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Last weekend (a.k.a. June 29th, 2025), I decided to go on a hike with some relatives. I live at the valley floor of the Adige Valley, and the heat these days has been almost unbearable — so we thought, why not escape to the mountains? We chose the Tonale Pass, which sits at around 1800 meters, and planned a descent to Ponte di Legno, a charming village in Lombardy. Since the route was downhill, we assumed it would be an easy and refreshing walk… but we were wrong! The trail was almost entirely exposed to the sun, with barely any shade along the way. When we finally reached Ponte di Legno, we had a surprise waiting for us: no buses run on Sundays. So we had to take the cable car back up to Tonale Pass — definitely more expensive than a bus ride! Once there, we decided to go even higher to get some fresh air and hopefully cool down : we took the second and third cable cars up to Passo Presena, reaching an altitude of 3000 meters above sea level. The view was spectacular. On the opposi...

Hiking from Costabrunella Lake to Forcella Magna During this week, I took advantage of a weekday break to go hiking in the mountains. My goal was to complete my personal exploration of the orographic right side of Val Malene . The hike starts from Malga Sorgazza . The first stop is at Lake Costabrunella , then we continue to Forcella delle Buse Todesche and finally to Forcella Magna . I had already done most of the route, but I was missing the section between the lake and Forcella delle Buse Todesche. There are two trails connecting Forcella Orsera to Buse Todesche: one easier, which we followed, and a more interesting but possibly more challenging one (the Sentiero delle Trincee ), which I’ve saved for next time. As I’ve already written in other posts, these places are important for several reasons related to the First and Second World Wars . At Costabrunella, there was resistance during WWII , while the rest of the route holds memories of WWI. Traces of the war can still b...

Photo Treasure Hunt in Val Campelle On Saturday, May 24, 2025, we decided to go hiking once again in the beautiful Val Campelle. The day started beautifully, with clear skies and only some remaining snow cover on the north-facing slopes at higher altitudes. To make the trip more exciting, I organized a Photo Treasure Hunt ! Game Rules and Challenges Each participant received a list of items to photograph. In addition to the main photo list, there were opportunities to earn extra points : Each participant was given a secret word in Morse code to decode and photograph something related to it. Three short learning moments were planned, each under 5 minutes, followed by a quiz question (1 extra point for correct answers): Geography: Understanding where we are, cardinal directions, and the relative position of nearby locations. Botany: How to identify three tree species: Larch ( Larix decidua ) Silver fir ( Abies alba ) ...

I started using Linux as my operating system many years ago — I believe it was in the early 2000s. Over the years, I’ve used several distributions, from Mandrake Linux to Ubuntu and Debian. Currently, my favorite is Manjaro Linux with the KDE desktop environment. For most of this time, I used the default Bash shell, but for the last 2–3 years I’ve been using Oh My Zsh — partly because I also have a Mac, and I installed it there as well. Most of the commands I know in the terminal I originally studied many years ago. That’s why I’ve added 5 minutes to my daily routine to either review a Linux command or learn a new one. I’m doing the same for Oh My Zsh aliases and functions — with the help of ChatGPT. Below, I’ve included the commands in a table. Linux One Command Per Day Command Description Examples tldr Get command description. tldr ls bat ...

A quick update to share my recent sports experiences, from running races to cross-country skiing adventures! 🏃 Running Results Date Event Distance Time Ranking Reflection 2021-09-05 Marcialonga Coop (staffetta) 2024-09-07 Marcialonga Coop (staffetta) 2024-10-06 Trento Half Marathon Half Marathon 1:49:27 2025-02-16 Romeo e Giulietta run (Verona) Half Marathon 1:44:14 . 2025-03-02 Termal Bologna Marathon 30km 2:39:00 ...

In these days, I have had the need to run several jobs on a High-Performance Computing (HPC) system. Specifically, I wanted to perform multiple kriging simulations with the GEOFrame hydrological modeling system. GEOFrame already supports parallel processing, so each job can perform multiple simulations simultaneously using a topology file—typically synthetic to avoid unnecessary waits at leaf nodes. To further accelerate the workflow, I split my topology into multiple files and submitted each as part of an array job. Below, I share some useful commands, starting with the PBS file for submitting array jobs. Each simulation file is named grap${PBS_ARRAY_INDEX} , where ${PBS_ARRAY_INDEX} varies from 1 to 90. PBS Array Job Submission Example: #!/bin/bash #PBS -l select=1:ncpus=20:mem=30GB #PBS -N kriging_array_1 #PBS -m abe #PBS -M my_mail@mail.com #PBS -l walltime=03:00:00 #PBS -J 1-90 #PBS -q myQueue module load jdk-11.0.1 cd /home/daniele.andreis/articolo_kriging/ SIM...