severak 14.2.2020 15:55:12

15 years on, Winamp "still lives"—but mismanagement blunted its llama-whipping.

severak 14.2.2020 15:11:22

"Tanec je pro mnoho lidí nesrozumitelný žánr. Přitom pokud je člověk otevřený, stačí přijít, sednout, uvolnit se a nechat to na sebe působit," říká tanečnice a režisérka Miřenka Čechová v podcastu Petra Viziny.

severak 14.2.2020 11:00:26

The story of American artist Sarah Goodridge’s erotic self-portrait on a miniature ivory plate, given as a secret present to her lover, US Senator Daniel Webster.

severak 13.2.2020 16:49:43

V sobotu uplyne třicet let od zrušení Státní bezpečnosti. Bývalý disident Radek Schovánek, který léta pracoval v Ústavu pro studium totalitních režimů, tvrdí, že ve skutečnosti StB nikdy nezanikla. Více než polovina jejích pracovníků totiž ve službách státu zůstala i po revoluci. Schovánek Deníku N prozradil přesný počet zaměstnanců StB, kteří po roce 1989 zůstali…

severak 13.2.2020 14:55:04

Formed after a free punk concert in 1980, an influential collection of musicians, artists and film-makers including Pedro Almodavar exploded punk counterculture in Madrid – and changed their nation for ever

severak 13.2.2020 14:34:05

Podle doyena českých ekologů Bedřicha Moldana se domácí ekonomika do budoucna obejde jak bez uhlí, tak bez jaderné energie. Spalování uhlí podle něj zpochybňuje celý boj s klimatickou změnou a jaderná energie − jejímž je celoživotním odpůrcem − je příliš drahá. Budoucnost první...

severak 12.2.2020 15:25:05

A tool for editing version-control repositories and translating among different systems. Supports git, bzr, Subversion, darcs, and fossil directly, also hg, CVS, and RCS through plugins.

severak 12.2.2020 11:57:58

Do recent explanations solve the mysteries of aerodynamic lift?

severak 12.2.2020 11:48:08

Copyrighting all the melodies to avoid accidental infringement | Damien Riehl | TEDxMinneapolis

from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJtm0MoOgiU

severak 12.2.2020 00:42:55

The curious tale of a man called Christian, the Catholic church, David Schwimmer’s wife, a secret hotel and an Airbnb scam running riot on the streets of London

severak 10.2.2020 18:13:34

Hi, Welcome to BIG, a newsletter about the politics of monopoly. If you’d like to sign up, you can do so here. Or just read on… Today I’m going to write about podcasting, with some observations on how a media market that is far healthier than online publishing functions. But first, a quick update on

severak 10.2.2020 12:57:26

A year later. Getting by without a SIM card in my smartphone.

severak 7.2.2020 22:14:36

Here's an enormous library of thousands of old book illustrations, with searchable name, artist, source, date, which book it was

severak 7.2.2020 17:09:57

The Internet of Beefs

from https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2020/01/16/the-internet-of-beefs/

severak 7.2.2020 15:44:15

What is the internet, really? Ingrid Burrington studies the networked infrastructure like submarine cables, data centers, and antennas that make up our fantasy of the virtual “cloud”. We sat down with the Brooklyn-based artist, writer, and technology researcher to talk about internet, magic, power, and being comfortable with failure in the often sexist world of technology.

severak 7.2.2020 14:51:23

Sharing music.

severak 7.2.2020 14:28:56

warner music claimed my video for defending their copyright in a lawsuit they lost the copyright for

from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KM6X2MEl7R8

severak 7.2.2020 13:52:07

Divina proportione (15th century Italian for Divine proportion), later also called De divina proportione (converting the Italian title into a Latin one) is a book on mathematics written by Luca Pacioli and illustrated by Leonardo da Vinci, composed around 1498 in Milan and first printed in 1509. Its subject was mathematical proportions (the title refers to the golden ratio) and their applications to geometry, to visual art through perspective, and to architecture. The clarity of the written material and Leonardo's excellent diagrams helped the book to achieve an impact beyond mathematical circles, popularizing contemporary geometric concepts and images. Contents of the book The book consists of three separate manuscripts, which Pacioli worked on between 1496 and 1498. He credits Fibonacci as the main source for the mathematics he presents. Compendio divina proportione The first part, Compendio divina proportione (Compendium on the Divine Proportion), studies the golden ratio from a mathematical perspective...

severak 7.2.2020 12:38:24

"Bogus Cinderellas" can come from micronations, outer space, or parallel dimensions.

severak 7.2.2020 11:01:11

Mad Generation Loss

from https://parkerhiggins.net/2015/10/mad-generation-loss/

severak 7.2.2020 10:30:35

Author: Iván Rivera works as an engineer in innovation projects for railroads Twelve years have passed since the world record for rail speed was set. … Read more

severak 6.2.2020 15:18:10

Jízda na stanovišti strojvedoucího jednotky řady 451.

from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jA7VxJuZCZY

severak 5.2.2020 11:20:12

What's SAP? And why is it worth $163B? Every year companies spend $41B on enterprise resource planning software, commonly known as ERP. Today, almost every large business has some sort of ERP system implemented. But most smaller businesses generally don’t purchase any ERP system off the shelf, and most