Some scientists working on the LHC at the Cern of Geneva had a cool idea to make people aware of “what” they are going to do. On the 10th of September there will be the First Beam (more info on the official website/blog), and I like the way they make sure people understand it’s NOT the end of the World. My personal answer to them is: Hey man, this shit is good! ;) ...
LOL! :D
No, Ferragosto is an Italian Holiday only. Here we are working (quite) hard. But a break is allowed to everyone, isn’t it? I found this “extract” of Selected Writings on Computing: A Personal Perspective, by Edsger W. Dijkstra (Springer-Verlag, 1982. ISBN 0–387–90652–5). ...
I wrote about Hadoop some time ago (for “some reasons”) and I did EXACTLY what Ted Dziubas says here. But I’m not offended at all: he is 100% right! And I strongly suggest to take a look at this article: in the middle of his swearing there is, actually, some good stuff about “what is going on in the Web2.0 Yet Again Exploding Bubble!!!
By mistake I missed the first issue of “10 Politically Incorrect Poetry” (a semantic translation of “10 Poesie Incivili”) from Andrea Camilleri (Wiki in Italian). A masterpiece. Published by MicroMega, the first issue contained 10 poetry, the second 5 (and sounds like there will be others…). They are all about Berlusconi, Fini, Bossi and the “Gentle-Opposition” of the Italian Democratic Party. The only problem: they are in Italian, sorry! But we talk about a “Master”, so a try it’s worth it. Title: 10 Politically Incorrect Poetry ...
I was going to sleep… but I couldn’t resist. So I woke up and I edited this little perl: the demonstration that I’m an Idiot! :)
Me in Malta? O_o A couple of frieds of mine, Michele and Imma, went to Malta and found this man…