Swans in Chiswick
Just a bunch of swans which are apparently enjoying the super freezing temperatures of the last few days.
I would have an idea on how to warm them up ... a roast maybe? :P Just joking!
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London Eye
Got some time yesterday to bring out my camera and take some pics of the London Eye. It was a misty night, in the best London tradition!
Some information from Wikipedia
The London Eye is a 135-metre (443 ft) tall giant Ferris wheel situated on the banks of the River Thames, in London, England.
It is the tallest Ferris wheel in Europe, and the most popular paid tourist attraction in the United Kingdom, visited by over 3.5 million people annually. When erected in 1999, it was the tallest Ferris wheel in the world, until surpassed first by the 160 m (520 ft) Star of Nanchang in 2006, and then the 165 m (541 ft) Singapore Flyer in 2008. It is still described by its operators as "the world's tallest cantilevered observation wheel" (as the wheel is supported by an A-frame on one side only, unlike the Nanchang and Singapore wheels).
Commonly known as the London Eye, or Millennium Wheel, formerly the Merlin Entertainments London Eye and before that, the British Airways London Eye. Since 20 January 2011, it has been officially known as the EDF Energy London Eye following a three-year sponsorship deal.
The London Eye is located at the western end of Jubilee Gardens, on the South Bank of the River Thames in the London Borough of Lambeth, between Westminster Bridge and Hungerford Bridge. The site is adjacent to that of the former Dome of Discovery, which was built for the Festival of Britain in 1951.
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Berlusconi resigns : hallelujah!
So, Berlusconi resigns as the Italian PM, and you get a full fledged orchestra in the plaza to cheer him out of the seat with a suave melody Hallelujah, Hallelujah!
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Floppy music DUO – Imperial march
Too nerdy for me not to like it ...
The Imperial March Star Wars theme played using a couple of old floppy disk drives! I probably still have some of them at home ...
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I’ve got a feeling …
Have to say, my feelings toward my home country are still quit mixed up: from total repulsion, which led me to move in UK as soon as I could, now that time has passed (two and a half already...wow) I feel more like a dad (or at least how I imagine it) looking at his unrestrained child: "Really, are we off the same breed? Did I really generate THAT?" but nonetheless having a sort of innate attachment to it.
At the same time, a dire upcoming financial crisis is looming: many sources (including never forgotten friends of mine), and I feel glad of my choice. It looks like times are going to be tough indeed, and no spot on earth will be safer, but for sure I will have a better chance out here, small or big the improvement will be. It was not an easy choice, of course.
Said this, the great laws of physics and history are converging together, and no one will be in a safe haven: after major world wars in the previous century, which created a void to be filled, a huge boom in economy and population has driven the world forward, but as we know there is no way of creating new energy from the void, and that past leap has long since lost its momentum.
Soviet Union collapsing, .com crash in early 2000, sub prime and mortgages hitting investment banks 4 years ago, and now entire governments in tatters, including the only western superpower left. The trend is alarming.
It's now the time for the tidal wave to inexorably rush back into the sea, and god knows what's gonna happen next to whose who haven't secured to some solid pier.
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The Chemical Brothers – Don’t Think
A nice tune from the Chemical Brothers. This one was also featured in the Oscar winning movie "Black Swan" (with Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis).
For more Chemical Brothers music pleasure, you can have a look a this Youtube Playlist.
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Road Trip April 2011
Just came back from my road trip in Italy, 875 Km in three days across Tuscany and Liguria, and visiting nice places such as Siena, Monteriggioni, Follonica, Viareggio, La Spezia and Portovenere, to end it with a nice stroll in the Cinque Terre area! I will update a flickr set with all the pics, but I am adding a small preview here
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… and going forward …
Lately I was looking at the contents of this blog ... it's really amazing how much I've written up here, also considering that the very first version was "home baked" in PHP and contents were lost once I migrated to WordPress a while ago. You basically lost the ability of reading some weird Italian poetry attempts of mine and some pics where I had very long hair. Maybe it's not too bad ain't it ;-)
Still, in between a load of junk, I like seeing some of my old posts and consider now how much I changed since then. I'm even writing in another language lol.
Sometimes I ask myself "is there a reason to keep it open?" And well the answer is yes, apart from the few bucks I get from the ads (which cover for the hosting so we are at the magic break even point) I still need sometimes to write things down. Surely Facebook activity (which has increased dramatically since I live in the UK) has taken its toll on the frequency and payload size of when/what I drop in here. But things may change a bit... I am more relaxed now after settling down and I have a phone to write on at ease. It may be that in between the random babe post and the LOL YouTube video post, there will be still some actual content of mine. But sadly for my Italian readers, I will stick to English... it is a bit of a practice for me, so that at some point, maybe, I will be able of avoiding silly mistakes at work 
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