Lancia returned in 1983 with an improved 037 Rally Evoluzione, but the car was no longer competitive with the Audi Quattro Evolution A1. The consequence was that Lancia started with project 038: a bespoke WRC car with AWD. The design of this new car could not be based on the 037, since the Montecarlo was discontinued in 1983 and the next thing that Lancia had available was the Delta family of compact cars. … More A monsters story.
“I never knew the charm of spring I never met it face to face I never knew my heart could sing I never missed a warm embrace Till April in Paris, chestnuts in blossom Holiday tables under the trees April in Paris, this is a feeling That no one can ever reprise I never knew … More November in BA
When I was an 8-year-old kid, my grandfather called and invited me to listen to his new record. It was a vinyl recording of Ludwig van Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. I don’t remember which version was or what orchestra performed it, or which director was at the helm. All those details were meaningless for that 8-year-old … More The Ninth
Last Friday I was doing some research for my next article (it feels so good either writing or telling this phrase) when suddenly a message appeared in my LinkedIn account.It had been sent by a Pakistani process automation engineer that was working installing some electrical equipment in an industrial plant located somewhere in the south … More An unexpected phone call
This story was inspired by a discussion thread in a sci-fi Facebook group. … More The present
“Space Oddity” was the first Bowie song that I heard, it was haunting, beautiful and otherwordly. I heard it while looking for new stuff for the “radio” that was my responsibility in high school in the early eighties. The’”white thin duke” trend and fad still had to come. In those years I was a weird, … More Good bye Major Tom, give Ziggy my best regards…
A few weeks ago, in order to get my family updated regarding Star Wars background details, we went through the original trilogy via Netflix. And after watching all the classic sequences, I started to think about the lessons in Process Automation that can be extracted from the original trilogy. No, really, I’m not under the influence … More What can Star Wars teach us about Process Safety, seriously.
At 5 past 7 on the 25th day of an unknown month, my analog wristwatch, a heavy piece of precision machinery made of stainless steel and scratch proof cristal, had stopped working. This simple story could have been absolutely irrelevant to most of the people I know. For me it represented a particularly significative event. … More The day I realized I’d gone digital
Mirko's points and mumblings 