Iran calling (part two)
Here below the second part of my interview upon Iran, taken from the web-radio programme Siee, Giuee, Accaso. Still in Eyetie language, apologies to the non-Italian speakers… or a good way to learn it?
Read moreAuthor: Raffaello Tesi
Raffaello Tesi is a a telecommunication engineer, web developer, translator, interpreter, transnantional coordinator, language teacher, tourist guide, cyclist and a wannabe for what concerns the rest.
Iran calling (part one)
Here we go with the first part of a web-radio programme (Siee, Giuee, Accaso) in which I was interviewed about my journey to Iran (the interview is in Italian, sorry)
Read moreDiesel-flavoured air-conditioning
Better to come about Persia
Read more
Legislation on Internet web sites
I don’t like to talk about politics. I’ll try to stick with the facts, then. There has been a lot of moaning about the bill on publications announced by the Italian Government (no English there, sorry) on requiring any blog and Internet journal (in law language, “any website with a purpose of information, education, dissemination or entertainment“, Art. 2, Par. […]
Read more
Welcome to Tuscany
But mind the language signs: Learn more about the gorgia!
Read moreLast Party 2000
Let’s keep up this documentary trend! Last Party 2000 (US, 2001): a documentary featuring Philip Seymour Hoffman hitting the road and watching what’s going on in the months before the American elections of year 2000 (Al Gore vs. Bush). Many interesting things: seeing the film after seven years gave me the picture that is has been a loooong time ago […]
Read more
Limoncello
[lang_it]Ecco la ricetta del limoncello, il liquore “sudista” italiano, così come suggerita dal babbo Paolo. Ingredienti: 1 l di alcool etilico 4-6 bucce di limone (dipende dalle dimensioni dei limoni) 1,5 l di acqua 1 kg di zucchero Preparazione Si toglie la pelle dei limoni (la buccia sottile senza il bianco) e si mette a macerare nell’alcool puro versato in […]
Read moreBloody Cartoons
Now it’s time for a documentary that was shown tonight on YLE2: Bloody Cartoons: what happened after the cartoons depicting the Islamic prophet Muhammad were published on a Danish newspaper? This documentary is based on the journey of a Danish journalist in several countries in Europe and the Middle East, interviewing the key people involved in the aftermath of the […]
Read more
The Lives of Others
I really, really can’t complain of the quality of films I have seen recently! The Lives of Others (Das Leben der Anderen, Germany, 2006): an Oscar-winning film telling the story of a cold Stasi agent, back in the eighties in East Berlin, spying the life of a theatre dramatist, suspected of conspiring against the DDR. But the spy’s coldness gets […]
Read more