Archive for November, 2009

Intriguing Places

Posted on November 28 2009 by Denes Lenard

I would like to share some links with impressive places.
This is Artificial Owl, a blog with abandoned things. There are hours worth of browsing through the archive.
Then you have the blog with cool things in random places. Just see for yourself.
Next, you have a very good blog post about 10 strange places. They are so [...]

Great libraries

Posted on November 26 2009 by Denes Lenard

Here are some links about libraries. Libraries can actually be beautiful places, and when you think of it they actually are temples of knowledge.
Pictures of great libraries: 1 and 2 and even 3.
A so called guide to libraries is here.
A few paragraphs on the worlds 7 greatest libraries.
And for those who like to read, have [...]

Time Lapse videos

Posted on November 24 2009 by Denes Lenard

Here are great videos made with time lapse:

Human Rights- watch the video

Posted on November 18 2009 by Denes Lenard

Please watch the following movie about human rights. It is a masterpiece of communication, all elements blend wonderful into a whole. The great thing is that you actually get acquainted with the basic rights of the UDHR and you might also feel a certain type of affection towards this document while watching the video:
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România= la acelaşi nivel cu occidentul

Posted on November 17 2009 by Denes Lenard

Nu prea am chef să  postez opinii şi idei pe blogul ăsta, dar vreau să vă propun un “experiment” pentru că este destul de necesar şi scandalos ca să merite o încercare. Constă în ideea că România nu este o ţară atât de belită precum ne tot spunem intr-una, şi mai mult, că este la [...]

Migrants in Romania

Posted on November 11 2009 by Denes Lenard

I just learned about he website Migrant.ro from Silviu. So that’s a resource for people who move to Romania.
Migrant issues in Romania are underaddressed. And then, the issue of tens of thousands of Saxons moving from Romania in the last 20 years is still not talked about. This will prove to be one of the [...]

Romanian news website

Posted on November 5 2009 by Denes Lenard

A team of Romanian journalists created Renne.ro to present the kind of information that they would want to read.
I know two of them and I think they are trying hard to do a quality job, something rare in modern media. Thus, they deserve your attention:
Romania, news, reviews.
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Missing deadlines

Posted on November 4 2009 by Denes Lenard

A cartoon on missing deadlines.

Course for accelerated learning

Posted on November 3 2009 by Denes Lenard

Infospeed.ro holds a new course for accelerated learning!

I took such a course a while ago and I can really recommend it.
First of all the teacher is really exceptional, he does not fit into the category of exceptional trainers, because he goes far beyond such a category. You will find that Florin Colceag is one of [...]

Buddhist book and Ted talk

Posted on November 3 2009 by Denes Lenard

Matthieu Ricard, has a Phd in molecular genetics and was one of Frances most promising scientists. But then he went to the Himalaya and became a Buddhist monk. After a long time he met his father again and had a wonderful dialogue with him, which has been published: the Monk the Philosopher (also available in [...]