Studenthood Nightmare

This is another thing it happens to me as well! I don’t really know what does it says: probably that some of the studenthood “duty” left a deep mark on our subconscious, making us imagine realities in which we “didn’t do our job”… and now we pay the consequences. Or, simply, that some teachers at school should be reported for “mental raping”! :-D LOL

March 21, 2009 · 1 min · 64 words

Immune a priori

Normalmente non quoto Marco Travaglio: lo segue sicuramente piu’ gente di quanta segua me. Ma questo video e’ davvero interessante per “capire” come mai Berlusca non e’ mai andato in carcere. Source: Voglio Scendere.

March 9, 2009 · 1 min · 34 words

Android Dev Phone 1: to GIT Master and Back

If you, like me, have a Android Dev Phone 1 (“ADP1” from now on), you are probably wondering how to take the latest version of the Android Source Code, the “GIT Master”, compile and put on your device. I googled and googled and googled, finding some sparse material. But it’s all messed up: sometimes it was incomplete or partial, sometimes it was a matter of formatting/style, it could get very difficult to read. So, this post is my way of making it organic and organized. Let’s get it started! ...

March 8, 2009 · 8 min · 1615 words

Dieci

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.

March 5, 2009 · 1 min · 23 words

Sentenziato Tizio, si dimette Caio

Semplicemente, un grande e sonoro: LOL! -_-’ PS L’Italia e’ sempre piu’ imbarazzante…

February 17, 2009 · 1 min · 13 words

It happens to me all the time

How do you end Parenthetical Statement with Emoticons? To be honest? I can’t work out what’s the right thing to do. But I know that I normally do the send option: even if it looks “ugly” it does follow a logical pattern. The second one is too “messy” for a control freak like me ;-) How do you normally solve this dilemma?

February 15, 2009 · 1 min · 62 words

Culinary Nationalism

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 ...

February 6, 2009 · 1 min · 209 words

Google Latitude on iPhone? Background Process?

Google just introduced a new service, Latitude. I will not go in the details of explaining what it does, simply because the official web page is detailed enough, and has a nice/fancy video. What is relevant for me is the list of phone with which it will work: Will it work with my phone? Google Latitude is a feature of Google Maps for mobile on these phones: Android-powered devices, such as the T-Mobile G1 (coming soon) iPhone and iPod touch devices (coming soon) most color BlackBerry devices most Windows Mobile 5.0+ devices most Symbian S60 devices (Nokia smartphones) many Java-enabled (J2ME) mobile phones, such as Sony Ericsson devices (coming soon) This service is free from Google; carrier charges may apply. ...

February 6, 2009 · 3 min · 449 words

Working from Home today...

White London ;) Hopefully I can access my code… ;)

February 2, 2009 · 1 min · 10 words

I miei commenti a "Napoli: La Storia"

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 ...

February 1, 2009 · 1 min · 203 words