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Nostalgia of a shortwave listener...  (May 17, 2008 at 22:32:04 GMT)
Stolen picture, but I'm giving something back as a gift to TLP :-)
Fidel Castro and the Romanian Capitalists  (May 17, 2008 at 21:24:44 GMT)
An interesting... gift from Fidel :-)
Ultima dată când citesc The Lucifer Principle  (May 12, 2008 at 06:18:51 GMT)
O fi omul ateu, dar asta nu îl face întotdeauna deştept, şi nici nu cred că împărtăşim acelaşi tip de etică
Dacă ne lipsea o Cicciolina...  (April 30, 2008 at 09:51:23 GMT)
Sau o altfel de Zână, dacă pot spune așa.
The idiocy of the 10-digit fixed phone numbering  (April 24, 2008 at 06:54:10 GMT)
I am writing this in English as not only Romania made such aberrant choices!
Asta-i culmea tupeului!  (April 22, 2008 at 14:57:41 GMT)
De data asta, nu e vorba doar de politicieni. E vorba de toţi ducătorii cu vorba.
Link-uri la nimereală  (April 15, 2008 at 14:18:28 GMT)
Citind io pe net...
ING-ul, Mădălina p*lii şi minciuna sfruntată  (April 09, 2008 at 19:02:42 GMT)
Ştiaţi, poate, că ING este o franciză, nu o bancă propriu-zisă, dar ce mai contează, într-o ţară în care şi Citibank este un sereleu... În schimb, parcă se votase recent o lege cu privire la publicitatea mincinoasă. ING ar trebui să fie unul din primii ei clienţi!
Cum se elaborează o taxă auto cu adevărat ecologică  (April 01, 2008 at 17:09:10 GMT)
De pildă, în Franţa, unde se cheamă « bonus-malus écologique ». Şi unde ţi se mai şi dă, nu numai ţi se ia!
Ăştia sunt tâmpiţi-tâmpiţi!  (April 01, 2008 at 07:05:25 GMT)
Tot cu taxa auto trebe începută şi ziua de 1 aprilie
Unde greşeşte TLP  (March 31, 2008 at 12:45:46 GMT)
Mă tot ţin să i-o spun, dar mereu amân...
Miliţienii pwlii şi politicienii pwlii  (March 31, 2008 at 11:22:18 GMT)
După semnul cu (18) o să scriu pe şleau
GP. Întotdeauna sunt năucit când cineva pur şi simplu... nu mai este.  (March 28, 2008 at 09:29:35 GMT)
Da, şi oamenii inteligenţi mor. Sunt convins că ar mai fi avut zile, dar spitalul Pantelimon este o mizerie atroce, una din multele instituţii de exterminare din ţara asta...
Excesul de zel sau intratul cu p*la în NATO  (March 27, 2008 at 12:28:48 GMT)
Şi alte prostii, nu pentru copii.
Drumul către nicăieri  (March 14, 2008 at 12:33:26 GMT)
În accepţiunea website-ului căilor ferate germane, reiseauskunft.bahn.de
Poate primul articol bun al Ioanei Lupea  (March 13, 2008 at 11:57:46 GMT)
Biserica e-n toate cele ce sunt, au fost, vor fi, sau sunt încă pe ţeavă... din motiv de constipaţie.
When it's fun to be dans la merde!  (March 13, 2008 at 11:18:25 GMT)
Tremendously fun, trust me on that!
Ce mişto e afară!  (March 12, 2008 at 13:40:36 GMT)
Iar eu stau în căcatul ăsta de birou, un acvariu în care nu se deschid ferestrele!
Să ne amuzăm cu prospectele româneşti  (March 10, 2008 at 13:07:40 GMT)
Mai sunt şi unele aspecte haioase, tovarăşi...
Bullismo a Civitavecchia: barbariche Italia  (March 06, 2008 at 10:07:01 GMT)
Italiani: razzisti, ignoranti, imbecilli. Violenza su bambini: la rivincita degli analfabeti e stupidi.
Votez ca boul, deci uninominalizez, cică  (March 05, 2008 at 11:29:11 GMT)
Legea Tăriceanească a votului uninominal-mixt, cu toate lipsurile ei, era un compromis rezonabil. Acum, cu noua variantă de vot aşa-zis uninominal, am sărit din lac în puţ. Locatarii Odăii Deputaţilor nu au absolut nimic în afară de prepuţul gândirii, că nu le-a mai crescut. Creierul, adică.
Latru, deci exist  (March 05, 2008 at 10:03:01 GMT)
Când am citit acest dosar ('feature') din NG, m-am gândit imediat la comentatorul unui post mai vechi care mă acuza de 'religiozitate ecologistă' când am obiectat că şi animalele au (elemente de) raţiune. Nu i-am mai răspuns omului că degeaba se pretinde ateu: a considera că omul este singurul animal înzestrat cu raţiune face exact jocul popimii, căci religia este cea care-l declară pe om scopul suprem (deşi păcătos din naştere), iar animalele sunt doar nişte anexe utilitare în cel mai bun caz (dar neavând morală, sunt scutite de păcatul originar).
Tot în atenţia românaşilor mei troglodiţi  (March 03, 2008 at 11:05:53 GMT)
...şi bigoţi, şi pretins-religioşi până peste cap, dar strigând în cor că ei vor în Europa!
O oră cu Richard Dawkins  (February 28, 2008 at 13:41:44 GMT)
Suflecaţi-vă mânecile, puneţi-vă căştile pe urechi, cuplaţi-vă mentalul pe limba engleză... and enjoy the intellectual treat!
Iar se defecară ăştia în sus, cu Educaţia lor  (February 27, 2008 at 15:43:19 GMT)
Cu Dumnezeu la şcoală, cum altfel? Băgat cu forţa pe gât, cum altfel? Dacă tot nu mai este nevoie de gândire critică, şi nici de logică argumentativă, aşteptăm cu interes Evangheliile după Thales, Menelaus şi Ceva. Poate şi Tăbliţele Termodinamicii, de ce nu.
Goddess Within + FedEx: a working solution even for Romania!  (February 25, 2008 at 13:38:41 GMT)
First of all, I've found a merchant to ship dietary supplements to Romania; then, I've found that FedEx is reliable and not that expensive after all; in the third place, there were no customs duties to pay!
Dumnezeu ne-a făcut proşti, şi ne va face tâmpiţi  (February 25, 2008 at 12:49:25 GMT)
Religia, materie de studiu obligatorie la liceu?
Elena Ceau...Băsescu: încă o proastă suită în copac  (February 24, 2008 at 16:15:25 GMT)
Când o muie (regionalism argotic pentru gură sau moacă) precum Elena Băsescu, proastă ca o gâscă beată şi urâtă ca un cur de autobuz (numai o oligofrenă poate să creadă că buzele alea botulinice o fac o tipă mişto) ajunge în politică şi este votată în quasi-unanimitate de pupincuriştii pro-prezidenţiali, atunci e clar că în ţara asta nu se va schimba niciodată nimic!
Kosovo, idioţenia mileniului  (February 18, 2008 at 15:12:02 GMT)
Sunt prea scârbit de povestea asta ca să mai scriu în engleză.
Zisa zilei: Cine avea nevoie de un notebook aşa de subţire?  (February 13, 2008 at 14:17:22 GMT)
Ni se răspunde pe blogul eMag.ro
Să râdem cu... PC Magazine România  (February 12, 2008 at 12:00:11 GMT)
Nu e oricât de amuzant, dar e cam jale.
Trilulilu se întoarce (actualizat)  (February 12, 2008 at 09:33:27 GMT)
...cu un fix de URL (sau chiar două)!
Radioul public şi taxa lui minunată  (February 11, 2008 at 12:22:20 GMT)
Observ că cititorii României Libere sunt enervaţi. Nuanţare.
Alaa al-Aswani: a must read  (February 10, 2008 at 21:41:09 GMT)
Blocul Iakubian / L'Immeuble Yacoubian / The Yacoubian Building: now in Romanian too!
Himera credinţei în emisiunea lui Tabără  (February 10, 2008 at 18:43:37 GMT)
Sau cum se pot face de cacao Cristian Tabără, Lucia Iorga şi Mihaela Miroiu
TVA-ul redus, ca şi mintea unora  (February 07, 2008 at 12:36:04 GMT)
Începând cu Vosganian şi Tăriceanu. Dar şi Isărescu poartă o vină... din vremea când a fost prim-ministru!
Tu me manques, papa...  (February 07, 2008 at 08:58:29 GMT)
Ça fait 7 ans, jour pour jour, que mon père nous a quittés pour se rendre dans un autre Univers.
Bunicuţa din Bruxelles  (February 03, 2008 at 22:39:04 GMT)
Virtuală şi pe bani :-)
Old Braşov  (February 03, 2008 at 13:31:25 GMT)
An impressive collection of postcards
Presa românească, copiator imbecil al tabloidelor britanice  (February 01, 2008 at 10:30:01 GMT)
Nu este numai o impresie, pur şi simplu s-a tembelizat presa autohtonă. Şi nu mă refer la Click sau la Libertatea, ci la ziare ca Ziua şi Evenimentul Zilei.
Cu ce organ judecă românii  (February 01, 2008 at 08:28:46 GMT)
Reacţie la reacţiile cauzate de decizia Curţii Constituţionale cu privire la neconstituţionalitatea articolelor 7, 8 şi 9 din Legea 187/1999 de funcţionare a CNSAS
Viticultorul Isărescu vinde bancherului Isărescu  (January 31, 2008 at 22:40:51 GMT)
Asta, în condiţiile în care Legea 312/2004 prevede clar un conflict de interese în acest caz, doar că pe cel mai genial şi de nezdruncinat personaj public din ţara lui Papură-Vodă îl doare fix în ştangă.
S-a dus dracului şi Artima...  (January 29, 2008 at 15:44:24 GMT)
Singurul supermarket «ca lumea» din partea asta de ţară, şi dobitocii de la Carrefour îl cumpără şi p'ăsta! Mă cac pe corporatismul ăsta şi pe felul în care suntem priviţi ca o colonie!
Încă nişte traduceri din NYTimes Book Review, ediţia română  (January 28, 2008 at 19:43:44 GMT)
Mai sunt unele deficienţe, tovarăşi... (Ba chiar căcălău.)
Ce nu se întreabă nimeni, că tot fu ziua lui Ceaşcă  (January 27, 2008 at 00:37:15 GMT)
Ca să vezi de ce trecură opşpe ani de pomană...
Obsedatul de pe blogul lui Ion Iliescu  (January 27, 2008 at 00:22:51 GMT)
cirlovacristian, cică.
Traducerile româneşti, ca dracu'  (January 20, 2008 at 22:18:46 GMT)
Tembeloizii de la Cotidianul au stricat şi The New York Times Book Review, ediţia în limba română
Iar mi s-a acrit de naţia mea  (January 19, 2008 at 13:00:52 GMT)
Mă tot chinui să mai postez câte ceva şi în româneşte, dar greaţa mă-mpiedică...
OctavianPaler.ro  (January 16, 2008 at 13:02:57 GMT)
Nu ştiam că există un astfel de site...
v_vosganian@yahoo.com  (January 14, 2008 at 23:32:09 GMT)
Sau ce fel de ţară e aia în care Ministrul de Finanţe are are mail pe Yahoo!
Constituţia: nu e numai de la ea!  (January 14, 2008 at 14:01:51 GMT)
Aici sunt de acord cu Ion Iliescu
Ţară de animale (episod cotidian)  (January 14, 2008 at 13:19:58 GMT)
Scenă uzuală. Astăzi, la farmacie.
COMUNICAT DE PRESĂ  (January 11, 2008 at 19:47:08 GMT)
În atenţia: HotNews.ro; ZIUA; Observator Antena 3; Gardianul; Radio România Actualităţi; Libertatea.
Ce mişto...  (January 11, 2008 at 19:22:56 GMT)
Vorba ştiţi voi cui, dar despre altcineva şi altceva: cenzura la casele mari
S-a trezit Cancelaria!  (January 10, 2008 at 11:38:56 GMT)
Şi cică am fost un turnător.
Alte câteva românisme (mai puţin ultimele două)  (January 10, 2008 at 10:12:14 GMT)
La plezneală, că viaţa ne oferă căcălău (sorry for the English-language readers, they'll have to skip this post too!)
Ziariştii ăştia chiar sunt grei de cap!  (January 10, 2008 at 10:00:58 GMT)
Că e foarte greu de priceput care e diferenţa între a sparge un server şi a scrie ce vrea muşchii tăi în bara de adrese, ca să obţii pe ecran exact ce-a vrut muşchii lui matale.
Uite de ce plătesc io gazul la preţ de caviar!  (January 09, 2008 at 16:30:51 GMT)
Ca să-şi plimbe dobitocii mobilele cu utilitarele din dotare, de-aia!
How To Make Basescu FBI's Most Wanted!  (January 09, 2008 at 08:29:16 GMT)
Through the means of XSS (Cross-Site Scripting), of course!
Romania vs. Cuba  (January 08, 2008 at 15:40:36 GMT)
Look ma', we're in the E.U.!
M-am săturat de politică...  (January 06, 2008 at 21:04:18 GMT)
....după cum m-am săturat şi de ţara asta
Gânduri răzleţe, pretins financiare  (January 02, 2008 at 18:43:35 GMT)
Din când în când nimeresc peste emisiuni aşa-zis economico-financiare pe The Money Channel sau pe Antena 3. Şi uneori mă cam enervează. Oi fi eu cam prea «comunist», sau ce naiba?
Cică leapşa (multiplă)  (December 31, 2007 at 03:17:36 GMT)
Detest ceea ce bloggerii români numesc leapşa, dar dacă vreunul mă citeşte, iaca nişte material de studiu...
Nu numai românii sunt tâmpiţi  (December 30, 2007 at 18:39:32 GMT)
Şi chinezii mănâncă ulei pe pâine, sau cum altfel să explici isteria asta?
Despre sinceritatea lui Fidel (sau cam pe-acolo)  (December 30, 2007 at 18:31:02 GMT)
Ca un simpatizant al anumitor aspecte ale personalităţii lui Fidel, m-am simţit dator să mă informez de la sursă.
La 18 ani: revoluţia inutilă (roman-foileton, actualizat)  (December 23, 2007 at 09:46:55 GMT)
S-a murit relativ degeaba în decembrie 1989. Părerea mea.
Ciutacule, eşti un papagal!  (December 19, 2007 at 21:50:08 GMT)
Păi cum putuşi tu să mai crezi în Tatulici?
Canal RSS special pentru Consulat  (December 19, 2007 at 16:23:07 GMT)
De-acum, vă puteţi abona şi la «secţiunea consulară» a acestui site!
Cu oarece blasfemie, despre Revoluţia Română  (December 19, 2007 at 13:02:02 GMT)
Duios, Revoluţia trecea, şi Tökes nici o treabă cu ea nu avea...
Citatul zilei (actualizat)  (December 18, 2007 at 18:01:03 GMT)
De pe un blog românesc, Øieblikket / Enten-Eller
De ce sunt politicienii aşa de proşti?  (December 18, 2007 at 13:23:13 GMT)
Multe lucruri sunt la mintea cocoşului, dar nu pentru ei. Urmat de un mesaj pentru români.
Cică filme în 2008  (December 18, 2007 at 13:01:00 GMT)
Nu mai frecventez cinematografele (sunt tot mai execrabile sau inexistente în ţara asta, iar multiplexurile sunt pentru dobitocii americanizaţi), dar mereu mă enervez când citesc ceva de genul: puteţi să vedeţi şi voi filmul cutare, dar peste juma' de an sau mai mult!
Romania, the country of the slipping tiles / Ţara alunecatului pe gresie  (December 17, 2007 at 13:52:50 GMT)
Why is this nation so brainless? / De ce suntem oare atât de căzuţi în cap?
Oameni uitaţi...  (December 16, 2007 at 23:34:59 GMT)
...situri nemaifăcute: Acad. Nicolae Teodorescu; maestrul Iosif Sava.
Este câştigul lui Ion Iliescu cu adevărat un câştig?  (December 15, 2007 at 22:48:56 GMT)
În care se arată că tocmai ce voiam să-l felicit pe Ion Iliescu printr-un comentariu pe blogul domniei sale, când se anunţă şi locul doi la politicieni: Gigi Becali. Alte întrebări la orizont. Urmează eliptice comentarii asupra unor bloguri politice româneşti. Cititorul este lăsat să-şi imagineze restul.
Kosovo 2008  (December 15, 2007 at 22:43:41 GMT)
By backing the soon-to-be-announced independence of Kosovo, the E.U. acknowledges and signs the final step of the dismantling of the former Yugoslavia
Wal-Mart şi fascismul corporatismului contemporan  (December 15, 2007 at 00:14:55 GMT)
O dezlânată batere de câmpii pe teme sugerate de un documentar văzut recent. Am mai scris pe această temă cu varii ocazii, dar nu în româneşte. Astăzi ajung şi la «chinezizarea post-modernă şi efectul Wal-Mart al Carrefour-ului» la noi.
Quick visitor statistics  (December 14, 2007 at 15:27:11 GMT)
Not entirely accurate, but since I was asked about the approximate number of "devotees"... :-)
Schimbarea la faţă a Planetei Béranger  (December 13, 2007 at 16:22:16 GMT)
Pentru cititorii români ai acestui blog — care nu sunt totuşi mai mult de 8...12% din total — neinteresaţi prea mult nici de computere, nici de politica mondială (decât dacă are o legătură vizibilă cu noi), , am rebrănduit situl (nu-i aşa că sună ca dracu'?): acum există o pagină cu selecţii «naţionale» :-)
Mi-am schimbat wallpaper-ul la serviciu (dar e cam cenzurat)  (December 13, 2007 at 12:20:22 GMT)
Se cere o vacanţă...
Ajutoarele de încălzire pentru iarnă şi premiul Nobel pentru economie  (December 12, 2007 at 20:32:55 GMT)
Dacă aţi crezut că ideea ajutoarelor de încălzire acordate iarna celor mai săraci şi bătrâni este o idee socialistă, s-ar putea să vă cam înşelaţi. E drept că nu tocmai pentru această aplicare concretă a primit Kenneth Arrow premiul Nobel pentru economie, dar...
Dear Lazyweb, how about a massage?  (December 12, 2007 at 14:21:49 GMT)
Is this Quelle crap "good" to any reasonable extent of the word?
Diplomatic immunity should not apply... at least to some  (December 12, 2007 at 12:22:50 GMT)
Diplomatic immunity should not apply to U.S. diplomatic personnel. It's as simple as that.
Pequeño regalito para los rumanos :-)  (December 11, 2007 at 08:30:09 GMT)
Pentru nostalgicii care-şi mai amintesc genericele de la Telecinemateca şi Teleenciclopedia...
U.S. Ambassador thinks Romania part of Latin America  (December 06, 2007 at 21:07:54 GMT)
Otherwise, he wouldn't act as if Romania is his own estate, so he can do whatever the U.S. wants: in this case, changing the Constitution, not overthrowing or assassinating presidents. Quite a progress already (for a Latin American country, that is).
Crimele medicale din căcatul ăsta de ţară (English translation available)  (December 04, 2007 at 10:18:58 GMT)
One of the murders in the Romanian National Health System.
Politica blogosferică românească  (December 03, 2007 at 23:01:54 GMT)
...mă prinse niţel
The pullulating December 1st: Bucharest, Unirii Square  (December 03, 2007 at 13:13:16 GMT)
Hundreds of thousands of people were literally pullulating like worms or rats!
CHIP-ul românesc pe decembrie  (November 30, 2007 at 21:39:25 GMT)
Vine cu un cadou pentru "papagali" :-)
Cică ştiri de doi bani  (November 29, 2007 at 14:24:38 GMT)
Dileală...
Sci-Fi Nostalgia, Earthly Nostalgia  (November 27, 2007 at 14:37:12 GMT)
...and quoting a defender of the "socialist sci-fi" ;-)
A înnebunit lupul!  (November 26, 2007 at 14:45:39 GMT)
De fapt, cam toată haita. Cred că ar trebui să-mi fac o secţiune distinctă a blogului, în limba română. Devine amuzantă Patria...
Primim şi ne simţim onoraţi  (November 25, 2007 at 02:57:56 GMT)
Am folosit pluralul de majestate pentru că într-adevăr sunt încă deosebit de măgulit
Cui îi pasă de referendum?  (November 23, 2007 at 13:21:37 GMT)
Şi cui îi pasă ca românul să cunoască măcar variantele de sisteme de vot uninominal propuse?
Google şi biroul lui Ion Iliescu: depinde de limbă!  (November 23, 2007 at 13:15:11 GMT)
Căutarea cu Google.com are idei năstruşnice faţă de căutarea cu Google.ro
Spre un Bison Futé bucureştean?  (November 22, 2007 at 15:18:06 GMT)
Un început, se pare...
Votează ca Băselu'!  (November 21, 2007 at 18:36:28 GMT)
Că tot nu pot să-l bănuiesc pe marinel de bune intenţii ori de grijă pentru ţară...
Temperature (and other idiocies) in my country  (November 21, 2007 at 11:28:36 GMT)
Why would people want to live in the winter at a higher temperature than during the summer?
Căpşunarii noştri şi strugurarii lor  (November 20, 2007 at 08:57:39 GMT)
Chebecoşi pe care Ţara nu putea să-i mai încapă (ne referim la ajutoarele de şomaj), au trecut în Lumea Veche la... cules de struguri!
Tough history quiz...  (November 19, 2007 at 13:25:04 GMT)
Mixing political personalities with other celebrities
Experiences with Samsung YP-U3  (November 19, 2007 at 09:17:56 GMT)
Technically speaking, it's a great gizmo.
Vive le Beaujolais Nouveau !  (November 18, 2007 at 02:29:38 GMT)
I almost forgot it was the time for it...
Maigret wins  (November 14, 2007 at 15:04:25 GMT)
I have a new fancy...
Ion Iliescu, blogging-ul şi dezvoltarea durabilă (actualizat)  (November 14, 2007 at 14:35:53 GMT)
Mi-am dat şi eu cu părerea...
Sur les Listes noires du Conseil de sécurité et de l’Union européenne  (November 13, 2007 at 13:49:26 GMT)
Les procédures pour l'inscription sur une « liste noire » des personnes soupçonnées de liens avec le terrorisme sont indignes du Conseil de Sécurité de l'ONU et de l'UE, selon une commission de l'APCE.
Anti-nostalgia lu' Ceaunescu': pentru contra  (November 09, 2007 at 21:35:37 GMT)
Plecând de la National Geographic România pe noiembrie...
Je t'aime à l'italienne  (November 07, 2007 at 10:58:40 GMT)
RUMENI. LA NUOVA ORDA? Plus: Italy infringing the Vienna Convention on the Consular Relations.
Italy, an idiot nation  (November 05, 2007 at 07:23:50 GMT)
I know I will lose my Italian readers, but the same way they said Romania is a country of gypsies...
USB Penguin Mice  (November 02, 2007 at 09:46:37 GMT)
Not a genetic experiment!
Porcu' s-a suit pe stâlpi, pe schele...  (November 01, 2007 at 17:34:16 GMT)
Fără alte comentarii (dar ţara asta se duce dracului)
The desert with no roads  (October 10, 2007 at 07:46:31 GMT)
In the middle of Romania -- according to Google Maps
Traduceri de cacao... sau de ce nu folosesc soft în româneşte  (October 08, 2007 at 07:27:05 GMT)
(Romanian-only)
Orthodox indoctrination  (October 04, 2007 at 11:50:26 GMT)
This country is supposed to be a secular one, but the Orthodox clergy has forced its presence in public schools after the fall of Communism
Dear Lazyweb, is our Mayor trying to kill us?  (October 04, 2007 at 08:00:11 GMT)
A strange speed bump, lots of roundabouts, and more
Béranger chez les Belges  (October 02, 2007 at 12:26:02 GMT)
Voyage au pays qui n'existe pas has been posted...
May I have a tax deduction, please?  (September 30, 2007 at 20:53:24 GMT)
The President of Romania has declared he is not representing me. Now, can I have my money back?
Qu'on m'explique, S.V.P.  (September 18, 2007 at 09:18:30 GMT)
Quelle serait la motivation éthique quand l'État me force d'être le client d'une certaine organisation privée ?
It's a joke, right?  (September 18, 2007 at 08:45:07 GMT)
Each and every bank in this country is a fraud (or a bunch of morons)
Nikon Coolpix L10: I never thought I'll love it!  (September 17, 2007 at 09:47:14 GMT)
Entry-level point-n-shoot that provides... satisfaction.
Top 10 Idiocy  (September 17, 2007 at 07:59:35 GMT)
They used to say: Traduttore, traditore! This should be reconsidered, as with nowadays' translators we should say: Traduttore, testa di cazzo!
Legal warranty vs. Commercial warranty  (September 06, 2007 at 13:57:40 GMT)
What's the whole point? Apparently, a E.U. directive (1999/44/CE) is largely ignored, to the detriment of the consumers.
Buying books in Eastern Europe: shipping fees comparison  (August 21, 2007 at 10:19:42 GMT)
Buying from Amazon.fr and Amazon.co.uk is outrageously expensive, while Amazon.com and Eyrolles are good choices.
Dear Lazyweb, what font is this?  (August 16, 2007 at 21:57:06 GMT)
How can I find what font is used on a packaging?
Radio stations I might listen to (an extended list)  (August 16, 2007 at 10:57:30 GMT)
You might not really want to read it. But I will visit it myself in the future, as a personal agenda :-)
Once again, everything is much more expensive in Romania  (August 16, 2007 at 10:35:10 GMT)
...than at the source, that is.
Misoginism...  (August 14, 2007 at 14:19:24 GMT)
For Romanians only
Word of the day  (August 07, 2007 at 11:49:23 GMT)
copitability, n. : the quality or state of being copitable :-)
Romanians, always lazy...  (August 06, 2007 at 14:09:44 GMT)
...even when comes to translate a book!
The Great Global Warming Swindle  (August 06, 2007 at 11:57:16 GMT)
A few notes on a highly controversial documentary
Funny fact page on Romania :-)  (August 06, 2007 at 09:53:23 GMT)
Most likely from the '50s...
For Romanians: Metronom?  (August 06, 2007 at 09:39:27 GMT)
Was this the last jingle used?
India's cheap cars  (July 31, 2007 at 08:41:33 GMT)
Renault's "cheaper Logan than the Logan"
Mystery: are 1% of the parcels lost?  (July 24, 2007 at 08:15:02 GMT)
Of course not! Then, why is the insurance at 1%?!
Bank rip-off (or how much my bank loves me)  (July 24, 2007 at 06:49:45 GMT)
The return of the Greek crooks
Waiting for better times...  (July 20, 2007 at 12:32:42 GMT)
I guess Sahara moved to Europe, right into my country
Cristian Mungiu reçoit la Palme d'Or !  (May 27, 2007 at 18:21:38 GMT)
La Palme d'or du 60e Festival de Cannes a été décernée au Roumain Cristian Mungiu pour son film « 4 mois, 3 semaines et 2 jours »
Redneck Basescu: the first international actions  (May 23, 2007 at 10:40:59 GMT)
IFJ condemns him; Barosso receives letter
It happens in Romania...  (May 21, 2007 at 15:35:15 GMT)
In Brasov, actually
It seems that PayPal sucks for Romania  (May 21, 2007 at 10:21:21 GMT)
Recently, PayPal accepted to work with accounts from Romania. Yet the offer is a broken one...
Des Cathares qui roulent au bioéthanol  (May 11, 2007 at 12:57:36 GMT)
Le magnat Roumain à Carcassonne
For my Romanian fellows  (May 09, 2007 at 08:32:00 GMT)
Sf. Gheorghe pe un cal alb. De carton.
Octavian Paler  (May 07, 2007 at 17:10:46 GMT)
No more time for him
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 Happy for my President has been impeached! (Apr 19 2007 at 13:44 GMT)
The Romanian Parliament has voted with 322 against 108 the impeachment of the President Traian Basescu. Although a referendum is normally required to confirm the legislative vote, the president has previously declared that he will resign, should the Parliament vote for his impeachment. T...
 eLiberatica in The Microsoft Republic (Apr 13 2007 at 07:25 GMT)
eLiberatica got mentioned in the LXF Team Blog. Not bad, at least this country starts to look like it's indeed somewhere on the map. I am nonetheless extremely skeptical about the future of open source in this country. Remember: while Red Hat was opening a 207-employee development and re...
 The World Is Still Flat (Apr 01 2007 at 21:13 GMT)
The world is still flat. When I went to the States in May 2005, Friedman's first edition of The World Is Flat was just released, so I could find it in all the Barnes & Noble, but I didn't want to buy it (at the nominal price: something like $25.95, I guess). Besides, whatever Thomas L....
 1966: Life under a relaxed Communism?! (Mar 22 2007 at 13:58 GMT)
Occidental Blindness
The TIME magazine was terribly blind when writing in March 18, 1966 issue: "Eastern Europe: Life Under A Relaxed Communism", illustrating this utopia with a cover picture of... Nicolae Ceauşescu himself: «Rumania's Party Boss Ceausescu»! [via] At the time, the En...
 What is Poland doing in the 21st century's Europe?! (Mar 21 2007 at 11:26 GMT)
Although the previous post featured a few Polish birds, this one will be a rant against Poland. I usually believe that my own country (Romania) shouldn't belong to the European Union, as its institutions are not trustworthy, and the majority of the population doesn't always have the right...
 Der Untergang: a must-see (Mar 20 2007 at 14:41 GMT)
Two years and half after its release, I watched (at the TV) the film «Der Untergang» (IMDB page), with Bruno Ganz and Alexandra Maria Lara -- watch the trailer. It was absolutely hard to describe. A masterwork in its way, and a hard work indeed, not only for Bruno Ganz. The at...
 American Vertigo translated in my language (Mar 19 2007 at 12:18 GMT)
American Vertigo, by Bernard-Henri Lévy, in the American edition; French edition; Romanian edition The recently published Romanian edition was translated from French (Grasset), and it seems to be a good translation, although I can only compare it with the American text. The choi...
 Romania bites the OLPC bait! (Mar 14 2007 at 15:47 GMT)
Yesterday, the Prime Minister of Romania (otherwise, an intelligent guy) fell for the One Laptop Per Child project. As the official government's site says in the Headline: Meeting with Mr. Nicholas Negroponte, professor at MIT, the "Prime Minister has announced his decision to set up...
 The fabulous 6 thinking hats (Mar 06 2007 at 09:47 GMT)
At the company I work for, we started experimenting with Edward de Bono's method of the Six Thinking Hats — obviously, using a translation in Romanian of the book and presentation slides. No, I can't post them, I wrote them in Romanian; plus, they're company confidential. But inde...
 Polish sausages, 1963 vs. 2007 (Feb 13 2007 at 07:38 GMT)
List of materials for 100 kilos of "Polish sausages", Anno Domini 1963: «Class B chopped meat 78kg, lard 22kg, sweet paprika 50g, black pepper 50g, garlic 100g, pork membranes, strings, metal clips.» Ingredients for "Polish sausages", Anno Domini 2007: ...
 Turkish, Romanian and KDevelop 3.4 (Feb 01 2007 at 20:49 GMT)
The first part has nothing to do with Pardus. Not directly. Nevertheless... Answering a question commenting on a recent post, I thought useful to give an ad-hoc list of some Romanian words that have entered in my language from Turkish. Most of them are having almost the same meaning in Ro...
 Bill Gates, Hero of Romania! (Feb 01 2007 at 14:36 GMT)
That's the official version
Bill Gates, Feb. 1, 2007, Bucharest (Romania) Source: Realitatea TV Like I said yesterday, Bill is here. We still have to wait for Jesus, but Bill is here. At the official opening of a Global Technological Support Centre (GTSC) in Bucharest, the populist president of Romania, Traian Base...
 Outrageously Bill Coming To Town (Jan 31 2007 at 09:43 GMT)
The Evil is coming: «Bill Gates in Romania on February 1st 2007: Bill Gates will travel to Bucharest to take part in celebrations marking ten years of successful operation in Romania and Microsoft's contribution to the local economy. Just as importantly, the day's event will focus ...
 Clicknet.ro: Choosing To Be Stupid (Jan 14 2007 at 21:25 GMT)
Refusing a Secondary DNS, and much more...
My complaint letter to my ISP (names protected): «This message is in English because a copy with it (with names protected) will also be posted on my blog, which had over 80,000 visits in December 2006. Due to your lack of consideration towards customers, this is a justified measure of...
 How My Bank Works (And Not Only Mine) (Dec 18 2006 at 15:27 GMT)
Maybe I am not very skilled with "capitalist speculations", but I have used my VISA for 30 online transactions in the past 9 months, and the quality of the services provided by my bank made me call them back at least 20 times! And no, it was not about a chargeback, as I have no...
 Goombay Dance Band Nostalgia (Dec 15 2006 at 14:43 GMT)
..and Merlin.com.pl as a bonus
Do you remember Goombay Dance Band? Or let me put it this way: are you old enough to have the nostalgia of Goombay Dance Band? Marrakesh, Sun of Jamaica, Seven Tears, If You Ever Fall In Love... You can listen excerpts from their 1989 CD on Amazon.de (RealMedia) or on Merlin.pl (MP3/WMA...
 ThinkGeek keeps sucking... (Dec 12 2006 at 11:14 GMT)
...for some
I wrote them today:Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 03:57:16 -0500 (EST) Subject: Outrageously missing from your countries list! To:    orders@thinkgeek.com Dear ThinkGeek.com folks, I just saw that you can ship items to the following 3rd world countries: Burkina Faso, Cambodia...
 It just was the National Day (Dec 01 2006 at 22:35 GMT)
And it was the National Day of my country. But don't expect me to put a picture of the flag here! (Only the Americans and the Swiss are able to put the national flag on no matter what, being it a public toilet.) It's hard to find another future member of the European Union (starting Janua...
 Romanian bloggers campaign: F "The Sun"! (Nov 22 2006 at 09:41 GMT)
A few days ago, the British tabloid "The Sun" perpetrated another stupid urban legend: Migrants' AIDS epidemic threat: «BRITAIN is facing an Aids epidemic after the revelation that TWO THIRDS of all new cases are in immigrants. Almost none of these foreigners seeks treat...
 The 2006 Globalization Index (Oct 30 2006 at 14:13 GMT)
Is it any good?
The annual «A.T. Kearney/Foreign Policy Globalization Index» examines the underlying international trends that reveal whether the world’s leading nations are becoming more or less globally connected. The 2006 Globalization Index (from Foreign Policy, Nov./Dec. 2006) has som...
 European capital city, after a simple rain (Oct 10 2006 at 15:40 GMT)
A normal crossroads. A normal rainy day. A European capital city. All the drivers have passed a test and they do have licenses. Now take a look: This is only normal here. Everybody knows that driving in Romania is just crazy. Not even the capital city (Bucharest) has some 800,000 cars ...
 Romanian Food (Sep 18 2006 at 13:30 GMT)
Here's some Romanian specific stuff: That's Mititei or Mici [recipe 1] [recipe 2a] [recipe 2bis] [recipe 3] [recipe 4] [recipe 5] [recipe 6] [recipe 7] ...and that's a slice of bread with Zacusca [recipe 1] [recipe 2] [chicken with zacusca] Bon appétit! ...
 Cheaper, Faster ADSL, With a Cost: Demystifying Plans (Sep 08 2006 at 10:18 GMT)
When 1 Mbit is way too low... and why
As in almost all the countries, the Romanian «national» (formerly «public», now partly Greek-American) telecommunication company was criticised and continues to be criticised — but isn't the same with France Telecom or Deutsche Telekom? Everyone, everywhere, believ...
 Britain: Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire! (Aug 22 2006 at 16:05 GMT)
The headlines ... and the truth
Lies, damned lies and immigration. Abklärung from the British newspaper: HALT THE TIDE OF EU MIGRANTS ... HIV CHILDREN BRINGING TIMEBOMB TO BRITAIN - Sunday Express, 20/8 Claim: Britain is confronted with an HIV time bomb when Romanian teenagers descend on our over-stretched healt...
 Visiting Cuba with Manafu (Aug 16 2006 at 12:02 GMT)
Many of you can't read Manafu's blog, because it's on Romanian. But I can read it :-) Recently, Manafu visited Cuba, and he posted two insightful reports: Personal: Deci am fost in Cuba (episodul I) Personal: Deci am fost in Cuba (episodul II) I'll try to translate for you just a fe...
 Linux Magazine Romania, the best fiction ever (Aug 14 2006 at 15:07 GMT)
Can you imagine something lamer than a Linux magazine labeled "March- April", that went out on newsstands on August 10? It's the case with the Romanian edition of Linux Magazine, the well-known title of Linux New Media AG (yes, it's not the first time when I criticize them). ...
 Message to people outside E.U.: enjoy your freedom! (Aug 12 2006 at 20:34 GMT)
From Europe, countries like Romania and Bulgaria have only a few months of freedom left, but Russia (for instance) can enjoy not targeting the entrance into the E.U. I just heard at the TV a selection of the most absurd E.U. regulations that will torture the common sense of people working...
 Pacepa is eating faceces once again! (Aug 11 2006 at 01:34 GMT)
Yep. Ion Mihai Pacepa, who was the head of the Directorate for Counterespionage of the Romanian Intelligence Service (Securitate) under the communist regime of Nicolae Ceausescu, and "defected" to the United States in 1978, still believes there is somebody interested in what he's...
 Wal-Mart in Germany: Kaputt! (Jul 28 2006 at 17:56 GMT)
In brief — or slightly longer, the news says the same: METRO takes all the 85 department stores that Wal-Mart had in Germany! Wal-Mart Deutschland ist Kaputt. But I'm not happy with that — not because I would love W-M (no way!), but because METRO is no better. Metro Cash...
 Political Corectness in Games: Romanians in Space, Stupidity Down Here (Jul 11 2006 at 16:01 GMT)
«Much ado for nothing» — as the old Will said 400 years ago. This time however, this is about a Hungarian politician in the Government of Romania... trying to ban a computer game... which doesn't exist yet! Yep. «Romanians in Space», a game produced by 2 Bad Desig...
 Yevtushenko at 73 (Jul 05 2006 at 14:07 GMT)
Yevgeny Yevtushenko, the best-known Russian poet, is the author of 50 volumes of poetry and prose published in 72 languages. His "Babbi Yar" forms the centerpiece of Shostakovich's 13th Symphony. This living legend is just concluding a three days visit to Romania — which i...
 When the postal service is run by troglodytes (Jul 04 2006 at 14:47 GMT)
Here's how stupidly the postal service works in a beautiful country whose Postal Service is run by troglodytes. Say you have a package to receive. You are living in a city being served by 16 post offices, but the mail is dispatched from a central "Transit" office, near the rail ...
 Building AJAX and PHP skills with Packt (Jul 04 2006 at 09:55 GMT)
Recommended
I reviewed another book from Packt Publishing two months ago: «Learning UML 2.0 With Packt». I was looking for long time for a simple to uderstand book on the topic, and I enjoyed what I received for the money. It's time now to have a quick look to another one, which may be cons...
 The book that never appeared in English, now in Italian (Jun 19 2006 at 17:01 GMT)
by Jan Weiss
Jan Weiss was a Czech science-fiction writer (1892-1972) whose book «The House of One Thousand Floors» marked my young years. Too bad it was never translated in English! Why is this novel so important? Aldous Huxley published «Brave New World» in 1932; George Orwell...
 Mandriva still denying mandrivalinux.ro (Jun 19 2006 at 13:52 GMT)
To make a long story short, the site of the Romanian Mandriva community, www.mandrivalinux.ro, will change the name shortly. There have been several talks with Mandriva (Mandrakesoft) in the past, yet there was no agreement if the domain name mandrivalinux.ro can be used or not. A recen...
 Is it dangeous... only where the law says so?! (Jun 09 2006 at 16:55 GMT)
Or how the pharmaceutical companies don't give a s--t
Metamizole (Analgin, Novalgin) is known as dangerous since the '70s. Banned in Sweden. Banned in the U.S. Banned in Japan. Banned in Australia. Banned in many E.U. countries. Banned in Pakistan. Prescription-only in Germany (the country where it was born in 1920). OTC and very popu...
 An average value: 112 (911) in 51 minutes. Somewhere in Europe... (Jun 06 2006 at 21:42 GMT)
A month ago I was a national of Romania, which keeps me busy all day long. Here's some more news about a country to join the E.U. in 2007, in the light of a news report by the national television (Channel TVR2) as of today. A recent law aims to align Romania's emergency services to the E....
 Self-praise: A world without Romania (Jun 06 2006 at 10:26 GMT)
Apparently, just a commercial to a beer brand... however it's very good for the national self-esteem :-) To be watched carefully! Too bad they forgot to tell about Romanian wines (wine is the main drink for over two millennia, and Romania is curently the world's 9th wine producer), bu...
 Ad Blogs, Part 3: Stalin, Hitler ... Ceausescu, Bush... (May 31 2006 at 11:52 GMT)
Surprisingly, there are still references to the Romanian dictator Ceausescu, this time in... ads! Those who wear fur have no respect for life is a campaign for for Noah, the German animal rights organisation — the original idea only featured the Fuehrer. Josef Stalin, Adolf Hitler...
 Two "Simply Romania" ads, one of which... surprising (May 29 2006 at 14:11 GMT)
The following touristic ads for Romania have something in common: the most inspired one, made by Ogilvy, has troubles in using proper English, and the less inspired one... has no typos inside. The first ad shamefully displays "mistery" for "mystery". The second ad is ...
 I'm a national of Romania, which keeps me busy all day long (May 02 2006 at 12:36 GMT)
This is a widely unknown European country which will be the seventh largest E.U. nation (right after Poland) starting from January 1, 2007. Is it good for the citizens of this country to be part of the E.U.? Nobody knows (please, don't ask a politician!), but I strongly believe it is not...
 Valuable Free Chapters from Packt (and other surprises) (Apr 19 2006 at 17:29 GMT)
Packt Publishing is a young publisher, which just turned 2 this April. Most of their books are on Open Source projects, like Drupal, Mambo, Smarty, TYPO3, PHP-Nuke, phpBB, OpenCMS, Plone, SpamAssasin, etc. As they say: "Packt believes in Open Source. When we sell a book written on a...
 6 Notebooks w/o the Microsoft Tax (Apr 11 2006 at 11:11 GMT)
The Romanian wholesaler TWISTER afford you to buy some portable computers without putting you to pay the "Microsoft Tax"! 6 out of the 35 notebooks on show are Linux-powered. You can find the Microsoft-free notebooks through this query. The prices are for the end-user, in lo...
 Stupid People, Stupid Press, Eastern Europe Is A Mess! (Mar 10 2006 at 22:36 GMT)
There is press. Then there come the tabloids. But hey, things can go even lower. The new species is called "stupid junk tabloids for underbrained people". If "regular" tabloids are notoriously perpetrating nonnews on nonevents -- or even making up some --, the new sp...
 Being German and Obsolete (Mar 02 2006 at 20:56 GMT)
Linux Magazin is a German magazine and registered mark of Linux New Media A.G. in Munich. In the editions issued in countries other than Germany -- Brazil, Spain, Poland, Romania -- and in the international edition in English, Linux Magazin(e) features an included DVD or a set of CDs, us...
 Quit Smoking with Fidel! (Feb 22 2006 at 22:29 GMT)
Cigar Aficionado featured 12 years ago A Conversation with Fidel. A lot of talk on Cuban cigars, and... on how Fidel has quit smoking! Nice interview. In an unexpected aligning with democratic countries, Cuba has declared public transport, shops and other closed spaces smoke-free as ...
 Accessing Clicknet.ro Webmail w/o Internet Explorer (Jan 19 2006 at 16:00 GMT)
The Romanian ISP Clicknet offers with their account plans a Webmail access to a 30 MB space. Unfortunately, unless you are using Microsoft Internet Explorer, you won't be able to login! There is a simple yet wrong JavaScript in the login page which fails on all popular browsers but IE (...
 Getting Political: Why The World Sucks! (Jan 03 2006 at 08:25 GMT)
Headlines these days are akin to « Russia Cuts Off Gas Supply to Ukraine, Europe at Risk » ('cause Europe gets 25 percent of its gas from Russia, through Ukraine). In the States there are different worries though -- fires in Oklahoma, Texas and New Mexico, explosion in a coal m...
 The Only Romanian Linux Magazine Dies! (RIP) (Dec 22 2005 at 19:23 GMT)
MyLinux dies after only 7 Issues
After only seven monthly issues -- from June 2005 to December 2005 -- the only Romanian Linux magazine -- MyLINUX (MyL in short) announced it will not appear any more! (Not in print and not electronically either.) The full text of the announcement (in Romanian!) is on its forum, here. ...
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