MiFi

Costa Rica Photo-a-Day

maurizio — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 12:29:47 +0000

In an effort to organize and sort the many photos from our recent trip to the Osa Peninsula in Costa Rica, I’m posting a daily photo — for the next 60 days or so — to my Flickr account. If you are so inclined, you can check out daily additions to this photo set: Costa Rica Photo-a-Day

For JCo

maurizio — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 23:50:29 +0000

More ’steps

maurizio — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 16:25:26 +0000

Another brilliant animation of Coltrane’s Giant Steps. The video capture process behind this must be like setting up a room full of cascading dominoes.

Why Copyright? Canadian Voices on Copyright Law

maurizio — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 14:29:12 +0000

From MichaelGeist.ca: In June 2008, the Canadian government introduced Bill C-61, new copyright legislation that closely followed the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act. The public response to the bill was both immediate and angry - tens of thousands of Canadians wrote to the Minister and their local Members of Parliament, leading to town hall meetings, negative press coverage, and the growing realization that copyright was fast becoming a mainstream political and policy issue. This film, produced by Michael Geist and Daniel Albahary, asks Canadians from across the country and from a wide range of sectors the question - “why copyright?”.

Free and legal Internet TV and movies: Coming soon.

maurizio — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:34:06 +0000

I get my TV through an … err, alternative delivery mechanism. One that for me, makes more sense than channel surfing, remembering to program the PVR, or sitting myself down in front of our aging TV set at an appointed time and being subjected to idiotic commercials and the bombastic media hype of an industry in its death throes.

In the US, interesting developments in free online TV and movies have evolved over the last couple of years, from Joost to Hulu. Even YouTube is talking about streaming movies in the near future.

Unfortunately geo-blocking is preventing us from accessing much of this content in Canada, but the business model for content delivery will change here too, quickly.

Here’s an interesting podcast on why and how this will all come to pass.

Article link: Legal and Free: TV Shows and Movies on the Net

Podcast link: Listen

(via Bill St-Arnaud)

Canada’s next great coalition leader

maurizio — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:01:28 +0000

I can’t wait to see how this plays out with the evangelicals.

But seriously folks, make a coalition government happen (via cmkl.ca)

Hey, I resemble that remark

maurizio — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:10:31 +0000

From the genius online comic strip, xkcd.com

So fitting on a morning like this. Feel free to substitute DRM with podcasting, iPhone, the Mets or John Coltrane’s classic quartet.

Brian Eno: I believe in singing

maurizio — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 22:08:04 +0000

From NPR

I believe that singing is the key to long life, a good figure, a stable temperament, increased intelligence, new friends, super self-confidence, heightened sexual attractiveness and a better sense of humor. A recent long-term study conducted in Scandinavia sought to discover which activities related to a healthy and happy later life. Three stood out: camping, dancing and singing. (link to full article)

Interesting theory, but the man has obviously not heard me in the shower. I’d better stick to creating sounds with Eno’s very cool iPhone app, Bloom.

Coltrane’s Giant Steps animated

maurizio — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 01:51:57 +0000

Michal Levy has an uncanny ability to interpret music graphically. Check out her animation, Giant Steps and her latest film, One.

MiFi to go

maurizio — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 00:16:30 +0000

I’m trying out the WPtouch WordPress plugin that is supposed to render WP blogs beautifully on the iPhone, iPod Touch and other mobile devices, including the new Android mobile OS.

If you visit this blog with a mobile device, please let me know what you think.
If you use a similar plugin which you prefer, please comment.