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Figuratively.

Orbit Run is the name of the game I played lately. Daniel has all the credits for carefully planning his attack upon my curious mind, in other words he showed me the website.

Here it is. Play it safe.

In the mood for: The Hoosiers - Worried about Ray

Popularity: 28% [?]

After having my nerves tested for a whole week, I decided to let my 6 year old 40 GB hard disk die in peace.  In “his” final moments,  he was so stubborn to show me that he had 803450 MB (yeah, 800GB!) available, but only 10MB free. Free for what? For Delusions ?  In the meantime, a simple  fixboot let me know that a bootsector had one or more unrecoverable errors and then it realized that I’m smart enough the figure it out so it didn’t bother to give any more explanations about the origin of the errors. So to keep things simple in his loving memory, I used the cryogenic method and I left the hard disk in the refrigerator for a couple of hours and then I tried to test it again.  No worth in doing that either.

Thus, I wish my new hdd to live long and store as many files as “he” can.

Meanwhile, the Deezer player brought a little glim of light in my black-without-music-files-stored-on-pc world.

In my humble opinion, its interface is professional, friendly and very easy to use. Even more than that, what makes it a favorite way of listening music on a pc is its options: you can easily find the songs that you like or find new artists, you can create playlists with them or listen to different radio stations, and even add you own mp3s. These facilities are available ony if you have an account (but the registration is free).

I let you enjoy Deezer and this new band/artist I just discovered (Plumb).

In the mood for: Air Traffic - Charlotte

Popularity: 34% [?]

14th of August was a strange day, nevertheless the best of the entire year! The email confirmation of the place for a Mathematics and Computer Science course at  Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine from London (Faculty of Engineering, Computing Department) really made my day. I suddenly found myself reading the short lines over and over again and I couldn’t stop shaking as I was trying to reach a friend on the phone to tell her the thing that had just happened to me.

Eventually, now I can say that I’m off to London. October is near and I should start making lists [once again my favorite thing in life], I should book a flight and take a train to Piatra Neamt and see my beloved cousin for the last time this summer.

There are so many things to be done this month, the LicArt final competition will be held at the beginning of September in Bucharest, and I have so many photo sessions and a whole book to illustrate, and novels are waiting to be read, and songs to be listened and friends to be hugged.

I can’t wait to do all that and even more. Wake me up when September ends, but wake me up to another dream.

Later edit: OK, a few people made me insert this link here. They say it would look more impressive this way.

In the mood for: The Kooks - See the Sun

“Oh you can have it all and wrap it in the world
… you can have everything”

Popularity: 28% [?]

Au trecut deja cateva zile de cand m’am intors de pe insula. Cu toate astea inca mai simt un gust sarat de Dunare. Urmele de la tantari au inceput sa imi treaca,  dar inca mai tresar la senzatia pe care mi’o provoaca amintirea unei dupa-amiezi racoroase de vara petrecute intr’un hamac in adieri plapande de vant.

Dupa 3 ani m’am intors (cu destula munca de convingere din partea lui Radu!) pe Atlantykron, undeva langa Capidava, Cernavoda, dar pentru cunoscatori nu e nevoie decat sa spun ca e locul unde se intalnesc prietenii la o apa plata si niste hamsii si discuta despre SF, complexitate, Perseide si, desigur, ultimele hituri ale lui Fane Anarhie.

Anul acesta recunosc ca am cam absentat de la atelierul domnului Florin Munteanu, din cauza programului care se suprapunea cu alte workshopuri. Am avut o deosebita placere sa particip la cursurile domnului Joel Castellanos (de la University of New Mexico). Subiecte precum fractali Mandelbrot, sisteme haotice, dar mai ales geometria hiperbolica sunt (dar mai ales devin ) fascinante intr’un mediu atemporal, in care timpul fizic isi modifica dimensiunile, curgand intr’un alt spatiu, mai propice gandirii inalte.

Astept cu nerabdare filmarea reprezentatiei din ultima seara a echipei noastre de Irish Dance, clip pe care desigur am sa il public aici cat de curand. Heather e intr’adevar un team leader care stie de la irish dance si swimming pana la organizarea unor proiecte complexe cum ar fi Sci Art, eu implicandu’ma pe partea de Design&Color(desi in final am ajuns sa fac si multe alte lucruri in afara sarcinilor initiale). Tot cu Heather am mai facut bookmaking, adica am realizat diverse carticele si cred ca nu strica o mica afacere din asta. (eventualii cumparatori, sa ma contacteze )

Atlantykron inseamna mult mai mult decat am putut prezenta eu aici, in cateva cuvinte. Fotografiile din tabara dovedesc asta, si , desigur, noul update al listei de messenger cu cateva zeci de iduri, care arata ca spiritul atlantykronului va dainui si in restul anului, pana la editia urmatoare.

Alte informatii despre insula mai gasiti pe blogul lui Mihai (stimatul meu partener de dans) si al Anei. (domnisoara care a implinit 18 anisori si care mi’a indeplinit dorinta de a manca tort pe insula)

Ne revedem la anul, Atlantykron!

In the mood for: Weezer - Island in the sun

Popularity: 36% [?]