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Comment Spam

I seem to get my fair share of comment spam – which is all picked up by WordPress.com’s admirable askimet anti-spam system. Indeed, it picked up several ‘comments’ like this one: ‘m194k’. I’m not sure what these comments are. There is no link, but there are lots of these ‘codes’. It almost looks as though someone is having ago at overloading the WordPress.com servers.

Stop reading, start speaking

Stop translating in your head and start speaking Italian for real with the only audio course that prompt you to speak.

I suppose these codes could be some student competition aimed at rasing search engine rankings or sommething. Of it is an example of ‘proof of concept’ spam code, which will shortly be used to bring down endless blogs. Who knows.

Odd how people get their kicks.

Chad

+Alex Roe is from the UK, but has lived and worked in Milan, Italy, for many years. Alex has been interviewed by the BBC on Italy issues. He tweets news and information about Italy to over 37,000 Twitter followers via @newsfromitaly on Twitter.

U-Turn, U Don’t Turn?!

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La Cucina Italiana and Blog from Italy’s Recipe Contest

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Le Marche

This is not really a video, but it does have some nice images of the Marches region of Italy. The accompanying song is by the

Genova by night

This is a shot I took from a friend’s appartment down in Genova at 11 at night. For the technically minded: F5.0, 20 sec. exposure

Is Silvio Berlusconi on His Way Out?

The question on lips around the world is whether Silvio Berlusconi will stay or will go.

Everybody, and I mean everybody, which means Italians and those from beyond Italy’s shores is uncertain.

In this post I’ve listed a series of factors at play, each of which may, or may not, contribute to Berlusconi’s downfall or longevity. As you will discover, people have good reason to be uncertain, as the matter is by no means straightforward.

A Photographic Thought

Don’t you just love that ‘bokeh’ blurry background effect that photographers get? I do, not all the time, but used appropriately, it can create really