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Crikey!

Crikey! I just climbed out from under my rock and realised I have not updated this since they invented sliced bread… You would not believe that I actually have a life. Please don’t abandon me!.
I am absolutely consumed with finding Jesus (after someone told me he was lost), personal projects, just [...]

Spam-checker or Spell-checker

Note: nothing I say here is new, it’s just an annoying thing that started to bug me again recently.
Although spam checking and spell checking should be different enough they are much closer for most of spam emails, comments and other types of communication.
The story goes like this:
Spammers want to sell you crap like viagra, replica [...]

New Years Resolutions

Wondering if writing them down will mean better chances of actually getting some of them done.
For now the current list which is a work in progress:

Move to Git as my SCM for anything personal and also try it for work
Do lots more Python
Contribute somehow to an open-source project
More conferences, more trips
Get agile
More small projects
More blogging

Deciding about deciding

Some time ago I read something that seemed at the moment very funny on the lucene mailing list: There were a few spots open for a conference so the community had to decide on the speakers. To quote the essence of it: “We need to decide on speakers, which means we need to decide on [...]

Going green – the only Green I care about

Honestly I’m fed up with all the “Going Green”, “Save the Planet” bullshit that’s been piling up since a couple of years already.
Of course I want to save the planet and have a nice and clean place to live on this earth. But it seems to be that everything people say now is too exaggerated.
The [...]

Small projects, big rewards

I have always liked small projects.
Small projects in my opinion:

Small, focused idea, no junk/waste.
Small team, no extras, all team members have leading roles.
Time constraints: couple of hours, 24h, 48h, up to a maximum of 1-2 weeks.

Why do I like them so much? Because you get down to the bare essentials and try to eliminate any [...]

Cel mai bun prieten al meu … pentru 10 minute

Incerc sa-mi dau seama daca visam sau nu. Desi am dovezi fizice mi se pare o experienta prea “interesanta” ca sa fie adevarata.
In primul rand ceva background story: Nu-mi plac cainii strazii, cei care se leaga de tine, ii vezi ca umbla in haite, etc.
Si totusi azi mergand spre casa, pe ultimii 400 de metri [...]

Johnnie Walker – The Man Who Walked Around The World

Great timing, scenery, story, acting… and a good drink too

Trying this thing again

Actually the fourth/fifth try on blogging after a lot of fails. Why should I try it again?
Well it’s complicated… I got into the having a lot of ideas/annoyances mood again so I want to write down everything so I don’t forget.
Warning: A lot of things on here will look like randomness, ideas of a mad [...]

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