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I won't ever buy a music album

Laci — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:27:10 +0000

I've just bought two pendrives. There is a shiny decal on them with the title "artisjus" in their center. Seems like I've just payed their tax, so thanks for remembering me. (In case you don't know, artisjus is the Hungarian equivalent of the RIAA.)

Do you expect me to buy any music albums after such an incident? Go figure.

What's A Vacation?

Laci — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 20:46:15 +0000

Brad Feld wrote an excellent post, What's A Vacation?

He lists 5 strategies that one can use to isolate himself/herself from the world to get some piece of mind. I also found myself more and more often in this state when I feel there's too much going on and I have to focus. When this happens I set Piding (ICQ, Google Chat, MSN), Skype and Evolution to offline mode, shut down my cellphone and just focus on the task ahead. It works pretty effectively.

I plan to schedule more activities (that most normal people do) on a regular basis to cut myself from the cyberspace and socialize more often. I've recently had a PRK eye surgery which limits me in some activites for a while, but there's still lots of things to do.

Me Featured in Fauna Gallery

Laci — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 01:13:00 +0000

I was at the BalaTone-Festival last weekend where the Fauna Association was present. They protect animal rights which is a very important thing in my opinion. I helped him in their campaign by being a poor chicken for a minute who grown up in factory farming. I have a sad look on the picture because I'm a poor chicken.

The bubble says: Don't screw with chicken!

They misspelled my beautiful name on the original gallery page. What a shameful deed!

Graduated

Laci — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 01:11:00 +0000

As of 2007-07-01 I have a BSc degree in Computer Science. I feel relieved. It took lots of hard work for me to make this happen and I'm glad I'm over it. If one asked me what does it mean to me getting my diploma I'd happily answer to his / her question.

It means nothing to me. Absolutely nothing.

I have to make a confession. I've cheated. I've cheated 100% to complete the two hardest exams of the university: formal languages and complexity theory. I couldn't have done these two courses without cheating. I've cheated in such elaborate and subtle ways that it was absolutely impossible to them to catch me. Why do I confess it? Am I proud of it?

I am, because I honestly believe that this is a fucked up kind of education. In order to be successfull in such a system, you have to resist to think way too often and instead remember formal shit, symbol by symbol. Many people I know who teaches in academic circles are so attached of their rigid models of knowledge that they feel the urging need of capturing other people in their own prison. This attachement manifests itself in the merciless and pointless ways they test students who want to pass their exams. In my experience school generally rewards formal knowledge and discredits creativity, but my ultimate problem is that they don't teach you to think better. They give you outdated specifics and useless generalities. Regarding the Free Software Word, there was almost no mention of its culture, history and morals at all.

I've experienced way too many times that too often the smartest people are the ones without a paper. Miguel De Icaza, a person who I have the uppermost respect toward doesn't have a diploma. Larry Ellison and Bill Gates left the university without competing their degree. I don't need any further evidences.

I don't know how things are in other countries but I despise the Hungarian education system and don't give a shit of any paper people may have, because it means nothing to me. Not a damn thing.

Approaching…

Got the paper, misery over!

I'm an INTJ More than Ever

Laci — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 19:30:35 +0000

I've just redone the Jung Typology Test yesterday and it turned out that my preferences regarding my Myers-Briggs type are considerably stronger than one and half years ago. I think I've matured since than and I know myself better so my answers reflect my personality better this time. I think the MBTI is a very good way of modelling people's personalities.

Based on my results, I chose the right profession. Good to know that. ;)

Goodbye Tiger!

Laci — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 22:01:41 +0000

Tiger, the beloved cat of my family has passed out last week. His death came very suddenly, no one of us expected it to happen. Tiger has survived quite a lot of things. He has been hit by a car, beaten up pretty badly, and has gotten an ugly virus which almost killed him last year. The odd thing is, we don't know what happened to him this time. My mother found him lying on the floor. By that time he was already dead. Maybe he ate something ugly. No one knows.

Goodbye Tiger! Have a good time in the kitty heaven! We will always remember you!

Happy New Year!

Laci — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 23:51:52 +0000

It's been a long time since I've posted anything. A year gone by since then. Reflecting back to 2006, it was a pretty satisfiying year. I've learned a lot of things, got to know some really great people.

My new year resolution includes development regarding my personal life. My career, my relationships, being a better man, being more giving. I will be more and better day by day, living a life that I truly enjoy. A life that makes me happy in a way of not huring everyone, but making the world a better place. I truly believe I can make this happen.

I am grateful for everything I have and everything I've achieved in 2006 even if I seem dissatisfied sometimes, because I always strive for more. I wish everyone an awesome 2007 and a happy life in general. I think we can build a great life by looking deep inside ourselves and realize our dreams. As a last word, despite this post may sound really new age, I truly believe it has some important things to say for everyone.

I wish you all the best!

Chinese Food Can Be Bad for You

Laci — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 23:33:02 +0000

Dömi and I were shopping some nice clothes at the írkád shopping center in Budapest. We got quite hungry by time and decided to grab some food. There was a chinese fast-food restaurant in the building and we ordered a menu hoping that we'll have a pleasant gastronomic experience. As a matter of fact the exact opposite has happened.

This is the "food":

Dömi's face clearly shows the pleasure of eating this shit:

So as mine (notice this ball of rice):

You shouldn't poison yourself with anything like that.

There's an Ice Rock Near Me

Laci — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 12:52:28 +0000

I'm getting worried. What do you think it is?

No, this isn't a huge ice berg from the Antarctica mirrored vertically. I can help you a bit by showing you a farther shot.

Yeah, it's our fridge in the subtlet. I should seriously consider thawing this weird formation. The only problem is that there's too much food in the fridge and everyone of us would need to remove his food for a while, so I have to wait for this to happen. In the meantime it could be useful for reducing the global warming. At least I hope so.

My CV is Updated

Laci — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 12:30:58 +0000

Since I'm searching for a job, I've just updated my CV. You can fetch both the Hungarian and English versions. I think they became pretty good, regarding both presentation and content.