Archive for August, 2007

Abbenedé vs. Lao-Tzu: lo scontro per la vita

Tuesday, August 28th, 2007

Originally published sometimes back in 1999 Broken links have been updated Nessuno di noi avrebbe scommesso sulla possibilità che uno scontro di questo tipo potesse mai avvenire, ma alla fine ce l’abbiamo fatta: il presente contro il passato, il futuro prossimo contro quello remoto, il trapassato contro il piuccheperfetto.

Espoo Ciné Film Festival 2007

Tuesday, August 28th, 2007

I have seen really nice films this year at the Espoo Ciné Film Festival: The Secret Life of Words: A film about tortured people and the way they restart life after everything is over. You can also have a look at the International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims Chrigu: a documentary about a young Swiss [...]

Have a sip?

Thursday, August 16th, 2007

As I was talking about different ways of getting a hangover, I decided to have a look at the real consumption of alcohol in some European countries. Here are the results. Alcohol consumption per capita Units: Liters of pure alcohol per adult (15 years and older) Country ISO 1963 1973 1983 1993 2003 Czech Rep [...]

Beautiful is better than ugly

Wednesday, August 1st, 2007

Beautiful is better than ugly. Explicit is better than implicit. Simple is better than complex. Complex is better than complicated. Flat is better than nested. Sparse is better than dense. Readability counts. Special cases aren’t special enough to break the rules. Although practicality beats purity. Errors should never pass silently. Unless explicitly silenced. In the [...]