Author: Matteo DallOmbra

  • It’s A Trap!

    The end of an era, a sad reporting from The Guardian: Erik Bauersfeld, who turned three words from a minor acting role – “It’s a trap!” – into one of the most beloved lines of the Star Wars series, has died. His manager, Derek Maki, says the performer died Sunday at his home in Berkeley,…

  • 8 Years of Apple

    No, the title is not a mistake. I know that today Apple celebrates 40 years since the day it was officially incorporated by the two Steve and the one Paul, but I wasn’t even close to be born back then. So instead of reliving the entire history of the fruity company, I thought it might…

  • The-Super-Flash-Girl

    Last night we had the latest in a series on cross-over episodes in the CW universe of super heroes. This time it was The Flash invading the Earth protected by Supergirl (hence the amazing title of this post). I think it’s just fair to say that this has been the best super hero event in…

  • Horace and Pete – My Views So Far…

    If you’re not a close follower of Louis C.K., you might have missed his latest creation. And I’m here to fix that. On January 30th, out of the blue I’ve received an email from Louis C.K. as all the members of his mailing list did. It went like this: Hi there. Horace and Pete episode…

  • Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Early Impressions)

    I cannot really guarantee a full spoiler-free piece, so only read this after you’ve seen the movie! There’s been an Awakening. Have you felt it? I’ve seen The Force Awakens three times by now, and I’m on my way to see it a fourth time. I’ve listened to the special episode of The Incomparable about…

  • Hoverboard

    Once again Randall Munroe is giving us a masterpiece in the form of the latest xkcd entry. Make sure to check out Hoverboard and remember: Looks to be small, however, when you realize that boundaries are made to be broken, A massive world opens up to be explored. Via Boing Boing.

  • Dark Knight III: The Master Race

    The epic ending you never saw coming is here because you demanded it! The Dark Knight rises again to face the dawn of the master race! Frank Miller is back. You don’t need to know anything else. Insta-buy.

  • Publish To WordPress With Workflow On iOS

    As shared by Federico Viticci: Fortunately, great things do happen in the third-party iOS ecosystem. Today’s update to Workflow (version 1.4.2) adds, among more actions, a brand new WordPress action to publish posts and pages to configured WordPress blogs (both wordpress.com and self-hosted ones) and which can be combined with any other existing action or…

  • SPECTRE

    SPECTRE

    Spoilers ahead. You’ve been warned. Last night I went to the cinema for the premiere of the latest James Bond movie: SPECTRE. I had mixed feelings going in, I came out with an even greater mix. Let me talk you through some of those mixes. Since the beginning, SPECTRE was billed as the natural sequel…