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Normally I don’t spend time suggesting Add-ons/Plugins for Firefox or other stuff like that, but this is GREAT! Cooliris PicLens (here the Firefox Add-on Page), available on Windows & Mac; working with [en:Internet Explorer|IE], Firefox and [en:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safari_(web_browser)|Safari] (too!!!). Just install it, then go on any Flickr, Picasa, Facebook, wathever service that expose an [en:RSS] feed of pictures and… click on the PicLens icon (in Firefox will be in the upper right corner after the installation). ...

Ieri sono stato ricoperto di Orgoglio. E’ un grande. Lui si che lo e’. Ricordo quando da piccolo, nella mia mente, lui era sempre debole. Lui era quello da difendere. Ma allo stesso tempo quello di cui “dovevo dissimulare la difesa”: lui e’ sempre stato orgoglioso (ma penso che sia una cosa di famiglia ;-) ). E pensare che mi guardava come un Modello da imitare e fronteggiare allo stesso tempo. ...

[en:Andrew Tanenbaum] recently released the 3rd edition of Modern Operating Systems, and there is a brand new chapter about [en:Symbian OS]. Prof. Andrew Tanenbaum - Sexy, isn’t it? ;) I think that this is a reflection of the importance that Symbian OS has at present. This also means that more people will probably learn about Symbian OS as part of their university courses. Thanks for the interest Andy. I’ll buy it (or borrow from our library) very soon ;-) .

Figure 1: Comprehensible, and therefore wrong, software process. Figure 2: More complicated, and therefore better, software process. Figure 3: Simplified Software Process (SSP) model. Pretty dumb. Incredibly popular.

… or, at least, I do! ;)

It’s incredible. She was here around with us, working with us. Managing the career of people. Of Software Engineer like me. English: controlled, polite but sociable and engaged and enthusiast in her job. Vomiting. Strong Vomiting. Anyone assumed was just a Virus of the Flue a little bit stronger than usual. My Engineering Manager’s email of yesterday: What Suzanne thought was the sickness and vomiting bug actually turned out to be a small brain haemorrhage when she went to A&E last Wednesday night. Martin, Suzanne’s husband, called on Thursday to let me know what was happening and indicated at that time that Suzanne would require an operation. On talking to him yesterday it transpired that Suzanne has had a subsequent haemorrhage on Sunday night…. ...

… Stavo per partire, dovevo andare da mio cugino a Milano. È strano come con chiunque parli, qualunque sia l’argomento, appena dici che stai per andartene via ricevi auguri, complimenti e giudizi entusiasti: «È così che si fa. Fai benissimo, lo farei anch’io». Non devi aggiungere dettagli, specificare cosa andrai a fare. Qualunque sia il motivo, sarà migliore di quelli che troverai per continuare a vivere in queste zone. … ...

Lemma: entrambi Sillabazione/Fonetica: [en-tràm-bi] Etimologia: Dal lat. i°nter a°mbos ‘fra tutti e due’ Definizione: ant. entrambo o intrambo o intrambi, pron. m. pl. [f. entrambe] tutti e due, ambedue: sono partiti entrambi || Usato anche come agg. , seguito dall’art. determ.: entrambi i lati. Yin Yang: [en:VW] Style L’altro giorno con Vincenzo si discuteva su “entrambi vs. entrambe” e io non riuscivo ancora bene a farmene una ragione. Ho quindi cercato sul garzanti ed il risultato e’ riportato sopra. La conclusione: maschile (o misto) “entrambi”, femminile “entrambe”.

Siccome sembra che qui tutti si siano fatti prendere dall’Amore Natalizio, eccovi il mio contributo: ormai a casa mia non sono piu’ io a fare il presepe, ma i miei fratelli. Adriano per la precisione (Marcello e’ troppo sfaticato…). Angurie a Tutti! ;)

My Hero: Classic Italian Espresso My Hero is Black, with a Brown hat and Penetrating smell. My Hero is Strong, when I feel that he is around my mind suddenly turn on like a light bulb. My Hero is Italian, because is the only place where his taste is Strong Enough for Me. My Hero helps me everyday: without him no jobs would be easy enough. My Hero is a Man, because the Woman is the Sugar. ...