What is like doing grocery shopping in Italy? How do you call the various food items in Italian? My daughter Silvia Tosolini, 9 invites you to a tour of an Italian supermercato.
Let her know what you think by leaving a comment here or on YouTube.
– Can’t see the video? Watch it from YouTube
– iPod version (MP4 – 20Mb)
– More Italian videos by Silvia
Here is a creative and fun way to impress your friends who are eager to see your Italy photos.
My colleagues at Microsoft Research UK have released an inexpensive application called AutoCollage, that blends together a variety of photos in a ‘smart’ way’.
I say ‘smart’ because the software applies face recognition and predicts the optimal photo arrangement out of a large set of possibilities. In other words, you can expect a wonderful job done in a very short amount of time.
Click on these collages I created out of a selection of my eBook photo archive.
Italian Deli shop collage (1MB High Res)
Italian pastries collage (1MB High Res)
Italian cars collage (1MB High Res)
If you’re interested, you can download the free AutoCollage trial version from the Microsoft Research UK web site (full version is $9.95).
A powerful 6.3-magnitude earthquake shook central Italy (Abruzzo region) early Monday, April 6th. As of today, officials said that as many as 179 people had been killed, at least 1,500 injured and tens of thousands left homeless.
For the latest updates:
Online newspapers (in Italian):
– Repubblica
– Corriere della Sera (article in English)
Images
– Aerial pictures of the affected area (by Repubblica)
– Gallery 1 and Gallery 2 (by AGI)
Video
– Quake’s aftermath in Onna village (by BBC)
– Aerial footage of quake aftermath (by BBC)
Live conversations
– Twitter (use hashtags #terremoto #earthquake #italy)