‘Interestingness’ Archives
No Facebook Day
How much facebook-addicted are you? Can you stay one whole day without it? On June, 23rd 2010 forget about the social network, don't try to login with your mobile, avoid looking for someone to chat with... and disable all the mail notification. Can you live without it - for just a day? Just a little experiment to see how many people [...]
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 [...]
