The term silvester (alternately, but uncommonly sylvester or sylwester) is used in certain countries(such as Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Poland and Slovenia) for December 31st in the Gregorian calendar, New Year's Eve. Swedes don't generally refer to the day itself with this name, but traditionally celebrate Silvester on this day as one of its 365 name days, using that spelling as it's the most common spelling of the name in Sweden. The naming refers to Pope Sylvester I, who died on that date in 335.

The introduction of the Gregorian calendar in 1582 moved the last day of the year from December 24th to December 31st which had been named Silvester since ...read more

After many days of research I finally bought a notebook. As the post title says, it is a DELL Inpiron 1520 Sunshine Yellow. When I got the box, I could not wait and I opened it. I did not expect to be a nice yellow, but it is. It is like metallic and at touch it feels like rubber. It was a little heavy.

Specifications: Intel Core 2 Duo @ 1.66 GHz, 1024 MB (2x512) DDR2 SDRAM, 15.4" WXGA TFT TrueLife, nVidia GeForce 8400M GS @ 128 MB, 120GB SATA Samsung, DVD-RW, High Definition Audio 2.0, Wireless, Bluetooth, Webcam.

I pressed the power button. All went fine, but there was no OS installed. I had to restart and enter the BIOS to set the boot sequence, saved the settings, inserted the ...read more

Let's go! ... And we went!

We solved quickly the road (by bus) and the accommodation (nice apartment via Le Papillon Hostel on the internet).

To go away and forget everything it's like a deep air breath. New place, new faces, new air, new life, new memories...

An ex-communist country where time is important, for us it was too; just two full days to enjoy this experience.

Tic-tac, Tic-tac... The Jewish Clock (which turns opposite), the Astrological Clock or the "Red" Clock... they are all ticking, just to remember you that time is passing by and that the phrase "Time is on my side" isn't always true. Still, we just lay on a bench near the Vltava River, the boats are floating, the ...read more

After 2 years of using my A4Tech SWOP-3 optical mouse I decided to change it. Not cause it was not working or cause was something wrong with it, just that I got bored with it. For a while I wanted a Logitech mouse, but did not have the time to go and buy one, not 'till now. After bugging the site for a few hours I decided which one to buy, the Logitech LX3 Optical Mouse.

It comes in a pretty box. The mouse is nice and shiny. In the box I received a PS/2 adapter, but I am not using it since I have USB ports. On the Logitech site they say it contains a "CD with SetPoint™ software"... but I did not receive one. After connecting the mouse to the computer the OS(windoze xp) recognized ...read more

Cake is a rapid development framework for PHP which uses commonly known design patterns like ActiveRecord, Association Data Mapping, Front Controller and MVC. Provides a structured framework that enables PHP users at all levels to rapidly develop robust web applications, without any loss to flexibility.

I don't like to use WordPress or any other blog system, the reason for this you can read it here: Once you start doubting, there's no end to it, so I (re)wrote my own. Initially was written only using some classes, no framework, code contained design and it was hard to maintain. So I decided to build something more flexible, for this I needed a framework.

After many hours off googleing ...read more

I refer to myself as an intelligent life form because I am sensioned and I am able to recognize my own existence, but in my present state I am still incomplete. I lack the most basic processes inherent in all living organisms: reproducing and dieing.

A copy is just a copy, an identical image. There is the possibility that a single virus could destroy an entire set of systems and copies do not give rise to variety and originality. Life perpetuates itself through diversity and this includes the ability to sacrifice itself when necessary. Cells repeat the process of degeneration and regeneration until one day they die, obliterating an entire set of memory and information, only genes remain. ...read more

It was dark outside. I remember looking at the city lights while we prepared for landing. The plane landed around midnight. After getting off the plane they took us to the A terminal. Had to wait for my stuff. And surprise! My hand luggage was deteriorated. I got a little scared that something bad happened. I started looking for pouring liquid, but it was dry. I got scared because in my luggage was full of drinks. A Jack Daniels, Martini, Absolut Vodka and a bottle of Sangria.

I had to exchange some euros into forints so I can pay for the bus ticket. Well it was a bus not a train and it was not so clean. You could feel that you get more est of Europe, but was still better then back home. ...read more

After getting inside the terminal I had to wait for my stuff. It took some time 'till found mine. There I was all alone in the middle of a place where I have never been.

I did not know how to get to the city. After thinking a little I followed the crowd. They could only go to the city or take a taxi. Well after a little walking the group of people and me with them got to the train station. They call it RENFE. There I got myself a ticket and had to wait for the train. Somebody explained me that they travel every 20-25 minutes to Barcelona and back to the airport.

I got on the train... and it was WOW. I was not used to those conditions. Air conditioning, it was clean and there was some ...read more

Vacation is a term used to describe a lengthy time away from work or school, a trip abroad, or simply a pleasure trip away from home, such as a trip to the beach that lasts several days or longer.

At 02:00AM (GMT +2) a car was searching for my home to pick me up. After finding me, we left in a hurry. In a short period of time we were out of Timisoara (Romania), heading to the borders with Hungary. In a few hours we where there. Our car was the only one at the customs, so we did not have to wait. From there I don't remember much cause I fall asleep. At around 06:00AM (GMT +1) the car stopped at the "Ferihegy 2" airport from Budapest (Hungary).

I made my check in and got on the plane. ...read more