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From Android

This is just a test post to try the Wordpress app for Android…it works!

Posted 18 February 2010 † Matteo § Nerd ‡ Comments (0) °

Goals

Here we are again: the {end of | new} year post on what I achieved in the past year and what I want to accomplish in the coming one. 2009 edition is here: Drops of goals.
Of the goals listed for 2009 in the linked post, I manage to achieve the following:

My thesis was not so [...]

Posted 17 January 2010 † Matteo § Personal ‡ Comments (0) °

Mobile version

While looking at my stats, I saw that someone tried to read my blog using an iPhone. Since mobile users are becoming a bigger and bigger fraction of web users (I got an Android myself too) I decided to install a Wordpress mobile plugin and ended up choosing WordPress Mobile Edition (no particular reason: it [...]

Posted 08 December 2009 † Matteo § Nerd ‡ Comments (0) °

Backups happens to be useful

…but setting up a valid and working backup infrastructure is usually a PITA. So, after having read some positive reviews about Tarsnap, I’m going to set it up for my personal files.

Posted 27 November 2009 † Matteo § FreeBSD § Nerd ‡ Comments (0) °

Rain sound

I love to work with my window open while it is raining. The sound of rain on the leaves, on the roofs, on the ground, is a natural counterpoint to the electromechanical typing clicks. The cold breeze that enters the window from time to time makes me shiver like a low voltage shock. I sneeze, [...]

Posted 27 June 2009 † Matteo § Nerd ‡ Comments (0) °

Writing a thesis

…takes time, is stressing, is hard, is fun.
I’m defending on July 13th. =)

Posted 20 June 2009 † Matteo § University ‡ Comments (0) °

On blogging habits

I was skyping with my gf today (Yes, I have a gf! Yay!), and she asked my why I haven’t posted anything on my blog lately. My last blog entry is from May 2nd, which, in my opinion, is not so far in the past, but still, it is far enough to make someone asking [...]

Posted 19 May 2009 † Matteo § Misc § Nerd § Personal ‡ Comments (9) °

Books I’ve been reading lately

The following list is not sorted according to any criterium (subject, date, author,…) but randomness.

Seneca – Epistulae morales ad Lucilium
Charles Baudelaire – Les Fleurs du mal
Neil Gainman – American Gods
Eli Upfal & Michael Mitzenmacher – Probability and Computing
Paul Auster – Oracle Night
David Vestal – The Craft of Photography
Gopal K. Kanji – 100 Statistical [...]

Posted 02 May 2009 † Matteo § Misc § Personal ‡ Comments (0) °

Productivity measure

I don’t know whether the same goes for other grad students / scholars involved into theory, but it looks like my level of productivity can be measured by the amount of bloc notes sheets I throw in the recycle bin at the end of the day.
Most probably, if you are really good, you don’t throw [...]

Posted 25 March 2009 † Matteo § University ‡ Comments (3) °

Self description

It took me a while, but I eventually updated my About Me page. =)
P.S. I have at least 5 more ideas for blog posts but I’m lacking the brilliant idea to make them interesting.

Posted 11 March 2009 † Matteo § FreeBSD § Nerd § Personal ‡ Comments (2) °