Mozilla is shutting down Pocket

Despite shutting Pocket down, Mozilla will continue offering curated content through other channels like Firefox’s New Tab experience and a newly branded email newsletter.

It seems that I have to change my tag “helpMozillaSharingPocket”

 Luckily it seems we have plenty of free-as-in-freedom alternatives, according to alternativeto.net

Se solo la de-duplicazione non richiedesse così tante risorse per compensare la stupidità delle persone.

Da piattaforma sobria necessaria per trovare lavoro a versione brainrot di Facebook: come LinkedIn è diventato il social più strano di tutti.

In pochissime righe è riuscito ad inanellare una serie agghiacciante di anglismi . Prevedibile visto l’argomento, ma comunque agghiacciante.

Linux is only “free” to an extent

The cost is your time

They say at I regret switching to Linux, even though I wanted to love it

And it is true. Yet they fail to acknoledge that the return on the investment is very very high because you invest your time and gain knowledge and proficiencies!

Beh, alleluia!

Artist: The Douglas Frank Chorale
Composer: Orlando di Lasso (Lassus) 1532-1594
Italian–English Translation below

Matona, mia cara, —– My lady, my dear,
Mi folere canzon, —– I want to sing
Cantar sotto finestra, —– A song beneath (your) window,
Lantze buon compagnon. —– (A German) lancer (is a) good companion.
Don, don, don, diri, diri, don, don…

Ti prego m’ascoltare, —– Please listen to me,
Che mi cantar de bon, —– Because I sing well,
E mi ti foller bene, —– And I long for you,
Come greco e capon. —– Like a Greek and (his) chicken.
Don, don, don, diri, diri, don, don…

Comandar alle cazze, —– Command me to go hunting,
Cazzar con le falcon, —– To hunt with my falcon,
Mi ti portar becazze, —– I’ll bring you a woodcock,
Grasse come rognon. —– As fat as a kidney.
Don, don, don, diri, diri, don, don…

Si mi non saper dire, —– If I don’t know how to say,
Tante belle razon, —– All the beautiful phrases,
Petrarcha mi non saper, —– (It’s because) I don’t know Petrarch,*
Ne fonte d’Helicon. —– Nor the springs of Helicon.*
Don, don, don,diri, diri, don, don…

Se ti mi foller bene, —– If you really want me,
Mi non esser poltron, —– I won’t be lazy,
Mi ficcar tutta notte, —– I will fuck all night,
Urtar come monton. —– Thrusting like a ram.
Don, don, don, diri, diri, don, don…

Petrarch (1304-1374) was a poet admired for his love sonnets. Helicon was the mountain where the nine Greek muses of the arts dwelt; poets were supposed to have imbibed from its springs.

The Franco-Flemish composer and singer Orlando di Lasso (Lassus) was one of the most highly respected and revered musicians of his day. More than any other composer of the Renaissance, his works embody the spirit of the cosmopolitan “Renaissance Man.”

Often ranked alongside Palestrina as a principal composer of 16th century sacred music, Lassus also composed a considerable amount of secular compositions, revealing his versatility and excellence in the art of vocal composition. He frequently wrote letters that abruptly switched languages – from Dutch to French, German, Italian and Latin – apparently because he could.

Matona, mia cara, is a wonderful example of Lassus’ ability to go from church composer to a worldly artist. A tedesco in the villanella tradition, this work is a delightfully bawdy depiction of a German mercenary soldier who tries desperately in an unfamiliar language and strange land to win the affections of an Italian lady. Full of puns and imperfect Italian, the rustic setting of the text to music enhances the comic story behind the poem.

S: Sara Botkin, Melissa Raymond, Cynthia Shaw
A: Grace Check, Ariane Reinhart
T: Thom Baker, Marcos Vigil
B: Steve Friedman, Gregg Lauterbach, Mark Sullivan

“The A Cappella Singer” by The Douglas Frank Chorale
Original CD Recorded May 2000 Now Available Digitally
“You’ll love the performers.” – The NY Times
“This CD takes you to another place, another time, and a higher plane. What is most remarkable about this CD, since many of the selections are familiar to conductors and singers, is the truly stunning ensemble performance of these professional singers – I would venture to say transformational – creating music and a recording of it that is special and rare.”

Glade is purely for GTK3.

For GTK4, use https://flathub.org/apps/details/ar.xjuan.Cambalache instead.

Now I do officially feel old

Perché con tutto il bene che gli voglio a Wikipedia e nonostante il fatto che su molti temi sia assolutamente affidabile, nutro davvero qualche dubbio che questa foto del naviglio della Martesana sia stata realmente scattata a Gorla nel 1925…

Da cosa lo deduco? Dalla foggia del caseggiato sul fondo, quello di 5 cinque piani, che ha finiture tipiche degli anni 50-60. Negli anni 20 gli edifici anche popolari non li facevano così, senza gronde, col tetto piano, coi balconi semi-incassati. Quell’edificio urla “dopoguerra!” lontano un parsec…

Ci sarebbero un paio di foto su https://www.flickr.com/photos/milan_lera_insc/albums/72157662512047687/with/27507858016 che mi sembra confermino la mia tesi, ma a dirla tutta.