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Today I’m going to share a little tip about the use of Git. In contributing to open source projects, it happens sometimes that I have a long running branch; something on which I need to work for more than just few hours. The kind of work that goes on for weeks, sometimes months. **UPDATE: ** Matt suggested a great doc about rebasing. There is lol-cat-picture for every need Working on a branch is great: it let’s you work on a feature, a fix, an extension in total isolation, being sure you don’t disrupt anyone (and don’t embarrass yourself). ...

Japan is facing one of the worst crisis since WW2: An earthquake, a subsequent Tsunami and now, worsts of all, a nuclear power crisis. Thousands died, and millions are now in huge danger. Japan is indeed facing a tragedy. The earthquake was not just a strong one: was the 6th in the list of most powerful earthquakes ever registered (i.e. since ~1900) - an incredible 8.9 Richter. And, bear in mind, the Richter Magnitude Scale is logarithmic. ...

I’m impressed. Today a lot of important things just happened, and I think it’s work putting them down. Tahrir Square pushes Hosni Mubarak down After what he said yesterday night, I was not expecting this to happen so soon. Mubarak stepped down! In addition of being a great news for all my friends that are directly or indirectly related to Egypt, this is an INCREDIBLE news for something I tagged as “lost”: hope. ...

Ho visto anche io il DVD di “Napoli: La Storia”, prestatomi dal mio amico Nemo. Non voglio dilungarmi, tanto sono opinioni personali. * Una ragazza con meno brufoli la potevano trovare * Una ragazza più espressiva la potevano trovare Una ragazza con un naso meno “largo” la potevano trovare Ritengo stupido e poco convincente dire che Napoli è quello che è perché si è “non evoluta” rispetto al resto dell’Europa, rimanendo retrograde, ignorante e abbandonata a se stessa dalla Borghesia, i Regnanti e la Chiesa ...

Title: Keynote for Google I/O 2008: Client, Connectivity, and the Cloud. Abstract: Featuring Vic Gundotra, Allen Hurff (MySpace), Steve Horowitz, Kevin Gibbs, Mark Lucovsky, Bruce Johnson, David Glazer, Nat Brown (iLike). I’m at minute 23 and it looks very very interesting and relevant (for every developer in any field). So, sit tight, grab a coke/beer/cigarette/juice/whatever-you-like and… listen carefully.