Ouvindo o Reserva Eldorado Especial Michael Jackson, fiquei pensando como está difícil de assimilar que MJ morreu. Meio que… uma dificuldade de “cair a ficha”, sabe? Para aqueles que como eu cresceram ouvindo Thriller, é complicado de assimilar a ideia.
Enquanto isso, a BBC avisa que a web entrou em pico ontem com as notícias da morte dele.
Foi um choque geral.
26 de junho de 2009
25 de junho de 2009
20 de junho de 2009
Leitura profunda
What Makes Us Happy?
In an interview in the March 2008 newsletter to the Grant Study subjects, Vaillant was asked, “What have you learned from the Grant Study men?” Vaillant’s response: “That the only thing that really matters in life are your relationships to other people.”
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“What we do,” Vaillant concluded, “affects how we feel just as much as how we feel affects what we do.”
In an interview in the March 2008 newsletter to the Grant Study subjects, Vaillant was asked, “What have you learned from the Grant Study men?” Vaillant’s response: “That the only thing that really matters in life are your relationships to other people.”
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“What we do,” Vaillant concluded, “affects how we feel just as much as how we feel affects what we do.”
4 de junho de 2009
2 de junho de 2009
Um quarto de século de Tetris
Trecho da matéria do Guardian:
Of the game's contemporaries, only Nintendo's Italian plumber Mario has shown similar longevity – and even he has changed over the years.
Pajitnov, who says he is still a coder at heart, believes that Tetris is a "good program" with simplicity and portability as crucial assets. But he thinks the secret sauce for its 25-year success is something more pedestrian: perseverance.
"Frankly, I think that most of the classic games which were written in the 80s or early 90s are dead just because their authors or owners didn't care about them," he says. "They're still interesting to people, especially now with the new boom of casual games."
Of the game's contemporaries, only Nintendo's Italian plumber Mario has shown similar longevity – and even he has changed over the years.
Pajitnov, who says he is still a coder at heart, believes that Tetris is a "good program" with simplicity and portability as crucial assets. But he thinks the secret sauce for its 25-year success is something more pedestrian: perseverance.
"Frankly, I think that most of the classic games which were written in the 80s or early 90s are dead just because their authors or owners didn't care about them," he says. "They're still interesting to people, especially now with the new boom of casual games."
O mundo dá voltas…
Nunca pensei que iria ver a GM e o Citibank, dois símbolos máximos do capitalismo privado nos EUA… virarem empresas estatais devido à crise mundial.
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