On the press

On today's online edition of The Globe And Mail, a Canadian national newspaper, in their selection of "RECOMMENDED LINKS: BETTER I.T. IN 10 CLICKS OR LESS", they included also my post about the 18…

Minority Report-like interaction in WPF

Microsoft Surface and Jeff Han's multi-touch UI seem to be ages behind if compared to Project Maestro, developed by Cynergy, a RIA development company based in Washington, DC.What Project Maestro…

The Ballad of the Programmer

I just found a modified version of a famous song by Francesco De André called "Il Pescatore".The name of this remake is: The Ballad of the Programmer and it's about a poor programmer dealing with a…

18 (almost) free applications on my Mac

<p>A bit more than 2 weeks passed since my post with some considerations on the Mac applications available and I had a bit more time experimenting and reading some advices from other and I think I almost decided my toolbox of must-have applications, so here I'm sharing my list of apps <a href="http://codeclimber.net.nz/archive/2008/01/21/18-almost-free-applications-on-my-Mac.aspx">Read More... </a>…

www.italia.it closed a few days ago

Do you remember the scandal behind the release of www.italia.it, the website developed by IBM for 45.000.000 euro to promote the tourism in Italy?Well, a few days ago the site has been closed as the…

First ALT.NET (mini)conference in Italy

At the end of October the UGIALT.net was born in Italy (where UGI stands for User Group Italiano). Now we are organizing our first conference, on February 23th, in Brescia. In the title I say…

How to simulate RowTest with MS Test

One of the best feature that is in mbUnit since 2004 is RowTest, which is the ability to perform the same test using different input data and expected results. RowTest…

Sun buys MySQL

This is fresh news, Sun just bought MySQL. Here is the the official press release: Sun Microsystems Announces Agreement to Acquire MySQL, Developer of the World's Most Popular Open Source Database…

Doing something creative

I've always been attracted by wine, especially by the kind of magic that is behind his production. By how a small change in the weather, a small change in how the vines are handled, small changes in…

Buy 11 cool Mac apps for just $49

If you are like me and you followed the live coverage of the MacWorld 08 keynote you might have already seen it, but if you missed the live announcement of the MacBook Air, there is a nice offer going…