OpenSim – The definitive guide (sort of)
Posted by Pedro Leite in tutorial on September 2, 2009
Aside from my M.Sc. degree, I am working on a project involving Virtual Worlds. For that, we are using OpenSim as the simulation server. While my server is fully functional now, not everything was easy. In fact, it was a bit complicated. Its configuration took more than a week (thanks to my ignorance and also probably laziness). Now that my server is up and running, I have compiled some instructions into this guide in order to help people overcome some problems in installing it. My focus is going to be in installing the server in Grid Mode with Hypergrid support on a machine with direct access to the internet, i.e. not behind a NAT (sorry for being so specific, but I’m only reproducing the steps I took to get it working).
Cine PE 2009
Posted by Pedro Leite in stuff on May 2, 2009
Pelo menos acabei indo para o Cine PE esse ano. O documentário “Alô, alô, Terezinha!” de Nelson Hoineff foi muito massa e engraçado, principalmente a Índia Potira dançando nua numa fonte, no meio da praça, em 2007 (imaginem a idade dela e a cena).
Cine PE Festival do Audiovisual
Você pode checar mais aqui: http://www.cine-pe.com.br/cinepe_2009/home/index.php
Chrome Shorts
Posted by Pedro Leite in stuff on April 30, 2009
Google is rolling out new “ads” for its browser Google Chrome. You can check all the shorts here: http://www.youtube.com/googlechrome
Bellow is my favorite:
Funny-o-meter
Posted by Pedro Leite in stuff on April 14, 2009
Ubunchu!
Posted by Pedro Leite in stuff on April 13, 2009
Hiroshi Seo is the writer behind the Ubunchu! manga series. From the about page:
“Ubunchu!” is a Japanese manga series featuring Ubuntu Linux.
Three school students in a system-admin club are getting into Ubuntu!
The series is completely open sourced meaning that translations to other languages can be done. It is originally written in Japanese, but an English version is available at DoctorMO’s Blog.
I haven’t checked it yet, but I think it’s worth to follow his updates on this series.
Ubunchu!
Trent Reznor on Digg Dialogg
Posted by Pedro Leite in music on April 12, 2009
Digg Dialogg is a internet show where Kevin Rose interviews some “notable leaders and luminaires”. The questions are submited by Digg users, so no editor or journalists drive the interview. The episode #4 has Trent Reznor as guest and the interview can be watched bellow.
Lego everywhere
Posted by Pedro Leite in stuff on April 8, 2009
Lego nowadays is an ubiquitous thing. Seriously. Everyone can be impersonated in Lego.
See for yourself Stephen Hawking in his Lego version.
Stephen Hawking in his glorious Lego version
Nine Inch Nails iPhone App
Posted by Pedro Leite in music on April 7, 2009
Nine Inch Nails é uma das minhas bandas mais preferidas. Não somente pela música, mas pela inteligência de Trent Reznor. O vocalista não somente liberou o último álbum The Slip para download, como também se desvinculou da Universal, promovendo música gratuita para os fãs. E através da estratégia de distribuição digital gratuita, Trent conseguiu com os álbuns Ghosts I-IV a maior vendagem no site da Amazon.
Agora, ele apresenta uma aplicação para o iPhone, com recursos de GPS, através do chamado Nearby, onde fãs podem encontrar outros que eventualmente estejam por perto. Há também a possibilidade de interagir nos fóruns, acessar o site, enfim, tudo que um fã realmente precisa para ficar por dentro das novidades da banda e interagir com os demais fãs.
Parabéns Trent, se todas as bandas seguirem seu exemplo, os fãs agredecem.
O Wired tem uma entrevista com Trent: http://blog.wired.com/underwire/2009/04/trent-reznor-wa.html [Inglês].