Italy is a Paradise Compared to the UK and the USA

Perfidious Albion Burns

Humanity is short-sighted.  It rarely considers the effects of what it does today upon the future.  Unfortunately what was done yesterday has a nasty habit of fermenting for years and maturing into something distinctly nasty which will, sooner or later, rear its ugly head and bite hard.The … [Read more...]

Rambling on About Happenings in Italy

Writers block?  No.  Not a problem for me generally.  Quite the opposite.  I start tapping away thinking that around five hundred words or so will do, and end up writing over a thousand.  Sorry about that.  Anyway this evening, actually it's well past midnight, I'm going to ramble.  Italy … [Read more...]

This Would be Useful

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...]

The Web 2.0 profession

Just what do you think the Web 2.0 profession is? Webmaster? Software engineer? Coder? Programmer?Well, in my not so humble opinion, it's none of the above, but I think that this profession is going to see a massive amount of growth in many diverse sectors over the next few decades, not just with … [Read more...]

The calm after the storm, and divine, possibly, intervention

Wow! This is a heavy week. I had a long, and quite complex, translation that needed doing asap. I did manage to finish it, but it ate up a lot of time. So much time, that I have neglected my blog, and its readers.However, this little translating experience sort of restored my faith in the … [Read more...]