Everybody knows (or should know) what a workaholic is. In short, a person who cannot seem to do anything besides work.
Now, that might seem interesting and you may admire those persons for their dedication, but rest assured, there is nothing to admire here. A person that is obsessed with its work or is always feeling [...]
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1 Mar 10
Workaholics
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14 Feb 10
Trash
We all know that keeping the environment we live in clean is everyone’s responsibility. What most people seem to forget is that it takes very little to litter compared to the time needed to clean it up. Back in Romania it was almost impossible not to see litter almost anywhere: on the streets, in the [...]
6 Feb 10
How to collect Google Analytics stats only for non authenticated users
The problems: you want to collect data about visits to your Wordpress powered blog, but you don’t want to count visits of yourself or any authenticated users (that, of course, contribute to your blog). This problem really exists for small to moderate blogs where Google Analytics not cutting this out can really influence your stats. [...]
26 Jan 10
Change of address
When you’re moving you get a new address. Here in the US there are a couple of places which need to know your new address. Here is a list of them, to serve as my external memory when/if we’ll move again:
the Bank(s) – where you keep your money
your Employer(s)
Postal Service – set up mail forwarding [...]
22 Jan 10
The Dog Powered Shopping Cart
Ever since we moved last time, each shopping trip experience turns into a small hassle when we have to transport the groceries from car to our apartment. The car is in the parking garage on the P2 (-2) floor and our apartment is on the 2nd floor. Due to the fact that we go to [...]
2 Jan 10
New Year’s Resolutions
So, a New Year begins. In the spirit of improving, almost everybody takes on some kind of New Year’s Resolution(s) for the new year. Something that will make them a better person, improve their lifestyle or the lives of those around them. See here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Year%27s_resolution
List of popular resolutions:
http://www.usa.gov/Citizen/Topics/New_Years_Resolutions.shtml
To me it seems a bit lame to do [...]
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 there [...]
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 as yogurt gets [...]
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 [...]
11 Dec 09
Vovinam Viet Vo Dao
You know when something happens that reminds you of something that you used to do and enjoy in the past?
This sort of thing happened to me this previous weekend when I was shopping (ironic, isn’t it?). I assisted to a martial arts demonstration. The martial art in this case was Vovinam Viet Vo Dao, a [...]
6 Dec 09
Geocaching
Few thoughts about an interesting activity that I’ve picked up lately: geocaching.
It’s about finding hidden containers based on their GPS coordinates (in a nutshell – basic version). May sound easy, but the real terrain looks a bit different than you see it on the web. Also may sound easy, but the precision with which the [...]
6 Dec 09
The Uber Auto Insurance
These are some tough times we’re going through. At least that’s what the media is telling us, constantly fueling the panic.
In this sea of bad things and unhappy people, saving money seems like the only logical thing you can try to do to survive. One of the big expenses you have each month is the [...]
21 Sep 09
Proud to be a … Nigerian?
Two headlines caught my eyes:
Sony changes advert after complaints from Nigerian government
District 9 Banned in Nigeria
Basically, Nigerian authorities taking action against some things that damage Nigeria’s image in the World.
To tell the truth, I’m impressed of how oficials from Nigeria stood up for their country(and people) and wish I would see some kind of action [...]
13 Sep 09
Chrome Commercial
Just saw (on hulu) a brilliant (in my opinion) Google Chrome commercial.
Here it is:
It’s brilliant (everything that uses cats is), I’m sure it didn’t cost shitloads of money and it makes you want to try the new browser. Mission accomplished.
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