Artist: The Douglas Frank Chorale
Composer: Orlando di Lasso (Lassus) 1532-1594
Italian–English Translation below

Matona, mia cara, —– My lady, my dear,
Mi folere canzon, —– I want to sing
Cantar sotto finestra, —– A song beneath (your) window,
Lantze buon compagnon. —– (A German) lancer (is a) good companion.
Don, don, don, diri, diri, don, don…

Ti prego m’ascoltare, —– Please listen to me,
Che mi cantar de bon, —– Because I sing well,
E mi ti foller bene, —– And I long for you,
Come greco e capon. —– Like a Greek and (his) chicken.
Don, don, don, diri, diri, don, don…

Comandar alle cazze, —– Command me to go hunting,
Cazzar con le falcon, —– To hunt with my falcon,
Mi ti portar becazze, —– I’ll bring you a woodcock,
Grasse come rognon. —– As fat as a kidney.
Don, don, don, diri, diri, don, don…

Si mi non saper dire, —– If I don’t know how to say,
Tante belle razon, —– All the beautiful phrases,
Petrarcha mi non saper, —– (It’s because) I don’t know Petrarch,*
Ne fonte d’Helicon. —– Nor the springs of Helicon.*
Don, don, don,diri, diri, don, don…

Se ti mi foller bene, —– If you really want me,
Mi non esser poltron, —– I won’t be lazy,
Mi ficcar tutta notte, —– I will fuck all night,
Urtar come monton. —– Thrusting like a ram.
Don, don, don, diri, diri, don, don…

Petrarch (1304-1374) was a poet admired for his love sonnets. Helicon was the mountain where the nine Greek muses of the arts dwelt; poets were supposed to have imbibed from its springs.

The Franco-Flemish composer and singer Orlando di Lasso (Lassus) was one of the most highly respected and revered musicians of his day. More than any other composer of the Renaissance, his works embody the spirit of the cosmopolitan “Renaissance Man.”

Often ranked alongside Palestrina as a principal composer of 16th century sacred music, Lassus also composed a considerable amount of secular compositions, revealing his versatility and excellence in the art of vocal composition. He frequently wrote letters that abruptly switched languages – from Dutch to French, German, Italian and Latin – apparently because he could.

Matona, mia cara, is a wonderful example of Lassus’ ability to go from church composer to a worldly artist. A tedesco in the villanella tradition, this work is a delightfully bawdy depiction of a German mercenary soldier who tries desperately in an unfamiliar language and strange land to win the affections of an Italian lady. Full of puns and imperfect Italian, the rustic setting of the text to music enhances the comic story behind the poem.

S: Sara Botkin, Melissa Raymond, Cynthia Shaw
A: Grace Check, Ariane Reinhart
T: Thom Baker, Marcos Vigil
B: Steve Friedman, Gregg Lauterbach, Mark Sullivan

“The A Cappella Singer” by The Douglas Frank Chorale
Original CD Recorded May 2000 Now Available Digitally
“You’ll love the performers.” – The NY Times
“This CD takes you to another place, another time, and a higher plane. What is most remarkable about this CD, since many of the selections are familiar to conductors and singers, is the truly stunning ensemble performance of these professional singers – I would venture to say transformational – creating music and a recording of it that is special and rare.”

If OpenSSL were a GUI

What if OpenSSL were a GUI program? Here’s what it might look like.

I just wish a Mac OS 9 “Classic” theme for GTK4. B00MERANG made a lot of themes, but not this.

Gustatelo in questa frizzante esecuzione!

Natalie Dessay & Camille – Rossini: Duetto buffo di due Gatti – 2009 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i08Zsaldocc

Che Miaomedonte sia con voi!

Shamelessly stolen from that time-wasting powerhouse named Facebook

Sì, è orrida AI trovata in rete a cavolo.
Ma sì, sarebbero stati perfetti.

Avremmo avuto

• Anche i nani mangiano fagioli
• Chi trova un amico, trova il tesoro
• Mithril joe
• Lo chiamavano Thranduil
• Io non sto con gli urukhai
• Io sto con gli olifanti

La vecchietta digitale che fa perdere tempo ai truffatori telefonici
Daisy è una IA esperta nel combattere gli scammer somministrando loro racconti sconclusionati e storie senza capo né coda.

Da ZeusNews – https://www.zeusnews.it/n.php?c=30609

The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog

use

Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow.

it is a lot cooler, makes you look like a D&D fan and no one will know you are testing out a font!

Risky Implementations: If the pattern is not implemented carefully, there are huge chances that you will end up with large complexity code.

From https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/observer-method-python-design-patterns/

With all the complex code out there having “risky implementations” the observer pattern is one of the mildest.

Perché tutto il mondo sta adorando il vincitore della medaglia d’Argento nella Pistola 10m?

Perché tutto il mondo sta adorando il turco
Yusuf Dikec?

Perché il vincitore della medaglia d’oro…tutto il mondo, non sa manco chi sia?

Perché Yusuf non porta lenti da migliaia di euro ma occhiali presi a 20 euro in farmacia.

Perché Yusuf non indossa costose protezioni per le orecchie che non senti manco i tuoi pensieri….ma indossa un paio di tappetti presi su Amazon in offerta.

Perché Yusuf non ha la classica posa da pistolero ma spara con una mano in tasca, nella quale stringe forte il suo pacchetto di sigarette (ne fumerà una dopo ogni sessione di tiri).

Il Mondo ama Yusuf perché Yusuf si porta addosso quella fottuta “Aura” di cui ti ci puoi solo che innamorare e rimanerne affascinato.

Il Mondo ama Yusuf perché il Mondo non vuole robot che vincono medaglie d’oro…ma ha un disperato bisogno di quelli come Yusuf, i semplici, i sinceri, quelli che passano da quelle parti, sparano, fumano…
e poi vincono l’Argento.

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A me personalmente ricorda Ryo Saeba, il protagonista di City Hunter!