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		<title>Happy Holidays!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Dec 2010 11:20:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ximilian</dc:creator>
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		<title>A week (left) in Belfast</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2010 16:12:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ximilian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An entire month is passed and no more news from Belfast. The fact is that until yesterday, I was actively working (more or less) on the reason why I&#8217;m here. I was able to pack a little demo that show &#8230; <a href="http://cipicchia.net/holiday/a-week-left-in-belfast/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>An entire month is passed and no more news from Belfast. The fact is that until yesterday, I was actively working (more or less) on the reason <a href="http://cipicchia.net/2010/08/a-week-in-belfast-1/">why I&#8217;m here</a>.</p>
<p>I was able to pack a little demo that show the base architecture I did and now I can relax on my last week in Belfast. I have to complete the documentation, you know, otherwise nobody will understand my code, but, there is time for that. (BTW, the source code and the description of the project will be available soon <a href="http://manfield.sourceforge.net/">here</a>).</p>
<p>Northern Ireland is a great country. I really like it. I call it &#8220;Northern Ireland&#8221;, because it&#8217;s Ireland, but it&#8217;s United Kingdom, too. People that have been both in UK and IE say that the countries and people are quite different. British tend to be more cold than Irish, and student are absolutely rude with professor.</p>
<p>To me, it seems to live in PleasentVille (do you remember it?) People are very kind and they are so polite and helpful that is a pleasure to have troubles here (beware: not <a title="The Real Troubles in Belfast" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troubles">Troubles</a>!). There is always a smile in their face, and it is impossible to not love them!</p>
<p>There are many inconsistencies. For some aspects it is very well-advanced. All the buildings are wheelchair accessible (and I mean <em>every</em>) and the medical care is free for everybody. Which is great, but it is a non-sense: the medicines and doctor are paid by the Government, that uses money from taxes. So, what is free, in reality it is not. The technology, on the contrary is not as advanced as UK. The recycling system just works, but the heating system burns oil. Seriously. Simply there is not any gas methane here. And everybody loves their car. Even in the remote village of very Northern Ireland you can find many big cars that sucks petrol and smokes the air.</p>
<p>In this case, however, this country is lucky: it rains every week (you can count on it) and the air is always fresh. When I first arrived here, I felt cold, but now, there are 15&deg; and I am in short and t-shirt. And of course, the grass is green. And cut perfectly. Even the smallest garden is perfectly cut, at the University campus the grass is cut once a week, and they even collect the rubbish.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s almost a pity I already (will) have a job, otherwise, who knows&#8230;</p>
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		<title>Miserabili</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:36:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ximilian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Siamo un mondo in crisi. Continuano a dircelo un po&#8217; da tutte le parti. La crescita faticosamente riprende, ma ancora le persone non la vedono. Siamo prigionieri di proclami che ci dicono di essere ottimisti, di politici che ci sorridono, &#8230; <a href="http://cipicchia.net/life/miserabili/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Siamo un mondo in crisi. Continuano a dircelo un po&#8217; da tutte le parti. La crescita faticosamente riprende, ma ancora le persone non la vedono.<br />
Siamo prigionieri di proclami che ci dicono di essere ottimisti, di politici che ci sorridono, per poi rubarci la dignità di essere liberi pensatori.</p>
<p>In mezzo alla desolazione del pensier comune, una cosa mi ha colpito, con la forza di una verità sconvolgente.<br />
Siamo in crisi, ma non è detto che si debba arrendersi.</p>
<p><img src="http://cipicchia.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/miserabile-amica1.jpg" alt="miserabile amica1 Miserabili" title="Paolini e i Mercanti di Liquore" width="300" height="300" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-270" /></p>
<p>Più o meno è questo il succo dello spettacolo di Marco Paolini, andato in onda su La7 due giorni or sono. Uno spettacolo incentrato sull&#8217;illusione del libero mercato, dell&#8217;economia galoppante, della rincorsa al consumismo.<br />
Con il suo fare ironico e un po&#8217; beffardo, Marco Paoloni ha provato a farci capire che tutto sommato, la crisi non è la ragione principale per cui ci sentiamo un po&#8217; &#8220;miserabili&#8221;.</p>
<p>Il miserabile è colui che perde la speranza, che si rassegna all&#8217;inevitabilità delle cose, senza provare a lottare per cambiare ciò che non va.<br />
La crisi certamente ci fa perdere la fiducia, nelle istituzioni, nell&#8217;economia, nelle piccole cose di tutti i giorni. Però quello che non fa è toglierci la nostra voglia di opporsi, di lottare per ri-emergere dal fondo del lago.<br />
Si deve essere ottimisti? Certo, ma non come qualcuno che demagogicamente fa proclami sul &#8220;tanto va tutto bene, chi dice il contrario dice una bugia&#8221;. L&#8217;ottimismo non è un atteggiamento passivo, non bisogna aspettare sul bordo del fiume.<br />
Vogliamo che le cose cambino? Dobbiamo essere i primi ad agire in tal senso. Essere ottimisti non basta, occorre rimboccarsi le maniche ed essere artefici del proprio vivere.</p>
<p>Che tutto questo sia stato &#8220;rivelato&#8221; da uno spettacolo teatrale, è solo un fatto marginale. Avere un cervello significa anche cogliere spunti di riflessione dalle cose più semplici e banali.<br />
E a volte basta un semplice programma televisivo per avere una visione cristallina di verità che, in fondo, sono già sotto la superficie (in)cosciente del nostro pensiero.</p>
<p>Per inciso lo spettacolo è stato eccezionale, e il supporto musicale dei Mercanti di Liquore veramente ben congegnato.<br />
Per non parlare poi della scenografia, i container del porto di Taranto ben inquadravano la sensazione di oppressione, ma al tempo stesso di speranza e possibilità.<br />
Memorabile la definizione del secondo principio della termodinamica:</p>
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Il secondo principio della termodinamica è quello che dice che, se hai un acquario e vuoi fare una frittura mista, non è detto che dopo puoi riavere l&#8217;acquario
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		<title>To Believe or Not To Believe</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 08:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ximilian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Date: 11 May 2009 Time: 11:00 &#8211; 11:50 Location: DIS Town/City: Rome, Italy Can you believe what is around you? How we can establish we are not in a &#8220;social neural simulation&#8220;? The role of Reliability Detector is to answer &#8230; <a href="http://cipicchia.net/life/to-believe-or-not-to-believe/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Date: <strong>11 May 2009</strong><br />
Time: <strong>11:00 &#8211; 11:50</strong><br />
Location: <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&amp;source=s_q&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;q=via+ariosto+25,+roma&amp;sll=37.0625,-95.677068&amp;sspn=42.766543,87.363281&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;z=16&amp;iwloc=A">DIS</a><br />
Town/City: Rome, Italy</p>
<p>Can you believe what is around you?<br />
How we can establish we are not in a &#8220;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Matrix">social neural simulation</a>&#8220;?<br />
<img src="http://cipicchia.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/reliability-detector.png" alt="reliability detector To Believe or Not To Believe" title="The Reliability Detector" width="300" height="403" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-251" /><br />
The role of Reliability Detector is to answer your question: detect if your friend is lying about that day you gave him 100€ and now he swear he already gave back to you, or figure out where the hell your girlfriend is hiding her lover, or distinguish cheaters gamers from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noob">n00b</a> so you can cheat them!<br />
The usefulness and effectiveness of our proposal will be demonstrated by a long list of experiments we run (aka several living life experiences).</p>
<p>After our presentation you will not trust anyone without our &#8220;Reliability Detector&#8221;!!!</p>
<p>(coming soon on <a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw?url=search-alias%3Daps&amp;field-keywords=reliability+detector+amazing+tool&amp;x=0&amp;y=0">Amazon.com</a>)</p>
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		<title>A day for the Earth</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 09:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ximilian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today the world celebrates the Earth: remember to take a shot, too! Picture taken in Amsterdam]]></description>
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<p><a href="http://www.earthday.net/">Today the world celebrates the Earth</a>: remember to <a href="http://earthmosaic.org/">take a shot</a>, too!</p>
<p>Picture taken in Amsterdam</p>
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		<title>Happy Birthday, Rita!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 08:38:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ximilian</dc:creator>
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		<title>It&#039;s done!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 13:58:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ximilian</dc:creator>
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		<title>M&#039;illumino di meno</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 12:37:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ximilian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[M&#8217;illumino di meno, la campagna lanciata da Caterpillar, programma di Radio2, vi ricorda che oggi è la giornata del risparmio energetico. Un&#8217;occasione preziosa per riflettere su un uso consapevole delle risorse, ancor più in questo periodo di crisi. Ok basta &#8230; <a href="http://cipicchia.net/life/millumino-di-meno/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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<p><a href="http://www.radio.rai.it/radio2/caterueb2006/millumino/index.cfm">M&#8217;illumino di meno</a>, la campagna lanciata da Caterpillar, programma di Radio2, vi ricorda che oggi è la giornata del risparmio energetico.</p>
<p>Un&#8217;occasione preziosa per riflettere su un uso consapevole delle risorse, ancor più in questo periodo di crisi.</p>
<p>Ok basta con il comunicato ufficiale (leggetevelo <a href="http://www.radio.rai.it/radio2/caterueb2006/millumino/index.cfm">qui</a>).<br />
Ricordatevi di spegnere luce, gas, riscaldamenti, stufetta scalda-gambe, scalda tazza usb (lo so che ce l&#8217;avete), scalda tazza (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aka">aka</a> tavoletta del cesso), e un po&#8217; anche il cellulare.</p>
<p>Se poi volete essere un po&#8217; più coerenti, non fatelo solo oggi, ma ogni giorno ricordatevi di spegnere la luce <img src='http://cipicchia.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt="icon smile M&#039;illumino di meno" class='wp-smiley' title="M&#039;illumino di meno photo" /> </p>
<p>Infine, per quelli che si sentono più geek, scaricatevi il font ecologico, <a href="http://www.ecofont.eu/english.html">Ecofont</a>, anche detto &#8220;il <del datetime="00">formaggio</del> font coi buchi&#8221; e &#8220;i buchi con <del datetime="00">la menta</del> l&#8217;inchiostro intorno&#8221; (cit)! (thanks Flavia per la segnalazione)</p>
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		<title>Feeling optimistic</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 11:16:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ximilian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s Monday. A new week just started. As usual, I&#8217;m going to work. I can listen the children going to school. Their screams. I&#8217;m watching the open land, the bus is running towards the station. Clouds in the sky. Listening &#8230; <a href="http://cipicchia.net/life/feeling-optimistic/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s Monday. A new week just started. As usual, I&#8217;m going to work.</p>
<p><img src="http://cipicchia.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/balloons.jpg" alt="balloons Feeling optimistic" title="balloons" width="400" height="300" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-224" /></p>
<p>I can listen the children going to school. Their screams.<br />
I&#8217;m watching the open land, the bus is running towards the station. Clouds in the sky.<br />
Listening some <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yui_(singer)">Japanese music</a>. Ah! I feel so good! Sometimes have no clue about what you listen is a bless. Your mind just start waving your thoughts.</p>
<p>My thesis, a picture, my work, the robots, 1 billion other things waiting for attention, my attention.<br />
Looking from outside an overwhelming pressure over my head, an urgent willing of just doing it.</p>
<p>Who cares&#8230;</p>
<p>Today I woke up with some sense of power. Not power in the sense &#8220;I can destroy anything&#8221;, but &#8220;I can manage anything&#8221;.<br />
I&#8217;m not hyped up.</p>
<p>I  just feel optimistic.</p>
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		<title>Yes we can!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 18:19:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ximilian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Update 21/01/09: check this amazing Lego Brick Inauguration Event!!!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Update 21/01/09:</strong> check this amazing <a href="http://i.gizmodo.com/5135183/lego-obama-presidential-inauguration-brings-hope-to-bricks-too" title="Lego-made Obama Inauguration"> Lego Brick Inauguration Event</a>!!!<br />
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