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corni di canzo con la neve

Povero illuso che ti fai una gita sui Corni di Canzo alla domenica. Se sei l’unico che va su con una bici da montagna, ci sara’ un motivo. Arrivi in cima, e scopri che e’ tutto un ghiaccio. Per perdere duecento metri di dislivello su un sentiero che zigzaga …

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Denver Boulder

Ho raccolto in un fotoset su flickr alcune foto scattate durante l’ultimo mio viaggio in America. Sono stato prima a Denver per una conferenza poi a Golden per una riunione alla Colorado School of Mines.

In mezzo, ci ho ficcato un weekend a Boulder che ero curioso di visitare …

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frozen the worst movie ever

This is probably one of the worst movie I’ve ever watched. It is so bad that I actually enjoyed it. But the most incredible thing is that the three reviews that I’ve read, well they’re not so harsh on this piece of junk:

Emma Bell, in particular …

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making the glif

The Russians Used a Pencil: Idea to Market in 5 Months: Making the Glif

I wish I had an iPhone 4 just to have a glif.

On July 11th, 2010, Tom Gerhardt and I had an idea for an iPhone accessory: a tripod mount that doubled as a stand. Five …

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snowboard the history so far

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I began snowboarding on the 13th of March. So far, I’ve spent a total of eight days on the board (spread on 3 weekends). In these eight days I’ve taken 8 hours of private lessons with two very skilled (and patient) instructors of the Val di Fassa Ski …

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notes at a work meeting

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Notes taken during a work meeting (Taken with instagram).

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tracking body weight

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I discovered this Withings wi-fi body scale after reading this tweet by Neven Mrgan:

My weight report for 2010: http://j.mp/eypTcB Executive summary: could be better, could be worse.

It sounds like a great tool to track your body weight: compare it to what I’ve done last …

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snowboarding day 7

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Snowboarding, 7th day (Taken with Instagram at Alpe Lusia).

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dunbar number

150 friends (Dunbar’s number)

I have deleted my Facebook account a long time ago and I can confirm that I can live very happily with no Facebook around.

This article by Robin Dunbar (did you know about “Dunbar’s number” ?) is very interesting however. It does say that Facebook …

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