How to build your own Sputnik

Posted on October 30th, 2007 in Funny, History, Internet, Technology by michele

Sputnik-100

As everybody knows from internet, television and magazines, this month marked the 50th anniversary of the pioneering Sputnik 1 mission, that put in orbit the first artificial satellite.

But the BBC boldly goes where no one has gone before: it features and article on how to build your own Sputnik.

Man, that’s great! A pity the author does not also explain how to place it on orbit on your own… :-D

BeBop Live Music Club

Posted on October 26th, 2007 in BeBop, Music, Movies & TV, Trips & Travel by michele

This week, as almost every week, I’ve been in Florence, back to the worldwide headquarter of the company I work for. This time, instead of 1 or 2 days, I spent there the best part of 3 days working with a colleague that come from Rio De Janeiro for some training.

He’s a nice guy and on Tuesday night, after dinner, I brought him to a good place with music, beer and lot of (female) tourists… the BeBop Live Music Club.
I’m definitely no expert about pubs and places in Florence, but this one is definitely my favourite, especially on a Tuesday night (Why so? Just keep reading).

Vox Power @ BeBop

The BeBop is right in the city centre, you go down a few steps and find yourself in a place with a band playing live on the stage and many girls dancing and singing at and around tables. What more do you need? Yes, there is a nice selection of beers and further drinking stuff (have I ever told you that I do like whisky and whiskey? ;-) ). We even found a bottle of Riga Black Balsam, but that’s another interesting story (maybe more about in the future), and that bottle is over, anyway…

The place hosts several bands, with a calendar available on the web site. Tuesday is usually the best night due to the huge popularity of the Beatles cover band named Vox Power that owns the stage. On a “Beatles night” the place fills with girls, most of them from USA, and I’ve seen a brave friend just dive from the last few steps of the staircase in order to enter the place :-D

A Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens

Posted on October 19th, 2007 in Books by michele

I can’t even remember the last time I abandoned reading a book, it must have been many, many years ago. Well, it happened again. After struggling with 50 pages of reading that felt like swimming in honey, I dropped the book. A Tale of Two Cities is not for me, better spend my time in something I can enjoy :-)