Computer help desk prank makes Italian overnight star
by Nicole Martinelli Retired factory worker Salvatore Zedda, 58, makes for an unlikely pop star. However unlikely, his “song,” a sampling of calls he made to the help desk of an Internet provider made...
View ArticleHeadless journo sparks debate
A portrait of combative, former-combat journalist Oriana Fallaci sans head went up recently in Milan. Dubbed “Decapitated Oriana” by the papers, protesters picketed the gallery where it is part of a...
View ArticleLeonardo Da Vinci’s Artificial Limb Comes To Life
Five hundred years ago, Renaissance inventor Leonardo Da Vinci put his hand to designing an artificial leg. An Italian museum dedicated to his inventions in his Tuscan birthplace, Vinci, recently...
View ArticleItalian Mobster’s Prison Paintings For Sale Online
Sicilian mafia turncoat Gaspare Mutulo, recently in the headlines for revealing a kidnapping plan aimed at Silvio Berlusconi, used his time in jail to paint. His lawyer Silvio Nistico’ has put 20 of...
View ArticleEurope Tests a New Tsunami Monitor
Accurate, timely tsunami alert systems have proved more elusive than the Loch Ness Monster, but a new prototype testing the waters in the Atlantic may change that. Three-ton Italian-designed Geostar...
View ArticleCrooked! Donald Trump’s most recent insults as a word cloud
UPDATE: The Times is still tracking the list of insults — as of January 2017 it grew to 305 — and added a visualization that shows the kinds of people and things most frequently insulted. (Spoiler...
View ArticleLooking at the world through “Red Lines: Maps that recount our world”
SAN FRANCISCO — Federico Rampini wants everyone to play with maps. The veteran foreign correspondent – Brussels, Beijing, New York – has been drawing red lines on maps to reveal more about present,...
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