This summer I traveled along the entire Chinese section of the Silk Road. My interest started some years ago after reading Michael Yamashita’s amazing “Marco Polo: A Photographer’s Journey” (published by White Star). In the book, the famous National Geographic’s photographer brings to life the legendary expedition of the 13th-century Venician merchant to Cathay (China), first crossing central Asia and than back through the South-East and India. More »

Some time ago I posted a few comments about setting up my Nokia E61 (see First steps with a Nokia E61). One thing I still had to manage was importing my GMail contacts into the headset’s address book. After some troubleshooting I finally found a convenient way to do that: I export GMail contacts, import them into Lotus Notes and sync everything with Nokia’s PC Suite. This method allows me to merge my personal contacts (stored in GMail) with my work contacts (stored in Notes) and have both sets available on my mobile. I was able to do it coding a small Lotuscript that parses GMail contacts exported as a Google’s CSV file and adds them to the Notes address book database. More »

I’ve just finished reading Richard Branson’s autobiography “Losing My Virginity” (the 2005 updated edition). It was a very enjoyable read: Branson’s life is undoubtely fascinating and the book is well written, quickly becoming a page-turner. More »