I’m sorry for the downtime of aberez.eu, it was caused by a server upgrade. I hope everything goes well from now on.

Each man chooses what s/he wants to see.

If you want to believe in something, consider it done. The self-control over one’s mind is to be envied … too bad it only works when it shouldn’t. Maybe the fear of unknown, the fear of being lonely, and so on, are powerful catalysts.

In other news, watch this video

Another good link is here.

I ordered a laptop, because of the sudden death (or clinical death, not sure yet) of the old one.

Re-reading the order data I had some fun because of the data in which I placed my order, October 13th, 2009. Tuesday..

Leaving the foolishness aside, I can hardly wait for it to arrive. As far as I know, the delivery will take place around 12 o’clock. Do not disturb me before this hour. I’m stressed out

I’ll be back with pictures

UPDATE: It arrived at 12:25.

UPDATE: Finally, the pictures !

No more hot water, again. For a week now. What’s cute is that I found out when I tried to take a shower. The block administrator, when I asked, said she knew about it. She’ll never know how close she was to become my punching bag, especially when she continued by saying there won’t be hot water for another two weeks or so.

They are repairing some pipes. What, was there some sort of accident with the plumbing ? Oh, no, but they must change and repair a few pipes … In the autumn ?!?

Who am I to blame now ? Obviously, being just a small and stupid Romanian, I am the one that’s guilty. Why the hell didn’t I take my shower when I have had hot water ?

Found at arhi. Short and to the point. You can ignore the final advert.

Word of advice : pay attention to the chair (don’t fall out of it )

This short movie made me smile with my lips practically touching my ears when I found it at zoso … come on, show some guts and enjoy

Whether we want to or not, we have to face the Windows’s Desktop daily. The Start button, the applications’ buttons, the icons for the antivirus, network, video driver or Yahoo! Messenger, the icons dropped randomly on the screen, the Vista sidebar, and so on and so forth.

Obviously, this post is addressed to people that use Windows (I thought you understood that from the title … what are you doing here ? ). On Linux or *BSD or Mac they have different desktops, but … quite alike. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t want to say that Microsoft invented the wheel, I’m just saying that, slowly, the looks start to be alike. Of course, each operating system comes with news and tries to look different or to be able to do new stuff … but, for the main parts, things are leveling.

Does anyone remember where Windows was in the beginning, as an operating system ? Do you remember if you have had Quick Launch on Windows 95 ? Do you know which Windows first featured the “Refresh” option in the desktop’s context-menu ?

Maybe there are people that couldn’t care less, but I always found amusing to notice the little details that concern the Windows’ look. For example, did you notice that many error messages in Windows 95 were displayed in the Windows 3.1 style ? Or that Windows Seven was the first Windows to change the Install New Font window … after it remained in it’s original Windows 95 design for about 13 years ? Do you remember that in Windows 98 there was not “Lock the Taskbar” option, this causing the Quick Launch to have different widths from one Windows restart to another ?

The next few images will remind you, roughly, how Windows and it’s desktop changed over the years.

Have fun

Am găsit, azi, întâmplător, un citat interesant, “Cititul nu dăunează sănătății“. L-am găsit, inițial, pe Tritonic – Librărie virtuală, dar l-am regăsit, după o căutare pe Google, în mai multe locuri. Printre altele, se pare că elevii unui colegiu s-au înscris într-o activitate de voluntariat cu acest titlu. S-au plimbat pe străzi, au stresat trecătorii și au încercat să le insufle drag de carte. Mă întreb ce rată de succes au avut (poate că-s eu mai pesimist, dar nu mă aștept să fi rezolvat ceva).

Cum spuneam mai demult, simpla acțiune de a deschide o carte este privită cu indiferență, dezgust sau chiar repulsie. În plus, cei care posedă asemenea sentimente nici măcar nu fac distincție între o carte în format clasic sau e-book. Singurele cărți care-i interesează sunt cele de poker sau de cruce.

Totuși, spre a contrazice măcar parțial părerea celor de la Triton, cineva de aici e decis că acţiunea de a citi dăunează sănătăţii, dar nu grav. Probabil că s-a apucat să citească la lumina lumânării, lucru care nu este deloc indicat.

Voi încheia acest articol prin a enumera cărţile care sunt în lista mea de aşteptare pentru lecturat şi prin a-i mulţumi lui lupzburător încă o dată pentru gestul lui de a-mi dona cărţi. Parcă au fost sânge, dude

Aştept şi alte recomandări (şi cărţi în format digital, dacă aveţi).

O seară frumoasă şi lectură plăcută (celor care se mai ocupă cu acest sport).

Viaţa asta-i doar un vis din care moartea ne deşteaptă …
E doar o-nşelăciune, este praf în ochi … şi-i trecătoare;
Nimeni nu ştie pentru ce-i venit aici, dar toţi se-aşteaptă
Să aibă scop, dar viaţa-i mai inutilă ca roua de pe-o floare.

E ceva trăit în umbra timpului, care din urmă tot ne-ajunge,
E ceva trăit cu frică, frica de a fi un simplu vis, frica de moarte;
E ceva ce noi considerăm a fi cel mai scump în lume, e sânge …
E ceva unic, irepetabil şi sfânt … sau doar o ladă cu vise deşarte.

Poate noi locuim într-un univers lipsit de spaţiu, ne grăbim
Într-un univers lipsit de timp, în care noi, an de an şi zilnic,
Ne trăim vieţile obscure şi lipsite de-nţeles, fără să ştim
Că nu suntem, că n-avem timp şi tot ce noi cunoaştem e nimic.

2 aprilie 2006