musc@> $daniele.rant | Out-Blog

Mainly a cross post to say "me too!" or "I agree completely!".
I am referring to this blog post:

"[...]
For example, in response to "How do I write a batch file that…" some people will say, "First, install ". This doesn't actually solve the problem; it merely replaces it with a different problem.
In particular, if the solution begins with "First, install…" you've pretty much lost out of the gate. Solving a five-minute problem by taking a half hour to download and install a program is a net loss.
[...]
So be careful when you suggest a solution that has a high activation energy. Sure, something could be taken care of by a one-line perl script, but getting perl onto the machine is hardly a one-line endeavor.
[...]"

I think this is going to be the first post with the significant text written in ITALIAN on this Blog. But anyway, it will mostly make sense for italian people. It's something a friend of mine wrote, and want as many people as possible to read it. Here it is:

[...]
I had a dream.
Ho sognato che giravo per la mia città e c'erano tutte bandiere tricolori, gente che dai balconi sventola strilla "Italia Italia".
Sono convinto che sia per il fatto che la nostra Costituzione Repubblicana è stata difesa dall'attacco dei leghisti che con il tricolore si puliscono il culo.
Poi però mi sveglio e mi accorgo che si, la Costituzione è stata difesa, ma le bandiere erano per una partita di pallone. Vinta dar pupone al 94' minuto su rigore.
M'è venuto da piangere.
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Playing in a band in Rome ? Want to get the best people to help you record your music ? Some friends of mine have opened a recording studio: Monkey Studio.

Also, my dad started leading some turistic trips and excursions with an association of friends. If you want to visit Rome and have a great turist guide who knows what he talks about, give them a try! The association also leads some trips in the countryside, to enjoy the nature.

My friend Daniele Besana, founder of IT Virtual Community has relocated to the Netherlands lately. I just think he wanted to copy me for having been living there a few years…. let's see if he also falls for a dutchie ?? In the meanwhile I will keep an eye on his new blog.

Other news of the last few days include what you've already read elsewhere, for example Scoble leaving Microsoft, so I won't go into many details there even because I don't know much about the choice, the person, and the above link surely have already commented better than I could. I only wish Robert the best in his new carrer.

Then I'll take the time to do a bit of shameless self-promotion and talk of one more personal thing to note: some of my pictures of the typical roman pavement (the stones called "sampietrini") have been published on www.sampietrino.it. In particular, I took these five photos.

An interesting interpretation of the "Many Eyes Make All Bugs Shallow" maxim gets given on Jeff Jones' Blog at http://blogs.technet.com/security/archive/2006/06/07/433813.aspx.

Only this time the sentence gets applied to Microsoft products, rather than to OSS…… Interesting

For those who have not seen it yet, Mischa Kroon has a nice blog post about interoperability between Ruby and the .Net framework.

It provides several links and things to think about. If you are into .Net, or Ruby, or both, or simply interested about how things can interoperate, give it a read.

It was already more than three years ago and they are still fighting.
I can remember it well, the start of this Iraq war, because they attacked on the 20th of March – that is my bday.

The photo is of the huge demonstration that was held in Amsterdam. Actually it was kept in a lot of countries, and they were all huge.
Still they did not listen, they went further, and fought this war anyway, regarless of people's will. It's always time to remember.

I get this old memories, also to say that tomorrow it is "Festa della Repubblica" in Italy, and in Rome they want to carry on this idiotic military parade they have been doing for some years now.

But there's also a counter-demonstraion of people that dislike the military forces and that want PEACE.
Guess which demonstration will be more colourful and HAPPY ?

I'll try to get there tomorrow and take some photos too. But I am not sure I'll make it…. my kid has got a basket match first that he cares about. So I'll go there, and then I'll try to go to Rome, park *somehow* *somwehere* (it will be madhouse) and catch the "Peace-Parade" that will be already started of course…..