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Dec 10, 2015
A bit of theory and some simple patterns to easily play major and minor scales on ukulele. A diatonic scale is a scale composed of seven distinct pitch classes. It includes five whole steps and two half steps for each… read more »
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Nov 26, 2015
An interesting TED Lesson by Anita Collins: i like to share it with my readers! When you listen to music, multiple areas of your brain become engaged and active. But when you actually play an instrument, that activity becomes more like… read more »
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Nov 10, 2015
I am a hacker in the original sense of the term, I like taking things apart, modify them and (when I can) improve them. So, whenever I find myself in your hands a new smartphone (especially Android) i feel like a… read more »
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Oct 26, 2015
My ukulele transcription of Prelude from English Suite, Op. 31 by John William Duarte. Due a request from Christopher Duarte, I've removed the transcription: HiI've just come across your ukulele transcription of part of my father's English Suite op.31. This work… read more »
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Sep 22, 2015
Geolocating in HTML5 with a single line of code? “It Could Work!” Some infos about geolocation API from http://dev.w3.org/: The Geolocation API defines a high-level interface to location information associated only with the device hosting the implementation, such as latitude and… read more »
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Sep 9, 2015
It’s pretty simple: a small tool and 15 minutes of work I had to help a user in the migration from an old laptop (with serious motherboard issues) to a new laptop. The old PC was equipped with Windows XP, it… read more »
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Aug 13, 2015
When I run barefoot and I have to face a particularly rough ground, I start to repeat myself a mantra: “fakir mode, fakir mode, fakir mode …”. What does it mean? Simply put: if I put on the ground a great… read more »
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Aug 5, 2015
After upgrading to Windows 10, the touchpad of my Lenovo G50–45 has lost a feature in my opinion very useful: the right click with the two-fingers tap. In the new settings interface of the Synaptics driver, there is no option… read more »
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Aug 1, 2015
This time i made a transcript a bit more substantial than previous I believe that all classical guitarist has faced at least once the famous Fernando Sor’s Op.9, the “Variations on a Theme of Mozart”. From Wikipedia: This piece embodies Fernando… read more »
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Jul 6, 2015
Often some musicians approach the ukulele after studying for years a more ‘conventional’ instrument. So It’s natural try to play songs you already know, a sort of ‘comfort music’ that helps to get familiar with the new instrument. I approached… read more »
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Jul 2, 2015
Random thoughts and considerations about natural running, and footstrike techniques The foot-strike must take place with the greatest possible surface area of the foot plant, in order to distribute the impact on the whole foot and to allow the dissipation… read more »
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May 27, 2015
My2c about the barefoot running: thoughts and considerations that I tried on my skin (and my feet) Run barefoot is the most natural way to run; the evolution made the man’s feet a masterpiece unique in the animal world. Run barefoot… read more »
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May 20, 2015
Using the CANVAS object introduced by HTML5 we can do several operations on images. Today we see how to apply a text watermark. I have already covered (in italian) the topic in the past, but I explained how to apply… read more »
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Oct 20, 2014
UPDATE July 31, 2015 A good solution for users who have upgraded from Windows 8 / 8.1 is suggested in the comments by Tobias Shen: The final solution was I uninstalled my Lenovo Pointing Device driver [device manager, mouse and… read more »
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Sep 10, 2013
"Valar Morghulis" Jaqen H'gharCome al solito, sono sempre l'ultimo a sapere le cose: oggi a pranzo si parlava con i colleghi di quello che puo' accadere alla propria 'vita digitale' nel caso che quella reale cessi senza preavviso.Per… read more »
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Aug 28, 2013
Si parla tanto di responsive design (quella tecnica di web design che punta a relizzare siti che si adattino dinamicamente a diverse risoluzioni/dimensioni di schermo), e il W3C di sicuro non perde tempo a rilasciare nuove specifiche di HTML5 che… read more »
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Aug 2, 2013
Da leggere assolutamente questo post di David Tucker, che ci racconta l'evoluzione del suo sito personale.Partendo da Wordpress, e' passato poi a Expression Engine (senza trovarsi a proprio agio) e ora e' alla ricerca di soluzione completamente statica, in cui l'unica… read more »
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Jul 30, 2013
Come si fa a non apprezzare GNU/Emacs? Flessibile, configurabile e versatile.Forse l'interfaccia e' un tantinello da hacker, ma considerando da chi e' stato sviluppato possiamo anche passarci sopra.Utilizzandolo su OSX, ho notato che alcune delle combinazioni di tasti non funzionano… read more »
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Jul 29, 2013
Mi e' capitato di assistere un utente nella migrazione da un vecchio laptop (ormai con seri problemi alla scheda madre e prossimo alla dipartita) a un nuovo computer portatile.Il vecchio PC montava WindowsXP, conteneva almeno 6 anni di dati stratificati e alcune… read more »
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Jul 25, 2013
Ho sempre preferito lo sviluppo nativo su Android rispetto a quello su iOs.Entrambi hanno una community di developers molto nutrita e parecchia documentazione disponibile in rete, ma l'accoppiata Java+Eclipse mi fa sentire molto piu' a mio agio rispetto a quello… read more »