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Gosh! … or should I say Goosh?
While stumbling over the net today (bad day for writing anything in my diploma thesis) I cam across the coolest thing for the command shell freaks enthusiasts: a Google search web-based command shell – wisely named Goosh.
Playing with it is as simple as it gets – and it migh even …
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Temporary location change
It has been a busy period for me in the past weeks – I have had the last exam period within my 5 years as a student at UTCN, right after which I headed off towards Zürich, Switzerland. As with my usual luck I have had a couple of …
Posted by salo in it, thoughts
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ADO.NET and an Anti-Pattern example
I’ve been coding some ADO.NET examples in the past days and realized a thing which I can only call a *big* anti-pattern in the ADO.NET code. I’m really looking forward to seeing the .NET Framework code (when it becomes available). Hopefully I’ll find some justification in the code that can …
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Wishing I were a designer
You come to think from time to time that a designer’s life is a lot more pleasant than that of a developer’s … and from time to time you’re right :)
Just check out this way of work!
Well?
Posted by salo in it, it-fun, thoughts
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A couple of Windows Vista Tips and Tricks
I have been using Windows Vista for some months now, and I am still getting to see new cool things that I like.
I won’t go into depth, but the latest and coolest two things that I found are:
Hold down SHIFT and then right click on a file in Windows Explorer …
Posted by salo in Uncategorized, it, thoughts
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Si eu cum invat informatica … ? sau se invata de la sine?
[NB: articolul e inca in forma de Public-Draft]
In ultima vreme am trecut printr-o serie de experiente dezamagitoare in legatura cu asa numita noua generatie – a se citi studentii de anul 1 sau 2 sau chiar elevi de liceu – fapt care cred ca m-a impins sa scriu acest articol. …
Posted by salo in Microsoft Academic, it, thoughts
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[(Iasi + Cluj) / 2 = Vatra Dornei] == R’n'R
I have been looking forward to this weekend for some time now, and it turned out to be simply great: 3 days in Vatra Dornei/SV with [from left to right] Lucian Baciu, Mihai Hudea, Andrei Iacob, Florin Grigoriu and me.
Besides sleeping, eating, talking, eating and sleeping, we also went on …
Posted by salo in Uncategorized, thoughts
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New Philosophy
Today I just heard a very interesting philosophy regarding how you should approach everything: “You can only get smarter by playing with a smarter opponent”. [Fundamentals of Chess, 1885]










