De rerum vitae

laugh

2006-02-17T19:13:00.000+01:00

Laugh out loud. Any time you can, especially if you are alone.

genius

2006-02-16T23:30:00.000+01:00

If I had a genius in my pocket... what?

life

2006-02-15T23:09:00.000+01:00

Rock'n'roll your life baby!

hate

2006-02-14T17:09:00.000+01:00

Hate it, kill it.

myself

2006-02-13T14:59:00.000+01:00

I truly believe in myself.

pluf

2006-02-12T11:11:00.000+01:00

Pluf, pluf
Life, sometimes goes plus.

~ Les Wriggles

worried

2006-02-11T09:59:00.000+01:00

When you worry, you make it double.

~ Bobby McFerrin

senseless

2006-02-10T12:05:00.000+01:00

Senselessly falling and rising, that's life.

waste

2006-02-09T19:05:00.000+01:00

Enjoy wasting time.

dream

2006-02-08T19:56:00.000+01:00

Work less, dream more.

~ unknown

better

2006-02-07T13:31:00.000+01:00

I'm nothing so good. I'm better.

clowns

2006-02-06T09:41:00.000+01:00

You are a few clowns short of a circus.

~ unknown

happiness

2006-02-05T13:14:00.000+01:00

To be happy would be so boring.

art

2006-02-04T16:15:00.000+01:00

An artist is not such because he makes pieces of art, but because his mind is art.

tomorrow

2006-02-03T14:38:00.000+01:00

Tomorrow is here.

nonsense

2006-02-02T23:01:00.000+01:00

A little nonsense here and there freshens the mind.

ok

2006-02-01T18:01:00.000+01:00

Anything else would also be ok.

kindness

2006-01-31T15:26:00.000+01:00

Practice random kindness.

~ unknown

anyway

2006-01-30T18:09:00.000+01:00

Do it anyway.

~ unknown

wanted

2006-01-29T14:05:00.000+01:00

It's God that wanted me.

~ Paglia

attachments

2006-01-28T18:38:00.000+01:00

Dad: How do you attach letters to an email.
Son: OK, click on the picture of the paperclip.
Dad: OK, done that.
Son: Where is the letter you want to attach?
Dad: In my hand.
Son: ...

~ unknown

task

2006-01-27T19:26:00.000+01:00

A task for today: write something. Anything. About you and somebody you really hate. Then write something more. Then talk about your cat.
When you finish throw everything away and send me a picture.

universe

2006-01-26T13:34:00.000+01:00

When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you achieve it.

~ Coelho

love.2

2006-01-25T09:06:00.000+01:00

Love is about friendship.

detective

2006-01-24T09:18:00.000+01:00

Today I've hired a detective to track me down.

~ unknown

belief

2006-01-23T12:31:00.000+01:00

I don't believe, I know. And who will disagree?

faith

2006-01-22T14:29:00.000+01:00

I really admire those of you with a true sense of faith, because that is something that I will truly never be able to understand.

~ pchis

cold

2006-01-21T14:04:00.000+01:00

If it's cold, you wear warm and you'll be ok.

~ Piotr

comfort

2006-01-20T17:06:00.000+01:00

To become a celebrity will comfort me.

~ Pacifico

something

2006-01-19T13:13:00.000+01:00

I guess most of the time we just float on. And there ain't nothing bad with that. But from time to time it's also good to actually do something, like sleeping or watching the snow falling.

sometimes

2006-01-18T10:05:00.000+01:00

Shit happens.
And sometimes it becomes president.

~ Unknown

sacrifice

2006-01-17T23:05:00.000+01:00

Some of you may die, but it's a sacrifice I am willing to make.

~ Lord Farquaad

woodchuck

2006-01-16T09:06:00.000+01:00

How much wood a woodchuck could chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

~ Chuck Norris' girlfriend to Chuck Norris

either

2006-01-15T12:53:00.000+01:00

Either something great is going to happen to you tonight, or not.

sense

2006-01-14T13:32:00.000+01:00

- Why did you accept his challenge?
- Because he'll loose.
- How are you gonna beat him?
- We can't.
- You are not making any sense...
- Ok.

~ Ocean's twelve

intricacies

2006-01-13T15:45:00.000+01:00

- I'm just another human being caught up in the intricacies of the world.
- That's funny... you sound like a twat to me.

~ unknown

mosquitoes

2006-01-13T02:01:00.000+01:00

I will never forgive Noah for allowing those two mosquitoes into the ark.

~ Bastardidentro.it

end

2006-01-12T15:37:00.000+01:00

I want to end up upside-down.

walls

2006-01-11T19:58:00.000+01:00

Have you seen the Great Wall?
All walls are great, if the roof doesn't fall

~ Bjork

I

2006-01-10T21:51:00.000+01:00

Nobody cares, but I do.

sit

2006-01-09T23:25:00.000+01:00

All men's trouble derive from not being able to sit quietly in a room.

~ B. Pascal

equation

2006-01-08T23:55:00.000+01:00

The universe works on a math equation
that never even ever really ends in the end
Infinity spirals out creation

~ Modest Mouse

is

2006-01-08T13:32:00.000+01:00

Money is Time

love

2006-01-07T17:11:00.000+01:00

Nobody's business if I walk, talk, make love, sin, but I'm able to love
Able to live
Able to love

~ Benny Benassi

generation

2006-01-06T21:06:00.000+01:00

If your parents have never had children, chances are you won't either.

x-mas

2006-01-05T12:30:00.000+01:00

I would hate christmas, if it wasn't for those 350 €.

man

2006-01-04T19:19:00.000+01:00

It is not God to create man, but man to create the idea of God.

~ L. Feuerbach

choice

2006-01-04T00:57:00.000+01:00

Given the choice, what do you dream about?

ma frend

2006-01-03T13:17:00.000+01:00

Ma frend, I have to do what I have to do... burp.

~ peppino

black and white

2005-12-27T03:28:00.000+01:00

"Fools will tell you that there can be no honest person! That there are no blacks or whites... That everyone is gray! But if there are no blacks or whites, there cannot even be a gray... since greyness is just a mixture of black and white! So when one knows what is black, evil, and what is white, good, there can be no justification for choosing any part of evil! Those who do so choose, are not gray but black and evil... and they will be treated accordingly!"

~ Mr. A

incredible

2005-12-27T01:51:00.000+01:00

~ Scott McCloud

time

2005-12-25T17:48:00.000+01:00

Time is that quality of nature which keeps events from happening all at once. Lately it doesn't seem to be working.

~ anonimo

haiku

2005-12-24T19:10:00.000+01:00

The skin of women
The one they hide
How warm!

~ Sutejo

De Rerum Vitae Release Roadmap

2004-01-01T18:28:00.000+01:00

This document contains our current thinking about the development of De Rerum Vitae. I mean it. Each milestone is identified by the version number followed by the code name. Please note that the planned release date may (or, most probably, will ) vary.

1.0 "goofy" - ON AIR
Planned release date: by march 2006
Goals: clean the code; fully adhere to standards*; improve accessibility; get comments either every day or for each post (yeah right like it was gonna happen...); ignore IE.
*note: this has been done for as much as it is in my power since I don't have access to the whole code.

2.0 "pro we go" - WILL START DEVELOPING IN A FEW MONTHS OR SO
Planned release date: summer 2006
Goals: totally new cool graphic; independent web server; mailing list; favourites; get comments every day AND for each post; ignore IE.

2.1 "so cool"
Planned release date: unknown
Goals: multiple style sheet (see cssZenGarden); keep ignoring IE.

3.0 "invasion of the world"
Planned release date: unknown
Goals: become an internet big; get the bloggie awards in one or more categories; get a review in a big newspaper; get an invitation for the late night show; march on the streets; found a sept; govern one or more countries; get thousands of comments by web, email, ordinary mail, shouting at the window; kill bill and delete microsoft programs from every computer on earth.

I'm still thinking about interaction with you users (such things as rating the posts, publish posts, submitting your own stylesheet etc.)... In case, I'll let you know.
Should you have any interesting suggestion, write it in the comments.

updated: jan 31, 2006

Site Feed HOW-TO

2004-01-01T00:00:00.000+01:00

Do you want the thoughts published here directly in your mail client, thus avoiding to constantly check the web site?
Here is a brief guide on how to set up a feed for this blog. Since I use Mozilla Thunderbird, this tips refer to it. I do believe that similar procedures can be followed with other mail clients (Opera Mail, Eudoramail, MS Outlook etc.) or news reader (NewsMonster, NewsCrawler, NewsGator etc.). For more information visit the respectives web sites and/or the Blogger's Guide:

Blogger's Guide: What is a site feed?
Blogger's Guide: What is Atom?

URL site feed: http://rerumvitae.blogspot.com/atom.xml

How to set up the feed account in Mozilla Thunderbird:

Click Edit > Account Settings...
Click on Add Account
Choose RSS News & Blogs > Next
Insert the account name > Next > Finish

Now that the account has been created, it is necessary to subscribe to the service. The Account Settings window should still be open:

Choose the account you have just created, then Manage Subscriptions... > Add
Insert here the URL site feed as above, then OK > OK > OK

I would like to extend this mini-guide to other mail clients and news reader. I would appreciate any contribution; please post your guides as a comment and I will add them to the main page.