Autore: Stefano Costa

  • Archeologia nel Mediterraneo e colonialismo: seconda puntata

    Questo articolo è stato scritto nel 2012 ed è rimasto in bozze per 8 anni. Mi pare ancora degno di vedere la luce del sole e lo pubblico tale quale con qualche aggiornamento ai link. Riprendendo il discorso iniziato qualche tempo fa su archeologia italiana e colonialismo, metto sul piatto altri appunti. Il primo punto…

  • I deleted my Keybase account

    Keybase was acquired by Zoom, the videoconferencing company. In case you never heard of Keybase, it’s a service providing “identity” proofs tied to cryprographic keys, pulling together the various digital identities that many of us have online. My Keybase account was deleted. None of the proofs exists anymore, even those that I had published on…

  • A new home for the Total Open Station project

    As announced in a previous blog post, the Total Open Station project has a new home! More specifically, we’re still on GitHub but I have moved the main repository from my personal GitHub account to the “totalopenstation” organization, with myself and @psolyca as owners. This seems like a simple step but, in fact, it is…

  • Towards a better website

    For a few months now, this website, the one that shows my personal blog and other pages about my activities and interests, has been improved. You should see no difference however. First of all, it still runs on WordPress. I have removed many tools and plugins though, in order to collect less data about my…

  • I libri che ho letto nel 2019

    I libri che ho letto nel 2019

    Come tradizione, anche questo 2020 il primo articolo che scrivo è dedicato ai libri che ho letto l’anno prima. Questo anche se i libri son pochi e anche se là fuori le cose vanno piuttosto male, perché i libri sono importanti e perché ci sono alcun* affezionat* che immagino in trepidante attesa. Lo scorso anno…

  • Total Open Station 0.5

    Total Open Station 0.5

    Total Open Station 0.5 is here! This release is the result of a short and intense development cycle. The application is now based on Python 3, which means an improved handling of data transfers and a general improvement of the underlying source code. An extensive test suite based on pytest was added to help developers…

  • Total Open Station 0.4 release

    Total Open Station 0.4 release

    This article was originally published on the Total Open Station website at https://tops.iosa.it/ After two years of slow development, I took the opportunity of some days off to finally release version 0.4, that was already available in beta since 2017. No open bugs were left and this release is mature enough to hit the repositories.…

  • I left my role of editor of the Journal of Open Archaeology Data

    After serving for 7 years as the co-editor of the journal together with Victoria Yorke-Edwards, I have chosen to step down from my role as editor, while remaining on the Editorial Board. I had been on the Editorial Board before. Recently I have become rather busy with work and family commitments, with only a minor…

  • ArcheoFOSS: un saluto e buon viaggio

    ArcheoFOSS: un saluto e buon viaggio

    Un mese fa, pochi giorni dopo essere rientrato dall’incontro FOSS4G-IT di Padova, ho mandato una email a un gruppetto di 8 persone che, presenti fisicamente o meno a Padova, hanno seguito da vicino le vicende di ArcheoFOSS negli ultimi tempi. Con questa email ho salutato ArcheoFOSS e adesso, sedimentati un po’ i pensieri, pubblico questo…

  • Reproducible science per archeologi

    Reproducible science per archeologi

    Il 20 febbraio 2019, a Padova, tengo un workshop su Reproducible science per archeologi dentro il convegno FOSS4G-IT 2019. Avete tempo fino a mercoledì 13 febbraio per iscrivervi.