The Design of Everyday Things
The design of everyday things is such a wonderful book.
When I first read a review about it, it said “you will never be able to see a door in the same way” or something like that.
I thought it was an exaggeration. It’s not. It will change the way to think about everyday objects’ design and usability.
Today I was listening some music. The headphones cable hit a little bottle of some medicine I am taking for allergies.
Of course the bottle rolled down the desktop to fall onto the ground. Thankfully it didn’t break. Now, what is the reason of having round, cylindrical bottles ? None I can think of (apart some economical I don’t know about not being a bottle expert). Please, give me square bottles everyday. Every detail matters.
ScummVM DS Patches - version 4
(Quick download links : .NDS builds or .DS.GBA builds, modified sources here, SourceForge patches here)
I’ve patched ScummVM DS once again..
See here for more details, versioning, how, why, what, which, who..
Changes in ScummVM/DS 0.11.1.MMP4 (.NDS builds or .DS.GBA builds):
- All previous changes
- Fixed a bug with mouse icon
- Attempt to show mouse cursor on upper screen also when LCDs are swapped (sometimes it fails to be in the correct position but it covers most cases).
Be vigilant.
Current.com uses my photo of olympic torch
http://current.com/items/88950599_after_china_quake_olympic_torch_rela y_shortened
Yes that’s my photo (of the Torino 2006 torch, taken in corso Racconigi) from http://www.mastropaolo.com/2006/02/11/olympic-torch/ 
ScummVM DS Patches - version 3
(Quick download links : .NDS builds or .DS.GBA builds, modified sources here)
I’ve patched ScummVM DS once again..
See here for more details, versioning, how, why, what, which, who..
Changes in ScummVM/DS 0.11.1.MMP3 (.NDS builds or .DS.GBA builds):
- All previous changes
ScummVM Build G (NDS only - for Lure of the Temptress… untested yet and the main site does not report it as working.. so state is unknown.)- Hover-only mouse option - this will simulate the job done by a mousepad on a laptop
- Show cursor on aux screen - this will show the cursor on the secondary screen if the screens are not swapped (together with Hover-only, it provides an UI to ScummVM more similar to the classical one found on laptops).
Now I have to go.. Kyrandia needs my help 
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