Archive for the 'General' Category

PlentyofVids.com goes LIVE!

Sunday, March 4th, 2007

Now you can watch MOVIES and TV SHOWS online at Plenty of Vids.com!
It is my new project and I have spent quite a bit of time creating it. It’s now live for you to enjoy. It is completely FREE, requires NO registration and NO downloads. You watch stuff directly online!

Go and enjoy!

Yet another upcoming project…

Sunday, February 18th, 2007

And I am looking for a good name.

I want to stop thinking about it and just call this new site something stupid..

What would be stupid enough? Any suggestion is more than welcome!

The Burning Crusade; or how to waste a lifetime

Tuesday, February 13th, 2007

The Burning Crusade

I am really tempted to try the new World of Warcraft expansion.

I heard a lot of people say it is remarkable.

But the truth is, if I get it, I’m going to be spiraling down into deep unproductivity. Although, I must say, I haven’t been very productive either without the game, so that probably would serve me well, if taken in moderation, to relax a bit during my pauses..

It’s strange: I seem to grow uninterested with pretty much everything these days. Got myself a Wii, played it quite a bit and now it’s been like 2 weeks since I last touched it.

Oh well, I’ll give TBC a shot, anyway..
I will play on Burning Legion EU. If you’re there, shoot a /w to Archaic. See you on the other side!

Tetris: There is SO much you don’t know about it

Saturday, February 3rd, 2007

Have a look at this documentary on arguably one of the most famous games in the world.

From Russia with Love, TETRIS

I look like everyone you know

Friday, February 2nd, 2007

I’ve always thought that Asimov looked a lot like my grandfather (who looks a lot like me). So, after the previous post, I started messing with Photoshop and.. I got a bit carried away. The thing is that a lot of people think I look like someone. This is probably the first installment of an egocentric series of posts. Comment with suggestions for future look-a-likes (or just send me a pic)!

Isaac Asimov
Asimov's Heir?

This Asimov one doesn’t look too good, after working with the others, actually..

Fabio Quagliarella
Quagliarella's Brother?

A good italian football player. My friends say I look like him in the b/w picture to the right.

I got told I look like Johnny Depp too a few times in the past (I used to have long hair). Although I think I look nothing like him, I couldn’t miss the chance to impersonate a pirate, virtually the coolest thing on earth.

Cristiano the Pirate YARR!

YARR! Ahoy Mateys!

A yearful of work ahead

Saturday, January 13th, 2007

That’s what 2007 will be for me.

And by “work” I mean the good stuff; things which require effort but of which I am deeply fond.

There are a couple of things which are occupying my time lately: that tool of the devil which is my Wii (Zelda, to be more specific) and the british TV series “Man vs Wild”, in which a guy from the special forces gets parachuted in the middle of nowhere with just a knife and a flint.

The latter really impressed me, especially because of the recent death of James Kim, senior editor at Cnet.com, who got stranded with his family and died in a forest somewhere.

Living in our society, one can easily forget how hard it is to find himself a dinner. Can’t he?

New Year’s Eve in London

Monday, January 8th, 2007

We did go to London for New Year’s Eve and, boy, what a trip it was!

Of course, due to my passion for the Beatles, the Abbey Road picture was mandatory.

For your viewing pleasure, here are a couple shots:

Abbey Road

Abbey Road London

Social networking gone wrong

Wednesday, December 20th, 2006

I read a very interesting article some moments ago. It is a very good analisys of the social networking madness which is taking over the web. Or better, Web 2.0 (hell, I am so tired of this term. Aren’t you?).
I really believe there are some golden nuggets in there. Only time will tell, but I think it predicts some of the turns the Internet will take.

Read it through. For now, I’ll make sure to subscribe to that guy’s feed! :)

Edit: On a side (and quite funny) note, I found the article itself on Digg.com, a very popular social networking site.

Excerpt from my Book

Friday, December 15th, 2006

I am currently writing a book, amongst the other things.

I am writing it in italian and it’s a fantasy book. I am inventing a whole different fantasy world into which I can… well, pretty much put anything I want.

There aren’t gonna be elves or orcs and stuff like that but probably only humans: some capable of incredible magery, some very strong and brave in battle.

I translated a little excerpt for your reading pleasure (or disgust). Please take the time to comment and tell me how you like it.

Now that he was free, alone and that the only job he had to do was finding something to eat for the day, he read continously that relic of his, listening to the sweet crackling of the old pages, always with the same excitement of the first time. He knew it entirely by heart, and often on his heart would the book still lie when he’d fall asleep.
William would dream of the weapons, and the heroic deeds of the knight, knowing inside that someday he would have taken part to that life of honor and courage.

My poker nights: sponsored by phpvideotutorials.com

Friday, December 15th, 2006

Cristiano wins a Poker Set!

I already told you about Phpvideotutorials and how much I love it.

Well, last week I solved LeighMac’s riddle and I won a fantastic Poker Set. Above you can see the graphic he put on his site, with a link to and the header of one of my sites “Ferrari Blog”. How cool is that?

Rock on Leigh!