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To PEC or Not To PEC

May 20, 2009 by 24 Comments

Although it may sound from the title of this post that I'm about to talk about birds, this is not the case, no.  PEC stands for 'Posta Elettronica Certificata', which is the Italian for 'certified electronic mail'. Basically, PEC is supposed to replace, or at least offer, a legally valid … [Read more...]

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Good Old Murphy’s Law

September 13, 2008 by Leave a Comment

Great law the one Mr Murphy made.  You know, the law which says 'If it can go wrong, it will'.  Usually, 'it' goes 'wrong' just when you could do without problems. Well, the law of Murphy hit yours truly good and proper on Wednesday evening.  Not sure what I ate, and even if it was something I … [Read more...]

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Clouds often do have silver linings.

June 9, 2008 by 5 Comments

A big thanks to all of you who left messages of support regarding my mother in law. I'm pleased to be able to say that, although she is still in hospital, she is making progress, and is feeling a lot less poorly than she was a couple of weeks ago when she was rushed into hospital with breathing … [Read more...]

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My Guest Post at Volette.com

April 7, 2008 by 2 Comments

OK, it's up and running. If you wish, you can hop on over to Volette.com and see what I've written about, and find out what I was up to at the weekend. There are also some photos by me. Comments/feedback, either here or there, most welcome! … [Read more...]

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Milan Clinches the 2015 Expo

April 4, 2008 by 2 Comments
Milan Expo 2015

In an odd show of political unity, right wing Letizia Morrati, and left wingers Massimo D'Alema and Romano Prodi got together in Paris, along with Al Gore to promote Milan's bid for the 2015 Universal Exhibition (Expo). The green-theme, hence Gore's presence, plus supporting music by Andrea Bocelli … [Read more...]

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I write too much, I know

March 26, 2008 by Leave a Comment

Nope, I'm not on about the number of posts, but the length of the things.  I do try to keep things brief, but they tend to get out of hand, and when I see them, I think 'Heck, I didn't think it was going to end up that long'. As an excuse, I would say that the WordPress posting screen is much … [Read more...]

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This Would be Useful

March 26, 2008 by Leave a Comment

Well, I'd find it handy. What I'd like my email client to do would be to automatically, when requested, recognise dates and times and add them to whatever calendar system I'm using. I'm always receiving emails with this sort of information.  I know that there is a plugin thing for Outlook, but I … [Read more...]

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Just a thought

March 9, 2008 by 1 Comment

As you may have noticed, on Blog from Italy I write about anything and everything that catches my eye, which means older posts may contain information that is interesting. To make it easier to understand when I made one of my older posts, I've played with the code so that the year, and date the … [Read more...]

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Pots Calling Kettles Black

March 5, 2008 by Leave a Comment

As you may imagine, Italy is suffering from a minor bout of election fever at the moment. The general elections are just around the corner and election posters are appearing right, left, and centre. I've seen a couple of amusing ones, so far. First there was this lovely one from the Berlusco-Fini … [Read more...]

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A Curious Inconsistency

March 2, 2008 by 9 Comments

Don't ask me why my odd little mind ended up considering this, but the fact remains that in Italian the word 'giorno' - day, is a 'male' word, whereas the word for week - 'settimana' is female. I'm sorry, but I don't understand why this is the case. Italian is one of those languages, that, unlike … [Read more...]

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