I’ve been in California for the past week and a half; things are mostly the same as last time I’ve been here, but it’s nice to meet my american coworkers in person again. Haven’t done much yet besides work and a tour at Fry’s (mandatory for every Valley visit).
I spent most of my free time [...]

Infocare: transformare in foca
Ghinioane: varianta moldoveneasca pentru ardelenescul “Bine, Ioane”
Imprastiere: rezultatul procesului prin care betivii se fac prastie
Bizar: zar dublu
Macel: mac mic
Microscop: scop marunt
Inviorat: prevazut cu vioara
Lesina: pe unde merge “le tren”
Meritoriu: teritoriul ocupat de livada de meri
Rateu: pateu din carne de ratza
Scarabeu: cetatean ce locuieste la bloc, la scara a doua; din aceeasi familie [...]

This is how Google search really works
Update: well, it looks like the video got taken down for some reason. It was funny while it lasted, though.

The good: hope
The bad: distance
The ugly: bitterness
The plan: carry on.

It would appear that I overestimated the amount of support Romanian people give to teaching religion in schools. Noise is being made to oppose it, and an (as of right now) unknown group is starting to lobby for the teaching of astrology and alchemy in highschools (article in Romanian). Very articulate, well argumented, and poking [...]

… where by “there’s no place like” we mean “OMG WTF is going on” and by “home” we mean “in Romania”.
Fun facts:

The Ministry of Education and Research removed evolutionist theory from the biology curriculum, starting with the 2007-2008 academic year. Along with it, the philosophy curriculum stopped covering the religious views of heathens such as [...]

Well, a bit more than that – I started on January 23, 2006, but I forgot to post on the exact anniversary.
It’s scary how quickly time passed. It’s even scarier to realize that I don’t really have a long-term plan (or a short term one or, for that matter, any plan) and thus I risk [...]

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After the long delay following the December 2001 Sysadmin Disaster of the Month announcement, I forgot about it. It turns out that it’s still going on, and I got a “honorable mention” for the solution I submitted :)

Out of the blue, someone from Grapefruit Design called today and asked if I’d like to be in the jury for this year’s Internetics prize. I feel surprised and very honored that they choosed to invite me. Anyway, they asked for a resume so this was the impusle I needed to cut the crap out of the old [...]