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Women

Andrei Neculau — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 13:05:27 +0000

Today, I bumped into a Romanian article entitled “Praise to real women”¹:

Femeile celor mai buni prieteni. Prietenele celor mai bune femei. Femeile-cele-mai-bune-prietene.

Femeile care se gândesc la futut la fel de mult ca şi noi, dar au decenţa să nu vorbească la fel de des şi de urât despre asta. Femeile care ne trimit cadouri, care ne-aşteaptă cu luminile stinse în maşina parcată la colţul străzii, care ne plătesc consumaţia, care ne întreţin, ne savurează şi apoi ne roagă să le uităm.

Praise to real women (Dragoș Bucurenci)
June, The ONE #47

I’ll try to translate it all to English, when&if I have the time. It is really well written, and kept me reading it to the end

This also made me look for a previous entry entitled “Simple Honesty“, with the motto You make me want to be a better psychopath:

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My Firefox3 Setup

Andrei Neculau — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 08:40:18 +0000

I have switched to Firefox3 from Flock1!

I liked the social-browsing catchy title, but the reality is that Flock1, along with my plugins, turned into a “social-slowing”. One of the plugins, mine or Flock’s, managed to increase the memory usage by each page I visited reaching even 600 MB.

I managed to have almost all my old Flock1 (Firefox2) extensions:

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Studera.nu - Community

Andrei Neculau — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 21:30:46 +0000

How to join:

Create a Facebook account!
This will not only allow you to join the studera.nu community made of 400+ prospective students or former applicants, but will also give you the chance to search for you friends, interests, upload photos and more.
Obviously, skip this step if you already have an account.
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Go to our Facebook Page!
The page includes a members’ list, a discussion board, related events, etc.
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Become a “fan”!
You will find a link in the upper right corner of the Facebook page.
This will make you a rightful member of the community and will allow you to receive important updates.
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Read the Rules of Conduct!
No, I mean it - please read the rules. It will save you and the administrators from unpleasant situations.
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Enjoy and spread the word!

And now the story behind it!

After starting to write about my experience related to Higher Studies in Sweden, there were lots of comments. And comments,.. and comments.

My blog was named by the people a “blogorum” (blog + forum).

After creating 3 pages in order to facilitate the loading of the comments by dividing them, it was clear that the small community of around 50-75 people should move to a forum, or a discussion group.

So three months after writing the first piece on my application to Swedish universities, on April 11, this is what I was writing as a note on the newly created Facebook page:

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My Pidgin Setup - Graphics

Andrei Neculau — Thu, 29 May 2008 10:18:35 +0000

I go on with my Pidgin setup, regarding the graphics that I use (as of 2008-05-30):

Neat Protocols 0.1, thanks to me
Download Neat Protocols
- it’s a personal collection of protocol icons, from many packs
- includes Skype, Tlen, Facebook Chat, and a gTalk icon, if you want to replace the Jabber one
- How to install? Just grab the ZIP and extract them to your pixmaps/pidgin/protocols/ directory. Be aware of the fact that you will overwrite older ones - make a backup, if you wish!
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My Pidgin Setup - Plugins

Andrei Neculau — Thu, 29 May 2008 08:11:31 +0000

Here I go and reveal my active Pidgin plugins (as of 2008-05-30):

Skype
Protocol plugin, thanks to Eion Robb (Download)
- doesn’t have Call and Send SMS options yet
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Facebook Chat
“Protocol” plugin, thanks to Eion Robb (Download)
- it’s a very basic/experimental thing so far, but it’s still super-duper
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Tlen
Protocol plugin, thanks to Aleksander Piotrowski (Download)
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Studera.nu - Purgatory

Andrei Neculau — Thu, 15 May 2008 20:30:59 +0000

If you got admitted, then the following is what would be of interest to you.

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Studera.nu - Petition

Andrei Neculau — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 11:21:46 +0000

If you support the action of the following petition, please sign it.
Your e-mail address will act as a unique signature.

A strong statement is needed for a change!
YOU are needed to make a strong statement!

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Romanian Diacritics

Andrei Neculau — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 22:29:05 +0000

Diacritics make a language what it actually is.

Romanian has a handful (and I mean exactly 5) of diacritics. And because we have been put to the test in the 90s and adapted, nowadays we are very much accustomed to see text even without diacritics and we can still read it without major problems. The issue has a long story and doesn’t make the case of this article.

With time, diacritics and Romanian keyboards have made it to general consumers though and it has been imposed in public administration. We have seen the fights for that and the improvements in the way the Windows OS handles the Romanian diacritics, may it be Vista or fixes to versions prior to Vista.

Yet, there is one more issue that remains. And that is something related to globalization.

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Studera.nu - Aftermath

Andrei Neculau — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 22:44:20 +0000

I will now take my experience about the admission even further.

So now you have just sealed your envelope with your application documents, and you have meticulously chosen an express courier.

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TOEFL

Andrei Neculau — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 10:36:20 +0000

Upon taking the test you actually give you’re consent never to spread out the contents of your test, but make no mistake! The following is only a step-by-step guide and a feeling description.

This is like “holding your hand” or head, if you will, before you take the TOEFL examination

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