"All this he saw, for one moment breathless and intense, vivid on the morning sky; and still, as he looked, he lived; and still, as he lived, he wondered."

― Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows

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Roba che al confronto Sodoma e Gomorra sono state una scampagnata
e il Diluvio Universale un piacevole diversivo.
architecture, engineering and construction

ISO/DIS 19650-1:2026 — Back to the Future

Well, the new draft of the ISO 19650 has been out for public consultation for a week, now, and I have the feeling nobody’s actually consulting the thing, because the heat of the debate has been around the “disappearance of BIM”. I already wrote about

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March 18, 2026 9:00 am
art and fashion

Metafisica / Metafisiche

What a splendid exhibition! I was expecting your regular, run-of-the-mill show at Palazzo Reale, which is usually good enough, but I was surprised at the depth and width of this new endeavour, that spans across the city with multiple initiatives and, even within the show

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Isaac Asimov’s “Fantasy” collection

I take issue with this volume, and not because they’re short stories and you’re bound to like some more than the others: they’re all delightful, with very few and negligible exceptions. No, my problem is curatorial: I take issue that instead of grouping all the

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3 Comments
  • Njord
    Posted at 07:39h, 01 April Reply

    miglior paragone non poteva esserci, BRAVA!!! …come sempre

  • HowlingWolf
    Posted at 08:37h, 01 April Reply

    Allora non sono l’unico a vedere la cosa con malcelato pessimismo!

  • heraclitus
    Posted at 07:49h, 06 April Reply

    l’avete voluta e mo ve la tenete…

    mi dispiace per voi… ;-)

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