Ok, this isn’t a tech thing like the ones I usually wrote (but it is geeky):
a Star Wars remake like Shakespeare in Love, really funny!

Here a great post of Bruce Eckel (author of “Thinking in…” books) on Java, Ajax and surprisingly: Flash.

So here’s my question. Allow for a moment the possibility that, after 10 years, Java is not going to take over the world of RIAs. Further allow that Ajax is just “how JavaScript was supposed to work in the first place,” but that the limitations imposed by browsers, HTML and CSS committees seem unlikely to let it expand beyond its current bounds. What are we going to use to build RIAs? [...] The only obvious solution is Flash.

Simon Brocklehurst pointed out that there are more ugly Flash interfaces than good ones, although I think he is talking about the old do-all-by-yourself hackery of Flash 7-8 since there isn’t many Flex 2 web apps out there yet. I wonder if he saw Picnik.

Eckel highlight a really interesting point: to use Flash as a domain specific language. Do in Flash the interface for your Java/Python/C application. We are waiting for you, Apollo.

(from readwriteweb)
I’ve found really interesting this map of Web2.0 startups in the world:
Europe and World

Sadly nothing in Italy…

CoComment is a new tool that manage all your online conversations: install the firefox plugin and it will recognize every blog/forum you visit and track the comment you post.
It will also attach a toolbar to every comments textbox:

Worth a try

Since I was looking for a way to organize my tasks, I’ve made:
Plick - Time tracker, a tool that help to keep track of what to do and the time spent on doing that.

The main features are the simplicity and that it help to stay in the schedule.

Using Plick is simple:
just specify a task and the time you think will be required to do that (eg: “clean room 15″ = clean the room in 15 minutes)
then, when you are doing that, just click on it and the timer will start.
Plick will keep track of the time spent on each task, in this way you can see if you spent much time than you expected, helping you to make better previsions.

I’ve received a degree in Computer Science with a thesis on connections efficiency optimization in the SEDA architecture.
Now I’m officially unemployed!

This is a STUNNING landscape generator in Flash.
I’ve thought about doing something like this so many times, but I didn’t know from where to start I wonder how many games can be made with it.

Visit: Landcraft - landscape generator in Flash

I’ve found this little Firefox add-on: Tamper Data:

Use Tamper Data to view and modify HTTP/HTTPS headers and post parameters.

It is useful to see the headers sent, the response time and to alter form data, but the best feature is the connections graph.
Worth a try.

It seems that various aggregators have had problems with my last isp change, Feedburner now seems to work, bloglines, are you still there?

Ok, this should be a devBlog and I shouldn’t post my findings on the web, but this is really worth to see!
A remake of starwars in Lego-style: Star Wars - Revenge of the bricks!

And if you like animated movies, see Flat Life also.