Skype refused to launch today – failed with Disk I/O error. Had to delete the whole ~/Library/Library/Application Support/Skype/ folder to return it back to life.
But, on re-launch, Skype started to eat 20% of CPU – probably generating all caches/downloading avatars/… we just deleted. Hey, let’s find out what the Skype is actually accessing on a hard disk. How hard can it be to monitor that?
Open the terminal and type in a command:
sudo fs_usage -f filesys | grep -i skype | grep stat
Wanna share a nice little hack I’ve developed recently – how to re-charge a 1.5 volts watch alkaline battery, or in my case – cycling computer cell (L1142, LR43 1.5 volts). Haven’t found one in a corner shop, so decided to make my one to live a bit longer. It’s not recommended to re-charge alkalines – use this trick on your own risk, please!
Okay, the things we need:
Input: Old Canon pocket camera + CHDK firmware add-on on SDCard
Ciao a tutti! – Hiya all!
This is the last part about Italian modal verbs. But first let’s refresh our memory. We know 3 modal verbs (verbi modali) and theirs forms:
Today we’ll talk about fourth modal verb (or modal helper) – sapere (know/know how/can). Typical usage – we know and can do something well:
See, looks somehow similar to potere examples. But sapere and potere are different. Later we’ll see that. Continue reading
Ciao a tutti! – Hello everybody!
We continue our Italian studies. From lessons 7 (potere) and lesson 8 (volere) we know, that there are 4 modal verbs in Italian (3 + 1 helper verb):
Ciao a tutti! Sono Taras – Hi everybody, I’m Taras.
È voi? – And you?
Okay, as we know already, there are 3 modal verbs + 1 semi-modal helper in Italian:
Ciao a tutti! – Hello all!
Last time we tried to learn 10 new verbs and all theirs forms. And, I know, it’s a lot of words, and it’s difficult. Happily, there’s a trick how to build sentences in Italian easily – sentences with modal verbs (Verbi Modali).
There are 3 modal verbs in Italian + 1 semi-modal helper:
Buongiorno!
Here you’ll find all verbs from Lesson 6 – answers for the homework. Reference tables only.
Ciao a tutti! Sono Taras. È voi? – Hello everyone, I’m Taras. And you?
As we know from previous lesson 5, there are 3 type of verbs in Italian: ending on -are, -ere and -ire. Like parlare (to speak), scrivere (to write) and aprire (to open). Today we gonna learn how to transform the third type of verbs, ending on -ire.
Our today’s examples: partire (to leave), dormire (to sleep), aprire (to open).
Ciao a tutti! Sono professore d’Italiano :) He-he, I’m kidding.
As we know, verbs in italian change their’s form in conjunction with different pronouns. We already know how to change the verbs ending on -are: parlare, studiare, amare. But, not all italian verbs end on -are!
There are 3 types of verbs in Italian:
Each type has it’s own transformation rules. And this is something that we need to remember.