I nearly forgot about this.The other day, an Italian reader wrote to the E-Polis free newspaper to, in a way, stand up for immigrants in Italy.This reader had lost his mobile phone, but then, luckily, the police called him to say that it had been handed in to them. When this person asked who had … [Read more...]
An Experiment – Call me
June 9, 2008 By Leave a Comment
There is now a mobile phone number on my contact me page. I'm not all that sure whether anyone would wish to actually speak to me, but, for a trial period, I'm daring to publish the number. Do note that I am in Italy, so calls may be expensive.I will admit to being a little dubious as to releasing … [Read more...]
Pasticceria Scarpato – Nice cakes, shame about the website
February 16, 2008 By Leave a Comment
I won't say how I found out about the site of Italian biscuit and cake maker, Scarpato, but I decided to check it out. Well, I do like Italian food and one of the aims of this blog is to do a little promotion of all things Italian.So, off I went to have a mosey around.What I found was a very … [Read more...]
Sarkozy likes the BBC, possibly!
January 13, 2008 By Leave a Comment
UPDATE: 14.01.08 - Having now read more of the articles in Il Sole, I can now understand why the paper used the headline saying that 'State TV without advertising would not work'. The article basically argues that just about all TV and Internet, is only possible due to advertising. Whilst this … [Read more...]
Bulletproof Iphone?
November 14, 2007 By Leave a Comment
I actually managed to hold an Iphone yesterday. One of my lawyer students managed to bring one over from the US, and with the help of Internet sourced hacks, she managed to get it to work in Italy.I could not see this marvel of modern technology in action, so to speak, because the battery was … [Read more...]
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