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    Bible fight

    Ahah this is damn hilarious…sorry guys and girls, i had to share this funny flash game with you all 😀 It’s a funny beat’em up with biblic characters. Thats all, see by yourself ;D >> Bible Fight Questo giochino è fantastico, una perla simile non posso non condividerla con voi 😀 E’ un picchiaduro vecchio stile con personaggi biblici. Dateci un’occhiata, non voglio togliervi la sorpresa ;D >> Bible Fight Thanks to www.downloadblog.it

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    Steam marvels / meraviglie a vapore

    Some days ago I was lurking the net in deep boredoom, and then I stumbled upon the personal webpage of this brilliant clockwork artist. This guy has a very particular hobby: with creative genius he puts together amazing r/c machines full of gears, pistons, chains and every other aspect that would simply delight any geeky guy! The most impressive part is the steam propulsion engine: he thinkers over miniaturized reproductions of original steam boilers and pistons, suiting them to push his hand-made marvels. When i saw his creations I was taken by immediate desire to get one of those or, better, build one by myself: my dreams suddenly died after…

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    Going international – da oggi bilingue

    So, as i promised a couple of weeks (months? I’m growing old, time is passing sooo fast…) ago, with this post i’m officially unveiling the bilingual version of my blog. These days have been dramatically dense of important events, and i must point out that these were not necessarily welcome. I’ll keep you informed about what’s going on at the time i’ll have sorted things out. Let’s talk about something else: the famous guide on domestic energy savings is still a work in progress, but i’m glad to announce i’ve been making great progress; actually it’s almost complete, just some polishing needed and some final revision to get it on…

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    Migliorare il font rendering su Feisty

    Ho da poco ultimato un mega-formattone sulla mia amata linux box, da troppo tempo vittima di upgrade forsennati da release a release, i quali hanno inevitabilmente portato ad una sedimentazione di immondizia assortita. A conclusione dell’installazione della nuova, fiammante Xubuntu 7.04 ho storto il naso nel notare la pessima qualità del rendering dei font sia nel desktop environment vero e proprio che, in modo ancor più marcato, nell’interfaccia di Firefox. L’inconsistenza dei font tra le applicazioni e il pessimo antialiasing si presentarono già nella Ubuntu 6.06, a suo tempo risolti manualmente tramite l’applicazione di alcune simpatiche patch. Mi sono dunque lanciato alla ricerca delle stesse in versione Feisty, individuando sull’assai…