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Archive for August, 2008
Brasil4Win 1.1 Long File Support
Aug 29th
This bug fix release of brasil4windows give supports to very big zips (over 2Gb). The fix is very trivial, but it is crucial if you plan to store big zips. You can download brasilwin_1_1 clicking on this link. Upgrade is higly recommended. Zip64 extensions was disabled because the default zip and unzip commands on Unix (the InfoZIP utilities) don’t support these extensions, as stated in the Python documentation.
Example of Solution1 for a car not starting: check batteries
Aug 27th
Example of a solution about car not starting. If you car is not starting, check the batteries as first. It is the most common problem of issues
(this is an example document for the PanamaKB Plugin)
Example of a problem: my car is not starting
Aug 27th
This is an example fo a problem done with the panamakb plugin:
Problem: My car is not starting.
Description: My car is not starting
(this is an example document for the PanamaKB Plugin)
Vampata d’amore… video estivo
Aug 15th
L’estate è proprio esplosa… per non lasciare soli soletti chi naviga su gioorgi.com a Ferragosto, eccovi un simpatico video chiamato “Vampata d’Amore”.
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Summer is summer
Aug 9th
This is the first summer for Gioorgi.com.
The Editor-in-Chief has just selected a bunch of article to schedule in the next weeks.
September will be a “hot of news” month, whereas October will lead you to “new technical projects”. Keep following (and reading) us!
Projects ideas
Aug 6th
Some random application ideas, for the RedScorpion section…
Inspired by the Italian Java User Group, I have done a “bet” on two simple project, to look forward them as a “projects for the user and not the technical guys”. The project are only idea at the time of writing, but if you think they can be good, leave a comment below. Bye :) (more…)
Brasil Windows Backup Script 1.0
Aug 4th
We are happy to announce the first version of brasil for window, a small python backup script.
Brasil4Windows is a small python script you can use to zip and backup your files on a regular basis. Brasil4Win offers:
- LowLoad Backup. The script will try to pause under heavy load computer.
- Fine-grained ETA using stored bytes AND passed time. It can print you a good extimation on when it will finish.
- Skip-and-retry schema for locked files. Sometimes under windows files are locked. Brasil4Win retry to open them from time to time.
- Optimized for using Psyco: http://psyco.sf.net We suggest you to set it up psyco for on-the-fly compilation More >
Network computer
Aug 3rd
Take a look to my article on the future of operating systems and network computers on Gioorgi.com. Gioorgi.com will slowly become the new business blog of Objectsroot.com
Network computer: revisited
Aug 3rd
The Network Computer was a bad idea born in the middle of the ’90, and ended up to be completly wrong. Anyway, the current software tecnologhy (like AJAX, Google Gears, the psedo-new-ms-windows os called midori) can be helpuful to sketch a new idea of operating system.
The network computer fails because it pretends to store all information (program, user data) on the server. Worst, it pretends a fee for application usage. But users preferred a buy-one model, because they didn’t like the renting model
In the NC world the Software company will also hold all you private documents, a very security concerns.
And the More >
Designing Interfaces with Balsamiq
Aug 2nd
In the last seven months I have the need of sketching a bunch of interfaces, but I cannot find a valid tool. I was a Software Architect of a big huge project, busy also on other smaller projects as project manager.
I need a rapid way to sketch use cases, to pass them to a very young team.
Web interfaces are not easy to design, and we was in a very weird situation: the team was forced to use DAOs, with no O/R mapping tool. So I need also to map some interfaces to a database model, to help them building the model and the More >
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