I've never felt so much pain like yesterday, while playing frisbee (yet another frisbee injury) I fell on my left shoulder and dislocated it! Went to the hospital, waited 2 hours fighting with pain (losing the battle the most of the time). Then a bit of N₂O made me drunk while the doctor was fixing my shoulder. Now I have to keep a bendage for 3 weeks, so frisbee in Galway is over for me! Anyway I want to thank all frisbee guys for all the fun we had (it was a good game though), Eyal for having taken me to the emergency room and a big thank and hug to Armin, who waited with me all the time and today drove me again at the hospital! How would I do without you, guys? :)

The e-mail is one of the most useful services the Internet provides, but sometimes it can be really dangerous, either because it allows viruses and trojans to spread quickly or even for frauds. A basic rule would be to read ``carefully'' all the content of the mail, including the headers if the mail contains or requests sensitive data as reply. People who are not familiar with Internet technologies are the best target for cheaters, that's why people need to be deeply aware about these pretty new technologies.
I've just received a mail with ``service@ebay.com'' as sender. The mail informs me that recently several attempts to log into my eBay account have been made, and, for my own security, they request me to change my password logging into a web link provided in the mail. Here's the text:

Dear eBay User,


To protect the security of your account, eBay © employs some of the most advanced security systems in the world and our anti-fraud teams regularly screen the eBay system for unusual activity.

We recently have determined that different computers have logged onto your eBay account, and multiple password failures were present. We now need you to re-confirm your account information to us. If this is not completed we will be forced to suspend your account , as it may have been used for fraudulent purposes. We thank you for your cooperation in this manner.
If the account information is not updated to current information within 5 days then, your access to bid or buy on eBay will be restricted.
go to this link below:

https://www.ebay.com/acounts/memb/avncenter/?dll87443%2213

Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. Please understand that this is a security measure meant to help protect you and your account.

We apologize for any inconvenience.

If you choose to ignore our request, you leave us no choise but to temporaly suspend your account.



Thank you ,
eBay © Accounts Managent



As outlined in our User Agreement, eBay will periodically send you information about site changes and enhancements. Visit our Privacy Policy and User Agreement if you have any questions.

The mail is not in plain text, it's in html. This language allows you to write fancy, colored emails, but also allows you to ``hide'' something. For example, you can redirect somebody to a web page creating a link whose label can be different from the actual page you're redirected. This is the case of this email. The link is apparently a web page on ebay.com but actually it sends you on a just alike page hosted on a different server, controlled by non-ebay people. If somebody trusts this email and gives them his/her password, then these guys can obtain his actual ebay password but also they can request him/her to reconfirm his/her credit card number, becoming able to get money.
The mail I received wanted to send me on a page on the machine at the IP address 202.150.101.22. A quick lookup of this address reveals

$ whois 202.150.101.22
inetnum:      202.150.96.0 - 202.150.127.255
netname:      CONCEPTNET
descr:        Internet Service Provider
descr:        Auckland New Zealand
country:      NZ
admin-c:      CS20-AP
tech-c:       CS20-AP
status:       ALLOCATED PORTABLE
mnt-by:       APNIC-HM
mnt-lower:    MAINT-NZ-CONCEPTNET
remarks:      -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-++-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
remarks:      This object can only be updated by APNIC hostmasters.
remarks:      To update this object, please contact APNIC
remarks:      hostmasters and include your organisation's account
remarks:      name in the subject line.
remarks:      -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-++-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
changed:      hm-changed@apnic.net 20040623
changed:      hm-changed@apnic.net 20050318
source:       APNIC

person:       CRAIG SPIERS
nic-hdl:      CS20-AP
e-mail:       craig@concept.net.nz
address:      PO Box 302288
address:      NorthHarbour, 1330
address:      Auckland
address:      New Zealand
phone:        +64-9414-4297
fax-no:       +64-9915-2559
country:      NZ
changed:      craig@concept.net.nz 20031203
mnt-by:       MAINT-NEW
source:       APNIC

while eBay.com has address

$ host ebay.com
ebay.com has address 66.135.192.87

and a lookup on this address says

$ whois 66.135.192.87
OrgName:    eBay, Inc 
OrgID:      EBAY
Address:    2145 Hamilton Ave
City:       San Jose
StateProv:  CA
PostalCode: 95008
Country:    US

NetRange:   66.135.192.0 - 66.135.223.255 
CIDR:       66.135.192.0/19 
NetName:    EBAY-1
NetHandle:  NET-66-135-192-0-1
Parent:     NET-66-0-0-0-0
NetType:    Direct Assignment
NameServer: SJC-DNS1.EBAYDNS.COM
NameServer: SJC-DNS2.EBAYDNS.COM
NameServer: SMF-DNS1.EBAYDNS.COM
Comment:    
RegDate:    2001-07-13
Updated:    2003-02-20

OrgTechHandle: EBAYN-ARIN
OrgTechName:   eBay Network 
OrgTechPhone:  +1-408-376-7400
OrgTechEmail:  network@ebay.com

This fraud can be very dangerous, and it can be made not only faking ebay, but bank institutes as well, that could be even more dangerous.
Read carefully every single email you receive before doing anything about it.

There's somebody loving me up there. And loving Rebecca too. Rebecca is a girl I met at a party we had in some spanish girls' house. The party was good, but it was even better when I met her.
She's american, from Indiana. She's a quite strange girl, very spontaneous, I found her at the party painting her legs with a green marker, we talked and then she started painting my arm, drawing strange but nice shapes. We've liked each other. A lot.
We left the party at 7 in the morning and walked around Galway, ending up at a bridge on the river. Perhaps because of the alcohol or because of the air we were breathing that morning, we decided to go over the parapet and go down on the pathway below the bridge, just next to the river. I went first and then helped her to come down. I caught her, but then, I don't know why and how, we lost our balance and we fell down on the side of the pathway, opposite to the river... I was falling down on my back, in those moments I was only thinking ``I'm going to fuck up my life!'' and I really didn't know what was expecting me. Luckily we both fell in the canal, in the water, and also it was not deep. My only injury is a small wound in a hand, Rebecca got a little scratch on her leg. We both couldn't believe how lucky we were, and thanked God for this. We fell down from a 4 meters height, if only we fell on rocks instead of water we could have died... or even worse!
Angels... before I didn't believe very much in them... now I changed my mind!

Yes, I'm in Ireland once again. I flew with Ryan Air from Forlì to London Stansteed and then to Shannon. The trip was long and boring but nothing compared with the trip by bus from Shannon Airport to Galway: I do think roads should be improved in Ireland.
In Galway there were four friends of mine (Enrico, Marco, Letizia, Giulia) waiting for me; they arrived in Ireland on august 1st, rented a car and drove around, saving Galway for the last days to stay with me. Unfortunately on saturday they will leave again to Dublin, where they will fly from on monday to go back home. However, I'm very happy to meet them here, even though only for a few days.

Here I am, ready to leave again on wednesday to the rainy country. I really needed these two weeks, I've had a very good time, met relatives, met friends, enjoyed sun, and also met my ex-girlfriend... I was happy to meet her again till I knew that she has already replaced me with somebody else. Perhaps it ain't worth to have another chance after 8 years we stayed together?! Fair enough, you've chosen your way, I'll choose mine! Goodbye!

In Ireland I missed too much the warmth and the sun of the italian summer, and now I am finally enjoying it every moment. On saturday I went to the beach with my friends and also James, a maltese friend working in DERI Innsbruck. We caught some sun (not too much though, we arrived quite late) and then the party started!!
In this place in Marina di Ravenna there are bars on the beach playing music and serving drinks during the night.. too bad at midnight or so they have to stop the music and drinks! The most famous bar among them is called "La Duna degli Orsi" (The bears' dune) but all of them are very good! And also there are always lots of very beautiful girls!!
It was good fun, here we go with some pictures!

Myself and James, windy beach, maybe I should cut my hair?! :PPP


The sunset means... the party can begin!!


Two classmates of mine from the liceo: Silvia and Lorena


Myself with Abba, a crazy friend of mine


The party's over... little talk and then sleep!