The pNebulae project October 24, 2006
Posted by dorigo in Blogroll, astronomy, internet, italian blogs, science.1 comment so far
Just a short post to mention a link to the web site of a fellow amateur astronomer who took the study of planetary nebulae seriously. He is collecting science-grade material in his new site (unfortunately for many readers of my blog, it is in italian only for now - but maybe I’ll convince him to have an english version): http://pnebulae.altervista.org
Nice pictures, and interesting material on lesser known nebulae. Have a look!
Connexions to discontinue service October 24, 2006
Posted by dorigo in computers, internet, personal, travel.2 comments
This morning I took the usual 8.50 flight from Venice to Munich, and there I got in the Lufthansa flight LH434, leaving at 11.15 to Chicago. I knew beforehand I would have a free internet connection for the whole duration of the flight… Connexions, the provider of the wireless internet service on board of Lufthansa flights over the Atlantic, warned its customers that the service will be discontinued at the end of 2006, and in so doing offered free connection for the remainder of the year.
This is very bad news… I really enjoyed the chance of surfing the web while on board of the 9-hour flight to and from the US. On the other hand, 27$ saved flying in and 27$ flying out, when I will be back next Friday. I hope somebody else will take the business over…
