Unofficial online guide to the G20
An interesting point of view on the G20 meeting and about alignment and divergencies between the US and European Union member Countries [here and here - N.B. Italian only]. At least - according to the...
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Newspapers as markets
What do we buy when we pay for a newspaper? Everybody says it is not the paper, and it is difficult to object. But perhaps it is not just the content as well.After reading dozens of articles about the...
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Yes, ajò!
While I am not a fan of Italian Obamism (i.e. making reference to the Obama victory as a motivational resource for politics in Italy), Liberazione published yesterday a report about the situation with...
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12 proposals for innovation
An open approach to innovation: the Institute for Innovation Policies challenges everyone to take part in an effort to develop a set of proposals and to transmit the to the decision makers. The complete...
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Geothermal carnival
In the comments to a previous post, a noteworthy conversation emerged about the apparently enormous opportunity for exploiting geothermal energy in Italy. Alex Roe prompts me to spread the word about this...
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Open source language
An interesting consideration on the English language and its openness to new constructions, coming out of an unfortunate event described as "pancaking an iPhone" (letting it fall flat on its...
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Nuclear power financial arithmetics
Remarkable post about the financial feasibility of the nuclear power plan promoted by the Berlusconi government (DL n.112, 25/6/2008, art. 7), written by an experienced (although anonymous) manager who...
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I say Bertolli, you say…
Beer. No, really! At least, that's what the Bertolli brand appears to suggest to the globalized users of Brand Tags, a simple but elegant collective experiment in brand perception. The basic idea behind...
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DegradArte. Immaterial Paradox – workshop
Thursday 29th, 17:30 - ex Mattatoio - Roma the Degradarte laboratory on Novalab the official website www.degradarte.org "When, how and why a law about copyright gives birth to a provocative artistic...
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Degrading conceptual art
According to Sol LeWitt,In conceptual art the idea or concept is the most important aspect of the work. When an artist uses a conceptual form of art, it means that all of the planning and decisions are...
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The week that was – IV
Last Tuesday, FIAT and Zastava (a Yugoslavian carmarker) have signed a collaboration memorandum. Rumors say that the factories in Kragujevac will be employed to build a remake of the Topolino. But, besides...