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		<title>A new life for this blog</title>
		<link>http://www.davideanastasia.com/2013/05/18/a-new-life-for-this-blog/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 10:14:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Davide Anastasia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a long time since my last post on this blog and many things have changed in my life in the meanwhile (I&#8217;ll make sure I update my &#8220;about&#8221; page as soon as possible). I would like to write a lot and talk about all the interesting things that I have done in the [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s been a long time since my last post on this blog and many things have changed in my life in the meanwhile (I&#8217;ll make sure I update my &#8220;about&#8221; page as soon as possible). I would like to write a lot and talk about all the interesting things that I have done in the past two years. So I think the new phase of this blog will be mostly about coding and photography, even though I expect to talk about politics and other personal matters here and there (with the care that is necessary to avoid problem in the &#8220;real life&#8221;, because after all everybody can read these pages).</p>
<p>Hence keep an eye on the blog, because I might write something soon&#8230; <img src='http://www.davideanastasia.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>Indignazione. Disperazione. Rabbia.</title>
		<link>http://www.davideanastasia.com/2012/07/26/indignazione-disperazione-rabbia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2012 14:30:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Davide Anastasia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Update (27 Luglio 2012) Non credo che serva aggiungere molto a quello che sta succedendo a Taranto in questi giorni. Dopo il sequestro e la misura di custodia cautelare in carcere per 8 dirigenti ed ex dirigenti, si sta tristemente avverando la solita guerra tra poveri: da una parte i lavoratori, che giustamente combattono per [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h4>Update (27 Luglio 2012)</h4>
<p>Non credo che serva aggiungere molto a quello che sta succedendo a Taranto in questi giorni. <a href="http://bari.repubblica.it/cronaca/2012/07/26/news/ilva_il_gip-39795626/">Dopo il sequestro e la misura di custodia cautelare in carcere per 8 dirigenti ed ex dirigenti</a>, si sta tristemente avverando la solita guerra tra poveri: da una parte i lavoratori, che giustamente combattono per il loro posto di lavoro, dall&#8217;altra la citta&#8217; (e non solo), che dopo quasi 50 anni di abusi ambientali, vogliono liberarsi del mostro. Ed ho come l&#8217;impressione che nei prossimi giorni si parlera&#8217; molto di questa vicenda (anche se La Repubblica, dopo solo un giorno, ha gia&#8217; declassato la notizia a trafiletto sul proprio internet). Ad ogni modo, molte volte e&#8217; difficile per chi non conosce Taranto capire quanto l&#8217;Ilva rappresenti un visibile contrasto tra opportunita&#8217; lavorative e sostenibilita&#8217; ambientale. E&#8217; per questo che porto di nuovo in prima pagina questo posto sul mio blog, sperando che i video che ho aggiunto possano essere uno spunto di riflessione.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.repubblica.it/ambiente/2011/01/10/news/inchiesta_scelta_taranto-11061087/?ref=search" target="_blank"> Salute-lavoro, baratto assurdo: l&#8217;amara lezione di Taranto</a> [<a href="http://video.repubblica.it/le-inchieste/l-inchiesta-scelta-dai-lettori-inquinamento-a-taranto/59155/58074" target="_blank">Videoinchiesta</a>]</p>
<h4>Update (30 Giugno 2010)</h4>
<p><a href="http://corrieredelmezzogiorno.corriere.it/lecce/notizie/cronaca/2010/30-giugno-2010/disastro-ambientale-tarantosotto-inchiesta-vertici-dell-ilva--1703295767977.shtml" target="_blank">La procura di Taranto apre un fascicolo per Disastro Ambientale contro i quattro piu&#8217; importanti dirigenti dell&#8217;ILVA</a>. E la mia domanda e&#8217;: quanti anni sono serviti?</p>
<h4>Post originale</h4>
<p>All&#8217;inizio mi disperavo. Ma non ho scritto di getto. Mi sono contenuto, frenato. Poi alla disperazione, come sempre accade, è subentrata la rabbia. La rabbia verso chi non ha rispetto. La rabbia verso il profitto. La rabbia verso il maledetto vile denaro.<br />
Penso a mio padre. Penso che ha lavorato nell&#8217;impianto siderurgico di Taranto (adesso <a href="http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilva" target="_blank">ILVA</a>) per quasi 30 anni (o forse più). E chissà cosa ha respirato. Penso a mia madre e mia sorella, che vivono sotto quelle ciminiere e chissà cosa respirano. E chissà cosa mangiano. Poi penso a tutti quelli che stanno male, che hanno avuto un tumore. Che sono morti. E sanno a chi dare la colpa!</p>
<p>Che l&#8217;ILVA fosse un&#8217;azienda pericolosa si sapeva. Almeno, chi vive in quella zona lo sa bene. Perché basta passarci vicino per vedere i fumi che escono dalle ciminiere con dei colori assolutamente raccapriccianti. Che nessuno volesse occuparsi della questione era anche palesemente evidente, visto che dieci anni fa lo stabilimento di Taranto e di Genova erano confrontabili ed adesso invece viaggiano su due dimensioni assolutamente separate. Per buona pace della salute dei genovesi (beati voi!).</p>
<p>Quando vivi lontano però&#8230; lontano dagli occhi, lontano dal cuore. E così avevo &#8220;dimenticato&#8221; il problema. Poi qualche giorno fa mi passa davanti questo articolo: <em><a href="http://www.corriere.it/cronache/08_ottobre_21/fumo_diossina_3e4495ce-9f40-11dd-b0d4-00144f02aabc.shtml" target="_blank">A 13 anni ha il tumore da fumo. «E&#8217; la diossina»</a></em>. Ed il problema mi ritorna agli occhi in tutta la sua importanza. Non mi era chiaro come mai un bambino potesse avere un tumore da fumo. Poi, come spesso accade, alla conoscenza dei problemi si arriva per gradi. E così LA7, l&#8217;unica TV ancora non controllata dai politici fa un bellissimo report di un&#8217;ora e mezza su Taranto (nella trasmissione &#8220;Malpelo&#8221;). Ed alla indignazione subbentra la disperazione. La disperazione di vedere questi meccanismi assolutamente lontani dal buon senso prendere il sopravento ed ammazzare la gente.</p>
<p>Vi consiglio di vederlo. Anzi, non ve lo consiglio. Dovete vederlo e basta! Una ricerca su YouTube dovrebbe portarvi velocemente al video.</p>
<p>Poi oggi apro <em>La Repubblica</em> è leggo che Vendola <a href="http://www.repubblica.it/2008/10/sezioni/ambiente/ilva-scandalo/ilva-scandalo/ilva-scandalo.html?rss" target="_blank">si sta interessando al problema</a>. E negli ultimi anni dov&#8217;era? Quando le parti civili si ritiravano dal processo, lui cosa faceva? Sembra quasi che il suo interesse sia solo politico, <a href="http://www.repubblica.it/2008/10/sezioni/ambiente/ilva-scandalo/ilva-scandalo/ilva-scandalo.html?rss" target="_blank">visto la presa di posizione pro Riva presa dal governo (o pro CAI?)</a>.</p>
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		<title>Luminance HDR</title>
		<link>http://www.davideanastasia.com/2010/11/01/luminance-hdr/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 2010 10:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Davide Anastasia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not many of you know that I&#8217;m a developer of Luminance HDR since this summer. Luminance HDR is a cross-platform software for HDR imaging, with a large number of users and an active flickr group. Why am I working on it? There are several reasons: I&#8217;m an user of Luminance HDR (and the previous version, also [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Not many of you know that I&#8217;m a developer of <a href="http://qtpfsgui.sourceforge.net/" target="_blank">Luminance HDR</a> since this summer. Luminance HDR is a cross-platform software for HDR imaging, with a large number of users and an active <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/qtpfsgui/" target="_blank">flickr group</a>.<br />
Why am I working on it? There are several reasons:</p>
<ul>
<li>I&#8217;m an user of Luminance HDR (and the previous version, also known as Qtpfsgui), but I really didn&#8217;t like its limitations (slowness, memory leaks, unstable UI, &#8230;).</li>
<li>I&#8217;ve got a little passion for the High Performance Computing (and the vectorization in particular). So I decided to use these knowledge into the project in order to improve the code. </li>
<li>I&#8217;ve got a Mac and there was no release for Luminance HDR running on OS X until few weeks ago (when I made it!).</li>
<li>Using a Mac, I work mainly with XCode. But I also had chance to put my hands on Shark (a performance profiler), Instruments (a memory/function call profiler) and MallocDebug (a memory allocator profiler). These tools are absolutely useful in many fields (and in my PhD as well), so I&#8217;m really interested in learning and using them effectively.</li>
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<p>Give a try to Luminance HDR and let me know what you think of it. If you like it, you can also consider to <a href="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&amp;hosted_button_id=77BSTWEH7447C" target="_blank">make me a donation</a>! <img src='http://www.davideanastasia.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>U2, Zurich, CH – September 12th, 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.davideanastasia.com/2010/10/05/u2-zurich-20100912/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Oct 2010 12:13:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Davide Anastasia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Almost a month has passed since this concert (the 4th U2&#8242; concert in a bit more than an year for me) and a lot of thing have gone through my life. This concert has been different from the ones I&#8217;ve been before. Probably the rain, probably a smaller stadium, probably a different setlist, probably Bono [...]]]></description>
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<p>Almost a month has passed since this concert (the 4th U2&#8242; concert in a bit more than an year for me) and a lot of thing have gone through my life. This concert has been different from the ones I&#8217;ve been before. Probably the rain, probably a smaller stadium, probably a different setlist, probably Bono in a great shape, but the concert has been somewhat different. This concert has seen the live debut of &#8220;Mercy&#8221; and I also had chance to listen a bunch of songs I haven&#8217;t listen before. Unfortunately, because of the heavy rain, the Encore was shorter and <em>With or Without You</em> and <em>Ultraviolet/Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me</em> were not played. I wish they did, but unfortunately the weather was so terrible.</p>
<p>This is the <a href="http://www.u2gigs.com/show1678.html" target="_blank">set list of the concert in Zurich, September 12th 2010</a>:</p>
<ul>
<li>Return Of The Stingray Guitar</li>
<li>Beautiful Day</li>
<li>I Will Follow</li>
<li>Get On Your Boots</li>
<li>Magnificent</li>
<li>Mysterious Ways</li>
<li>Elevation</li>
<li>Until The End Of The World</li>
<li>I Still Haven&#8217;t Found What I&#8217;m Looking For</li>
<li>North Star</li>
<li>Mercy (<em>live debut</em>)</li>
<li>In A Little While</li>
<li>Miss Sarajevo</li>
<li>City Of Blinding Lights</li>
<li>Vertigo</li>
<li>I&#8217;ll Go Crazy If I Don&#8217;t Go Crazy Tonight</li>
<li>Sunday Bloody Sunday</li>
<li>Mothers Of The Disappeared</li>
<li>Walk On</li>
</ul>
<p>Encore</p>
<ul>
<li>One</li>
<li>Where The Streets Have No Name</li>
<li>Moment of Surrender</li>
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<a href="http://www.davideanastasia.com/blog/wp-content/gallery/20100912-u2-zurich/dsc_2223.jpg" title="" rel="lightbox[singlepic3778]" >
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 I&#8217;ve put <a href="http://www.davideanastasia.com/photogalleries/concerts/u2-zurich-ch-%E2%80%93-september-12th-2010/" target="_blank">some pictures of this concert in a gallery</a> and I&#8217;ve also published a couple of shot on <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/davideanastasia/sets/72157622049427588/" target="_blank">flickr</a>.<br />
I&#8217;m going to talk about Zurich soon, promise!</p>
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		<title>Libertà di espressione</title>
		<link>http://www.davideanastasia.com/2010/06/11/liberta-di-espressione/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 21:23:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Davide Anastasia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Siamo nel 2010, e credo che siamo tutti d&#8217;accordo su questo. C&#8217;è internet, ed anche su questo credo che possiamo essere d&#8217;accordo. Poi c&#8217;è la banda larga (beh, in Italia forse non tutti sono d&#8217;accordo), i giornali online, i siti internet di informazione alternativa e non. Poi ci sono i giornali stranieri, di carta&#8230; e [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Siamo nel 2010, e credo che siamo tutti d&#8217;accordo su questo. C&#8217;è internet, ed anche su questo credo che possiamo essere d&#8217;accordo. Poi c&#8217;è la banda larga (beh, in Italia forse non tutti sono d&#8217;accordo), i giornali online, i siti internet di informazione alternativa e non. Poi ci sono i giornali stranieri, di carta&#8230; e non!</p>
<p>Poi ci sono 600 e passa pirla che nel 2010 pensano ancora che informare significhi leggere i giornali cartacei. E sono tutti seduti in parlamento. Quello italiano, oltretutto! Alcuni di loro dicono &#8220;voglio scoprire chi mi ha pagato la casa!&#8221;, altri invece parlano di toghe rosse, magistratura politicizzata e intercettazioni a strascico. Molti sono lì perché nominati (facciamo tutti?), molti per aver fatto qualche favore, altri per averne da fare. E votano. E decidono, con le leggi che votano, come lo stato Italiano interpreta fatti e azioni.</p>
<p>C&#8217;è una cosa che mi chiedo: ma questi 600 pirla sono tutti degli uomini senza palle? Oddio, alcuni di loro ogni tanto votano contro. Ma tante volte sembra che lo facciano più perché sono seduti &#8220;all&#8217;opposizione&#8221;<sup class='footnote'><a href='#fn-1105-1' id='fnref-1105-1'>1</a></sup> che non perché sentono che il loro &#8220;No&#8221; rappresenta un ideale, un modo di vedere le cose diverso da chi invece preme &#8220;Si&#8221;. E te ne rendi conto quando chiedi &#8220;perché No?&#8221;. O, molto peggio, quando chiedi &#8220;fammi una proposta alternativa&#8221; e ti ritrovi davanti il buio cosmico.<sup class='footnote'><a href='#fn-1105-2' id='fnref-1105-2'>2</a></sup></p>
<p>E poi si vota una legge che vieta ai giornali di pubblicare le intercettazioni. Una legge che multa chi pubblica intercettazioni. Una legge che blocca i magistrati dal fare intercettazioni. Una legge che toglie ai magistrati un caso se parlano del caso. E così, non si potrà sapere più niente. O forse no?</p>
<p>Pare che più del 70% della popolazione italiana si informi tramite la TV. Avete mai sentito intercettazioni in TV? Tolte le due ore settimanali di Santoro (e tra poco ci toglieranno pure quelle!), nessun altro parla di intercettazioni in TV. Il restante 30% si informa tramite internet. Cambierà qualcosa per loro? Pressoché nulla! Chi ha in mano le intercettazioni, nel 2010, un modo per farle arrivare a chi è interessato, ce l&#8217;ha! E per quel 30%, leggere Repubblica.it o qualcosa.com, fa poca differenza! E così, si continuerà a parlare della D&#8217;Addario di turno di Berlusconi, della casa di Scajola o della clinica Santa Rita non molto diversamente da come si fa adesso. E mi chiedo se quelli analfabeti seduti in parlamento se ne rendono conto.</p>
<p>La verità, che da questa triste storia della legge bavaglio (belli gli articoli oggi su <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/berlusconi-wins-vote-on-gagging-law-1997290.html" target="_blank">Independent</a> e <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/greenslade/2010/jun/11/press-freedom-italy" target="_blank">Guardian</a> sulla &#8220;gagging law&#8221;), il lato più negativo è lo scarso livello di istruzione media degli italiani. Perché, non c&#8217;è niente da fare, la cultura è potere ed è per questo che una delle prime cose da distruggere negli anni scorsi è stata la scuola, in modo tale da creare altri ignoranti. Ignoranza significa non leggere un giornale. Ignoranza significa accendere il TG1 delle 20, e pensare che Scodinzolini dica anche cose che hanno senso. Ignoranza significa incapacità di distinguere una cazzata da una cosa vera&#8230; incapacità di distinguere una cosa sensata (magari anche condivisibile) da una senza senso. Perché una legge che vieta, nel 2010, di pubblicare qualcosa, è una cazzata colossale. Ma sarebbe comunque una buona motivazione, in paesi civili, per andare a prendere qualcuno di questi ditini con il &#8220;Si&#8221; facile per tagliarlo via con un paio di cesoie. Ma questo momento arriverà&#8230; è solo questione di tempo!</p>
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<ol>
<li id='fn-1105-1'>Che poi, cosa sia, non si è mai capito! Almeno in Italia! <span class='footnotereverse'><a href='#fnref-1105-1'>&#8617;</a></span></li>
<li id='fn-1105-2'>O ti trovi davanti un &#8220;dobbiamo incominciare di nuovo a pensare al Lavoro&#8221;, una frase che Bersani dice ogni volta ma che ancora non si è capito che significa! <span class='footnotereverse'><a href='#fnref-1105-2'>&#8617;</a></span></li>
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		<title>Onestamente&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.davideanastasia.com/2010/02/23/onestamente/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 09:53:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Davide Anastasia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[I'm afraid, my english speaking friend, but I really need to write down what I feel in Italian. I can't give the same impact writing in my awful english.] &#8230;mi sono rotto le palle. Provate ad immaginare se riuscireste ad essere trasportati in quello che fate se ogni volta che prendete una iniziativa, è sbagliata [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[I'm afraid, my english speaking friend, but I really need to write down what I feel in Italian. I can't give the same impact writing in my awful english.]</p>
<p>&#8230;mi sono rotto le palle. Provate ad immaginare se riuscireste ad essere trasportati in quello che fate se ogni volta che prendete una iniziativa, è sbagliata e non porta a niente. Provate ad immaginare, che come quando eravamo al liceo, qualcuno vi dica cosa fare e come farlo ogni giorno, passo per passo. Il compitino, insomma. Poi prendete questa situazione, ed immaginate il mio stato d&#8217;animo, io che della mia indipendenza ho fatto da sempre un punto saldo ed intoccabile, tramite svenderla al primo offerente per realizzare il piccolo sogno personale di andare a vivere all&#8217;estero ed imparare una nuova lingua.<br />
Beh, ho fallito. Full stop. Non c&#8217;è discussione al riguardo, i fatti dicono che la mia scelta non ha pagato ed a distanza di oltre un anno e mezzo, la risultante costo/benificio è in negativo. La roba che faccio viene pubblicata e riceve pure dei premi, ma onestamente non è  roba mia. Mi viene detto come e quando farlo, ed io eseguo. Tecnicamente, uno schiavetto. Se per prendere un PhD si dovesse fare realmente cosi, tutte le segretarie avrebbero un PhD. Cosa voglio fare da grande? Che ne so! So soltanto che sono arrivato a 28 (manca un mese), e sono ancora uno studente squattrinato in una casa di merda. E la lingua che volevo imparare non la parlo ne tantomeno la scrivo come avrei dovuto saper fare. Insomma, sono in negativo. Io sono sempre in negativo. Al massimo mi riesce di entrare in uno stadio di apatia a saldo zero. Ma di essere in positivo proprio non mi ci riesce. Non me lo ricordo un momento in cui ci sono riuscito.</p>
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		<title>Plans</title>
		<link>http://www.davideanastasia.com/2010/01/15/plans/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 14:47:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Davide Anastasia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I haven&#8217;t written on this blog for a long time. It had been a really busy period for me, between a paper revision, presentations and (in the free time) sleeping. I&#8217;ve also lost contact with the few friends I have in London, and that&#8217;s a thing I&#8217;m really sorry about. I&#8217;ve also stopped playing guitar [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I haven&#8217;t written on this blog for a long time. It had been a really busy period for me, between a paper revision, presentations and (in the free time) sleeping. I&#8217;ve also lost contact with the few friends I have in London, and that&#8217;s a thing I&#8217;m really sorry about. I&#8217;ve also stopped playing <a href="http://www.davideanastasia.com/guitar/">guitar</a> (who knows me, also knows I do love guitar as much as I can love something!), concentrating all my efforts in the photography, refining my skills and trying to find constantly new sources of inspiration. That&#8217;s the reason why I&#8217;ve been so distant from this blog and the things I usually do.<br />
So I decided to start writing again on this blog, as a first symbolic step toward its new life. In fact I have a plan for it: a new theme (the first one completely designed in WordPress by me) and a side-by-side photoblog (probably made with Pixelpost: not decided yet), to help myself doing something serious with my wonderful Nikon D90, and trying to squeeze some money from it <sup class='footnote'><a href='#fn-1077-1' id='fnref-1077-1'>1</a></sup>. I would also like to start a photographic project, but I haven&#8217;t decided yet what kind of project will it be. May be, the &#8220;classic&#8221; 365 one, even though I have a more ambitious idea.<br />
We&#8217;ll see what I can do. In the meanwhile, have a look to my <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/davideanastasia/">Flickr</a> page.</p>
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<li id='fn-1077-1'>Sell prints or pictures? <span class='footnotereverse'><a href='#fnref-1077-1'>&#8617;</a></span></li>
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		<title>Ryanair</title>
		<link>http://www.davideanastasia.com/2009/10/21/ryanair/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:13:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Davide Anastasia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Honestly, Ryanair is a shit! Do you want to know why? Well, read this bullet list: Hostess and steward don&#8217;t shut up during the fly. Easy: they have to sell, don&#8217;t they? Ryanair website is a shit. Graphically, it seems to be the classic web melting pot of the latest 90s: banners everywhere, colour without [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Honestly, Ryanair is a shit! Do you want to know why? Well, read this bullet list:</p>
<ul>
<li>Hostess and steward don&#8217;t shut up during the fly. Easy: they have to sell, don&#8217;t they?</li>
<li>Ryanair website is a shit. Graphically, it seems to be the classic web melting pot of the latest 90s: banners everywhere, colour without a really sense, bold and italic without a rule. Usability? It&#8217;s somewhere else!</li>
<li>Ryanair booking process is a shit. First: it&#8217;s not possible to create a fuc*ing account and to check your reservation (past and future). Easyjet does it.<br />
It&#8217;s not possible to store your address in a permament way. An ugly cookie can&#8217;t do that forever!<br />
It&#8217;s not possible to navigate the options during the booking process. You don&#8217;t know how long the booking process will last. Usability? No Way!</li>
<li>Ryanair payment process is a shit. Read this story: I was trying to get a flight from London to Pisa<sup class='footnote'><a href='#fn-1061-1' id='fnref-1061-1'>1</a></sup>. It&#8217;s easy: you follow all the steps (in sterling) and at the end you can pay with your Solo Card (quite common card in England). But what happen if, from Pisa, you want to go in Bari? The website decides without any reasonable reason to switch in Euro. For another unknown reason, all the prices in Euro are higher than the ones in Sterling (double check it, if you don&#8217;t believe me). Example? 15£ for each baggage&#8230; or 18€! But the change is 1.09692 (right now), so it should be 16.45€. A nice present of 1.55€ for each euro-paying passenger. Thanks.<br />
But I still have to tell the best: there is no way to use the same Solo Card that you&#8217;ve used to book the flight from London to Pisa. And honestly, is there a reason why a card is ok from London to Pisa and it&#8217;s not from Pisa to Bari? Why should I pay more only because the website decided (without asking anything!) to switch in Euro?</li>
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<p>I&#8217;ve also looked for a Feedback form, instead of writing a complain on my website. I still have the problem to be able to pay my tickets in £ with my Solo Card. It&#8217;s the only one I have, so what should I do accordingly to this genial website!?</p>
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<li id='fn-1061-1'>Easyjet had a better price! <span class='footnotereverse'><a href='#fnref-1061-1'>&#8617;</a></span></li>
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		<title>Hawkridge</title>
		<link>http://www.davideanastasia.com/2009/09/16/hawkridge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:21:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Davide Anastasia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m gonna miss this place, that&#8217;s the only thing that I can quickly say. I remember the summer of the 2008. I&#8217;ve cried a lot when I was noticed that I had to move from the residence in Camden Rd1 to Hawkridge2. I took possession of my first room in the early July and  I [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m gonna miss this place, that&#8217;s the only thing that I can quickly say.<br />
I remember the summer of the 2008. I&#8217;ve cried a lot when I was noticed that I had to move from the residence in Camden Rd<sup class='footnote'><a href='#fn-1050-1' id='fnref-1050-1'>1</a></sup> to Hawkridge<sup class='footnote'><a href='#fn-1050-2' id='fnref-1050-2'>2</a></sup>. I took possession of my first room in the early July and  I thought to keep that room for a long period. I didn&#8217;t. After just 2 months I had to move out, take my stuff and bring them at Hawkridge, the &#8220;new&#8221; residence in Kentish Town. I went under the tower (two towers, actually) before the moving date (it was still under refubishment at that time) to view the area and the surroundings. Everything was looking so awful. But I moved anyway (because I had to!) and, just arrived, I had the first surprise: my room was the best of the whole bulding, I think. On the 14th floor, with a wonderful view of the London, the skylight, the Emirates Stadium and Hampstead Heath outside of the kitchen&#8217;s window, every bad thought went away. After just few days I meet nice guys: Claudia (overall), Andy, Barbara, Thomas, Anel, Adrian, Runa and many others (the list is sooo long). I had a wonderful year, full of parties and nights out. I can&#8217;t forget the &#8220;Ring of Fire&#8221; in my room, Brazil vs Italy with Giovanni at the Emirates Stadium, and the U2&#8242;s concerts with Laura, the Extreme&#8217;s concert with Valerio and the sightseeing with Fra e Vale. And after all these &#8220;events&#8221; (and more), coming back home, in my nice tidy room.<br />
Today is my anniversary here. It&#8217;s the first and the last, because next weekend I&#8217;m again moving out  to a new place. I don&#8217;t know what this new place is gonna give me, if it&#8217;s gonna give me anything at all. And that&#8217;s scares me: I don&#8217;t like the unpredictable! But I know for sure that I&#8217;m gonna miss this place, the people that I meet here and the fire alarm twice every day. I&#8217;m gonna miss my clean carpet (I really had care of it!) and this wonderful desk, but I&#8217;m not gonna miss my matress (that&#8217;s not confortable at all!). It&#8217;s in a certain way like changing my life style, a thing that I didn&#8217;t desire to do.<br />
But at the end of the story, everything in the life flows and nothing is forever. Expecially a room in a student residence when you&#8217;re 27! 
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<li id='fn-1050-1'>Ann Stephenson House <span class='footnotereverse'><a href='#fnref-1050-1'>&#8617;</a></span></li>
<li id='fn-1050-2'>NW5 4SA, Warden Rd <span class='footnotereverse'><a href='#fnref-1050-2'>&#8617;</a></span></li>
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		<title>U2 @ Wembley</title>
		<link>http://www.davideanastasia.com/2009/08/21/u2-wembley/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 23:12:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Davide Anastasia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was a day like another. More or less. Laura &#38; I were wandering in Oxford Street, then in Tottenham Court Road. It was 7PM and we thought to eat a pizza in Goodge Street1. Then, she said &#8220;Why don&#8217;t we go near the stadium and we see how the stadium and the area looks [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It was a day like another. More or less. Laura &amp; I were wandering in Oxford Street, then in Tottenham Court Road. It was 7PM and we thought to eat a pizza in Goodge Street<sup class='footnote'><a href='#fn-1011-1' id='fnref-1011-1'>1</a></sup>. Then, she said &#8220;Why don&#8217;t we go near the stadium and we see how the stadium and the area looks like?&#8221;. &#8220;OK&#8221;, I replied. Then I had a look at the clock, started a quick calculation on the tube map and my brain had a flash: if we run just a bit, we are under the stadium just in time to seat and see the concert! What!?!? &#8220;We already have a ticket for tomorrow&#8221;, I said myself! I don&#8217;t mind! If tonight they play &#8220;Stay&#8221; and I&#8217;m not inside That stadium, I will blame for the rest of my life that I didn&#8217;t spent few pounds to get in.<br />
We took the tube, we did the shortest way (probably not the quickest) and we arrived at Wembley around 8 o&#8217;clock. Just the time to make few steps out of the tube station and a guy came toward me and said: &#8220;do you want a ticket?&#8221; Yep, sure I want one (in my mind again)! &#8220;What kind of ticket do you have?&#8221; &#8220;Standing&#8221;, he said. Then my answer was &#8220;No, Thanks&#8221;. Than another guy came and said &#8220;I have two seating tickets&#8221;. &#8220;How much&#8221;. &#8220;40£ each&#8221;. I was nearly to open my wallet, then I had a quick look around (so many people with tickets to sell and so few minutes before the start!) and a very quick check to my finance. &#8220;No, it&#8217;s to much&#8221; was my answer. He promptly replied: &#8220;How much do you offer?&#8221;. Quick look to the Laura&#8217;s eyes, then &#8220;25£ each&#8221;.<br />
I have to say, it worth more than 25£. The concert was Magnificent<sup class='footnote'><a href='#fn-1011-2' id='fnref-1011-2'>2</a></sup>, the place inside the stadium was amazing, the thrilling feeling inside me made the concert <em>even better than the real thing</em>, but they didn&#8217;t play &#8220;Stay&#8221;. This is the set-list:</p>
<ul>
<li> Breathe</li>
<li>No Line On The Horizon</li>
<li>Get On Your Boots</li>
<li>Magnificent</li>
<li>Beautiful Day</li>
<li>Elevation</li>
<li>I Still Haven&#8217;t Found What I&#8217;m Looking For</li>
<li>Stuck In A Moment You Can&#8217;t Get Out Of</li>
<li>Unknown Caller</li>
<li>The Unforgettable Fire</li>
<li>City of Blinding Lights</li>
<li>Vertigo</li>
<li>I&#8217;ll Go Crazy If I Don&#8217;t Go Crazy Tonight</li>
<li>Sunday Bloody Sunday</li>
<li>Pride</li>
<li>MLK</li>
<li>Walk On</li>
<li>Where the Streets Have No Name</li>
<li>One</li>
<li>Mysterious Ways</li>
</ul>
<p>Encore</p>
<ul>
<li>Ultraviolet</li>
<li>With or Without You</li>
<li>Moment of Surrender</li>
</ul>
<p>
<a href="http://www.davideanastasia.com/blog/wp-content/gallery/20090814-u2-wembley/dsc_5336.jpg" title="Light my way..." rel="lightbox[singlepic3516]" >
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 I woke the day after quite late. It was midday, more or less. As soon as the sleepiness went away, I realized that I had another ticket for the U2&#8242;s gig. Great! Honestly, after waiting for 15 years to see the U2, it&#8217;s quite amazing to see them 3 times in a bit more than one month. The second day concert was amazing. The set-list probably more interesting than the first day. The seating a bit closer to the stage and the stadium not completely full. I also had the chance to bring a couple of friends (unfortunately they had to seat somewhere else). There are few gems (Yes, I finally listen &#8220;Stay&#8221; live!) in the set-list:</p>
<ul>
<li> Breathe</li>
<li>No Line On The Horizon</li>
<li>Get On Your Boots</li>
<li>Magnificent</li>
<li>Beautiful Day</li>
<li>Until The End Of The World</li>
<li>New Year&#8217;s Day</li>
<li>I Still Haven&#8217;t Found What I&#8217;m Looking For</li>
<li>Stay (Faraway, so Close!)</li>
<li>Unknown Caller</li>
<li>The Unforgettable Fire</li>
<li>City of Blinding Lights</li>
<li>Vertigo</li>
<li>I&#8217;ll Go Crazy If I Don&#8217;t Go Crazy Tonight</li>
<li>Sunday Bloody Sunday</li>
<li>Pride</li>
<li>MLK</li>
<li>Walk On</li>
<li>Where the Streets Have No Name</li>
<li>One</li>
<li>Bad</li>
</ul>
<p>Encore</p>
<ul>
<li>Ultraviolet</li>
<li>With or Without You</li>
<li>Moment of Surrender</li>
</ul>
<p>
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 Obviously, I&#8217;ve done hundreds of pictures. I&#8217;ve post two short galleries on the blog, <a href="http://www.davideanastasia.com/photogalleries/concerts/u2-london-uk-august-14th-2009/" target="_blank">one for the 14th</a> and <a href="http://www.davideanastasia.com/photogalleries/concerts/u2-london-uk-august-15th-2009/" target="_blank">one for the 15th</a>. Unfortunately, the 14th I had only the wide angle lens attached to the camera, so I have only large picture of the stadium. I&#8217;ve also posted the best pictures into <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/davideanastasia/sets/72157622049427588/" target="_blank">my Flickr Concert Pool</a>. Enjoy.</p>
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<li id='fn-1011-1'>Pizza Icco forever! <span class='footnotereverse'><a href='#fnref-1011-1'>&#8617;</a></span></li>
<li id='fn-1011-2'>This word is not casual <span class='footnotereverse'><a href='#fnref-1011-2'>&#8617;</a></span></li>
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