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Why vote? The one reason for which anyone should vote. Read this message, and then go voting!

Olivian BREDA — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 20:27:46 +0000

My reasoning in this article will first give you a detour: I’ll tell you first some secondary-importance reasons to vote. I’ll then give you the one reason for which you should vote. I’ll make it more specific by going into a case study. And I’ll end the message with a final piece of advice. Join me in my search for a reason on why do people vote. (more…)

Botnets – first understand them and then fight them. A practical guide

Olivian BREDA — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 14:12:37 +0000

The article will lead you first on what’s a botnet. It will then present some typical actions of a botnet. You can then go behind the scenes and understand the mechanism of a botnet and who does it (not to mention how it is controlled). Finally, after you’ve understood what a botnet is, you will get a real life solution for protecting against botnets. (more…)

How can food be fast and healthy? 8 fast (yet healthy) eating solutions for a world deeply in a hurry

Olivian BREDA — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:29:49 +0000

This blog something is about a process with brings me a lot of joy: eating. Join me in my search for a healthy eating plan (which will kill will fast-food habits; Ok, you got, you do have to accept it before anything). (more…)

How to have a Web 2.0 web site? Some practical examples

Olivian BREDA — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 15:59:42 +0000

In this blog post I’ll speak about Web 2.0 and how to create a Web 2.0 web site. I’ll show you some things on technology, some things on structure of a web site and, finally, some things on emotions. (more…)

Le Notti di Cabiria - The best movie I’ve seen. The one movie I recommend seeing to anyone I know over 15 years of age. Go see it now!

Olivian BREDA — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 19:32:11 +0000

I’ll talk on this blog about things I recommend. Some things to do, some people to meet. But this blog post is about something to see: a movie. Perhaps I’m not clear with this. It’s not just a movie, it’s the movie. Warning: Spoilers ahead! (more…)

WordPress: How to use wp-mail.php correctly in Gmail blog posts? This is my solution

Olivian BREDA — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:38:33 +0000

Let’s say you wish to use the WordPress function for blogging via email posts. This work great for HTML emails in Yahoo Mail. It works great for Google’s Gmail in plain-text format. How about Gmail in HTML emails? Things get trickier. That’s why I present you my very first PHP small add-on. (more…)

Software for changing files from Unicode into ASCII

Olivian BREDA — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 16:25:15 +0000

There are some cases when you need to convert Unicode texts into ASCII. I’ve created a small Borland Pascal software for this. See below. (more…)

My blog wins a blog competition!

Olivian BREDA — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:25:08 +0000

My blog won the very first blog competition it entered. There where 9 entries in the competition (see the entries in here - Romanian page). This is the page which shos the final results: Concurs de Blogger 2 - Romanian page). I’m happy.

What are the things I do for personal development?

Olivian BREDA — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 05:41:37 +0000

I’d love to have the knowledge, skills and experience to write you an article on a subject from personal development. The article can be arguably written by everybody, since everybody does personal development in a way or another and has some basic experience with that. Yet I leave this task for people who either have a background in Psychology-related fields (whoops, I actually do have a Master’s Degree in Communication and Public Relations) and to those who read about psychology-related issues on a daily basis (I don’t really do that). But I told you that everyone has some experiences in the field. I would like to present you my tips & tricks, my way of doing things in personal development area - it’s only basic life experiences with that. Hopefully, you’ll be able to gain value out of my experiences. Below, I’ve picked up some basic skills on personal development that interest me. The topics vary from assertiveness, going through goal setting and procrastination. There are 19 topics I talk about. I’d love to find out that following this blog post they interest you too. (more…)

Tutorial: how to create a RSS for Gmail Labs Random Signatures

Olivian BREDA — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 14:36:41 +0000

Gmail just introduced a great way to have random signatures in gmail - using a RSS feed. I’ll show in this email a step-by-step solution for having random signatures in gmail (details on creating the RSS feed). Read on for details. (more…)

Nicoleta CORBU - The best dissertation coordinator I’ve known

Olivian BREDA — Mon, 26 May 2008 18:18:51 +0000

Do you want to understand why you should pick a seminar teacher rather than a famous university teacher to coordinate a scientific paper of yours? Care to know more about Nicoleta CORBU, a teacher which I recommend from the Faculty of Communication and Public Relations from the State University of Political and Administrative Studies Bucharest? Would you like to know the reasons for which I consider her to be a very good dissertation coordinator? Would you like to know the contact data of Nicoleta CORBU? Read on. (more…)

Nigel RISNER - One of the best trainers I’ve seen

Olivian BREDA — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 06:19:58 +0000

Interested to see why Nigel RISNER is the trainer that puts most emphasis on attention in my opinion and why I consider him a top trainer? Keep reading. You can also see the reasons for which I consider Nigel RISNER to be great, or what I’d focus on more if I were Nigel. Finally, you can see actual ways of contacting Nigel. I hope you’ll enjoy my writing. (more…)

Marius BURCUS - the best dentist I’ve known

Olivian BREDA — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 07:59:15 +0000

What’s on this blog post? If you’re a Romanian living in Bucharest you might want to check a dentist I recommend. If you just want to see why I would recommend Marius BURCUS as a professional, this blog post still has its value. You can directly go to conclusions: positive conclusions, or less-than-positive ones. For even more speed, you can go to the contact information. You can read this for the health of your teeth. (more…)

Status on self-improvement: March 2008. What you can learn from this.

Olivian BREDA — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 08:17:59 +0000

Short intro: I’ve been in a winter school at Predeal, Romania for one week (February 20 to February 26, 2008). There was no Internet connection, I never watch TV, and everything could be considered atypical (atypical relations in a good way, non typical housing, food, interactions) so there was a lot of time just for personal analysis and my memory worked better in those conditions (atypical situations, remember?). I’ll present in here some of the things that I monitor on myself, and present them as a little status. At the bottom of the post there are conclusions. I hope you’ll find this blog post interesting. (more…)

How to make a career decision? IT - Economics - PR - IT back again (personal case study)

Olivian BREDA — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 11:19:53 +0000

You should read this post if your interested in my ways of hard learning on what a career decision should look like. I’ll go very personal and beyond that. If you’re interested on ways to take a better career decision, read on. You can also directly jump to (the) conclusions. This blog post is not long. It’s just detailed. (more…)

Why FireFox and Opera are the top browsers

Olivian BREDA — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 06:24:11 +0000

This blog post focuses on picking a good browser. At the end of this blog posts there are the conclusions and download links. Go directly there if you don’t care about my justification for the conclusions. Just get a result! (more…)

How to remove blog ads?

Olivian BREDA — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 12:26:13 +0000

This blog thrives on ads. It also thrives on getting people more information and practical uses of it. I see no conflict between the two, so this blog post is specifically on removing blog ads generally and for this blog specifically.

Why should you block the ads? The answer is simple: they distract you from viewing the interesting content, and even if they are contextual ads (so they are related to the content), most of them are not what you would look for in a page. You might want to keep the ads just to see how other people would promote a web site in two lines. I personally remove ads from FireFox, and keep them in Opera.

Now that you know why should you remove ads, read on to see how to remove them. (more…)