Nuno Prospero dos Santos

This was one of the best impulsive shopping I ever did – buying an iPod Nano and a Nike sensor in one shot!
After more than two years of usage, I have to say that I’m a delighted customer.

This simple “toy” changes the way you work out. By uploading your results to a Nike  online profile which tracks all your moves, running is no longer a boring exercise, tiring and ussualy tied with crazy weight losing programs. It becomes a vicious and competitive game!

Recently I’ve lost my 1st sensor, so I had to buy one new. I found a small and nice Apple Store in Lisbon called Computer Bench and I got only the sensor (I had already the receiver) for only 19 euros (“only” considering Apple or Nike’ standard price, of course).

The only problem I had so far was pairing the new remote. Apple iTunes assume that since the sensor is new, the user wants to create another account. It might seem strange, but it makes sense after all – this would be the situation where the iPod is shared by a family and each member has a different sensor and different accounts… To solve the trouble, I had to use this advice: Unpairing the old sensor.

I’ve been an Opera fan from a long time ago. Unfortunatly, Opera’s market share is small but it’s still the best browser you can get. However, many many people don’t know that there are better programs to surf the web then Microsoft Internet Explorer and have never tried Google Chrome, Opera, Firefox, etc. So, when you think about developing a website you MUST remember that the  final users are not as savvy as you are, and most of them still use an old version of Internet Explorer.

One of the best ways to test your site for the IE market (let’s say, 80% of your visitors) is to install Multiple_IE. This program contains the dlls necessary to run old versions of IE in order to allow testing from IE 4.0 to the newest one. Give it a try!

This is a documentary about the life-cycle of goods and services. 20 minutes that might change the way you look at several products and companies.

http://www.storyofstuff.com/

Highly recommended!

Hey, ESRI and Autodesk, what about using a common open source file format instead of your own formats?

That you simplify the  interoperability and make everything more simples…

For instance: how to convert a DWG file to an ESRI SHP shapefile? Well, first idea: google it, download a trial (you won’t find it for free…) and buy it or crack it :P

But, what happens when you have a DWG file with password (encrypreted file)? You won’t have a choice…  Use Autodesk first to remove the password and then import the file using ArcCatalog. If you want to do it automatically (using a batch), you’ll require some more advanced tools, and paid, unfortunately.