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	<title>Valentin Vladescu — Biz Weblog</title>
	
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		<title>[RO] MARDEIÁŞ – Cuvântul serii</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Apr 2013 19:51:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cuvantul acestei seri este &#8220;mardeiaș&#8221;. Am fost nevoit sa il caut in DEX: MARDEIÁŞ s. v. bătăuş, ciomăgar, ciomăgaş. Acest cuvant a fost folosit intr-o comunicare scrisa de un stimabil domn cam scump la vedere dar aprig la scris mailuri. Fiul vecinei mele, venerabilul domn Radu Nicolaescu  ne-a propus alternativa mai sus descrisa pentru a incasa datoriile unei [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Cuvantul acestei seri este &#8220;mardeiaș&#8221;. Am fost nevoit sa il caut in DEX:</p>
<p><b>MARDEIÁŞ</b> s. v. <i>bătăuş, ciomăgar, ciomăgaş.</i></p>
<p>Acest cuvant a fost folosit intr-o comunicare scrisa de un stimabil domn cam scump la vedere dar aprig la scris mailuri. Fiul vecinei mele, venerabilul domn <a href="http://vimconsult.ro/" target="_blank">Radu Nicolaescu </a> ne-a propus alternativa mai sus descrisa pentru a incasa datoriile unei chiriase rau platnice. Dupa care a turnat cu amenintari la adresa tuturor locatarilor pe fondul supararilor personale ale domniei sale.</p>
<p>Eu cred ca intregul pachet de nervi vine pe fondul site-ului personal la care stimabilul traducator mai are de lucrat. Haideti, dragilor, cine ii face un site pro bono stimabilului. Ofer o bere daca asta ma scapa de stres <img src='http://www.vvladescu.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>Two places for meat lovers</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Dec 2012 22:18:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vvladescu</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Joie de vivre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Restaurants]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[You meat lovers out there ought to love these two places although they may target a totally different audience. The first one is Osho, located in Primaverii area. Get a full meal and drink for anything between 40-250RON  (9-55EUR) &#8211; average meal if you won&#8217;t go for aged meats is around 60-70RON (15EUR). Friendly atmosphere, [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You meat lovers out there ought to love these two places although they may target a totally different audience.</p>
<p>The first one is<a title="Osho restaurant" href="http://www.osho-restaurant.ro/index.html" target="_blank"> Osho</a>, located in Primaverii area. Get a full meal and drink for anything between 40-250RON  (9-55EUR) &#8211; average meal if you won&#8217;t go for aged meats is around 60-70RON (15EUR). Friendly atmosphere, nice waiters (except for the time when you pull your laptop and you sit just drinking  for 2 hours after your meal when they may ask you a bit too rough if you would have anything else). One of the tastiest beef steaks I ever had in Bucharest.</p>
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<p>Second one &#8211; forget it if you&#8217;re looking for a place that looks good. This place really looks like Belgrade after NATO bombings, however it&#8217;s ranking really really high in my meat top and lebanese cuisine. It&#8217;s called Nasser, located in 1 mai area. Very decent prices (110RON &#8211; 24EUR for 3 people w/o tips) for a quasi all you can eat meal. Large sized mezze, fresh meat, the kebap is made on the spot from raw meat with spices and a very very tasty lamb steak. Traditional dessert is on the house.</p>
<p>Been here or there? How has it been for you?</p>
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		<title>FOX WINES</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2012 21:04:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vvladescu</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[wine]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; Happy to have a very nice wine shop close to my home. This evening i&#8217;ve been summoned at FOX WINES. More than worth paying a visit! Looking forward to a whiskey night there. One more thing I learned tonight and I&#8217;m gonna be bohemian about it for no reason: le monde de bon [...]]]></description>
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<p>Happy to have a very nice wine shop close to my home. This evening i&#8217;ve been summoned at FOX WINES. More than worth paying a visit! Looking forward to a whiskey night there. One more thing I learned tonight and I&#8217;m gonna be bohemian about it for no reason: le monde de bon viveurs est très petit</p>
<p>Have a wonderful night!</p>
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		<title>Do yourself a favor and learn something new every day!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2012 21:36:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vvladescu</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Be Better]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Claiming that you don&#8217;t have time to spare is an easy out, but a little goes a long way when you set aside a few minutes everyday to learn something totally new. Need ideas? Here&#8217;s a few: Pretend you&#8217;re back in university (do give yourself credits). Give business a chance or check out a bunch [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3><span style="color: #696969;">Claiming that you don&#8217;t have time to spare is an easy out, but a little goes a long way when you set aside a few minutes everyday to learn something totally new.</span></h3>
<p><span style="color: #696969;"><br />
Need ideas? Here&#8217;s a few:</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #333333;"><strong>Pretend you&#8217;re back in university (do give yourself credits).</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: #696969;">Give <a title="MIT Sloan" href="http://mitsloan.mit.edu/" target="_blank">business</a> a chance or check out <a title="Khan Academy" href="http://www.khanacademy.org/" target="_blank">a bunch</a> of online <a title="Coursera" href="http://coursera.org" target="_blank">courses</a> &#8212; and all for free (seriously!).</span></p>
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Some of my favorite language-learning resources are <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/" target="_blank">BBC Languages</a> and <a href="http://livemocha.com/" target="_blank">Livemocha&#8217;s</a> free introductory courses &#8212; perfect for that new year&#8217;s eve abroad you&#8217;re planning!</p>
<p>One more thing.. those audiobooks on the way to the office in the morning. Half hour a day means 10 hours per month, that&#8217;s almost as if you were attending your favourite seminar part-time.</p>
<p>Be better!</p>
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		<title>Mobile Broadband in Romania</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2012 19:31:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vvladescu</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Services]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[4G]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[broadband]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[3 years ago today I went into my local Vodafone Store and got myself a Vodafone KU-something modem. By that time it was an experimental device, they launched it officially in december 2009 and I remember all the hassle with making a contract for a yet-unreleased offer. Pen to the rescue when software fails. Print [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>3 years ago today I went into my local Vodafone Store and got myself a Vodafone KU-something modem.<a href="http://www.vvladescu.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/337247603.jpg"><img class="alignright" title="Vodafone 21.6 Mbps modem" src="http://www.vvladescu.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/337247603.jpg" alt="Vodafone 21.6 Mbps modem" /></a></p>
<p>By that time it was an experimental device, they launched it officially in december 2009 and I remember all the hassle with making a contract for a yet-unreleased offer. Pen to the rescue when software fails. Print a regular contract then handwrite the new conditions. Even to this day everyone&#8217;s looking funny when I come in the store with the contract for updates.</p>
<p>This little thing is a powerful device, supports up to 21.6 Mbps HSDPA speeds. At that point I thought that by 2012 I would look at it and feel like I was feeling back then about the 56Kbps X-Net over the regular phone line <img src='http://www.vvladescu.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  However, this is not the case. I was expecting more, the iPhone was out on a boom, Android devices were already popular even here so I was expecting a blast in mobile broadband also. The blast did happen &#8211; number of connected devices increased dramatically, however no sensible infrastructure updates seem to have taken place. Oh yes, there&#8217;s Orange with some gimmicks here and there, lots of PR for totally worthless services (remember HD Voice? Who uses that?) Vodafone seems to come closer to peak every day, now I get a network congestion (call fail, dropped calls) every few days.</p>
<p>I blame it all on the long-awaited 4G licences which were recently awarded and hopefully will bring higher speeds and higher reliability. In the meantime price dropped, I still use my little 21.6 Mbps gadget and it still is a viable alternative in a market where even business rely on good old 7.2Mbps devices for mobile connectivity.</p>
<p>Do you need more? What do you expect from 4G services?</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
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		<title>Just came to say hello</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2012 19:08:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vvladescu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Aaaand.. I&#8217;m somehow back here. Simple, humble and minimalist, just to draw the attention over simple facts of life, talk entrepreneurship, intrapreneurship*,travel, business and other life stuff. Enjoy! &#160; &#160; *My spell checker says this is not an English word. Maybe someone would want this revised.Apple?]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Aaaand.. I&#8217;m somehow back here. Simple, humble and minimalist, just to draw the attention over simple facts of life, talk entrepreneurship, <a title="What is an intrapreneur?" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intrapreneurship" target="_blank">intrapreneurship</a>*,travel, business and other life stuff. Enjoy!</p>
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<p>*My spell checker says this is not an English word. Maybe someone would want this revised.Apple?</p>
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		<title>OSX Running app cleanup</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:12:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Quick and dirty AppleScript to close (not kill, close &#8211; pay attention to any possible dialog boxes) all running apps: &#160; tellapplication &#8220;System Events&#8221; toset quitapps to name ofeveryapplication processwhose visible is true and name isnot &#8220;Finder&#8221; repeatwith closeall in quitapps quitapplication closeall endrepeat &#160; Just compile and run. Via CultOfMac]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<figure><img class="alignnone" title="Automator" src="http://www.johnthedeveloper.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/automator.jpg" alt="" width="512" height="512" />Quick and dirty AppleScript to close (not kill, close &#8211; pay attention to any possible dialog boxes) all running apps:</p>
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<blockquote><p><strong>tell</strong><em>application</em> &#8220;System Events&#8221; <strong>to</strong><strong>set</strong> quitapps <strong>to</strong> name <strong>of</strong><strong>every</strong><em>application process</em><strong>whose</strong> visible <strong>is</strong> true <strong>and</strong> name <strong>is</strong><strong>not</strong> &#8220;Finder&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>repeat</strong><strong>with</strong> closeall <strong>in</strong> quitapps</p>
<p><strong>quit</strong><em>application</em> closeall</p>
<p><strong>end</strong><strong>repeat</strong></figure>
<p>&nbsp;</p></blockquote>
<p>Just compile and run. Via <a title="CultOfMac Link" href="http://www.cultofmac.com/141924/create-a-quit-everything-app-os-x-tips/" target="_blank">CultOfMac</a></p>
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