Cheaters and Spoilers

No one gets hurt... 
Radiohead 

After my first experience as a sentinel during a test, I suddenly realize how poor many of the attempts to cheat and/or communicate are (including mine, of course). Here's what I learned (at your risk).

1. If you act weirdly you definitely get caught after seconds. Do not: look at your friend, stare at the sky, nervously cross your legs, and so on. Do not whisper. Do not be stupid.
2. Instead, if you need help from your friend sitting next to you, be smart enough to define a symbolic language before the exam. Make it evident that you're asking for a rubber, then replace "have a rubber?" with "capital of India?". Your smart friend nods and says "New Delhi". No one gets hurt. You get your answer seamlessly. Even too easy.

Changing the subject, cool stuff was published today! Enjoy the spoiler below, then go here for details. Ciao :)

(Caidagram example)

Once Again, Goodbye

I don't mind all your bad weather 
The Donkeys 

Time is over. From now on, no matter where I live, I will miss at least two places in the world. Thank you SoCal (and Northern California too! check out the video I made below), it was like sooooo ààà!wesome.

A new chapter is waiting...

The European Pilgrimage

I was just guessing at numbers and figures 
pulling the puzzles apart 
Coldplay 

The concept of day before leaving keeps teasing my subconscious, so here I am with a new entry before flying back (is back the right word anyway?) to San Diego. Online check-in, baggage optimization, tedious checklists & co are yet to be done, but I can still handle a little update.

Rome welcomed me (back?) in October with a cold and sunny weather, which happens to be my favorite combo. I got over the jetlag right on time and passed the admission test for a PhD at Roma Tre University! Then I went (back?) to Amsterdam and fell in love again with the city, no matter how rainy or windy it is. Spent two weeks at the NCC working in preparation for the RIPE meeting, had a great time with old and new people. Finally flied (back?) to Rome and attended RIPE61 in a fancy venue called Westin Excelsior; also contributed giving a small talk at the MAT working group about the stuff I did at CAIDA, gathered precious feedback and interest in my work, collected business cards, got a clearer picture about future projects and collaborations. And had a crazy blast at the social events...

Time to go. See you at the next eve!

(Westin Excelsior, Rome.)