Handful of Nothing

Yeah, They can celebrate. With a small push from Brazil’s biggest TV channel ( Rede Globo ) the Brazilian Gov has chosen the Japanese Digital TV standart. I know that I’m suspicious to talk against the Japanese standard for digital TV, but it was so clear that Lula (Brazil’s president) fears so much the “Rede Globo”. Face the rage of such a big communications corporation in a election years for sure wasn’t a good idea for someone that has a lot to hide. Fact: nothing can convince a more technology aware person that the japanese was a good choice.

Now let’s wait for those lies to become truth:
“We won’t need to pay royalties to the japanese ”
“The solution will be cheaper, and we will bring the poor people to that technology”
“We included a lot of Brazilian inovations” - Please, can someone tell what innovation? Mpeg4? That crappy java middleware? What else?
“The japanese will bring a semi conductos plant to Brazil” - ok! let’s wait to see that =)

It’s a shame. I really don’t know what to do with my vote.

If you are a portuguese reader, please visit Bernardo’s post about it and the incredible map of Digital TV adoption

This is to announce the link to our games already running on the new Maemo 2.0 beta final software.
You can download .deb packages for x86, ARM and also the source.

Just follow the link :
www.marceloeduardo.com/maemo2.0/

Updated: the Sdl net files are available also, for those with product firmware. 

It is practically impossible to teach good programming style to students that have had prior exposure to BASIC; as potential programmers they are mentally mutilated beyond hope of regeneration.
– Edsger Dijkstra

Nintendo is shaping up what I assume to be the killer strategy for next-gen gaming. Many specialist were saying that the decision of going below in hardware power and not above but in a different direction in gameplay, was too risky and that we are going to see Nintendo loosing the console war.

I couldn’t disaagre more. Why? Simply! In the last few months I’ve watching people playing with my nintendo ds and fighting to leave it behind. Nintendo is really catching up both with casual gamers that were bored like hell to play actual games and the hardcore gamers that are having great fun with incrediable releases like the new super mario, animal crossing etc.