End of the year

As many other posts I'll open this one saying I've not been writing here for a lot.

Actually, more than one month. But since today's the last day of the year, I thought I'd take a little break from my busy time.

Busy because it's "holidays". Not quite.

Even though we're in the period between Xmas and New Year's Eve, I've been an awfully lot busy with the projects and the study. Just think that on the 26th night, me and Luciano had to have an all-nighter, till 7 am, to complete the Software Engineering project that we had to submit. Hopefully it was a good job.

Beside the other project, that is scheduled for the 9th January (Web Technologies), I've been with my head into Algorithms & Data Structures, because that's the last exam that is blocking me from having my apprenticeship. Once I'll be done with that, it will be time to choose the place where I will have that. I have in mind a few places, like the Elasis (a data-center of the Fiat group) in my city (that if they'll accept me, of course) or some company that develops Android applications.

Yea Android...because lately I got a new smartphone. I was dubious at first because I've never really been into cellphones, but considering they're now more like pc than anything I decided to give it a try. We (Me, Luciano and Daniele) found a good deal to enter in the Android world: Huawei Ideos ( check it here ): Android 2.2 Froyo, 3.2 MP camera, Wifi, GPS, Accelerometer, Proximity sensor, bluetooth, etc all for 99 euro (6 months of Mobile Internet included!).

I am aware it's not the best google phone out there for the specs, but it's for sure the best in the specs/price ratio, and I consider it a starting point, while I don't learn how to develop applications for that platform / framework.

Since coding Android applications is basically Java with a different framework, it shouldn't be that hard to get into it. To start with it, I bought a book: Android - guida per lo sviluppatore wrote by Massimo Carli. I think that's the only book written by an Italian about Android.

I've been reading it a little (not much time to spare :/ ) and I'll try to finish it before february, when the volume 2 will be out. I guess I'll talk to you guys about Android and some apps in the posts of the next year.

In this period also exploded the WikiLeaks affair, that shaked the whole political world. I hope that in the next year we'll be able to hear more about the info that Assange managed to secure.

This year (as Angelo said yesterday night on skype) passed quite fast, but still I have had my fair share of nice memories. I've met new people, met again people from the past that became part of my present (and hopefully my future) and consolidated the bonds with the poeple that have been with my throughout these years.

In these last hours of the 2010 my mind goes to my family... to my university friends (Luciano, Angelo, Daniele, Mario, Enzo,Ciccio, Luca... wah too many to list them here...sooorreh)... to my guildmates(Franz among all them because he got an Ideos too!)(even though we haven't played much after Aion, I have a lot of faith in GW2 and D3 for the next year)... to JuJu (hoping next year will be better than this one)...

...and of course to my s.w. May (even though you're a cheapo!)

...and of course to my bear Tay (get home soon, we have a lot of mangas to discuss about!)

...that's it. Bai.

Maybe not...

...am I forgetting someone? Uhm...

...someone cute, airheaded, violet and moe?

Ups :X

Happy Happy New Year Little Pan

and I hope that this new year your dreams will finally come true :)