backup
In today's world, our data and our information is one of our most valuable assets. I have photos going back to 2008. My sporadic journal has digital entries from 2010. I have IM logs from 2009. I have a list of my monthly expenses since
sports
I've been in Switzerland for almost two and half years now, but I haven't done the typical Swiss things (except eating Fondue). Last winter I was either not here or busy at work, so I avoided all winter sports. But this year two oppor
reviews
Last year I bought an Anova Sous Vide Cooker. The name is slightly misleading, because it's not generally used to cook in a vacuum, but for cooking at very precisely controlled temperatures. The advantage of using Anova is that you can cook various foods at
personal
My attempt a year ago to set public goals was quite successful. I achieved most of them and the average completion score was 0.7. I took a break in the second half of the year, but now I'm well rested and I want to start again. I
blog
Wow, this post is finally done on time! Yaaaay! This year was the first time I had a goal for writing on my blog, at least for the first half of the year. In January I set up a goal to write 3.5 blog posts per month, for the
trips
Three jeeps, filled with mostly young and idealistic Westerners and driven by former Special Forces members, are going along the mine fields between Syria and Israel. They arrive to an abandoned Syrian hospital, with some soldiers in front of it. They go up to the rooftop, through the crumbling hospital,
voting
On Sunday there are parliamentary elections in Romania, so I'm doing my civic duty of encouraging people to go and vote. După cum probabil ați auzit, mâine, 11 decembrie, sunt alegeri pentru deputați și senatori. Eu o să merg mâine la vot în Berna, cum am fost și
personal
...but not too far. Last month I exchanged the view that can be seen in the above image, for this one: I moved from Langnau am Albis, where I have lived for two years, to Wiedikon, a district in Zürich. The old place has been officially the place where I&
trips
Last week I was in Malta, on an offsite with the new (extended) team. It was possibly even better than in Nice. Because I switched to this team "late", I couldn't find flights together with the rest of the team, so I went a day early,
reviews
Bruce Schneier is a well known American security researcher, who has written several books about this topic. Data and Goliath is his latest book about it. I bought it last year, but I only got around to reading it last month (one more win for the reading goal for the
personal
I’ll miss your funny quips. I’ll miss the long discussions we used to have about about the craziest topics (like the differences in mentality between people who are interested in the humanities versus the sciences). I’ll miss going to eat greasy, yummy food
blog
This post is "cu dedicatie pentru Ciprian de la Bistrita", who has asked for a search feature for some time now I didn't have a search on my blog for quite some time, because it's a static website, without any dynamic backend (except for