Not surprisingly, when one’s daily life is ruled by work, and one has vowed to mention work as seldom as possible in one’s blog, one has nothing to say. At least, nothing that hasn’t already been said. Marrakech is astonishing, especially the giant square in the middle of town. Been there three time...
Escaping the rising waters of the Tiber, I arrive in Casablanca. No, really. Not as a final destination, but en route to Marrakech. And when you’re stuck in an international airport, where a Gold Frequent Flyer card gets you nothing but abuse because you are not leaving the country, and you’ve rea...
Living, as I do, just off the Lungotevere it has been an eye opener to see the Tiber’s waters rise. It rained last week. and then the water started to rise, and rise, and rise. The level is now about 12 metres -- that's 39 feet in old money -- above normal. And it just started to rain again ...
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Good to see that big tech employees feel no need to hide their dirty laundry away. Tim Bray over at Ongoing has an update on the simple observation that Microsoft’s Developer Network website contains horrible code. So does Sun, where he works. And IBM. I’m by no means au fait with the technicali...
To the countryside once again, for another celebratory meal. And yes, this time, there were the fabled ucellini -- little birds -- that many Italians wax lyrical about. A clockwork contraption gently rotated two spits in front of a bed of banked oak embers, each spit loaded with pieces of bread,...
