Ecofisica
Durante lo scorso mese di dicembre, ho quasi terminato il libro “Ecofisica” di Sertorio e Renda, dei quali avevo già scritto: a gennaio, la nascita di mio figlio ha reso più difficile per me trovare tempo e voglia, alla sera, per leggere sistemi di equazioni differenziali. :) Iniziandolo, mi sono chiesto quanto fossi arrugginito: un [...]
Writing, 22 years ago
Last December, Andreas asked the following question: Were computers part of your childhood? When I was 15 or 16, I wrote a few science fiction short stories, printed by a small book publisher. It was 1988/89 and the web didn’t exist then: I used to write by hand or with a mechanical typewriter. :) Having [...]
Spreading Kiva
Using the common “business as usual” models, someone might say that the global systemic crisis hit me too: well, I can still help people. :) A friend of mine invited me to join Kiva which is a very useful and interesting mashup website. I’ve just loaned a few Euros to a small farmer in Bolivia: [...]
