Request Free codecs @ Youtube and Vimeo
Debido a los costes del codec de video H.264 Firefox puede salir perjudicado por la adopción de HTML5.
http://softwarelibre.deusto.es/zancadillas-a-firefox-con-h-264/
¡¡¡¡Solicita Codecs libres en los sitios de video que utilizas!!!!!
Processing comes to Android
I read today that pre-release versions of Processing for Android devices are available.
Processing is a language initially born to make visual and graphics programming easier to artists and non-geeks, but has evolved quite a lot since then.
There’re even libraries to connect Processing to hardware, like for instance Arduino.
It will be interesting having a different kind of developers on Android.
EyeWriter Initiative
There’re still people out there that keep denying it, but “open-styled projects” are a really powerful tool, and their outcomes can be real breakthroughs in, at least, two senses:
1.- They can produce real innovations
2.- They can make expensive and restricted technologies available to the masses
I’m not sure which one of this applies to the EyeWriter Initiative, it may be both, but in any case it is worth a look.
Take a look at this Demo by David Merrill of Sifteo (via GuyKawasaki)
I’ve been following the project since it first appeared at the web and I’m excited about developing some apps on them.
I’m eager to buy!!!! Please, please, pretty please with sugar on top!!! Make them available!! ;-)
Mi próxima TV: Haier presenta la primera Televisión totalmente inalámbrica en CES.
¡Por fin una aplicación de WiTricity (MIT) en el mercado! ¡ya tenía ganas de verlo!
Al final parece que si hay móvil de Google
(via suzzlo)
Ummmm… será interesante, sobre todo por la pantalla OLED táctil a ese tamaño, tiene que ser impresionante.
Otro tema será comprarlo… primero que llegue a España, y segundo que si se vende libre y no hay subvención del operador costará un egg…
Tumblr camera stats
We decided to organize some camera statistics from photos uploaded to Tumblr, and it revealed some interesting data:
One of the most surprising results is the dominance of photos taken with Apple’s Photo Booth application, which snaps photos from the built-in webcams in most Macs.
Entry-level SLRs are extremely popular among Tumblr photographers, especially Canon’s Digital Rebel series. The Digital Rebel XTi/400D is our most popular standalone camera. It’s a well-deserved position: the XTi is a great camera for a great price that introduced many people — myself included — to the world of high-quality photography.
Most Canon SLRs also record the Canon lens model used to take each photo:
The first and second are the new and old (respectively) “kit” lenses bundled with most Canon SLRs. The third-place lens, the 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM, is frequently sold as part of a premium bundle for a few hundred dollars more than the standard kit.
The inexpensive 50mm primes are cumulatively the most popular non-kit lenses. This is also well-deserved: these lenses provide excellent optical quality for very little money.
Many people take photos with their mobile phones. Here’s how the top modern smartphone types break down:
Beyond the expected dominance of iPhone OS and BlackBerry devices, Palm’s webOS (Pre, Pixi) isn’t very popular among Tumblr users, but Android devices are gaining popularity.
But the real surprise was Apple’s role, including Photo Booth, in overall camera brands:
The popularity of Macs and iPhones is powerful enough to make Apple almost as popular as Nikon for Tumblr photography.
Microsoft ofrece su 'software' a las escuelas de España por ocho euros la licencia anual · ELPAÍS.com
O sea, que dejamos que una empresa privada evangelice a nuestros hijos con sus productos, para que solo conozcan su realidad desde pequeñitos; con apoyo institucional incluido.
La realidad sería muy distinta si consiguiésemos que los niños viesen las dos (o tres) caras de la moneda desde pequeñitos, aprendiesen a lidiar con cosas que no son MS y que funcionan o suficientemente bien o mucho mejor.
Sé que cuando me llegue el momento será una batalla de formatos permanente, pero haré cuanto pueda para que mis hijos tengan los dos sistemas en sus ordenadores… o solo uno pero que no sea Windows.
