Archive for the 'Hardware' Category

No Windows, Great Party

Thursday, January 25th, 2007

Dell computers with NO Windows preinstalled. Cool!
Via Ossblog

The Same Old Song for the Same Old Fart

Saturday, January 13th, 2007

Happy birthday to meee,
happy birthday to meeee,
happy birthday dear Pietrooo,
happy birthday to meeeeeee!
I gave myself as a present another 30/30 in an exam… So good!

Quote of Today and a thanksgiving

Monday, January 8th, 2007

You should emulate your heros, but don’t carry it too far, especially if they are dead
And thanks to the 1402 unique visitors of this week…

Thank you, Michel Xhaard

Thursday, January 4th, 2007

Yep! The Acer Orbicam usb camera integrated in my laptop now is working, thanks to the 1.00.11 version of the
driver developed by Michel Xhaard
Cool!!!

Fire In The Hole

Thursday, November 16th, 2006

What happens when a laptop battery explodes
(Via Punto Informatico)

Wireless

Monday, November 13th, 2006

At FNAL there is a wireless network: you can register the MAC address of your wlan interface, and then use the network, as well as surfing the web.
In some physics departments in Italy this is also a reality.
In Padova not.
Yep!

Vacuum

Sunday, November 12th, 2006

Higgs… Noether… Symmetries… SU(3)… Flavour… Color… Crap… Neutrinos… Neutralinos… Standard Model And Beyond…
Why Pisa and Roma universities have a quality of teaching surely NOT better than Padova University, but have plenty of money to send their undergraduates some months in America during the thesis?
Why Pisa and Roma universities consider the Summer Student as an exam […]

Summer Student 6 / The Thin Line Between Love And Hate

Thursday, August 24th, 2006

I hate whatever turns out to be able to override a “Disable Master Volume” directive…
In particular when it happens at work…

India, A Strong Nation

Friday, July 28th, 2006

I have read that India refused to join the “A laptop for 140 USD” project, motivating the refusing saying “Before giving us fashion high-tech dildos, give us school and hospitals”.
Well, if the news is confirmed, I have to say that India is a Nation that knows the words Honor and Dignity. Kudos to India.
Well, this […]

M.I.A.

Tuesday, July 18th, 2006

Condition: Missed In Action.
Who: Theoretical Physics 2 Professor
When: Email a week ago, and many visits to his office: always empty
And so?: I think the exam will be passed in October… After all, I need the presence of the professor to sustain the exam…
Oh well, better if I start thinking what I have to put in […]