reviews Dell XPS 13 review While I worked for Google, I had a work Macbook and that was enough for my personal usage as well when I was travelling. But now, I needed a new laptop, so a month ago I splurged on a shiny new toy. Facebook proved itself useful for once: I asked
reviews Mass Effect Andromeda I have been a huge Mass Effect fan. I loved the first game as soon as I played. I found the story fascinating, the science there amazing. I played the games and read the books and got to know the universe pretty well. But then Mass Effect
reviews The Last Jedi A new Star Wars movie just came out and another Christmas is around so this year's Christmas party at Google was the screening of The Last Jedi, one day before the public launch. While I really enjoyed The Force Awakens [https://rolisz.ro/2015/12/18/the-force-awakens/], I was
reviews Blade Runner 2049 The original Blade Runner, which came out in 1982, is an iconic movie. It poses difficult questions, has great monologues about the human condition, and had just enough open questions left to have fans debating pretty much until now. Somehow, Hollywood decided to make a sequel to it 35 years
reviews Blogs I follow - part 1 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 inter
reviews Silence 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. It makes you think
reviews Backing up 2: The NAS As I mentioned in my previous post [https://rolisz.ro/2017/02/20/backing-up/], it's good to have various kinds of backups. Today I'm going to talk about on-site backups, in a Network Attached Storage. Network Attached Storages (NAS) are small form computers which usually have at least two
reviews Sous vide with Anova Precision Cooker 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 temper
reviews Data and Goliath 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
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's
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 DVD reader
reviews The Museum Almost two years after I went to The Dungeon [https://rolisz.ro/2014/07/05/the-dungeon/], I went with Eliza and Ruxi to The Museum [http://www.themuseum.ro/?lang=en], another room escape game in Cluj. The Museum has two different puzzles and for some reason we chose
reviews The Master Algorithm Having a goal to read books really helps with reading them. I finally started reading through the mountain of machine learning books that have been sitting on my shelves for half a year. The Master Algorithm by Pedro Domingos, a professor at the University of Washington, is an user friendly
reviews Mayumana The Israeli dance troupe Mayumana was in Zürich this weekend and I went to see one of their shows. Colour me impressed. That was amazing. It was a really good show. The theme of the show was time. They started off by showing a video about flies and how their
reviews Why Nations Fail I finally finished this book. I bought it from one of the authors a year and a half ago [https://rolisz.ro/2014/06/23/changing-romania-one-square-meter-at-a-time/] . The book has seen some serious mileage in my hands, having been to the Belgium and to the US. But I finally managed
reviews Bose Bluetooth Headphones Last year I bought myself a pair of Bose SoundLink Around-Ear Bluetooth Headphones. After 6 months of usage, I feel like it's time that I finally review them, having used them enough :)) Let me first say my track record with all of my previous wired earphones: none of them lasted
reviews The Force Awakens The Christmas party organized by Google in Zurich this year was... drumroll a private Star Wars: The Force Awakens screening. They rented out half of Arena Cinemas for half a day and they invited all Zooglers to watch the movie. Normally I don't go to see movies in the first
reviews Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX100 Review Back in April, after my trip to Geneva [https://rolisz.ro/tag/geneva/], I realized I needed a camera. Just using my phone to take pictures wasn't going to cut it. No matter how good cameras in phones get, they still have a small sensor and a fixed lens,
cardboard Google Cardboard Google Cardboard [https://www.google.com/get/cardboard/] is a low cost virtual reality headset made out of cardboard, obviously, two lenses, a small magnet and some velcro. Instructions on how to make one yourself are available online. I was quite skeptical when it came out last year.
reviews Winter holiday movies Over the two weeks of winter holidays I finally had some time to watch some movies, some of which were on my to-watch list for quite some time. Two of them were very pleasant surprises: * Coherence [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2866360/] - a very light science fiction, but which
reviews Interstellar On Saturday I went to see Interstellar. I had heard many opinions about it. Dodo was praising it to heavens. Some colleagues said it was boring and way too long. Other complained about the *spoiler*. Other said it was very good. First let me describe the Swiss
reviews Android L preview Recent, la conferința Google I/O, a fost anunțată următoare versiune de Android, care deocamdată este numită doar L, fără vreun nume de desert sau vreo versiune. Versiunea de preview pentru telefoane a fost făcută disponibilă pentru telefoanele și tabletele din seria Nexus. Săptămâna aceasta mi l-am pus
reviews The Dungeon Ca să sărbătoresc sfârșitul facultății, am mers cu Cătă și cu sora lui la The Dungeon [http://www.thedungeon.ro/], primul joc de room escape din Cluj. Au mai fost ceva colegi la ediția anterioară a jocului și mi-au zis că îi super. Confirm. Îi awesome. Ideea din
reviews eMag Vinerea trecută am avut o surpriză plăcută și una neplăcută de la eMag. Am vrut să le cumpăr la ai mei ceva cadouri de zilele lor de naștere (de-asta a întârziat și postul acesta atâta) și după câteva căutări pe net, am găsit ce doream pe eMag. Vroiam să plătesc
reviews State of IM on Windows Cum mi-am reinstalat Windowsul recent [https://rolisz.ro/2013/11/10/laptop-refreshing/], am decis să îmi văd dacă există alternative mai bune pentru unele programe pe care le folosesc. În primul rând mi-am automatizat [https://rolisz.ro/2013/11/21/cmd-line-batch-installer/