X-Git-Url: https://codewiz.org/gitweb?p=wiki.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=MayBlog;h=86a3223a197dd03f8c08a7ed87fe94675845976c;hp=84ea9d034ec81ec469b26038e55bd8d84b62e8dc;hb=6a42761dc0cacf2ea85937df6156a317cd53df3e;hpb=74d2ba2b71564f77d34032fbcca114c79ffce092 diff --git a/MayBlog b/MayBlog index 84ea9d0..86a3223 100644 --- a/MayBlog +++ b/MayBlog @@ -2,7 +2,93 @@ '''Tip:''' as always, start from the bottom and proceed bottom up to keep time flowing in one direction. -=== Tue, 2nd === +=== Thu, 4th === + +==== Fast night ==== + +After a long time, I finally get to (ab)use MIT's wi-fi and +barf my short-term brain buffer into my BrainDump. + +Tonight we went to an Irish pub next to Kendall, where I got +to know a few more Ximian employees. I got rumors that +the famous kernel hacker RobertLove would be there, so after +a while I turned to the guy next to me and asked: "Is +RobertLove really going to come?". And he replied: "Speaking." + +Another guy told me: "Hi, I'm BAHB". "Pardon?". "BAHB!". +"What???". Federico promptly helped me out: "Ha detto che si +chiama BOB :-)" + +The beer was good. I discovered that a BlueMoon is the +nearest approximation of a WeisseBeer I can find here, +and I'm not at all displeased by its taste. + +==== Slow day ==== + +My landlord has recently switched DSL provider and Internet +doesn't work any more: the sync light on the modem flashes. +It seems that crappy ISPs are a common disease in the States +as well. + +Yesterday, he called for service and, finally, they told him +they would send a tech today from 8AM to 18PM. They refused +to be more specific. And so I've agreed to wait here to let +the guy in... I care about it for myself too! + +==== Weight ==== + +By the way, today I'm exactly 150 pounds (use GoogleCalculator +to get it to SI units). + +150 pounds = 68.0388555 kilograms + +=== Thu, 3rd === + +==== Roxbury ==== + +They told me Roxbury is quite an infamous suburb of Boston. +And my first impression confirms that: shops are uglier, +parks and streets are somewhat dirtier (but not as much as +in NewYorkCity!) and, most importantly, some of the neighbors +look creepy. Especially in the night, streets are crowded by +people with criminal faces and many homeless. + +You know I'm not the type who's easily scared off by a bunch +of zombies, but I'll feel much better when I'll drive a car. + +==== Moving In ==== + +I've finally settled in my room. There's no need to describe the house +in detail, as it's the most typical colonial design: two floors plus +basement, front and back yards, sliding windows, wooden floors +everywhere. You've come to know them very well from the movies. + +Today I went to the mall to gather the essentials: a blankets, +a pillow case and some bath towels. The bed is comfortable and +I was quite tired already, therefore I fell asleep early in the +evening and kept on until 8 AM. + +'''WARNING: TIME WARP OCCURRED''' + +----- + +'''WARNING: TIME WARP IMMINENT''' + +=== Fri, 4th === + +Alberto: Attento a convertire € in $ perchè € si sta apprezzando,e quindi $ svalutando rispetto a €. + +Belle le foto scovate da Massimo. Have a good stay in Btn. + +Massimo: Bernie, you taught me: http://www.google.com/search?q=100+USD+in+EUR + + +Massimo: Since Bernie could not give us any picture, I had to use flickr: here they are! + +http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=bernardo+innocenti + + +=== Wed, 2nd === ==== BankOfAmerica ====