Emeraldion Lodge .o. Diario

New Twitter UI

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 22:38:00 +0100

What the new Twitter UI tells me: The text box to write a new tweet is no longer at the top of the feed. You have to click a blue button in the toolbar at the top, or type under your profile picture on the left. This tells me that Twitter is less… Read more

The MAS-only CoverSutra 2.5 Incident

Sat, 08 Jan 2011 10:32:34 +0100

I just finished reading the 200+ user comments on Sophia Teutschler's blog post that announces her decision to make CoverSutra 2.5 only available on the Mac App Store as a paid upgrade for everybody. Trying to sort my thoughts here, if not to make… Read more

The white Waiting... zombie iPad app icon

Sun, 24 Oct 2010 16:00:14 +0200

I had this funny issue with my iPad where I tapped twice the button to install an app from the App Store and this caused a white Waiting... icon to appear on my screen. This icon, apart simply doing nothing when clicked, can't be removed either, from… Read more

Back to the Mac

Wed, 20 Oct 2010 22:11:34 +0200

I was a bit surprised to read about the new products and tech previews that Steve Jobs unveiled today at the Back to the Mac event. The Mac App Store means many things, first that Apple is possibly moving away from its traditional software distribution… Read more

Disculpen las molestias

Sun, 15 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Come avrete capito, negli scorsi mesi il mio provider Lycos Europe ha deciso di terminare l'attività di web hosting. Il primo marzo Lycos ha quindi cessato le operazioni e questo ha causato la scomparsa del mio sito dal web. Adesso dopo un cambio… Read more

Le prese irlandesi

Sun, 10 Aug 2008 17:30:01 +0200

Oggi ho finalmente deciso di mettere mano al cacciavite per capire cosa ha che non va l’abat-jour della living room che non ne ha voluto sapere di accendersi dal primo giorno. Ho perso circa un quarto d’ora per smontarla, ispezionare… Read more

Introducing PhyloCoco

Sun, 15 Jun 2008 15:49:54 +0200

I am happy to introduce the scientific application PhyloCoco written by my university colleague Daniele Catanzaro, now PhD student at the Computer Science Department of Université Libre de Bruxelles, Sérvice Graphes et Optimisation Mathématique PhyloCoco… Read more

Recensione su Punto Informatico

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 22:58:54 +0200

Noto oggi con piacere che Punto Informatico, il popolare magazine online italiano dedicato all’informatica e alle nuove tecnologie, ha dedicato una recensione ai miei software MiniBatteryLogger e MiniBatteryStatus. Con un po’ meno piacere… Read more

Run Singular from a contextual menu in Finder

Sat, 24 May 2008 15:27:12 +0200

Today I will give you a tip to run Singular from a contextual menu in the Finder. Singular is a Mac OS X system utility that finds and removes duplicate files in your computer. Since you will be working most of the time with your files in the Finder,… Read more

MiniBatteryStatus in Apple's top 50

Fri, 16 May 2008 12:06:12 +0200

MiniBatteryStatus is quickly climbing Apple Downloads’ top 50 chart. Yesterday it was at 17th place, today it’s at 15th. Thank you all! Edit (May 17): MiniBatteryStatus is now eleventh! That’s great!

Emeraldion Lodge .o. Diario

New Twitter UI

The MAS-only CoverSutra 2.5 Incident

The white Waiting... zombie iPad app icon

Back to the Mac

Disculpen las molestias

Le prese irlandesi

Introducing PhyloCoco

Recensione su Punto Informatico

Run Singular from a contextual menu in Finder

MiniBatteryStatus in Apple's top 50

The white Waiting... zombie iPad app icon