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Amanda Ribeiro - aar@icicom.up.pt, 28/07/2010 | Source: ponto
São várias as lendas que cercam as típicas Tripas à Moda do Porto. Na primeira sessão dos circuitos gastronómicos da Casa do Infante, o JPN foi conhecer melhor este prato.
Todos nós já comemos Tripas à Moda do Porto e saboreamos o peso da tradição da cidade. E, enquanto degustávamos tão típico prato, lançámo-nos em pensamentos (mesmo que em surdina): Mas quem é que se lembrou de elaborar um prato com as vísceras de animais?
Atenta a estas questões, a Casa do Infante iniciou uma série de circuitos gastronómicos, cuja primeira sessão, realizada a semana passada, foi precisamente dedicada a este prato.
Ainda antes da confecção propriamente dita, há que conhecer as origens das Tripas à Moda do Porto. Uma primeira pista é lançada com o quadro "Estaleiros de Miragaia", de Eduardo Gomes e Álvaro Rocha (1956), que se encontra exposto na própria Casa do Infante.
Na obra em questão pode observar-se a construção de naus que iriam partir para Ceuta em 1415. "Devido à construção da muralha fernandina, houve que transferir a fábrica de navios para o areal de Miragaia [actual localização da Alfândega do Porto]. Segundo Fernão Lopes, este estaleiro naval tornou-se no maior do país", explica Graça Lacerda, organizadora do circuito. No canto esquerdo do quadro, estão retratados o Infante D. Henrique, Mestre Vaz, encarregado da construção naval, o Bispo do Porto e vários burgueses da cidade.
Reza a lenda - uma delas - que foi neste contexto que terão sido criadas as Tripas à Moda do Porto. Segundo a história, o Infante D. Henrique veio ao Porto, em 1415, controlar o andamento dos trabalhos no estaleiro. "Consta que o Infante estava satisfeito, embora um pouco preocupado porque achava que os trabalhadores conseguiriam fazer mais. Confidenciou ao Mestre Vaz que as embarcações serviriam para a conquista de Ceuta e, por isso, era preciso fazer um grande esforço."
Em resposta, o Mestre Vaz terá assegurado que os esforços seriam aumentados. Decidiu reunir os seus homens, que, por sua vez, falaram com os restantes habitantes da cidade. Em conjunto, decidiram oferecer toda a carne da cidade aos marinheiros. Em terra, ficariam só com as sobras: as tripas.
"Mas nem por isso as pessoas do Porto ficaram a sofrer", sublinha Graça Lacerda. Inventaram uma maneira de cozinhar as tripas e, com isso, ganharam a alcunha de tripeiros. Na verdade, apesar de existirem, pelo mundo fora, várias receitas que utilizam as tripas, só no Porto é que a alcunha dos nascidos da cidade coincide com o prato típico.
Desengane-se quem pensa que a receita que chegou aos dias de hoje é a original. "A receita teve uma evolução ao longo dos tempos, pois o feijão só chegou à Europa no século XVII. Até aí, as tripas eram servidas estufadas em fatias de pão", ressalva Graça Lacerda.
Através da análise de editais e documentação da época, ficamos a saber que qualquer vendedor de tripas, seja homem ou mulher, tem o nome de "tripeira". E a verdade é que também na Idade Média existia a preocupação da higiene e limpeza que ainda hoje rodeia este prato. Já na altura eram anotadas as transgressões das tripeiras ou fressureiras e, diariamente, era listada a arrecadação de miúdos de bois.
"A venda de tripas não era permitida em toda a cidade. Cada freguesia da zona histórica teria, pelo menos, dez vendedores que não podiam andar pelas ruas. Para além dos açougues, podia vender-se em locais limpos e arejados."
À época, o açougue principal situava-se em frente à Sé, dentro da muralha do Bispo, na esquina das ruas das Tendas e da Sapataria. No entanto, cada habitante só podia utilizar o açougue da sua área e não aquele que pretendesse. Ainda há vestígios destes tempos na cidade: No Largo de S. Domingos, no edifício onde hoje se situa o Talho de S. Domingos, podemos encontrar um brasão. Segundo responsáveis pelo próprio espaço, era ali que, durante a Idade Média, se situava o açougue real, que servia o rei quando este se encontrava na cidade.
Para além da lenda passada na época dos Descobrimentos, que parece ser aquela que recolhe maior aceitação, existem outras histórias que tentam dar explicação ao nascimento deste prato. Numa outra versão desta mesma lenda, os barcos não iriam para Ceuta, mas sim para Itália, por causa dos casamento do Infante D. Henrique e de D. Pedro.
A lenda mais antiga data do século XII e refere que o prato terá surgido quando o Bispo do Porto decidiu apoiar a frota das Cruzadas. Uma outra situa a história no Cerco do Porto, em 1832. "Sabe-se que realmente houve vários problemas no centro da cidade e a fome ia crescendo. Como truque para superar a falta de alimentos, as pessoas inventaram a receita dos miúdos porque não tinham carne", diz Graça Lacerda.
Ainda hoje, nos restaurantes da cidade, o mais habitual é encontrar Tripas à Moda do Porto nas ementas à quinta-feira. E porquê este dia? "Na pesquisa, reparei que, segundo um dos estatutos da Associação de Fressureiras do Porto, era às quintas-feiras que elas tinham de pagar a quota semanal. Não sei se será por essa razão", responde Graça Lacerda.
Já Fernando, responsável pelo Talho de S. Domingos, refere que actualmente a "dona de casa" compra tripas principalmente ao fim-de-semana para refeições familiares, por exemplo. "É um prato de muita fartura", avisa.
As tripas são compostas pelos folhos, favos e touca. Ao comprarmos, devemos adquirir também uma mão de vitela, um chispe de porco, bem como chouriço, presunto, salpicão e restante charcutaria (ver caixa sobre os ingredientes).
Para lavar as tripas não é preciso grandes floreados, assegura o talhante. "Basta água e sal. Mas têm de ser muito, muito bem lavadas!" E deixa um segredo: "As tripas ficam melhores uma semana depois. Experimentem congelar e servir na semana a seguir."
(author unknown), 28/07/2010 | Source: ponto
Alex Papadimoulis, 28/07/2010 | Source: Lamelas
North Korea is a strange place. From what I've read, it's as close Hell on Earth as any other place, and their sole economic output appears to be YouTube videos featuring their Mass Games. Oh, and don't even get me started on that whole Dear Leader thing.
But no matter, North Korea is pretty full of itself and, as Rick O'Shay noticed, their website coding is no different: it's really, really strong. See for yourself on the Official webpage of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (yes, it's a .com):
Though, in fairness, who are we to question such STRONG web design? Dear Leader is, after all, an internet expert.
(author unknown), 28/07/2010 | Source: ponto
Whether you own a Droid, sport a Nexus One or do the Backflip, there’s one thing you have in common with more than eight million other people — you operate on Google’s mobile phone OS, Android.
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Periquito, 28/07/2010 | Source: André Oliveira
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The Misconception: You rationally analyze all factors before making a choice or determining value.
The Truth: Your first perception lingers in your mind, affecting later perceptions and decisions.
You walk into a clothing store and see what is probably the most bad ass leather jacket you’ve ever seen.
You try it on, look in the mirror and decide you must have it. While wearing this item, you imagine onlookers will clutch their chests and gasp every time you walk into a room or cross a street. You lift the sleeve to check the price – $1,000.
Well, that’s that, you think. You start to head back to the hanger when a salesperson stops you.
“You like it?”
“I love it, but it’s just too much.”
“No, that jacket is on sale right now for $400.”
It’s expensive, and you don’t need it really, but $600 off the price seems like a great deal for a coat which will increase your cool by a factor of 11.
You put it on the card, unaware you’ve been tricked by the oldest retail con in the business.
One of my first jobs was selling leather coats, and I depended on the anchoring effect to earn commission. Each time, I figured it was obvious to customers the company I worked for marked up the prices to unrealistic extremes. Yet, over and over, when people heard the sale price, they smiled and wrestled with their better judgment.
The prices you expect to pay, where did those expectations originate?
To figure out how those channels were dug, those paths were beaten, answer this:
Source: WorldTravels.com
Is the population of Venezuela greater or fewer than 65 million?
Go ahead and guess.
Ok, another question, how many people do you think live Venezuela?
Come up with a figure and keep it in your head. We’ll come back to this in a few paragraphs.
In 1974, Amos Tversky and Daniel Kahneman conducted a study asking a similar question.
They asked people to estimate how many African countries were part of the United Nations, but first they spun a wheel of fortune.
The wheel was painted with numbers from 0 to 100, but rigged to always land on 10 or 65. When the arrow stopped spinning, they asked the person in the experiment to say if they believed the percentage of countries was higher or lower than the number on the wheel.
They then asked people to estimate what they thought the actual percentage of nations was.
They found people who landed on 10 in the first half of the experiment guessed around 25 percent of Africa was part of the U.N. Those who landed on 65 said around 45 percent.
They had been locked in place by the anchoring effect.
The trick here is no one really knew what the answer was. They had to guess, yet it didn’t feel like a guess. As far as they knew, the wheel was a random number generator, but it produced something concrete to work from.
When they adjusted their estimates, they couldn’t avoid the anchor.
The populations of South American countries probably aren’t numbers you have memorized. You need some sort of cue, a point of reference.
You searched your mental assets for something of value concerning Venezuela – the flag, the language, Hugo Chavez – but the population figures aren’t in your head.
What is in your head is the figure I gave you, 65 million, and it’s right there up front influencing how you answer the second question. When you have nothing else to go on, you fixate on the information at hand.
The population of Venezuela is 28 million people. How far away was your answer?
If you are like most people you assumed something much higher.
The numbers generated by the wheel of fortune, the number I gave you and the $1,000 price tag are all anchors, unwanted guests in the mind which change the mood of the party.
Anchors can make big numbers seem small, throw estimates out of whack and lead you into decisions which, in the long view, seem silly.
In many situations, people make estimates by starting from an initial value that is adjusted to yield the final answer. The initial value, or starting point, may be suggested by the formulation of the problem, or it may be the result of partial computation. In either case, adjustments are typically insufficient…that is, different starting points yield different estimates, which are biased toward the initial values.
- “Judgment Under Uncertainty” by Kahneman, Slovic and Tversky
You depend on anchoring every day to predict the outcome of events, to estimate how much time something will take or how much money something will cost.
When you need to choose between options, or estimate a value, you need footing to stand on.
How much should you be paying for cable? How much should your electricity bill be each month? What is a good price for rent in this neighborhood?
You need an anchor from which to compare, and when someone is trying to sell you something they are more than happy to provide one. The problem is, even when you know this, you can’t ignore it.
When shopping for a car, you know it isn’t a completely honest transaction. The real price is probably lower than what they are asking for on the window sticker, yet the anchor price is still going to affect your decision.
As you look over the vehicle, you don’t consider how many factories the company owns, how many employees they pay. You don’t pore over engineering diagrams or profit reports. You don’t consider the price of iron or the expensive investments the manufacturer is making into safety testing.
The price you are willing to pay has little to do with these considerations because they are as far from you at the point of purchase as the population of Venezuela.
Even if you’ve done some research online, you don’t know for sure exactly what the car is worth, or what the dealer paid for it. The focus instead is the manufacturer’s suggested retail price, and no matter how unrealistic it is, you can’t help but be tethered to it.
When you haggle over the price, you are pulling away from the anchor, and both you and the dealer know this.
The anchoring effect can also slip in unannounced.
Drazen Prelec and Dan Ariely conducted an experiment at MIT in 2006 where they had students bid on items in a bizarre auction.
The researchers would hold up a bottle of wine, or a textbook, or a cordless trackball and then describe in detail how awesome it was.
Then, each student had to write down the last two digits of their social security number as if it was the price of the item. If the last two digits were 11, then the bottle of wine was priced at $11. If the two numbers were 88, the cordless trackball was $88.
After they wrote down the pretend price, they bid.
Sure enough, the anchoring effect scrambled their ability to judge the value of the items.
People with high social security numbers paid up to 346 percent more than those with low numbers.
People with numbers from 80 to 99 paid on average $26 for the trackball, while those with 00 to 19 paid around $9.
Social security numbers were the anchor in this experiment only because we requested them. We could have just as well asked for the current temperature or the manufacturer’s suggested retail price. Any question, in fact, would have created the anchor. Does that seem rational? Of course not.
- Dan Ariely from his book, “Predictably Irrational”
The auction experimenters conducted another study in which they asked people to listen to annoying sounds for money. The researchers initially offered either 90 cents or 10 cents for a blast of awful electronic screaming, and then they asked the subjects how much would be the lowest possible price they would need to be paid to listen to the sound again.
People who were offered 10 cents said it would take about 33 cents to continue. People offered 90 said it would take 73.
They repeated the experiment in other ways, but no matter how they messed with the sounds or the payouts, those who were first offered a low payment consistently agreed to lower amounts than those used to better wages. People who got more money at first were unwilling to accept lower payments later.
If you move up to a nice car or a big house, a nice computer or an expensive smartphone, you become anchored and find it difficult to back move down later, even if you should.
Those who buy expensive purses know they are being hornswoggled, at least at some level, yet the anchoring effect still reaches into their bank account.
Source: sybarites.com
Does a $800 Louis Vuitton purse function better than a $25 handbag from Wal-Mart? No, not even if it was hand made from giraffe leather and stitched by real, magical leprechauns. It’s just a purse.
But the anchor is set. Louis Vuitton bags are expensive, and that in itself has social value. People still buy them and are happy with their purchase.
If Wal-Mart offered a purse at $800 it would live out its life on the shelf. The price would be so far from the anchors already set by the store it would seem like a bad deal.
Like most psychological phenomenon, anchoring can be used to manipulate people to do good. The best example is the door-in-the-face technique.
In a 1975 study by Catalan, Lewis, Vincent and Wheeler, researchers asked a group of students to volunteer as camp counselors two hours per week for two years.
They all said no.
The researchers followed up by asking if they would volunteer to supervise a single two-hour trip.
Half said yes.
Without first asking for the two-year commitment, only 17 percent agreed.
Remember this study if you are ever in a negotiation - make your initial request far too high.
You have to start somewhere, and your initial decision or calculation greatly influences all the choices which follow, cascading out, each tethered to the anchors set before.
Many of the choices you make every day are reruns of past decisions, like channels dug into a dirt road by a wagon train of selections, you follow the path created by your former self.
External anchors, like prices before a sale or ridiculous requests, are obvious enough you can sidestep the actual price, the real appeal. Internal, self-generated anchors, are not so easy to bypass.
You visit the same circuit of websites everyday, eat basically the same few breakfasts.
When it comes time to buy new cat food or take your car in for repairs, you have old favorites.
Come election time, you pretty much already know who will and will not get your vote.
These choices, so predictable, ask yourself what drives them. Are old anchors controlling your current decisions?
When you are parting with your money, know the person on the other side of the deal thinks you are not so smart and is depending on the anchoring effect when they tell you how much you are about to save.
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(author unknown), 27/07/2010 | Source: André Oliveira
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It’s called the Heart Attack Grill and in an age when every restaurant is trying to be health conscious, god bless these guys for bucking the trend and offering heart stopping, artery clogging, cholestrol fueled goodness. 8000 calorie quadruple burgers, french fried soaked in lard and all the sugary goodness of regular Coke and to top it off….hot, scantily clad nurses serving you…it really doesn’t get better than this.
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(author unknown), 27/07/2010 | Source: ponto
There are tons of great reasons to root your Android phone, but once you do, you'll likely be overwhelmed with all the custom ROM options out there. Here's how to go about finding—and installing—the one that fits your needs.
One of the best things about the openness of the Android platform is that if you're unhappy with the stock OS, you can install one of many modified versions of Android (called ROMs) on your device. The downside is that there are so many developers and different Android devices out there that the custom ROM scene can be very difficult to navigate. We're here to help the whole process seem a bit more manageable.
We briefly discussed using an app called ROM Manager in our Droid rooting tutorial, but today we're going to dig a bit deeper into the kind of ROMs that are available, how to pick the right one for you, and how to install new ROMs on your rooted Android device.
This guide assumes you've already rooted your device. Thus, if you haven't, be sure to do that first—most newer devices, like the Evo and the Droid Incredible (among others) have easy, one-click rooting solutions available. If you're not so lucky, you may have to figure out how to do it the long way.
If you're familiar with Linux, choosing the right ROM is similar to finding the right Linux distribution. Each version of the OS has a specific goal in mind, and as such differs quite a bit from the others. Which one you choose is dependent on your priorities and how you use the device.
The most popular types of ROM's come in three different flavors: ROMs that port future versions of Android to your device (when they aren't yet officially available), ROMs that add new features beyond the stock OS, and ROMs that focus on speed and stability. These aren't the only three categories of custom ROMs, nor are they hard and fast rules, but they offer good guidelines as to what's out there. Generally, you can pick a ROM fairly easily if you know which of these three categories contains the features most important to you.
Unless you're on the Nexus One, it usually takes a while for your phone's manufacturer to prepare the latest and greatest version of Android for your device. At the time of this writing, for example, Android 2.2 "Froyo" (the most up-to-date, stable Android OS) is available and has been open sourced, but most manufacturers haven't released updates for their devices yet. Luckily, since the Froyo source code became available, pretty much all ROMs out there are Froyo-based now (you'll know because they'll say they're based on the latest version of the Android Open Source Project, or AOSP). But before the source code of a big update is released, it's up to kindly developers to create ROMs based on the early releases in this category alone. Once the source is available, nearly every category of ROM will use the future version. Photo by nh824.
For the purpose of explanation, however, let's take a trip back to the time before the Froyo source code was available. When Froyo first came to the Nexus One, many developers took that version or other Froyo leaks and and created ROMs for other phones, for those that wanted the newest version as soon as possible. They were the only ROMs based on Froyo at the time—the ROMs in the categories below may have contained a few Froyo features, but most developers don't base their ROMs on Froyo until the source code is available. Thus, if you want the newest stock version of Android as soon as it comes out, these are the ROMs to go with. They're usually the least stable ROMs of the bunch, however, so once the code's been open sourced, you're better off going with something from the "speed and stability" category (since it'll still be based on the newest version). Once the next release of Android comes out (codenamed "Gingerbread"), this category of ROM will be most people's first shot at the new release.
Many ROMs seek to add more features to your phone that aren't available in the stock OS. Usually these are things like extra settings (seen in the screenshot above), or little conveniences like making the "sound off" lock screen slide put your phone on vibrate instead, or letting you skip music tracks with the volume buttons. Sometimes these ROMs will also contain things outright missing from the stock version, like FLAC support. While feature-adding ROMs are still built for speed and stability, they may not be quite as fast or as stable as those in the third category (though they're often still be better than the stock ROM). In most cases, the most popular ROM in this category is CyanogenMod, although devices without CyanogenMod ports have similar ROMs that achieve the same goals (such as the Fresh ROM, available for the Evo).
Note that when I say ROMs add extra features, I do not mean features like tethering, overclocking, and other larger, more publicized features. Most of these features make it to Android devices through separate apps instead of being built-in. Many ROMs (both in this category and in others) may pre-install them, but you can, naturally, add a lot of feature-adding applications to a rooted phone (through the Android Market) without installing a custom ROM.
Some ROMs, such as OpenDesire on the Desire, Baked Snack on the Evo, or Bugless Beast on the Droid, are less focused on tweaking the OS for features and more focused on bringing as much speed, stability, and battery life to your phone as possible. Thus, if you have rooted mainly for this reason (or because you wanted to add larger, app-based features such as wireless tethering), then this type of ROM is the one for you. They may sometimes lag a bit behind in terms of adding the newest features, but they're usually the fastest and most stable around. Often they also remove the bloat many manufacturers put on their phones, such as extra apps or user interfaces (such as HTC's Sense and Motorola's MotoBlur).
Note that all ROMs will probably say that they focus on speed and stability, but this particular group focuses only on these things, and will usually say that they contain no extra tweaks as a result, so look for that as opposed to the words "built for speed and stability" when you search in the next step.
We briefly discussed how to install a custom ROM in our Droid rooting tutorial, but below I'm going to delve a bit deeper into the ins and outs of the process of picking, backing up, and flashing your ROM. Reminder: Your phone should already be rooted before you proceed.
Your phone's recovery image is is the system from which you can flash new ROMs and themes, make and restore backups (called "nandroid" backups), wipe caches, and perform other tasks. It's essentially an Android rooter's best friend. To access it, you usually need to boot up your phone while holding down one or two external buttons (such as the volume button, or a button on the phone's physical keyboard, if applicable). You'll have to look up the button combination for your specific phone on Google, by searching something like htc evo recovery mode (replacing htc evo with your specific phone, of course).
There are a few different custom recovery images out there that make hacking easier than the stock recovery image does. We're going to use one called ClockworkMod, since it comes with ROM Manager and is easy to use. To start, install ROM Manager from the Market (the free version is usually suitable, although you may find later that you want to upgrade to the pay version, which has more ROMs, themes, and overclocking kernels). Start the app, hit the "Flash ClockworkMod Recovery" button at the top of the main menu, and confirm your phone's model. You'll see a progress bar at the top of the screen while it flashes. When it's finished, you're ready to download and install a new ROM.
The problem with the ROM scene is that most ROMs don't have any kind of official web site; they're usually just posted on forums (which makes them a bit more difficult to search for). There aren't many comprehensive ROM databases on the net, but I did find this list at TheUnlockr, which is pretty good. Just click on your phone's model and you'll be presented with a fairly well-maintained list of the popular ROMs available for your phone (some phones, like the Droid, don't have a very populated list yet, but most do).
If you like, you can open up ROM Manager at this point and hit "Download ROM" to see which ROMs are available through the app. These are usually the most popular, and are good guidelines as to which ones you should read up on. Click on a few of the links at TheUnlockr's database and see if you can figure out which category it belongs to. Unfortunately most ROMs aren't going to come out and clearly identify as fitting into one of the categories we laid out above, but often they will say at the beginning whether they have added extra features to the ROM or whether they were built only for stability. You can also take a look at the changelog to see if extra features have been added or whether it's a bunch of under-the-hood tweaks and extra apps like Wireless Tether.
Once you've found one or more ROMs that sound good, it's mostly trial and error from here. You might have to test drive more than one to get a feel for which ones you like best, but that's the fun part of it all. Note also, that even if a ROM isn't listed in ROM Manager but it sounds really good, you can still download it to your phone's SD card and install it using ROM Manager's "install from SD card" option, so don't let ROM Manager's list limit you if you don't like anything it has, even though it is a good guideline of what's popular.
Note: In some cases, CyanogenMod is the only popular ROM available for your device. In these cases, even if you're looking only for speed and stability, I recommend you try it out—while Cyanogen definitely falls into the "features" category of ROMs, it is by far one of the most popular and widely worked-on cross-device ROMs out there, and there's a reason for it. Also, the newest version is incredibly fast and stable from my experience, far more than older versions—so even if that's your goal, you may find yourself happy with it.
Installing a new ROM (more commonly known as "flashing") is very easy with ROM Manager. Just go back to the "Download ROM" section (or, if you're installing a ROM from your SD card, go to "Install ROM from SD card" and pick your ROM). It will download, if applicable, and then give you this prompt:
Always, always, always back up your existing ROM before flashing something new. Then, if something goes wrong, you can always restore to your latest backup, either through ROM Manager (by going to "Manage and Restore backups" on the main menu) or by booting into recovery mode and choosing "nandroid".
Generally, you'll want to "Wipe Data and Cache" if you're moving from a ROM based on one Android version to the next (i.e. a 2.1-based ROM to a 2.2-based ROM). You'll also want to check the main download page of the ROM you're installing (which you can find through TheUnlockr) to see if they recommend wiping for that particular version. "Wipe Data and Cache" basically means that all your settings will be returned to stock—If you weren't running a Froyo build beforehand, you'll have to re-download all your apps, as well as rearrange your home screens and reconfigure all your custom settings every time you wipe. In the end, you can always try not wiping and see what happens—if you flash a ROM and have problems, it's pretty easy to restore from your backup and try again.
At this point, your phone will reboot into recovery mode, flash the ROM, and you can explore all the new features available to you (or just bask in the glory of speed and stability). You can do a bit more with ROM Manager, like install extra themes and kernels, which we discussed in our Droid rooting tutorial. Remember that a good part of picking the right ROM is trial and error, so don't be afraid to flash something else, even if you like the first one you picked—you might be surprised how much more you like others. Besides, even if you don't, you can always restore from your backup and be none the more inconvenienced.
Got any of your own tips for sifting through the wide world of Android ROMs? Share them in the comments.
Send an email to Whitson Gordon, the author of this post, at whitson@lifehacker.com.
(author unknown), 27/07/2010 | Source: ponto
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(author unknown), 27/07/2010 | Source: ponto
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(author unknown), 27/07/2010 | Source: Ana
Just yesterday I was writing about how our modern lifestyles ought bring about changes in our houses, and here's a shining example of this being brought into practice: Pigeontail's Papercore Coffee Table.
It's funny to think a modern crime like identity theft would actually shape furniture design, but there are tons of us that own paper shredders and use them to fastidiously destroy every credit card offer that comes in the mail. Brooklyn-based Pigeontail Design embraces this reality and brings us a coffee table with a slot and hand-crank, making this the only piece of furniture that could prevent you from paying for someone else's overseas jet-ski purchase.
The Papervore from Pigeontail Design on Vimeo.
via 3 rings
(author unknown), 27/07/2010 | Source: Ana
“The folks at The Way We See The World have designed edible, flavored and naturally biodegradable gelatinous drinking cups, that when tossed on the surface of the planet, actually contain organisms that nurture the growth of grasses and plants.
“Jelloware cups are made entirely out of agar and come in three tasty flavors.”
(author unknown), 27/07/2010 | Source: Jumba
Shared by Pedro LoureiroAs BoomTown reported earlier today, Yahoo Japan confirmed it would switch its search technology and paid search provider to Google from Yahoo. The move is a definite blow to Yahoo's new search and advertising alliance with Microsoft, although Yahoo sought to minimize the damage in a statement. But make no mistake, if it passes government scrutiny, given the huge Japanese market: It's Googzilla totally wiping the floor with MicroHooSoftra.
what?! o_O
Long Tran, 27/07/2010 | Source: André Oliveira
Cleaning up after your dog is a tough pill to swallow but anyone who has ever stepped in a pile of steaming crap knows it’s a necessary evil. Make those ugly moments in life a little better with humor. Dog Poo bags comes in 16 recyclable options, each with a humorous or ironic print. Love the idea but why not step it up and go for biodegradable too? Get it from Designspray.com. 12,90 € for 16 bags.
Designer: Jungeschachtel
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Yanko Design
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(author unknown), 27/07/2010 | Source: Jumba
Shared by Pedro Loureiro
Fuck.. :\
queria ir a uma destas!
Love Parade
27.07.2010 - 13:51 Por Vítor Belanciano
Foi criada na cidade de Berlim, em 1989, para celebrar o entendimento internacional através do amor e da música, depois da queda do muro na capital alemã. Nasceu de uma ideia do músico Matthias Roeingh, mais conhecido por Dr Motte. Termina em 2010, em Duisburgo, na sequência dos acontecimentos que provocaram 20 mortos
(author unknown), 27/07/2010 | Source: Jumba
(author unknown), 27/07/2010 | Source: André Oliveira
(author unknown), 27/07/2010 | Source: André Oliveira
(author unknown), 27/07/2010 | Source: Lamelas
Shared by lamelasCom quase 50 anos de carreira, banda inglesa quer por ponto final nas digressões. Última tourné poderá coincidir com "bodas de ouro".
o rock vai morrer de vez. AHHHHHHHH! :'(
Radhika Seth, 27/07/2010 | Source: André Oliveira
A stark reminder of the Infinite USB Connector, the Tandem USB is different because of two reasons. One, it’s got a form that is more accommodating for the follow-up wire than Jiang’s version and two; it compares the lineup to male-female “coupling”! We get the naughty point, but in all honesty, going by the discussion in the earlier post, issues like unplugging a device in the middle of the ports and power current are still not resolved. However, bending wires over for a snug fit, is taken care of.
The Tandem USB Connector has won an iF Concept Design Award 2010
Designers: Yi Fan Lin & Hong Yih Chu
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Yanko Design
Timeless Designs - Explore wonderful concepts from around the world!
Yanko Design Store - We are about more than just concepts! See what's hot at the YD Store!
(author unknown), 27/07/2010 | Source: André Oliveira
Shared by CorvoÉ o primeiro hotel de cinco estrelas de Vila Nova de Gaia, representa um investimento de 32 milhões e meio de euros e criará 106 postos de trabalho. O Yeatman Hotel - que se quer profundamente ligado ao vinho do Porto - não é, no entanto, obra consensual.
Gaia, no MAPA! :D
colher-de-pau, 27/07/2010 | Source: Ana
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(author unknown), 27/07/2010 | Source: Rui Carneiro
Submitted by: toxicat
Posted at: 2010-07-27 03:00:35
See full post and comment: http://9gag.com/gag/30295
(author unknown), 26/07/2010 | Source: André Oliveira
Shared by Ines
/facepalm
Submitted by: peterwut
Posted at: 2010-07-25 17:34:53
See full post and comment: http://9gag.com/gag/30187
(author unknown), 26/07/2010 | Source: Inês
Shared by Ines
according to the rules of the internet the red should cover all the graphics' area lol
Submitted by: charlesley
Posted at: 2010-07-25 19:19:47
See full post and comment: http://9gag.com/gag/30193
(author unknown), 26/07/2010 | Source: Inês
Shared by Ines
/facepalm
Submitted by: peterwut
Posted at: 2010-07-25 17:34:53
See full post and comment: http://9gag.com/gag/30187
(author unknown), 26/07/2010 | Source: Jumba
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Shay, 26/07/2010 | Source: André Oliveira
(author unknown), 26/07/2010 | Source: Jumba
MEXICO CITY — Prisoners in a northern Mexico jail were allowed out at night to carry out murder-for-hire jobs using jail guards’ weapons and vehicles, officials said Sunday, revealing a level of corruption that is stunning even in a country where prison breakouts are common as guards look the other way.
The prisoners carried out three massacres this year in the city of Torreón in which 35 people were killed, Ricardo Nájera, the spokesman for the attorney general’s office, said at a news conference. Among them, the authorities said, was last week’s attack on birthday revelers at a party hall. The gang shot randomly into the crowd, they said, killing 17 people.
Ballistics studies confirmed that four guns used in the shooting were the same as those assigned to jail guards, Mr. Nájera said.
(author unknown), 26/07/2010 | Source: Rui Carneiro
Shared by Rui
Quando não se consegue mostrar que o nosso produto é bom, mostramos que é uma merda como outros que andam por ai.
Apple has already used the HTC Droid Eris as an example for why the iPhone 4 antenna issue is an industry-wide problem rather than something they alone face, and now they’ve spread their net to include one of the must-have Android smartphones of the moment, the Motorola DROID X. Fresh to the company’s antenna testing page is Verizon’s latest Android handset, showing how a tight grip around the lower portion of the rear of the DROID X is enough to knock if from three bars to zero.
“In weak signal areas,” Apple concludes, “this grip may negatively affect signal strength.” Of course, they don’t actually say that will result in dropped calls, but that’s certainly the implication.
We’ve not had any reception issues holding our DROID X review unit in a regular way, so we’d be interested to hear if those Android Community readers who have been able to buy the coveted smartphone are experiencing the same problems that Apple are highlighting. Let us know in the comments!
[via Engadget - thanks James!]
)(author unknown), 26/07/2010 | Source: Rui Carneiro
Wait for the brilliant answer! :) Poczekaj na genialną riposte satyryka :)
(author unknown), 26/07/2010 | Source: Jumba
Digamos que a Apple pôs-se a jeito durante a conferência de imprensa que conduziu sobre o caso Antennagate do iPhone 4. Sim, atacar os concorrentes para justificar os problemas de antena (muito mais graves nos USA graças às redes da treta que eles por lá têm) era meio caminho andado para que estes ripostassem.
E foi o que fez a Samsung pois lançou uma mega campanha publicitária em Inglaterra com anúncios no metro e em muitos dos jornais diários do reino de Sua Majestade. E temos de reconhecer que, apesar de ser um pouco abusado, a ideia foi… genial! 
(author unknown), 26/07/2010 | Source: ponto
Albeit this isn’t the inaugural post here at The Pilcrow, I want to tell you why it came to life.
Since I started working on the web full-time, I’ve spent a considerable amount of time learning new stuff and became a more knowledgeable and opinionated individual in the process. The web is not only my workplace, it’s also my library.
I’ve learned a great deal from this community of developers, designers and writers. From their articles, comments, books and discussions on Twitter. The Pilcrow is how I want to give back. I’ve learned so much from this people that I can’t possibly make up for everything. My effort will probably fall short. But any effort is better than none at all.
What now follows throughout this journal is uncertain.
If you’re reading this on the website itself, you can see it’s not exactly colorful or decorated. I’ve tried many things throughout my design experiments, but always find myself going back to simple typography and layout, without much use of color. This is my comfort zone.
To be honest, I suck at illustration and color, and that used to infuriate me. But not anymore. I learned a lot from an excellent article by Daniel Mall where he confesses that he designs by comfort, and explains why he thinks that’s OK. It made me look at the whole thing in a positive way.
[…] you have to be realistic about what you can and can’t do. There are some things that you are going to be better at, things that you’ll have a natural affinity towards. And that’s great. It is in this fruitful imbalance that your work can accentuate itself.
He’s right. Dan goes on acknowledging his own deficiencies as a designer, and it’s good to see such a skilled designer doing that. Suddenly, my own deficiencies now aren’t such a big deal. Things like textures and color schemes. Someday, maybe I’ll be proficient in those. But for now, I’m not.
And that’s OK.
This community works because people chat. Why doesn’t The Pilcrow allow comments?
Please enjoy The Pilcrow and let me know your thoughts about it.
Marica, 25/07/2010 | Source: Ana
Geeks are Sexy, 25/07/2010 | Source: Rui Carneiro
Geeks are Sexy, 25/07/2010 | Source: Inês
(author unknown), 25/07/2010 | Source: André Oliveira
(author unknown), 25/07/2010 | Source: Jumba
greenmeats@gmail.com (Joanne Casey), 25/07/2010 | Source: Inês
(author unknown), 25/07/2010 | Source: Inês
Submitted by: toxicat
Posted at: 2010-07-25 01:49:49
See full post and comment: http://9gag.com/gag/30120
greenmeats@gmail.com (Joanne Casey), 25/07/2010 | Source: Ana
Geeks are Sexy, 25/07/2010 | Source: Rui Carneiro
Great job Levi’s. Viral advertising at its finest.
For those interested in seeing the behind the scenes video of how this was produced, you can check it out right here.
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Jason Fitzpatrick, 24/07/2010 | Source: André Oliveira
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Submitted by: NikkiLouise
Posted at: 2010-07-18 19:29:21
See full post and comment: http://9gag.com/gag/29527
josé simões, 24/07/2010 | Source: Lamelas
No Público, o comentário mais votado à proposta de revisão constitucional do PSD de Pedro Passos Coelho:
NOTCOT, 24/07/2010 | Source: Ana
(author unknown), 24/07/2010 | Source: Inês
Submitted by: datajack
Posted at: 2010-07-22 13:03:59
See full post and comment: http://9gag.com/gag/29887
Effie Tjhai, 24/07/2010 | Source: Jumba
This came out of nowhere. Samsung Mobile UK is giving out Samsung Galaxy S devices to people who have tweeted their iPhone 4 problem. We all know the issues with the iPhone 4 by now, and obviously Samsung wants to capitalize on this. What better way to do that, then to hand out their flagship device to all those unsatisfied with their Apple product?
All of this is happening via Samsung’s Twitter account (@samsungukmobile). They are also just holding a giveaway for anyone who wants to enter (no broken iPhone 4 necessary), and they’ve repeated a few times that they’re excited to be handing out these amazing devices. Now, with that in mind, coupled with the new advertisements (which is pictured above, by the way) for the Galaxy S appearing in some newspapers and other periodicals, it’s obvious Samsung is going what they can to paint Apple in a negative light.
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)(author unknown), 24/07/2010 | Source: Inês
Shared by Ines
i think it'd work xD
Submitted by: Redriph
Posted at: 2010-07-23 08:23:14
See full post and comment: http://9gag.com/gag/29980
João Henrique, 23/07/2010 | Source: Lamelas
Nuno Coelho, 23/07/2010 | Source: Rui Carneiro
Apresentamos mais uma publicidade fantástica. Desta vez da reebok com o Ryan Giggs.
Fantástico viral da Reebok, com Ryan giggs é um artigo de: Futebol Portugal
