Uk on Zio Ivan

Ugly, expensive Housing

Fri, 17 Jul 2015 00:00:00 +0000

Yet another take on expensive housing.

I’m not sure I fully agree with the idea that poor aesthetic (actually, ugliness) has a dominating role in the pricing bubble. I still believe the the biggest issue is with political choices, that most probably are driven by lobbist interests.

Nevertheless this video is an interesting and watch-worth perspective.

After watching this video I subscribed to “The School of Life” channel. And frankly you should too.

Help to Buy means richer Builders

Fri, 03 Jul 2015 00:00:00 +0000

Britain, you have a problem: house prices in the East/South East have grown ridiculous. See 2014 house pricing data by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) that compares prices with the pre-crisis ones.

+31.6!?!?!?!

We all know that UK is very much London centered, and this is reflected in the graph above. The government doesn’t shy away from policy that are openly “pro-London” and while there are complaints, as an immigrant since 2007, I can see not much more than some “grumpiness” about it. It’s like Britons are “sort of ok with it”.

Oldboy: 10 years later

Wed, 11 Dec 2013 00:00:00 +0000

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.

USA: 2 weeks in, another 1 to go

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:29:54 +0000

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).

Crossing the pond

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:30:47 +0000

I borrowed the title from a guy who kickstarted all of this. Thanks Ariya ;)

I’m leaving Betfair. I owe a lot to this company: for a bit longer than a year I have had the pleasure to work with smart, enlightened, knowledgeable people from which I learned loads. Leaving was definitely not an easy choice.

The only thing didn’t happen, is that I didn’t become a proper punter: I just learned that even something sounding “boring” as betting on sports, can actually be a very big challenge in terms of the technologies involved. Even more, if you try to do it in the Betfair way: with million of customers, all constantly hammering the servers to make the most out of their money.

Can Italy be trusted in building a Nuclear Reactor?

Wed, 16 Mar 2011 08:19:36 +0000

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.

The Shortest Christmas Holiday

Mon, 20 Dec 2010 12:26:30 +0000

Here we are, trying to think of a title for this post. A post about what the HELL happened to us in our first attempt to go home for Christmas 2010. The only thing we thought about is “The Shortest Christmas Holiday”. You will have to live with that! :)

10:20 - Early arrival at terminal and great weather

Our friend Oz volunteered to bring us to Stansted Airport for our flight to Naples (what a lovely chap!). After 1 hour and 10 minutes, his little Panda brought us safe and sound to Stansted Airport. More than 2 hours in advance.

Italy: a scandal-proof Country

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:06:20 +0000

I feel ashamed. The Guardian a week ago released this article explaining, in a “reasonably informed way” why “nothing happens after all the scandals in which the Psycho-Nano is involved”.

I say “reasonably informed way” because, normally, newspapers that are not Italian don’t really get what the man is: to understand Berlusconi you need to understand what Italy became today.

In any case, in this situations, I feel ashamed of being Italian. And doesn’t matter “that I’m not him”: I’m Italian, Italy is my Country, but it’s like seeing a beautiful woman destroying herself with alcohol, unable to understand when she should stop.

HTC Hero in UK from Orange

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:30:07 +0000

I’m with a bit of proudness that I say that in July the HTC Hero, a new Android-based smart-phone, is going to be launched.

HTC Hero - First Look

For UK, Orange will be the operator to sell it. ~~As far as I know, details are not being disclosed yet.~~

HTC has developed this new UI/UX (User Interface/User eXperience) on the top of Android, called “HTC Sense”. Some says, on the top of Android (2.0 codename “Donut”). I personally don’t know if it’s true: if it is soon we will have it in the Android branch. But something tells me that this is going to be ONLY available on Android HTC phones. It’s too much of a “added value” for HTC to give it out to everyone else.

Another most notable thing, this will be the first phone on the market to have full support for Adobe Flash (not just Flash Lite ;) ). Adobe announces it here.

More videos about this AMAZING UI after the jump.

"Improving the developer experience", Symbian Foundation blog: my comment

Mon, 18 May 2009 10:12:28 +0000

I just wrote a comment to an article I read on the Symbian Foundation blog: "Improving the developer experience", by David Wood.

I think it’s worth replicating it here:

detronizator Says: May 18, 2009 at 9:58 AM @Mark Burton: I had EXACTLY the same experience. It was like jumping back to the “future” of software development and see that IT’S NOT MANDATORY to have to deal with ANCIENT C++ to write software for mobile. More funny: it’s all based on Open Source/Open Standard technologies, like gdb and qemu!!! @wtr1: Did you ever see Android running on the Emulator (because that’s what it is: WINSCW is a SIMULATOR)? And Symbian itself? I did when I was there. A guy started working on Symbian for QEMU, achieving to start th OS in a 10th of the time, if not less. Even faster than ANDROID to boot!!! But at that time people took me as a fool for supporting this guy so strongly… Seriously: WINSCW is “theoretically” faster but so badly written that it’s actually slower. @David Wood: I basically agree with you, but to say that “there isn’t such a Symbian controlled by manufacturers”, it’s what I’ll call “more than just a personal and partial opinion”. The control and the “steering” of THE manufacturer (who said “Nokia?”) was in every step that was taken in Symbian. And that was absolutely “correct”: after all Nokia owned the most of it. Now you are “step by step” trying to change this. But the problems you are dealing today are heritage of a “not so far past”. And, as you said yourself, “it’s not going to change overnight”. A last thought: I’m realizing that the most of those posts are focused on discussing the “technical philosophy”, “political moves”, “current market”, “business model” of Symbian but… are we ever actually going to discuss technical and more interesting stuff? And, bear in mind, this is not a critic to the audience here, neither to the bloggers (who always arise good, important and interesting points): my critic is to make people realize that the problems of this Platform are so “deep in developers soul” and “frustrating for beeing so old complex”, that the main discuss driver is always away from the technical stuff. For example: what about “common mistakes made by C++ developers and how symbian address and solve them” or “how to build a Client-Server architecture in 5 minutes” or “how to optimize performance of a UI-intensive application” or “how to generate JSON files in your web-based S60 app”… and I could say more. Developers, at least of my age, want code, snippets, smart patterns and so on… My 5 cents. PS Please, bear in mind that WINSCW is a “SIMULATOR”, while QEMU is an “EMULATOR”, like the ARM one that Nokia preferred to QEMU… and we are still waiting here! :P PPS At least this is the definition you can find on books from Tanenbaum or Sterling.

Working from Home today...

Mon, 02 Feb 2009 11:38:04 +0000

White London ;)

Hopefully I can access my code… ;)

I told you guys!!!

Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:36:05 +0000

While my iPhone’s Weather application was showing this

Where exactly?

Fri, 26 Dec 2008 10:40:37 +0000

Yesterday, 25th of December, President of Iran [en:Mahmoud Ahmadinejad] broadcasted from Channel 4 a Christmas Speech for people of UK.

Now, I could understand the “surprise” of receiving a “classical” Christmas Speech from a President of an Islamic and Middle Eastern country, while Queen Elisabeth the II was doing the same (Yes! The British Monarchy has an Official Channel on YouTube!). But, reading the full transcription and watching the video I can’t see where exactly Ahmadinejad was “offensive” or expressing his “fanatic anti-semitism”. I mean, we all know what he said during the last years, and how much he would like to send a couple of nuclear bombs on the Israeli army, but there is nothing of that in this message. (By the way, would it be that bad to kick the ass of the IsrAmericans? :-P )

Particular interesting to read is the article from BBC, “Ahmadinejad show ‘causes offence’”, where different perspective and comments are reported, mostly from westerns. And the only thing I can see is that no one actually listened of what he said: westerns just assumed that he wants to kill Jews and Christians; while, actually, what he said is quite shareable and agreeable: changing just a couple of words it would easily be the Speech of the Pope!… Ehm… Mmm… Eee… Sorry, my mistake: the Pope will never send it’s Greetings to Muslims! He will just send some Crusaders! Yes, seriously: it’s actually a Positive and Good-Willing message. He just condemned the bullish and expansionisms of “some” countries, as something that Jesus will stand against, if he was on earth.

I’m not supporting Ahmadinejad here: I’m simply highlighting how much our media (all of them) likes to control our perception of things, sometimes passing down to us just a surrogate (a POISONED SURROGATE) of the news.

From my side, I just congratulate Channel 4 for doing this. Brave, Intelligent, Modern, Really Open-minded. Full video and transcript (both in english) follows.

Involuting Christianity

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 18:40:11 +0000

Once, in a very weird and dark nightmare, I read this letter from the Pope:

My dear Christians, The World is changing and a wave of new corrupted culture is establishing a new, different, atheist moral. Please, don’t join the World in it’s changing. Bear in mind that homosexuality is a Sin and an Abomination: I’m sure God is furious much more because of you loving your homosexual partner, than of the fact that you all are polluting the planet. So, please, stop bumping each other. Actually, I think would be way better if you were just raping your own sister! Being in this period of the year, bear in mind to destroy the Pagan beliefs of your kids: Santa Claus doesn’t exists. Only Jesus, with it’s collection of miracles, and it’s conception on the 8th of December and birth on the 25th of the same month, it’s real. Like Adam and Eva. Sincerely, your ~~Cultural and Religious Dictator~~ Pope

Crisi Mondiale, Riforme Locali

Sat, 20 Dec 2008 10:28:27 +0000

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.

Thinking aloud about my Career

Sun, 07 Dec 2008 18:54:28 +0000

I don’t know exactly how to express what’s happening to me. I mean, to be quick, I’d say that “I’m doing well with my Career”. But that’s not my point here; and I don’t think you really care, do you? Plus, it’d show how little humble I’m: not really helpful social and friend wise. ;-)

BrickBook Unboxing

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 23:12:46 +0000

[![](http://lh4.ggpht.com/detronizator/SQD0_TWfWZE/AAAAAAAABfQ/HEHlhDkPhoI/s160-c/BrickBookUnboxing.jpg)](http://picasaweb.google.com/detronizator/BrickBookUnboxing#)

[BrickBook Unboxing](http://picasaweb.google.com/detronizator/BrickBookUnboxing#)

Simply, the Best laptop I have met. Ever!

P.S. Yes, I manage to grab one ;-)

WTF?

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 14:19:33 +0000

Tuesday or Wednesday last week, Appleintroduces one of the Greatest Piece of Art that the world of Technology has ever (EVER!) seen. This:

Yesterday, the less than a week after, at 235 Regent’s Street they were Sold-Out!!! The guys there said that «it was sold-out almost the same day it went on the market!!!».

Ragu', Gnocchi and Meatballs

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 01:43:45 +0000

[![](http://lh3.ggpht.com/detronizator/SN7OuhiHFvE/AAAAAAAABIs/W51FLbs4tRw/s160-c/RaguGnocchiMeatballsAndMoreMakingOf.jpg)](http://picasaweb.google.com/detronizator/RaguGnocchiMeatballsAndMoreMakingOf#)

[Ragu', Gnocchi, Meatballs and more: Making of...](http://picasaweb.google.com/detronizator/RaguGnocchiMeatballsAndMoreMakingOf#)

All fruit of my hard work ;) Enjoy… the pictures, while we enjoyed the food! :P

Housemade Music in Oxford Circus

Sun, 21 Sep 2008 22:54:18 +0000

Title: Housemade Music in Oxford Circus Abstract: Great, Talented artists, express themselves using just “common stuff”.

I met those guys a week ago at Oxford Circus, while I was with my Bro’. They are really really good!

Back from the Google Developer Day 2008

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 21:45:32 +0000

That was pretty exciting. A free, big, enlightening event about the “Google Stuff”… Ok, ok. Who spoke with me here knows that it was NOT so enlightening: most of the knowledge they brought from USA is and was already available on the web. But that’s probably not the point. The point is, I believe, to share. Share the culture, the vision and… the APIs.

The Venue: Wembley Stadium!!!

I went there for mainly two topics: Android and AppEngine. About Android, the presenter, Mike Jennings, was very funny (and you will see him as the second presenter in the video below) and a “great character”. But his knowledge of the Platform was pretty basic. I believe he sort of Project Manager or something like that. Plus, in the second part they invited to do a “technical talk about the SDK” a guy, Carl-Gustaf Harroch. He is developing an application that involves a bit of LBS (Location Based Services) and some Google Maps. Ok nice, but he straggled quite soon with our questions about… almost everything of the SDK. And, yes, I was quite bastard with my own questions. Come one: how can you do a talk like that without even knowing “enough” what is the meaning of the Tags within the AndroidManifest.xml? He was even quite young and not very confident, and he was unable to introduce the basic concepts before talking about more complex and in deep stuff. At the end, quite disappointing session, I must say. Probably, I knew more about it :-P .

The USB freebie ;)

About AppEngine, I went to a “CodeLab”: a session where you are supposed to code. And I did, focusing more on my own Python code. They were available for help and questions, either about the application they proposed to build, or about your own. “In chair”, Mano Marks: confident. Probably too confident. But, at the end, he was helpful, even if an answer or two where quite “upsetting” (I mean: if I ask a question about something you don’t know, and I tell you that you are wrong, don’t be arrogant and confident; wait and see my proof!!!).

Now, let’s see the Keynote:

Arsenal vs FC Twente

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 18:09:04 +0000

[![](http://lh5.ggpht.com/detronizator/SLBBwapgEIE/AAAAAAAABGU/IuN2SX1wzjM/s160-c/ArsenalStadiumAndChampionsLeagueTickets.jpg)](http://picasaweb.google.com/detronizator/ArsenalStadiumAndChampionsLeagueTickets)

[Arsenal Stadium and Champions League Tickets](http://picasaweb.google.com/detronizator/ArsenalStadiumAndChampionsLeagueTickets)

I know is just Twente and that’s just a Preliminary of Champions League, but is still the Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium ;)

And I’ll go there with Don Fabio: not just anyone!!!

Inferno in London

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:38:36 +0000

Galeotto fu il Post e Chi lo lesse ;)

[![](http://lh3.ggpht.com/detronizator/SIDvt0GwJwE/AAAAAAAABCw/7TgyLkKyKrw/s160-c/InfernoInLondon.jpg)](http://picasaweb.google.com/detronizator/InfernoInLondon)

[Inferno in London](http://picasaweb.google.com/detronizator/InfernoInLondon)

Letto il primo capitolo: promette sorprese interessanti ;) .

Viva la Vida

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:45:32 +0000

I love this song. It’s just amazing: I loved it even before I read the Lyrics. And, actually, that’s the incredible things: no one seems to be “sure” about what exactly is the mean. Someone says it’s about Jesus (quite unlikly from my point of view: to see Jesus in there you need to “stretch” the meaning). The other, more accredited belief, is that it’s about Napoleon (the cover of the CD and a lot of what is said in the lyrics is adherent and coherent with this option).

But, as I said, I loved eat even before I read the full lyrics. It made me feel inspired. And made me think about love, life, my past, my present and my next leap. Probably more because of the great music and instruments than by the lyrics itself. Well done Coldplay ;)

… but, wait a minute! On Wikipedia, in the page about this album, there is this section about Chris Martin:

[…] Q magazine asked Chris Martin about the line “I know Saint Peter won’t call my name” sung in “Viva la Vida”. Martin replied: “It’s about… You’re not on the list. I was a naughty boy. It’s always fascinated me that idea of finishing your life and then being analyzed on it. And it’s that runs through most religions. That’s why people blow up buildings. Because they think they’re going to get lots of virgins. I always feel like saying, Just join a band (laughs). That is the most frightening thing you could possibly say to somebody. Eternal damnation. I know about this stuff because I studied it. I was into it all. I know it. It’s still mildly terrifying to me. And this is serious.” […]

So, looks like they are really into some religious message (or sort of it). Probably, just fascinated by the “figure” of Jesus himself.

Anyway, Enjoy! ;-)

Cinguettio

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:24:48 +0000

Ma come si fa a mangiare un formaggio francese, che e’ la spudorata copia del Bel Paese (ma con in piu’ quel tocco di roba verde ammuffita sopra… -_- ), e Baguette alle 9 e 30 del mattino? Io mi tengo il mio caffe’ ed i cockie che mi sono mangiato prima di scendere… ;)

Maserati Quattroporte Sport GT S

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 15:32:20 +0000

I met one of those superior piece of art/technology/sculpture/car around the Tate Modern (just outside of it): Maserati Quattroporte Sport GT S. I couldn’t resist to take some pictures. ;)

[![](http://lh3.ggpht.com/detronizator/SHDKtVuuPyE/AAAAAAAABBQ/um0zy8ZsAVo/s160-c/MaseratiQuattroporteSportGTS.jpg)](http://picasaweb.google.com/detronizator/MaseratiQuattroporteSportGTS)

[Maserati Quattroporte Sport GT S](http://picasaweb.google.com/detronizator/MaseratiQuattroporteSportGTS)

333.33

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:27:14 +0000

It’s not another jigsaw, but you will never imagine how incredibly this number popped out O_o . Free to wonder in the comments! ;)

Cooliris releases PicLens 1.7

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:26:53 +0000

I have already highlighted in the past this project. Now I’m delighted to report that version 1.7 is out, and… it’s a great one!!!

We are thrilled to announce the launch of PicLens Version 1.7 with three exciting additions:

Shop Amazon– The 3D Wall transformed image search. Now PicLens launches online shopping into the 21st century. Browse and buy seamlessly just like window shopping!

Discover– MSNBC, ESPN, movie trailers…Get the latest news, photos, and video feeds.

Fonejacker

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:20:55 +0000

This was one of the few tv programs I liked when I arrived in UK (of course, just after BBC News ;-) ): some of the accents that the Fonejacker does were (and some still are) quite difficult, but… it’s super funny anyway.

F**k off!!!

Official web site: www.fonejacker.tv.

A new, even bigger City

Sun, 15 Jun 2008 11:35:28 +0000

After a year and a couple of months I’m going to leave Symbian Software Ltd. (London). It has been a very good experience as my first job in [en:UK]: a way to grow mainly, first as a [en:Man], then as a [en:Software Engineer]… and then professionally in general.

A lot of interesting, inspiring, intelligent people (and a lot of NOT), that showed me “their way”: I took where it was worth it, not where it wasn’t… and left where I was able to.

Worse than being unable to Sleep...

Sun, 08 Jun 2008 10:29:11 +0000

… is being woke up at 8:32 on Sunday Morning, after you went to sleep around 02:30.

Wake Up! Now!

And not just woke up “politely”: your flatmate comes back at home and turn on his super-laudly-hard-techno-rock-massive-disruptive music.

I leave at you to imagine the rest.

Ah, by the way: just attached to his room, in the flat next to us, there a very Old-Style-Super-Polite English Couple. -_-

Jigsaw 04

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 23:28:19 +0000

phtt://ttlaarnse.gglooe.mco/tlsaantre_t

Sono esterrefatto. Avete lo spirito di osservazione di un Iguana Argentina Estinta. Dove sono Il Bradipo o Nemo (lo so dove e’, don’t worry) o Il Biondo. Insomma, gli intelligenti?

Jigsaw 03

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 17:30:04 +0000

اعجاب مدى التعقيد هي القيام 02 (01) لك!

PS Tra poco, pure chi non capisce l’Italiano risolve questo Enigma.

Jigsaw 02

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 21:42:19 +0000

Sirjy vs. Ivan

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 00:00:45 +0000

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! :)

A Fox in Boundary Row, London

Sun, 18 May 2008 23:01:29 +0000

I was on my way to the office (yes, on Sunday: I have stuff to do ;) ), when I see something that doesn’t look correct or “in the right place”. A Fox in the middle of Boundary Row!!!

[![](http://lh6.ggpht.com/detronizator/SDCgpPE2BfE/AAAAAAAAA80/DRR4vtnWpwQ/s160-c/AFoxInBoundaryRowO_o.jpg)](http://picasaweb.google.com/detronizator/AFoxInBoundaryRowO_o)

[A Fox in Boundary Row O_o](http://picasaweb.google.com/detronizator/AFoxInBoundaryRowO_o)

I don’t know, probably was bringing to my desk Firefox 3 RC1 ;) Yes yes, I know: Firefox is not a [en:Fox], but a Red Panda!!!.

London Open Source Jam - 15th May 2008

Sat, 17 May 2008 13:15:24 +0000

This time the main topic was about “Developer Productivity”. It was one of the most funny I have ever attended: a couple of speaker were just “crazy” (but in a good way)! ;)

If interested in knowing more, here is a transcript of the event: http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dm58hwb_5f93zjrcd.

Training Path #6 - 28 Apr 2008

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 23:06:53 +0000

2.2 miles ~= 3.54 kms

This time I was running with Luca: we pushed a bit the speed… but we practically died at the end of Blackfriars Bridge: still good, but next time I need to slow down to last more. Wish me good luck. I will run on the JP Morgan Chase Corporate Challenge on July ;)

Training Path #5

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 15:11:42 +0000

2.05 miles ~= 3.3 kms

Today I took it a bit easy: John was with me and he has a problem with his knee, so we decided to do only 2 miles to start. Very beautiful day: looks like full summer, with a very strong sun smiling to us. We passed through a big festival/party/something in South Bank: a lot of people enjoying ice creams, watching shows and other stuff for kids. I tried to google for it, but I didn’t manage to know what’s going on up there.

Training Path #4

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 21:46:54 +0000

2.79 miles ~= 4.49 kms

Almost to 3 miles. On Monday we will see if I can do that.

Into the Android

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 22:21:20 +0000

Last 2/3 months I used a bit of my free time studying Android the so called “Google OS”, that is the result of the Open Handset Alliance.

In this relatively short amount of time I had the possibility to collect information from the official sources, as well as from very interesting and active forums (like this one and this one). I had also the possibility to meet other experts during the Android Code Day event (here a summary what we did there). It was a very good place to ask important business related questions: I should say that the Google Developer Advocate Jason Chen was very keen to answer my tricky questions ;-) .

Spending other words on this here is quite pointless: half of the web speaks about it (while the other half speaks about iPhone ;) ). But I would like to share part of the result of this study:

* A Presentation: "Into the Android" [[PDF](http://downloads.detronizator.org/intotheandroid/Into the Android.pdf) | [HTML+Flash](http://downloads.detronizator.org/intotheandroid/Into the Android.html)]

* Video #1: MWC - Android running on different ARM-based devices [[mp4](http://downloads.detronizator.org/intotheandroid/MWC - Android running on different ARM-based devices.mp4)]

* Video #2: MWC - Android running on E2831 [[mp4](http://downloads.detronizator.org/intotheandroid/MWC - Android running on E2831.mp4)]

* Source code of the Application I developed for study (actually, is just the [Tutorial](http://code.google.com/android/intro/tutorial.html) that comes with the [SDK](http://code.google.com/android/download.html) with much more internal documentation ;) ): [VSNotepad.tar.gz](http://downloads.detronizator.org/intotheandroid/VSNotepad.tar.gz).

The presentation explains different details of the Development process using the code of this application as an example.

The video are also on Youtube and embedded here after the jump.

Morpherage

Sat, 05 Apr 2008 19:35:19 +0000

> Title: Morpherage

PS This video was done using iMovie in… 20 minutes.

Nokia E61i for Sale on eBay

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 22:57:25 +0000

Here the link.

Mini One vs Fiat 500

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 21:32:37 +0000

We all know who is the best ;)

Cinguettio

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 17:09:26 +0000

UPDATE Grazie alle “magie” (ehm, “magagne”? ;) ) di cui e’ capace C++, il miracolo e’ avvenuto (e, giuro, l’Elefante non ha subito alcun danno; anzi!).

Fare il "Forward-Porting" di questa [en:API] e' come far entrare un [it:Elefante] in una [it:Fiat_Cinquecento|Cinquecento].

Cinguettio

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 11:52:04 +0000

C’e’ un ~~coglione~~ collega che lavora con me che si chiama:

Capa ‘ianc!!! ovvero Whitehead

Picture of the Day

Sun, 10 Feb 2008 03:31:22 +0000

Today I have 2 personal albums to show. Be ready to Laugh! ;)

[![](http://lh6.google.com/detronizator/R65bxqTScWE/AAAAAAAAAkA/S2gYmSr-cgM/s160-c/RelocationDayFromAllSaintsToSouthwark.jpg)](http://picasaweb.google.com/detronizator/RelocationDayFromAllSaintsToSouthwark)

[Relocation Day: from All Saints to Southwark](http://picasaweb.google.com/detronizator/RelocationDayFromAllSaintsToSouthwark)

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[Sorting out my new Room in 17 Windmill House](http://picasaweb.google.com/detronizator/SortingOutMyNewRoomIn17WindmillHouse)

Yes, in all of them the main “subject” is Serage ;)

One day you are here, the other...

Wed, 16 Jan 2008 17:07:01 +0000

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….

Don't get bored to death or the Queen will sue you!

Fri, 09 Nov 2007 19:52:16 +0000

Sounds impossible? Depends on WHERE you get bored. Please, do do it in the [en:House of Parliament].

[en:LONDON] (AFP) - [en:Queen Elizabeth II]’s speech in the [en:British Parliament] Tuesday may have been routine but at least nobody got bored to death. That would have been against the law.

Dying in parliament is an offence and is also by far the most absurd law in [en:Britain], according to a survey of nearly 4,000 people by a television channel showing a legal drama series. And though the lords were clad in their red and white ermine cloaks and ambassadors from around the world wore colourful national costumes, at least nobody turned up in a suit of armour. Illegal. Other rules deemed utterly stupid included one that permits a pregnant woman to urinate in a policeman’s hat and murdering bow-and-arrow-carrying Scotsmen within the city walls of York, northern England. A law stating that in [en:Liverpool], only a clerk in a tropical fish store is allowed to be publicly topless, was also ridiculous, said a poll of 3,931 people for UKTV Gold television out Tuesday. Nearly half of those surveyed admitted to breaking the ban on eating mince pies on Christmas Day, which dates back to the 17th century and was originally designed to outlaw gluttony during the rule of the Puritan [en:Oliver Crowmell]. The laws and other regulations were culled from published research into ancient legislation that has never been repealed although subsequent statutes have rendered them obsolete. Respondents were given a shortlist and asked to vote. Most ridiculous British law:

Guinness Domino ads

Fri, 09 Nov 2007 17:50:49 +0000

After a lot of unmotivated comments (for the quality of the Movie itself) about my post about Domino Harvey, I finally have another Domino to talk about.

This is an ads going on in the UK TV. It’s from Guinness, one of the most strong-tasty (I say “not very much good tasty”), beer that you can find in any pub here. But the advert is very very good ;)

Title: Guinness Tipping Point Domino advert Abstract: New Guinness Advert - only previously available to those who solved the puzzles on the Guinness website!

101 days in the Big City

Tue, 23 Oct 2007 10:58:32 +0000

Taipei 101: The tallest building in the world since 2004

This is my 101 days. Writing a post on the 100 (50 * 2) was just too obvious ;)

A lot of things are changed, and a lot are still changing. My life is stable like an Elephant on the point of a needle.

The Big City has giving a lot to my “maturation process” as Software Engineer, but it’s not just gold because it sparkle, is it? But it worth it. We come out of University thinking “we deserve the best”, but we don’t. At least, we don’t yet. I’m figuring out, every day much more clearly, that University is just a gym, and whatever we did there, it is just not enough for the business world.

English Humor

Sun, 30 Sep 2007 00:25:10 +0000

There was once a man who had 2 horses, but he couldn’t tell them apart. So he cut the tail off one, but it didn’t work, because it grew again. So he cut the mane off one, but it didn’t work, because it grew again. Then he misured them, and he found that the black hourse was 4cm shorter than the white horse.

-_-

P.S. This “joke” was used (in an interesting teaching way) during my first lesson for the ESOL L1 course in the [en:Southwark College], just started today. P.P.S. I know: it’s a shame to have a course in Saturday, at 9:30, when you are supposed to sleep. But, what can I do?

Stephen Fry has opened a Blog

Sun, 30 Sep 2007 00:18:17 +0000

From [en:Stephen_Fry|Wikipedia]:

Stephen John Fry (born 24 August 1957) is an English comedian, writer, actor, novelist, filmmaker and television personality. The former comedy collaborator of [en:Hugh Laurie], he is also the host of the television panel game [en:QI].

I like this man. I discovered him thanks to Laurie, and reading and watching him I discovered that he is great on his own.

Fry and his FryPhone (is not my idea: is him)

My iPod Video 30GB on eBay

Wed, 12 Sep 2007 22:18:53 +0000

Update 2007-09-14: I re-listed it on eBay because they contacted me and said that I’ll receive my money for the 2 auction back. As usual, eBay has a great Customer Care (or, at least, this is my present and past experience about that).

Update 2007-09-12: I sold it twice. Twice was a spoof/fake. :(

A fake account on eBay bought it with the option “Buy Now”. Then he asked to me to send the product in Africa (Nigeria) and asked to me to pay with PayPal. In the beginning I thought it was strange… but with the money, I would sell also in Nicaragua.

Picture of the Day

Sun, 09 Sep 2007 00:14:44 +0000

Update 10th of Sep 2007: The name of the Restaurant is “Sig. Grilli - Ristorante Pizzeria” in 40 Goodge Street, London W1. I wrote a review about it in Italian ;)

It was parked in Tottenham Court Road. We were just out of an Italian Restaurant (£25.00 each… for a beef steak and House’s Red Wine!!!)… when I saw it:

It’s beautiful, isn’t it? The mythic [en:Volkswagen] [en:VW_Type_2|Type 2 (aka Transporter)]!!!

Another one follow.

I love Mountain Bikes

Thu, 30 Aug 2007 21:11:46 +0000

I went inside the store (www.halfords.com) to choose a Town&Trial Bike (also known as Touring Byke): just because I have to go around “a city”.

But when I saw her I forgot about any “stupid-little-tiny-weels-bike” and just loved her at first sight!

Apollo FS.26 SE Mens 20" Full Suspension Mountain Bike

I’ll go to bring her with me on Sunday: we will go around London just for fun. I hope we will stay together forever. And that she will like my weight. And…

Una serata nel 1600...

Thu, 30 Aug 2007 13:34:09 +0000

Tra le tante opportunità che offre la città di Londra, resto sempre più affascinata dalla cultura e dall’importanza che questo popolo riserva ai suoi “personaggi”, a coloro che legano il nome dell’Inghilterra alla propria fama, portandolo in tutto il mondo… uno di questi è [en:William Shakespeare].

Ebbene sulle rive del Tamigi, nel Bankside, si trova il teatro aperto nel 1997, dedicato al lavoro del novellista, nel quale vengono rappresentate le sue opere da diverse compagnie! Ma per ulteriori informazioni vi consiglio di dare un’occhiata al sito ufficiale dello Shakespeare’s Globe, che di sicuro riconoscerete in questo filmato.

Domani si torna in UK

Mon, 27 Aug 2007 01:02:16 +0000

Ma qui da me non ne vogliono sapere di dormire ;)

“Sant’Antò, hè fatto sta buono ‘o figliu mio. Nun ‘me dj’ niente .. .. .. nunn’aggia potuto fa ‘a testiera a ‘o Bambiniello. Sulo chesto aggia potuto”.

Facendo niente… ha fatto anche troppo per i miei gusti ;)

50 days in the Big City

Tue, 31 Jul 2007 11:33:33 +0000

When I began this new experience, during the BootCamp, a Teacher/Employee of Symbian, L.Simpson (yep, “Simpson” :-D ) said:

Wellcome to the Big City!!!

He was referring to the amount of code [en:Symbian OS] is made of. But I think it can be applied to everything here. The feeling of being part of something big.

It is Frightful… but Fascinating and Stimulanting too.

Actually, I’m (and I’ll be for a lot) “no one” here… but I see a lot of young guys like me doing important things. And this is the most stimulating thing: I Could!

Google London Open Source Jam

Fri, 20 Jul 2007 11:13:07 +0000

Edit: Added a linkto the Google Group of the project of Mal about the sync-stuff. It’s name is PySync.

Yesterday I went with a collegue (thank you Serage, particularly for the pictures ;) ) to this event that the Google’s London Office sort twice (or more?) a year. Google London Open Source Jam.

I went for one main reason and other two minors (and… I didn’t know that the most important was another one ;)):

The Topic
- To take a look to the Google Office in London (very very close to Victoria Station)
- Free Food (very nice pizza ;) )

(What’s the “main one” is up to you… :-D ).

The Topic

This time, our topic of interest is Mobile.

Linux on phones

JavaME vs JavaSE vs .NET CF vs Native

Browser technologies: AJAX and Flash

Building native apps that port to multiple architectures

Open platforms (e.g. OpenMoko)

Cross platform testing

Making the most of mobile hardware (camera, voice, bluetooth, GPS, etc)

Phone bling

Hide-a-Pod

Sun, 15 Jul 2007 21:48:51 +0000

[en:London] is one of the best place… if you want to steal an iPod: as average, every train in the tube has 10 iPods inside. And other 5 are inside any bus.

But, because of this, the number of pod-snatching is very very high, and you can see in every station (particularly in Camden Town ;)) ads suggesting to “take care of your belongings”, a lot of them dedicated to the [en:iPod|Pod] of [en:Steve_Jobs|Jobs].

But now, there is a solution: and it comes from the smallest (LOL) competitor of iPod: [en:Zune|The MS Zune]!!! It is called Hide-a-Pod!!!

Risposta ad OSS|Blog.it

Sun, 08 Jul 2007 17:52:57 +0000

Ieri sono passato, come di consueto, su OSS|Blog.it e cosa ci trovo? Un brevissimo articolo su alcuni commenti che Nigel Clifford, CEO di Symbian, ha fatto su Linux e sul mercato degli smartphone con i piedi palmati.

Ho provato ad inserire la mia risposta sul relativo post… ma niente. Dice che sto spammando. Quindi… provvedo a farlo da qui.

Allora. Prima di essere assunto da Symbian, quando iniziai a studiarne la tecnologia e il Sistema Operativo, mi domandai come diavolo facevano a vendere una cosa così: Niente Eccezioni (Leave), niente (o quasi) thread (Active Objects), niente POSIX (almeno fino a quando mi hanno assunto, che è coinciso con il rilascio di P.I.P.S.), e… niente STL (ma staremo a vedere ancora per quanto ;) ).

Me on Facebook

Mon, 18 Jun 2007 20:11:16 +0000

No, I have not a Facebook account. It’s just a friend of mine, Vidula, that has putted pictures of us (Lennart, Sebastian, Serage, Vidula and me).

How ugly I’m? :(

Resume/CV updated!

Sun, 27 May 2007 14:53:28 +0000

In English: At my Resume Page you can find an updated version of my CV (New Symbian Employement and ASD Certification).

In Italiano: Alla mia Pagina Resume potete trovare la versione aggiornata del mio CV (Nuovo impiego in Symbian e Certificazione ASD).

Who wants to work in Symbian?

Wed, 23 May 2007 17:30:35 +0000

Guys, it’s time. If someone want to apply, as Graduate or (better) as Professional… it is a pleasure for me to do. Actually I’m thinking about:

Alexa
Faucho
Ugo

Other good candidates, but that I think not interested are:

SbatMan
Biondo
Eligio
Nemo
Ayor
Luke

But, if someone wants to apply, let me know. Go on http://www.symbian.com/about/careers/index.html for more details and vacancies. The Graduate program is the same I did… and can be a good idea for you too.

Beating Heart disease All Together

Sun, 13 May 2007 22:00:54 +0000

It’s the name of a very funny (and smart) campain of the “British Heart Foundation”, that wants to help any “over 50” (but why not also “under 50” ;-) ) to take “30 Minuts everyday” to do… something good for their hearts.

The [en:British_Heart_Foundation|B.H.F.] has make a lot of funny ads (there are a lot of them everywhere here in London). My favourite? The answer could not be more obvious.

My Room in Acton House

Sun, 29 Apr 2007 23:46:34 +0000

Here is a SmartSet on Zooomr. Do you like it? ;)

I have GeoTagged them too ;)

A little piece of bits

Wed, 25 Apr 2007 01:00:20 +0000

I don’t know HOW but… I’m online. Someone, for my luckyness, doesn’t know the meaning of the words like “Security”, “Privacy”, “Protection”, “Encryption”, “Authorization”, “Identification”…

It’s not a post, it’s only to say that “I’m not dead”: I have only little problems.

I’m now a London Citizen (I live at the 253 of Horn Lane, near North Acton Tube Station)
I’m a Graduate of the Symbian BootCamp codename “Donatello”

Laurie is also a novel author

Mon, 02 Apr 2007 16:37:03 +0000

Thanks to tv|blog I have disclosed that [en:Hugh Laurie] is ALSO a novel author. On 1996, Hugh has written [en:The Gun Seller]:

The Gun Seller (1996) is Hugh Laurie’s first, and to date only, novel. It concerns former Scots Guards officer Thomas Lang and his reluctant involvement in a conspiracy involving international arms dealers, terrorists, the CIA, the MOD, beautiful women and fast motorcycles. Wary of becoming another “celebrity author”, Laurie initially submitted his manuscript pseudonymously, only revealing his identity after it had been accepted for publication and was persuaded by his publicist to publish the book under his real name for the sake of publicity.

Help me with the final Baggage

Thu, 22 Mar 2007 16:39:36 +0000

Hi. Can you help me?

I’m writing down a list of things that I have to bring with me for my “final move” in UK. I need an help: what do you’d put in your baggage for a light-move to another country?

Obviously, you can exclude everything that you’d bring for a normal “travel with return”.

Every help will be appreciated! ;)

HDR experiments...

Thu, 22 Mar 2007 15:40:33 +0000

Because I can’t resist to try to understand… when my great friend try something ;) .

Here you can see the original version of two images:

London - Regent’s Street - Apple Store (made by me during my second trip at London for the Assesment Day of Symbian)

Gulls (by National Geographics)

And, after the jump, the [en:HDR]ed version.

Symbian Contract's Package/Box

Thu, 22 Feb 2007 23:48:07 +0000

When I have seen it, the first thing I have thinked was:

WOW! My new [en:MacBook Pro]!!! 8O

Instead, it is the package of my new contract with Symbian as [en:Graduate] [en:Software Engineer]. On Zooomr a complete SmartSet (aka “Dynamic Gallery”)!

What’s next?

I'm looking for a Flatmate

Sat, 17 Feb 2007 12:13:49 +0000

Hi. This post is for any Londoner that is looking for a flatmate or a lodger… and that waste their time on my weblog ;) .

I’m looking for a long-term accomodation in [en:London]: a studio or a flat (also shared with max 3/4 people). I’m looking for something furnished, with 1 or 2 bathroom (for a better sharing), kitcken with all amenities, washer, fridge and so on. Better if renewed.

I’d like to be contacted by email for now, because I’m still in Italy. A view of the Accomodation could be sorted in March: I’ll come for few (3/5) days for a briefing for my new job. It could be a good occasion. My schedule (to be confirmed) is:

* 11th - available in the evening

* 12th - available starting from 5/6 o'clock pm

* 13th - available starting from 5/6 o'clock pm

* 14th - available starting from 5/6 o'clock pm

* 15th - available all day

* 16th - available all day

* 17th - available but under departure

Details on me follows.

I'm IN!

Wed, 14 Feb 2007 16:43:38 +0000

Less than 30 minutes ago I have received THE call from G. A. from Symbian Ltd. Human Resources. I was waiting this call until the last 22nd of January, the day I came back from [en:London] after the Assessment Day of Symbian.

Few details:

* Position: Software Engineer in London Office

* Starting date: 2nd week of April

* Salary: ENOUGH ( ;) ) x Year + 2 retouch during the first 2 years

* Type: Permanent Contract

I’ll go in London for a “briefing” on [en:C++] in the second week of March: I don’t need the briefing so much, I’m not so young with C++… but it’s a very good chance to exercise my english. ;)

Why I love UK? A Bit of Blair and Fry

Mon, 12 Feb 2007 16:07:25 +0000

Few days ago I had changed the subtitle of my [en:weblog]

Consider yourself Perfectible makes you Perfect!

It’s not about me… or, better, it’s not ONLY about me. It’s about EVERYTHING. About Countries too. What it means? Follow me…

Today I have listened (and readed) this podcast entitled “PM (Prime Minister) and Stephen Fry reflect on modern Britishness”: it’s the newest podcast from the website of 10, Downing Street. I have discovered it also, after the one about the Queen.

Happy Birthday - 2007

Tue, 06 Feb 2007 10:15:05 +0000

In risposta al mio amico Nemo, questo post è un auto-augurio di Buon Compleanno. Mentre io sono in procinto di ~~levarmi dai Coglioni~~ partire per un nuovo Lavoro in terra Britannika, lui ha iniziato da qualche settimana gli studi per la Tesi. Poi magari, ~~se non si caca troppo sotto dell’aereo~~ se ha i soldi, mi viene pure a trovare :P

Ah, per chi non fosse informato: anche io faccio [it:25]. Sono più grande di lui di circa 1 ora.

Why I love UK? Intelligence about Transports

Fri, 12 Jan 2007 09:21:15 +0000

In England, in Bristol and Leeds Town, an experiment is underway: normal Cars can take the bus and taxi fast lane if it carry one or more passengers. It’s called “car pooling” and it aims to grow-up the ratio people/car.

Probably this experiment will fail because a great number of families are “nuclear”, with one, two or, at maximum, three components. But, at this real moment, the Halls of the two cities speak about a sensible trip-time reduction.

Why I love UK? A not so serious Monarchy

Wed, 27 Dec 2006 20:14:44 +0000

The Queen have started to make a series of Podcast about her Speeches. This service is offered by the British Monarchy Media Center.

It’s not so important, but this is a sing of the young of this Monarchy, with a big, rich and important story, but the ability to reorder and resync itself respect the changeing world.

Every English person does not see the Queen as a Power, but as a Symbol. A Symbol of the History, the Tradition, the Importance.

Why I love UK? Transports and Related Services

Wed, 27 Dec 2006 19:57:13 +0000

Take a look here: the Transport of London website. Well organized, rich, usefull. Every information users needs, also with other services like RSS News about “delays”, “tube enhancements”, “contest and festive related informations and suggestions”.

Besides, Transport system itself is powerfull, effective and “right”: English people speaks about a “not enought services, so poor transport system”. They are accustomed to something richer than me. And than every “Napoletane” people.

Why I love UK?

Wed, 27 Dec 2006 19:47:32 +0000

It’s not easy to explain… and I can’t synthetize my motivations in a couple of words. Hence, I think it’s a good idea to list, in a new series of post, the single facts one bye one.

I’m from Italy and the needs of service and a bit of civilization is the main matter for me. I’m trying to change my life. I’m trying to come to live in the oldest “Monarchy” in the world.