‘Interestingness’ Archives
Facebook status helps Haiti?
There's a rumor around in Facebook that says you can help Haiti's population, victim of the awful and terrible earthquake, by changing your status in Facebook. The text says something like this: Owner of Facebook has confirmed that they will send $1 dollar to the rescue fund for the Haiti earthquake disaster for every time this is cut and [...]
Victoria Falls’ Devil’s pool
I found out today something that really shocked me - and made me thinking to visit the Victoria Falls, considered one of the Seven natural wonders of the World. The waterfall itself is already amazing: more than 100 mt. high, they are one of the largest falls in the World, located in southern Africa on the Zambezi Riverbetween the countries [...]
Trevi’s fountain description
For those who want to know everything about Trevi's Fountain in Rome. The video is in italian but with english subtitles: enjoy!
Restaurant suggestion: Italia, Montalto Pavese
Couple of weeks ago I went on the hills not so far from my house: it was my grandmother's birthday and we had a nice lunch in a restaurant with some relatives. Before going to the restaurant we visited a Madonna's «temple», called "Madonnina del vento" (Madonna of the wind): the name is quite appropriate, since it was really windy [...]
Restaurant suggestion: da Giulio, Pavia
Last evening I have been at restaurant “da Giulio„ in Pavia and I decided to begin these reviews about places where I go to eat; it won't be anything professional, just suggestions from places hopefully around the World; first is dedicated to this restaurant in Pavia, the city where I work and study. Open more than 30 years ago, this pizzeria [...]
Bees invasion
Morning, about 10am: I went out with my family for some business, not last going to the McDonald's; we came back at midday and, once entered with the car with our car, my father said: “wait, don't leave the car!„. That sounded strange, until I looked out the window: the house just in front of ours was full of bees; hundreds, thoudsands of [...]
Georgian gem of wisdom
I've found out a very nice sentence about Georgia: the original is in italian, but I've also translated it in english. “Mentre Dio distribuiva terre a tutti i popoli del mondo, i georgiani erano impegnati, come al solito, in una gigantesca tavolata. Essi arrivarono in ritardo, come sempre, e Dio disse loro che tutte le terre erano già state [...]
Approach Simulator
Sometimes it is not easy to find the perfect girl; and sometimes, when we find her, we don't know what to say. We would need to have a way to try before searching a girl in the real life: with Approach Simulator now you can! Approach Simulator is a java game developed by me and Marco for the Java exam at the University of Pavia. The game has [...]
