So I finally saw Avatar. Seeing the movie started as an idea somewhere the previous week. We went to the cinema to find out that all the shows were sold out. Crap. With our lesson learned, the second time we bought the tickets online. We went to the cinema 1 hour before the movie started [...]
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Browsing the blog archives for December, 2009
27 Dec 09
Food Content and Labels
Ever wondered how the caloric value for different foods is measured? I mean, everything must have a neat label that informs you, the consumer, about the contents and caloric value of the product you’ve just picked up in your friendly neighborhood (or not) supermarket. But how are those values established ? Well, it seems that [...]
27 Dec 09
Pictures from Multiple Cameras in Chronological Order
Small annoyance I’ve run into: Having 2 photo cameras on a field trip, taking pictures in parallel with them, needing to put pictures in a chronological order (scenario is applicable, for example, in case you go on a trip with some friends and everybody takes pictures using personal camera. You want to create a web [...]
26 Dec 09
Greek Yogurt
A discovery made since going on a diet: greek yogurt. What makes it special is the amount of protein it has compared to normal yogurt (roughly double of that normal yogurt!). Here is my favourite brand: http://www.fageusa.com/products.aspx?prevSect=home#/products/zero I know it’s pink and the name isn’t the most fortunate one, but nutrition-wise it is as good [...]
26 Dec 09
Calories. Counting. (Losing weight saga – 6)
Here is another post about my quest to lose weight This one is about the importance of measuring and logging what you eat. Yep, as boring as it may sound (at it is) counting the calories and the content of the foods you eat can be a major success factor in losing weight, eating healthier [...]
22 Dec 09
The Wait
There were some times when The_Wait used to by the drive label for the E drive for my desktop computer. This was derived from a Metallica song (actually a cover) that you can listen to here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8t2dJZRRW0 This is not about either of these. It’s about an actual wait in line at Best Buy. So [...]
21 Dec 09
The 3 stages of a diet (Losing weight saga – 5)
Here is another post about my quest to lose weight Although we’re talking about a diet the 3 stages can be applied to any change that you want to make. The 3 stages are: 1) The honeymoon stage 2) The frustration stage 3) The acceptance stage To give an example, let’s say that starting tomorrow [...]
18 Dec 09
Do you know what “to google” means?
Once again, a wonderful story about human interaction, this time with someone in the leasing office of the apartment complex I live in. Couple of days ago, I got a bill [water and sewer] and after a short decision making process I ‘decided’ I should pay it. Easier said than done. I had, of course [...]
13 Dec 09
Taboo – Money Making
Introduction here: http://theromaniandream.com/blog/2009/07/17/taboo/ Today’s topic: Money Making in the US The way people view and treat money is pretty much the same as back in the Romania. No matter how many money you have it’s never enough. What sets apart people with money in the US from people with money in Romania is the background. [...]
13 Dec 09
Driving skills
Do you know someone who has really bad driving skills? Someone you’re afraid to get in the cat with, if he/she is driving? Of course you do. Everybody knows someone like that. This person I’m talking about not only cannot pay attention to everything that happens on the road – or maybe I just have [...]
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