Archives for: 2009
Humans and the evil bit
December 27th, 2009The evil bit is a construct introduced as a joke in the realm of computer networks, but it doesn't mean that the idea cannot be recycled and applied elsewhere. I will explain how it can be used in the context of human relationships.
You can refer to W… more »
Keeper4 - susţine producătorul autohton
December 18th, 2009Într-un viitor apropiat o nouă aplicaţie va deveni publică - Keeper; download.
Keeper e un program care rezolvă următoarea problemă - protejarea datelor importante, astfel încât numai tu să ai acces la ele, în orice circumstanţe. Aceasta este util atu… more »
Omniflex
December 4th, 2009Eu sunt vântul
ce-ţi joacă în păr,
atunci când îţi şoptesc.
Eu sunt frunza
ce îţi cade în cale,
când la tine gândesc.
Sunt melodia
pe care-o auzi,
atunci când îţi cânt.
Eu sunt acela
ce te-ncălzeşte,
cînd îmbraci un veşmânt.
Eu sunt… more »
Ghicitoare
November 15th, 2009În ape calde se topeşte
gheţarul alb pe care stau.
Simt, marea tălpile îmi scaldă,
în grabă fac un salt fatal.
În jur - bucăţile de gheaţă
se sfarmă, se rostogolesc...
Se pierde una după alta -
eu pot doar să privesc.
Se spală puncte de pe pâ… more »
Bedtime stories with a twist
November 15th, 2009Mankind has a problem many problems, some of them can be fixed. Some can be fixed quickly, some will take a long time. Education is one of the most effective solutions, not only because it develops problem-solving skills, but also because it helps preven… more »
Others can be right too
November 4th, 2009I think I know the cause behind a great subset of mankind's problems - lack of trust in other people. The story is very simple - most of us choose to use a "blacklist by default" policy. It means that when you're in a disagreement with someone, you are l… more »
When cheating is not cheating
October 24th, 2009Cheating is bad, I guess everyone agrees with that. However, cheating is still a part of our lives, even if we openly state that the practice itself is not good. How come? I think I have an answer.
Note: although the article is about cheating in the ac… more »
On smoking, drinking and keeping hands in pockets
October 14th, 2009I think I know why people smoke, it occurred to me when I was thinking about an answer for "why do I keep my hands in my pockets [while everyone around me is dancing]?".
I attended a trance music festival, several DJs were invited and each of them pla… more »
Metacronoflex
September 30th, 2009O veşnicie am degringolat
În gânduri şi-n dureri.
Ca piatra am fost şlefuit
de răni şi de neplăceri.
Am hotărât să născocesc
un mod de-a ne salva.
Eu timpul vreau să-l stăpânesc,
să-ncerc să schimb ceva.
Am meditat. Am inventat.
Lucrează...… more »
The write right rite
September 15th, 2009Before:After:Great! How do I do that?Update: you can download the video of the lecture from blip.tv - it does not contain subtitles, they are still a 'work in progress'. If you can offer some help with the process, it would be great… more »
Experimentul
September 12th, 2009Experimentul s-a-ncheiat
şi moartă e lumina-n coridor.
Ciulini roiesc confuz în hol
şi liniştea e în laborator.
***
Doar vântul se strecoară,
prin găuri ruginite
şi ropotul de ploaie
din când în când se simte.
Nici urmă de un suflet,
demu… more »
Ask and you shall find answers
September 12th, 2009This is a collection of keywords people used to find the site, keywords that were phrased as questions that had no obvious answer in any of my articles.
To keep things simple, this is nothing but a Q&A.
English
What alternatives do i have… more »
Story about mums
September 10th, 2009This story is about mums.
I was happy to find out that you like chrysanthemums, and you didn't notice that, but... a light-bulb has immediately flashed above my head, right then I knew what my next step in the devious scheme will be.
No, you're wro… more »
Partea unui vis
September 3rd, 2009Odată m-am trezit
de partea incorect-a unui vis.
Am înţeles că am greşit,
dar drumul înapoi era închis.
Să fi uitat biletul undeva?
Credeam că mă va ţine minte!
Îi explicam: miroase haina mea =
parfum de pe-ale ei veşminte!
Obrazu-mi era cald… more »
Şi aer ajungea puţin
September 2nd, 2009Ţineam să-ţi spun atât de multe,
din zori pân' seară să-ţi şoptesc,
să mă desfac în palma-ţi caldă
şi-n ochii tăi să mă topesc.
Credeam că timpul n-are capăt
şi aer ne-ajungea puţin,
dar mai aveam o veşnicie
să ne-mpletim un nou destin.
Şi as… more »
Thankful
August 31st, 2009When I got myself a heart and a brain
I was very thankful, today I complain.
I’m torn into pieces and falling apart,
oh, why did I choose a brain and a heart?!?
Life would be simple if I had just one,
but carrying both is like carrying none.
I’m… more »
Bug report
August 29th, 2009Dear god, I know you hate me,
despite the fact you don't exist.
Your schemes and traps are so familiar -
you can't surprise me with these twists.
I thought you wished me to be happy,
now I'm in doubt that is the case:
for every puzzle I'm comple… more »
What is it?
August 26th, 2009Vf vg gur jnezgu bs lbhe gbhpu?
Be vf vg gur yvtug bs lbhe fzvyr?
Jung vf vg gung znxrf zr pbzcyrgr?
Jung znxrf zl rkvfgrapr jbegujuvyr?
Creuncf vg'f gur fbhaq bs lbhe ibvpr,
be znlor lbhe fjrrgravat xvff?
Jung vf vg gung znxrf zr pbzcyrgr
naq y… more »
Avalanşa
August 24th, 2009Mă las cuprins de-o avalanşă
atunci cînd eşti la mine-n gînd,
totul se umple de lumină,
mă faci să vreau să cînt.
Pe rîuri de culori păşesc
atunci cînd mîna mea o ţii,
în mine creşte-un curcubeu...
eu vreau ca tu să ştii...
Mă faci să vreau s… more »
Prieten
August 14th, 2009Suflările ce mi-au rămas
la doi le-aş împărţi,
o jumătate mie-mi las,
cealalta ţi-o dau ţie.
A inimii bătăi -
nu mi le iau pe toate,
pe-acestea iarăşi le împart
şi ţie-ţi dau o parte.
Iar chipul tău îl plămădesc
din bune amintiri,
din locur… more »
Deception
August 5th, 2009I don't want you back,
that's where you hit me.
I don't need your eyes,
they have deceived me.
You told me those lies,
trying to trick me.
It almost worked, but
truth has released me.
You are ashamed,
it will take a while
to be true t… more »
Implicit trust vs. explicit trust
July 21st, 2009Make a list of people you trust, and ask yourself if they know that you trust them. Do you think that their attitude towards you depends on the answer to that question?
I think it does, even though the natural conclusion seems to be that it does not,… more »
Goal
July 19th, 2009When I was young
I once decided
to use what I
had learned in school,
and write a poem
so terrific,
to show the world
I'm not a fool.
A fool I was,
for in my poem
I made a couple
of mistakes.
I told myself
that real poets
never make mistak… more »
Mistakes
July 13th, 2009I haven't made enough mistakes
for I have never missed a class.
Today, I'm reaping the reward -
I failed the most important test.
I thought I learned,
but I'm a fool, and
barely now I understand,
that all this time
I built and ruled
a tiny ca… more »
Rain
July 13th, 2009Why do I cry when it rains?
Maybe I'm hiding my pain?
I don't want the world to know
about the mistakes I have made.
It hurts me so much that
I'm bleeding inside...
The universe knows
and cries by my side...
(previously unpublished) more »
What women really want
July 12th, 2009Having harvested some knowledge in this field, I think it is time for me to share my wisdom and tell you what I discovered. My entire experience has been distilled into a simple bulleted list. Note that this information is very very valuable, handle it w… more »
My left hand
July 6th, 2009It's time for an experiment - this time it is about turning a right-handed person into an ambidextrous one, but with a twist (tm).
My inability to use the left hand efficiently becomes evident in the context of a badminton deathmatch*; when the right… more »
Cherry picker
July 2nd, 2009It is a pity that I write
only when skies turn dark in hue,
that only sadness makes it out
as crawling ink on paper-blue.
When I'm with you, thoughts fly away,
not grief nor cold can shade my day.
You make me shine, I forget pain
and writing too… more »
Wary plod
June 28th, 2009There was a time,
when life
was measured in time
between "now"
and the weekend…
When I would get up
in the morning, feeling
already weakened...
Counting the days
to the moment that
I find the piece
that would bring me peace...
***
Lo a… more »
My day
June 25th, 2009How am I supposed
to live one more day?
When you, and your warmth
are somewhere away...
When objects around me
and things that I do,
just keep on reminding -
how much I miss you...
I have to survive,
I have to get through!
Remember, my hea… more »
Some interesting etymologies
June 17th, 2009If I were a Roman or a Greek, I'd probably laugh my head off every time I encountered a "fancy" word. The meaning of such a word is quite obvious if you can parse it and see the words "underneath" it. Once you can do that, many words become trivial: "the… more »
Eter
June 12th, 2009Niciodată n-am avut coşmaruri,
şi-n vis zburam, păşeam pe nori...
Dar într-o zi de primăvară,
am învăţat cum e să ai fiori.
Pleoape grele dimineaţa
ca o ancoră m-au legat,
nu pot să mişc un ochi, o mână,
şi gândul e încătuşat.
Cu ciob de stic… more »
Stropi
June 8th, 2009Aprilie, e gheaţă,
şi iarna a venit.
Eu mâna mi-o-ncălzesc
un text scriind grăbit.
Soarele-i cu dinţi,
el liniştea mi-o fură,
locul nu-mi găsesc,
în jur e frig şi ură.
Stropii cad încet,
spărgându-se de-asfalt
se scurg ca amintirile,
una d… more »
De ce India ne arată degetul?
May 24th, 2009Ce au în comun aceşti oameni?
Această femeie pare a fi fericită, nu? Posibil că asta are vre-o legătură cu degetul pe care ni-l arată.
Aici vedem o altă femeie, care nu pare atât de fericită, dar ne arată şi ea ceva - o mână.
Un bărbat,… more »
GNOME survey
May 18th, 2009In the recent past a survey was held among GNOME users, the results are available - Gnome 3.0 General Sociological Research.
Some of the details are interesting, this information can be helpful. I am particularly proud of the fact that most Gnomers ar… more »
Un cântec gratuit de la Moby
May 4th, 2009În viitorul apropiat Moby va lansa un album nou - "Wait for me". Dacă lucrurile evoluează conform planului, albumul va fi disponibil în ziua de 30 iunie.
Între timp, putem copia gratuit piesa "Shot in the back of the head" în format MP3.
Aici puteţ… more »
Without you
May 3rd, 2009Imagine a world without colour,
or one with no concept of taste,
your mouth's always dry and the sorrow
turns every thought into waste.
A world where an action is useless,
for no one is there to enjoy
the benefits of all your eff… more »
Prietenii
April 18th, 2009Doru-i cu mine de-i seara târziu,
Simt,
Că sunt unul într-un pustiu.
Singurătatea o salut dimineaţa.
Poate e noapte?
Nici în oglindă un zâmbet, o faţă.
Liniştea e lângă mine de-i zi.
Nu vrea să tacă?
Nici ecoul nu-l pot auzi. more »
How to choose a laptop
April 13th, 2009This article will help you make a choice when buying a laptop. It is not a universal laptop buying guide, because in each case we pursue different objectives so there is no "one size fits all" laptop to choose. However, this guide serves as a starting po… more »
How to enable Task Manager and Registry Editor
March 29th, 2009Most modern malware has the bad habit of disabling basic system tools, to prevent the user from cleaning the system. In the previous article I described how a malicious program can disable safe mode, but there are two targets that are much more common th… more »
Pentru cine?
March 27th, 2009How to make safe mode work again
March 23rd, 2009As malware is getting more widespread, it is also getting nastier and it is more difficult to return a computer to a 100% clean state. Even after you remove all the infected files and malicious modules, some things still don't work well.
One such feat… more »
Inforail
March 6th, 2009Since not that long ago I became a teacher. I have classes at the Technical University of Moldova - where I used to be a student no more than 3 (or 2?) years ago.
Inforail is a wiki created to enhance the academic experience, for both - my students an… more »
Friends and plans
January 21st, 2009A good friend will never laugh at you when you share your ideas or future plans with them. If they do laugh, be patient and wait until their reaction is followed by helpful suggestions or pointers to weak spots (along with an explanation of why they thin… more »
Dealing with tab bloat, part two
January 9th, 2009After the article on Opera's usability on wide screens was published, I got feedback from a person in Opera's team, and found out that I haven't done my homework well.
Opera is aware of tab bloat, and they offer two solutions; right-click the toolbar,… more »
Tip: remove the taskbar and become more productive
January 4th, 2009Attention is a finite resource; but no matter how hard you try to use it wisely, it is very easy to get distracted in a multi-tasking environment. While some solutions were offered in "Information overload is real", here is another idea which is based on… more »
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