Trust me. You do not want this message flashing on your TV when you transfer old camcorder videos of your kids to a DVD Recorder: It will be a pain to edit the pieces together, but I hope I got most of the tape starting/stopping/rewinding a few times. At least I hope so or I'm in trouble...

It took longer than planned, but we finally made it: “The Plant“ is finally live, producing 9 kWh on a short day like today. I cannot wait to see how much it produces during a typical Italian summer day. It may not look like much but it should be enough to cover our energy needs based on the data from last year. Installed with the fantastic support of the local Lega Ambiente di Limbiate and the 0 tax loan from http://www.bccbarlassina.it/

We set the new Guinness World record for sirtaki dancing last month. Cool Or What? I'm notoriously bad at dancing but we managed to break the record in the single attempt we had. The most challenging and surprisingly fun and satisfying team building I've done.

I proudly present Cocca & De (no, it is not a new fashion brand, but two hens. I guess you have to be Italian to get the names :-) Sydney, below, gets on with them better than I thought. I expected to come home to find his mouth full of feathers one day but it didn't take him long to find out that they are more useful alive. As soon as he hears them sing in the morning, he takes off like a rocket to find the eggs. So far he has eaten more eggs than the rest of us... I don't like the idea of locking in Cocca & De so today I modified the fence around their house so Sydney no longer can get inside. I guess he still gets to eat the eggs of Cocca which has ...

Hm.. I worked for Microsoft during their 10 year anniversary I celebrated 10 year wedding anniversary a few months ago Today is the 10 year Google anniversary Am I getting old or what?

I do not expect a great in flight service by a low cost company like www.VolareWeb.it but I do expect them to fly... I flew with VolareWeb for my first time this summer when I booked a return flight from Milan to Athens for my summer vacation. They called me on my mobile phone two days before I was supposed to leave to tell me that outgoing flight was cancelled. I didn't make a lot of fuss when they booked me on a flight the next day as I did not have any reservations in Greece and more than en

I have had a countdown status message in my office mail this week: A female colleague a few thousand km away noticed and could not resist (keep in mind that I have never met her): ... SuperWoman: BTW, what are you celebrating in 2 days ;)if i may ask me: Guess SuperWoman: wedding aniversary me: correct !!!! SuperWoman: congratulations ;) me: The 10 years have gone very fast. Time flies when you have kids... SuperWoman: next question... how many ;) sorry, I'm curious! me: Since you are so incredibly good at guessing; lets see if you can guess the number of kids and age SuperWoman: I'd say 2 kids, aged between 9 and 6?? me: I do NOT believe it.My oldest daughter ...

I haven't finished reading The Tipping Point yet but it has been a fascinating read so far. The part concerning crime on the New York underground is food for thought: Back in the day, New York hired a new subway director named David Gunn who backed the Broken Windows way. "When you looked at the process of rebuilding the organization and morale, you had to win the battle against graffiti," Gunn said in an interview. "Without winning that battle, all the management reforms and physical changes just weren't going to happen." By preventing graffiti and cleaning subway cars after vandals struck, Gunn believed the city could also lessen subway muggings and undermine fare ...

I am going to London for a week and decided to fly EasyJet. I have used RyanAir several times in the past and I have been very satisfied with them. Cheap tickets and flights that leave and arrive on time. I have, eh... had, to arrive "early" this morning so I opted to take EasyJet as they have early flights from Malpensa. I decided to pay a bit extra for the Speedy Boarding Service which according to the web site has a dedicated check-in so I could arrive at the airport a bit later. That turned out to be false. As the picture shows I was stuck for 20 minutes in the Slow Boarding Service with everybody else. What a waste of money and time. Not that it made any difference ...

What can I say. Bill's goodbye note is better than mine.