VeniceblogAbout Venice, Italy.Hackers Pull Down the City of Venice's Website- December 24, 2005 At this writing, here's what you see when you visit the website of the Comune di Venezia, the city's official site (click on it for an enlargement): What it says, in effect is: Because of an attack perpetrated by unknown...http://veniceblog.typepad.com/veniceblog/2005/12/hackers_pull_do.html The Lion of St. Mark- December 24, 2005 Back in the day on Madison Avenue, Tom Quinn and I made commercials together for Tide Laundry Detergent. He was my client at P&G and I was the ad agency account guy. His boss (and my senior client) was an...http://veniceblog.typepad.com/veniceblog/2005/12/the_lion_of_st_.html Lazzaretto Nuovo Turned Over To Venice- December 8, 2005 After a long court battle with military authorities, it was just announced that the Comune of Venezia -- Venice's city government -- has been awarded possession of a little island with a somber past: Lazzaretto Nuovo. It was there, in...http://veniceblog.typepad.com/veniceblog/2005/12/lazzaretto_nuov.html The Geniuses of Topolinia- December 4, 2005 One of the worst acqua altas in recent times ravaged Venice Saturday, with waters cresting at 132 cm, putting roughly 70% of the city under the flood. Heights averaged 50 cm in Piazza San Marco, though a glance at the...http://veniceblog.typepad.com/veniceblog/2005/12/the_geniuses_of.html |