Voglia di cambiare

Voglia di cambiare, originally uploaded by niceblackdog.

Uno scorcio sui banchetti allestiti per la raccolta firme del Vaffanculo-day, oggi pomeriggio a Roma al parco Shuster, a cura del Beppe Grillo meetup group #2.
C'era una bellissima atmosfera di cooperazione. La gente si faceva delle file veramente notevoli, per poi venire a firmare, sorriderti, e ringraziarti pure! Servono 50,000 firme. Io ne ho registrate 140, una piccola goccia in un bicchiere, ma meglio che nulla! Mi sono divertito e mi sento di aver fatto una bella cosa. Mi fa un poco male il braccio pero'...a scrivere i nomi e gli indirizzi delle gente...certo che quando ti vedi arrivare una che si chiama (piu' o meno) Santini Maria Grazia Addolorata Concetta...ti viene voglia veramente di mandarla affan....

Lucida - for Guess Where in Naples?

Lucida - for Guess Where in Naples?, originally uploaded by niceblackdog.

Rossa rossissima! Vista vicino casa di Federicchia...poco prima di portarle un mazzolino di fresie

Scienziato non e' colui...

Scienziato non e' colui..., originally uploaded by niceblackdog.

Ottimomassimo

Ottimomassimo, originally uploaded by niceblackdog.

This is to celebrate my ninth scientific publication, on its way on the journal "Biotechniques".

waves leave sand patterns behind

waves leave sand patterns behind, originally uploaded by niceblackdog.

Lorenzo and I worked on this little science project, just by accident (inspired by the Kitchen Science Series from the Naked Scientists' podcast: www.thenakedscientists.com/). I was spackling/decorating the walls of my bedroom and left this bucket full of water and some "insoluble" grains of "sand" (wood/wall filler, as a powder).
By shaking the bucket, we created waves and watched the patters of the "sand" as it set, a few minutes later. This one shown in the photo was perhaps the nicest pattern, showing a beautiful simmetry. We obtained it when the waves were created by shaking the basin back and forth along just one direction. You don't get it as shown if you turn the waves around.

Do not climb on this truck!

Do not climb on this truck!, originally uploaded by niceblackdog.

Questa foto fu scattata nello UTAH, in un paese di nome Saint George dove ci fermammo per trascorre il capodanno 2004.