Italy -- October 7, 2025

 This has nothing to do with "us," but I would love to share it with you.

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Arduino

Link here. Even the wiki entry is too "challenging" to read, but this snippet was interesting:

Arduino is in the news today because it was just acquired by Qualcomm. 

As good as being there, today. Across the alcove from me, on the wall -- La Victoria Arduino. Wiki.

Ivrea is a city / neighborhood in Turin, Italy, the major Italian city in the northwest arm of the country:

"Piedmont" -- simply a fancy name for foothills. 

I think I became most cognizant of the "piedmont" when reading about the clay in North Carolina some months ago -- maybe a year ago -- but time passes quickly.

The Piedmont, one of twenty regions in Italy; its capital is Turin. 

Going deeper into this rabbit hole. I recall Turin being mentioned early in the Covid-19 pandemic ... curious ... 

 Absolutely fascinating.

 Oh, back to where I started, full circle:

This is not simply idle chatter -- well, I suppose it is -- I've been in Italy many, many times -- but I don't think I've ever been to Turin, but I've been close. Wow, I miss Italy.