Looking for some hosting
I have to work on the set up of the web sites of three organizations. I decided to use Drupal.
Although I do not know Drupal very well, I’ve seen quite a few communities using it. I tried some demo, looked at the plug-ins. User community is big enough to give support. In case of need, […]
(Google) trends of Mathematics
The Financial Times published a nice comments about James Simons (available here for free). Sixty year old, Mr Simons is a mathematician who is “the most successful hedge fund manager ever.”
His hedge fund group (Renaissance Technology) has a name which already explaines the cultural origin of the “legions of brilliant people” who work there. Not […]
Movimento Senza Terra: La storia non è finita (documentario)
L’immagine che arriva in Italia del Movimento dei lavoratori rurali Senza Terra (MST) in Brasile e` a volte filtrata da un certo romanticismo, da una certa nostalgia da parte di chi auspica in Europa un risveglio delle coscienze capace di cambiare il corso della storia; […]
Protest in Buenos Aires
A protest in Buenos Aires, September 2005. Images and music - at the end the police charged… I liked the town.
Landless Workers’ Movement: History did not end.
The documentary, about the Brazilian Landless Workers’ Movement (Italian websites) was made in 2004. The final version was released in 2005 for the Filmar en Amèrica Latina in Geneva.
Brazil, Canoa Quebrada. Not just the ocean.
NB Click on the picture to enlarge.
After two months travelling North and South in the Brazilian inland I will take a break. Will go to Marino, who lives at Canoa Quebrada, Ceará. Everything has its price, even low-budget flight. You have to sell your time. Then I’ll take […]
Santo Che Guevara
Ieri sono tornato a Santacruz, con questa moto tenuta su col fil di ferro, da la Higuera, luogo dell’esecuzione del comandante Ernesto Guevara, il Che. Complici anche due cene pesanti, non ho fatto altro che sognarlo. Ho letto il suo diario mentre ero li’, ho parlato di lui con la gente, la sua icona dipinta […]
Belfast pictures
Murals are modern frescos, but not all the towns seem to appreciate this artistic expression. Early April 2006, the minister for Social Development announced that £1 million (€1.5 million) would have been allocated to erase the murals, at least the most aggressive. If they will ever begin the job, it will take […]
Foto Canoa Quebrada
Cliccare sulle immagini per ingrandirle
Mi prendo dieci giorni di vacanza. Per poco piu` di una settimana la smettero` di viaggiare nella campagna brasiliana e me ne andro` a trovare Marino, a Canoa Quebrada. L’anno prima ero rimasto un mese in Brasile, per il documentario, e non avevo neanche visto […]
Subscribe via RSS