-mille-dollari-allanno-tjsvowSsDdTAXhjXCtvbAP/pagina.html
https://www.lastampa.it/2019/01/03/tecnologia/abbandonare-facebook-gli-utenti-vogliono-almeno-mille-dollari-allanno-tjsvowSsDdTAXhjXCtvbAP/pagina.html
LaStampa.it
Abbandonare Facebook? Gli utenti vogliono almeno mille dollari all’anno
Nonostante gli scandali e le preoccupazioni per la privacy, uno studio condotto da un pool di ricercatori americani ha scoperto che chi usa il social di Mark Zuckerberg non lo lascerebbe se non per un bel po’ di soldi, in contanti
Apple non vende il previsto? La colpa è delle cavallette, baby! - il mio articolo per Macity
https://www.macitynet.it/apple-ha-perso-la-via-forse/
https://www.macitynet.it/apple-ha-perso-la-via-forse/
Macitynet.it
Apple non vende il previsto? La colpa è delle cavallette, baby! - Macitynet.it
La gestione Tim Cook ha trasformato Apple rilanciata da Steve Jobs nella società con la più grande capitalizzazione di mercato al mondo. Ma ora Cupertino perde velocità. Colpa di tutto e tutti tranne che di se stessa. Ma dare la colpa agli altri è ancora…
L'incubo prossimo venturo? La realtà aumentata.
Money quote: "“You are always worried about bad actors with technology and your data,” says Paula Goldman, a vice president at Omidyar Network, which works with technology companies on designing more ethical products. “With AR, it is incredibly scary: the kind of data that can be collected, how you react to what you’re seeing, deep psychological data.”"
https://www.wsj.com/articles/augmented-reality-will-put-the-internet-everywhere-1540216800
Money quote: "“You are always worried about bad actors with technology and your data,” says Paula Goldman, a vice president at Omidyar Network, which works with technology companies on designing more ethical products. “With AR, it is incredibly scary: the kind of data that can be collected, how you react to what you’re seeing, deep psychological data.”"
https://www.wsj.com/articles/augmented-reality-will-put-the-internet-everywhere-1540216800
WSJ
Augmented Reality Will Put the Internet Everywhere
If screen time is a problem for you, columnist Joanna Stern has bad news: streaming images and personalized information will soon appear everywhere you look.
Recensione OnePlus Explorer, lo zainetto con carattere minimal - la mia prova per Macity
https://www.macitynet.it/recensione-oneplus-explorer-lo-zainetto-con-carattere-minimal/
https://www.macitynet.it/recensione-oneplus-explorer-lo-zainetto-con-carattere-minimal/
Macitynet.it
Recensione OnePlus Explorer, lo zainetto con carattere minimal - Macitynet.it
Macity ha messo alla prova l’ultimo arrivato dell’azienda cinese di smartphone Android. Uno zainetto per tutti gli usi adatto alla via di tutti i giorni ma anche per un fine settimana fuori porta, che sta diventando una specie di fenomeno social
La beata ignoranza: rende tutti più felici.
Money quote: “Over at the Institute for Family Studies, Nicholas Wolfinger, a sociologist at the University of Utah, has found that Americans who have only ever slept with their spouses are most likely to report being in a “very happy” marriage.“
https://www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/573493/
Money quote: “Over at the Institute for Family Studies, Nicholas Wolfinger, a sociologist at the University of Utah, has found that Americans who have only ever slept with their spouses are most likely to report being in a “very happy” marriage.“
https://www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/573493/
The Atlantic
Fewer Sex Partners Means a Happier Marriage
People who have had sex with fewer people seem to be more satisfied after they tie the knot. Is there hope for promiscuous romantics?
Ricordando Karen Sparck Jones: “L’informatica è una cosa troppo importante per lasciarla agli uomini” - il mio articolo per Macity
https://www.macitynet.it/ricordando-karen-sparck-jones/
https://www.macitynet.it/ricordando-karen-sparck-jones/
Macitynet.it
Ricordando Karen Sparck Jones: “L’informatica è una cosa troppo importante per lasciarla agli uomini” - Macitynet.it
La storia di Karen Sparck Jones, ricercatrice britannica che ha inventato il funzionamento di tutti i motori di ricerca, scomparsa dieci anni fa, e che sosteneva in anticipo sui tempi l’idea che i programmatori non possano non applicare una etica al codice…
Al di là della storia di "cat", il programma Unix, è l'inquadramento di fondo di questo articolo ad essere molto interessante. E poi la storia di "cat", ovviamente.
Money quote: "My aunt and cousin thought of computer technology as a series of increasingly elaborate sand castles supplanting one another after each high tide clears the beach. The reality, at least in many areas, is that we steadily accumulate programs that have solved problems. We might have to occasionally modify these programs to avoid software rot, but otherwise they can be left alone. grep is a simple program that solves a still-relevant problem, so it survives. Most application programming is done at a very high level, atop a pyramid of much older code solving much older problems. The ideas and concepts of 30 or 40 years ago, far from being obsolete today, have in many cases been embodied in software that you can still find installed on your laptop."
https://twobithistory.org/2018/11/12/cat.html
Money quote: "My aunt and cousin thought of computer technology as a series of increasingly elaborate sand castles supplanting one another after each high tide clears the beach. The reality, at least in many areas, is that we steadily accumulate programs that have solved problems. We might have to occasionally modify these programs to avoid software rot, but otherwise they can be left alone. grep is a simple program that solves a still-relevant problem, so it survives. Most application programming is done at a very high level, atop a pyramid of much older code solving much older problems. The ideas and concepts of 30 or 40 years ago, far from being obsolete today, have in many cases been embodied in software that you can still find installed on your laptop."
https://twobithistory.org/2018/11/12/cat.html
twobithistory.org
The Source History of Cat
A tour of the many historical implementations of the Unix cat utility.
Più veloci della luce: prova di due adattatori Usb - Gigabit Ethernet anche su USB-C - Il mio articolo per Macity
https://www.macitynet.it/piu-veloci-della-luce-prova-di-due-adattatori-usb-gigabit-ethernet-anche-su-usb-c/
https://www.macitynet.it/piu-veloci-della-luce-prova-di-due-adattatori-usb-gigabit-ethernet-anche-su-usb-c/
Macitynet.it
Più veloci della luce: prova di due adattatori Usb - Gigabit Ethernet anche su USB-C - Macitynet.it
Comparata fra il vecchio classico, l’adattatore Usb-A ad Ethernet di Apple e il nuovo adattatore di Roline Usb-C a Gigabit Ethernet, che può essere usato anche su MacBook 12 e su iPad 11 e 12,9 di terza generazione
Anno nuovo, sfide nuove. Serve imparare cose e competenze nuove. Consiglio di applicarsi per questo corso gratuito che insegna come scrivere la vostra piccola ma completa macchina virtuale. È una esperienza che cambia la vita (io piuttosto imparo a suonare la chitarra elettrica)
Money quote: “In this tutorial, I will teach you how to write your own virtual machine (VM) that can run assembly language programs, such as my friend's 2048 or my Roguelike. If you know how to program, but would like to gain a deeper understanding of what is going on inside a computer and better understand how programming languages work, then this project is for you. Writing your own VM may sound a little scary, but I promise that you will find it to be surprisingly simple and enlightening.
The final code is about 250 lines of C. All you need to know is how to read basic C or C++ and how to do binary arithmetic. To build and run the code, you will need to be on a Unix system (including macOS).”
https://justinmeiners.github.io/lc3-vm/
Money quote: “In this tutorial, I will teach you how to write your own virtual machine (VM) that can run assembly language programs, such as my friend's 2048 or my Roguelike. If you know how to program, but would like to gain a deeper understanding of what is going on inside a computer and better understand how programming languages work, then this project is for you. Writing your own VM may sound a little scary, but I promise that you will find it to be surprisingly simple and enlightening.
The final code is about 250 lines of C. All you need to know is how to read basic C or C++ and how to do binary arithmetic. To build and run the code, you will need to be on a Unix system (including macOS).”
https://justinmeiners.github.io/lc3-vm/
Stiamo in parte tornando verso il mondo delle home page e del web statico "che ci appartiene", anziché di quello che appartiene al social di turno. All'interno di questo microscopico movimento, c'è chi lavora a nuovi framework e tecnologie. Come i blog minimalisti e federati, che possono diventare vere e proprie comunità.
Money quote: "Create a minimalist blog
WriteFreely is built around writing. There's no news feed, notifications, or unnecessary likes or claps to take you away from your train of thought. You get a distraction-free writing environment, and readers can enjoy a clean reading experience."
https://writefreely.org/
Money quote: "Create a minimalist blog
WriteFreely is built around writing. There's no news feed, notifications, or unnecessary likes or claps to take you away from your train of thought. You get a distraction-free writing environment, and readers can enjoy a clean reading experience."
https://writefreely.org/
𝕭𝖊𝖆𝖚𝖙𝖎𝖋𝖚𝖑 𝕯𝖎𝖓𝖌𝖇𝖆𝖙𝖘
È il sito che vi permette di scrivere delle cose con stili estrosi, copiarle e poi incollarle nel vostro social o app di chat preferita. Stilosa
https://beautifuldingbats.com/hey-howd-you-do-that
È il sito che vi permette di scrivere delle cose con stili estrosi, copiarle e poi incollarle nel vostro social o app di chat preferita. Stilosa
https://beautifuldingbats.com/hey-howd-you-do-that