Arhiva pentru ‘Techie stuff’

October 6th, 2011

Adblock Plus a devenit indispensabil

De cand am invatat cum functioneaza Adblock Plus, am inceput sa customizez extensia pentru mai multe site-uri. Cel mai important dintre ele este gsp.ro, o adevarata piatra de incercare. Iata ce a reusit frumoasa extensie de Firefox:

gsp

Asa trebuie sa arate un site de ziar de sport, nu?

September 29th, 2011

Finally: iTunes Music Store launched in Romania

Good news, everyone!

Until now, Romanian users could only buy iPhone and iPad apps in the iTunes store. Starting... now, everyone with a credit card and an Apple ID can browse and buy from the millions of songs and videos in iTunes.

I still wish iTunes would sell tracks in lossless format. True fans should buy from one of the online music download stores that sell in lossless format. Examples are hdtracks.com, livedownloads.com and beatport.com . These all sell by individual track. They do however, have higher prices and narrower selections than mass-market shops such as the iTunes Store and the Amazon.com MP3 Download Store.

July 28th, 2011

Goo inca se vinde!

Kai's Power Goo a fost primul software cu care m-am jucat pe computerul personal. Absolut genial, cumparat in original de o prietena si instalat pe la toti amicii ei :)

goo

Nu ma asteptam sa-l mai vad in vanzare si, mai ales ca nu se comporta prea bine pe XP. In schimb, pe 95 OSR2...

Mai jos gasiti o arhiva care contine cateva directoare pe care nu le-am vazut in ultimii 10 ani, deci nu stiu exact ce si cum. Dar merge sa va jucati cu el, chiar pe Windows 7 (compatibility mode ar fi recomandat).

Download Goo [17.3 MB]

Arhiva contine 5 directoare: Goo, Goo1, Goo2, GooOEM si GooSE :)

July 27th, 2011

Cel mai tare feature in Gmail a fost o gluma

gmail

Cati dintre noi nu doresc asta de la providerul de webmail? Se pare, insa, ca e mult prea imoral pentru lumea curata in care traim.

July 14th, 2011

Teapa cu asigurarea telefonului mobil

Cand mi-am schimbat telefonul, trecand de la unu' "d-ala vechi" la un smartphone, am fost convins de o domnisoara de la Voda sa-mi fac si asigurare, ca sa stau linistit cu el in pantaloni. Din ce m-a vrajit ea acolo parea ca asigurarea asta e cea mai tare inventie de la primul G incoace.

Numai ca asigurarea nu e "Casco", e mai mult la misto. Pentru ca singura situatie in care esti asigurat e daca apare vreo 'defectiune accidentala' (inclusiv cele provocate de apa). La 5 euro pe luna cu tot cu TVA ce mai vrei?

July 3rd, 2011

Nebunia HD ia forme noi

GSP vrea sa vanda un DVD. Ii face reclama printr-un mare banner. Si ce sa scrii despre un DVD ca sa convingi oamenii sa dea banii? Pai, tre' sa fie ceva cu HD, nu?

dvd filmat hd 35mm

Eu nu pricep cum poti sa scrii o asemenea tampenie. Atata timp cat codarea finala e MPEG-2 pentru DVD, poa' sa-l filmeze si pe 35mm, ca tot la fel se vede. Sau poate au vrut sa spuna ca sursa nu e o filmare cu telefonul mobil :)

In orice caz, se pare ca astea doua litere, H si D, vand in continuare. Ma intreb pana cand.

June 30th, 2011

How to hide the People Widget in Gmail

To hide the people widget in Gmail, go to Account settings (top right corner, click on your username and it will show you the drop-down menu) then click on Settings next to Gmail, then scroll down to People Widget and select "Hide the people widget".

Another one bites the dust.

June 29th, 2011

Remove the navigation menu bar from Google search pages

For users of Firefox with the Adblock Plus add-on - you can remove the ugly Google navigation menu by adding this filter:

google.com###mngb

It causes the Google pages to be a little higher than usual, but it works just fine.

June 25th, 2011

Stechere smechere

In '85, in Noua Zeelanda erau stechere ingenioase. Le-am vazut intr-un film. De ce nu mai exista? Ce s-a intamplat cu acest concept ingenios? Nu se mai vindeau prelungitoare si au boicotat aia modelul?

stechere

June 23rd, 2011

Beers filled through the bottom

The Bottoms Up beer dispenser can pour up to 44 pints a minute, with just one person using it. The machine fills them from the bottom:

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But how does this magical machine work? Obviously, the cups have holes, but how do they reseal? Magnets. The plastic glasses have a floppy fridge-magnet inside, a circle which sticks itself to a corresponding donut-shape strip around the filling-hole.

So, the Bottoms Up pumps are fast, can hook up to any keg and – provided you have the rest of your gear clean and properly adjusted – you won’t waste beer via foam. But there is an obvious problem: waste of those glasses. Instead of a glass glass, which can be re-used over and over, these are designed to be disposable, to the extent that the little magnetic discs are pushed as an advertising opportunity: a magnet on the fridge of the American household gets 20 impressions per day per person in the household, making this ad space the most viewed souvenir taken home from a venue. That also means it is taken home from the venue!