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This is the blog of Gabriele Biffi, the smiling guy in the top left
corner! Oh yeah, I still have to put a picture there, just imagine it,
there is some work in progress. This blog is at the moment all about my software, and some of my pictures. More stuff will come, soon or later. |
My software for Haiku, BeOS™, and
ZETA™:
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| 2013-01-16 An ode to code |
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The Exceptional Beauty of Doom 3's Source Code If only more of the people I use to work with would read this... Add a comment |
| 2013-01-01 Happy new year |
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Happy 2013!
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| 2012-11-21 A new keyboard |
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I just got a new keyboard, namely a Cherry G80-3000LQCDE-2. I normally don't waste my time to squawk around about how cool is that new piece of hardware I just got, but this one deserves a bit of explanation. Contrary to the vast majority of modern "rubberdome" keyboards, the Cherry G80s are mechanical. These were bundled with several brands of computers in the '80s and early '90s; in 1989, my Olivetti 286 came with one, and in 1994 my Highscreen Colani Pentium 60 came with another one. I'm not sure if they where the G80 line or the cheaper semi-mechanical G81 (I suspect the latter for the Olivetti, but it was know to use the G80 as well). Anyway, those two keyboards were the ones on which I began to programming, so they've a special meaning for me... you can understand how excited I was when I discovered that Cherry still make the same, almost identical keyboards! Read more... Add a comment |
| 2012-11-05 Goodbye Cruel World (of Warcraft) |
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After 6 years, I finally quit World of Warcraft. I had a lot of fun playing this game, I known a lot of friendly people, but it's time to give up. This game has nothing more to offer me, and I'm not going to pay for World of Kung-Fu Pandas and Pokémons. Now I can take advantage of my lifetime VIP subscription to The Lord of the Rings Online :-) Add a comment |
| 2012-10-24 On the iPad Mini and MacBook Pro 13" Retina |
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Yesterday Apple presented a couple of products for which I had high expectactions. First, the new MacBook Pro 13" Retina. I am thinking of replacing my current MacBook 13" Aluminium "late 2008" with something with some more horsepower, and I was eagerly looking for this after having played a bit with the 15" Retina. And let me say I am very, very disappointed. The new MBP only comes with dual core CPUs, a puny integrated GPU, and 8 GB of soldered RAM. It is probably twice as fast as mine, but not yet what I expected: I don't care if it's a i36 at 19.8 THz - I want a quad, and a real GPU. Looks like I have to wait... or buy a 15". Second, the iPad Mini. If only Apple had made this one or two years ago, I would have bought it the same day - but now it has to compete with the Nexus 7. My geeky side leans toward the latter, and my miserly side leans towards the Kindle 4 I already own. Add a comment |
| 2012-04-10 Jack Tramiel, 1928 - 2012 |
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Thank you, Jack. Signed: a proud owner of a C64. Add a comment |
| 2011-12-23 Jacob Goldman, 1921-2011 |
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Thank you, Jacob. And this year, the world loses yet another of those geniuses who shaped the computers we know today. Add a comment |
| 2011-10-25 John McCarthy, 1927-2011 |
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Thank you, John. What a month for computing. Add a comment |
| 2011-10-13 Dennis Ritchie, 1941-2011 |
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Thank you, Dennis.
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| 2011-10-06 Steve Jobs, 1955-2011 |
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Thank you, Steve. Even if I don't own neither an iPhone nor an iPad. Add a comment |
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