Fábio Caparica

URLs vistas e salvas no Del.icio.us entre 24.03.2008 e 31.03.2008:

1. HOWTO: Install and Boot OS X On a Flash Drive
   You will need a 1GB or larger flash drive.
2. Glossário de Paradoxos Temporais
   Compilados da literatura de ficção científica, divulgação científica e filosofia.
3. Mobile phones 'more dangerous than smoking'
   Brain expert warns of huge rise in tumours and calls on industry to take immediate steps to reduce radiation
4. eLearn: Feature Article
   The following list was inspired by eLearn Magazine Editor-in-Chief Lisa Neal’s blog post "Ten Things You Can Do in Ten Minutes To Be a More Successful e-learning Professional." We’d like to offer the "Web 2.0 Edition" of Lisa’s list:
5. WordPress 2.5 in detail
   WordPress 2.5 has been released and includes a huge number of changes over the WordPress 2.3 series.
6. Sorry, First Adopters–Better iPhone Is On The Way
   So, here's a bit of advice: if you haven't bought an iPhone yet, do yourself a favor and wait a little longer.
7. We All Love Typography
   I am always looking for designs that showcase amazing typography, below are 50+ examples of what I have found inspiring in my quest to achieve typography greatness.
8. DIY Education: Teach Yourself
   There are plenty of stunning examples of people who have gotten ahead based on their self-education ~ enough that there is a fancy term for them; they’re called autodidacts.
9. Free Vector Maps and Country Outlines
   This collection of free vector graphics features an extremely useful compilation of country and map outlines from across the web.
10. CSS Properties Index
    A continuously updated list of all CSS properties
11. Five simple steps to better typography
    The kind of typography I’m talking about is not your typical "What font should I use" typography but rather your "knowing your hanging punctuation from your em-dash" typography.
12. Graffiti galleries @ ilovegraffiti.com
    is the online graffiti photo archive of Neck.CNS. All the pieces and murals that I've taken pictures of since i began painting in 1989 were starting to collect dust in the attic. So I got the idea to open up my graffiti archive and share all these amazing
13. Using CSS and Mootools to simulate Flash horizontal navigation effect
    Yesterday I asked to me how could obtain the same effect using CSS and HTML… So, I found an interesting solution at my question which I want to share with you.
14. Urso é condenado na Macedônia por roubo de mel
    Animal foi julgado à revelia após queixa criminal de apicultor irritado.
15. 'Trote' pela internet faz homem perder quase todos seus bens
    Anúncio em site dizia que todos os seus bens estavam disponíveis para 'quem quisesse'. Polícia diz que quem devolver o que levou não será acusado de crime algum.
16. Produtora da música Um Tapinha Não Dói é multada
    A Justiça Federal de Porto Alegre condenou a empresa Furacão 2000 Produções Artísticas ao pagamento de multa de R$ 500 mil pelo lançamento da música Um Tapinha Não Dói, por entender que a letra banaliza a violência e estimula a sociedade a [...]
17. 7 Failings
    'Just stop demotivating them.'
18. Quem realmente oferece serviços com qualidade, que jogue a primeira pedra…
    "A maioria dos comerciantes não completa esse elenco básico de virtudes necessárias à atividade. Quando têm um bom produto, não têm preço. Quando têm um ótimo preço, não têm um bom produto. Quando têm os dois, produto e preço, não tem [...]
19. Using Visual Hierarchy to Convey Information
    In this session, Luke will outline the way people naturally scan information pages and explain how you can guide users through key content and actions using visual hierarchy to construct meaningful, prioritized page layouts.
20. PHD Comics: Interview
    [...] It says here you started grad school in the 1980’s [...] Yeah, that’s a mistake. [...]
21. PHD Comics: Ph.D. Training
    [...] Suppose N number of people have X coins, but none of them have pockets, how many eggs must they break to cross the river assuming the fox will eat the chicken? [...]
22. PHD Comics: Job offer
    [...] Sharp analytical skills is one of the reasons we like to hire ph.d’s [...]
23. Jovem se recupera após ouvir médicos o declararem 'morto'
    Zack Dunlap foi levado para o hospital inconsciente e 36 horas após o acidente uma tomografia cerebral mostrou que seu cérebro já não recebia qualquer fluxo sangüíneo.
24. Scientific research methods in human-centered design research
    Scientific research methods are not firmly established in Human-Computer Interaction. This page aims to give students and researchers information and support for learning and using scientific research methods.
25. Mensagem na garrafa é encontrada no mar depois de 21 anos
    Caçador encontrou garrafa de refrigerante com carta em vila de pescadores no Alasca. Mensagem havia sido lançada ao mar por aluna de Seattle em 1987.
26. Mal morreu e Capitão América já vai voltar?
    O que pouca gente sabe, mas muitos suspeitam, é que Steve Rogers pode estar com os dias contados… para voltar.
27. Easiest cross-browser CSS min-height
    Enforcing a minimum height for block elements in HTML is one of those few CSS tricks that you can’t live without.
28. Objeto não identificado intriga moradores em Goiás
    Comissão Nacional de Energia Nuclear vai analisar peça para saber se há radioatividade. Vigilância Sanitária recomenda que as pessoas não toquem o material.
29. Johnson Pitches New V Movie
    Kenneth Johnson, creator of the cult 1983 SF miniseries V, told SCI FI Wire that he hopes to develop a new movie based on his sequel novel V: The Second Generation.

URLs vistas e salvas no Del.icio.us entre 18/09/2007 e 27/09/2007:

1. Liberation fonts.
   On May 9, 2007, Red Hat announced the public release of these fonts under the trademark LIBERATION. There are three sets: Sans (a substitute for Arial), Serif (a substitute for Times New Roman) and Mono (a substitute for Courier New).
2. Superarquivo – Todo o conteúdo da Superinteressante
   A Superinteressante oferece todo o seu acervo de textos gratuitamente! São mais de 12 mil páginas com as materias de capa e algumas das seções que construíram a história da revista.
3. Blogs and the Mobile Web
   Since I am closely involved with many of the technologies that are being bolstered or criticized on those posts, I have my own opinions about some of them.
4. WP Tiger Administration v3.0
   A complete redesign has pushed WordPress Tiger Admin into version 3. It boasts a more streamlined design, better plugin compatibility, and general all-around goodness.
5. A Social Network for Google Earth?
   Arizona State University’s students have the opportunity to test a new product "that will be publicly launched later this year".
6. Google My World vai recriar o Mundo Virtual Social
   Rumores que o Google poderia estar desenvolvendo um mundo virtual baseado no Google Earth emergiu no começo deste ano, agora notícias confirmam que o Google estaria testando um mundo virtual em parceria com a Universidade do Estado do Arizona(ASU)
7. WordPress 2.3
   This release includes native tagging support, plugin update notification, URL handling improvements, and much more.
8. The Entire Halo Story Summary
   The following thread is fairly large. The weak hearted, people with back problems, or those who suffer from ADD should use caution while attempting to read this thread.
9. Curiosidades da Justiça Americana
   A companhia mudou todos os manuais de proprietário a partir deste processo, para o caso de algum outro retardado mental comprar seus carros.
10. Suposto “Superman” é avistado na Sérvia
    É um pássaro? É um avião? Não, talvez seja uma alucinação coletiva ou coisa que o valha.
11. “Super-Homem” volta a aparecer na Europa
    A polícia romena está investigando os relatos de moradores do município de Gemeni que afirmam ter observado o vôo de uma estranha figura humanóide trajando roupa azul brilhante.
12. How to Sleep Better – wikiHow
    If you’ve already figured out how to fall asleep, but you’re having trouble getting good sleep through the night, this article will tell you what you can do to ensure a peaceful night’s slumber.
13. How to Know How Much Sleep You Need
    Here are some tips to help you determine how many hours of sleep you need.
14. 7 reasons I switched back to PHP after 2 years on Rails
    I’m looking forward to using Rails some day when I start a brand new project from scratch, with Rails in mind from the beginning.
15. How-To: Share your keyboard and mouse in realtime with Synergy
    Synergy is an open source and free software project that allows one to share a keyboard and mouse across multiple monitors on separate computers and even between different operating systems.
16. Britânico que urinou em deficiente para ser filmado por celular é julgado
    Um homem em Hartlepool, na Grã-Bretanha, pode ser condenado à prisão por ter urinado em uma mulher deficiente que estava deitada no chão, à beira da morte, em uma rua da cidade.
17. Mac OS X: How to turn your dual-monitor PC into a dual mac-PC system
    On the left, I have OS X running from my Powerbook and on the right, I have Windows XP running on my HP desktop
18. Playstation memory card reader
    When I bought my playstation, I played Final Fantasy 8 for many hours, but my cheap cloned memory card lost its memory (That’s what happen when you dont use Sony memory cards.).
19. Aprenda a falar como um pirata
    Muito bom (e um tanto quanto geek) esse video ensinando como falar como um pirata.
20. Top 10 Firefox Extension-free Tabbed Browsing Techniques
    Power web surfers need close control of the dozens of tabs they chew through in a day.
21. Sent from my iPhone—You Suck!
    And I didn’t take the “Sent from my iPhone” as an excuse for brevity, I took it as “Look at me! I got an iPhone!”
22. Is “Sent From My iPhone” The Sign Of The Doofus?
    What do you think? Are you impressed by a "sent from my BlackBerry tagline?" Do you think people whose e-mails say "sent from my iPhone" are doofuses?
23. Sent from my iPhone – The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)
    Since today seems to be all about tiny little details of the iPhone, why not continue that trend?
24. iPhone Annoyances
    It’s now been about a month and a half since I first got my iPhone, and I can finally say I’ve found a couple of things that irritate me.
25. 15 Excellent Examples of Web Typography. Part 1
    I’ve chosen them because they make excellent use of type. Some of the examples mimic the typography of print, while others actually leverage web technology, smart CSS and delicious HTML to make their pages not only aesthetically pleasing, but legible, u
26. The Five-Step Plan for Creating Personal Mission Statements
    A personal mission statement is a bit different from a company mission statement, but the fundamental principles are the same.
27. [Computers in Human Behavior] The relationship of e-Learner’s self-regulatory efficacy and perception of e-Learning environmental quality
    This study suggests a research model which is based on an e-Learning success model as well as the relationship of the e-Learner’s self-regulatory efficacy, and the quality perception of the e-Learning environment. The presented research model (…)
28. Developing Professional skills and social capital through CSCL in university contexts
    This study aimed to compare the efficacy of collaborative learning in face-to-face and online university courses in developing professional skills and social capital. One hundred and sixty-six psychology majors learnt professional skills in (…)
29. Advances in Research on Networked Learning (Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Series)
    This volume brings together some of the best research in the field, and uses it to signpost some directions for future work. The papers in this collection represent a major contribution to our collective sense of recent progress in research on (…)
30. Private Space for the Modern Man
    Several research studies, including one here in Denmark (sorry, Danish text), shows that about 90% of all men wants a place to be alone.
31. VI SEC – Seminário de Engenharia da Computação
    O evento é realizado uma vez por ano, está na sua sexta ediçao e tem como público-alvo estudantes e profissionais da área de Tecnologia da Informação e Comunicação (TIC).
32. Feeds pra que te quero: meme
    Eu, como uma boa nerd, digo, pessoa moderna, tenho um leitor de feeds recheado e escolher apenas cinco deles é tarefa difícil.
33. Batalha – A Guerra do Vinil
    Super-produção em massinha, com animação em stop-motion, que estréia no Cartoon Network dia 21 de setembro, à meia-noite.
34. Motorola F3 – Jefferson Ryan
    Devido à inexistência de "menus" no aparelho, existem funçoes que só são acessíveis digitando-se códigos. Várias delas estão documentadas no manual, mas existem pelo menos 10 outras listadas no artigo da Wikipedia.
35. Time com nome do grupo extremista al-Qaeda vai parar na delegacia
    Equipe de futsal também tinha camisas e site com fotos simulando tráfico. Três assumiram a responsabilidade e responderão por apologia ao crime.
36. Bovespa tem forte alta após corte de juro dos EUA
    Dólar também intensificou queda após anúncio. Fed anunciou corte de 0,5 ponto na taxa de juros do país nesta terça.
37. Ufólogos pedem liberação de documentos sobre ETs
    Especialistas se reuniram em congresso mundial nos EUA. Eles querem o fim do "Watergate cósmico", para provar contato com ETs.

URLs vistas e salvas no Del.icio.us entre 27/05/2007 e 31/05/2007:

1. Bill Gates e Steve Jobs trocam elogios em conferência tecnológica
   Gigantes do universo tecnológico participaram de encontro na Califórnia. Gates é o homem mais rico do mundo, enquanto Jobs está no 132º lugar.
2. Microsoft Surface Virtual Pressroom
   The launch of Microsoft Surface marks the beginning of a new technology category and a user-interface revolution.
3. Gmail Attachments Now Up to 20 MB
   Gmail increased their permitted file size for attachments from 10 MB to 20 MB.
4. List of cognitive biases @ Wikipedia.
   Cognitive bias is distortion in the way humans perceive reality
5. Vai um corte de cabelo aí?
   O nome da técnica é Binaural recording que utiliza pequenos microfones na altura dos ouvidos para simular um ambiente real.
6. iFixit: iPod, iBook, & PowerBook Parts and Accessories
   We enable you to repair your Apple PowerBook, iBook, MacBook or iPod yourself.
7. Princípio antrópico @ Wikipédia
   "Vemos o universo da maneira como ele é porque, se fosse diferente, não estaríamos aqui para vê-lo".
8. Protótipos navegáveis no OmniGraffle
   Para Arquitetos de Informação que usam Macs: um screencast mostrando como criar prtótipos navegáveis no OmniGraffle.
9. Capitalismo @ Charles? Que Charles?
   Rolou essa semana um evento bastante inusitado, onde a Microsoft Brasil convidou uma série de blogueiros que falam sobre tecnologia para conhecerem o Windows Vista, além de outros produtos.
10. FreeHand no longer updated; moving to Illustrator
    After a long and storied career, Adobe (neé Altsys, Aldus, and Macromedia) FreeHand has reached the end of its development road.
11. Anakin Skywalker: Borderline Personality, Bipolar or Narcissist?
    Anakin Skywalker, aka Darth Vader, suffers from a controversial mental condition and could use some couch time in a shrink’s office, a team of researchers declared this week.
12. Live Free or Die Hard – Film – New York Times
    Next month Lieutenant McClane will try to hurdle a new kind of obstacle. He’s about to find out if the summer movie audience still has a taste for cinematic red meat.
13. Homem dado como morto reaparece e assassinato vira mistério
    Um crime está envolto em mistério em Pernambuco, levando o delegado Marciano Bezerra, de Vitória de Santo Antão, na Zona da Mata, a enviar à Justiça o pedido de exumação de um corpo.
14. Reef Stash Sandal | Be Sportier
    The Reef Stash Sandal lets you forget your wallet at home.
15. Apple secrets: iPhone, Leopard, and market strategy
    Rob Mead at Tech.co.uk shared some of the "secrets" that were revealed at the Apple shareholder’s meeting at Cupertino, California.
16. How to Pirate a Vinyl Record
    So you thought you’ve pirated everything huh?
17. Poul Anderson @ Wikipedia
    was an American science fiction author of the genre’s Golden Age. Poul Anderson has also written several works of fantasy.
18. Gmail: Help Center – What’s the maximum attachment size?
    With Gmail, you can send and receive messages up to 20 megabytes (MB) in size. However, the precise amount allowable will depend on the attachment.
19. Novas Tecnologias no E-learning: Desafios e Oportunidades para o Design
    Este artigo define três aspectos tecnológicos dos modernos sistemas de E-learning, descreve sua importância para a eficiência de tais sistemas e examina como estes desenvolvimentos devem ser levados em conta no processo de design de produtos eficazes
20. Yamagato Fellowship
    The Yamagato Fellowship is dedicated to the study of these heroes – to highlight their courage, their passion and their intellect.

URLs vistas e salvas no Del.icio.us entre 22/05/2007 e 27/05/2007:

1. FreeHand no longer updated; moving to Illustrator
   After a long and storied career, Adobe (neé Altsys, Aldus, and Macromedia) FreeHand has reached the end of its development road.
2. Anakin Skywalker: Borderline Personality, Bipolar or Narcissist?
   Anakin Skywalker, aka Darth Vader, suffers from a controversial mental condition and could use some couch time in a shrink’s office, a team of researchers declared this week.
3. Live Free or Die Hard – Film – New York Times
   Next month Lieutenant McClane will try to hurdle a new kind of obstacle. He’s about to find out if the summer movie audience still has a taste for cinematic red meat.
4. Homem dado como morto reaparece e assassinato vira mistério
   Um crime está envolto em mistério em Pernambuco, levando o delegado Marciano Bezerra, de Vitória de Santo Antão, na Zona da Mata, a enviar à Justiça o pedido de exumação de um corpo.
5. Reef Stash Sandal | Be Sportier
   The Reef Stash Sandal lets you forget your wallet at home.
6. Apple secrets: iPhone, Leopard, and market strategy
   Rob Mead at Tech.co.uk shared some of the "secrets" that were revealed at the Apple shareholder’s meeting at Cupertino, California.
7. Article Detail – Gadgets news – QJ.NET
   So you thought you’ve pirated everything huh?
8. Poul Anderson @ Wikipedia
   was an American science fiction author of the genre’s Golden Age. Poul Anderson has also written several works of fantasy.
9. Gmail: Help Center – What’s the maximum attachment size?
   With Gmail, you can send and receive messages up to 20 megabytes (MB) in size. However, the precise amount allowable will depend on the attachment.
10. Novas Tecnologias no E-learning: Desafios e Oportunidades para o Design
    Este artigo define três aspectos tecnológicos dos modernos sistemas de E-learning, descreve sua importância para a eficiência de tais sistemas e examina como estes desenvolvimentos devem ser levados em conta no processo de design de produtos eficazes
11. Yamagato Fellowship
    The Yamagato Fellowship is dedicated to the study of these heroes – to highlight their courage, their passion and their intellect.
12. New Software Restores Shredded Documents
    Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute’s Production Systems and Design Technology lab have created software designed to take scans of shredded documents and PIECE THEM BACK TOGETHER.
13. Tango Desktop Project – Tango Desktop Project
    The Tango Desktop Project exists to help create a consistent graphical user interface experience for free and Open Source software.
14. simplicity
    SIMPLICITY is an experimental research program at the MIT Media Lab, focused on developing technologies for design-designs that are simpler to understand, easier to use, and, ultimately, more enjoyable.
15. Optimus Maximus: Teclado ‘milionário’ esgota no primeiro dia.
    Primeiro lote para encomendas acabou 12 horas após início de reservas. As teclas com displays permitem personalização. O produto custa cerca de US$ 1.536.
16. The Effects of Line Length on Children and Adults’ Online Reading Performance
    Adults, as well as children these days often read an extensive amount of information online. For example, of the 25-to-34-years-old age group, it is reported that 25 percent read online newspapers, compared to only 19 percent who read from printed newspap
17. Jesus Rodriguez Velasco
    This is the weblog of UC Berkeley professor, researcher, writer, and photographer…

“… e-learning is evolving with the World Wide Web as a whole and it’s changing to a degree significant enough to warrant a new name: E-learning 2.0.”