Don't really know why... but for some time now I am more and more interested in physics in general and more specifically in quantum mechanics and string theory... all though this is far away from my field of expertise.
I have been doing a lot of research on the internet... reading a lot of materials... watching a lot of documentaries on this subject... and the more I read the more I want to find out more... It's quite addictive...
Now you would think... why is this so interesting... well maybe because they (the scientist) over time came up with many theories to explain how various things work... mechanics, therodynamics, electromagnetism etc. ... but why are there so many theories and not one to explain everything... why does it have to be so complicated? So they tried to put up a theory (and to demonstrate it) about everything around us... one single theory that rules everything that is happening around us and within us... from the highest level (universe, galaxies etc.) to the smallest level (atoms, particles etc.).
For those of you that have no idea what I am talking about here I recommend that you start by watching this very interesting 3 hour documentary: The Elegant Universe. I explains some of the theories up to the string theory and the birth of the string theory (the theory of everything).
Well I'm going back to my research... Hope I got you interested on the subject :)
Saturday, July 11, 2009
The Elegant Universe
Friday, July 10, 2009
Happy Birthday Tesla
Today is the birthday of Nikola Tesla and looks like the guy at Google didn't forget of him either. :) The father of wireless telegraphy as some would call him, he was Serbian, born in 1856 at Smiljan, back then part of the Austrian Empire.
Inventor and electrical engineer, his patents and theoretical work formed the basics of the AC electrical power systems we all use in our homes nowadays. One of his inventions that I like in particular is the Tesla Coil. Invented in 1891 it could deliver a one million volt AC. Of course mostly used for scientific purposes... some scientists get carried away though... watch the clip and be amazed :)... Tesla would be proud :)
No idea what that was... go and play some Mario Bros... you'll figure it out...
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
The most effective baby-sitting tool
You really enjoy the fact you have younger brother/sister, but sometimes feel you just cannot make him/her calm down when you are left "guard" at home while your parents are away at some party? Well there is a very old tool that can prove to be verrry effective in helping you have a quite and relaxed evening...
If you haven't guessed by now... it's the DUCT TAPE!
A few tips...
- never position head pointing downwards...
- regularly check up on the situation... as you don't want wet wall & floor... or worse... brown sticky stuff on the wall...
In the end your brother/sister might get a bit of sticky skin... but it can all be fixed before parents get back with a bit of shampoo :)
Happy baby-sitting!
Sunday, July 5, 2009
Long Distance Hug
For a far away friend:
Feel like a hug? Go to a park...Read more
Stand by a tree and think of me.
I hug a tree, you hug a tree
Pretend it's you, pretend it's me.
Monday, June 15, 2009
FAILED in translation...!
Well actually the translation might be correct but the sentence chosen... total failure... What the hell am I talking about?
I like Romani... as a language... it sounds... I don't know... different... maybe a little funny to my ear (no offence all you Romani speakers...). So I searched for an online translator... and found this website: Freelang.net. But where's the failure you ask?
Well... while trying to translate some words for a small little project of mine... I ended up searching "clean"... looks like they don't have the word... well at least that's what the dictionary is telling me... whatever... maybe the dictionary is not as complete as I expected it to be...
But wait!!! I see a "random entry from this dictionary"... OMG!!!... It's kind of too... how to put it... sorry... I can not write that here... you'll just have to read it for yourself!
Disclaimer: This post is not intended as an offence to the Romani language or the Romani People, nor do I keep Freelang.net responsible for the mistakes. If anyone feels that this post is offensive in any way to them as part of the Romani community, please feel free to post a comment and I will do my best as to fix the post in order to solve the issue.
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Eco idea
While going through the city yesterday... I got this crazy idea... to make a photo blog about companies that should start their own CSR campaigns... or just give a slap to the companies that do have a CSR campaign... but the results... are not showing any improvement...
How am I going to measure their achievements or the need for a CSR campaign? Well by going every day around the city (already doing this)... and taking a picture of the packages and product wraps I find trashed on the street... one picture with their original position... one picture with it going down the trash can... (photo camera I have.. just have to take it with me and shoot the pictures, upload them on the blog... write a few lines.. maybe say the name of product and producer if the wrap/package is to distorted/damaged... )
My results? Well, as follows:
1. cleaning the city... (it doesn't have to be just one post/product per day)
2. raising awareness on the environmental problem...
3. hopefully convince others to send me their pictures with the "trash" they find... and in this case the second picture is more important, them properly disposing of the "trash"...
With this said... I am taking my camera and heading for my first "victims" (aka trash)...
Gifts Gifts Gifts....
Well now a days we are so busy... days come and go... and... OMG!!! tomorrow is my best friend's birthday.. and I forgot to buy him a gift... well... if only there was an online gift shop that delivered also in Romania... even better, in my city...
Well there is... a couple of days ago I stumbled upon FunGift. They have some nice stuff there... they are based in Constanta, and also deliver anywhere in Romania. You can use your credit/debit cared to pay your order... so it's very convenient.
Clean website, affordable prices... better then going around the city looking for a gift :)
Saturday, May 2, 2009
Romanian Tourism Anthem
Yesterday the Ministry of Tourism launched The Romanian Tourism Anthem.
The song is composed by Marius Moga and performed by Loredana Groza, Smiley, Felicia Filip si Aurelian Temisan.
Along with the Anthem a new brand of Romania has been launched: Romania the land of choice.
Overall it's a good thing that Romania is working on it's brand image... but I think that there are many more things that should be solved before investing some ten thousand Euro in a new image...
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Yildizlar live at ProTV's Happy Hour
Don't remember telling you that I am part of a dance group... but here it goes: "I am part of a traditional Tatar dance group called Yildizlar (The Stars)" :) and here you can see the footage form the live performance my group had on Monday... If you are wondering.. I am not there... I was working :) ...
For more videos and other stuff about the dance group visit our website.
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Put you knowledge to good use
You have extensive knowledge on various computer related activities. Say you want to share this knowledge with others... but you can't just write a book about it... you want to make it visual... not just text on paper... you want to make a video clip showing people what to do... and how to do it...
You can take a webcam an record your screen or buy an expensive screen capture software... or you can choose the free alternative with no hassle to it... ScreenToaster. It's a nice website where you can record your desktop activity with the push of a button.
It uses a nice Java Applet that lets you select the source: full desktop, webcam, VNC server... and also some other options like audio on/off and playback speed..
Afterwards you get your video online... easy to share... embeddable videos...
What more can you ask for :)
Go on.. have a try... record your mind... :P
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Make your website warm and cozy
There are many places where your website/blog can be hosted... but some are better then others... that's why you need to do a little research before you choose one particular place to call it home for your website/blog...
One good way that you can do this is by going through a lot of reviews... and finally getting a headache... NOT... There is an even better place you'd want to visit.. where you can find some of the best website hosting solutions and deals around... Web Hosting Geeks... it's nice little place that has a list of the best ranked hosting providers. They also list the hot deals offered by the providers.. like free $x marketing credit, free domain names, or for those of you who feel like saving the world from greenhouse gases... Eco-friendly Web Hosting...
They also have a dozen awards for the various hosting providers... so if you're a hosting provider and you're not on their list... well... you don't know what you're missing out...
Also the website is packed with knowledge about web hosting... so those of you who didn't understand a word I said in the first half of the post... you might consider going through the available materials on web hosting first...
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Back to work...
Now now... don't think I forgot to make a post about the end of the Rome trip... just that instead of making it a vacation of rest... I got home even more tired than I was before leaving...
So... the rest of the days I spent visiting Naples and Pompeii. Will post here some photos soon.
Also one of the days we went in the Villa Borghese Park and rented bikes... now this is a side story...
My last "adventure" with a bike was in The Netherlands... went to a club with some friends... and the host said that we should go there by car (this father would drive us there), take the bikes with us... he got us some bikes from his neighbours... and we would get back home by bike in the morning after a whole night of partying and drinking... sure thing... only that my previous bike "adventure" was more than 2 years old... but what the heck... they say if you learn how to ride a bike you never forget right? BS... after a lot of beer and a lot of partying... I couldn't ride a bike if it had the tires 5 inches thick... so I had to double ride a bike with one of the more experienced riders... and someone else pulled my bike along side him...
And now I was renting a bike... you would think... what was in my mind... I figured out that now... not being drunk and all... I would be able to properly ride the bike... one think I was sure about... didn't want a regular bike... as I had one when I was little and I would always have trouble with going uphill/downhill ... and the park was kind of on a couple of hills... so I decided to rent a mountain bike... :) good choice indeed... as I got the hang of changing gears quite fast... :) but wait... already changing gears? Yes :) I was on my way in no time... it really was like I always knew how to ride the bike and never forgot... so it really looks like alcohol was screwing my style back in The Netherlands...
Now back to our story...
So... the end of the stay in Rome... I decided it's a good thing to go and see the Fontana di Trevi again... :) So peaceful place... although very crowded... very peaceful... only being there makes you wish you come back again... and again ... and again... and as they say... be careful what you wish for... it might just happen...
Flight back was nice... fast... and back to my sad country...
Stupid taxi drivers... trying to cheat everybody in sight... not that taxi drivers in Rome weren't "smart" too :) they would tax you 2 Euro "bonus" if you got the taxi from the Central Station... and another 1 Euro "bonus" if you had luggage... But our taxi drivers... when we left for Rome... of course we took a taxi to get us to the airport... it cost around 5 Euro... from the apartment to the airport... from the airport to the apartment with a little detour to the train station... and when I mean small it's like another 3 Euro tops from the apartment to the train station... the taxi driver was asking us 10 Euro each... and we were 3... so that's like 30 Euro.. STUPID TAXI DRIVER!!! and when I told him that he is out of his mind... he almost jumped to beat the crap out of me... good thing there was police all over the place and he didn't dare touch me... of course the police couldn't do a thing about the fees the taxi drivers were requesting for the transport... not that the police in our country is really good for anything... but that's a whole other story that I would rather put in another post...
So... being so tired... the next day I got to work... managed to survive the week... actually half a week cause I arrived in the middle of the week...
Having said these... I have the weekend packed... full agenda... hopefully I will get some rest during next week... I really need it...
All in all... I wouldn't give the trip to Rome for a week's rest... :) It was really worth it...
