tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225496802024-03-13T21:25:16.128+01:00Where the Owl hides...Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11100544715766158396noreply@blogger.comBlogger767125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22549680.post-1280512915774014802008-12-09T11:31:00.002+01:002008-12-09T11:33:57.916+01:00Goodbye blog, welcome FacebookI realised that I need no blog to share my ideas with all of you friends, now that facebook gives me the opportunity of expressing my mood, post links, videos and other objects. So I guess this is my last post here. I am sure you will not miss me. If you do, just come on and visit me: http://www.new.facebook.com/reqs.php#/profile.php?id=643947002&ref=profileAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11100544715766158396noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22549680.post-21821246265048863162008-11-19T16:34:00.002+01:002008-11-19T16:36:27.855+01:00Contribute!!!<a href="http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate/en"><img border="0" alt="Wikipedia Affiliate Button" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/1/1a/2008_fundraiser_banner_button-en.png" /></a><br /><br />Personally, I pledge to give some - don't have decided what yet. probably 50US$. I've used wikipedia often in the last years... I even tried to edit some pages, but didn't really give back as much as I took. So, if I can help pay the bills, I'll do that!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11100544715766158396noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22549680.post-1977491648933546892008-10-21T13:00:00.001+02:002008-10-21T13:02:29.234+02:00When brains are outlawed...An old blog <a href="http://collateraldamage.wordpress.com/">post</a> found thanks to the guys at <a href="http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/">Freakonomics</a>...<br /><h2></h2><blockquote><h2>When Wonderbras are outlawed, only outlaws will have wonderbras</h2> <h4>August 24, 2006<!-- by collateraldamage --> · <a href="http://collateraldamage.wordpress.com/2006/08/24/when-wonderbras-are-outlawed-only-outlaws-will-have-wonderbras/#comments">3 Comments</a></h4> <div class="entry"> <div class="snap_preview"><p><a href="http://www.boingboing.net/2006/08/23/victory_in_war_on_mo.html">It is once again safe to wear gel-filled bras on airplanes</a>.The TSA pretty much HAD to do this as it realized the only other move would have been to ban breast implants as well which would have shut down LAX.</p></div></div></blockquote><div class="entry"><div class="snap_preview"><p></p> </div> </div><br /><br />Hilarious...Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11100544715766158396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22549680.post-70063335021597523682008-10-21T10:50:00.004+02:002008-10-21T10:53:07.704+02:00Occupational Questions...<blockquote></blockquote>Stephen Dubner, one of the two people behind Freakonomics, comes up with a bleg forwarded by a reader:<br /><blockquote><p>When I’m at a party and get asked what I do (I am an architect), I always hear one of the same five responses:</p> <p>+ What kind of architecture do you do?</p> <p>+ Hey, you can design my dream home!</p> <p>+ I like <strong>Frank Lloyd Wright</strong>, do you think he’s good?</p> <p>+ My brother/father/aunt is an architect.</p> <p>+ I thought about going into architecture.</p> <p>All of these responses are fine, but just knowing how consistent they are, it makes me wonder in what ways I ask stereotypical questions of others. </p> <p>It would be nice to avoid this by having a list of what jobs get what kinds of responses. This idea has led to many interesting party conversations — because many times, the responses are not so nice!</p> <p>So here’s my bleg question: what are the typical responses you hear when you tell people what you do?</p></blockquote>So, how about myself? Well I have given up (mostly) trying to explain people what I do in detail...<br /><br />I am a computational chemist. people usually says one of these two things:<br /><br /><ul><li>- A what?!?</li><li>- Complicational Chemistry? Uh, interesting... I sucked at chemistry in high school / college / primary / whatever...</li></ul><br />So, how about you?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11100544715766158396noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22549680.post-74402090068715879862008-10-13T10:35:00.003+02:002008-10-13T10:37:01.073+02:00Any european......who believes that ANY American president (or presidential candidate) will give a crap about their idea of how america should be is in for a (nasty) surprise. Mark my words.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11100544715766158396noreply@blogger.com253tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22549680.post-24826293840564004042008-10-10T15:15:00.001+02:002008-10-10T15:15:37.093+02:00Harry and Paul - Clarkson Island<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/DMuO-8S_0Wg&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/DMuO-8S_0Wg&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11100544715766158396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22549680.post-61159586605605464942008-10-10T11:25:00.001+02:002008-10-10T11:27:05.641+02:00Spore: for real this time.<h1 class="heading entry-title"><a href="http://www.nature.com/news/2008/081009/full/news.2008.1162.html">Zebrafish development tracked cell by cell</a></h1> <p class="intro">Microscopic imaging reconstructs embryo's first day.</p> <p class="byline"> <span class="vcard"><span class="author fn"> Laura Starr </span></span> </p> <span class="cleardiv"><!-- --></span> <div class="inline-image right" style="width: 260px;"><img src="http://www.nature.com/news/2008/081009/images/news.2008.1162.jpg" src="http://www.nature.com/news/2008/081009/images/news.2008.1162.jpg" alt="embryo" /><span class="imagedescription">Fluorescence microscopy can reconstruct a digital zebrafish embryo.<span class="imagecredit">P. KELLER/EMBL</span></span></div><p>A new type of microscope has allowed scientists to map the behaviour and movements of cells during zebrafish (<span class="i">Danio rerio</span>) embryonic development, and create a three-dimensional digital <a href="http://www.nature.com/nature/newsvideo/news.2008.1162.mov">movie</a> of the process.</p> <p>The team, from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg, Germany, says that this is the first complete developmental blueprint of a vertebrate. They think that the technique, called digital scanned laser light-sheet fluorescence microscopy (DSLM), could be applied to embryos of other vertebrates such as mice and frogs.</p><p>more on <a href="http://www.nature.com/news/2008/081009/full/news.2008.1162.html">nature.com</a><br /></p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11100544715766158396noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22549680.post-45342995450938639162008-09-29T12:42:00.003+02:002008-09-29T12:44:37.425+02:00Got a new (finger crossed) jobI've got a new job, starting (probably) end of the year more or less.<br /><br />nice position, challenging, where I'll be able to learn lots of techniques and, if everything goes according to plan, manage at least partly my own drug discovery project.<br /><br />More to follow soon.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11100544715766158396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22549680.post-39873230229493648262008-09-29T12:39:00.001+02:002008-09-29T12:41:51.844+02:00Running!This is what I ran this morning. Little, I know, just 2Km (+ un allungo da 200m) in circa 15' totali.<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&saddr=Brusselsesteenweg%2FN1&daddr=Geerdegemstraat+to:Zemstbaan+to:Brusselsesteenweg%2FN1+to:50.997728,4.474139&hl=en&geocode=FXgpCgMdA0VEAA%3BFXkhCgMdjEFEAA%3BFdw9CgMd2D1EAA%3BFTk2CgMd3UNEAA%3B&mra=dme&mrcr=3&mrsp=4&sz=16&dirflg=w&sll=50.997066,4.470642&sspn=0.01002,0.019312&ie=UTF8&ll=50.997066,4.470642&spn=0.01002,0.019312&t=h&output=embed&s=AARTsJomA5HCn0DKijjVYISjaG3na0ElOQ" frameborder="0" height="350" scrolling="no" width="425"></iframe><br /></div><small><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&saddr=Brusselsesteenweg%2FN1&daddr=Geerdegemstraat+to:Zemstbaan+to:Brusselsesteenweg%2FN1+to:50.997728,4.474139&hl=en&geocode=FXgpCgMdA0VEAA%3BFXkhCgMdjEFEAA%3BFdw9CgMd2D1EAA%3BFTk2CgMd3UNEAA%3B&mra=dme&mrcr=3&mrsp=4&sz=16&dirflg=w&sll=50.997066,4.470642&sspn=0.01002,0.019312&ie=UTF8&ll=50.997066,4.470642&spn=0.01002,0.019312&t=h&source=embed" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); text-align: left;">View Larger Map</a></small><br /><br />Ora speriamo di continuare nei giorni successivi...Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11100544715766158396noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22549680.post-53363934771628366032008-08-25T10:45:00.003+02:002008-08-25T10:51:58.802+02:00Been far awayAs per topic, I've been far far away, mentally if not geographically. <br /><br />lots of things to do in these weeks, with my almost-brother-in-law's wedding preparations first and celebrations then - in fact, as expected, the two parts got heavily mixed resulting in very little sleep for between wednesday and yesterday night, with all the going to-and-from the various Belgian cities, waiting for things to happen, skipping lunches and then gorging on buffets of the more or less traditional kind.<br /><br />All in all, it went very well, the external face put up that o a fairytale wedding, with an inside made of sweat, grit and sometimes all-out open war between the people involved. Ok, may be not 'war' but some heated arguments. But then, I've a very short temper myself, so who am I to judge? I am aware that all of this may be quite uninteresting for whomever reads (if any) but hey, that's my diary, I think i got the right to write everything I feel like no? No? Well then... <br /><br />Pictures coming soon, for those of you who would like to see us wearing fancy suites (the men) and wonderfully hand-stitched dresses (the girls)...<br /><br />So long...Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11100544715766158396noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22549680.post-401978335173208842008-08-04T15:51:00.004+02:002008-08-04T15:56:41.531+02:00Science for the masses. In ItalianA <a href="http://agora.torinovalley.com/divagatoriscientifici/">new blog</a> I just happened to strike on, while reading <a href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/">The Loom</a> (which, if you don't know, recently left Seed's ScienceBlogs for Discover magazine.<br /><br />It's called "<span style="font-style:italic;">i divagatori scientifici</span>", and looks like the guy has very wide interests. For the moment the number of posts is on the low side but hey... You can't have it all...<br /><br />I'll stick it in my blog roll.<br /><br />Next: Who on Earth keeps visiting this blog?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11100544715766158396noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22549680.post-74587952363233763212008-06-30T11:10:00.001+02:002008-06-30T11:16:53.943+02:00Windows is for Wimps'cause, can you do this?<br /><br />main=$PWD; for dir in `\ls`; do [ -d $main/$dir ] && cd $main/$dir && echo && echo && echo $main/$dir"\n" && echo && /ppr/cadd/pkgs/openeye/bin/babel3 -i `\ls -c1 *.oeb.gz| head -n1` -o $dir.sdf -n 1 && cp -v $dir.sdf $dir-on-GCRS.ROCS.sdf && for gzed in `\ls *.oeb.gz`; do [ -f $PWD/$gzed ] && sdf=`echo $gzed | sed s/'.oeb.gz'/'.sdf'/` && /ppr/cadd/pkgs/openeye/bin/babel3 -i $gzed -o $sdf -skip 1 && cat $sdf>>$dir-on-GCRS.ROCS.sdf && rm -v $sdf && sleep 1s; done; python ../sortmols.py --in=$dir-on-GCRS.ROCS.sdf --out=$dir-on-ROCS.oeb.gz --blanks_first --sdtag=ComboScore && rm -rv $dir-on-GCRS.ROCS.sdf && sleep 3s; done; cd $main;<br /><br /><br />or this?<br /><br />while read line; do echo "${line}"; option=${line}; opt=`echo $option| sed s/\ //g`; echo $option \=\> $opt; for data in `echo IV1 IV2 IS`; do grep -A 100 Evaluation */$data/*-$data.$opt | tee logs/onTrain/${data}${opt}-performances.log; done; done < <(cat option.run)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11100544715766158396noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22549680.post-79331990684281580212008-06-30T10:36:00.003+02:002008-06-30T10:47:41.905+02:00John RamboHi, after a long <span style="font-style:italic;">iatus</span>. I saw this movie yesterday, and boy, it has a higher body count than Saving Private Ryan... (what follows has a lots of spoilers. be warned)<br /><br />It's not a bad movie, <span style="font-style:italic;">per se</span>, it's just that it isn't as good as it could have been. They certainly went the extra-mile to show how gory war can be. People don't just die, they explode as if they were nothing more than baloons filled with blood and intestines... Arrows pierce heads as if they were watermelons... landmines blow leags and bodies in two different directions...<br /><br />Stallone has a monolithic presence on the big screen. He's so tough that he doesn't even have to utter a word to annoy people around him, especially the boss of the mercenary group he's leading into the Burmese jungle... And of course, he can shoot arrows quicker than anybody can draw a gun... Kind of a post-modern Willem Tell. What is missing, in the movie, is a point. A story. A reason for it all. But then, may be that's OK, as it goes to show Rambo cynical and disenchanted attitude towards the world, especially towards those people he tries to dissuade from looking into trouble, only to have to save them after... The war is brutal, but I felt like the Burmese troops didn't really put up a fight here, I mean, if the soviet could not be a match for John, how can they? So, from the point of view of fun, they are like, well, trees waiting to be felled by him...<br /><br />Cool trick, with the british bomb though.<br /><br />Enough spoilers...Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11100544715766158396noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22549680.post-28015944130149904472008-06-16T11:06:00.000+02:002008-06-16T11:07:24.690+02:00La mirinzana e' tarocca!!!<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/H8CoIDUJ5r0&hl=en"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/H8CoIDUJ5r0&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />come scoperto su "<a href="http://sassareserie.blogspot.com/">Sassareserie</a>"Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11100544715766158396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22549680.post-3928806579256493192008-05-07T14:17:00.003+02:002008-05-07T14:27:02.735+02:00Le TwittreI've come to know that there exists an advanced (though don't know yet how much more) version of the <span style="font-style:italic;">mood message</span> in facebook, gmail, skype or other instant messanging services...<br /><br />It's called Twitter, and <a href="http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2008/4/23/">I came to know about it</a> thanks to the immor(t)al <a href="http://www.penny-arcade.com/">Penny Arcade online comic</a>.<br /><br />Essentially, you type in what you're doing at the moment, and friends around the world which are interested will receive a near-istant update on it...<br /><br />You can write meaningful things such as 'in flight to madrid', or less interesting ones (but not less meaningful) such as 'I am taking a dump' (I am not going to do it, but this is what Penny Arcade gloats about)...<br /><br />Albeit in its infancy, and a bit clunky (compared to facebook's and other's mood msg) it's got the advantage of being 'postable' on other site via a javascript snippet, so that my blog now has a mood message too. you can also, interestingly, post to it from your mobile (and of course, my guess, read update from it. One step closer, if you like, to that permanently connected society of tecnomadic people The Economist was talking about in the Special Report of last week. (click <a href="http://talkingissues.economist.com/?id=1125">here</a> to download thefull edition), or '<a href="http://talkingissues.cachefly.net/Economist%20Audio/Apr%2012th/Special%20Report.zip">here</a>' for the Special Report only. Thanks Economist for putting this online for free. We greatly appreciate.<br /><br />So, where do we go from here? will we become 100% internet freak attempting to digest this sea of essentially irrelevant information about our friends and less close relationship? Or we will learn to ignore as pointless background noise, the same way I ignore the Economist's readers once I dwelve deeply into the work? Who knows?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11100544715766158396noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22549680.post-89364980766820256922008-05-05T15:08:00.002+02:002008-05-05T15:11:28.577+02:00Iron ManThe movie is out, and it may even be decent, accordingly to the <a href="http://movies.nytimes.com/2008/05/02/movies/02iron.html?8mu&emc=mua1">NY Times Review</a>. Most of all, you've got to love their children rating<br /><br /><blockquote><em class="i">“Iron Man” is rated PG-13 (Parents strongly cautioned). It has a lot of action violence, none of it especially graphic or gruesome. Also, Iron Man has sex, and not with the suit on. But not completely naked either.</em></blockquote><br /><br />Isn't it lovely?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11100544715766158396noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22549680.post-30992892440945057142008-04-28T08:26:00.003+02:002008-04-28T08:28:21.586+02:00Dedicated to women ;-)I know many will despise, me, but I think this sond is funny, witty and, well... I just like it ;-)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Serenata Rap</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">by Giovanotti</span><br /><blockquote><span style="font-style: italic;">Se t'incontro per strada non riesco a parlarti mi<br />si bloccano le parole non riesco a guardarti<br />negli occhi mi sembra di impazzire se potessi<br />amplificare il battito del mio cuore sentiresti<br />un batterista di una band di metallo pesante ed<br />è per questo che sono qui davanti<br />perché mi viene molto più facile<br />cantarti una canzone magari che la sentano i muri<br />e le persone piuttosto che telefonarti e dirti<br />tutto faccia a faccia rischiando di fare una<br />figuraccia; sono timido ma l'amore mi dà<br />coraggio per dirti che da quando io ti ho visto<br />è sempre maggio e a maggio il mondo<br />è bello e invitante di colori ma ancora<br />sugli alberi ci sono solo fiori che prima o poi<br />si dice diverranno pure frutti e allora tu che<br />fai? golosamente aspetti, aspetti che quel<br />desiderio venga condiviso io sono qui davanti che<br />ti chiedo un sorriso, affacciati alla finestra<br />amore mio. Affacciati al balcone rispondimi al<br />citofono sono venuto qui col giradischi e col<br />microfono insieme al mio complesso per cantarti<br />il sentimento e se tu mi vorrai baciare<br />sarò contento e questa serenata è<br />la mia sfida col destino vorrei che per la vita<br />noi due fossimo vicino una serenata rap per dirti<br />che di te mi piace come mi guardi mi piace come<br />sei con me mi piace quel tuo naso che s'intona<br />con il mondo mi piace il tuo sedere così<br />rotondo da rendere satellite ogni essere vivente<br />mi piaci perché sei intelligente si vede<br />dalle tue mani come le muovi mi provochi pensieri<br />e sentimenti sempre nuovi nei tuoi fianchi sono<br />le alpi nei tuoi seni le dolomiti mi piace quel<br />tuo gusto nello scegliere i vestiti quel tuo<br />essere al di sopra delle mode del momento sei un<br />[ Find more Lyrics at www.mp3lyrics.org/eIc ]<br />fiore che è cresciuto sull'asfalto e sul<br />cemento<br /><br />Affacciati alla finestra amore mio, affacciati<br />alla finestra amore mio affacciati alla finestra<br />amore mio affacciati alla finestra amore mio<br /><br />Serenata rap serenata metropolitana mettiti con<br />me non sarò un figlio di puttana non ci<br />credere alle cose che ti dicono di me sono tutti<br />un po' invidiosi chissà perché io<br />non ti prometto storie di passioni da copione di<br />cinema, romanzi e che ne so di una canzone io ti<br />offro verità corpo anima e cervello amore<br />solamente amore solo solo quello<br /><br />Affacciati alla finestra amore mio affacciati<br />alla finestra amore mio affacciati alla finestra<br />amore mio affacciati alla finestra amore mio<br /><br />Amor che a nullo amato amar perdona porco cane<br />lo scriverò sui muri e sulle metropolitane<br />di questa città milioni di abitanti che<br />giorno dopo giorno ignorandosi vanno avanti e poi<br />chissà perché perché<br />chissà per come nessuno sa perché<br />perché chissà per come due sguardi<br />in un momento sovrappongono un destino palazzi,<br />asfalto e smog si trasformano in giardino persone<br />consacrate dallo scambio di un anello e un<br />monolocale che diventerà un castello,<br />affacciati alla finestra amore mio.<br /><br />Nei tuoi fianchi sono le alpi nei tuoi seni le<br />dolomiti mi piace quel tuo gusto nello scegliere<br />i vestiti questo essere al di sopra delle mode<br />del momento sei un fiore che è cresciuto<br />sull'asfalto e sul cemento.<br /><br />Affacciati alla finestra amore mio affacciati<br />alla finestra amore mio affacciati alla finestra<br />amore mio affacciati alla finestra amore mio<br /><br />affacciati alla finestra amore mio affacciati<br />alla finestra amore mio per te da questa sera ci<br />sono io</span></blockquote>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11100544715766158396noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22549680.post-79534646798850793312008-04-25T10:15:00.004+02:002008-04-25T10:19:51.664+02:00Microcosm is out!!!So, if you really want to make me a present, well, you know my address don't you?<br /><br />I'd be happy with an <span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E_coli">E. Coli</a></span> <a href="http://www.giantmicrobes.com/us/products/ecoli.html">plush toy</a>, if you wish...<br /><br /><br /><object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/TnoLlzbvnSI&hl=en"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/TnoLlzbvnSI&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object><br />The author is touring the US, so if you happen to be close to one of his presentation, please go, as he's a really science writer. The best one around, I dare say.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11100544715766158396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22549680.post-73376505305529384712008-04-25T10:09:00.002+02:002008-04-25T10:11:23.928+02:00This is the legal equivalent of an ex-girlfriend request to be 'still friends'...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/restraining_order.png"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px;" src="http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/restraining_order.png" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />Get a life, but don't go that far that you can' be reached, should I still need you... D'oh!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11100544715766158396noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22549680.post-64802620810046681502008-04-21T15:48:00.003+02:002008-04-21T15:54:09.789+02:00Gufo Was Here...Yesterday, I went here to look at Tulips and Hyacinths in flower. The colors were quite nice, although the whole thing at times did look more like an industrial estate than a garden...<br /><br /><iframe width="425" height="350" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=voorhout&sll=50.760785,4.424229&sspn=0.078616,0.160675&ie=UTF8&ll=52.228378,4.487572&spn=0.038061,0.080338&t=h&z=14&output=embed&s=AARTsJqeKY9XGu-juxHG-Km8lMH6A415Bw"></iframe><br /><small><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=voorhout&sll=50.760785,4.424229&sspn=0.078616,0.160675&ie=UTF8&ll=52.228378,4.487572&spn=0.038061,0.080338&t=h&z=14&source=embed" style="color:#0000FF;text-align:left">View Larger Map</a></small><br /><br />I must admit, though, that looking at the landscape painted in various colors was impressive. a Pity that Holland is so flat...<br /><br />Piccies to follow.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11100544715766158396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22549680.post-61037874780448541572008-04-08T13:34:00.002+02:002008-04-08T13:52:49.795+02:00Mi piace...Allora, visto che una certa <a href="http://duedraghiunatana.splinder.com/post/16640274">signorina</a> (ancora x quanto?) mi ha invitato, mi ci appento fra le pause del lavoro...<br /><br />Ecco il regolamento:<br />Indicare il link di chi vi ha coinvolti; (tick!)<br />Inserire il regolamento del gioco sul blog; (copia-incolla, ti adoro!)<br />Citare sei cose che vi piace fare; (non appena trovo il tempo)<br />Coinvolgere altre sei persone; (mi metteranno nella loro spam-list...)<br />Comunicare l'invito sul loro blog. (uhm... skippero' questa?)<br /><br />Allora, si comincia:<br /><br />- Mi piaciono gli animali, ma piu' di tutto i dinosauri, xke' son di questo pianeta, ma di un altro mondo...<br />- Mi piace leggere, possibilmente un libro sui dinosauri :-P, ma qualunque libro che mi faccia scoprire qualcosa di nuovo e' benvenuto.<br />- Mi piace andare in bici o camminare in montagna, in una foresta, e passo i fine settimana a chiedermi perche' non lo faccia piu' spesso.<br />- Mi piace cucinare, x gli amici o anche solo x marie, quando la sera si rientra a casa. Mi piace prender cose semplici e trasformarle magicamente nel mio fuoco alchemico... La rivincita del chimico che lavora al computer.<br />- Mi piace viaggiare, scoprire un posto nuovo, la gente che ci vive e anche le altre cose che lo rendono diverso da dove ho gia' vissuto. L'Africa, come a molti, mi ha rubato il cuore.<br />- Mi piace esser il primo, mostrare che sto un passo avanti, anche se non e' bello essere immodesti. Ma son fatto cosi'.<br />- Mi piace romper le regole non appena posso, x questo ho scritto sette cose che mi piacciono e non sei :-P<br /><br />ed ora, gli inviti: <a href="http://francescagoescal.blogspot.com/">Francesca</a>, <a href="http://gaccuworld.blogspot.com/">Antonio/Gaccu</a>, <a href="http://ilalice.deviantart.com/journal/">Ilalice</a> (o <a href="http://ilalice.blogspot.com/">Ilalice?</a>), <a href="http://emilianolongobardi.blogspot.com/">Emiliano</a>, <a href="http://spyrit.spaces.live.com/blog/">Gupy</a>, <a href="http://madlemur.blogspot.com/">Luca</a> (prima che lo inviti Paolo, lol!!!).Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11100544715766158396noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22549680.post-30465829292834001372008-04-06T18:45:00.004+02:002008-04-06T18:48:03.797+02:00Attack Number One!!! Real Live Action!!!Of course somebody had to get it on the (You)Tube.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Or2A8PNPfaU&hl=en"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Or2A8PNPfaU&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object><br /><br />But if anybody can point me to a website where I can buy this series, I'll owe him for ever. Seriously. This was one of my favourite sport series...Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11100544715766158396noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22549680.post-85773943422268260072008-04-04T14:41:00.001+02:002008-04-04T14:44:07.625+02:00Xke ha cambiato sesso allora?sxo si vedano... <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0" width="500" height="410" class="strPlayer" id="flashplayerObj" align="middle"> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" /> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /> <param name="wmode" value="transparent" /> <param name="movie" value="flashplayer/player_TZ.swf"> <param name="quality" value="high" /> <param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /> <param name="flashvars" value="autostart=false&strip=0&logo=1&image=&repeat=false&file=repubblicatv/file/2008/oprah030408.flv&videoTitle=L'ecografia dell'uomo incinto&fsType=fl" /> <embed src="flashplayer/player_TZ.swf" quality="high" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="500" height="410" class="class="strPlayer"" name="flashplayerObj" align="middle" wmode="transparent" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" allowFullScreen="true" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" flashvars="autostart=false&strip=0&logo=1&repeat=false&image=&file=repubblicatv/file/2008/oprah030408.flv&videoTitle=L'ecografia dell'uomo incinto&fsType=fl" /></embed></object>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11100544715766158396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22549680.post-82050456721310220652008-04-04T14:37:00.002+02:002008-04-04T14:44:49.339+02:00Anch'io, anch'io!!!Hilarious (encore...) se non si vede, cliccate sul titolo del post... <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0" width="500" height="410" class="strPlayer" id="flashplayerObj" align="middle"> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" /> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /> <param name="wmode" value="transparent" /> <param name="movie" value="flashplayer/player_TZ.swf"> <param name="quality" value="high" /> <param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /> <param name="flashvars" value="autostart=false&strip=0&logo=1&image=&repeat=false&file=repubblicatv/file/2008/tele030408.flv&videoTitle=Il nuovo tormentone web&fsType=fl" /> <embed src="flashplayer/player_TZ.swf" quality="high" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="500" height="410" class="class="strPlayer"" name="flashplayerObj" align="middle" wmode="transparent" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" allowFullScreen="true" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" flashvars="autostart=false&strip=0&logo=1&repeat=false&image=&file=repubblicatv/file/2008/tele030408.flv&videoTitle=Il nuovo tormentone web&fsType=fl" /></embed></object>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11100544715766158396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22549680.post-21895261254268674902008-03-27T15:42:00.003+01:002008-03-27T16:02:40.014+01:00Benefit for bringing to term a pregnancy.This is Hilarious. <br /><br />After suggesting the Freakonomics blog to a friend, I went off to read some posts myself.<br /><br />In particular, <a href="http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/03/26/does-depression-lower-abortion-rates/">one of the posts</a> captured my attention, about <a href="http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23407853-662,00.html">a study correlating Depression and abortion rates in Australian women</a>...<br /><br />Then I start reading the <a href="http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/03/26/does-depression-lower-abortion-rates/#comments">comments</a>, and I find out that <a href="http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/03/26/does-depression-lower-abortion-rates/#comment-505308">the Australian government recently raised child benefits</a>, instituting a 4000US$ <a href="http://www.centrelink.gov.au/internet/internet.nsf/payments/maternity.htm">Baby Bonus</a> which can be claimed for every pregnancy brought to term. That's right, you get the 4000 bucks not only for bringing to light a live baby, but also if he/she's stillborn. <br /><br />Factsheet is <a href="http://www.centrelink.gov.au/internet/internet.nsf/payments/qual_how_maty.htm">here</a>.<br /><br />this brought me to think how hard the legislator job really is, when to draft a law it has to account for almost every possible case!!! It's akin to programming, in fact, where every outcome of an expression must be guessed before hand to avoid crashes or the program malfunctioning. Only, there are no known debuggers for politics. Not yet...Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11100544715766158396noreply@blogger.com0