tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-356145292024-02-18T22:41:56.954-08:00Alex says...The adventures of an Italian in Silicon Valley.Alex Cozzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08612493755864395402noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35614529.post-53938794329891251602010-09-09T23:07:00.000-07:002010-09-09T23:16:02.407-07:00The Kitchen is Done!Finally the kitchen is done:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheVEt0i-9-0cfF8gAtUVV6xIRY5DPu4D6F-GP64_WS6R-edYT47iPnfB94nCdnbctzWDzcJjPuTOi3ZSRMKkJLPf_XStw_8jOnBGHUDNrdDKvr8YhSSrehm_kEXr1w99_tMhcdIQ/s1600/DSC_4409.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheVEt0i-9-0cfF8gAtUVV6xIRY5DPu4D6F-GP64_WS6R-edYT47iPnfB94nCdnbctzWDzcJjPuTOi3ZSRMKkJLPf_XStw_8jOnBGHUDNrdDKvr8YhSSrehm_kEXr1w99_tMhcdIQ/s400/DSC_4409.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515163713678196210" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPMjRpz4cMWaVayaEJ2jbHTJlBRSjhJb3fmKoQhUn_f7am5sL21hxw02lXER_MnKeCpdBBRQwSEKUYuQHrFIdY4KNzBxZ1P01gjTKSNKl4mB6hyryJr0k0XTMOQGrFB1ZLxKREtA/s1600/DSC_4431.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPMjRpz4cMWaVayaEJ2jbHTJlBRSjhJb3fmKoQhUn_f7am5sL21hxw02lXER_MnKeCpdBBRQwSEKUYuQHrFIdY4KNzBxZ1P01gjTKSNKl4mB6hyryJr0k0XTMOQGrFB1ZLxKREtA/s400/DSC_4431.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515163003588696258" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh5GcOaNG-bL3KzhGqXCuG1fpVur9bXo79a4ZEc4Mh8Fs0UVh42SZAb8g9CnZZB-pJIXaYv5ycPlLDKOVwbvuoE40o0fV_1ZvzB39U2fTKaumBBxXd_ZY7_oAZnmRnhqHaV_Uc6Q/s1600/DSC_4417.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh5GcOaNG-bL3KzhGqXCuG1fpVur9bXo79a4ZEc4Mh8Fs0UVh42SZAb8g9CnZZB-pJIXaYv5ycPlLDKOVwbvuoE40o0fV_1ZvzB39U2fTKaumBBxXd_ZY7_oAZnmRnhqHaV_Uc6Q/s400/DSC_4417.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515163404328565394" /></a><br /><br />Cabinets: Ikea abstrak gray and white<br />Appliances: Ikea<br />Backsplash: <a href="http://www.porcelanosa-usa.com/home/gallery/bathroom-ideas/cubica-blanco.aspx">Porcelanosa Cubica blanco</a><br />Floor: <a href="http://www.artwalktile.com/tiles/15216/Tile/SINTESI+TILE/GLAMOUR++TILE/Glamour++Tile+12%2522+X+24%2522+-+Grey">Sintesi Glamour Grey</a>Alex Cozzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08612493755864395402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35614529.post-26896014596977129922010-06-03T00:13:00.000-07:002010-06-13T00:15:40.918-07:00Wall color testsSome test for the walls' color:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkoJbLLagsao7yl0lq4mgDaBVCjalNyeZLVZhuICMHYhwUfysvrhx6dGNFx7kNX62DqD-nBE7MmTWzENvLdI6eQUgm_EU_MDOOlFTYVgfwqo6jpdTvz_XpxlU_H-z3PRerOHPEZA/s1600/20100602-14.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkoJbLLagsao7yl0lq4mgDaBVCjalNyeZLVZhuICMHYhwUfysvrhx6dGNFx7kNX62DqD-nBE7MmTWzENvLdI6eQUgm_EU_MDOOlFTYVgfwqo6jpdTvz_XpxlU_H-z3PRerOHPEZA/s320/20100602-14.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482153175624356882" /></a><br /><br />And some more, with the help of the in-house interior designers...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEDoSv-1QnWCe9zjwik82SgDLuhaJPUefr6teg4-s85WOW9Q6beclBz-trc8V6MIiWv1CTeEJWVIPf52ZwySTczp44Eqphoq8YevzVNrPji-LbnazrcvKXfmOXCJBqPHRs-PEn0g/s1600/20100603-175.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEDoSv-1QnWCe9zjwik82SgDLuhaJPUefr6teg4-s85WOW9Q6beclBz-trc8V6MIiWv1CTeEJWVIPf52ZwySTczp44Eqphoq8YevzVNrPji-LbnazrcvKXfmOXCJBqPHRs-PEn0g/s320/20100603-175.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482153298604303890" /></a>Alex Cozzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08612493755864395402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35614529.post-5774156078423238432010-05-30T00:11:00.000-07:002010-06-13T00:12:59.007-07:00New door, old doorSome progress in moving the door:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhipfJn54iqsRLN-UZjCDCtIqKFoWlIJADycWgHA7TupnRn09WfRTrNVAiI-5G_WPGNu6vuIWmY4z_PhYPpO5ivaVi0UchZoOJAUxfqnsJVT4dGhKWBJ9Jryst0GkpDT0qOrVtW1Q/s1600/20100530-10.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhipfJn54iqsRLN-UZjCDCtIqKFoWlIJADycWgHA7TupnRn09WfRTrNVAiI-5G_WPGNu6vuIWmY4z_PhYPpO5ivaVi0UchZoOJAUxfqnsJVT4dGhKWBJ9Jryst0GkpDT0qOrVtW1Q/s320/20100530-10.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482152758375550994" /></a>Alex Cozzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08612493755864395402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35614529.post-61570976227727707252010-05-21T00:08:00.000-07:002010-06-13T00:11:15.046-07:00No floor!Demolition continues: now the floor is gone:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv9SCgPmpONcyFhSUOi5tpYne_2b5u8azzkFqc30cNjT1DZOEW_8Dr8kSosOCB84eO4VJMbHbmKwIbDec8b12YR2i8PFDpkRC1-j43RXWDdlHAhgp_p0NIylONh4vGGJx_my5N3g/s1600/20100521-95.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv9SCgPmpONcyFhSUOi5tpYne_2b5u8azzkFqc30cNjT1DZOEW_8Dr8kSosOCB84eO4VJMbHbmKwIbDec8b12YR2i8PFDpkRC1-j43RXWDdlHAhgp_p0NIylONh4vGGJx_my5N3g/s320/20100521-95.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482151983103463458" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF2WzpV1ERtQvXMz7GqmBeMrOWObIEtMz7P7FYqPGhsQaIzahE_BjQwSb7MqV1dNTmbtrljlWvqXYQLruxF80Dr7If6uHUEtAwtZ_9YNOCz7ifwN2Ha3H_DY0E9hjymm3MWrSErA/s1600/20100521-92.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF2WzpV1ERtQvXMz7GqmBeMrOWObIEtMz7P7FYqPGhsQaIzahE_BjQwSb7MqV1dNTmbtrljlWvqXYQLruxF80Dr7If6uHUEtAwtZ_9YNOCz7ifwN2Ha3H_DY0E9hjymm3MWrSErA/s320/20100521-92.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482151988286851458" /></a><br />Still, it does not stop me from cooking a last "Pasta alla carbonara!".<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVs49JSRNPbunj1E0-Theqwe47Blx_Fd0gp90IE8uD5lQLJwfBmdkvmQ_bh8PTgKy2MDqRFcy4YB2Y58Xwx4MjkkDyetSJZm5sNysWCZ9iiNCamQp2J057TL-Q4c20q5y1QFd3mw/s1600/20100521-98.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVs49JSRNPbunj1E0-Theqwe47Blx_Fd0gp90IE8uD5lQLJwfBmdkvmQ_bh8PTgKy2MDqRFcy4YB2Y58Xwx4MjkkDyetSJZm5sNysWCZ9iiNCamQp2J057TL-Q4c20q5y1QFd3mw/s320/20100521-98.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482151995239515522" /></a>Alex Cozzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08612493755864395402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35614529.post-85630619583880426832010-05-20T00:02:00.000-07:002010-06-13T00:07:33.628-07:00Kitchen Remodeling: A little bit of historyIn removing the cabinets we found the original order: <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjECSAgvhjEnjx5M6xAmR3L6r972kntSOwB7CLKpLydywk9l9Y9PKWFR3nDMIU4aY8ihN-D4ZJiDt4HMXarhdQ4d1UZ7HJa5-Af2TRuEb0aydivK_h1sxbq8QuATjP6XIFVvpB3jQ/s1600/20100520-38.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 86px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjECSAgvhjEnjx5M6xAmR3L6r972kntSOwB7CLKpLydywk9l9Y9PKWFR3nDMIU4aY8ihN-D4ZJiDt4HMXarhdQ4d1UZ7HJa5-Af2TRuEb0aydivK_h1sxbq8QuATjP6XIFVvpB3jQ/s320/20100520-38.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482150346674646530" /></a><br />And this is what is left of the kitchen now:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz_-eou3evXiuh-VwNFaEcspWLVjutGxonE6KrHN8Fpy-VxF0F4Um_VEKDgL8DRW-fbjauehxP2Jsuxdyl0O5lBld8FAFRcf1pw6eu91_hSMbD47V0NKQuLsJAaM4jlyygh0GjCA/s1600/20100520-87.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz_-eou3evXiuh-VwNFaEcspWLVjutGxonE6KrHN8Fpy-VxF0F4Um_VEKDgL8DRW-fbjauehxP2Jsuxdyl0O5lBld8FAFRcf1pw6eu91_hSMbD47V0NKQuLsJAaM4jlyygh0GjCA/s320/20100520-87.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482151315718230050" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKe3ManY9NQDKT-XUUKgYdg2BLkyZkgK60oClvvJe1Fhyphenhyphengrldw3ym4pXMS3UJi2mKIZAbeEC6_yIgrOxvT2wjBntY4py4JDu0xKhqY7yMZSNhSXwS8aHy9yZYEkGGrYbMGgNgzoQ/s1600/20100520-80.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKe3ManY9NQDKT-XUUKgYdg2BLkyZkgK60oClvvJe1Fhyphenhyphengrldw3ym4pXMS3UJi2mKIZAbeEC6_yIgrOxvT2wjBntY4py4JDu0xKhqY7yMZSNhSXwS8aHy9yZYEkGGrYbMGgNgzoQ/s320/20100520-80.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482151305969987954" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZCWPQfaKDKAWSnHDDbZKs2rvc6e2VC-4pHF1Wx4eU-EU0pYu6z4Wp7xR_ESRs5613U3W4mSC4j1iR5UcOeY_bcBSvTb90F-CcyrYxBskU7ws33zI4389JWsSoOWp2t1Ihipq-TQ/s1600/20100520-79.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZCWPQfaKDKAWSnHDDbZKs2rvc6e2VC-4pHF1Wx4eU-EU0pYu6z4Wp7xR_ESRs5613U3W4mSC4j1iR5UcOeY_bcBSvTb90F-CcyrYxBskU7ws33zI4389JWsSoOWp2t1Ihipq-TQ/s320/20100520-79.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482151301936645714" /></a>Alex Cozzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08612493755864395402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35614529.post-27667450163088566442010-05-19T23:47:00.000-07:002010-06-12T23:57:31.204-07:00Kitchen Remodeling: the beginningWe decided to go for kitchen remodeling. Our house has an original 1959 kitchen: it works but it is neither functional nor very beautiful, so it has to go. In the picture is what we started with:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR7NM7YMo6JkvgF7LMxTrHShbmZcVoiMPwPon8qSM-yQdYCsUaEmw5hszr2TkQbIBqKfYm6cjnZyPaxscFT29zeyTyLuFf_zJRB_JeDwWEPD5xQZ64T3X88fwWPM_hxtGfvEfTZQ/s1600/20100520-77.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR7NM7YMo6JkvgF7LMxTrHShbmZcVoiMPwPon8qSM-yQdYCsUaEmw5hszr2TkQbIBqKfYm6cjnZyPaxscFT29zeyTyLuFf_zJRB_JeDwWEPD5xQZ64T3X88fwWPM_hxtGfvEfTZQ/s320/20100520-77.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482148076201203106" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMw5_LKQ1UqKaNenZZIkX-wiqc5CPrm1jZA0AETgXYiqeVMEEdIRyJwQaxIhCtF85OD_1PoyAw9qHEP3IjtSxDUAp0RMkIRYW6cU_84fQAtYk49st62VgiXBXGT2ijNRuPL6PbyA/s1600/20100520-76.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMw5_LKQ1UqKaNenZZIkX-wiqc5CPrm1jZA0AETgXYiqeVMEEdIRyJwQaxIhCtF85OD_1PoyAw9qHEP3IjtSxDUAp0RMkIRYW6cU_84fQAtYk49st62VgiXBXGT2ijNRuPL6PbyA/s320/20100520-76.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482148073117605778" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjex6D5OUs1rAkJuFocf3XnlG9cA2DAWd9uW9mncdBpNaIeQI5etksWurfleQPLLaRipLin2B81e_Vl6TxKkQQQwPeqGQILAFRuIAKwifEas_mwLziNFEkgKzLjuEKcO2-jF8ihyQ/s1600/20100519-62.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjex6D5OUs1rAkJuFocf3XnlG9cA2DAWd9uW9mncdBpNaIeQI5etksWurfleQPLLaRipLin2B81e_Vl6TxKkQQQwPeqGQILAFRuIAKwifEas_mwLziNFEkgKzLjuEKcO2-jF8ihyQ/s320/20100519-62.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482146769683602850" /></a>Alex Cozzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08612493755864395402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35614529.post-18005407969190247302010-05-09T21:10:00.000-07:002010-05-09T21:11:38.257-07:00Hallo eBay!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9A3_bFzZX5yZK3IzUgWo1sL1zZFWALgw377m9zsKmuUmlw9TfvEdpeCoO5bUilXW8v_5uml_oYCLtayNNpt8cmAzTdbl9RIQQZJU1n4frCfJbLfIinj_prfGe8gopCLzk6-CGPA/s1600/20100405-42.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9A3_bFzZX5yZK3IzUgWo1sL1zZFWALgw377m9zsKmuUmlw9TfvEdpeCoO5bUilXW8v_5uml_oYCLtayNNpt8cmAzTdbl9RIQQZJU1n4frCfJbLfIinj_prfGe8gopCLzk6-CGPA/s320/20100405-42.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469488990572088578" border="0" /></a><br />Hallo eBay!<br />First day at the new company. Really excited to make an impact on eBay search.Alex Cozzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08612493755864395402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35614529.post-29381891608385624572010-03-29T22:46:00.000-07:002010-03-29T22:54:45.412-07:00Goodbye Yahoo!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN-63wdgLVfs4vxz6j6mIkdwTYxcSG4TghSticqn5DqD5DMwv_7hm27g0BZhmp13reD20UcdOIiGe5n5bD2BJHUUhvtzew1wPCGjrgSbRaHFs_KSSOSkpbYJsquSmVQeWMdlKf6w/s1600/bye-yahoo.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 180px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN-63wdgLVfs4vxz6j6mIkdwTYxcSG4TghSticqn5DqD5DMwv_7hm27g0BZhmp13reD20UcdOIiGe5n5bD2BJHUUhvtzew1wPCGjrgSbRaHFs_KSSOSkpbYJsquSmVQeWMdlKf6w/s320/bye-yahoo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454299709418385218" border="0" /></a><br />Last week was my last at Yahoo!. It has been almost 3 years, and by far the most successful, productive and exciting years of my working career. I will miss the great people at Yahoo!, and I will always be proud of my contributions to the search engine: I released several ranking functions and about 12 lines of C code that I wrote are executed every single time someone runs a query on <a href="http://search.yahoo.com/">Yahoo Search</a>.<br />Goodbye Yahoo!Alex Cozzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08612493755864395402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35614529.post-15647604043580737342010-03-01T21:46:00.000-08:002010-03-29T09:16:48.184-07:00Slow iMacI have a late 2006 intel mac core duo, and I was a bit upset about how slow it was. After some investigation I finally narrow it down to the internal HD performance. Looking at the system monitor I found out that I was getting on average 1-2 Mb/sec transfer rate, tops. Which was really strange, since I was getting better performance even from the external hard drive connected via firewire. Running all sorts of diagnostic did not turn up anything suspicious, except the slowness. Suspecting a bad hard drive I decided to replace the internal hard drive. After following instructions on the internet (not for anybody: opening up the imac is quite a challenge) I replaced the internal drive with a 1TB hitachi, and after reinstalling everything I now get 10-20Mb/sec transfer rate. Happyness!<br />So, if you find your iMac particularly sluggish and you notice that the hard drive is slow, it might be due to a failing hard disk.Alex Cozzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08612493755864395402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35614529.post-91639638994351379412008-05-14T00:20:00.001-07:002008-05-14T00:20:31.992-07:00Anniversary!One year at Yahoo! (yodel). It has been a wild ride and I really enjoyed so far. At Yahoo! I really was able to bridge the gap from research to applications and see some of my ideas have a real impact on the search experience of millions of people. Cool stuff.Alex Cozzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08612493755864395402noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35614529.post-67241615843495917562008-02-04T23:43:00.000-08:002008-02-04T23:45:41.566-08:00RDFa exampleThis post is an experiment in using RDFa.<br /><div xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><br /> <span property="dc:title">RDFa example</span>,<br /> created by<br /> <span property="dc:creator">Alex Cozzi</span>.<br /></div>Alex Cozzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08612493755864395402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35614529.post-41789825767383684992008-02-04T23:39:00.000-08:002008-02-04T23:41:04.796-08:00TED TalksOne of the absolutely best way to spend your time on-line: <a href="http://www.ted.com/index.php/">TED Talks</a>! Some of the most exciting, fascinating and insightful talks I ever seen. I subscribed my iPod to the podcast and I am totally smitten. Highly recommended.Alex Cozzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08612493755864395402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35614529.post-53036329760008337922008-01-10T16:04:00.001-08:002008-01-10T16:08:42.359-08:00Just give me a phone!I have been increasingly annoyed with my cell phones, mostly because they are so loaded with useless features that is more and more difficult to get them to work as a phone!<br />During my last visit to Italy my mum gave me her "freebie" cell phone and I was impressed by its simplicity. It was a <a href="http://www.motorola.com/consumer/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=c243c5327150f010VgnVCM1000008206b00aRCRD&show=productHome">Motorola F3</a>, also known as "Motofone". Alas, it is normally not imported to US (too simple?) but I was able to <a href="http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?from=R40&_trksid=m37&satitle=%28motorola+f3%2C+motofone%29&category0=">buy it on ebay</a>. It works flawlessi with my pre-paid T-mobile GSM and it is probably the only non-java, no-camera, no-bluetooth, no-crap cell phone you can easily find. By the way: if you plan to use it in USA make sure you buy the USA/Canada/Mexico 850/1900 Mhz version, not the european 900/1800 Mhz version. The phone is a simple dual-band design and it comes in two different hardware versions for different markets.Alex Cozzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08612493755864395402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35614529.post-81877520860019161152007-12-16T21:49:00.001-08:002008-02-04T23:31:41.961-08:00Science Cafes<a href="http://www.cafescipa.org/">Science Cafès!</a>. People started setting up Cafès where people can listen to a scientific lecture while sipping lattes. I am hoping to check them out one of these days.Alex Cozzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08612493755864395402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35614529.post-36536040251325435222007-12-06T22:38:00.001-08:002007-12-06T22:44:54.991-08:00Falafel Drive In<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9396491@N05/2092145947/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2334/2092145947_f99880106d.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9396491@N05/2092145947/">_DSC8103.jpg</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/9396491@N05/">xela70</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> If you like Falafel, this is the best one in San Jose: <br /><a href="http://www.falafelsdrivein.com">Falafel Drive In</a> <br />2301 Stevens Creek Blvd<br />San Jose, CA 95128<br />(408) 294-7886</p>Alex Cozzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08612493755864395402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35614529.post-43135891435733422222007-12-06T22:36:00.001-08:002007-12-06T22:44:33.870-08:00Best Espresso Ever!<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9396491@N05/2092145893/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2138/2092145893_71f2feea14.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9396491@N05/2092145893/">_DSC7956.jpg</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/9396491@N05/">xela70</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> Being Italian in Silicon Valley is not easy, especially if you have to drink what passes for coffe here. Fortunately there is a great espresso bar in downtown Palo Alto: the<a href="http://www.caffedeldoge.com/"> "Caffe` del Doge"</a>. The best italian-style espresso I ever enjoyed outside Italy. Try it!:<br />The address is:<br />419 University Avenue<br />Palo Alto, California 94301<br />tel +1 650-323-3600</p>Alex Cozzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08612493755864395402noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35614529.post-60804931416288102412007-09-28T21:46:00.001-07:002007-09-28T21:55:41.563-07:00Iseo!<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9396491@N05/1455712881/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1105/1455712881_a9ea361119.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9396491@N05/1455712881/">_DSC6683.jpg</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/9396491@N05/">xela70</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> Back from Italy! It was nice to be back in the old country, enjoying the weather, the food and the people.</p>Alex Cozzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08612493755864395402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35614529.post-63451066315004562932007-05-28T21:51:00.000-07:002008-02-04T23:36:51.949-08:00Feeling purple...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe4my74HPWNFRsegZxJNgbQhC5_aecXVc1-S-sOytkuf4jLoVYEXGNPB9Q0qCTwmJy8vmafD2Gj2AwPMuMTN8v1JQXo8bhB1ND689Au3xhsdBDekRHuOWIVDPHkANQQDx5mZ3UFQ/s1600-h/feeling-purple.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe4my74HPWNFRsegZxJNgbQhC5_aecXVc1-S-sOytkuf4jLoVYEXGNPB9Q0qCTwmJy8vmafD2Gj2AwPMuMTN8v1JQXo8bhB1ND689Au3xhsdBDekRHuOWIVDPHkANQQDx5mZ3UFQ/s320/feeling-purple.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5069841316932894578" border="0" /></a><br />It is the second week at my new job. So far I like it. The cafeteria is a definite improvement, and so it is the free coffee...<br />I also like the people and the problem. We shall see.Alex Cozzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08612493755864395402noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35614529.post-79720334213706776002007-05-13T15:41:00.000-07:002007-10-26T21:54:37.809-07:00Last day at IBM<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp6pemx944vZYIUo0AhQyRGVPGdyEUwgqY1rhd_krzD0SS3MsMn22fRk2bn_znCvBd3U_BPHmPwHMi7I9nBrFKt8aXbtAp6ogt5l-hbBsUlEhIgoAkiq6iHerGEM2381T4rzJong/s1600-h/lastday.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp6pemx944vZYIUo0AhQyRGVPGdyEUwgqY1rhd_krzD0SS3MsMn22fRk2bn_znCvBd3U_BPHmPwHMi7I9nBrFKt8aXbtAp6ogt5l-hbBsUlEhIgoAkiq6iHerGEM2381T4rzJong/s320/lastday.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5064184837093428706" border="0" /></a><br />Well, May 11th was my last day of work at IBM Almaden, 8 years and one day exactly since I joined the company. Sad to go, but excited about my new job at Yahoo!<br />I meet so many extraordinary people at IBM and I will be always thankful for the great opportunity they gave me to work on so many exciting research projects. Goodbye Almaden.Alex Cozzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08612493755864395402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35614529.post-85174926109433822272007-02-12T14:56:00.000-08:002007-02-12T15:03:21.353-08:00Powerset partySaturday night I was at the <a href="http://powerset.com/">Powerset</a> party in San Francisco, at the <a href="http://www.frissonsf.com/">Frisson.</a> Cool crowd and very interesting technology. They have a quite ambitious project of taking on the search problem using natural language processing. Given the team and the technology they might very well be able to pull it off.Alex Cozzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08612493755864395402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35614529.post-8175199529246233892007-01-22T15:58:00.000-08:002007-01-22T15:58:33.923-08:00O'Reilly Radar > lca: Andrae Muys on RDFCool, news about mulgara seems finally to be spreading. I have been playing around with mulgara and I must say that I have been very impressed by it. See:<br /><a href="http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2007/01/lca_andrae_muys.html"> O'Reilly Radar > lca: Andrae Muys on RDF</a>Alex Cozzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08612493755864395402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35614529.post-1168456389101719742007-01-10T11:13:00.000-08:002007-12-06T22:49:40.009-08:00L'avvelenata, Guccini e BertoncelliMi sono spesso chiesto chi fosse il Bertoncelli dell'Avvelenata di Guccini. Dopo un po' di ricerca ho trovato questo <a href="http://www.redgolpe.com/curiosita.html">articolo</a>Alex Cozzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08612493755864395402noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35614529.post-1167861689966337362007-01-03T14:01:00.000-08:002007-10-26T21:53:32.391-07:00Rational Application Developer 7 on Kubuntu/ubuntu Edgy EftAfter struggling to install RAD7 on kubuntu (it fails at the installation of the websphere 6.1 runtime), a collegue of mine found this posting:<br /><br /><a href="http://exceptionnull.net/index.php?/archives/2.WebSphere-Portal-6-on-Ubuntu-continued.html">WebSphere Portal 6 on Ubuntu (continued) - Exception: null</a><br /><br />So, if you are struggling to get RAD7 installed on your kubuntu/ubuntu machine here is the procedure:<br />1) make /bin/sh point at bash: cd /bin; sudo ln -sf bash sh<br />2) install RAD7<br />3) replace the shell in the scripts: sudo perl -p -i -e "s/\/sh$/\/bash/" /opt/IBM/SDP70/runtimes/base_v61/bin/*.sh<br />4) replace the shell in the script for the profile management: sudo perl -p -i -e "s/\/sh$/\/bash/" /opt/IBM/SDP70/runtimes/base_v61/bin/ProfileManagement/*.sh<br />5) enable write access to the profile, so that you can develop using your user account: sudo chmod -R a+w /opt/IBM/SDP70/runtimes/base_v61/profiles/AppSrv01<br />6) restore the original link: cd /bin; sudo ln -sf dash sh<br /><br />and then enjoy RAD7 running under ubuntu!<br /><br />An alternative to step 1-3, contribuited by <a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/04071625667003323079">Joshua Purcell</a> (see comments to this post), is to run:<br /><br />sudo dpkg-reconfigure dash<br /><br />Choose 'no' when it asks if you want to make sh symbolically link to dash. The same command can be used in place of step 6 if you ever want to switch back to dash.<br /><br />Thanks Joshua!<br /><br />PS: ubuntu and kubuntu are not officialy supported by IBM/Rational, so use at your own risk.Alex Cozzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08612493755864395402noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35614529.post-1165511238020305892006-12-07T09:07:00.000-08:002008-02-04T23:35:47.797-08:00Green screen of death of the iSightLately my Core 2 Duo 20" iMac was having trouble with the embedded iSight camera: in Photo Booth was showing just a green screen. <br />I knew it was not an hardware problem because skype could use the camera without problems, but no joy with any of the apple apps: Photo Booth, iChat, iMovie. They all showed the green screen. <br />After searching on the Internet I found several suggestions pointing to <a href="http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303446">resetting the SMC</a>.<br />I tried that and, lo and behold, iSight works again! Woo Hoo!Alex Cozzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08612493755864395402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35614529.post-1160505708566692812006-10-10T11:29:00.000-07:002010-03-01T21:45:23.020-08:00Like Avedon<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4050/3966/1600/alex-bw-final.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4050/3966/320/alex-bw-final.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />I like Avedon's style when it comes to portraits, so I tried a self portrait in his style. Here is it. My wife thinks that I look like a convict... go figure!Alex Cozzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08612493755864395402noreply@blogger.com2