It was 10 years ago. A night just like this one. Winter. Everyone in the house was asleep. Well, Leonardo isn’t really sleeping right now but you get the idea. I was alone in the kitchen. Alone with the TV, an .avi file and an .srt file. I had just started watching movies in foreign language and during the week I had stumbled upon Old Boy. I wasn’t really in the mode of staying up late, but something made me. ...
In 2006 I decide that I wanted to leave my home country. I wanted to try hard and make some space for me in the world (well, the tech-world). I was really tired of being paid fuck all, dealing with a country driven by old-and-hard-to-die politicians, not seeing any foreseeable future in front of me. I made a decision, and I started working towards my leaving (I finishing uni, so this required a bit of planning). ...
I’m just back from a very good conference. And for once, I can proudly say, it was organized by Italians! The host were WEBdeBS, a web company based in lovely Brescia, and the topic was… very hot: Node.JS. Node.JS Conference (@nodejsconfit) (on joind.in) has been hosted in the Centro Paolo VI, where talks well complemented by lovely Italian food. What else can you ask? A great addition to my collection of “hackshirts” ...
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. ...
Last episode of the latest “Passate Parola” episode of the great Marco Travaglio. I wish it was in English: it would simplify a lot the life of who would like to understand the “Berlusconi’s Story”. There are Italian subtitles though: it could be useful for someone that is able to read Italian at lease.
Be a Media-Dictator in a semi-democratic country. Like Italy, for example Act like a stereotyped Italian clown in every International Meeting, pretending you are the one of the politicians that “actually do the job” Enjoy yourself with the youngest and stupidest show-girls during your 70, just to confirm, again and again, the shameless stereotype of the “Italian playboy” Have a wife that, after she was “seduced” by your money and your power when you were younger, making your first marriage fail, now complains for your unfaithfulness and the shame you are bringing to the family ...
Un’altra piccola “perla” che dipinge Napoli come e’. Niente “romanzazioni” ne “stereotipizzazioni”: “Napule” cosi’ com’e’ per i Napoletani. Tristemente Bello. Bravo Andrej Longo.
Only a country like Italy could do something stupid like this. In english: The Tuscan city of Lucca has imposed a ban upon foreign eateries in its historic centre, in a move described by critics as racism. The city council voted to deny new licences to bars or restaurants with a ‘non-Italian style of cooking’ within the boundary of the Renaissance walls circling the city centre. Tuscany’s centre-left regional government warned against discriminatory measures “introducing hidden forms of ‘gastronomic or culinary’ racism.” “The defence of quality is one thing, discrimination is another,” said Paolo Cocchi, the regional councillor for commerce. Lucca’s town hall defended the new rules, saying they were meant to safeguard the city’s cultural identity and that they were also applicable to sex shops, fast food restaurants and take-away pizza parlours. “The ban targets McDonald’s as much as kebab restaurants,” said a spokesman. The spokesman also said that the four kebab shops already in the city centre would be allowed to continue operating as normal, while, “as an invitation, not an order", all foreign restaurants in the city will be encouraged to include at least one typical dish from the region. CP/The Roman Forum 06 February 2009 Photo:Flickr/IthakaLB, An Italian enjoying typical cuisine ...
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 ...
Sono sceso dall’aereo il 16 Dicembre… e da allora sto monitorando, a modo mio, quello che sta succedendo in questo mio paese natio. Crisi Mondiale A sentire le radio e le TV "maggiori", l'[it:Italia] e' una specie di oasi felice in mezzo ad un [it:Europa], un [it:Mondo] in piena crisi Economica e Finanziaria. L'unico sentore della crisi ce lo danno con i commenti (tagliati e riadattati) dei cittadini per strade e centri commericali: Spenderò di meno per regali, li farò solo a parenti e amici stretti… ma il panettone/capretto/pandoro/cibo-usanza non mancherà Questo rincuora l’Italiano Medio. Gli fa pensare «… tutto sommato non va così male…». E questo diventa il leitmotiv. Poi però mi ricordo che all’aeroporto di [en:Stansted] ho comprato un bel numero speciale dell’Economist, “The World in 2009”, e leggo. Leggo. Leggo. Non ci trovo traccia di ottimismo. Ma di sano “pessimismo riflessivo”. Non ci sono articoli fatalisti. Non ci sono dichiarazioni da fine millennio: solo coscienza che il 2009 non sarà un anno facile, e che i Leader di tutti i paesi devono intervenire ORA sulle economie per rallentare il più possibile la Spirale Recessica. ...