tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27274216619207187542024-03-19T13:38:57.238+01:00my geeky sidea blog with room for my more geeky side, posts about gadgets, smartphones, multimedia servers, websites, ecommerce, etc
for my other side take a look at http://www.LivingLaDolceVita.itAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05324518376455355987noreply@blogger.comBlogger99125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727421661920718754.post-75027238197868488082014-01-30T20:07:00.002+01:002014-01-30T20:16:14.625+01:00Smartphone voor Dummies - Android toestellen - Google Account toevoegenHet grote voordeel van een Google Account is dat de integratie met een Android toestel super is. Bij het eerste keer opstarten van je toestel vraagt deze of je een Google Account hebt, je hoeft maar de inlog-gegevens in te tikken en hupsakee, alles wordt voor je geregeld. Ook later een Google Account toevoegen, of meerdere Google Accounts (ik heb er 3) samen gebruiken is geen enkel probleem. Aan de hand van enkele screenshots leg ik een en ander even vlug uit.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Het grootste nadeel van Android ten opzichte van Apple's iOS is dat er vele verschillende varianten én versies van Android te vinden zijn. Zo giet elke smartphone-maker een licht (Sony/Motorola) of zwaar (Samsung) sausje over het originele Android (dat door Google wordt ontwikkeld). Mijn screenshots komen van een vrij standaard <b>HTC One Google Play Edition </b>met <b>Android 4.4.2. </b>Heb je een ander toestel dan kan het even zoeken zijn, maar daarna zal het grotendeels hetzelfde zijn. </span></blockquote>
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<li>Ga naar de <b>Settings</b> van je Android telefoon en zoek naar <b>Accounts</b> en klik dan op <b>+ Add account</b></li>
<li>Klik nu op <b>Google</b> </li>
<li>Kies voor <b>Existing</b> (bestaande) en doorloop de volgende stappen (login en wachtwoord invoeren)</li>
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en eigenlijk ben je nu klaar, je GMail account, inclusief Contacts (adressenboekje), Agenda, e.d. wordt nu automatisch naar je toestel gesynchroniseerd. In de volgende blogs zal ik gaan uitleggen hoe je dit allemaal moet gaan gebruiken en hoe je ervoor zorgt dat je contactpersonen allemaal netjes bij elkaar in die ene Google Account staan.<br />
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het is ook wel handig om nu de volgende Apps te installeren op je Android (als ze er nog niet op staan):<br />
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<li><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.plus" target="_blank">Google+</a> Hét sociale platform dat alle Google diensten verbindt</li>
<li><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.talk" target="_blank">Google Hangouts</a> het alternatief voor Skype, Whatsapp, Viber, etc in één App</li>
<li><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.docs" target="_blank">Google Drive</a> een soort Dropbox voor documenten en foto's</li>
<li><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.quickoffice.android" target="_blank">Quickoffice</a> open en bewerk Office documenten op je Android vanuit Google Drive</li>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05324518376455355987noreply@blogger.com368tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727421661920718754.post-43809992178013259502014-01-30T19:14:00.001+01:002014-01-30T19:26:56.830+01:00Smartphone voor Dummies - de Cloud in<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Regelmatig krijg ik via sociale media de vraag of ik mijn telefoonnummer weer even willen doorsturen want hij/zij heeft een nieuwe telefoon en is alle nummers kwijt. De vraag of de nieuwste Nokia 3310 (anno 2000) goed bevalt ligt dan op mijn <strike>lippen</strike> toetsenbord. Er worden schrikbarende bedragen uitgegeven aan iPhones, HTCs en Samsungs die krachtiger zijn dan je PC uit 2005, die volgestopt zitten met Cloud-diensten en Cloud-Apps. Maar de basis-functionaliteiten, zoals het synchroniseren van het adresboek wordt op de één of andere manier overgeslagen. Dat ding heet <b>smart</b>phone maar wordt zo blijkbaar niet ingezet.<br />
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In deze series van blogs zal ik ingaan op de mogelijkheden die de moderne smartphone anno 2014 biedt en die mijns inziens dus onvoldoende benut worden.<br />
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<b>De "CLOUD"</b></h2>
De "Cloud" is kort-door-de-bocht dat stukje internet waarin jij jouw data kunt zetten zodat die altijd bereikbaar voor je is, mits je maar online kunt. Dat wil dus zeggen dat de data/informatie niet meer alleen op je computer of telefoon staat maar dus ook ergens op servers van bijvoorbeeld Google of Microsoft. Met als grote voordeel dat al jouw apparaten (pc, laptop, tablet, smartphone, etc) met die centrale kopie in de Cloud in verbinding staan en het bestand dat je zoëven op je PC via Dropbox (ook een Cloud-dienst) hebt opgeslagen binnen een paar tellen ook op je tablet beschikbaar is en je er onderweg in de trein aan verder kunt werken. In diezelfde Cloud kun je ook je contactpersonen, afspraken, muziek, foto's opslaan, en je email!<br />
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<b>Email</b></h2>
De meeste mensen, of in ieder geval velen, hebben een email adres van hun internet-provider als dagmar72@alice.it. Dat zat immers gratis bij het internet abonnement, zelfs 5 gratis mailadressen, ook nog eentje voor je partner, de kinderen en de hond. Maar tegen de tijd dat je van provider wilt wisselen kom je er achter dat je dan wel eens je email adres dat honderden mensen kennen, waarmee je op tientallen sites inlogt zou kunnen gaan verliezen. Daarom adviseer ik altijd die provider email adressen te laten voor wat ze zijn en een gratis email account bij Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, of zo te nemen.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Ook Apple is zo vriendelijk om dat te doen, maar het nadeel van Apple's iCloud is dat het alleen met producten van Apple naadloos werkt, met Windows/Linux-PCs werkt het niet of slecht, om maar te zwijgen van Windows Phones en Android toestellen. Daarnaast zijn de iCloud diensten niet al te makkelijk te delen met anderen die geen iDevices hebben (zo kun je je iCalendar niet delen met iemand die een Android toestel heeft). Dus tenzij je hele huis volstaat met iMacs, MacBooks, iPhones en iPads, je niet van plan bent daar van af te stappen en je geen behoefte hebt om een deel van je afspraken met iemand anders te delen zou ik iCloud afraden, zelfs als je een iPhone hebt gekozen (kom ik later op terug). </span></blockquote>
Ik heb persoonlijk te weinig ervaring met de diensten van Microsoft (Outlook.com) en Yahoo om daar iets zinnigs over te kunnen zeggen. Ik gebruik zelf uitsluitend Google Mail en Google Apps, vooral omdat ze compatible zijn met alle platformen (werkt ook op iPhone en Windows Phone), een heel breed pakket aan gratis diensten/producten mee aanbieden die allemaal via 1 account werken, je Google Account. Dus naast je email krijg je ook meteen een fatsoenlijk Adresboek, Agenda, diverse GBs gratis opslag op Google Drive (een soort Dropbox) inclusief een soort van Word, Excel en PowerPoint en heb je via diezelfde account toegang tot de sociale platformen van Google: Google+ en YouTube. Daarnaast is een Google Account ook goed te beveiligen tegen hacken middels twee-staps authenticatie (maar dat komt in het toetje van deze serie aan bod).<br />
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Ik ga er dus van uit dat je nu naar Google gaat en een <a href="https://accounts.google.com/SignUp" target="_blank">Google Account aanmaakt door hier te klikken</a> mocht je nog geen Google Account hebben (heb je al een gmail-adres dan kun je daarop verder gaan). Accounts aanmaken en de instellingen aanpassen gaat het beste via een PC of laptop, daar heb je alle opties ter beschikking.<br />
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<b>IMAP, POP3 en nog meer technische geneuzel</b></h2>
Alvorens je nieuwe Google Account op je smartphone in te gaan stellen moeten we zorgen dat je je mail op de juiste manier zult gaan ophalen. In grote lijnen zijn er 2 opties: IMAP en POP3. En dan is er nog SMTP voor de verzending. Het gaat te ver om hier de details te bespreken, maar geloof me, gebruik geen POP3!<br />
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POP3</h4>
Deze techniek staat standaard ingesteld bij GMail en heel veel andere providers maar heeft een belangrijk nadeel: je devices zijn niet in sync.<br />
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<b>IMAP</b></h4>
Met behulp van IMAP staan je email op de server en synchroniseren alle devices naar de server, maak je een mapje aan op je PC dan komt dat mapje ook op de server te staan en dus ook op je smartphone. Handig toch. Beantwoord je een mail vanaf je smartphone dan staat die mail ook tussen je verzonden emails op de PC (in tegenstelling tot POP3).<br />
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Klik nu bovenaan op "Forwarding and POP/IMAP" (ik heb GMail op Engels ingesteld dus het kan bij jou iets afwijken) Zie [1] in de screenshot hieronder/naast. Schakel POP uit [2] en schakel IMAP in [3] en klik nu op Opslaan/Save [4]. Als je de screenshot aanklikt krijg je hem fullscreen in beeld, dat is wellicht wat duidelijker!<span id="goog_1908684057"></span><br />
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<b>Proficiat! Je mailbox staat nu goed ingesteld!</b><br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05324518376455355987noreply@blogger.com97tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727421661920718754.post-36054565827814682742014-01-27T11:21:00.002+01:002014-01-27T11:47:40.191+01:00Tweaking Windows 8.1<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Since a week or so I am back to Windows 8, Windows 8.1 to be precise, and this time I probably won't switch back. I switched back because Windows 8, and all its fancy features were driving me crazy. They might be nice on a tablet (full screen apps like Skype) and on a laptop with touch-screen (charm bar, hot corners, etc) but on a normal desktop/laptop and especially with a multi-monitor set-up it was fastidious.<br />
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The <b>performance</b> on my <i><a href="http://www.amazon.it/gp/product/B00BY7ETBY/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=3370&creative=24114&creativeASIN=B00BY7ETBY&linkCode=as2&tag=mygeesid-21" target="_blank">Asus Zenbook UX31E</a></i> (with intel i7, 4GB RAM, 128GB SSD) is way better under Windows 8.1 x64 than it was before with Windows 7 x64. With three Chrome browsers (different user profiles) opened and in each multiple tabs active the 4GB of RAM were not enough and I couldn't upgrade the Zenbook. It was causing 90% or more memory usage, the processor was constantly over 50%. Now with Windows 8.1 it's down to 70% memory usage and the processor is doing around 20-40%. With the same browsers, sites and apps opened that is!<br />
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With some little tweaks I lowered the irritation level to a minimum: with <b>Start8 </b>I brought the Windows7-like start menu back to my Desktop avoiding having to switch to the Metro GUI each time you need another application. I also disabled some of the hot corners with this app and somehow in 8.1 the uncharming Charm-bar is not popping up so much as it was in W8.<br />
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The one major feature that keeps missing in Windows are the <b>Virtual Desktops</b>, like OS X and Linux offer you. I just do not get why MS just doesn't implement them natively. There are enough tools to help you, but native support in Windows would just give Windows DESKTOP (not the new Metro GUI) a much better user experience, especially for the experienced and demanding user (like me). I just started evaluating <b><a href="http://dag.gy/1jW9Hsm" target="_blank">Dexpot</a></b> and <b><a href="http://dag.gy/1jW9TYv" target="_blank">Actual Virtual Desktops</a></b>, let's see if one of these gives me what I need.<br />
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Here are some links to blogs I used for tweaking Windows 8.1 to my needs/preferences<br />
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<li><a href="http://dag.gy/1gixF2Y" target="_blank">Five tools to bring the Start menu back to Windows 8.1 </a></li>
<li><a href="http://dag.gy/1gixuEP" target="_blank">How to Get Virtual Desktops in Windows</a> </li>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05324518376455355987noreply@blogger.com102tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727421661920718754.post-59550822007789761202013-09-22T19:58:00.000+02:002014-01-27T11:24:48.833+01:00my multimedia server based on Synology<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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In this blog I explain you how I created the (for me) ideal environment for keeping my important documents save and backed up and at the same time benefit from some extra features the Synology server offers.<br />
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<i>first a bit of history: </i><br />
<i>My geeky side always wants to try out professional stuff and use it at home. So for years (2002-2009) all my files, consisting of a few gigabyte of business & personal documents and hundreds of gigabytes of music, videos and photographs where hosted on a Windows Small Business Server (SBS) in our basement. But when I realized what the power-consumption of my 24x7 standby Quad-XEON server was I decided to downsize and move everything to a <a href="http://support.wdc.com/product/kb.asp?groupid=117&lang=en" target="_blank">WD MyBook WorldEdition</a>, a small 1 disk NAS. With a 2TB hard-disc in it, the important documents also safely in the cloud with <a href="https://db.tt/XVxwo1ur" target="_blank">DropBox</a> and/or <a href="http://drive.google.com/" target="_blank">GoogleDrive</a>, this offered enough space. My unstable Exchange-Outlook environment was migrated to Google Apps with GMail and this turned out much better then I ever hoped. My XBMC-devices around the house could access the media files on the MyBook via LAN or WiFi. </i><br />
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<i>Until one day the disc in the MyBook started making strange noises, rebooting, taking hours to re-index all media-files and in the end I even lost some pictures I'd rather not had lost. It was finally time for Synology. I already heard a lot of it from friends (via social media) and I quickly opted for the<a href="http://www.synology.com/products/product.php?product_name=DS213%2B" target="_blank"> DS213+ model</a>, a pretty fast 2-disc NAS, so possible to mirror the data. I started building it with one 3TB <a href="http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.aspx?id=810" target="_blank">WD RED</a> (specially developed for NAS-purpose) and when everything worked I added a second 3TB WD RED disc so my data would be constantly mirrored (Raid1). Maybe a 4-disc NAS with a Raid5/10 scheme would've been better and more efficient but that also comes with a different price-tag. </i><br />
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<a href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/13462314/Selection_001.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/13462314/Selection_001.bmp" height="176" width="320" /></a>So now I have my Synology DS213+ up and running. It keeps copies of my personal and business documents which I now primarily store in the <a href="http://drive.google.com/" target="_blank">GoogleDrive</a> and <a href="https://db.tt/XVxwo1ur" target="_blank">Dropbox</a> clouds so I can access them from wherever I am and from whatever device I am using (PC at home, laptop at work, tablet or smartphone on the road). The Synology Operating System or<a href="http://www.synology.com/dsm/dsm_for_home.php?lang=enu" target="_blank"> DiskStation Manager (DSM)</a> as they call it is a very powerful Linux based OS which allows even non-Linux users to benefit from a real server. It is amazing if you see what you can get out of this little box. All my printers are shared and we can directly print from the computers, iPads, iPhones, Android tablets and smartphones. Video and music are streaming to DLNA devices like our smart TV, tablets and phones. We're browsing through all our digital pictures/albums on the TV or tablet. And I even connected an outside IP Security Camera which I can see from wherever I am on my smartphone. You can manage users and groups in case you do not want everyone to have access at everything.<br />
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<b>Backup options</b><br />
Even though my data is stored on 2 different harddrives it is still not safe, what if our cellar floods or the house burns down? My video and music collection is not so important, my documents are stored in various clouds, but the tens of GBs of pictures we shot over the last years is not something I would like to loose. The Synology offers some interesting back-up solutions in different price ranges. For my pictures I choose Amazon Glacier backup. It is a very economic solution, I pay less then 1US$ per month to store around 20GB of pictures on Amazon's servers in Ireland. It is not as easy accessible as other cloud solutions but I will only need it in case of emergency. From my PC I also make a copy to <a href="https://copy.com/?r=9ckkib" target="_blank">Copy.com</a> where I got a lot of storage for free by inviting friends (follow <a href="https://copy.com/?r=9ckkib" target="_blank">this link</a> and start with 15+5GB for free)<br />
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<b>Bonus for the MultiMedia freaks</b><br />
For those who like to download movies and TV shows there's a whole bunch of Apps in a community available for the Synology. After some attempts with various tools/apps I came up with this set-up:<br />
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<li><a href="http://sabnzbd.org/" target="_blank">SABnzbd</a> for downloading content from <i>Usenet*</i> (a paid usenet provider will be necessary);</li>
<li><a href="http://sickbeard.com/" target="_blank">SickBeard</a> an app that automatically monitors if there are new episodes of my favourite TV Shows (like Dexter, Breaking Bad, the Big Bang Theory) available and if he pushes them to SABnzbd;</li>
<li><a href="https://couchpota.to/" target="_blank">CouchPotato</a> is to movies what SickBeard is to TV Shows.</li>
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The hardware can be yours around 600€ for a Synology DS213+ w/ 2 mirrored harddrives of 3TB, but I also build a solution around the cheaper 1-disc DS112j (250€ incl. one 2TB disc) which works just fine as long as you do not download and stream at the same time.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05324518376455355987noreply@blogger.com89Varese, Italy45.820598900000007 8.825057600000036545.732074400000009 8.6636961000000365 45.909123400000006 8.9864191000000364tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727421661920718754.post-60180519182050168112013-08-14T15:49:00.000+02:002013-09-22T16:58:40.202+02:00meeting with the wanderer<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsx0M0KuiJdaPY6qfC3kuwsoYGKsl_782rHCi4Jo9gT8KMD4hqZvyFT0Ge4YKxC0bo1Qen14WKPjW_XGtkwrKdIWGDa2QgeJFMWI3CrLeuKd_sH_c5vl7NOIbMlYTzqhEEQCxkdfc-Tu8a/s1600/ZOE_0027.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsx0M0KuiJdaPY6qfC3kuwsoYGKsl_782rHCi4Jo9gT8KMD4hqZvyFT0Ge4YKxC0bo1Qen14WKPjW_XGtkwrKdIWGDa2QgeJFMWI3CrLeuKd_sH_c5vl7NOIbMlYTzqhEEQCxkdfc-Tu8a/s320/ZOE_0027.jpg" width="180" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Michael and his lasagna</td></tr></tbody></table>Yesterday Maddy, the girls and I met with<a href="https://plus.google.com/100125012078853567494/posts" target="_blank"> Michael Lee Johnson</a>. Michael is travelling to Beijing with the help of contacts/friends/followers on <a href="http://plus.google.com/" target="_blank">Google+</a>. Although he already bought a ticket to Beijing <a href="https://plus.google.com/100125012078853567494/posts/cvVkZB3jsE6" target="_blank">he decided (overnight)</a> to change the flight into a challenge: travel from London to Beijing with only the help of Google+. So his trip is now sponsored by people and companies who follow his journey on that platform. Michael is staying in sponsored hotels or with people at their homes (like with his host in Milan <a href="https://plus.google.com/+phiria/posts" target="_blank">Mara </a>who you see on the photo with us), breakfasts, lunches, dinners, drinks are all sponsored or paid for (or not and than he doesn't have anything to eat or drink). He is not allowed to accept donations by the way. We bought him dinner last night (he choose lasagna) and tomorrow he will travel to Vienna by train. That train-ticket across the border is sponsored by my company <a href="http://www.salesupply.it/" target="_blank">Salesupply Italy</a>, after all we at Salesupply help people (<i>read: webshops</i>) going cross-border!<br /><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcstNvTWY4SAKT8VsOGAfskZmgNeLnY1R_v6tE6wdWBH37wu3d3LRRoFNVx-g2zdd9lgT2583aCmTx1w9Pnjl_QmksiNKFdlsoJTScouDAqdBZgl4sAL-vseUFOotwJIGd6WqcKWFOI1vv/s1600/DSC_1360.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcstNvTWY4SAKT8VsOGAfskZmgNeLnY1R_v6tE6wdWBH37wu3d3LRRoFNVx-g2zdd9lgT2583aCmTx1w9Pnjl_QmksiNKFdlsoJTScouDAqdBZgl4sAL-vseUFOotwJIGd6WqcKWFOI1vv/s320/DSC_1360.JPG" width="211" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Michael, I, Mara (in white) and Maddy<br />in front of the Duomo in Milano</td></tr></tbody></table>Once he arrives in Beijing another, far more interesting, part of his journey starts: he is returning to London ON FOOT! He thinks he needs 3-4 years to walk it, meanwhile we can follow him via Social Media and SKY TV (UK). He walks, meets people, talk with people, stays with people, walks on, etc... He will need to cross desserts (Gobi), walk in wintertime through the north of China (-40 degrees), encounter (wild) animals, etc... and yet this trip is just an exercise for him. To proof to himself a bigger plan: walk from the utmost south of South-America all the way to Alaska, via the frozen Bering street into Siberia and back to London, no km by train, no car, not even a bicycle. That trip should take 12-15 years... is he mad? did he loose his mind? No, I don't think so. He says he always wanted to walk, to hike, to travel. He is inspired by some others that did this (sorry I forgot the names he mentioned), he wants to meet people and really get to know them (although he is a bit timid in the beginning)... and what better way to get to know people by walking through their habitat.<br /><br />Although I would never (want to) do this myself I admire him for his determination!<br /><br />Good Luck Michael, we'll follow you!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05324518376455355987noreply@blogger.com108tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727421661920718754.post-70656617230182791562013-07-14T23:03:00.000+02:002013-09-22T18:08:14.837+02:00enjoying Parco Valgrandethis blog has been promoted to<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05324518376455355987noreply@blogger.com189Stresa, Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Italy45.8995835 8.539329599999973745.811154 8.3779680999999737 45.988012999999995 8.7006910999999736tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727421661920718754.post-50356747013903714952013-05-29T21:02:00.000+02:002013-09-22T16:58:40.199+02:00Pasta al Ragù (bolognese) <div dir="ltr"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigu1y9mg0LjOpi46Q07Dg53yktsuYMzx8HjNMSRaiNpVxSTln1WJpT4D_5FPZGaq9srinVIxspSGkKSrjVb9ojisuU_wJR3Ra11VWecuhcnTZIGVbN3l1Cf79J3_x6BPv8pfK7nVjSn6F7/s1600/IMAG0707_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigu1y9mg0LjOpi46Q07Dg53yktsuYMzx8HjNMSRaiNpVxSTln1WJpT4D_5FPZGaq9srinVIxspSGkKSrjVb9ojisuU_wJR3Ra11VWecuhcnTZIGVbN3l1Cf79J3_x6BPv8pfK7nVjSn6F7/s400/IMAG0707_1.jpg" width="400" /></a>Ik kreeg al vaker de vraag om het recept van mijn ragù te delen. voor de non-Italianen volgt hier het recept van de ragù (ook bekend als Bolognese saus) </div><div dir="ltr"><br /></div><div dir="ltr">Opmerking vooraf: ragù is een vleessaus en GEEN tomatensaus, het vlees moer overheersen en niet drijven in een pan tomatensaus </div><div dir="ltr"><br /></div><div dir="ltr"><br /><a name='more'></a><br /></div><div dir="ltr"><u>Ingrediënten voor 4p als hoofdmaaltijd:</u></div><div dir="ltr"></div><ul><li>4ons gedroogde pasta of 3ons verse pasta/pasta met ei (zoals de door mij gebruikte Barilla Pappardelle all'uovo</li><li>1 pond gehakt (ik geef voorkeur aan rundergehakt, maar halfom kan ook) </li><li>1 klein blikje geconcentreerde tomatenpuree</li><li>1 blik tomatensaus van ca. 400gr. (ik gebruik een stevigere saus/pulp ipv die dunne Grand'Italia saus) </li><li>1 worteltje, ½ stengel bleekselderij, 1 sjalotje alles fijngesneden (brunoise). evt 1 teen knoflook </li><li>1 glas witte wijn </li><li>½l kippenbouillon</li></ul><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGEzj9jLlPIJwfRbe8hnLyILz28cfnk-6nm73UhpPxl4i_GVZmqxV9Kxs31DfpXGe5jv1IVXB8gpiapeLt17vR2cOP3Kx52ngamqv0vSQx4eHz7KlIZ7QeoNTLLjveCRy6l_HF8OfPhpb3/s1600/IMAG0699_ZOE006_SHOT.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGEzj9jLlPIJwfRbe8hnLyILz28cfnk-6nm73UhpPxl4i_GVZmqxV9Kxs31DfpXGe5jv1IVXB8gpiapeLt17vR2cOP3Kx52ngamqv0vSQx4eHz7KlIZ7QeoNTLLjveCRy6l_HF8OfPhpb3/s400/IMAG0699_ZOE006_SHOT.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div dir="ltr"></div><div><br /></div><div><u>Bereidingswijze:</u></div><ol><li>Doe een flinke scheut olijfolie in een grote pan of ketel en fruit hierin de soffritto (wortel, sjalotje en bleekselderij), evt de knoflook. </li><li>Voeg dan het gehakt toe en bak dit rul (lastig met NL watergehakt maar doe je best) </li><li>Als het gehakt echt rul is (het mag best een beetje aanbakken) voeg dan de witte wijn toe en laat deze inkoken/verdampen</li><li>Zodra de wijn verdampt is voeg dan de tomatenpuree toe en roer deze goed onder het gehakt</li><li>Voeg beetje bij beetje wat vd bouillon toe en laat telkens inkoken (je hoeft niet alle bouillon te gebruiken) </li><li>En ten slotte de tomatenpulp toevoegen</li><li>Laat de saus nu rustig onder een deksel pruttelen. Minimaal een uur maar liever een paar uur</li><li>Kook de pasta in wat bouillon, voeg een beetje kookvocht toe aan de saus en meng dan de pasta door de ragù.</li></ol><br /><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHl4FvWHnPSErOBdWxv4Q16TkXLdGHlpbvnYdJcY_X8r-c3Q8LmYFM6bPe6BygRpUtZ0sQIyXRV0VYDkPMA25RgGAULuVoPF4v4MiXD6tsuXd-KT-QuxSba1aROYUSYT6d0QoSjmRObgdf/s1600/IMAG0704_ZOE006_SHOT.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHl4FvWHnPSErOBdWxv4Q16TkXLdGHlpbvnYdJcY_X8r-c3Q8LmYFM6bPe6BygRpUtZ0sQIyXRV0VYDkPMA25RgGAULuVoPF4v4MiXD6tsuXd-KT-QuxSba1aROYUSYT6d0QoSjmRObgdf/s400/IMAG0704_ZOE006_SHOT.jpg" width="400" /></a><b>Serveren met wat vers geraspte parmezaanse kaas en BUON APPETITO! </b></div><div dir="ltr"><br /></div><div dir="ltr"><i>tip: gebruik ipv gehakt ook eens wildzwijn, ree of ezel! </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05324518376455355987noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727421661920718754.post-72713239918958980892013-05-03T18:35:00.000+02:002013-09-22T16:58:40.216+02:00iOS is not build for sharing content <p dir=ltr>Normally I take out my iPad late at night and start reading business related news, updates and blogs. On Google Currents or FlipBoard. The most interesting content I share to BufferApp,  Twitter, Facebook, tumblr, LinkedIn, Google+, etc whatever I think suits best. </p><p dir=ltr>Today I was activated FlipBoard on my HTC One while waiting for my daughter and I suddenly realized (pretty late I admit ) that I should quit using my iPad for sharing., iOS is not build for sharing content. You can only share to the standard channels which apple allows: twitter, Facebook and email. No direct link to tumblr, BufferApp or any other app that imho suits best for sharing the content. In Android I can share to any App via the share functionality in the menu. And mostly you share rich content, so not just a link to an article but also a thumbnail an intro text etc... </p><p dir=ltr>It's time I order an Android tablet. </p><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'> <a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfSxAUnXfQ7CLPU8R477OHIVVcKRrl4iDkE1CviaRnPikaGVE5gLM-jH5B4NSY67eA6LSgLSINn2TZqCMUkoR100DLkzkeDLKI_mDlLcY_nwsqH12g62-jhgxDTTEnHsAYsjjDees4c-9B/s1600/Screenshot_2013-05-03-17-32-29.png' imageanchor='1' style='margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;'> <img border='0' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfSxAUnXfQ7CLPU8R477OHIVVcKRrl4iDkE1CviaRnPikaGVE5gLM-jH5B4NSY67eA6LSgLSINn2TZqCMUkoR100DLkzkeDLKI_mDlLcY_nwsqH12g62-jhgxDTTEnHsAYsjjDees4c-9B/s640/Screenshot_2013-05-03-17-32-29.png' /> </a> </div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05324518376455355987noreply@blogger.com4Morazzone, Morazzone45.765022 8.831489tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727421661920718754.post-69844003628449445602012-09-13T18:14:00.000+02:002013-09-22T16:58:40.211+02:009 months without iPhone<a href="http://www.iphoneinformer.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/iPhone-5-vs-Samsung-Galaxy-S3-vs-iPhone-4S-vs-Oppo-Finder-01-675x451.png?3995d3" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="http://www.iphoneinformer.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/iPhone-5-vs-Samsung-Galaxy-S3-vs-iPhone-4S-vs-Oppo-Finder-01-675x451.png?3995d3" width="320" /></a><a href="http://www.iphoneinformer.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/iPhone-5-vs-Samsung-Galaxy-S3-vs-iPhone-4S-vs-Oppo-Finder-01-675x451.png?3995d3" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br /></a><br /><i>because of questions on Google+ asking for my experience/opinion about a switch from iOS to Android I wrote this response which might also be interesting outside of Google+ </i><br /><br />Over the last 3 years (iPhone3G in 2008, iPhone3Gs in 2009, iPhone4 in 2010) I had spend a serious amount of money in the AppStore (w/ Navigon Europe for €89 being my most expensive App). I had at least €200 worth of Apps on my iPhone4 in september 2011 when Apple did not give me the larger iPhone5 I wanted/needed. Nevertheless the lock-in relation I had with the iTunes AppStore I decided to give other platforms a chance. The most important reasons to move away from iOS start looking around: I was expecting the larger screen iPhone5 and I was heavily disappointed when they showed just the 4s. But more important I was very disappointed in iCloud/MobileMe: not your own email domain (always a @me.com-address), iCloud's Agenda/Mail/Contacts are incompatible with everything out there other than Macs (apart from a 1990s type of synchronization in Outlook) so they already forced me to switch entirely to GoogleApps. And that's were I started to look to Android.<br /><a name='more'></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.pianetacellulare.it/Modelli/immagini/htc_hd7.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://www.pianetacellulare.it/Modelli/immagini/htc_hd7.jpg" width="103" /></a><br />But first I played for about 3-4 weeks with an HTC HD7 w/ <b>Windows Phone 7.5 Mango</b>. It was a true disappointment, apart from the particular interface I couldn't get used too there were no Apps available that could satisfy me. apart from email, agenda and calling my phone needs a good Twitter App... and for WP at that time (October 2011) there was nothing. the WP-designs were too slick and lean. I hope to give the Nokia Lumnia 920 w/ WP8 a try soon to see how HW, OS and Apps have developed in a year time. <br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">Sidenote: I think coming from the Apple iOS springboard (all these icons on your screen) the step to Windows Phone is a giant one. From Android, with all its widgets, the WP-Tiles maybe make more sense, they do not feel so different (good point in favour of Android: it combines the best of both)</blockquote><a href="http://android.hdblog.it/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/jelly-bean1.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="184" src="http://android.hdblog.it/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/jelly-bean1.jpg" width="200" /></a>So after my short flirt with WP I bought an Android device, the <b>Google Samsung Galaxy Nexus</b>, now 9 months ago (hence the title od this blog). No HTC Sense or Samsung TouchWiz skins to ruin the work of Google's programmers, the real stuff, Google's Android Vanilla interface. It was the the first Android device with OS 4 Ice Cream Sandwich. And OMG how I regretted my choice for at least 1-2 months. OS 4.0.0/4.0.2 was still very buggy (unstable Wifi connections, OS-crashes, Apps crashing). Only when 4.0.4 came I could relax and everything finally worked as I expected and I started to enjoy Android. Since 2 months there's JellyBean available for the Galaxy Nexus and it is fantastic, a few neat enhancement/improvements but above all a much smoother interface, for sure better then iOS5 on any of the iPhones I've seen (so that excludes the latest iPhone5). <br /><br /><b>Would I do this switch again?</b> Knowing what I know now: yes, for sure! The integration with the Google applications (Gmail, GDrive/Docs, Picasa, etc) is perfect, I love the flexibility of Agenda/Calendar, Contacts and Email. I wouldn't be able to live again with iOS shortcomings such as having to launch the Calendar-App to see if you have any upcoming appointments (why not on the lockscreen?) or the lack of a some simple buttons (widgets) to switch WiFi on/off, or datasync (in case of roaming), etc. I would probably end up jailbraking the iPhone again (as I did with all my iPhones) in order to get the iPhone to do what I want it to do. <a href="http://www.sporck.it/2009/12/meer-uit-de-iphone-halen-dan-er-volgens.html">In fact one of my best read blogs ever (from Dec 2009, in Dutch) is about how to get more out of the iPhone</a>. But my experience with Jailbraking is that it does make the iPhone unstable (not the JB itself, but some Cydia Apps do). I had to (soft)reboot at least once or twice a day. <br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuoAJ5WoCDWXEUTsC3lNgQc-QxxM6Iu-g6txHxzoMix49h8CL7_wqGqOrS6Li5s5SoxI6_jMOkOM26X2YIX0H2SSuUVgoqayuktkx8VThccAseKkx5XZ5EEqPCnM__ASdv28UcRzmSlvBn/s1600/Screenshot_2012-09-13-17-20-30.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuoAJ5WoCDWXEUTsC3lNgQc-QxxM6Iu-g6txHxzoMix49h8CL7_wqGqOrS6Li5s5SoxI6_jMOkOM26X2YIX0H2SSuUVgoqayuktkx8VThccAseKkx5XZ5EEqPCnM__ASdv28UcRzmSlvBn/s320/Screenshot_2012-09-13-17-20-30.png" width="180" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small; text-align: start;">my main homescreen with </span><br /><span style="font-size: small; text-align: start;">Calendar, Gmail and </span><br /><span style="font-size: small; text-align: start;">Evernote widgets </span></td></tr></tbody></table><b>Now to the Apps: </b>I like to play around and test a lot of Apps, just for fun. I do not hesitate to buy any App cheaper then €1,99 if I think it could help me and if there's no Free version to test available. So I have spend already a lot on Android Apps as well (all from the official Google Play Store), probably around €100 in a year time. I have seen the Android Apps grow, they're getting mature. But there's also still a lot of rubbish in Google's Play Store, more then in the iTunes AppStore is my impression, especially from a design point of view. For almost all of my iOS Apps I found (cheaper/free) alternatives on Android. All my key Apps work perfect, look great on my Galaxy Nexus. For a long time I have been searching a Twitter App that could match the design, versatility and functionality of <a href="http://tapbots.com/software/tweetbot/">TweetBot</a> (only available for iOS) but the latest version of <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.levelup.touiteur">Plume</a> and the final version <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.teamboid.twitter&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS50ZWFtYm9pZC50d2l0dGVyIl0.">Boid</a> are very promising! <br /><br /><b>Switching from iCloud to other alternatives is easy </b>and you only get more functionality. Both Dropbox and Google Instant Upload offer a better alternative to PhotoStream. Better since it's far more easier to get access to your "photostream" from other platforms, my main problem with all Apple-Apps is they offer no or bad support for other platforms then iOS/OSX. Gmail has always been better (and more versatile) then your @mac.com/@me.com account, accessing a Google Agenda is possible from anywhere and from a wide range of devices/apps and you do not need an iPhone to get access to a shared agenda. Google Drive/Docs and all the plugins/extensions make your life a lot easier.<br /><br /><b>Conclusion: if you do not care about throwing away the money spent on your iOS Apps your life will get better on Android ;-)</b><br /><b><br /></b><i>PS: my wife and kids still use all those iOS-Apps I bought over the years on my 3 old iPhones and iPad1. And I still haven't replaced my iPad2 with an Asus Nexus7 so on the couch I can still enjoy TweetBot!</i>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05324518376455355987noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727421661920718754.post-84530334038600352002012-08-14T19:45:00.000+02:002013-09-22T16:58:40.232+02:004 jaar na dato<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.gpsvarese.it/tracciati/205/foto//205-03gpsvarese-Varese%20-%20Villa%20Estense%20e%20giardini.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://www.gpsvarese.it/tracciati/205/foto//205-03gpsvarese-Varese%20-%20Villa%20Estense%20e%20giardini.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><b>Ik heb wel eens ergens gelezen (zal wel in "Ik mis alleen de HEMA" zijn geweest) dat je als emigrant vier jaren nodig hebt om helemaal die omslag te maken en te verwerken. Nou, vandaag is die dag! Vandaag is het vier jaar geleden dat we Nederland vaarwel zeiden en vol goede moed naar Italië vertrokken (<a href="http://www.sporck.it/2008/08/de-verhuizing-naar-italie.html">hier de link naar de blog van 14 aug 2008</a>). En wat is er in vier jaar veel gebeurd en wat zijn we veel wijzer geworden! Nou... wat zijn we in vier jaar eigenlijk wijzer geworden?</b><br /><br /><br /><br /><h4>het roer om</h4>Allemaal kennen we wel de mislukkingen en hopeloze pogingen van emigranten op TV in programma's als "het roer om". In de eerste minuten weet je al dat het plan gedoemd is te mislukken: geen duidelijke (economische) plannen of veel te rooskleurige plannen, ze spreken de taal nog niet of nauwelijks en het steenkolen engels zal ze ook niet ver brengen... maar toch... ZE DOEN HET WEL! Ik kreeg in de aanloop naar de emigratie vaak te horen "ja daar hebben wij ook over gedacht" en "dat zouden wij ook wel willen"... en telkens waren het mensen die veel beter dan de hoofdrolspelers uit "het roer om" zich zouden hebben kunnen redden. Waren zij die veilig thuis bleven zo realistisch en zij die de deur achter zich dicht trokken zo optimistisch?<br /><br />Zonder een goede dosis optimisme lukt het in ieder geval niet. Het optimisme heb je vooral ook nodig om je voort te trekken, om te voorkomen dat je bij de tegenslagen (die je geheid gaat tegenkomen) bij de pakken gaat neerzitten.<br /><br /><a name='more'></a><blockquote class="tr_bq"><i>Even wat info vooraf voor diegenen die onze gehele voorgeschiedenis gelezen hebben. Ik (Dagmar alias daggy72) heb in 1995 en 1996 twee keer zes maanden in Varese gewoond tijdens mijn stage resp. afstudeerproject bij Whirlpool, in het kader van mijn HTS-Elektro opleiding. In die tijd raakte ik hier zo thuis dat ik eigenlijk niet meer weg wilde en hier zeker terug wilde komen. Mijn toenmalige vriendinnetje zag het echter niet zitten om hierheen te komen en haar ouders achter te laten en dus ging ik terug naar Nederland, vastberaden ooit terug te komen. In 1999 ben ik met dat "vriendinnetje" getrouwd en niet veel later werd Maddy (alias Maddalena71) de moeder van mijn dochters Giulia (alias G1, uit 2001) en Giorgia (alias G2, uit 2004); niet geheel toevallig Italiaanse namen voor de meiden.</i></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq"><i>Een combinatie van factoren zorgde er in de loop van 2007 voor dat de tijd rijp werd voor verandering: ik had weer een aantal aantrekkelijke projecten in de Randstad moeten afwijzen omdat de afstand vanuit Kerkrade niet te overbruggen was en Maddy bleek eindelijk een goede oplossing gevonden te hebben voor haar zieke moeder (die ze zowat al sinds haar zestiende alleen verzorgde) waardoor ze wat rust begon te vinden. En zo gebeurde het dat we in september/oktober 2007 besloten de horizon richting Italië te verplaatsen. <a href="http://www.sporck.it/2009/09/niet-belgie-toch-varese-italie.html">Lees hier meer over dat besluit in de blog van 8 okt 2007</a>).<br />En dus ging eind 2007 ons huis in Kerkrade in verkoop en kochten we in mei/juni 2008 een mooi huis in Morazzone, nabij Varese. We kochten dus meteen, heel vastberaden en definitief dus! </i></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq"><i>Omdat we de sleutel pas op 11 september zouden krijgen en Giulia al vanaf begin september naar haar nieuwe school moest hebben we een maand gebivakkeerd in een te klein en te donker appartement in Marchirolo, niet echt ideaal maar dat hebben we overleefd. De natuur daar (Valganna) was in ieder geval geweldig mooi en het was geweldig om Giulia iedere dag via die weg naar school te mogen brengen en ophalen. </i></blockquote><br /><h4>de eerste crisis</h4>Maar zoals ik al even vermelde in de introductie kun je tegenslagen verwachten, en die kregen we ook. De eerste kwam al vrij snel in het najaar van 2008. Nadat we de sleutel van onze Italiaanse droom hadden gekregen, onze spullen uit de opslag hadden gehaald en het huis hadden ingericht werd het tijd om weer aan de slag te gaan. De projecten die er lagen op te pakken. Maar dat viel dus tegen, de economische crisis zette een dikke vette streep door de oorspronkelijke plannen. De afspraken uit voorjaar 2008 met diverse Duitse en Nederlandse (MKB)ondernemingen bleken niets meer waard of zouden meer gaan kosten dan opleveren. Probleem was ook nog eens dat niet alles ineens werd afgeblazen, was dat maar zo geweest dan had ik meteen kunnen bijsturen. Nee er werden nieuwe beloftes gedaan "eerst dit project afronden en dan kunnen we met jou starten", "even wachten tot die klant betaald en dan hebben we budget om met Italië aan de slag te gaan" en nog meer van dat soort... <b>Van uitstel komt afstel, dat spreekwoord ken ik nu wel!</b> En zo liep 2008 zonder omzet ten einde en begonnen we vol goede moed aan 2009.<br /><br /><h4>een villa aan het Lago Maggiore</h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNaUj4QU_sHDgVXKvmW1y_L4S_0FKmysR3yjWrTr9aKioI9Rr-mEGrcVedHqHNOjaHVMgVPfZJIv3pc-Ag7WtxkyJR0SfhWjAdeq2PHjeiRnpbXeH01ZpIRJhXmRTbvV7fo2NPgdgdzR_u/s640/LagoMaggiore8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNaUj4QU_sHDgVXKvmW1y_L4S_0FKmysR3yjWrTr9aKioI9Rr-mEGrcVedHqHNOjaHVMgVPfZJIv3pc-Ag7WtxkyJR0SfhWjAdeq2PHjeiRnpbXeH01ZpIRJhXmRTbvV7fo2NPgdgdzR_u/s320/LagoMaggiore8.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Op zoek naar opdrachten, projecten of een normale baan viel mijn oog in het voorjaar van 2009 op een advertentie van een grote internationale makelaar aan het Lago Maggiore, ze zochten meertalige makelaars/consultants. En aangezien de mogelijkheden in de buurt niet voor het oprapen lagen leek me dat een leuke uitdaging. Makelaardij, iets heel anders, maar ach, in noodgeval was ik ook bereid geweest om druiven te gaan plukken. En dus werd ik Consulente Immobiliare voor Engel & Völkers in Cannobio en Porto Valtravaglia beiden aan het Lago Maggiore. Een geweldige tijd met leuke collega's en iedere dag aan of zelfs op het mooie Lago Maggiore. Ik heb menigeen jaloers gemaakt met mijn sfeerplaatjes op Facebook en Twitter. En 's avonds de schoolbanken in voor de cursus makelaar van de Kamer van Koophandel, 4 avonden per week van 20:00 tot 22:30... wetten, regels, methodes en dat allemaal in het Italiaans. Maar toen er na een paar maanden die Duitsers niet mijn villa kochten maar die van een collega, of het bod van mijn Nederlandse klanten werd overtroefd door dat van een stel Russen was de lol er snel vanaf. Eén verkoop was voldoende geweest qua commissie om van door te kunnen gaan maar als je twee keer zo dicht bij bent en het ketst dan af...<br />Ondertussen was ik niet stil blijven zitten, mijn profiel op LinkedIn en de vacatures aldaar hield ik goed in de gaten, net als de lokale arbeidsmarkt. <b>Maar op die lokale bedrijven zaten helemaal niet te wachten op een eigenwijze meertalige Noord-Europeaan die hier net een jaar woonde en veel te veel wilde verdienen.</b><br /><br /><h4>Zwitserland</h4>Maar uiteindelijk kwamen er toch een paar mooie opties om uit te kiezen en dus startte ik begin 2010 als Account Manager bij Permobil in Zwitserland. Ik zou wel eens even de markt voor rolstoelen in Zwitserland en Noord-Italië op de kop gaan zetten. Rolstoelen? Hoe kom je daar nu bij? Nou die van Permobil zijn toevallig wel de beste in de wereld en behoorlijk complex en aangezien ik verstand heb van computers en elektronica en verkopen leek ons dat wel een goede combinatie. Dat was dan misschien wel zo, maar <b>een Zwitserse baas met een totaal andere kijk op de markt en dan ook nog eens 4-5 dagen per week 225km van huis af logeren in hotels aan de andere kant van de Gotthard is niet ideaal</b>. Dus na ruim een jaar (juni 2011) besloten Permobil Schweiz en ik het beide op een andere manier -zonder elkaar- te gaan proberen.<br /><br /><h4>geluk bij een ongeluk</h4>Maar eerst even terug naar 2010, want op maandag 7 juni van dat jaar kreeg ik een telefoontje uit Morazzone, de buurman... Ik moest niet schrikken maar Maddy was aangereden op haar fiets door een auto en moest naar het ziekenhuis. Ik was net in Zwitserland aangekomen en kon alweer omdraaien. En dan zijn 225km ineens erg lang, heel erg lang. <a href="http://www.sporck.it/2010/06/break-leg.html">Meer details over het ongeluk staan in deze blog</a>. Helaas kampt Maddy nu ruim 2 jaar later nog steeds met de gevolgen van dit ongeluk, een pijnlijk linkerbeen en blijvende invaliditeit zijn het gevolg. Hiervoor is iemand aansprakelijk en zijn verzekering zal haar hopelijk tegemoet komen met een ruime schadeloosstelling, we starten na de vakantie de afronding van deze hele kwestie via onze advocaat. Het voordeel van dit ongeluk echter is dat Maddy onder de dorpelingen bekend werd en dat met name de buren ons te hulp schoten tijdens mijn afwezigheid. Ik was na een week thuis de boel te hebben gerund immers weer naar Zwitserland vertrokken. Buren die de luiken 's ochtends kwamen opendoen, middag- en avondeten voor haar bereidden en de luiken 's avonds weer kwamen sluiten. En ook later toen ze aan de revalidatie kon beginnen waren er naast haar Nederlandse vriendinnen ook de buren en Italiaanse vriendinnen die met haar naar fysio en ziekenhuis reden, en weer iets later samen met haar gingen sporten. <b>Sinds het ongeluk is ook Maddy beter op haar plek hier en heeft haar eigen contacten. </b><br /><br /><h4>zwarte dagen</h4>En toen gingen we eind juni, vlak na het ongeluk, naar Nederland voor een feestje en zakenreis (naar Zweden) van Permobil toen het plots slecht ging met mijn moeder die sinds april 2008 tegen kanker probeerde te vechten. Twee jaar hard gevochten, alles geprobeerd maar het mocht niet baten. Binnen een week is ze toen overleden. Hierover is in mijn blogs niets terug te vinden op een klein "excuus" na in <a href="http://www.sporck.it/2010/10/to-be-continued.html">de eerstvolgende blog op 11 oktober 2010</a>. <b>Ik had er even geen zin meer in en ik wist dat mijn ouders die aandacht niet op prijs stelden.</b><br /><br /><br /><h4>terug naar onafhankelijkheid</h4>In mei/juni 2011 was ik dus op zoek naar weer eens een nieuwe richting, een nieuwe uitdaging. Met name door mijn hyperactiviteit op de social media als twitter, facebook en linkedin kwam ik snel in contact met ondernemers met plannen in Italië. Als eerste het verhuurbedrijf Boels uit het Limburgse Sittard, maar met inmiddels bijna 300 vestigingen in Nederland, België, Duitsland, Polen, Tsjechië, Slowakije, Oostenrijk en dus ook nu in Italië. Dit was een geweldig project om samen met de facilitaire afdeling van <a href="http://boels.it/" target="_blank">Boels </a>uit te voeren: 3 vestigingen in Assago (bij Milaan), Gussago (bij Brescia) en Verona heb ik met hen mogen opzetten. Het heeft me een schat aan ervaring opgeleverd en hopelijk kan ik in de toekomst bij de volgende vestigingen weer wat voor hen betekenen.<br />In dezelfde tijd dat ik met Boels startte kwam ik ook in contact met Salesupply, een bedrijf dat zich gespecialiseerd heeft in het ondersteunen van de internationalisatie van e-commerce ondernemingen (webshops). Met vestigingen in de belangrijkste online markten van Europa: Nederland, Duitsland, Groot-Brittanië, Frankrijk, Denemarken, Zweden, Polen, Spanje en dus ook Italië. <a href="http://salesupply.com/" target="_blank">Salesupply </a>helpt bij het vinden van de juiste markten (in welke landen maak je de meeste kans op succes), de aanpassingen van de website voor dat betreffende land (vertaling, webmarketing, seo, linkbuilding, logistieke, juridische en fiscale aspecten, keurmerken e.d.) en (en daarin verschilt Salesupply tot veel andere lokalisatie bureaus) het ondersteunen of zelfs compleet uitvoeren van de klantenservice (callcenter) en ondersteuning bij logistiek, met name de afhandeling van retouren. Als Country Manager Italy begeleid ik webshop ondernemers van buiten Italië op de Italiaanse e-commerce markt en binnenkort hoop ik ook de eerste Italiaanse webshop naar het buitenland te begeleiden. Zo hebben we in het najaar van 2011 Tennis-Point.it gelanceerd, de Italiaanse website van Tennis-Point.de uit Duitsland. Vrij succesvol mogen we wel stellen want de Italiaanse shop doet nauwelijks onder voor echte e-commerce landen als Nederland en Frankrijk (met die laatste wisselen we steeds stuivertje qua resultaat). Daarnaast begeleiden we nog een aantal andere webshops uit Nederland en Duitsland en staan we op het punt een aantal te lanceren na de zomer.<br /><b>Ik heb Boels en Salesupply in Italië op weg geholpen en dankzij hen heb ik ook weer de juiste weg gevonden. </b><br /><br /><h4>school & vrienden</h4>En de kinderen dan? Nou zoals je zo vaak hoort, hebben die nog wel de minste moeite gehad om zich aan ta passen. Giulia ging verder in het Nederlands onderwijssysteem op de <a href="http://www.eurscva.eu/adm/?lang=en" target="_blank">Europese School </a>(in een klas met Nederlandse en Vlaamse kinderen en leraar). Ze heeft inmiddels de basisschool afgesloten en gaat begin september verder op de middelbaar onderwijs, ook weer aan de Europese School. Giorgia heeft de eerste twee jaren hier de lokale Italiaanse kleuterschool bezocht en zo heel snel en accentloos Italiaans geleerd, inmiddels heeft de eerste twee jaren basisschool op de Europese School er ook weer op zitten. Beide meiden spreken heel net en correct Nederlands, mooi sophisticated Engels en Italiaans. <b>Uiteraard is hun Italiaans niet zo goed als het geweest zou zijn als wanneer ze op een Italiaanse school zouden hebben gezeten. Maar daar staat tegenover dat hun Engels perfect is en ze ook het Nederlands verder ontwikkelen. En tegen de tijd dat ze met 18 de Europese School verlaten zullen er nog wel een taal of twee bijgekomen zijn. </b><br /><br />Vriendschappen, tja, dat is een moeilijk iets hebben we gemerkt. Hoewel we best wel veel mensen kennen en ook vrienden hebben gemaakt blijft het meestal toch oppervlakkig. Misschien omdat Maddy de taal niet goed genoeg beheerst, misschien omdat Noord-Italianen niet zo hartelijk en open zijn als men misschien zou denken. Begrijp me niet verkeerd, ook onze ECHTE vrienden in Nederland waren op de vingers van één hand te tellen hoor. Het zal toch met cultuurverschillen te maken te hebben en zo; je wordt hier niet snel thuis uitgenodigd voor een kop koffie en stuk taart of een etentje. <b>Aan de andere kant ga je wel sneller met elkaar de stad in voor een aperitivo en dat mondt dan vaak weer uit in een gezellig etentje. </b><br /><b><br /></b><br /><h4>Conlusies</h4>Belangrijkste vraag die ik moet beantwoorden: "Heb je er (ooit) spijt van (gehad) dat je naar Italië bent verhuisd?"<br />Nee, ik zeer zeker niet! Maar Maddy zal een wat minder eenduidig antwoord hierop hebben denk ik.<br /><br />"Had je het anders gedaan als je geweten had dat..." Tja wie niet, teveel tijd verloren in 2008 en 2009, maar als je alles van tevoren zou weten...<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://rete.comuni-italiani.it/foto/2009/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/138512-800x533-300x199.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://rete.comuni-italiani.it/foto/2009/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/138512-800x533-300x199.jpg" /></a></div>Nu ik de blog even vluchtig nalees valt me op dat ik heel veel woorden aan werk heb besteedt, wat weer typisch Nederlands is en wat velen van jullie je ook (terecht) afvragen. Maar dat is natuurlijk niet de reden dat we hierheen zijn verhuisd. Als je je baan belangrijk vind dan meot je dus nooit naar Italië verhuizen. Maar wil je buiten die 40-60 uur per week dat je werkt ook kunnen leven en kunnen genieten. Dan is Italië een topland om te wonen. Ondanks alle sores die wij persoonlijk over ons heen hebben gekregen, die de huidige crisis misschien nog in petto heeft voor Italië, de Italianen en ons... één ding is zeker, je kunt hier heerlijk genieten. Genieten van de omgeving, lekker eten thuis of buiten de deur (voor een betaalbare prijs). Hier kan IK na mijn werk mentaal de deur achter me dicht trekken, op de tuinstoel gaan zitten over de wei en het bos heen kijken en denken.... La Vita è Bella!<br /><br />Dus dat is wat ik nu ga doen: Living La Dolce Vita!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05324518376455355987noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727421661920718754.post-66829110029891281232012-08-13T22:08:00.000+02:002013-09-22T16:58:40.206+02:00homemade Lasagna with Zucchini<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8pi2cx4mS1rzg1udo1_500.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8pi2cx4mS1rzg1udo1_500.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Here's the recipe for the Lasagna I made earlier this evening.<br /><br />As usual my lasagna was based on homemade ragù and bechamel, this time in combination with zucchini.<br /><br /><br />I never care so much about quantities and portions, if there's something left I usually find use for it in tomorrow's lunch so forgive me for being a bit vague.<br /><br /><i><read for="for" on="on" recipe="recipe" the="the"></read>click <b>Read more</b> below <read more="more">to go to the recipe!</read></i><br /><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><br /><h4>RAGÙ </h4><ul><li>1kg of minced beef</li><li>small dices/slices of bacon (pancetta affumicata)</li><li>1 shallot, 1 small carrot, ½ a stalk of celery all chopped brunoise</li><li>2 big cloves of garlic sliced in half and squashed a bit</li><li>2 glasses of red wine</li><li>1/4 tube of concentrated tomato paste or 2 small tin cans</li><li>5-10dl of stock (chicken or beef) (depends on whether you want to add the tomato pulp)</li><li>optional: 1-2 jars of tomato pulp (cubes) <<< THIS IS NOT REQUIRED IN RAGÙ</li></ul><ol><li>melt the bacon slowly in a deep warm pan but don't fry it</li><li>add some olive oil and let the garlic, shallot, carrot and celery sweat</li><li>now heat up the fire and when it's hot add the minced beef, spice it up with S&P</li><li>once the meat is fried and dry add 1 glass of wine</li><li>once the wine is evaporated add the concentrated tomato paste (be careful not to use too much, better start with a bit less and something more next time) and mix it under the meat</li><li>now it is time to add the stock, careful not to make a soup, it should remain a sauce, so if it's too liquid make it evaporate. </li><li>OPTIONAL: add the tomato pulp (I do for the lasagna, I don't for pappardelle al ragù)</li><li>put a cover on the pan and have it simmer on the lowest fire on your stove for at least an hour (2 hours is better). if it gets too concentrated add some more stock, or even a sip op milk (careful with the stock it might get too salty) - SO KEEP ON TASTING!</li><li>the ragù is finished and can be used in today's lasagna or over spaghetti, tagliatelle, penne (almost any kind of pasta)</li></ol><h4>BECHAMEL SAUCE</h4><ul><li>100g of butter (the real stuff, I don't know margarine) </li><li>100g of flour</li><li>10dl milk (1 litre)</li><li>freshly grated nutmeg</li></ul><ol><li>heat the butter in a saucepan over low heat until melted</li><li>add the flour and stir until smooth. cook until it turns a light, golden sandy color (about 5 minutes)</li><li>meanwhile, heat the milk in a separate pan</li><li>add the hot milk to the butter mixture bit by bit, whisking continuously until very smooth</li><li>bring to a boil. cook 10 minutes, stirring constantly, then remove from heat.</li><li>add salt and nutmeg, that's all</li></ol><h4>ZUCCHINI</h4><ol><li>slice the courgette in thin slices</li></ol><h4>LASAGNA</h4><ol><li>oil your dish (I prefer one of 5-6cm high)</li><li>add a layer of either one of the sauces (just remind which one)</li><li>a layer of the zucchini</li><li>a layer of the lasagna (I prefer the fresh lasagna from the supermarket fridge or better homemade)</li><li>a layer of the other sauce</li><li>a layer of zucchini</li><li>a layer of lasagne</li><li>GOTO Step 2. and repeat until the dish is full</li><li>finish it off with some grated parmesan and put it in the oven (according to the instructions for the pasta)</li></ol><b><i>Buon Appetito!</i></b><br /><br /><br />Adding the zucchini to the lasagna were a test (first attempt), thinking of it I will probably try to replace the bechamel with a ricotta based sauce... keep you posted!<br /><br /><br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05324518376455355987noreply@blogger.com6Morazzone Varese, Italië45.7650204 8.83148945.7539434 8.811748 45.7760974 8.85123tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727421661920718754.post-26613082013034512312012-07-09T16:08:00.000+02:002013-10-15T12:24:44.960+02:00good customer service does exist: it's named Amazon.it<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Yesterday my brand new <a href="http://www.amazon.it/gp/product/B005890FUI/ref=famstripe_kt">Kindle Touch Wifi</a> froze! The screen was stuck on a page and it did not respond to any screen touch or button press any more. In the Amazon Kindle Touch FAQ I was instructed to press the ON/OFF switch for 20 seconds where after the screen would flash and the Kindle would reboot. Unfortunately not mine! In which case I was invited to contact the Amazon Support desk. Since it was Sunday and I was in NL about to leave for the airport to return home I send an email to Amazon's Italian support desk, hoping to get an answer on Monday morning.<br />
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When I arrived at the airport I noticed someone tried to call me 4 times but since it was from a private number I didn't know whom to call.<br />
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After check-in and security control we sat down, enjoying a cup of coffee and the FREE Wifi on CGN (Cologne-Bonn) Airport. <b>*blieb* you've got mail</b>. A mail from Amazon, first apologizing for the inconvenience with the Kindle Touch and noticing that she (Giovanna from Amazon Support) tried to contact me via phone a couple of times and if I could please verify the number since she did not reach me... the four missed calls obviously. I responded by mail that I was travelling at the moment and she could reach me after I landed or the next day (today). I don't know why but I missed another (private) call around 21:00 yesterday evening, I probably need a louder ringtone.<br />
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So nevertheless being Sunday and Sunday evening even. Amazon's customer service employees tried to contact me to solve my issue. That is great, it even makes me forget the problems I had with their device!<br />
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Had? Yes, I HAD problems, because this morning I tried the reset once more, without any luck, the screen was still the same, but when I looked after half an hour again, the Kindle was functioning normal again... the battery ran empty though (from 90% to 10% in less then a day judging by the battery indicator). So I send and email to Amazon saying the Kindle was back alive and thanked them for their efforts, even got a friendly email back again.<br />
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This was my second experience with <b>Amazon.it</b>'s support (also the other one was very positive despite the problem) and I must admit that although you might sell the best or cheapest products online, there's always something that can go wrong. How you counter and handle these issues makes the difference!<br />
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<iframe border="0" frameborder="0" height="60" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm-eu.amazon-adsystem.com/e/cm?t=daggy72-21&o=29&p=13&l=ur1&category=kindle_paperwhite&banner=0P470J7YA9WZE1HTZY02&f=ifr" style="border: none;" width="468"></iframe>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05324518376455355987noreply@blogger.com621040 Morazzone Varese, Italië45.7654814 8.829222245.7433274 8.7897402 45.7876354 8.8687042tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727421661920718754.post-18984283996189489172012-07-02T11:40:00.000+02:002013-09-22T16:58:40.170+02:00the Jelly Bean experience<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipFsh4VY7Nquu-J-npX8rsVQCpGNCxsOvOw_gBkjNVFVjyEmsK2cY_jHJhoB6ajAgkcsYBtBqD1y5oVgyiUkGPPAqWiiDIH66LjaWBSJ9So_XdakSuGE-FuVr374a_JICVfwocdvS-kiZX/s1600/16514-android-4-1-jelly-bean.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipFsh4VY7Nquu-J-npX8rsVQCpGNCxsOvOw_gBkjNVFVjyEmsK2cY_jHJhoB6ajAgkcsYBtBqD1y5oVgyiUkGPPAqWiiDIH66LjaWBSJ9So_XdakSuGE-FuVr374a_JICVfwocdvS-kiZX/s200/16514-android-4-1-jelly-bean.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 20px;">I have used Jelly Bean (</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 20px;">Android OS 4.1) on my Galaxy Nexus for a couple of days now and I can only say it offers a great experience! </span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE-1z3qTJ31sSt6cd-f0HP_CgQ8ASHt-BSvb5IvjCJfBxAhAnbUGukh_Rfzjiy_modPmALhBHBE68S1DbatZ0FoPpBJ_PbcJhJCasPHwjlFn5pQ0sgwWelhg7L116lmTqyf_egjr8MycI/s1600/Screenshot_2012-07-02-09-59-47.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE-1z3qTJ31sSt6cd-f0HP_CgQ8ASHt-BSvb5IvjCJfBxAhAnbUGukh_Rfzjiy_modPmALhBHBE68S1DbatZ0FoPpBJ_PbcJhJCasPHwjlFn5pQ0sgwWelhg7L116lmTqyf_egjr8MycI/s320/Screenshot_2012-07-02-09-59-47.png" width="180" /></a></div><ul><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 20px;">Google managed to get the interface more fluid and have it respond faster (Project Butter is a succes)</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 20px;">The new notifications (with previews) are beautiful and much more useful then the old ones</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 20px;">The improvements on how App-icons and Widgets are placed was not more then necessary, even Apple managed to do that smoother ;-) (only with App-icons of course, iOS still lacks Widgets)</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 20px;">Google Voice Search works great and I think I even might start using voice commands for the first time. <strike>I still have to see if it works via my bluetooth carkit.</strike> I just ran outside and tested it via my Parrot carkit and that works too. I've seen some comparisons on YouTube on how <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDsOtdRtG0Q" target="_blank">much faster</a> and <a href="http://gizmodo.com/5922332/google-search-beats-the-crap-out-of-siri-in-1600-question-test" target="_blank">better</a> Google Voice is compared to Apple's Siri (in the case of the 1600 questions you really see how bad or useless Siri really is).</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 20px;">I haven't had a change yet to really experience Google Now yet, but like Google explains it has to learn to know the user to predict what he/she might need (travelling directions, etc). But I really like how it already relevant information like your current or next appointment, last searches, etc.</span></li></ul><div><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><i>side note:</i></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><i>I've never been a fanboy of either Apple nor Android, in fact I still use my iPad2 a lot and prefer certain Apps on iOS over those on Android (TweetBot for example), too n00bs I still recommend the iPhone in stead of an Android. But with the way Apple tries to force us to use all of their products versus the liberty that Google offers me (f.e. iCloud vs Google Apps) I'm becoming more and more anti-Apple!</i></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></span></div><br style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 20px;" />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05324518376455355987noreply@blogger.com821040 Morazzone Varese, Italië45.7654814 8.829222245.7433274 8.7897402 45.7876354 8.8687042tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727421661920718754.post-43396342195552053672012-06-19T16:07:00.000+02:002013-09-22T16:58:40.190+02:00problemi con 3Italia per un passagio da Vodafone<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://encrypted-tbn2.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTezOpjUubXEZ51rPvDTbCcsb58kpOS7e78JFyL1Qrd6EPHeFKC" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://encrypted-tbn2.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTezOpjUubXEZ51rPvDTbCcsb58kpOS7e78JFyL1Qrd6EPHeFKC" /></a></div><div style="padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px;">A febbraio/marzo decido di passare dalla Vodafone alla 3 perché ho visto che hanno migliorate la rete, ora c'è una antenna che copre Morazzone e quindi posso usufruire la loro rete 3G al max anche da casa. Passaggio da abbonamento a privato con Vodafone a abbonamento con 3 con passaggio dal mio numero non è nessun problema. Entro 1 settimana il vecchio numero è passato alla 3. </span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; padding: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px;">Il 25 aprile decidiamo di passare anche l'altro numero (quello che usa mia moglie) dalla Vodafone alla 3. Contratto fatto alla MediaWorld di Varese (Iper Malnate) e con la nuova scheda USIM 3 nella sua iPhone4 anche mia moglie è contento e carica le sue foto velocissima su Instagram... ;-)</span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; padding: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px;">Dopo 2 settimane però non è ancora passato il suo numero. Strano... chiamo 3 IO (loro non si sono fatto sentire) e mi spiegano che c'è stato un problema con il passaggio. Il cliente alla Vodafone non corrisponde con quello nuovo alla 3... Ma sono IO? il stesso Dagmar Sporck, come privato però, non con P.IVA... e magari li c'è stato un errore (causata dalla ragazza delle MediaWorld) che ha preso i miei dati (con P.IVA) presente nei sistemi di 3... ma tutto si puo risolvere se torno alla MediaWorld e faccio rifare tutti documenti.... SCUSA? voi (3 e MediaWorld) fatte errori ed io li devo risolvere? Dopo qualche telefonate (passano giorni) finalmente qualcuno mi manda una mail.</span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; padding: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; padding: 0px;"><em>scambio di qualche mention e DM su Twitter tra me e @3Italia sui giorni 8, 11 e 12 maggio</em></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; padding: 0px;"><br /><a name='more'></a><br /></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; padding: 0px;">Il 12 maggio ricevo finalmente una mail con i documenti da (ri)compilare... passano qualche giorni (sono in viaggio) e compilo tutti dati ed il 24 maggio ritorno i documenti... non succede niente.</div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; padding: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; padding: 0px;"><em>il 25 maggio chiede via Twitter DM se hanno ricevuto i documenti, rispondano il 27 maggio che non sanno di che cosa sto parlando, altri DM i giorni 28 e 30 maggio</em></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; padding: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px;">PASSATA UNA SETTIMANA e vari DM e finalmente mi chiama 3, è il 31 maggio, 5 settimane dopo il contratto iniziale! Ora c'è un problema col numero seriale della SIM di Vodafone... chiamo Vodafone, mi faccio dare il numero coretto, lo passo alla ragazza della 3 quando richiama e lei -seduto dietro al PC- mi CONFERMA il passaggio per la settimana dopo, venerdì 8 giugno, "il computer mi da la data, non posso cambiare nulla Signor Sporck, sarà 8 giugno"!</span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; padding: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; padding: 0px;">allora... aspettiamo 8 giugno... passa 8 giugno....</div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; padding: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; padding: 0px;"><em>mando un altro DM il 10 giugno chiedendo cosa sta succedendo... "segnalazione girata" risponde 3SocialCare (cosi si chiama la squadra su Twitter e FB di 3).... niente però... </em></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; padding: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; padding: 0px;"><em>chiedo ancora il 12 giugno (tardi però), "segnalazione girata" mi rispondono il 13 giugno</em></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; padding: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; padding: 0px;"><em>chiedo ancora il 14 giugno e lascio per la x-esima volta il mio recapito</em></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; padding: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; padding: 0px;"><em>"possiamo chiederti un recapito alternativo?" chiedano il 16 giugno. ora rispondo arrabiato, però lascio ancora il mio numero per la x-esima+1 volta!</em></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; padding: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="padding: 0px;"><em style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px;">niente... silenzio totale... e quindi il 18 giugno chiedo un altra volta perché nessuno mi chiama e sopratutto <strong>cos'è il problema? </strong></em><em><span style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px;">Da quando (</span></span><em style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px;">31 maggio</em><span style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px;">) mi è stato promesso il passaggio per il 8 giugno non ho più sentito qualcuno che mi ha spiegato la problematica. - </span></span></em><em style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px;">"abbiamo sollecitato ancora" rispondano il 18 giugno</em></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; padding: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; padding: 0px;"><em>alle 15:02 oggi (19 giugno) chiedo ancora. risposta: "Il tuo problema è in gestione" ed allora ho deciso di scrivere questo blog. </em></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; padding: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="padding: 0px;"><a href="https://encrypted-tbn2.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQC0bjzUrOEz5BcRe4Ep7vCBMmxzgfm9y6A49nSExueKfOHvg1aqg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="108" src="https://encrypted-tbn2.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQC0bjzUrOEz5BcRe4Ep7vCBMmxzgfm9y6A49nSExueKfOHvg1aqg" width="200" /></a><strong><span style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px;">settimana prossima saranno 2 mesi dopo che abbiamo richiesta questo passaggio, che ora non servirebbe più perché tutti sanno questo nuovo numero. ma visto che ti danno solo lo sconto al passaggio lo dobbiamo fare per forza. nel fra tempo paghiamo però sia 3 sia Vodafone (anche se quella non viene usata). abbiamo perso troppo tempo, mi sono arrabbiato più che una volta per una cazzata! </span></span></strong></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; padding: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="padding: 0px;"><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px;"><strong>ma peggio di tutto... NON COMUNICANO quelli della 3. Bon ti chiamano, non ti mandano un email, tweet o sms spiegando la situazione.... non so il perché e quindi come posso comprendere la situazione... magari ci sono dei motivi, ma io non li so e quindi mi arrabbio... tanto!</strong></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px;"><strong><br /></strong></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px;"><strong><br /></strong></div><span style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px;"><b>UPDATE 19/6/2012, 16:38</b> 4 minuti dopo che ho pubblicato il blog e ho avvisato 3Italia via Twitter e FB mi hanno risposta via Twitter (chiedano una fattura, non capisco perché ma lo ho già mandato...)</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px;"><br /></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px;"><b>UPDATE 20/6/2012, 18:00</b> ieri sera 2 dipendenti (presumo) di 3 hanno lasciato dei commenti<a href="https://www.facebook.com/3Italia/posts/485386391487590" target="_blank"> sulla mia blog su Facebook</a> e a base di quei commenti ha fatto una domanda via Twitter-DM a 3, guarda e piangi con me cosa hanno risposta!</span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdhnukJYstWXD1k9gJdCz6ON9u0B8yLVYPGTQfZ-ApbI3M1dpJYqYWfowkUKggfznm0ykWTO-p2AyVnb3gZcXhrG-dsFjGCwido1jjKTMXWsUXvtT4jW0q8GwGUSx5JDPoZ_jsvTviLpc/s720/Screenshot_2012-06-20-18-53-25.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdhnukJYstWXD1k9gJdCz6ON9u0B8yLVYPGTQfZ-ApbI3M1dpJYqYWfowkUKggfznm0ykWTO-p2AyVnb3gZcXhrG-dsFjGCwido1jjKTMXWsUXvtT4jW0q8GwGUSx5JDPoZ_jsvTviLpc/s640/Screenshot_2012-06-20-18-53-25.png" width="360" /></a></div><span style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px;"><br /></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px;"><br /></span></span><br /><b style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px;">UPDATE 26/6/2012, 10:00</b><span style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px;"> 6 giorno passati e nessuno della 3 si ha fatto sentire, ovviamente una soluzione non c'è ancora. via Twitter mi dicano sempre "segnalazione girata"... girata dove? nel buco nero? è ora che troviamo un'altra soluzione. non mi serve più di passare il numero, ma ovviamente solo ai condizioni agevolati!</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px;"><br /></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><b style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px;">UPDATE 1/7/2012, 9:00</b><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px;"> abbiamo appena ricevuta un sms dicendo che come richiesta il numero è passato alla 3. controllato e risponde </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px;">davvero</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px;">il vecchio numero. Finalmente dopo <b>67 GIORNI</b> sono riusciti a passarlo... (adesso dobbiamo informare tutti che è tornato attivo il vecchio numero). Strano però che <b>nessuno</b> si ha più fatto sentire dopo il 30 maggio. Peggio ancora che non siamo mai stato informato sui problemi e non abbiamo mai ricevuto notizia di che tipo di problemi che ci fossano... STRANO. ma funziona. Adesso però vorrei aver rimborsato i costi per 2 abbonamenti per 2 mesi!</span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05324518376455355987noreply@blogger.com521040 Morazzone Varese, Italië45.7654814 8.829222245.7433274 8.7897402 45.7876354 8.8687042tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727421661920718754.post-32653202515297664692012-06-12T14:49:00.000+02:002013-09-22T16:58:40.188+02:00an e-commerce story with an Italian flavour<a href="http://cdn.blogosfere.it/torino/images/lavazza_3-thumb.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://cdn.blogosfere.it/torino/images/lavazza_3-thumb.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a><br /><a href="http://www.caffe-espresso-italiano.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/149018_saeco_lavazza_a_modo_mio.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="231" src="http://www.caffe-espresso-italiano.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/149018_saeco_lavazza_a_modo_mio.jpg" width="320" /></a><br />this story is from a recent personal experience!<br /><br />I wanted to try the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Lavazza">Lavazza</a> coffee pads at home (and home-office) and therefore last week Sunday evening (June 3rd) I went onto the Lavazza Modo Mio website, registered, picked a nice coffee machine and selected some pads. Then the "problems" began:<br /><br /><ol><a href="http://www.opinionissima.it/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/lavazza.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br /></a><li>despite ordering a €100,- coffee machine you still need to order at least 8 boxes of their coffee pads. Being a good boy I choose all eight various tastes and went on with the ordering; </li><li>the payment step: my credit card was rejected for the payment (strangely enough I used it 15 minutes later to order Nespresso cups without any problems). So I choose Payment at Delivery which is a common payment method in Italy. One I personally do not like (now even less) but I was left no other option; </li><li>For a week I did not hear anything, a mail I send them via the Facebook page was NEVER answered -so far for Social Care- and also no one delivered this nice new shiny Apple-white with Galaxy-silver touched Italian coffee machine to my doorstep, not even an email, nothing. On their website my order status said is was "in progress"; </li><li>On Friday (so 5 days after ordering) I called Lavazza Customer Service in Turin where someone told me they should have contacted me to ask if I really ordered the machine, etc. I asked them why and she explained it was standard procedure to call every client after an order. To me it seems a waste of time and money... Why I did not receive that call, nor email, nor sms she could not really explain me. I told the operator I still would like to have the machine and that she could proceed with delivery; </li><li>Today, 9 days after ordering (that's a lot of cups of coffee later), the TNT delivery guy phoned to know if he would find me at home (bonus points) and he promised me he would be here within a couple of minutes. As he did; </li><li>BUT... he could only accept CASH or cheque <i>*LMAO*</i>, and since I rarely have more then €100,- in my wallet I had to send him off... </li></ol><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><br /> <b> lessons learned by me:</b><br /><ul><a href="http://cdn.blogosfere.it/torino/images/lavazza_3-thumb.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://cdn.blogosfere.it/torino/images/lavazza_3-thumb.jpg" width="144" /></a><li> when ordering online your credit-card doesn't always work even if there's still enough to spend; </li><li>despite ordering online you will have to wait for a phone call before the order process can proceed; </li><li>despite ordering online within Italy do not expect fast delivery (Nespresso delivers within 1-2 days); </li><li>not all couriers accept credit-cards/bankcards for the deliveries </li></ul><div><b><br /></b></div><div><a href="http://www.opinionissima.it/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/lavazza.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="152" src="http://www.opinionissima.it/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/lavazza.jpg" width="200" /></a><b></b><br /><div><b><b><br /></b></b></div><b></b><br /><div><b><b><br /></b></b></div><b></b><br /><div><b><b><br /></b></b></div><b>lessons to be learned by Lavazza:</b><br /><ul><a href="http://www.opinionissima.it/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/lavazza.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br /></a><li>people ordering online might have other (higher) expectations; </li><li>why a minimum order quantity? (you could ask delivery costs for smaller orders); </li><li>check the payment methods and check with the payment provider why a valid credit-card bounces; </li><li>why disturb the fast (and cheap) order process with a phone call?; </li><li>and if this call is so important why not care about informing the client via mail (or sms) you would like to contact him for the order process to run smoothly, so he can contact you if you do not reach him; </li><li>9 days delivery time without any communication about the order status (via email) is not normal, the BIG example Nespresso does it within 1-2 days (like I already said); </li><li>if creditcard payments in the webshop work you will have no trouble with (modern) customers not used to cash money or cheque books</li></ul> Let's hope Lavazza will learn from this (I have) and maybe contact me to see how Salesupply can help them to improve their e-commerce in Italy and abroad! <br /><br /><br />UPDATE 13/6/2012: I went to pick it up (on the other side of Varese, driving 15km) at TNT where I could pay with modern money ;-)<br /><br />UPDATE 19/6/2012: the coffee is great, better then Nespresso, the machine a bit complicated (not as easy as the Nespresso we had)<br /><br /></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05324518376455355987noreply@blogger.com721040 Morazzone Varese, Italië45.7654814 8.829222245.7433274 8.7897402 45.7876354 8.8687042tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727421661920718754.post-80462583625148678092012-02-07T00:20:00.000+01:002013-09-22T16:58:40.226+02:00#TasteandMatch<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjer2DOSaekUPUigvs-bl4prdycfQU8P18JPnXJ5sJywq6Ya9ky1zvYpDp7WE_F998rp3JTLsBwOAaIKi4QE8iJbgN-CXPCxvacuFg38A13gFzcR_ens_w7oSZQLGFLlRaS5hudGIXkwZbW/s1600/banner+taste&match+Mi+piccolo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="122" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjer2DOSaekUPUigvs-bl4prdycfQU8P18JPnXJ5sJywq6Ya9ky1zvYpDp7WE_F998rp3JTLsBwOAaIKi4QE8iJbgN-CXPCxvacuFg38A13gFzcR_ens_w7oSZQLGFLlRaS5hudGIXkwZbW/s320/banner+taste&match+Mi+piccolo.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Last Friday I was browsing my Facebook event calendar and saw an invitation for an interesting event that caught my eye: Taste & Match Milano, something about 8 wines and 8 foodbloggers that "invented" a matching dish for one of the wines. Interesting concept, interesting price (€30,- each), not too far away from home (a 40min drive into Milano) and above all... interesting people! Interesting people I already "knew" virtually via Twitter and/or Facebook, foodbloggers whose blogs I read regularly that I could finally meet & greet in real life (IRL so to say). And since I prefer meeting IRL and food & wine seem to be more then a hobby (Klout even thinks I am highly influential about these items, especially in combination with Italy) I decided (together with my lovely wife Maddy) to go and discover this for ourselves.<br /><br />So despite me feeling destructed after travelling all week, Maddy who just recovered from a muscular inflammation and the snow falling down over Morazzone we hit the road and drove (carefully) to Milan(o). It turned out to be a great evening! Where do you get the chance to have an 8 course dinner with 8 matching excellent wines for € 30,-? Even better: the 8 'enogastronimic' addicts (aka foodbloggers) had given it weeks of thoughts to combine the wine they had been given with a meal . They were serving the dishes and wines themselves so you could ask for explanation, recipes and reasoning!<br /><br />Here in a short overview the 8 foodbloggers, the 8 wines with the 8 matching recipes!<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"><i>unfortunately all recipes are only available in Italian but with a little help from Google Translate and by asking the foodblogger you might be able to get there as well</i></blockquote><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><br /><b>THE ANTIPASTI</b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://distilleryimage0.s3.amazonaws.com/45c561d84a6511e1abb01231381b65e3_7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://distilleryimage0.s3.amazonaws.com/45c561d84a6511e1abb01231381b65e3_7.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>The first antipasto was made by <a href="http://www.zuccheroesale.it/about-me/" target="_blank">Cristina</a>, blogging as "<b>Zucchero e Sale</b>" (sugar and salt), she had us start with her "<a href="http://www.zuccheroesale.it/2012/01/23/fagottini-di-brise-con-persico-e-patate-alle-erbe/" target="_blank">Fagottini di brisè con persico e patate alle erbe</a>" a delicate combination of "bread" stuffed with perch, potato and herbs, together with the "<a href="http://www.winexplorer.it/p2704/vino/bollicine_e_champagne/marche/ros-E-brut" target="_blank">Rosé brut Conti di Buscaret</a>" (a sparkling rosé) a perfect start for this evening.<br /><br />Next up was <a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/05805333095538832668" target="_blank">Tania</a> from blog "<b>Speck and the City</b>" (I really love the original name of certain blogs). She prepared "<a href="http://www.speckandthecity.com/2012/01/tartare-di-gamberi-su-patate-e-carciofi.html" target="_blank">Tartare di Gamberi su Patate e Carciofi con Crema al Basilico</a>", Tartare of Shrimps on Potato and Artichoke with a Basil sauce. Delicious, in these 3,5 years that we now live in Italy I've become a huge fan of the artichoke and this combination was just wonderful! The only non-Italian wine, <a href="http://www.winexplorer.it/p1725/vino/bianco/kakheti/kakhetian-noble-white-" target="_blank">Kakhetian noble white 2008</a> from Georgia (not USA, but ex USSR), was maybe a bit too complicated for me though. Maybe I would have needed more time (and more wine then just that 2 sips I could take since I was driving), but Tania's dish was perfectly able to compete it!<br /><br /><b>THE PRIMI</b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://distilleryimage0.s3.amazonaws.com/6f9c1c944a6611e1a87612313804ec91_7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://distilleryimage0.s3.amazonaws.com/6f9c1c944a6611e1a87612313804ec91_7.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>On to the primi, first the pasta prepared by <a href="http://www.singerfood.com/p/un-po-di-noi.html" target="_blank">Pietro and Francesca</a> of "<b>Singerfood</b>". This lovely couple had the honours to use one of my favourite white wines, the Roero Arneis! In this case <a href="http://www.winexplorer.it/p2681/vino/bianco/piemonte/arneis-roero-docg-" target="_blank">Roero Arneis DOCG Marquis Incisa della Rocchetta</a>. They prepared a wonderful looking dish "<a href="http://www.singerfood.com/2012/01/i-calamaretti-taste-match.html" target="_blank">Calamaretti</a>" that tasted even better then it already looked. What a delicious combination of calamari pasta filled with shrimp, salmon and buffalo mozzarella! Complimenti!<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://distilleryimage5.s3.amazonaws.com/52ee66504a6711e19896123138142014_7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; display: inline !important; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://distilleryimage5.s3.amazonaws.com/52ee66504a6711e19896123138142014_7.jpg" width="200" /></a><br />Next up was the cute <a href="http://www.peperoniepatate.com/p/about-me.html" target="_blank">Teresa</a> (aka Tery), of "<b>Peperoni e Patate</b>", her "<a href="http://www.peperoniepatate.com/2012/01/vellutata-di-ceci-con-saute-di-vongole.html" target="_blank">Vellutata di Ceci con Sautè di Vongole e Crostino di Pane alle Mandorle</a>" (velouté of chickpeas with clams and a toast of almond bread) was an unexpected surprise. The simple chickpeas were transformed in a soft creamy silky 'soup' with perfectly spiced clams and the almond bread with a swift of garlic, DE-LI-CIOUS! And she combined this around a good glass of Pinot Nero "<a href="http://www.winexplorer.it/p2682/vino/rosso/piemonte/-marchese-leopoldo--" target="_blank">Marchese Leopoldo 2009 Marchesi Incisa della Rocchetta</a>".<br /><br /><br /><b>THE SECONDI</b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://distilleryimage2.s3.amazonaws.com/3beafe9a4a6811e1abb01231381b65e3_7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://distilleryimage2.s3.amazonaws.com/3beafe9a4a6811e1abb01231381b65e3_7.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>Cristiano of "<b>il Cucinotto</b>" prepared the first main course we tasted: "<a href="http://www.ilcucinotto.it/2012/01/flan-ai-cardi-e-porro.html" target="_blank">Flan di Cardi e Porro con Cannolo Nero di Crema al Sifone di Capra con Miele di Castagne su un Letto di Caviale di Melanzane</a>" a mouthful of ingredients resulting in a fingerlickingly good dish combining very well with the Pinot Nero "Rollone 2009" of Marchesi Incisa della Rocchetta, another pinot nero of the same house as Tery used for her Primo, but this one seemed to be a bit more mature. The dish itself ones more proved to me that even eggplant can be tasteful (I rarely eat it), here's the best English translation I could come up with: Flan of thistels and leek with a black horn filled with goat cheese and chestnut honey on a bed of eggplant caviar"...<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://distilleryimage9.s3.amazonaws.com/60f079264a6911e1a87612313804ec91_7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://distilleryimage9.s3.amazonaws.com/60f079264a6911e1a87612313804ec91_7.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>On to <a href="http://www.dicotteedicrude.com/about-us/" target="_blank">Roberto</a> (the one having invited us to this dinner) from "<b>di Cotte e di Crude</b>" who prepared "<a href="http://www.dicotteedicrude.com/2012/01/18/a-gualtiero-un-panino-per-il-taste-match/" target="_blank">A Gualtiero, Club Sandwich di Pan Brioche con Polpetta d'Oca, Scalagno Confit, Radicchio e Crema di Zafferano</a>". Seems the guys for the main courses had their internal contest on who could invent the longest name *kidding*. Problem for me is translate it: "to Walter, club sandwich of sweet bread with a goose meatball, caramelized shallot, radicchio and safran sauce", Apart from the fact the bread could have been a bit thinner it was again a delicious combination. Pitty was that by the time we reached this dish others had finished the <a href="http://www.winexplorer.it/p2803/vino/rosso/piemonte/barbaresco-san-stunet-" target="_blank">Barbaresco San Stunet 2007</a> and they jus opened a fresh, from the car, cold bottle. Therefore I couldn't judge this wine properly... (pitty)<br /><br /><b>DESSERTS</b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://distilleryimage2.s3.amazonaws.com/0e4b245e4a6a11e19e4a12313813ffc0_7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://distilleryimage2.s3.amazonaws.com/0e4b245e4a6a11e19e4a12313813ffc0_7.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>Next and last stop, the desserts, the first one "<a href="http://www.food-couture.com/2012/01/che-oca.html" target="_blank">Torta soffice allo sciroppo di limone e rosmarino</a>", soft cake with lemon and rosemary syrup prepared by <a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/09276712228035079032" target="_blank">Alice</a> of "<b>Food Couture</b>". The rosemary gave that surprising kick to the perfectly soft cake (need to make that to impress my guests one day). She combined with a typical <a href="http://www.winexplorer.it/p2717/vino/liquorosi_e_dolci/piemonte/-felice--moscato-d-asti-" target="_blank">Moscato d'Asti 2010, Felice from Marchesi Incisa della Rocchetta</a>.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://distilleryimage4.s3.amazonaws.com/d0ab373c4a6a11e1a87612313804ec91_7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://distilleryimage4.s3.amazonaws.com/d0ab373c4a6a11e1a87612313804ec91_7.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>And last but certainly not least where there the "<a href="http://www.shakeandbake.it/2012/01/brownies-al-cioccolato-bianco-con-sablee-alle-nocciole/" target="_blank">Brownies al cioccolato bianco e nocciola con salsa alla vaniglia</a>" by <a href="http://www.shakeandbake.it/aboutme/" target="_blank">Gaia </a>of "Shake and Bake". Brownies of white chocolate and hazelnuts with vanilla sauce (although her linked recipe is without the vanilla sauce). She created her delicious brownie to combine with the <a href="http://www.winexplorer.it/p2804/vino/liquorosi_e_dolci/piemonte/niades--brachetto-d-acqu" target="_blank">Niades 2011, Brachetto d'Acqui</a> of our big (and tall) friend <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/gianlucamorino" target="_blank">Gianluca Morino</a> of <a href="http://www.cascinagaritina.it/" target="_blank">Cascina Garitina</a>. It was the first time I drank this Brachetto and I hate to admit: it was good, not so sweet as other brachetti, which is good!<br /><br /><br /><br />Thank you Fernando for a great evening, it's a great concept! If you get the chance then go and visit Taste & Match, next occasion is in <a href="http://www.winexplorer.it/p2721/taste-match---venezia" target="_blank">Venice on 25 February</a>!<br /><br />below a video of the evening (pay attention around 0:50 where Maddy and I have our big moment as the Twitter Brigade)<br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="285" mozallowfullscreen="" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/36274380?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="500"></iframe><br /><a href="http://vimeo.com/36274380">Taste&Match (Milano 28/1/2012) by FernandoWine</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/fernandowine">FernandoWine</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05324518376455355987noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727421661920718754.post-79872059534988175332012-01-16T13:31:00.000+01:002013-09-22T16:58:40.224+02:00why #UglyUGGs are bad for economy<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QatMJHEcU9A/Sp4DcEHP63I/AAAAAAAAK24/GLebc83Byqk/s400/Leighton+Meester+Blake+Lively+UGGs+UGG+Boots.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QatMJHEcU9A/Sp4DcEHP63I/AAAAAAAAK24/GLebc83Byqk/s200/Leighton+Meester+Blake+Lively+UGGs+UGG+Boots.jpg" width="168" /></a>It's a known fact to my Twitter-followers I <strike>am not fond</strike> hate UGGs and that I keep on calling them<a href="http://twitter.com/#!/search/uglyUGGs" target="_blank"> #UglyUGGs</a> <span style="font-size: x-small;">(the #, called hashtag, is something typical Twitter-like to make searching for some topics easier)</span>. I think #UglyUGGs are the worst things in fashion over the last years. Well... together with skinny models. They look horrible (both the models and #UglyUGGs), they are bad for your feet (so are high heels, but at least these look good on a woman) and if they get wet they will not keep you warm at all, no worse they'll cause influenza because of wet cold feet!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix6BoFrOAlyKaF_twIRSZ4gQANIO1hL0wB_YX_-gCFRGA9nS8sSBruobUK2AxADTs6Dr0_modmEQLbcuIDzBPJOf6igQzkoGG1dGmVgsBvuRTk7SfuULpe9wrphW_xoZ5ZaVg4l2e2J9-p/s1600/UglyUGGs01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix6BoFrOAlyKaF_twIRSZ4gQANIO1hL0wB_YX_-gCFRGA9nS8sSBruobUK2AxADTs6Dr0_modmEQLbcuIDzBPJOf6igQzkoGG1dGmVgsBvuRTk7SfuULpe9wrphW_xoZ5ZaVg4l2e2J9-p/s200/UglyUGGs01.jpg" width="200" /></a>So WTF is the advantage, why are women wearing these horrible things? Because they are so comfortable and warm is the most heard answer. <b>Warm?</b> But once they get wet? Which could happen in winter (especially in the Netherlands). Then you end up having soaking wet and cold feet all day! <b>Comfortable?</b> Ow so you girls walk on heels and other fancy shoes because they are comfortable? I don't think so, most women just buy shoes because they look nice, or make them look nice. Which is absolutely okay! I like to look at women (what an eye-opener this must be for some people), I like to see women with nice shoes or boots. Especially with heels, it makes their legs look even better. But hey, if you want to feel comfortable, no problem at all! But why does comfortable needs to be horrible and ugly? There are many many comfortable, warm and still great looking (and CHEAPER) alternatives!<br /><br />The point I wanted to make is: #UglyUGGs are bad for economy! Today in a short twitter discussion between me and two (until last week completely unknown to me) women concluded that #UglyUGGs are probably the best contraception there is! And likely to be allowed by the Church as well: they cause absolute sexual abstention! And that is what makes them bad for economy! In today's crisis we need people to spend and we need as much people as possible working to pay our future pensions, so children are a must!<br /><br />So if you want to get your economy going: STOP buying #UglyUGGs! <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw7IgjtWggl8ojV62fd7S1EGb_5ckuFAaqX4zHeRd434N8ObGGU2BFw2XawJHVKDrwhtz_RH3uRR67Q5wtyfsR43WfxQgtg8o8XGex2OQJ9Ko7wpU1MIfXlb0oxAmsczQcpBuEmh85soBt/s1600/UglyUGGs02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw7IgjtWggl8ojV62fd7S1EGb_5ckuFAaqX4zHeRd434N8ObGGU2BFw2XawJHVKDrwhtz_RH3uRR67Q5wtyfsR43WfxQgtg8o8XGex2OQJ9Ko7wpU1MIfXlb0oxAmsczQcpBuEmh85soBt/s320/UglyUGGs02.jpg" width="315" /></a></div><br /><br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05324518376455355987noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727421661920718754.post-23015898851549283062012-01-13T22:00:00.000+01:002013-09-22T16:58:40.176+02:00We don't need no #TVOH !<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.nltracks.nl/system/images/170763/original/voice.jpg?1298986299" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="129" src="http://www.nltracks.nl/system/images/170763/original/voice.jpg?1298986299" width="200" /></a></div>It happened last year and although I should've known better this year I fell again for the "purity" and joy of the blind auditions of a new Talent Show on Dutch TV: "The Voice of Holland", on Twitter known as #TVOH. For those who haven't seen it in their country yet an explanation of this concept: <br /><blockquote>this talent show starts with so called "blind auditions" where the jury members can't see the candidates in the beginning. They're turned with their backs towards the podium. Based on only the vocal performance they have to decide whether they want the candidate to go through to the next round, if they think he/she is good they hit a button and this juror's chair turns around and so he/she can see who is making that great sound.</blockquote>It's especially nice when the candidate is a bit weird, particular, like the fully tattooed Ben Saunders. He was one of last years' contestants (and winner). Watch the video of his audition below here. Ben turned out to be a sheep -no a lamb- in wolves' clothing.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><object height="315" width="420"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/LAYiJBxHDB0?start=30"> </param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"> </param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"> </param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/LAYiJBxHDB0?start=30" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="420" height="315" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object></div><br />To make it even more interesting for the viewer the jury members who turned their seats (and thus want the candidate to go through) have to convince the candidate to choose him/her over another juror to join his/her team. So roles turn, it's not the candidate anymore that needs to convince the jury, it's the jury pulling on the candidates' limbs. <br /><br />But back to what I wanted to point out. Right after so called blind auditions the Voice of X (fill in your country) turns back into being any other talent show with SMS votings and so the best looking boys are way ahead of the other candidates. (It's a known fact that teenage girls are the most active voters. Although Ben's charisma even managed to beat that.) But what made this show even worse is the infinite trust and positive comments by the jury. Even after a lousy performance. Where X-Factor was so interesting because the jury was sometimes very hard and direct this show looses it because it's soft, way too soft and it lacks criticism. So last week it was enough... I couldn't handle it anymore! This was too sweet and t0o incredible!<br /><br />And then yesterday evening I saw the best "talent show" of this year. Seven teenage girls, tonight they'll probably be voting for one of the cute boys in #TVOH's semi-final, were selected out a group of over 400 girls by one of Holland's best DJ's trying to become the Dutch <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birdy_(musician)" target="_blank">Birdy</a>. It was a very compact election, the 400+ girls send in a video via YouTube, the DJ (<a href="http://giel.vara.nl/" target="_blank">Giel Beelen</a>) selected the best seven and they performed in the studio yesterday morning. Live on national radio and then Giel announced the winner. Apart from the fact that the best one won (Anna Verhoeven) I was very impressed by the performance all seven gave that very same evening in my favourite TV-show "<a href="http://dewerelddraaitdoor.vara.nl/" target="_blank">De Wereld Draait Door</a>" #DWDD singing Birdy's hit "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lT67liGjZhw" target="_blank">Skinny Love</a>". And that led to my conclusion that we do not need shows like TVOH. <b>We just need YouTube, Social Media to push them and talent watchers like Giel!</b><br /><br />Here below the clip of the performance by the Dutch Birdies, judge for yourself and let me know what you think by leaving a comment! (<a href="http://dewerelddraaitdoor.vara.nl/media/84706">and here a link to the entire item/interview with all seven Birdies - in Dutch</a>)<br /><object height="270" width="500"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/mZY6SSgWXYo?version=3&"> </param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"> </param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"> </param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/mZY6SSgWXYo?version=3&hl=nl_NL" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="500" height="270" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05324518376455355987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727421661920718754.post-25756737408058574842012-01-07T20:51:00.000+01:002013-09-22T16:58:40.178+02:00Pizzoccheri della Valtellina<br /><br /><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/101995762939355167587/BloggerFotoS?authkey=Gv1sRgCLfwxJ_ap6PPPw#5694979900716238482"><img align="right" border="0" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0YQK4PC-BMrNKf33hw0J9TwEB9MdOPA8eQmxvmNJ6sL3gMrcjT09sKTCTmMVkGhpT0DSiq2TjYtsCmlWujJ-K8jNbeDqLoNCQWDkhmPw0puh3KftkED_kieSc9rPf0m0XfDgYS71T3ZM/s288/1.jpg" style="margin: 5px;" width="210" /></a><br />Via <a href="http://twitter.com/daggy72" target="_blank">Twitter</a>, <a href="http://www.facebook.com/Dagmar.Sporck" target="_blank">Facebook</a> and <a href="http://dag.gy/-G-Plus" target="_blank">Google+</a> I received some requests for the recipe of Pizzoccheri. I have taken the recipe of the box of the pizzoccheri I usually buy in our local supermarket. <br /><br /><b>Ingredients (for 6p):</b><br />500g pizzoccheri<br />300g potatoes (in 2x2cm cubes)<br />150-250g butter (I think 150g is more then enough)<br />300g Savoy cabbage, chard leaves (the white stamps) or spinach (I prefer Savoy cabbage) sliced<br />500g half fat cheese from Valtellina (Casera, Bito) - these can be hard to find outside Italy, maybe Fontina, Toma or (worst case) Brie can be used as an alternative (sliced)<br />150g grated Parmesan cheese <br />2 cloves of garlic<br />some leaves of sage<br /><br /><b>Preparation (15-20mins):</b><br />Cook the potatoes and vegetables in boiling water, add the pizzoccheri after a couple of minutes and boil it for another 12-15mins until the pasta is nicely cooked "al dente".<br />When the pasta (and potatoes and veggies) are cooked drain the water and mix the slices of cheese and grated Parmesan under the pasta and veggies.<br />Meanwhile melt the butter on low fire with the garlic and sage (don't fry the garlic) and serve it over the pasta.<br /><br />Buon Appetito!<br /><br /><center><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/101995762939355167587/BloggerFotoS?authkey=Gv1sRgCLfwxJ_ap6PPPw#5694980052936094674"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSVKD9814cxShY0q8qi_OQwEoL1Ef3ntBK7rKWrHjK2zgGYgXKiR2nYDSe-88oWHrAn-n5UWFLz4q4On7MBbUwoHjY6ixeXVrrK44tpbBa1CVMeS9Vex7cMeX0dG4o2ePc-UaFrtuOD6w/s400/0.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px; margin-top: 5px;" width="298" /></a></center>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05324518376455355987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727421661920718754.post-20897909510894583222011-09-24T16:27:00.000+02:002013-09-22T16:58:40.174+02:00La spada Varesina ed il furto 2.0<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIrSx1rFVwjoZhr2mdI_yBacxD_Y2z2jz9bwinjwAmAcK8dKiq4lMfNyMbPeJH1n77myydrHmDvmGqzPbsezYmNjnL5gK-4LJftVpLITh66S9lmp7HwKNuJh6nhPQdrtvkQ_SBlVlFlLI/s1600/excalibur-sword.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIrSx1rFVwjoZhr2mdI_yBacxD_Y2z2jz9bwinjwAmAcK8dKiq4lMfNyMbPeJH1n77myydrHmDvmGqzPbsezYmNjnL5gK-4LJftVpLITh66S9lmp7HwKNuJh6nhPQdrtvkQ_SBlVlFlLI/s1600/excalibur-sword.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIrSx1rFVwjoZhr2mdI_yBacxD_Y2z2jz9bwinjwAmAcK8dKiq4lMfNyMbPeJH1n77myydrHmDvmGqzPbsezYmNjnL5gK-4LJftVpLITh66S9lmp7HwKNuJh6nhPQdrtvkQ_SBlVlFlLI/s1600/excalibur-sword.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIrSx1rFVwjoZhr2mdI_yBacxD_Y2z2jz9bwinjwAmAcK8dKiq4lMfNyMbPeJH1n77myydrHmDvmGqzPbsezYmNjnL5gK-4LJftVpLITh66S9lmp7HwKNuJh6nhPQdrtvkQ_SBlVlFlLI/s200/excalibur-sword.jpg" width="56" /></a></div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> --- I will try to translate this blog one of these days ---</span></b><br /><br /><br /><br />C'era una volta una spada. Una spada, chiamiamolo <a href="http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excalibur">Excalibur</a>, molta preziosa per i cavalieri della <a href="http://www.rt64.it/">Round Table 64 Varese</a> perché è una dei due simboli presente ai giorni della fondazione di questa bellissima Table. Al <a href="http://www.rt64.it/2010/10/decennale-rt64-varese-22-maggio-2010.html">Decennale della Round Table 64 Varese</a> il 22 maggio 2010 Excalibur fu dato in prestito ai Tabler di Mantova per farli spadellare i loro nuovi soci all'<a href="http://www.rt64.it/2010/10/picasastream-img-border-1px-solid-000.html">AGM di 2010</a>. A Mantova la spada sparisse e per qualche mesi i Tabler di Varese sono rimasti disperati; dov'era finita la spada?<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://a3.img.mobypicture.com/77c9777ec156bcdb77d5691fd43e7161_large.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://a3.img.mobypicture.com/77c9777ec156bcdb77d5691fd43e7161_large.jpg" width="148" /></a></div>Cosi "the Quest" (la ricerca) per ricuperare questa spada iniziasse! Dopo ore e ore di telefonate, sacchi di mail, interventi dai comitati di zona e quello nazionale e forze ancora più maggiore venisse fuori che la spada era finito nei mani di due ladrocini Bresciani. Grazie alla buona ricerca del nostro carissimo ex-President Paolo 007 Duco ed i suoi contatti ladrici abbiamo saputo che la spada potrebbe essere presente alla apertura dell'anno dei Tabler Bresciani nel loro covo. Fu cosi che il giorno giovedì 22 settembre 2011 io, Dagmar Sporck - presidente della Round Table 64 Varese, sono andato a Brescia e mi nascosi nella tana dei leoni, aspettando il branco dei Bresciani. Già in quel momento ebbi la possibilità di fare un contro-furto, la loro bandiera fu esposto senza protezione e senza guardie, ma ovviamente avrei già spifferato i miei intenzioni.<br /><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6173/6172265091_63442112f7_z.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6173/6172265091_63442112f7_z.jpg" width="148" /></a></div>Uno dopo uno arrivarono i ladri, furono in tanti, in più c'erano anche i complici Belgi della Round Table 37 Gembloux ed degli anziani (ex-Tabler). Ed io, tutto da solo! Per fortuna avevo portato bottiglie di una sostanza stupefacente, Poggio Cavalieri - Chianti Classico, che li volevo lasciar bere per immobilizzarli. Non bastavano però le poche bottiglie per questo gruppone e così decisi di aspettare un momento migliore per il mio piano. Sgattaiolai dal mio nascondiglio e mi presentai ai ladri.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://a3.img.mobypicture.com/5b8532bfb80912e058112fa521d4069f_view.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://a3.img.mobypicture.com/5b8532bfb80912e058112fa521d4069f_view.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span">Non so ancora se pensavano che fosse un complice ma mi</span><span class="Apple-style-span"> ricevettero come un carissimo amico e mi offrirono da bere e da mangiare. Cibo tipico di zona, un piatto più buono che l'altro, della Mortadella Tartufata, Bresaola, Prosciutto, Polenta con il Lardo di Colonnata, pasta d'uova, Coniglio alla Bresciana, dolci, frutta,... </span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span">Dopo questa buonissima cenona però loro si misero a premeditare loro nuovi piani diabolici, si parlava di spiedare uccelli, scorrerie a Verona, Monte Carlo, ecc. Parlarono anche di un nuovo sito (per quale </span>ancora da re-registrare il vecchio dominio RT37BS.it<span class="Apple-style-span">) per presentare la banda per sedurre i giovani Bresciani di associarsi alla banda RT37. Tutto questo però non potevo far succedere e decisi di intervenire, ma come... Poco dopo, fu già dopo mezzanotte, nel momento che qualcuno si era già addormentato e quelli rimasti </span>scrutarono su un schermo a questo nuovo sito mi sono preso la spada e sono schizzato via, protetto dal buio della notte Bresciana. Mi sono messo su i miei 170 cavali e via da quel posto!<br /><br /><b>Quando mi sentii sicuro mi sono connesso in rete e ho registrato IO il dominio RT37BS.it - il furto 2.0! </b><br /><b><br /></b><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://a0.img.mobypicture.com/14b5386f90d70c6c43b0bfcbbfc7ccb8_view.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="239" src="http://a0.img.mobypicture.com/14b5386f90d70c6c43b0bfcbbfc7ccb8_view.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">io con i due ladri Bresciani che hanno rubato la spada a Mantova<br />sembra che rido, ma nn vedete il coltello dietro le mie spalle</td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://a1.img.mobypicture.com/9139d3434858b5e3f2cf88fe77a7e08e_view.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="238" src="http://a1.img.mobypicture.com/9139d3434858b5e3f2cf88fe77a7e08e_view.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">io con il capitano Bresciano che mi ha lasciato toccare la spada<br />alla mia destra però c'era uno con una pistola</td></tr></tbody></table><b><br /></b>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05324518376455355987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727421661920718754.post-82625134073657075752011-08-24T01:08:00.000+02:002013-09-22T16:58:40.231+02:00Tonight: my worst culinary experience in ItalyMy friends/followers know we like to go out for dinner/lumch and enjoy a good meal with a good glass of wine. And it doesn't need to be fancy, we appreciate honest food prepared with joy and love whether it costs 10euros or 100euros.<br /><br />After this afternoon's pastalunch I fancied a good piece of fish so we went to Rosetto's boulevard where we expected to find some restaurant. Well we found some lido's and this particular place (no names, one could check my Foursquare postings if you really want to know) seemed pretty popular and had an inviting look.<br /><br />The girls insisted on having pizza (it was a ristorante pizzeria) and Maddy and I choose some simple antipasti (affettato and bruschette) and a "sogliola (sole) mugnaia" for her and "spiedini di pesce griliati" for me. After OVER ONE HOUR waiting we finally got a plate of sliced ham and salami and 5 bruschette with that same ham and tomato slices. It would have taken me less then 5 minutes to prepare, so why did we had to wait over an hour for this?! The ham and salami were badly cut (too thick), the bruschette were not prepared (with oil and garlic) but just roasted and had a (too) thick slice of ham and tomato on them, impossible to eat with you hands as you should. But okay, maybe this is normal in Abruzzo, everything a bit more "rustico". <br /><br />In the meantime the girls received their pizzas, which were maybe okay to Dutch/German standards but any Italian pizzeria should be ashamed of itself serving these pizze.<br /><br />And still I was hoping the fish would save the evening. That hope vaporised once the main courses arrived (30secs after we finished the ham) the sole was not even close to the one I had 3 evenings before.It was tough (maybe kept warm for over an hour) and I wondered if it was a reanimated frozen one. My fish skewers were prepared without any fantasy, just pieces of squid (tough, lousy quality) and shrimps (even mealy), no other fish, nor vegetables.<br /><br />This was by far our worst culinary experience in Italy ever!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05324518376455355987noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727421661920718754.post-8209845706950566552011-07-01T23:01:00.000+02:002013-09-22T16:58:40.229+02:00RT64 Beach Volley 30.6.2011<div style="margin: 0; overflow: hidden; padding: 0; width: 500px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dagmarsporck/5892070048/in/set-72157627093699664/" style="display: block; float: left; height: 75px; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px;" title=" "><img alt=" " src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6044/5892070048_3d686ffe69_s.jpg" style="border: none; height: 75px; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dagmarsporck/5892128336/in/set-72157627093699664/" style="display: block; float: left; height: 75px; 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float: left; height: 75px; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px;" title="Camera Roll-211"><img alt="Camera Roll-211" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5065/5892120330_044d82f37f_s.jpg" style="border: none; height: 75px; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dagmarsporck/5891508247/in/set-72157627093699664/" style="display: block; float: left; height: 75px; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px;" title=" "><img alt=" " src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6034/5891508247_5046352d2a_s.jpg" style="border: none; height: 75px; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px;" /></a><br /><div style="float: left; height: 75px; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px;"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/g/images/gallery-empty-icon.gif" style="height: 75px; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px;" /></div><div style="float: left; height: 75px; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px;"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/g/images/gallery-empty-icon.gif" style="height: 75px; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px;" /></div><div style="float: left; height: 75px; padding: 0 0 10px 0; width: 75px;"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/g/images/gallery-empty-icon.gif" style="height: 75px; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px;" /></div><br clear="all" /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dagmarsporck/sets/72157627093699664/">RT64 Beach Volley 30.6.2011</a>, a set on Flickr.</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05324518376455355987noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727421661920718754.post-32618750449759338962011-06-20T10:32:00.000+02:002013-09-22T16:58:40.186+02:00Verona 18 JUN 2011<div style="margin: 0; overflow: hidden; padding: 0; width: 500px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dagmarsporck/5852261872/in/set-72157627003085512/" style="display: block; float: left; height: 75px; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px;" title="SAM_1764"><img alt="SAM_1764" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3168/5852261872_b542f41618_s.jpg" style="border: none; height: 75px; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dagmarsporck/5844577497/in/set-72157627003085512/" style="display: block; float: left; height: 75px; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px;" title="beautiful weather (30°C) and bellissima la Arena"><img alt="beautiful weather (30°C) and bellissima la Arena" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3353/5844577497_9f85941e6c_s.jpg" style="border: none; height: 75px; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dagmarsporck/5844619961/in/set-72157627003085512/" style="display: block; float: left; height: 75px; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px;" title="buon pranzo!!! / restaurant recommended by Massimo delle Scatole ;-)"><img alt="buon pranzo!!! / restaurant recommended by Massimo delle Scatole ;-)" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3273/5844619961_02294c2fd7_s.jpg" style="border: none; height: 75px; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dagmarsporck/5844694315/in/set-72157627003085512/" style="display: block; float: left; height: 75px; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px;" title="Sfilacci affumicati di Cavallo (smoked horsemeat)"><img alt="Sfilacci affumicati di Cavallo (smoked horsemeat)" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5263/5844694315_22ee76639d_s.jpg" style="border: none; height: 75px; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dagmarsporck/5845245572/in/set-72157627003085512/" style="display: block; float: left; height: 75px; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px;" title="Bistecca di Cavallo (horse steak)"><img alt="Bistecca di Cavallo (horse steak)" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2777/5845245572_fd6ec9d498_s.jpg" style="border: none; height: 75px; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dagmarsporck/5844695671/in/set-72157627003085512/" style="display: block; float: left; height: 75px; padding: 0 0 10px 0; width: 75px;" title="Bigoli con Ragù d'Asino (pasta with donkey ragù)"><img alt="Bigoli con Ragù d'Asino (pasta with donkey ragù)" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3265/5844695671_fd52133393_s.jpg" style="border: none; height: 75px; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px;" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dagmarsporck/5852173826/in/set-72157627003085512/" style="display: block; float: left; height: 75px; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px;" title="SAM_1627"><img alt="SAM_1627" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2612/5852173826_dc101d6eba_s.jpg" style="border: none; height: 75px; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dagmarsporck/5851626587/in/set-72157627003085512/" style="display: block; float: left; height: 75px; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px;" title="SAM_1631"><img alt="SAM_1631" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5315/5851626587_2556683729_s.jpg" style="border: none; height: 75px; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dagmarsporck/5851629517/in/set-72157627003085512/" style="display: block; float: left; height: 75px; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px;" title="SAM_1632"><img alt="SAM_1632" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5116/5851629517_a9b895dbfd_s.jpg" style="border: none; height: 75px; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dagmarsporck/5851631953/in/set-72157627003085512/" style="display: block; float: left; height: 75px; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px;" title="SAM_1633"><img alt="SAM_1633" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5106/5851631953_b4f8ca3b1c_s.jpg" style="border: none; height: 75px; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dagmarsporck/5851634715/in/set-72157627003085512/" style="display: block; float: left; height: 75px; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px;" title="SAM_1635"><img alt="SAM_1635" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5223/5851634715_55f9a599ab_s.jpg" style="border: none; height: 75px; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dagmarsporck/5851637551/in/set-72157627003085512/" style="display: block; float: left; height: 75px; padding: 0 0 10px 0; width: 75px;" title="SAM_1636"><img alt="SAM_1636" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2503/5851637551_62e4efaed4_s.jpg" style="border: none; height: 75px; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px;" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dagmarsporck/5851640187/in/set-72157627003085512/" style="display: block; float: left; height: 75px; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px;" title="SAM_1637"><img alt="SAM_1637" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5033/5851640187_d9e142eb13_s.jpg" style="border: none; height: 75px; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dagmarsporck/5851642931/in/set-72157627003085512/" style="display: block; float: left; height: 75px; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px;" title="SAM_1644"><img alt="SAM_1644" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3160/5851642931_27a2ab28e7_s.jpg" style="border: none; height: 75px; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dagmarsporck/5852196392/in/set-72157627003085512/" style="display: block; float: left; height: 75px; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px;" title="SAM_1645"><img alt="SAM_1645" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2474/5852196392_45519b28e8_s.jpg" style="border: none; height: 75px; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dagmarsporck/5852199218/in/set-72157627003085512/" style="display: block; float: left; height: 75px; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px;" title="SAM_1646"><img alt="SAM_1646" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3134/5852199218_6697222ea0_s.jpg" style="border: none; height: 75px; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dagmarsporck/5852202536/in/set-72157627003085512/" style="display: block; float: left; height: 75px; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px;" title="SAM_1647"><img alt="SAM_1647" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5106/5852202536_a37e9af909_s.jpg" style="border: none; height: 75px; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dagmarsporck/5852205172/in/set-72157627003085512/" style="display: block; float: left; height: 75px; padding: 0 0 10px 0; width: 75px;" title="SAM_1648"><img alt="SAM_1648" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3024/5852205172_d0996ccbe5_s.jpg" style="border: none; height: 75px; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px;" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dagmarsporck/5851657685/in/set-72157627003085512/" style="display: block; float: left; height: 75px; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px;" title="SAM_1649"><img alt="SAM_1649" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5318/5851657685_fffde89bd2_s.jpg" style="border: none; height: 75px; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dagmarsporck/5851660391/in/set-72157627003085512/" style="display: block; float: left; height: 75px; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px;" title="SAM_1650"><img alt="SAM_1650" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5192/5851660391_dd1f126e13_s.jpg" style="border: none; height: 75px; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dagmarsporck/5852213558/in/set-72157627003085512/" style="display: block; float: left; height: 75px; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px;" title="SAM_1651"><img alt="SAM_1651" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5149/5852213558_bb1a21ca90_s.jpg" style="border: none; height: 75px; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dagmarsporck/5851666123/in/set-72157627003085512/" style="display: block; float: left; height: 75px; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px;" title="SAM_1652"><img alt="SAM_1652" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5184/5851666123_f96f0bb610_s.jpg" style="border: none; height: 75px; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dagmarsporck/5845367544/in/set-72157627003085512/" style="display: block; float: left; height: 75px; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px;" title="normal_1308404291.679305"><img alt="normal_1308404291.679305" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5074/5845367544_df4925c772_s.jpg" style="border: none; height: 75px; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dagmarsporck/5852219274/in/set-72157627003085512/" style="display: block; float: left; height: 75px; padding: 0 0 10px 0; width: 75px;" title="SAM_1653"><img alt="SAM_1653" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2481/5852219274_36bfd4e22a_s.jpg" style="border: none; height: 75px; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px;" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dagmarsporck/sets/72157627003085512/">Verona 18 JUN 2011</a>, a set on Flickr.</div>pics of our visit to Verona and the omeo & Giulietta" performance in the streets of Verona.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05324518376455355987noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727421661920718754.post-73333930815995414222011-06-06T21:43:00.000+02:002013-09-22T16:58:40.218+02:00Taormina, Sicily 2011<div style="margin: 0; overflow: hidden; padding: 0; width: 500px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dagmarsporck/5803492019/in/set-72157626772736641/" style="display: block; float: left; height: 75px; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px;" title="SAM_1588.jpg"><img alt="SAM_1588.jpg" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2252/5803492019_8c3316db12_s.jpg" style="border: none; height: 75px; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dagmarsporck/5794081334/in/set-72157626772736641/" style="display: block; float: left; height: 75px; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px;" title=" "><img alt=" " src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5024/5794081334_1f1f5e681c_s.jpg" style="border: none; height: 75px; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dagmarsporck/5793527823/in/set-72157626772736641/" style="display: block; float: left; height: 75px; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px;" title=" "><img alt=" " src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2541/5793527823_d6308d7038_s.jpg" style="border: none; height: 75px; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dagmarsporck/5794091430/in/set-72157626772736641/" style="display: block; float: left; height: 75px; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px;" title=" "><img alt=" " src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3189/5794091430_7d01e5543a_s.jpg" style="border: none; height: 75px; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dagmarsporck/5792701285/in/set-72157626772736641/" style="display: block; float: left; height: 75px; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px;" title=" "><img alt=" " src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3023/5792701285_e368418a3e_s.jpg" style="border: none; height: 75px; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dagmarsporck/5794110748/in/set-72157626772736641/" style="display: block; float: left; height: 75px; padding: 0 0 10px 0; width: 75px;" title=" "><img alt=" " src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3586/5794110748_6ba5458d7b_s.jpg" style="border: none; height: 75px; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px;" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dagmarsporck/5803934550/in/set-72157626772736641/" style="display: block; float: left; height: 75px; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px;" title="SAM_1327.jpg"><img alt="SAM_1327.jpg" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3128/5803934550_f6d08c4b04_s.jpg" style="border: none; height: 75px; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dagmarsporck/5803935408/in/set-72157626772736641/" style="display: block; float: left; height: 75px; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px;" title="SAM_1328.jpg"><img alt="SAM_1328.jpg" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3614/5803935408_eeee1a34b2_s.jpg" style="border: none; height: 75px; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dagmarsporck/5803380123/in/set-72157626772736641/" style="display: block; float: left; height: 75px; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px;" title="SAM_1331.jpg"><img alt="SAM_1331.jpg" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2395/5803380123_d11a9875a3_s.jpg" style="border: none; height: 75px; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dagmarsporck/5803937284/in/set-72157626772736641/" style="display: block; float: left; height: 75px; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px;" title="SAM_1332.jpg"><img alt="SAM_1332.jpg" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5152/5803937284_f1145bc33d_s.jpg" style="border: none; height: 75px; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dagmarsporck/5803938104/in/set-72157626772736641/" style="display: block; float: left; height: 75px; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px;" title="SAM_1334.jpg"><img alt="SAM_1334.jpg" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3199/5803938104_a1fe0b3379_s.jpg" style="border: none; height: 75px; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dagmarsporck/5803382361/in/set-72157626772736641/" style="display: block; float: left; height: 75px; padding: 0 0 10px 0; width: 75px;" title="SAM_1336.jpg"><img alt="SAM_1336.jpg" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3076/5803382361_635c1829f0_s.jpg" style="border: none; height: 75px; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px;" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dagmarsporck/5803939150/in/set-72157626772736641/" style="display: block; float: left; height: 75px; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px;" title="SAM_1338.jpg"><img alt="SAM_1338.jpg" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2414/5803939150_3d6485fc3e_s.jpg" style="border: none; height: 75px; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dagmarsporck/5803383383/in/set-72157626772736641/" style="display: block; float: left; height: 75px; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px;" title="SAM_1339.jpg"><img alt="SAM_1339.jpg" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3184/5803383383_3569efc6f4_s.jpg" style="border: none; height: 75px; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dagmarsporck/5803383885/in/set-72157626772736641/" style="display: block; float: left; height: 75px; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px;" title="SAM_1342.jpg"><img alt="SAM_1342.jpg" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3226/5803383885_c7c35bb85e_s.jpg" style="border: none; height: 75px; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dagmarsporck/5793554673/in/set-72157626772736641/" style="display: block; float: left; height: 75px; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px;" title=" "><img alt=" " src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2788/5793554673_34feff59f1_s.jpg" style="border: none; height: 75px; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dagmarsporck/5794160464/in/set-72157626772736641/" style="display: block; float: left; height: 75px; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px;" title=" "><img alt=" " src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2282/5794160464_fa749dc48a_s.jpg" style="border: none; height: 75px; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dagmarsporck/5803940924/in/set-72157626772736641/" style="display: block; float: left; height: 75px; padding: 0 0 10px 0; width: 75px;" title="SAM_1344.jpg"><img alt="SAM_1344.jpg" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3419/5803940924_da7420ae39_s.jpg" style="border: none; height: 75px; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px;" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dagmarsporck/5803385131/in/set-72157626772736641/" style="display: block; float: left; height: 75px; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px;" title="SAM_1346.jpg"><img alt="SAM_1346.jpg" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3309/5803385131_669a7e16a7_s.jpg" style="border: none; height: 75px; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dagmarsporck/5803387103/in/set-72157626772736641/" style="display: block; float: left; height: 75px; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px;" title="SAM_1352.jpg"><img alt="SAM_1352.jpg" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2753/5803387103_521e917473_s.jpg" style="border: none; height: 75px; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dagmarsporck/5803944706/in/set-72157626772736641/" style="display: block; float: left; height: 75px; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px;" title="SAM_1353.jpg"><img alt="SAM_1353.jpg" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2043/5803944706_c45d9f88a4_s.jpg" style="border: none; height: 75px; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dagmarsporck/5803946400/in/set-72157626772736641/" style="display: block; float: left; height: 75px; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px;" title="SAM_1354.jpg"><img alt="SAM_1354.jpg" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3354/5803946400_016a6cdca7_s.jpg" style="border: none; height: 75px; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dagmarsporck/5803391041/in/set-72157626772736641/" style="display: block; float: left; height: 75px; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px;" title="SAM_1355.jpg"><img alt="SAM_1355.jpg" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3422/5803391041_bb2b8d211a_s.jpg" style="border: none; height: 75px; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dagmarsporck/5803948636/in/set-72157626772736641/" style="display: block; float: left; height: 75px; padding: 0 0 10px 0; width: 75px;" title="SAM_1356.jpg"><img alt="SAM_1356.jpg" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5195/5803948636_8df0cd495f_s.jpg" style="border: none; height: 75px; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px;" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dagmarsporck/sets/72157626772736641/">Taormina, Sicily 2011</a>, a set on Flickr.</div>a collection of the pics I shot during our week in Taormina (28/5 - 5/6)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05324518376455355987noreply@blogger.com1