Not green? è un'ingiustizia!

A very quick update: I’ve just transferred the hosting to a new provider named Fatcow.com, that is offering me lower monthly fees, greater storage and few other goodies, but most importantly the outstanding advantage of getting an 100% green and eco friendly certification, being their entire line of servers powered by wind energy only.
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May 3rd Update: Anyways… there is nothing more irritating than receiving greetings from somebody who normally wouldn’t give a damn about you, but they are prompt to send messages when there is facebook or skype reminding them about your birthday. Im confused, should I send a thankful reply to facebook or to the person…? I mean, come on, during the whole year you couldn’t care less, but magically, for one day only you’re making the effort of sending me 2 words… “happy birthday”, then disappear again for another year… fuck you and give me a break.

flyer – click & share now!

As of today, I am officially starting to divulgate both digital and physical version of the flyer related to my unstoppable search for my ideal lover. To celebrate the arrival of n. 2.500 copies of the ad at my door, I am writing this news in the hope of furtherly promote my initiative on the net.
These days stocks are falling, workload is heavy, cost of life is skyrocketing… crime, wars, natural disasters, but I’ll keep my project running no matter what.
Please, help me spreading the voice by sharing this photo containing the basic divulgation; you could do it because you feel pity for me, because you support my dream or simply because you might want to get your hands on the 5.000 euro Im offering as a reward for your effort. In any case just do it.
Im not going to make any introductory note as the project is already speaking for itslef, anyhow make sure you check out the offical website idealwoman.info so that you may realize that one of your friends could be the one im looking for.

Web developer's burlesque

Every time I get hired and I step into an office to work on a temporary project, they make me feel like the messiah has arrived. You can’t imagine how many times people are asking me “what laptop should i buy? which digitalcamera will do this or that? should I get an iphone or an android? why is this device not recognized by windows?” They often beg me to check their computer as soon as I get 1 minute to spare and sometimes they even ask me if I can go with them to the media store to buy a new PC…  It becomes really annoying when for instance someone expects to run the latest software on a 10 years old machine and keep whining because he feels constrained and frustrated to upgrade. For christ sake dont do it then, stick to your beloved win xp and internet explorer 6, but dont complain anymore and dont watch my screen astonished telling me “I want it too…!”. Instead, do you want to be wired like a pro? Buy hardware like a pro: here is my 2012 list of the best all-around tools to be just like me. 1) Asus Zenbook – 11.6″ intel i5, 64gb SSD, 4gb ram, usb3, hdmi ; 2) Panasonic FT3 - rugged camera, waterproof 12m, freeze-proof -10℃, shockproof 2.0m and Dust-proof, full HD clips  ; 3) Corsair USB 3.0 16gb pendrive rainproof ; 4) Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini with Android 2.3, the smallest smartphone currently in the market. 5) Get a fracking copy of Windows 7.

Voting

Since those assholes of Shanghai Young Channel TV promised to send me a DVD copy of the show that never arrived, just recently, while browsing a sort of chinese-youtube trying to find clues, I’ve finally bumped into the footage where I was featured back in November 2010… Better late than never.
More than a year ago, when I had just returned to Milan, I was contacted by a Chinese TV talent scout who found my profile on the net and promptly offered me to join a Reality TV project. The format was simple: 4 chinese ladies traveling from Shanghai to Milan challenging each other by playing stupid games and the winner gets to stay in Europe with a job position in a stylish Italian boutique (sponsored by “Herbalist”). It was explained to me that it was going to be a reality-show where everyone is free to act naturally and freely and where I could have even had the chance to meet a nice lady… basically I said I was in without thinking too much…
What a pity that this show had nothing to do with reality but I’d call it instead trash and fake TV: the whole thing is indeed a total set up and a sham! I just hope somebody from China reads this and bury the producers with loads of scandal.
During the first part, (星尚之旅 米兰站 第1/4集) at around minute 16.20 in the video, you can see a naive lady hunting for a random gentleman in the streets of Milan; at some point she finds me standing at the bus stop reading a newspaper. She asks me if i want to join the game, making it look like it all happens by chance. Real or fake? Fake of course: I was contracted 2 months before the show and I was told exactly where to stand and what to do. At about minute 34.40 I get into a cafe wearing a different jacket because the scene was shot on the third day and not on the first like it was said to the audience. By the way I started to look down at the 4 ladies as soon as I realized they were dying to win and be a fucking slave clerk for a sissy shop… I felt pity for them, for their inner poorness, but eventually it made me nervous working along, so I started to do my best to mess up the show. I then convinced the other italian guys to have some fun all together so we began to swear in front of the camera (in the second part, 星尚之旅 米兰站 第2/4集 about 39.20) you can hear a chorus of “PORCO DIO” (god fucking damn it). At minute 46:35 in the third part ( 星尚之旅 米兰站 第3/4集 ) I was asked again to vote-out one of the ladies; I had to disclose one name and a reason: it was a difficult choice because they were all dumb bitches so I thought of giving them the satisfaction of my exterior judgement at least, therefore, I picked the one who was fatter, and that was my reason, clear and bold, however the producer told me that I couldnt say that on TV… after several minutes of discussion where I kept asking them what was the point calling that a ”reality” when it was all made of smoke and mirrors, I was ultimately pushed to tell a lie, I had to say that the girl seemed to be holding a secret and that was why I didnt like her…
I have done so much against the show that when I reviewed the content which was eventually aired, I saw I had at least 50% of my video cut along with at least 70% of the audio were re-edited and muted in most cases.
The fourth part, 星尚之旅 米兰站 第4/4集 is characterized by a funny ending that wasn’t surprisingly cut off like my other performances: when everyone gave their final vote to the ladies, I refused to provide mine, popping a baloon and turning my back on them.
There were also many smiles within all that sad shallowness and I have to admit that in the end of the 5 filming days I had a substantial amount of carefree fun plus I got a new pal (Roberto), with whom I remained friend till now.