Archives for: June 2008

Perfection is your enemy, the 80% rule

June 30th, 2008
Look at your to-do list, if you are like me, you'll see that most of the items have the "pending" state (sometimes noted as "x% complete" or "almost done" or "final review required"). Look at the age of each entry, if you are like me, you'll see that… more »

The "make it public" rule

June 26th, 2008
The following rule will help you get out of trouble sooner, or not get in trouble at all. Whenever you are about to decide that you failed, that something has to be canceled, that you have to do X, or that you have to do X instead of Y, imagine that your… more »

Mîine

June 20th, 2008
Cînd cerul albastru Se transformă în plumb, Şi soarele nu se mai vede, Stropi de metal şi durere străpung Liniştea codrului verde. *** Taie, şi rupe din frunzele tale; Fum şi cenuşă, căzute petale... Curge acidul pe scoarţa tulpinii Roş… more »

Privacy în Moldova

June 12th, 2008
Ţinând cont de ultimele evenimente din Moldova, ar trebui să facem unele concluzii şi să anticipăm evenimentele din viitor. Până acum puţini dintre noi s-au ciocnit cu noţiunea de "privacy", pentru că ne putem apăra de inamic setând bitul "hidden" în… more »

Is knowledge finite?

June 10th, 2008
UPDATE: An epilogue and a meta-epilogue were added "All models are wrong; some models are useful" (George Box) Is there a state in which a civilization can say "we know everything there is to know"? Is the chain of discoveries an… more »

Futurama characters in vectors

June 6th, 2008
Although I've finished watching Futurama quite some time ago, and these images were drawn soon afterwards... Somehow I forgot to post them. There you go, Leela and Bender in SVG, feel free to take these apart and apply them in your avatars. (Tu… more »

Tips for (computer science) students

June 4th, 2008
I've compiled a list of key-points which in my opinion, can make a significant difference in one's academic life. Since these days are the days many high-school students will pass their BAC exams and face the problem of choosing a university (i.e. determ… more »

Despre lenevia studenţilor şi elevilor

June 3rd, 2008
Am observat un lucru interesant - tineretul zilei de astăzi nu poate folosi eficient internetul. Poate că nu îşi dau seama că au la dispoziţie o sursă (practic) infinită şi (practic) gratuită de date? E imposibil să fii atât de limitat, e mult mai probab… more »

Infographic wars, noul spot publicitar

June 2nd, 2008
Mi-a plăcut ultima reclamă a berii "Chişinău" pe care am vazut-o la TV, nu pentru ca sunt un fan al berii, ci pentru că stilul ales de autorii spotului publicitar este unul care îmi place - stilul infografic. Aceste ilustraţii sunt nu doar atractive, ci… more »