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Snow and sunshine in the Apennines
On January 4, 2009, it was very cold, but crystal clear and sunny. I could not pass up this opportunity, and decided to go snowwalking with some friends on top of Monte Penna, one of Ligurian Apennines' most famous and prominent peaks (el. 1735 m)...
Feb 13, 2009
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International Astronomical Youth Camp (IAYC) 2008
From July 20th to August 9th, 2008, the 44th IAYC (International Astronomical Youth Camp) will take place in Sayda, Germany. I myself took part in these camps six times between 1991 and 1999, and in my opinion there is no better place where one can f...
Apr 24, 2008
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Vodafone Internet Box e Windows Vista
I apologize but this post is in Italian, as its content is meant to solve an issue with mobile communications in the Italian market. However, I may consider to translate it in English if I get enough feedback from users. Vi è mai venuto in mente...
Oct 7, 2007
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JUG Genova Meeting, 18/09/2007
Last September 18th, 2007, another JUG Genova meeting was held at DIST (Dipartimento di Informatica, Sistemistica e Telematica) of the University of Genova. It featured a very interesting presentation by Carlo Bonamico and Corrado Alesso on the Spring ...
Sep 22, 2007
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YAJGM: Yet Another JUG Genova Meeting!
Another JUG Genova meeting was held at the local NIS office on Monday, July 23rd. Although the turnout was not as large as what we had back in May's meeting, it was still a success. Two presentations were held: Fabrizio Giudici and I reported on o...
Jul 25, 2007
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Jazoon '07: wrap-up
Just back home from Jazoon, and also back to work and to everyday's hassles . Also, the time has come to make a comprehensive judgement about the conference. A shot from the closing session All in all, I must say I came back with a good impression ...
Jul 3, 2007
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Jazoon '07: the first two days
On Monday June 25th, a thick layer of clouds rolled in which soon brought along some downpours and a really gloomy atmoshpere. But well, the time had come to dive into the newly started Jazoon conference, so let’s have a closer look at the confer...
Jun 28, 2007
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Zurich at first glance
I arrived in Zurich in the evening of Sat June 23th. The following day there would be the Jazoon opening, but only the paying tutorials were scheduled which we didn’t follow. Plus, I was greeted with a beautiful sunny day; therefore, I got a chan...
Jun 27, 2007
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Bluetooth Blues
Yesterday, I was tinkering with my new bluetooth GPS antenna. Since my 3-year old laptop has no bluetooth support, I also purchased a USB-bluetooth dongle (D-Link DBT-122). When I installed the dongle driver, the bluetooth COM port was mapped to COM1...
Jan 15, 2007
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2007: here it comes!
Here we are. A new year has just begun... and once again we have to trash our old calendars and daybooks. It's also time to look back at the year that has just slipped away and make plans for the upcoming times. As far as I am concerced, who knows wha...
Jan 7, 2007