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Mauser HSc mod 90 10x22T

August 5th, 2008 in Personal 5 comments
I waited more than 1 month to receive the license to detain, carry and use a self defense gun. I had a lot of headache to get all the paperwork together to fulfill the requirements. I had to go to doctors, psychologist and police, spend a lot of money so they would approve that I'm healthy (not that I wouldn't be), then pay some taxes, a lot of bureauacracy. But now all that is over.

I received the license yesterday (4th August 2008) and the same day I want to buy the gun. I'm talking about a Mauser HSc mod 90. The caliber used is 10x22T. Can fire blanks, gas and rubber bullets. I'm allowed to fire only rubber bullets with it. I didn't tested it yet, but I will, in the shooting range facility. I hope I'll never be forced to use it on somebody, human or animal.

Some people I talked ...read more
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Logitech KINETIK 15.4 Backpack

May 15th, 2008 in Other 2 comments
Another excellent Logitech product in my hands. I have to admit, it looks and feels great. This backpack is huge. There is a lot of space inside the backpack. More than you expect from first look.

Before buying this Logitech backpack I used the Kensington Contour Cargo Notebook Sleeve. I'm still using it if I have to carry only the notebook. I had one problem with this one, I couldn't carry more than my notebook, charger and mouse.

I ordered the backpack from an online store, I received it in 1 day, it came in a big box. When I spotted the big box I tough that the backpack must be really big. I was wrong, it was big cause of the protective packaging. The backpack is comfortable, feels good on my shoulders, has many and expanding compartments. It is good balanced and won't fall over ...read more
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Why I ride a bike?

May 5th, 2008 in Personal 1 comment
There are many reasons, but most likely because I enjoy it and it's fun. Cycling is an opportunity to know a different world. It can be dangerous, I did hurt myself many times, once even left half of my face without skin. It was painful, my face got back normal, but this was a lesson. I even got hit by cars, still no broken bones and I hope I woun't brake any.

Cycling is healthy. I don't like and I don't lift weights, I never diet, I rarely see a doctor. Cycling keeps me lean, fit, healthy, and happy. Then it is more economical. I don't have to spend money for fuel and car insurance, I can do something else with that amount. Not to mention that I don't pollute the environment. Some people do automobile trips for short distances and I don't understand why can't they simply walk, use a ...read more
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CakePHP - generic syntax highlighter helper (GeSHi) - updated

February 29th, 2008 in PHP / mySQL 6 comments
I couldn't find any helper for CakePHP to implement GeSHi, so I had to write my own. Bellow are the results of this helper in action.

To be able to use this helper you need to download GeSHi and put it in /app/vendors/geshi directory. You only need geshi.php and the geshi folder.

/app/views/helpers/formatting.php to view the code read the full post
Load the helper into your cotroller var $helpers = array('Formatting');. To tell the helper what to highlight, the text from your view must be between the <code></code> tags. You can specify the language you wish to highlight like this: <code language="php"></code>. If no language is defined, the default language is set to php.

For example: to view the code read the full post
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The truth about the fake smile at the job interview

April 3rd, 2008 in Personal 8 comments
Currently I'm working as a web developer for ImageRight in Timisoara (Romania). Here I develop websites in PHP with mySQL database, using CakePHP as framework. It does make my life easier, no doubt about that. Well, I'll have this job for 1 more week.

Since I won't be employed after this 1 more week I had to find myself another job. And I did, at least I thought that I did.

This Monday I had my interview at one of the two companies. BG Bricks it's a dutch company developing intra net applications. At least that's what they told me. The company headquarter is in the Netherlands, in Timisoara they have just a point office. The job interviews and hirings are managed by another dutch company (Uniconnect). The interview was just a test, I had to make some users management, basic stuff ...read more