used by me
My desktop setup
It's been 5 years since I posted anything related to the kinds of tools and apps I'm using. It's also been a year and a half since I bashed Linux last time. While the more I use computers, the more I hate them (and
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tutorial
How to make a selfie time-lapse video
Mostly for future self reference, but also in case somebody else wants to do something similar, I'll write down the steps I took to do my selfie time lapse video. First step: take daily pictures. I recommend about 0.3-0.5 seconds per picture in the slideshow
selfies
50 Days of Roland
For a long time I wanted to do the kind of video where you take one photo every day and then you show make a slideshow of them, like this one. Today is the day where it finally happened, even if it contains only 50 days worth of data! The
goals
Evaluating goals
The first half of the year has passed, so it's time to see how I did on my goals that I had set out for it. Sorry the post is late, I was travelling for the last two weeks. I described using two techniques for helping achieve goals.
yahoo
The Rise and Fall of the Yahoo Messenger Empire
Back in my days, in Romania, Yahoo Messenger was "the thing" to be on. Everyone had it. It was the most popular Instant Messaging platform by far, for almost ten years, while MSN, AOL or ICQ were pretty much unheard of. Sometimes, people would send messages saying something
trips
Nice time in Nice
Because I had such a good time in Paris last month, I just had to go again to France, this time to the French Riviera, to hear the beautiful French language again :X:X. Or maybe it was just an SRE offsite. Who knows? It was really exciting to go
blog
Glücklicher 6. Geburtstag, mein blog!
Du bist sechs Jahre alt, mein lieber blog. Ich habe viele schöne Erinnerung in deine Blog-Posts.... Ah, who am I kidding, my German is not good enough to write a whole post in it. You've travelled a lot in the last one year. You've been
reviews
Nutribullet
For Christmas, a colleague of mine bought himself a juicer and a blender and he was super happy about them. So, for my birthday, my right hand surprised me by ordering me the blender my colleague had: the Nutribullet 600. And boy, was it a nice surprise. It&
trips
Paris Revisited
After feeling a bit down under at home, I decided to go places again. Because I haven't seen my good friend Alida in a long time, I decided to go to Paris again. And this time not just for an afternoon. It made me feel uncomfort
zurich
Hanz Zimmer Live on Tour
Hanz Zimmer, a composer for many movie soundtracks, has gone for the first time on a tour. He started off on the 6th of April in London and he will finish on the 16th of May in Sofia. And, more importantly for me, he was in
reviews
Rise of the Tomb Raider
I am a huge fan of the Tomb Raider series. I still remember playing Tomb Raider II for hours when I was little. So of course I bought the new one as soon as it came out. I bought it on Steam, because I don't even have a
philosophy
Musings about free will
Sometimes when I don't have anything in particular on my mind, like when I'm on the train and I've already checked the Facebook newsfeed, or when I'm washing the dishes, I like thinking about various philosophical issues. I haven't studied