I've heard this comment many times from my Italian students. It basically goes 'Italians are not very good at/incapable of learning other languages'. Well, I have an appropriate response to this oft made comment: 'bollocks' (si equivala approssimante a 'palle' in italiano, credo).Sorry about the … [Read more...]
Moodling
May 31, 2007 By Leave a Comment
Moodle, if you do not know, is a course management system or CMS (Joomla is a CMS too, but in Joomla's case CMS stands for Content Management System). Moodle basically allows people to develop and run just about any course for just about any subject on-line. It's open source and its free. The … [Read more...]
Want to translate an Italian word?
May 28, 2007 By Leave a Comment
Then try here: Frasi.netThe graphics may not be all that flashy, but the results are comprehensive. Try it, you might like it. … [Read more...]
Walter Tobagi – in memoriam.
May 28, 2007 By 2 Comments
Ever heard of Walter Tobagi? Nope. Not a surprise, neither had I until today. It is the anniversary of his death today, poor chap.Way back in 1980 on this very day Tobagi, who was a senior journalist working for the Corriere della Sera newspaper, was gunned down here in Milan by the then … [Read more...]
Well, it was ‘ot.
May 28, 2007 By Leave a Comment
It's not hot today. Lashing down with rain it is. Cue summer colds. A mere 13 degrees centigrade. Bit of a change from the 34 degrees of last week. Still, at least I can almost sleep at night - if were not for my writhing, squirming and kicking little son, that is. … [Read more...]
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