Archive for July, 2009

Just a recursive Flock of Blobs!

We’re all forced to Dispersive Irradiation.
Everything we do, everything we think and every act we play has an influencing power over the surroundings but this sway quickly decays as long as the energy travels from the starting point to the outer side.
We all have to share and propagate good influence energy by interaction rather than irradiation.

We don’t see it anymore.
Stop all the fucking wars right now!

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First of some new upcoming designs set based on various symmetry approaches.

Great Live version of an amazing song… and… take a look at the three solos (short near 02:26, short near 03:32 and long near 05:08 to the end) cos they really deserve!

“well we build it up / and i buy ‘em out / but, man they made me / grind it out, now / they open up a new place / flipping meat / so i do, too / right across the street / i got the name / i need the town / they sell up in the end / and it all shuts down / sometimes you gotta / be an s.o.b. / you wanna make a dream / reality / competition? / send ‘em south / if they’re gonna drown / put a hose in their mouth / do not pass go / go straight to hell / i smell that / meat hook smell / or my name’s not kroc / that’s kroc with a ‘k’ / like ‘crocodile’ / but not spelt that way, now / it’s dog eat dog / rat eat rat / dog eat dog / rat eat rat / it’s dog eat dog / rat eat rat / kroc-style / boom, like that“

The Photos category is back and available.

It was vanished during the last days due to some upgrade activities.
I’ve managed to resolve the problem that was caused by a duplication in the file-system and the categories permalink structure… just a my own stupid fault!

Sorry for the setback!

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It reminds me the atmospheres of this beautiful song:
When you’re young and beautiful
your dreams are all ideals
later on it’s not the same
Lord, everything is real
Back to Tupelo, Mark Knopfler

Some new interesting features was added recently.

Home:  http://sourceforge.net/projects/flam4/
Direct Download: Version 0.71

Changelog
v.0.71
-Added transparency option for PNG sequences.
-Fixed issue with the PNG sequence folder browser – you can now save to any folder, not just folders in My Pictures.
v.0.70
-Added support for rendering animations to PNG sequences.
v.0.69
-Fixed bug in loading flames with the hue parameter used which was introduced when I switched the palettes to floating point (v.0.63)
-Added support for png transparency
-Greatly improved saturation correction, most noticable in bright red and orange areas
-Set *.flam3 to the default file option, at least until *.flam4 is implemented
-More performance tweaks for multi-GPU

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Maybe once in a lifetime
You’ll hold one in your hand
Once in a lifetime
In this land
Where the journey ends
In a worthless claim
Time and again
I Dug up a Diamond, Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris

I had the pleasure to design, format and publish the “ORC International World Championship 2009” Daily News bulletin during the week from July 6th to July 11th.

The whole ORC IWC 2009 news are available at the Circolo della Vela Brindisi web site (http://www.circolovelabrindisi.it/orc_brindisi.htm) and all the photos are by the event’s official photographer Andrea Carloni.

You can see the complete PDF versions by clicking on every image below.

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An update!

What you see is what you get
And what you get may well be worth seeing
But just be careful when you walk
On those old broken stones
Because they are my feelings
If I smile
Do not be swayed
I simply serve the public image
The Public Image, Morrissey

Certo che di spettacoli vergognosi la nostra povera Italia ne sforna quotidianamente.

Ad Arezzo la sentenza per la morte del tifoso della Lazio. Urla contro i giudici: “Buffoni”. La mamma: “Ucciso di nuovo”. Spaccarotella non era in aula. Il poliziotto: “Piango di gioia”

Sandri, sei anni all’agente: “Omicidio colposo”
Il padre: “Una vergona per tutta l’Italia”

AREZZO – Non fu volontario l’omicidio di Gabriele Sandri. Dopo nove ore di camera di consiglio, la Corte d’assise d’Arezzo ha condannato a sei anni l’agente della Polstrada Luigi Spaccarotella che l’11 novembre del 2007 uccise il tifoso della Lazio Gabriele Sandri nell’area di servizio Badia al Pino sulla A1. “Fu omicidio colposo aggravato dalla previsione dell’evento”, ha detto la giuria. Come dire che Spaccarotella sparò contro Sandri senza la volontà di ucciderlo, ma “accettando il rischio che quell’evento potesse verificarsi”.

“Giudici, siete dei buffoni“. Un distinguo giuridico che ha scatenato la violenta reazione dei tifosi e amici di Sandri presenti in aula. Alla lettura della sentenza hanno urlato contro i giudici “Infami, buffoni, vergogna”. Il presidente della Corte è stato costretto ad allontanare il pubblico. Stretti in un abbraccio di dolore, i genitori di Gabriele hanno pianto in aula. “Mi vergogno di essere italiano – ha detto il padre – Non sono bastati cinque testimoni a dire cosa ha fatto Spaccarotella. Evidentemente la divisa paga. Non credo più nella giustizia, non credo più in niente. E’ una vergogna per tutta l’Italia. Senz’altro faremo appello: io Spaccarotella non lo mollerò mai”. Al termine della lettura della sentenza, la moglie si è sentita male: “Me l’hanno ammazzato una seconda volta. Ma i giudici, quando arriveranno a casa, come faranno a guardare i loro figli, con quale coscienza hanno fatto una cosa del genere?”.
Estratto dall’articolo pubblicato su La Repubblica.it: http://www.repubblica.it/2009/03/sezioni/cronaca/spaccarotella/ultima-udienza/ultima-udienza.html

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My friend Efrem62 (I_d_a – Ida Santoro) awesome photos on Flickr’s Explore.

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Read below for the simple solution!

Example of embedded WordPress standard FLV movie player.

Original clip is 400 x 300 – Displayed here at 500 x 400

Is WordPress able to play FLV movies?
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What you see is what you get
And what you get may well be worth seeing
But just be careful when you walk
On those old broken stones
Because they are my feelings
If I smile
Do not be swayed
I simply serve the public image
The Public Image, Morrissey