Almost All Posts
Here you will find links to almost everything I’ve written about. If Blog from Italy were a book, it would have quite a number of pages, possibly around 800 of them.
The only small problem is that when I started this blog, many hundreds of posts ago, I slung everything in more than one category. This means that the tiles of some articles will, alas be repeated.
I shall resist the temptation to place things in more than one category in future - and I shall play around until everything is in one single category. Slowly, but surely.
Hopefully, you will enjoy flicking through my past posts and doing this this may keep some people amused on cold, wet, and windy winter afternoons - Alex.
May 2008 (28)
Detailed Monthly Archive
- 16: Sant’Eustachio Cafè - - Legendary Italian Coffee (1)
- 16: The Techno-Fashion Victims - Iphones and Blackberries (1)
- 16: The Holidays are Coming. How about the Amalfi Area? (0)
- 16: Advertising, and other Thoughts (0)
- 15: Blog from Italy Spreads the Word (1)
- 14: Note For Your Diary: The 2008 Gigli Festival Nola (0)
- 12: An Opportunity for Italy? (9)
- 12: Rajab, the SEO Gladiator (6)
- 11: The Library in Sempione Park, Milan (2)
- 11: Has Google Italy been Got At? (3)
- 11: Italy - A Power Crazed Nation? Part 1 (4)
- 10: Sparks Flying in Milan - Moratti v Sgarbi (0)
- 07: Italy’s Trashy Trouble Worsens (0)
- 07: Spreading a little Cheer with Beer! (0)
- 07: Anti-Spam Counter Measure (5)
- 06: I’m a Lime - What Tree Are You? (0)
- 06: ID Cards for Children (0)
- 06: Marvellous May (0)
- 05: Too Much Tweet! (0)
- 05: An Unexpected Tax Rebate, Possibly? (0)
- 05: Mafia Death Threats from Around the World. Number 1. (0)
- 05: Buzz Lightyear! (4)
- 04: Mad Person Torching Cars in Florence (0)
- 03: Bullet in the Post? Not Yet. (5)
- 03: Is Press Freedom about to be Limited in Italy? (0)
- 03: House For Sale near Milan (0)
- 02: It’s A Meme thing (2)
- 02: Of Earnings On-Line, Italian Politicians, and E-Mule (1)
April 2008 (49)
Detailed Monthly Archive
- 30: Naples, Rubbish, and the NY Times (0)
- 29: Atac Rome! (2)
- 29: Rome’s Right New Mayor (2)
- 28: I don’t Think a Lot of Italians Know This - Italy’s Geothermal Power Exploits (0)
- 27: Poll System Offline (0)
- 26: The ICI Question (0)
- 26: A Chinese Musician (0)
- 26: Beware- Low Flying Bikes in the Park (0)
- 26: Into the Wild (0)
- 24: A Close Shave - Scooting About Milan (0)
- 24: Who says Technology is Anti-Social? (5)
- 23: Expo 2015 - Will Milan Have Enough Hotels? (0)
- 22: Good News on the Italian VAT front, Possibly (0)
- 21: Rats! The Dog Has no Passport. (0)
- 21: Guilty! (4)
- 21: Another Wide Angle Shot (0)
- 21: Wide Angle (0)
- 21: Small, Furry, and Black (0)
- 21: Well, I do do a little bit of everything (0)
- 20: Parental Approval (0)
- 20: Coda di Rospo in Il Quadrifoglio (0)
- 18: The Italian Version of Mr Bean! (1)
- 16: Italian Journalists Worried about Press Freedom (0)
- 16: Will Berlusconi Initiate Change in Italy? (6)
- 15: An Investigative Journalist (2)
- 15: The Archetypal Italian Does it Again (8)
- 14: The curious case of BlogBabel (6)
- 12: Can anybody tell me what these are? (3)
- 11: Eat like a God in the Aligia Restaurant, Vrasi (0)
- 11: RSS Feed to Blog from Italy Updated (1)
- 11: Down on the left hand side - Flickriver (0)
- 11: Don Bosco and Joe Tangredi - The Dry Canal Project (0)
- 10: Ah, Election Time (0)
- 09: Presentation of Gianpietro Carlesso’s work with Music by Moby (0)
- 09: Moby Soundtrack for Gianpietro Carlesso YouTube Presentation (2)
- 08: Summer Holiday Thoughts (1)
- 07: Work Around to WordPress 2.5 inserting images into posts (0)
- 07: My Guest Post at Volette.com (2)
- 07: Just Completed a Guest post (0)
- 07: Don’t Touch WordPress 2.5! (0)
- 07: Rubbish in Naples, Dioxin in Mozzarella, and now Toxic Wine (0)
- 07: Daylight Robbery (0)
- 05: The SEO Pro - Sean Carlos and Antezeta (1)
- 04: Too Young, too good (4)
- 04: Milan Clinches the 2015 Expo (1)
- 03: The Politicians’ Favourite Cell Phone (0)
- 02: Immersion Heaters in Italy (0)
- 01: Some Mighty Tasty Looking Stuff! (2)
- 01: George Clooney to do Guest Posts on Blog from Italy (18)
March 2008 (53)
Detailed Monthly Archive
- 31: Hunting the Antique Torg - Crisis Aversion (2)
- 31: Why Vote Berlusconi? (2)
- 31: Let Chianti Sculpture Park re-capture that holiday mood (0)
- 30: MiArt 2008 (0)
- 30: Do you remember Christmas? (2)
- 30: Mood (5)
- 30: Blog from Italy meets Volette.com (0)
- 29: I met Italian Scupltor Gianpietro Carlesso! (0)
- 29: Wow! Everything Seems much Snappier. (0)
- 28: A Short Post (0)
- 28: New Friends (2)
- 27: Beating the Writers (0)
- 26: How to Win an Election (0)
- 26: I write too much, I know (0)
- 26: This Would be Useful (4)
- 26: Everyone else is doing it (0)
- 26: Elio e le Storie Tese - Shpalman (6)
- 26: A List Italian of Singers (0)
- 26: Cheesed Off (6)
- 26: Burnt Midnight Oil (1)
- 25: The Web 2.0 profession (0)
- 24: Not Nice (1)
- 22: Holiday Blues - Knowing What to Ask for in an Italian Pharmacy/Chemists (3)
- 21: Crystal Ball Gazing - Techno Travel (10)
- 19: Ron Howard’s Da Vinci Code Goes Down Well (0)
- 18: I’m Sorry, I don’t Understand…. (6)
- 18: Raccomandato - It’s Who You Know (0)
- 16: Far too late! (3)
- 14: A Little Something I cooked Up (4)
- 14: Gianpietro Carlesso - Struttura (0)
- 14: Blog from Italy’s Honorable Mention - Platial + Frappr 2007 awards (2)
- 14: Berlusconi’s Advice (4)
- 12: For Jan - Sardinia (7)
- 12: Gianpietro Carlesso - Risonanza (2)
- 12: The Vatican is Anti-Berlusconi! (4)
- 12: An Odd Obstacle for Young Italian Job Seekers (6)
- 11: New Work by Gianpietro Carlesso (2)
- 10: Is Blogging a Form of Journalism? (0)
- 10: English Yellow Pages (0)
- 09: Just a thought (1)
- 09: Registering Domain Names in Italy. Dot com or dot it? (0)
- 07: Legislative Decree no. 25000001 of 7 March 2008 - a New Italian law (7)
- 07: The Unkindest cut - follow up (7)
- 06: I Segreti di Londra - Corrado Augias (6)
- 05: Pots Calling Kettles Black (2)
- 05: Milan’s Green Belt (0)
- 04: Jeff Healey 1966 - 2008 (0)
- 03: Curious (4)
- 03: The Unkindest Cut (3)
- 03: Radio Millenium 88.7 FM Milan (1)
- 03: The Exceptions to the Rule (2)
- 02: A Curious Inconsistency (6)
- 02: It is March, isn’t it? (0)
February 2008 (46)
Detailed Monthly Archive
- 29: An Interesting Car Month in Milan. (1)
- 29: Chaos in Part of Milan this Morning (3)
- 29: Celanto a settembre, Milan - a great little restaurant (0)
- 27: Cefalu (3)
- 25: I Blame Di for this silliness! (5)
- 25: The Innovative Mr Alberico and his Sports Centre (0)
- 25: At last, Top Gear in Italy (2)
- 25: Stocking the Shop (2)
- 24: Not a lot of people know this - Francesco Rutelli (6)
- 24: Pizzeria Photo Gallery (0)
- 22: Blog from Italy’s New UK Shop (0)
- 21: Mugging in Milan (2)
- 20: Blog from Italy’s Store (3)
- 20: Has this site been hacked? (0)
- 19: The Dragon’s Revenge? (3)
- 19: I’ve Seen The Future (1)
- 18: Disco, Disco, Music, and an Old Problem (3)
- 18: Blog from Italy’s New Books ‘n More Store (0)
- 16: Pasticceria Scarpato - Nice cakes, shame about the website (1)
- 16: Walter Veltroni - again. (4)
- 15: Bar Miserable becomes Bar Cheerful (3)
- 15: Walter Veltroni - saviour, or same old, same old? (3)
- 14: A daft idea for the Italian Goverment (2)
- 14: A Sneak Preview - Businessisin (0)
- 14: A Photographic Thought (14)
- 12: Walter Veltroni - regurgitation? (3)
- 12: Italy has No Government…well, not quite (9)
- 12: Confetti, canival, and children (4)
- 10: Le Marche (0)
- 10: Abruzzo (2)
- 09: Miracle Players - English Language Theatre in Rome (0)
- 08: An Interesting Student (2)
- 08: Italy from the Inside (5)
- 07: Evolution - Paolo Sarpi - Milan’s Chinese Quarter (0)
- 06: Using RSS - A Nice Video Explanation of How to Use RSS Feeds (0)
- 06: Just Plain Weird (3)
- 06: With Some Trepidation (0)
- 06: Entrecard (2)
- 05: Things to do. Done! (3)
- 05: Oops! Slight Technical Hitch - Permalinks (0)
- 04: Italian Paragraphs (9)
- 03: I was going to post a few photos (0)
- 03: Pervez Kambakhsh - Safe (4)
- 02: Anglo-Saxon (11)
- 01: The Dark Side of the UK, and the Free Press (4)
- 01: Milan’s Ecopass Not Working (1)
January 2008 (55)
Detailed Monthly Archive
- 31: Appearing as a Witness in an (semi-formal) Italian Court (0)
- 30: I’m a Virtual MEP (2)
- 30: In Court Tomorrow (0)
- 30: New Blog Toy, and Yet More Shameless Promotion of Italy and things Italian (0)
- 29: The Future is Young, and it is Bright (0)
- 28: Man of Roma (3)
- 28: Supercilious Git (2)
- 28: 800 Posts! (5)
- 28: DIESEL (4)
- 28: New Fields (1)
- 28: Wifi Driving Me Mad (0)
- 28: Busy Times (0)
- 27: An Update on the Charitable Donations Scheme (0)
- 26: Clemente Mastella is Innocent! (14)
- 25: The Power of Italy (3)
- 23: Italia.it isn’t. (0)
- 23: Will He Stay or Will He Go Now? (8)
- 22: Adsense is Taking a Break (0)
- 22: Fixed It! (2)
- 22: Tax Deductible Drugs (0)
- 21: Turning Round La Brutta Figura (3)
- 21: The Thread Finally Snaps (0)
- 21: 442 Pub Milan - New Banner (0)
- 21: No Winner of the BFI Hunt, Search, and the Presumed Hack Attack (0)
- 18: Blogged Likes Blog from Italy (2)
- 17: Mastella Resigns, again (3)
- 16: Further to my previous post… (4)
- 16: Never a Dull Moment (3)
- 16: Knock, knock! (1)
- 16: Blog from Italy has become www.blogfromitaly.com (1)
- 16: Contrary to Popular Opinion (5)
- 16: Things appear to be back to normal (0)
- 16: The Hack Attack? (0)
- 15: I think this site has been hacked
- 15: I think someone is having a go at ‘cracking’ the quiz (0)
- 15: About to get my first taste of the Italian legal system (0)
- 15: Oops! I’m in the wrong city! (3)
- 15: Clever Son and Crafty Dog (2)
- 14: No Quiz Winner Yet…. (0)
- 14: Wordfast - a translating system - first steps (3)
- 13: OK, I’ve modified the Quiz thing a little (1)
- 13: Sarkozy likes the BBC, possibly! (0)
- 12: Sky is coming (1)
- 11: The Typical 21st Century Work Day - possibly…. (4)
- 08: Ecopass Milan (7)
- 08: A slight modification to this site (0)
- 07: Was I writing rubbish? (0)
- 06: Want to sort out the Neopolitan trash problem Mr Prodi? (7)
- 05: Waste not, want not (1)
- 05: If I ever find myself with enough of the vulgar stuff (4)
- 04: First nine months with a dSLR (0)
- 04: Naples is burning, again (3)
- 03: Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow! (0)
- 02: Experimental Night Photos (3)
- 02: New Year, new photos (0)
December 2007 (17)
Detailed Monthly Archive
- 31: Yuletide markets in Milan (1)
- 31: Just completed a security upgrade to my WordPress installation - Apologies for any inconvenience caused (0)
- 29: Prodi’s pretty picture (12)
- 29: Escape from Christmas (0)
- 24: I ‘cooked’ this up for Christmas: (1)
- 23: Furbo (2)
- 19: One virtual Christmas card (9)
- 19: Christmasy Photo (1)
- 19: Oops! (0)
- 17: Bribery, corruption, and blackmail (0)
- 17: Tackling lands of confusion (5)
- 13: Will it always be Christmas in Milan? (2)
- 13: Sausages, again (2)
- 12: Italian TV, one more time… (1)
- 11: Christmas is a coming (0)
- 09: News from the Sausage front (2)
- 06: Still busyish, but managed to find the time to brunch (6)
November 2007 (26)
Detailed Monthly Archive
- 30: F24 payment woes (4)
- 29: The calm after the storm, and divine, possibly, intervention (0)
- 24: Exclusive! Full English Breakfast in Milan, Italy! (3)
- 23: Roccaraso, Abruzzo, Italy - Skiing off the beaten piste. (5)
- 22: The Great British Blunder (2)
- 21: A MINTy Evening (0)
- 20: Milanese Grey (4)
- 18: Light Canon (3)
- 16: I think this is spam??!! (0)
- 14: Bulletproof Iphone? (3)
- 12: Italy’s Irresistible Attraction (0)
- 12: The 442 Star (0)
- 10: Sausage evening shots (2)
- 10: Sayings and phrases (0)
- 10: Rom or Romanian? (5)
- 09: Sausages! (2)
- 08: Sausage Story (0)
- 06: Sausage Tasting Invitation - Thursday the 8th of November, 442 pub, Milan, Italy (2)
- 06: I’m a drug addict (0)
- 05: Not a good time to be a Romanian in Italy (0)
- 03: Milan (4)
- 03: Nice to know! Many thanks. (0)
- 02: Another little project (0)
- 02: The joys of dieting (1)
- 01: Sausage Production to Commence! (3)
- 01: Sub-prime crisis Italian style? Part 2 (0)
October 2007 (61)
Detailed Monthly Archive
- 31: Sausage Progress (0)
- 30: Similar posts (0)
- 30: What’s on (0)
- 30: Apologies time (0)
- 30: OK - Blog from Italy has been upgraded to the latest version of WordPress (0)
- 29: Levi-Prodi blog gaggers extraordinaire (0)
- 29: Just another manic Monday (0)
- 29: My feet (0)
- 27: Celtic Invasion of Milan (0)
- 26: Heck I’ve been a bit slow - Prodi is trying to gag Italy’s bloggers! (2)
- 24: Cv’s, Resumes: mug shot or not, that is the question (1)
- 24: Italians are superb networkers! (0)
- 24: Man of the Year (0)
- 23: Elisa - Luce (2)
- 23: YouTube, YouDon’tTube. (0)
- 23: Ah, home sweet home (2)
- 23: Search lights over Milan (3)
- 22: The ways of the sausage (3)
- 21: Giorgia - vivi davvero (0)
- 21: Elio e le Storie Tese - Mio cuggino (2)
- 21: Lucio Dalla - Attenti al lupo (0)
- 21: Vasco Rossi - Come Stai (0)
- 19: More on the super sausage search (0)
- 19: Progress on the sausage search front (0)
- 19: Help please (2)
- 18: The sausage saga sizzles on (0)
- 18: When an advert isn’t. Or is it? (5)
- 18: Desperately seeking sausages! (6)
- 17: Learning Italian? (0)
- 17: Nola - the Lily Festival and callouses (0)
- 16: The Gorgonzola of the Gods (0)
- 15: Gastronomic weekend (0)
- 15: Gigli Festival, Nola in Italy (0)
- 15: Writing to Ambassadors, Consuls and the like (0)
- 15: Free Wi-Fi in Parco Sempione, Milan! (1)
- 14: Paolo Sarpi - Milan, Street Fair Today! (0)
- 13: Added a couple of links - Trade and Hobby exhibitions in Milan (0)
- 12: Ok, so I chatted with the vet (0)
- 12: Time for a chat with the vet (2)
- 12: This is fun! (0)
- 10: Touch Rugby Italy (0)
- 10: Attention golfers! - Update (0)
- 10: Zelig, Milan - Comedy Show in English TONIGHT (3)
- 10: Attention golfers! (2)
- 09: Clemente Mastella (0)
- 09: Trip to the hosptial (1)
- 08: Gastronomic fair - Via Paolo Sarpi, Milan* (7)
- 08: Traffic fines (2)
- 08: Italy’s politicians are sensitive (5)
- 07: Sub-prime crisis Italian style? (2)
- 07: Scottish/Italian Sunday lunch (2)
- 05: A poll (2)
- 05: Don’t throw it way. Eat it! (0)
- 04: Free Burma! -International Bloggers’ Day for Burma. (0)
- 03: The Land of My Fathers (0)
- 03: The day I met the president. (7)
- 02: Note for your diary - 6th December - Design Museum Opens in Milan (1)
- 02: More server problems (0)
- 02: Assistance in finding EFL teachers. (0)
- 02: I called the fire brigade today (0)
- 01: Slow site tonight (0)
September 2007 (58)
Detailed Monthly Archive
- 30: La Rosticceria (4)
- 29: Welcome to the new look Blog from Italy! (2)
- 28: Sausage Crisis! (0)
- 27: Apologies (0)
- 26: Grey, wet, and dull in Milan today and breakfast. (3)
- 25: Happiness - How happy are you? (0)
- 25: Italy has Grillo, Myanmar/Burma has the Buddhist Monks, and both countries have unhappy people (1)
- 23: Italians (11)
- 23: Added some more photos to my Flickr collection. (4)
- 21: Interesting (3)
- 21: Why has nobody since Marx and Trotsky come up with an alternative socio-political philosophy? (2)
- 21: Spamtastic! (0)
- 21: Coming soon - Why has nobody since Marx and Trotsky come up with an alternative socio-political philosophy? (0)
- 21: The demagogue versus the demagogic oligarchy (0)
- 20: Dieting, again. (1)
- 20: An admission re Grillo (0)
- 19: Lands of confusion. (1)
- 18: Scenes of unprecedented violence in Italy. Er, not. (11)
- 17: Impromptu fireworks display (0)
- 17: Speeding in Italy (0)
- 17: What’s on in Milan (1)
- 17: Beppe Grillo rattles the establishment. (0)
- 16: Colin McRae (0)
- 14: Odd code in spam email. (3)
- 14: Colourful Italian (2)
- 13: Newspapers (0)
- 13: Will anyone ever come up with an alternative to Microsoft’s operating system? (3)
- 13: Summer Hols 2007, part 3. (0)
- 13: Piedmont and Campania regional TV news in Lombardy! Something’s up. (0)
- 12: Mobile phones in Italy (0)
- 12: Did you hear about ‘Vaffa’ day here in Italy? (0)
- 11: Anita Roddick (0)
- 10: Creeping coffee prices in Milan, and Genova. (0)
- 10: Milan - swerve city Italy (0)
- 10: Platial map (0)
- 10: The virtual intimacy of the web (3)
- 09: Le Vibrazioni (6)
- 09: Neffa - La mia signorina (0)
- 09: Luciano Pavarotti (0)
- 09: The Web v Shops. (0)
- 09: I like the new look! (1)
- 09: Photo printing woes, yet again. (0)
- 09: La Parolaccia - Bad language (0)
- 08: New Wordpress theme (2)
- 08: SOLENOID INDUSTRY JOB OPPORTUNITY - Spam/scam (0)
- 08: First impressions of Windows Vista (0)
- 05: British Consulate, Naples - opening hours (2)
- 05: New addition to the family. (3)
- 04: I wanna job! (0)
- 04: No post? Paolo Sarpi area of Milan. (0)
- 04: The pizzo (0)
- 04: Italians and bread. (2)
- 04: A close shave with some sharp bread. (0)
- 03: Gun crime in the UK. (0)
- 01: Canadian Embassy in Italy
- 01: Australian Embassy and Consulates in Italy
- 01: U.S. Embassy and Consulates in Italy.
- 01: British Embassies and Consulates in Italy.
August 2007 (12)
Detailed Monthly Archive
- 31: Teachers and students. (6)
- 30: Digital exploits. (0)
- 29: Added some photos to my Flickr collection. (0)
- 29: Why Italy is the way it is. (3)
- 29: Darwin v the Bible (0)
- 28: A black and white portrait of our son. (2)
- 28: Summer Hols 2007, part 2. (0)
- 28: My office - I wish! (0)
- 27: Summer Hols 2007, part 1. (2)
- 26: Tuscan summer and socks. (0)
- 09: So, you want to buy an appartment in Italy? (6)
- 01: Working up to the last minute (0)
July 2007 (49)
Detailed Monthly Archive
- 30: Freemail (1)
- 29: Italian food (0)
- 27: Blair’s other legacy (0)
- 27: Some stats (1)
- 27: In you need to use Italian, you might find this site useful. (0)
- 27: Gold fever. (1)
- 26: Playing with my site (0)
- 25: The dangerous heart of Italy. (2)
- 25: Another squirmy pavement day (0)
- 23: Some interesting statistics. (2)
- 23: When bad is good. (0)
- 23: Law makers and law enforcers. (4)
- 20: Our little one, having fun. (0)
- 20: Tinned haggis. (1)
- 19: The penguin waddles into Italy. (0)
- 19: Alitalia, the hot potato. (0)
- 19: Boy, is it hot here in sunny Milan. (4)
- 19: Too many spamments (2)
- 17: Watch it! (0)
- 16: Intense heat in Milan (2)
- 14: Saturdays, don’t you just love them………. (2)
- 14: The IRAP quandary (3)
- 13: A reduction in air pollution levels in Milan, hopefully (6)
- 12: Adsense (2)
- 12: Lawyers (0)
- 12: Microsoft’s steathy update (0)
- 11: Rubbishy Naples (2)
- 11: RAI or Sky? (0)
- 11: Four Four Two (1)
- 11: It’s the way I hold my beer glass. (0)
- 10: A mournful lion (0)
- 10: I’ve always admired this villa (0)
- 09: The Italian Judiciary - a bunch of commies? (1)
- 08: Back from Genoa (0)
- 06: Frank Zappa. (2)
- 06: Jeepers! My Platial map’s unseen attraction. (0)
- 06: Wow, I’m green. (0)
- 05: Don’t underestimate Italian presidents. (0)
- 05: Left or right? (0)
- 05: 442 buzzing tonight (0)
- 04: Ambiguity (0)
- 04: I want one of these. (0)
- 04: Are you zaskachu? (5)





