Laugh - Rizi - Ridi

If you feel blue that will make your day:
weather lady
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_wpunvbyKA
misc. people
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tN3iNxr2bhk
dutch presenter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dljqjo90j4s
old dude
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4Y4keqTV6w
baby:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5P6UU6m3cqk

Nino face cu mina

coconul se coace. mamica ii cinta:

Dorul de duca. primavara

Baiatul asta ne povesteste despre dorul de duca: http://morar.hotnews.ro/am-fugit-bolnavilor.html
In contextul vietii moderne (februarie 2008) are sens.
Romanul s-a nascut poet. Simte nevoie sa-si decline existenta contemplind foaia verde.
Miroase a primavara.

the more you know, the less you believe.

Last August some very important scientists (spanning from biologists to astronomers) gathered and talked about the state-of-art for the life origin and next-to-far future trends in bio/chem/phys/genetics research .
You will find the transcripts of their talk and the videos right here:
http://www.edge.org/documents/life/life_index.html
Very interesting. And somehow frightening: everyone talks about the end of Darwinism era (evolutionism conducted by nature conditions) and begining of genome juggling (lego-ing with dna to build new organisms and stuff...)

These days in Italy Pope Benedict 16 was rejected to plead his speach from University La Sapienza in Rome.

Far from being connected these two events reflect a simple thing:
the more you know, the less you'll (be open to) believe.

They were, they are

They were my grandparents: Luigi & Natalia. For no particular reason today I've decided that there must be a place on this huge web that should remember them. For now I'll put a timeline photo of Natalia (born Fagaraseanu) and Luigi (born Alois Hugel, later changed to Luigi Baluta). Sometimes such a photo speakes for itself. Words may hardly tell their stories. Now they are here, on this blog page, not only in my heart and in other few people memory. ;-)

Passion

I did not encounter any better definition for passion than one made by Isabel Allende during her speach on the 2007 TED (how I wish I'd be there sometime in the future). Please take some minutes off from your daily job and listen to her. It's emotional and funny in the same time: http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/204

2008 - a thin line between optimism and pessimism

People make "resolutions" and express freely their desire and hope for better days. Do you want to hear mine ? For all the good people I know (including myself ;-))
Be happier !

things that we have in common vs. differences...

The things we have in common normally draw us together.
It's up to us consider the differences as barriers vs. culture richness....

Craciun / Natale / Christmas

[RO] Ca in fiecare an, zilele acestea ne amintim unul de celalalt cu mai multa caldura.
[IT] Possiamo essere noi stessi sotto queste feste ?
[EN-US] Let this Christmas flow in your heart (and in your pockets) !!!
[EN-UK] Hello dear, yes we have panettone this year instead of the old fashioned pudding... Yes we'll put the same tartan tablecloth on 25-th...
[RU] Davai vodka Natascha... Mne ocen nravitsia smotrit televizora... Shto ti hocesh delat 25 ?

three dot oh

We've had the BigBubble (web 1.0 ?!)
Now we're living through the web 2.0 (social, user-centric, blabla).
What about the web 3.0 ?! (semantic-3d-web ?!) What colour is the edge of knowledge towards the next future ? Well, trying to find answers I stumbled upon www.ted.com (I love this site. Most of the presentations are "braincandies"). That's how I found out about the Johnatan Harris mashups (i.e. http://universe.daylife.com/ and http://wefeelfine.org). Great work.
Well, partially it gives me an answer on the 3.0 hamletika: We'll never know exactely "where" (as a target or milestone) but we might sometimes sense the path as we enlarge our vision (funny Philippe Stark on his explanation of vision. see it on http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/197)

electronic ink

Sony tried that. Now it's Amazon turn. Sounds like the iPod for books. It's name is Kindle:
http://www.amazon.com/Kindle-Amazons-Wireless-Reading-Device/dp/B000FI73MA

Will it breakthrough ?!
Well, time will tell...

No comment. Just a (eco)photo

;-)

...after 2 years

I come with a new post in here !!!
Hurrah...
Well... the idea is that I forgot this blog the minute I created it.
Now it's part of google family tools and therefore (somehow) easier to use.
Hope I write down something here sooner than 24 months... ;-)

Everything starts here.

I start this blog on 20th December 2005. Sunny day. Chilly wind. High hopes.