5 ==== Under pressure ====
7 Miletstone B4 was expected to ship today. I don't care because my work
8 is for due for Trial2. But many of my colleagues were extremely
11 There is one last bug with some laptops not coming out of resume.
12 And it's still not fixed at 21:00. Kernel hackers are scraping
15 We had pizza together and, seeing so many tired faces, I casually asked:
16 "when do we close for summer?".
18 People look at me puzzled: "What do you mean exactly by ''close''?".
20 "Err... companies don't close for summer here in the States?".
22 They look at each other, trying to guess if it's some kind
23 of joke: "Why would companies ever ''close''? They're not schools."
25 I quickly added: "Oh, I'm asking because, you know, most
26 companies in Italy do close a few weeks for summer".
28 At this point everybody laughed like if companies closing
29 was an extremely funny idea.
31 This is one reason why we have a strong economy here: people
32 are extremely committed at work. Will I ever catch up? Hope so.
37 ==== Eutelia Voip ====
39 I have a new public phone number: {{055-3984187}}.
41 It's Eutelia's VOIP service, formerly Skypho. People told me
42 that the quality is good. All the previous phone numbers remain
45 I've also switched from Ekiga to a SIP client that doesn't
48 http://www.twinklephone.com/
50 Actually, the user interface is horrible. But if you close
51 your eyes, it works beautifully.
56 ==== Sleeping At The Office ====
58 We have a futon here. And it's quite comfortable. Sleeping
59 at the office has its pros and cons, hereby listed by Dillinger:
66 There has been a longstanding outage of our wiki server since yesterday.
67 Today, my sister finally fixed the problem by rebooting both the modem
70 http://bender.codewiz.org/bender.jpg
72 I'm planning to move bender here one day, so I can properly maintain
73 it, but first I need to consolidate my visa position.
78 ==== More laptop news ====
80 Available here: http://wiki.laptop.org/index.php?title=News
82 Some links to videos in the end. There's not much about me, mostly because I've not done
83 much this week besides chasing bugs.
86 ==== Father and son private business ====
88 E' una settimana che non scrivi. Dove sei sparito? -- '''Babbo'''
90 Avevo problemi di ADSL piuttosto gravi su questo server... ora e' a posto, ma oggi ho da finire delle cose urgenti. Vedo di scrivere due righe nel w/e, scusate tanto -- '''bernie'''
96 Two days ago I went to the local pub for the HappyHour... the HungryHour actually.
97 And I ordered this tasty dish of Cheese Bacon Fries! Yummy yum!
99 http://gastrologica.com/cheesefries.jpg
101 Ok, it's a disgusting blob of pure fat. And the infamous Cheddar
102 cheese, also known as "solid cholesterol":
104 http://www.dann-online.com/HappyHour/lrg93.jpg
107 If you're looking for something healthy, you can always try a
108 salad. Just make sure you don't get a Caesar salad with its
109 ultra-fat dressing sauce:
111 http://www.kosherblog.net/media/caesar.jpg
113 You may also want to avoid hot dogs drowned in chili sauce:
115 http://onokinegrindz.typepad.com/ono_kine_grindz/images/WaffleDogwithChili-thumb.jpg
117 American pizza is edible and even good... But I recently discovered that
118 Pepperoni aren't vegetables, but a kind of hot salami:
120 http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/PTGPOD/409409~Close-up-of-Pepperoni-Pizza-Posters.jpg
123 And, finally, beware of food franchises pretending to be Italian.
126 http://www.emich.edu/dining/images/sbarro/sbarro.jpg
131 ==== Bernie is going to write something here soon ====