reviews
I'm still one of those rare weirdos who use RSS feeds (with Feedly) and over the years I have started following many people and reading many blogs. Unfortunately, many of them have stopped posting, but there are still some people who regularly post really
trips
This reminds me of the singing lion. My wife has never been outside of Romania before this year, so I thought I would use this summer to fix that by traveling around as much as possible. Right after our wedding, we went for a short, one week, roadtrip honeymoon around
personal
Three years ago today I started my job at Google. I had moved to Switzerland two days before, with two suitcases and a backpack. Then followed a lot of adventure. The third year was different. I started learning Swiss German, so that I can better integrate and it payed
personal
So you decided to get married. You need a wedding for that. It's a lot of work. Given that I just got married two weeks ago, I'll try to jot down some step-by-step instructions (with particulars about Romanian bureaucra
personal
Another half a year has passed, so it's time to review my goals from January. Around March something came up, so I dropped some goals or reduced their intensity. That something is called setting a wedding date for July, so I'll excuse myself for being busy
events
About a month ago I started believing I can fly, so I proved it by going for a gliding session. A glider is a lightweight plane, which doesn't have an engine, so it's pulled by another plane until it takes off. After that, you glide
zurich
Last Friday The Piano Guys were in Zürich. I found out about it from an ad on Facebook. It's probably the second time in my life where an advertisement there is actually useful and relevant for me. They started by playing Batman Evolution, which goes
trips
This is the land of cheap layovers on the way to Romania. Thanks to the invisible hand of the market, tickets to the airports that are close to where my fiancee lives were 50% cheaper when flying through Istanbul, with an overnight layover, than more direct flights. It was still
personal
Happy Mother's Day to my dear mom! I love you! Kisses from New York!
personal
Scarcely had I hiked up Uetliberg when I found the one my heart loves. I held her tightly and I put a ring on her finger! (to paraphrase Song of Solomon 3:4)
programming
Remember my old project for processing instant messaging logs? Probably, because I wrote about it five years ago. Well, the project is only mostly dead, every once in a while I still occasionally work on it. I mostly use it as an excuse to learn tech
reviews
Silence is a movie by Martin Scorsese about two Catholic priests, Rodriguez and Garupe, who go to Japan in the 17th century to find their mentor, Father Ferreira, who is rumoured to have lost the faith. It's a really good movie, even though it's extremely brutal.