I felt I needed to write this, as we have been interviewing for a bit in Cognitive Match, for various segments of our technical team and we had occasionally bad luck with the candidates who turned up. Having been on both sides of the recruiting fence in my life, I realise that a certain percentage […]
A Lesson in Class a la California :-)
Who said that Californians drive only 4×4’s and above? Check out this big bad boy, as seen in a Safeway car park (for real!):
Out and About in One of the Parks in Cupertino This Weekend
Felt a bit like being in St James’s Park in London — minus the rainy weather 🙂
Simplify Your Singletons
I’ve seen recently some Java code (I’m not telling whose, you probably know who you are :p) where a singleton pattern was involved. Nothing unusual here, you would say — and you’re right, I probably found myself using Singleton and Factory and Observer in pretty much every single Java project I ever worked on. The […]
Exhibition artisticlab.org in Bucharest
On Tuesday, 22nd of May 2012, artisticlab had an exhibition in Bucharest. Unfortunately, being in California and all that, I wasn’t there for the live event, but I am lucky enough to be the receiver of some of the photos taken at launch. As to be expected, this was very well received by the public, […]
Freaky Crabs
As seen in a Chinese market, in California, USA — dare to put your finger in the box? 🙂
Monterey Bay Aquarium — 27/May/2012
With the Memorial Weekend being so long and the weather being quite sweet (this is California, after all!:D), I had to finally get my arse down to Monterey Bay Aquarium — totally awesome (minus the bloody turists 🙂 )! Still not sure which bit did I like more: the jellyfish or the interactive display 🙂 […]
Prefect Ungur in Olt
Desi gluma e veche, uitasem complet de ea pana cand de curand am regasit-o in inbox-ul meu, trimisa de un amic. Am ras cu lacrimi toata ziua — si nu m-am putut abtine sa nu o pun pe blog. Nu stiu cat de mult poate fi asta tradus ca l-as traduce si in engleza, dar […]
Spelling Lesson a la California :-)
Time to review my English writing skills it seems — either that or do some research on this new type of berry out there, probably only specific to Northern California I guess : STAWBERRY!!! (Related by any chance to STRAWBERRY I wonder, or just a simple coincidence? 😀 hmmmmm)
Lick Observatory, Mount Hamilton, California — 12/May/2012
First exploratory event in California, this Saturday, the 12th of May 2012, with the iTag Group — the Lick Observatory on Mount Hamilton in California. The bloody mountain looks so far away to be honest at first glance, but we got there in under an hour — though be aware of the tight bendy road […]










