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Corto
Corto may refer to: *another word for ristretto, a very "short" shot of espresso coffee *Jon Corto Jon Corto (born September 3, 1984 in Orchard Park, New York) is a former American football linebacker. He was originally signed by the Buffalo Bills as an undrafted free agent in 2007. He played college football at Sacred Heart. Early life Corto ... (born 1984), National Football League player with the Buffalo Bills * Corto Maltese, the British hero of the Italian comic series of the same name *Willis Corto, a major character in the science fiction novel '' Neuromancer'' *Corto.io, an open-source component framework for autonomous IoT applications *the Spanish translation meaning short, curt, brief, narrow, skimpy, scanty, timid, stumpy, or bashful. {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corto Maltese
''Corto Maltese'' is a series of adventure and fantasy comics named after the character Corto Maltese, an adventurous sailor. It was created by the Italian comic book creator Hugo Pratt in 1967. The comics are highly praised as some of the most artistic and literary graphic novels ever written and have been translated into numerous languages and adapted into several animated films. The series features ''Corto Maltese'', an enigmatic sea captain who lives in the first three decades of the 20th century. Born in Valletta on the island of Malta on 10 July 1887, the son of a sailor from Cornwall, and a gypsy from Seville. In his adventures full of real-world references, ''Corto'' has often crossed with real historical characters like the American author Jack London and his nurse Virginia Prentiss, the American outlaw Butch Cassidy, the German World War I flying ace Red Baron, and many others. Publication history The character debuted in the serial ''Ballad of the Salty Sea'', one o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jon Corto
Jon Corto (born September 3, 1984 in Orchard Park, New York) is a former American football linebacker. He was originally signed by the Buffalo Bills as an undrafted free agent in 2007. He played college football at Sacred Heart. Early life Corto played his high school football in Orchard Park, New York. He grew up a fan of the Buffalo Bills and lived only a few miles from the team's stadium. College career In his senior year, Corto had a team-leading 104 tackles, 54 solo, ranking second in the conference. He averaged 9.5 tackles per game with 4.5 sacks and 11.0 tackles for loss on the year. For his stellar senior year he received 2006 All-American honors as well as first-team All-Northeast Conference. He finished his career at SHU as the program's second all-time leading tackler with 300 tackles over four years, he added 15 sacks as well. Professional career After impressing in rookie mini camp, Corto signed with the Buffalo Bills. Corto was converted to safety by the Bills, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ristretto
Ristretto () is a "short shot" (30 ml from a double basket) of a more highly concentrated espresso coffee. It is made with the same amount of ground coffee, but extracted with a finer grind (also in from 20 to 30 seconds) using half as much water. A normal short shot might ''look like'' a ristretto, but in reality, would only be a weaker, more diluted, shot. The opposite of a ''ristretto'' (which means in Italian, "shortened, narrow") is a lungo ("long"), which is a double shot. The French call a ristretto a ''café serré''. Regardless of whether one uses a hand pressed machine or an automatic, a regular double shot is generally considered to be around 14–18 grams of ground coffee extracted into 60 ml (2 fl oz or two shot glasses). Thus, a "double ristretto" consumes the same amount of coffee beans but fills only a single shot glass. Coffee contains over a thousand aromatic compounds. A ristretto's chemical composition and taste differ from those of a full-leng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neuromancer
''Neuromancer'' is a 1984 science fiction novel by American-Canadian writer William Gibson. Considered one of the earliest and best-known works in the cyberpunk genre, it is the only novel to win the Nebula Award, the Philip K. Dick Award, and the Hugo Award. It was Gibson's debut novel and the beginning of the Sprawl trilogy. Set in the future, the novel follows Henry Case, a washed-up hacker hired for one last job, which brings him in contact with a powerful artificial intelligence. Background Before ''Neuromancer'', Gibson had written several short stories for US science fiction periodicals—mostly noir countercultural narratives concerning low-life protagonists in near-future encounters with cyberspace. The themes he developed in this early short fiction, the Sprawl setting of "Burning Chrome" (1982), and the character of Molly Millions from "Johnny Mnemonic" (1981) laid the foundations for the novel. John Carpenter's ''Escape from New York'' (1981) influenced the novel; Gi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
