17 girls

Yesterday I saw the french film "17 filles", that is really very interesting and moving.
As all the things that can talk to people at a deep level, it's far from being perfect.
Perfection is against emotions, perfection is not thought-provoking.
One of the most interesting aspect of this film is that it shows that in our postmodern world everything can mean everything. Especially the cultural roles and patterns can take sometimes unexpected meanings
This gives me a refreshing sense of freedom, like a breathe of air in a spring night...

H.L.G.B.

Hackasaurus

Last friday I've been the chance to be part of a session of the Hackasaurus project, another great idea coming from Mozilla community.
It has been really a wonderful experience and I hope that students have enjoyed it too!
I really appreciate the philosophy of Hackasaurus project, because it's focused to build an active attitude that can be very useful not just with web/computer stuff, but also towards all aspects of life.
I hope that soon, with some friends, we can organize a new session here in Rome with many schools, involving both boys and girls (come on girls, don't leave the Web to males!!!).

How long...

Long time indeed I didn't write here... how wonderful if there was a program able to transfer my thoughts directly from the head to the Web!!!

A.M.O. and me

Some months ago I wrote some criticisms about Addons.Mozilla.org, especially about their slowness in reviewing new versions.

Now the situation has become much better and the A.M.O. guys are able to review new versions in few days!
I'm really happy for this, because this allows me to correct any bug fastly.
So here is my sincere THANK YOU for all the A.M.O. team.

Reviewing an extension is not an easy task, I know, especially when the code is a bit messy, like it happens in some of my extensions.
Unluckly the code of some of them has developed in a disordinate way and now I've not the time to make it cleaner. I hope to have it in future.
Time is always a big problem for me... I don't know why, but often it's not enough for things I like and love...

2ne1

Every day I receive some emails from users of my extensions.
I like it, because I'm really a bit sad when my email Inboxes are empty, I'm a sensitive guy, you know...
Since life is a laborious and complicated task, I can't reply always to everyone; but still I read always carefully every message, from the most complicated bug report to the simple "Thank you" (that I love so much).
I'm really sorry not to be able to reply to everyone, answers are important and a sign of politeness.
So, to compensate a little my misdeed, I wish sincerly HAPPY NEW YEAR to everyone who wrote me... and also to everyone who did not!

P.S. yes, I confess it, I like 2ne1 !!!

little italy

Many foreign tourists like Italy and I can understand them.
When you ask one of them why s/he likes Italy so much, most likely the answer will be "For the sun, for the climate, for the ancient art, for the food".
Incidentally I don't understand why some italians feel proud of this: sun and climate come from Mother Nature, the ancient art goes back at least a few centuries ago.
Remains the food... but even doing my best, I can't feel proud of a pizza margherita...
But I don't want to digress further; what I wanted to say is that Italy is a wonderful place for turism, but is not at all a good place to live in.
Italy is currently a country depressed, unmotivated, impolite, sad, hopeless.
I will not explain in details the reasons of this situation, just believe me:
Italy is nice for turism, not for live in.