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general stuff

Email triage

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[it: una tecnica per trattare i messaggi in entrata] I do not get 300 email messages a day, but I have to deal with lot of email that are very important in my work. So I appreciated a lot the … Continue reading →

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Phoenix landed

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[In italiano: la sonda Phoenix è atterrata su Marte. Le prime fotografie sono emozionanti. Peccato che questa notizia non riceva il giusto risalto.] For few hours, the Phoenix spacecraft landed on Mars. First, exciting pictures are available on mission’s website … Continue reading →

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Hermann Maurer: a smart outlook on the future

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[Riassunto italiano: Hermann Maurer, professore di informatica all'università di Graz, ci ha offerto una panoramica sul futuro, partendo dalle minacce di Google e di internet. Un'ottima occasione per cambiare punto di vista da parte di noi ricercatore, troppo spesso entusiasti … Continue reading →

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[it] Petrolio

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[English abstract: the ranch of Bush family is a big facility that could survive with his own energy, as I read on Petrolio, an italian blog about energy.] Petrolio è il nome di un blog importante, un blog che ci … Continue reading →

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Space junk

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[Italian abstract: il problema dei rifiuti va oltre Napoli e raggiunge lo spazio. ] The junk problem is everywhere, not only near Napoli. The ESA has specific studies on junk in the space.

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[it] Un colpo di tosse di troppo

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[English abstract: hard time, pay attention with cough, it can hurts your cutlets.] Ieri e oggi dovevano essere due giornate pesanti: ieri incontro a Torino, con partenza alle 7.00 e ritorno per le 14 (impossibile), lavoro a oltranza. Oggi Milano … Continue reading →

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Earth, water and air

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[Italian abstract: una bella immagine su acqua e aria disponibili sulla Terra] I really like this picture of available water and air on Earth (via Boing Boing)

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Restaurant: Molino del Torchio, Cuasso al Piano

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[Italian abstract: una bella serata, quella di ieri sera, con gli amici al Molino del Torchio, dalle parti di Varese. Abbiamo mangiato per una quarantina di euro a testa, due antipasti (freddo e caldo), risotto, manzo, sorbetto e caffè] Yesterday … Continue reading →

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Milano

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[English abstract: a comment on the city of Milan, plenty of life but very caotic. The tube has three lines called 1,2 and 3 OR red, green and yellow. Signs for the yellow are written in red.] A Milano ci … Continue reading →

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Three video to better understand the (third) world

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[Italian abstract: tre video da guardare, per capire meglio l'importanza di numeri e statistiche] I don’t like video on the web. I can’t be multitasking. But I watched with big interest these three videos: Hans Rosling: Debunking third-world myths with … Continue reading →

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[it] Il mito del 2000 è finito (nel 2000)

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[English abstract: some thoughts on the year 2000, when hope in a better technological future was lost] Il 2000 è arrivato e se n’è andato. È successo 7 anni fa, quindi dovremmo essercene accorti più o meno tutti. Ciò di … Continue reading →

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DRM protected movies/music/books? I don’t care

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Nothing new: more and more CDs and DVDs are protected by some kind of DRM. DRM-related technologies could be used to protect audio, video and text content published in internet. I don’t care. I find so many CDs, movies and … Continue reading →

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Being swiss

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Ida has a great post on swiss habits. She is swedish and lives in Switzerland. In this bulleted post she explains how to be aware that you are in Switzrland for too long. It’s a nice and real picture of … Continue reading →

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[it] Ticino7

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  Uff, sembra che le nuove puntate del dottor House siano andate in onda già a partire da venerdì scorso. Come sempre più spesso accade, Ticino7 non se n’e’ accorto: segnala solo una replica. Update: Luca mi fa notare che … Continue reading →

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The other iPhone

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While lot of people talk on Apple iPhone (among them Luca, cited by the Corriere della Sera, and Antonio, one of the few that actually tried it), I’d like to point out this press release by Cisco on their iPhone: Cisco’s … Continue reading →

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