Tags with blogger

Finally blogger has tags (or labels how they call them :-) ). Hurray !!

Converted to the new beta software and it is much more interesting. I like it so far.

Mihai

To Be Admired: Baby Breakdancer

Here is another one i like: Best Baby Breakdancer in the World. It seems like a 2 year old kid and he can do things i can force myself to try :-). Someone commented about how many times this kid messed things up and hurt himself until he was able to do it. But it seemed quite happy in the video so I guess it wasn't that bad.

Mihai

To be admired: Guitar player

I was thinking a while ago to start a set of postings about people who deserve admiration (from my point of view). The number one criteria used to decide who will get a posting and who won't is the level of excitement created in myself while I read/hear/see/listen the guy/girl's work. This doesn't happen too often so it should be a faily slow stream of posting but I really hope to make it worthwhile.

This will be the first one. Is the first time i see someone playing the guitar this way. If he is the first to do it then "my hat off to him". If it isn't he is still interesting to me because is the first one i saw doing it and doing it decent :-). Here it is: A talented guy (from a romanian news site).

Mihai

Books

Books I just finished reading:

• The scar by China Mieville
• Iron Council by China Mieville

Books I'm reading:

• Concurrent Programming in Java(TM): Design Principles an Pattern by Doug Lea
• Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed by Jared Diamond
  

Mihai

Books

Books I just finished reading:

• Voyage of the Space Beagle by A.E. Van Vogt.
• Accelerando by Charles Stross
  

Books i'm reading:

• Concurrent Programming in Java(TM): Design Principles an Pattern by Doug Lea
• Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed by Jared Diamond

Books in the pipeline:

• The scar by China Mieville
  
• Iron Council by China Mieville

Mihai

Robots

Open, programmable humanoid robot runs Linux. I really want one.

Mihai

Upside down room

Found this via A Welsh View blog. This is hillarious and very well done. It looks like the logical evolution of the classical prank in which someone's room, cubicle, etc is covered completely in tin foil, paper or various other materials (see sample here: Project Foil) :-).

This one is even better: the whole room is redecorated upside down. Enjoy it here: Light Side Up Productions.

Mihai