ho iniziato a lavare le tende cosi' prima di Natale finisco. sono le tende di lino della mia nonna, alte 3 metri e larghe almeno due. Ne ho 8. Ne ho anche 4 grandi quasi quanto quelle delle nonna, ma comprate all'IKEA. In tutto son 12 e le lavo a 2 a 2. Le rimetto a posto bagnate cosi' non le stiro.



ho sognato che ero a Bruxel e stavo andando a un meeting e non sapevo perche'. ero in realta' nella stazione Town Hall di Sydney sulle scale mobili e mi sono accorta di aver perso la mia fida borsa Lacoste nera col PC ubuntu, il passaporto e i documenti della misteriosa riunione. Mi son detta - mal di poco che tanto che ci andavo a fare a quel meeting e anche linux smetto di usarlo che mi crea troppi problemi.

E sono andata da un fioraio che aveva delle rose meravigliose e ho chiesto nel mio francese piemontese del poli - S'il vous plaît téléphone de l'ambassade de Norvège

I have added a tag work. Work is part of life but is and should be different from life. Work is also different from IT and from research since many aspects of my work has not only with IT and research to do. We do not work to demonstrate how clever we are. At least I am not in that phase any more. We work because we need to work to earn money and to have a role in the society. For those who need money and a role. Not everybody has to.



Anyway, lesson 1 in work. When you are tired say no to new things. When you are very very tired ask for help or admit your delay for ongoing projects.



Per la storia di T+++na, se una persona sul lavoro ti tratta male, dille educatamente che non ha il diritto di trattarti male. Dillo prima a 4 occhi e se continua a 4+2 occhi ecc.

cooperation is difficult but possible and important.

informal cooperation that mixes formal and informal is possible.

when cooperation does not function, one has to find help in the formal.

when informal cooperation does not function, either it becomes formal or it finishes.

- Dal nuovo libro di Laura Giarre', una piccola anteprima che mi ha fatto piangere, tra una riunione e l'altra proprio alla stampante quando ho raccattato la stampa. Il messaggio che la Laura ha sempre dato a me, quando mi auto anniento con ambizioni troppo grandi e allora vorrei smettere. Invece la possibilita' di lavorare non ce la deve togliere nessuno.

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Mia madre era rimasta orfana da giovane e

non aveva ereditato niente dell‟ingente patrimonio

familiare, perché solo i maschi ereditavano la terra.

A lei era toccata solo la dote. Sin da piccole ci aveva

allevato dicendoci:

“Ragazze non ho nulla di mio da lasciarvi,

ma una cosa vi voglio lasciare che nessuno vi potrà

togliere, come a me che mi tolsero la mia casa e le

mie tenute. Vi lascerò in dote un‟istruzione e la

cultura. Quella e la possibilità di lavorare non ve la

potrà togliere mai nessuno.”

Oslo based artist and teacher, Aase-Hilde Brekke breaths a deep spir­i­tu­al­ity into the art world. I congratulate my friend Aase-Hilde.

Quality of Services

For a very easy introduction to Information Theory

The LED on the gown displays a beautiful yellow color to symbolize day light. The LED switches to a deep blue night color and again to yellow. Day after day. By moving my arms, jumping, walking, falling down I alter this cycle. The more I stress the less I am able to observe the cycle of life. I cannot really observe myself. I need somebody else to tell what they see on my gown LED. Beautiful or less beautiful patterns can arise while I busy myself. These patterns do not always match the lilac color of my gown. I understand more and more the programs that govern my gown but I do not fully understand the relationships between my movements and its effects. I needed the help of both my student Hallgeir to write the code and my friend, fashion design Urd, to find my unique lilac Lilypad gown, and I need Daniela who believes in science, to observe my gown and its program to find the motivation to change. I do not fully understand the details of acceleration but I am aware I will. I know that the beautiful cycle of yellow and deep blue will come again and again. More at http://artentnu.wordpress.com/blog/

Thomas Østerlie get his phd yesterday. I was the first supervisor, together with Reidar Conradi and Eric Monteiro. The opponents Briony Oates and Alberto Sillitti made a wonderful job and dared to stimulate discussions about the big topics like science and generalization. I was just there. At the end of the evening, after a deliciuos dinner I gave a speach on the importance of "being there". I did not manage to finish my speach as I started to cry. But at least I managed to be there, to start my speach and touch the topic of the importance to be there, as employees, as supervisors, as parents, as human beings. Congratulations to Thomas, and thanks to Reidar and Eric for being there when I could not.

I loved the film Up. As always happens I saw it by chance, almost reluctantly. I was afraid of the 3D glasses (yes even technology professors fear technology), I was afraid it was a technological exercise and I was not expecting that:

- I should cry for 1.30 hours, almost without stopping as when I saw Bambi, first time I was at the cinema in the late 60's, and the death of Bambi's mother was the first real sorrow of my life

- the poetic message was driving technology and not vice versa. I did not think of the 3D glasses and they were not even foggy of my tears

- a 78 years old man could change perspective and that he would say about "the house"  "it was only one house"

I suggest it to everybody from 2 years to 100. Up! Can one find a better title?