| January | 1 – New Year’s Day6 – Epiphany | Smog Days | |
| February |  |
14 – San Valentino | |
| March |  |
8 – Festa della Donna(Women’s Day)Carnevale | Italian Winter Weather |
| April | Pasqua (Easter) | Holiday Treats | |
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| May |  |
1 – Labor Day | Cambio di Stagione |
| June | 2 – Republic Day |
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July |
Air-ConditionedCommuting with NatureSummer Fun | ||
| August | 15 – FerragostoSummer Holidays | Feeling the SeasonsSummer Lovin’ | |
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November |
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December |
6 – San Nicolo’ (patron of Lecco)7 – Sant’ Ambrogio (patron of Milan)8 – Immaculate Conception
25 – Christmas 26 – Santo Stefano 31 – Capo d’Anno |
Winter HolidaysBridging the HolidaysHoliday Hell | |
Memories of a Garden
A flowering succulent, photographed in my Lecco garden
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Joyent End User Tutorial Videos
Wondering what I’m up to in my new job? As mentioned, I work for Joyent, which does cloud computing. In addition to and as part of my job as Director of Technical Training, I’m doing a lot of video (well, what did you expect?) including live streaming events like a talk by Bryan Cantrill and Brendan Gregg on Cloud Analytics.
I’m also helping to produce videos to help customers of Joyent’s public cloud, below are a few examples.
For my Solaris buddies, there’s a special offer still in effect: you can try out a 1GB SmartMachine for just $45 per month (that’s $80 off the regular price). This monthly price is good for as long as you keep your SmartMachine.
Introduction to Joyent Virtualmin and Webmin
Setting Up a New Domain on Your Joyent SmartMachine
Recovering a Password for Your SmartMachine
Accessing Your SmartMachine from Windows Using Putty
Backing Up MySQL with Webmin
I only do final edits on these, the scripting and production are by Joyent‘s Jasun Wurster.
Education in Italy: One Foreign Parent’s Views & Experiences
Caveat: The articles in this section are based on my family’s experience of the Italian education system in a specific time and place: Milan, and later Lecco, from 1991 to 2007. I haven’t lived in Italy all my life, nor ever attended any Italian educational institution myself, so my views may be biased, and your mileage may vary based on your location, specific school, and specific child.
- daycare
- preschool
- elementary
- middle school
- high school
- schoolbooks
- brighter sides
- in loco parentis
- integration
- news (2004):Â Compulsory School Age, Bought Diplomas
- school trips
- sex education
- socialization
- teaching evolution
- teaching religion
- teaching English
Homeschooling in Italy
Yes, it is possible. I don’t know much about it, though I investigated briefly a few years ago.
Adult Continuing Education
One option for distance learning: the Open University (I did my MBA with them).
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