Lorenzo Zanirato - Life and thoughts

- You have a MacBook or MacBook Air running Mac OS X Lion?  - Ever wondered why you are loosing GB worth of hard disk space every day?  - Using Time Machine? Apple considered to implement a new "feature" to Lion that no one seems to be aware of: Local Backups if your Time Machine Drive is not connected to you computer. It seems to affect only Mac Laptops, not the desktop Macs.  So every time your Time Machine backup starts without the destination drive it will copy all data in a secure folder on your local startup volume called ".MobileBackups".  If you go to "About this Mac" and "More information", check the "hard disk" tab. You will find some information on how many GB are used for "Backup". In my case there were 35GB stored on my local drive. Without me even noticing. It's great if you are travelling and accidentally deleted a document. But this feature takes up a lot of storage. Mayby it would be easier t...

If Java won't run under Lion for you, a solution to this 'problem' may be as simple as enabling a Java VM. By default, Java is disabled (and probably not even installed) in 10.7. Try the following: Go to: Applications » Utilities and open the Java Preferences.app. Make sure the checkbox at the top is 'checked' in order to enable Java in Lion. If Java is not already installed, you may be asked to do so first.

Angry Birds Rio - A product of partnership Rovio and 20th Century Fox. The action takes place in the magical city of Rio, where after the kidnapping were brought evil bird. They eventually go away from the kidnappers and sent to rescue his friends, Blu, and Jewel - Rare parrot and heroes multfilma Rio from 20th Century Fox. The Angry Birds have been captured, caged, and taken to Rio! There they meet new friends, and work together to make their escape from a desolate grey warehouse to the lush green jungle. Help the Angry Birds escape and beat their captors by bombarding the evil marmosets and smashing all obstacles in the way! WUpload:  http://hides.at/abdc258da8f0f0be190c0ea54e958196 FileSonic:  http://hides.at/7bdb9112e21d11235901b78470545ecc FileServe:  http://hides.at/438aa11440bdcbec289a4522ef1f8416 FreakShare:  http://hides.at/7f3317050d63515e9f829dc84e0153d1

Experience the web, Apple Style, with Safari - the fastest, easiest to use web browser in the world. With its simple, elegant interface, Safari gets out of your way and lets you enjoy the web - up to 2 times faster than Internet Explorer. Safari is a web browser developed by Apple Inc. and included in Mac OS X. It was first released as a public beta on January 7, 2003, and a final version was included as the default browser in Mac OS X v10.3. A beta version for Windows was released for the first time on June 11, 2007. Safari also runs on Wine, although the graphics do not display properly. Safari 5 web browsers demonstrating Top Sites and history search features Top Sites See your favorite websites at a glance. Open one with a single click. Cover Flow Flip through your site history or bookmarks like you flip through albums in iTunes. Full History Search Easily retrieve sites you’ve seen before. Spot the one you want in Cover Flow. Nitro Engine Wait less. Browse more. Surf the web...

Bejeweled 3 offers high-definition graphics, updated and expanded re-imaginings of the four original game modes from Bejeweled 2, and four additional secret games including Ice Storm and Poker. * Classic: Play the most popular puzzle game of the century, with powerful new gems and new ultra-smooth gameplay. * Quest: Journey through 40 magical puzzles in this multifaceted Bejeweled challenge. * Zen: Personalize your experience with ambient sounds and binaural beats - a revolutionary new way to relax. * Lightning: Charge up with a heart-pounding, beat-the-clock bout of gem-blasting fun. * Secret Games: Unlock 4 all-new games including Butterflies and Ice Storm. * Badges: Earn up to 65 badges to prove your skills. * High-definition graphics and high-fidelity audio. * Make multiple matches while new gems fall into place. WUpload:  http://hides.at/ae966c6704197e0990a4224084f903fe FileSonic:  http://hides.at/5b0c5d0cb0dcc611bcb291301b24fddb FileServe:...

Spybot - Search & Destroy detects and removes spyware, a relatively new kind of threat not yet covered by common anti-virus applications. Spyware silently tracks your surfing behaviour to create a marketing profile for you that is transmitted without your knowledge to the compilers and sold to advertising companies. If you see new toolbars in your Internet Explorer that you haven't intentionally installed, if your browser crashes inexplicably, or if your home page has been "hijacked" (or changed without your knowledge), your computer is most probably infected with spyware. Even if you don't see the symptoms, your computer may be infected, because more and more spyware is emerging. Spybot-S&D is free, so there's no harm giving it a try to see if something has invaded your computer. WUpload:  http://hides.at/80daa5b89aee4f185f5394a8f1175ecb FileSonic:  http://hides.at/d6183c8ea043e3464b5f1a561e7ec875 FileServe:  http://hides.at/2231195c8b935a31ec...

Guerrilla Bob, the hit iOS dual-stick shooter game, is now available on your PC. The comedic shooter offers stunning visuals, cross-platform multiplayer, an arsenal of kick-ass weaponry, unique enemies, explosive ammunition and non-stop humor. The PC version of Guerrilla Bob takes advantage of the PC graphics power and also features many other gameplay improvements. It has various ‘next-gen’ visual effects, like real-time soft shadows, advanced shaders, bloom and glow, motion blur, soft particles, real-time lighting, and other image processing effects. WUpload:  http://hides.at/ff39d52e09ebc641e1f82e5e26316ea8 FileSonic:  http://hides.at/630a4b89884718195c8eb78a4fe3054d FileServe:  http://hides.at/92a56282a4240eed29691b875a845109 FreakShare:  http://hides.at/d05aa71d6e963d3f73bec92793c9926b

From a architect's perspective, several problems impede the development of Mexico City, one of the world's largest cities with a population teeming around 21.2 million. A scarcity of new construction plots, height restrictions that limit new edifices to eight stories and laws that prohibit demolishing historic structures leaves little room for building up. The solution: build down. NEWS: Builing Green Houses From Garbage Up to the task is  BNKR Aquitectura  and their ambitious 'Earthscraper' project. The Mexico City urban architecture and research firm has proposed building an inverted pyramid underneath the Plaza de la Constitución, the heart of the Mexico City's historic district, commonly known as The Zócalo. DNEWS VIDEO: GREEN ENERGY "The historic center of Mexico City is in desperate need for a pragmatic make-over," says BNKR's  website . Capped with a glass roof to filter natural light down to its lowest levels, the 2,542,650 squar...

Apple seemingly dropped the FTP Server support in Mac OX Lion. Only the GUI has been removed and the FTP Server can be activated. You can still enable it with the command line. To start it type the Terminal command: sudo -s launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/ftp.plist To stop it: sudo -s launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/ftp.plist  

⌘CMD + ꜛ : Home ⌘CMD + ↓ : End ⌘CMD + ← : Beginning of Line ⌘CMD + → : End of Line CTRL + A : beginning of line. CTRL + E : end of line. CTRL + U : delete from cursor to beginning of line. CTRL + K : delete from cursor to end of line. CTRL + W : erase word to the left. CTRL + T : transpose characters around cursor.

RIYADH: Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal launched on Tuesday a project to build the world's tallest tower at more than 1,000 metres in the Red Sea city of Jeddah. The project to built a tower topping Dubai's world's highest building, Burj Khalifa, "will soon see the light after the signing of a $1.2 billion agreement" between Alwaleed's Kingdom Holding Co and construction giant Bin Laden Group, the Saudi tycoon told reporters. It will take 36 months to build the tower, said the Saudi businessman, a nephew of King Abdullah and one of the kingdom's wealthiest men. He did not say when construction will begin. Alwaleed said the tower was intended to "send a message of strength" reflecting the OPEC kingpin's economic and political stability. "Our message is political," he said. Saudi Arabia has been spared a wave of protests that has rocked the region, leading to the downfall of autocratic rulers in Tuni...

KOLKATA, India - Kolkata, once capital of British India, on Tuesday began work to transform the congested and fading city into a "second London" complete with a London Eye ferris wheel. Mamata Banerjee, the feisty new chief minister of the state of West Bengal, made an election pledge to turn the dysfunctional and poverty-stricken Indian metropolis into a world-class city. The planned facelift marks the first major urban renewal effort in the state by Banerjee, who became known as "the giant killer" after she ended 34 years of uninterrupted Communist rule in West Bengal in May. "My dream is to beautify the 10-kilometre riverfront of the city of Kolkata on the lines of London," Banerjee said as she laid the foundation stone of her project at the city's Millennium Park, on the banks of the river Hooghly. "Never say no. Let us try for a better tomorrow for our city. The project will be green and environmentally-friendly," she said to hu...

If you have bought a computer with the Windows 7 operating system or a standalone version of the operating system in the past, you have probably by now upgraded your systems with the Service Pack 1 for the OS that was released in February by Microsoft. Some owners may wonder if there is a way to download an integrated solution, for the case that they need to reinstall their operating system at a later point in time. If they do not have an integrated solution, they need to first install Windows 7 and then run all the updates online to get it patches and updated to the latest version. The operating system would be ready for use faster if Windows 7 could be installed with the SP1 integrated already. That’s also the way to go forward for IT departments and networks, considering that bandwidth costs might shot through the roof if all network PCs needed to download the service pack 1 update from the Internet after operating system installation. One option would be to slipstream the Se...

Though it was possible to do this in Snow Leopard with third party apps, Lion now allows you to place a personal message with your contact information on the lock screen for any good samaritan that should stumble upon your lost laptop. To enable the feature, just go to your "Security & Privacy" preference pane, check the box labeled "Show a message when the screen is locked," and fill in your information.