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I found that when a WordPress blog doesn’t list all its categories with posts, the reason probably is because of its current presentation theme. This problem was happening with my private blog: when using the “almost spring 1.2” theme, some categories with posts were NOT listed; the problem went away when reverting to the “Wordpress [...]

Yes, the F1 championship is back! The 2006 season starts at Bahrain. Alex Wurz was the first driver to go to the track, for the first (of two) one hour practice session(s). You can follow the Bahrain GP live, without video, via Eurosport. Just click below. http://www.eurosport.com/formula1/bahrain-gp/2006/live_mtc133312.shtml

I watched it on 2006–03–05, Sunday. http://imdb.com/title/tt0368447/ This is a superb “horror” movie. The audio is very good on supporting a dense atmosphere, and all fear is born from the questions the viewer poses, regarding what’s going on, when very little information is available. This is what I call “cerebral horror”. My rating: 8/10

Below is a link to 2006’s Oscars nominees and winners: http://imdb.com/ri/RTE_HP/TOP_BUCKET/31094//features/rto/2006/oscars I didn’t read the list of winners with great attention and I don’t value the Oscars more than I value regular festivals, which is to say, the Oscars have nearly null influence on my opinions. Still, this year’s “best motion picture of the year” [...]

On 2006–02–28, ICANN “renewed” its deal with Verisign (NASDAQ:VRSN), basically delegating on them the running of the .COM hierarchy, by far the most valuable of the Internet’s name spaces. This new contract, yet to be approved  by the U.S. Department of Commerce, will expire in year 2012, but – like the previous contracts – gives [...]

I watched it on 2006–02–27, Monday. http://imdb.com/title/tt0365737/ My rating: 5/10

Today, by chance, I listened to a 11+ years old song: “Dancing in the Dark”, by Bruce Springsteen. That got me thinking about what happened to me, during the last 11 years: I’ve been doing nothing, but dancing in the dark.Few events were “deep” enough to resist the decade: the move out of my parents’ [...]

I watched it on 2006–02–28, Tuesday. http://imdb.com/title/tt0397535/ My rating: 7/10