Very nice movie about how BillG started, drove and [almost] ended working for his dream - Microsoft.

Bill Gates: Looking Back, Moving Ahead

This post is in Romanian as it should interest only "romanian customers".

In ultimele trei saptamani am avut cateva peripetii cu 2 banci din Bucuresti despre care am decis sa va povestesc un pic 

1. Trebuia sa primesc cativa euro dintr-o tara din UE. Trece o saptamana, banii nu au ajuns. Sun la banca, "Nu stim nimic, nu vedem nimic. Reveniti in cateva zile, transferul dureaza in jur de 10 zile.". 10 zile?!!? Parca erau 3...
   Mai trec 3 zile, sun la banca. Nimic.
   Apelez la un cunoscut care lucreaza in banca respectiva, "mai, nu vad nimic; hai ca ma mai uit si maine si iti spun.". Si asa inca 3-4 zile...
   Ma duc la banca cu chef de cearta.
   B: "Nu ati primit nimic, va rugam sa verificati daca banii au fost trimiti."
   Eu: "Banii au fost trimisi sigur acum 2 saptamani si ceva; as vrea sa vorbesc cu superiorul Dvs."
   B: "Aa, stati sa mai intreb la cineva din spate... Da, intr-adevar, banii au ajuns in banca si cum contul Dvs. era in lei nu s-a putut face transferul. Cum nu aveti nici un numar de telefon sau mail, nu v-am putut contacta si banii au fost trimisi inapoi."
   [Stiu sigur ca am lasat un telefon si mail cand mi-am deschis contul, ca doar e informatie obligatorie... ]
   In 4 zile aflu ca banii au ajuns de unde au plecat, doar ca s-a luat un mic "comision de transport": 240 euro. Ha?! De ce?!  
   
2. Am vandut masina si am primit banii in euro. Ma gandesc sa intru la o [alta] banca sa verific daca sunt ok banii.
   Ma duc la ghiseu si aflu ca taxa de verificare este de 1 euro/bancnota.  Chiar daca am 2 conturi in acea banca, nu am avantajul sa verific niste bani... care doar trebuie sa treaca doar printr-un aparat... off . Mi se face sila...

Si cum nu e bine sa fac reclama, nu o sa spun denumirile bancilor. M-am razgandit.  Vreau sa afle toti de aceste doua banci minunate: Raiffeisen si respectiv BRD.
Cu prima banca am decis ce fac: imi inchid contul la ei.
Cu a doua banca inca nu m-am decis ce fac, dar sunt foarte aproape sa fac acelasi lucru in curand...

Today, for my lunch I ordered a . As it was 1 PM already, I was very hungry, so I ordered one big pizza.

When pizza-man arrived, I was surprised why he does not have a big box with a big pizza inside...

One minute later I understood why It was a half meter long pizza

And for those without faith in my potential : Yes, I finished it all 

Thursday evening, my girlfriend and me were at a Brazilian restaurant in Bucharest. I can't say neither good nor bad about the food, but the show was awesome!

The dancers move/dance, whatever they do there  so quickly, I couldn't take good pictures with my mobile phone, but instead I made some really nice movies  I've uploaded one to soapbox so you can enjoy it too.

I will also upload some pictures in the Photos area.

Reading the news this morning, I found out that Internet Explorer team released Beta 1 for Internet Explorer 8. I immediately installed it and using it all day today, I find it fine for being a beta (it never crashed ).

Activities and WebSlices didn't impressed me a lot, mainly because these won't be as useful in Romania as in US.

Found two small bugs and sent am email to the right persons I know , so I'm sure that the guys will take care of them in the next release.

Again, very well presented!
I like this presentation of the new Windows Server 2008. See here: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/serverunleashed/default.html 

By the way, the presentation is made using Silverlight.

Look here for Windows Mobile homepage: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/

So, long time no posts; long time no changes; long time… yeah, it is a long time. I'm not a writer but I will try to write an understood able post 

What I did? What I'm doing? What I want to/will do? It's not only you who wants the answers, actually.

    What I did?

One word: studied. Well, until this winter when Microsoft hired me. I also broke up with my girlfriend; I'm also seeing with my friends fewer times and my watched movie list decreased a lot 

    What I'm doing?

Working. Only.

Currently I work at GTSC (Global Technical Support Center) located in Bucharest, which was recently (February 1, 2007) opened by Bill Gates.

We like to say that we're doing IT there, joking . By the way, if you are interested how Microsoft does IT, visit Microsoft IT: Showcase page.

    What I want to/will do?

The future plans (short terms one, as my colleague once said ) is to graduate. I waited for this moment for 4 years and now, when it is so close, I have the impression that I will never take those two exams .

After this, I want to take a short vacation and visit Italy and/or Germany.

To make more changes to my space, I also added one album in the Photo section. This is how Bucharest looks now. Hope to add more when I will have time.

Thanks for visiting/reading this post and see you… don't know when 

Bye.

I am pleased to announce that "The coding year" has begun!

Although there is a whole year until I will have to take my degree, I already started to work on it. Because it will be a complex work and I want it to be "perfect". And because this year seems to be a busy one.
So if you’ll see my Live status always set to Busy it is not a bug  I’m really working.

I installed it and it runs perfectly on my Windows XP SP2 machine.

You can download this little (only 90 kb) utility from the official site.

I hope soon will be a link on http://ideas.live.com

Windows Live Messenger is stamped, certified, verified, sanctified, bona fide: OFFICIAL.

1. Windows Live Messenger is the first major global Windows Live product to release a final version.

2. Bye-bye beta means bye-bye big bugs.

3. Everyone gets it.

 

Features (vs MSN Messenger):

-          Cheap PC-Phone Calling

-          Sharing files with friends through Messenger

-          Unified Contacts between Messenger & Hotmail

-          Improved voice quality for free PC-PC calls

-          Totally updated look at feel.

-          Way improved connectivity & Performance

-          Messenger Duel Phone- works as a regular phone and a PC-PC phone for free calls