Some trivia, in random order.
- There exists an asteroid 7258 Pettarin,
apparently named after the amateur astronomer Enrico Pettarin. I have no direct connection with him.
I do not have any relationships with Guido Germano Pettarin nor Germano Pettarin too.
- I do not have a Facebook account. So beware about requests for friendship from someone claiming to be me!
(And please do not send me the stock invitation to set up an account.)
However, I do use LinkedIn.
- I was used to play tennis on the beautiful clay courts of my hometown but after a knee accident I switched to amateur road biking.
During the 2003 season I covered nearly 10,000 Km.
- I enjoy good food (but I cannot eat seafood), cooking (especially baking cakes and pastry in general), visiting art museums and collections,
reading (preferring essays over novels and poetry) and watching spaghetti western movies or Sergio Leone movies.
- During summer I am used to trek in the Dolomites.
- I really enjoy learning about linguistics, typography and human traditions across different cultures, especially drinking some good tea or coffee.
- First PC: Olivetti with an 8088 Intel processor (4.33 MHz), 512 KB RAM, 20 MB HDD, EGA 16 colors graphic card (circa 1990).
- Current PCs: Dell XPS M1330 and Lenovo ThinkPad X120e (replacing my Asus EeePc S101).
- A valid English anagram of my name and surname is triptane bloater.
- I am a founder member of the eBook Club Italia, a nonprofit organization that promotes Digital Reading in Italy.
- You can find a list of my projects in electronic publishing here.
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