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Capodanno 2008 2009!
Originally uploaded by orangeek

Just to let my Apache's mod_rewrite go crazy with this post title... :)

I uploaded the pictures I took during the new year's party with my friends, here in Florence. The whole set "Capodanno 2008-2009" in, as usual, on flickr, here are my favorite picks and above just a sample (click on the image... there is a note!).

BTW, happy new year.

Catnip Hangover
Originally uploaded by centralsq

I need a new definition for the word "hangover".
Now.

PS Happy new year!

Apparently, SSL for our website connections is not enough any more.

Guys from the Chaos Computer Club (CCC on wikipedia, here their rocket at the What the Hack 2005 I attended) managed to create a rogue certificate authority, using it to issue valid ssl ceritificates for every website they wanted.

So what they did actually? They found a way, using the CPU horsepower of 200 PS3s, to create a "man in the middle attack" tecnique using SSL certificates, breaking the SSL core.

Below a flow chart to better understand how everything could be used against you. :)

In italian if someone "e' una pippa" means that he "is an handjob", meaning that he's "poor", not good at doing somewhat. Well, this word "pippa" in italian isn't in any way polite (kinda rude, actually), but ...

In the Corriere della Sera (one of the most important newspaper in Italy) of yesterday (page 51), there is an article in the Sport section about Shaquille O' Neal, everything but a poor basketball player. Any way he reached the ugly record of 5.000 missed free throws (english link on ESPN).

Do you wanna know the word the journalist (Riccardo Romani, author for the Corriere della Sera) used? "handjob"... "pippa", actually.

Last time they didn't know the meaning of an english word (maybe).. but now? Unbelievable.

Remember the 1440 RPM V8 Engine? Yes, the one build with Lego pieces...

Here we've another one... just bigger.