Attualità e Information Technology

Il mese scorso, proprio il 10 novembre, scrissi il post “Sciopero dei “giornalisti” o presunti tali“.
Oggi non posso far altro che riconfermare in toto i concetti espressi in quel post.

Technorati tags: giornalisti, scioperi, precariato

Se vi piace Google Earth vi piacerà allora Windows Live Local e le sue “Bird’s Eye images“…

Al momento le uniche città coperte dal servizio “Bird’s Eye” sono:

• New York City, NY
• San Francisco, CA
• Boston, MA
• Los Angeles, CA
• Washington, DC
• Seattle, WA
• Philadelphia, PA
• Las Vegas, NV
• Atlanta, GA
• Albuquerque, NM
• Indianapolis, IN
• Lexington, KY

Technorati tags: Windows Live Local, Microsoft, Google Earth

Per gli amanti di Lost, sul sito si trova al momento un “diario” dei sopravvissuti che non svolgono un ruolo di primo piano nella serie, e a quanto pare verranno prodotti 22 episodi speciali da due minuti l’uno dedicati per l’appunto ai personaggi minori della serie.

[Via TVBlog.it]

Technorati tags: TV, telefilm, Lost

Channel4 prenseta un nuovo tipo di “reality”. Quello dove chi vi partecipa è ignaro di esserlo.
Il nome del nuovo show? Space Cadets.

Channel 4 is blasting a group of adventurers, ordinary members of the public, off into space to spend five days orbiting the earth. It’s thrilling, it’s exciting, and it’s totally bogus.

In fact, the cadets will be on a disused military base in Suffolk.

Our group of thrill seekers will experience two weeks of intensive astronaut training believing they are in Star City, near Moscow, and labouring under the illusion that they are part of a real space mission.

After all, who would go to the trouble of dressing Suffolk, up as Russia, and faking a space launch?

To fuel the illusion, the base has been painstakingly decked out in Russian products, down to the very last plug socket.

Their physical training is under the supervision of a genuine former KGB agent.

Hollywood visual effects specialists, Wonderworks, whose credits include The Day After Tomorrow and Apollo 13, have created the space shuttle itself from a NASA blueprint.

Sound effects have been created to simulate the incredible noise generated by blasting off from the earth. Hydraulics and ‘air biscuits’ will pull, jolt, and vibrate the craft around for authenticity.

When the cadets look out of the cockpit window, they’ll see a distant earth, thanks to meticulous visual effects.

L’idea sembra effettivamente originale, anche se francamente hanno un po’ rotto con i reality e affini.

Technorati tags: TV, reality