OR When the Stormtroopers Are the Good Guys Last Saturday in Budapest, there were at least three significant political demonstrations. The first was organized by the Hungarian Democratic Charter (HDC), theoretically a non-partisan group, but one that was founded by the Prime Minister, Ferenc Gyurcsany, head of the Hungarian Socialist Party. It was a large, […]
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My computer conks out…
September 26th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Italy, Technology, Travel
The Italian hackmeeting is really awesome. There’s a bunch of cool people, and the building is awesome. It was apparently built by some guy with mafia ties as a fancy house in the city, but was confiscated by the government before construction was complete. It sat empty for years, but now it’s a squatted social […]
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Arrived in Milazzo
October 11th, 2008 · No Comments · Italy, Travel
NOTE: Unlike my other posts lately which were written on or about the day they were posted, this was actually written on the night in question (Thursday, October 2). I finally got out of Palermo. I’ve decided that I want to visit the Aeolian islands, which are a series of volcanic islands off the coast […]
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Lipari
October 12th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Italy, Photos, Travel
NOTE: Written on October 4. Yesterday started out lame, but wound up rather awesome. The train station people were very nice about not deliberately waking me up and rousting me out. A janitor came in around 7:30 I think, I sort of half woke up, but he didn’t say anything and even mopped around my […]
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More Lipari
October 17th, 2008 · No Comments · Italy, Photos, Travel
The next day was kind of windy and rainy, so I didn’t really do much. I did a little bit of hiking, but was smart enough to come in out of the rain. My cheapo Hungarian umbrella got turned inside-out frequently by strong gusts of wind, so it wasn’t much use. On Sunday, I rented […]
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