New here? Check out “Best Of” for some top posts, subscribe to my RSS feed - http://feeds.feedburner.com/MsAdventuresinItaly or receive email updates!Did you have an amazing 2006? Did you set a Guiness World Record? I tried to upset the Frosted Cupcake in Freefall record but failed (I only ate 47).
BUT…
I think I had a [...]

[Read more →]

I have to admit, I am a huge Apple fan. When I bought my laptop last year, I was this close to getting a cute little 12″ iBook. But I wasn’t ready to make the application leap to Apple.

Of course, shortly after I bought my current laptop, Apple released versions that would allow Windows [...]

[Read more →]

Only about 27% of my visitors are using Firefox for a browser. Make the switch! Two cool plugins I really like and am using:

A weather forecast at the bottom of your browser toolbar.
Now you don’t have to open IE for that one pesky site that wants IE. Open a site in IE from within your [...]

[Read more →]

Have you guessed? The client’s answer was a late-afternoon Thursday “Yes,” one that made us sweat until we got it, and then curse after we did get it. We have only 6 working days to make everything ready, which is why I have been working so hard and not blogging. The real time needed is [...]

[Read more →]

(The little canal next to my house)

Pavia is green and lush, and humid and sweaty. The rice fields have been planted and are in various stages of harvest. On my train ride I see thousands of fields, some flooded, some overturned, some already sprouting with rice shoots.
Rice is coming and that means mosquito season is [...]

[Read more →]

In the U.S.? Start trading your paperbacks for free! Paperback Swap
Hilarious viral marketing for Phillips’ Bodygroom - Get your Optical Inch (NSWH - Not safe without headphones) Especially click on “Where to Shave”
So, after my last rant about not having good books to read and though I have received quite a few good books [...]

[Read more →]

I have a problem. An addiction.
I like to read. A lot. And I read fast. Actually, more of an eater.
When I first moved to Italy, I used my paltry salary as an excuse not to buy the 12 euro books that beckoned me. I knew I would finish them in a few hours, and would [...]

[Read more →]

Amazing, genius composer you should know: [ Ennio Morricone ]
I suggest: [ Yo-Yo Ma Plays Ennio Morricone ] [ Film Music Vol. 1 ]
Sometimes my work is like a day spent with Laurel & Hardy….let me give you an example. A true, actual account of how we are organized. (If you don’t get my [...]

[Read more →]