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I just learned about two Romanian-Canadian people, mother and daughter Ana Constantin and Lisa Maria Paun being banned for life by Air Canada and left stranded without proper notice. This is not discrimination, just incredibly poor customer service and it’s an issue almost all of us have to deal with every time we fly.

Intre candidatele competitiei Miss Univers Canada ‘09 se afla si doua romance. Madalina, bruneta, e din Bucuresti via Toronto iar Livia, satena, e din Craiova via Montreal (St Lambert).

Am primit recent un indemn de a face un sumar cu lucrurile simple din jurul meu care merg pe dos. Dar pentru ca lucrurile simple nu ma intereseaza, voi incerca sa fac un sumar cu cele mai mari probleme ale societatii canadiene. Asa cum le vad eu, desigur.

Desi oficial oamenii care isi cumpara satelit o fac pentru FTA, in realitate investitia si timpul consumat nu prea au sens pentru cateva programe gratis. Motivul real, nedeclarat, este asa-zisa piratare a programelor care fie sunt interzise / inaccesibile pe teritoriul canadian, fie pot fi obtinute numai prin Bell / Starchoice dar costa bani. Iata o scurta analiza a cadrului legal din Canada in care se desfasoara aceasta activitate cu citate din wikipedia si din forumurile romanesti.

Stirile despre Romania din presa straina abunda, cand ochiul antrenat le cauta. Sa discutam povestea unui roman ajuns in Canada intr-un container din Italia.

Continui “analiza fugara” a scrisorii googleman-ului catre popor. In acest fragment, omul cu pricina si eu la randul meu ne uitam la telefonia din America de Nord.

In episoade anterioare, am trecut in revista posibilitatile de a viziona TV romanesc in afara tarii si ne-am uitat la ceea ce unii considera "piraterie" prin satelit. Aici arat cateva modalitati de a inceta sa platesti bani pentru TV, dat fiind ca totul se poate receptiona gratis la calitate uneori superioara celei prin cablu.

I happened to be in the area so I decided to pay the consulate a visit, not expecting to be able to vote, but hoping to learn more info about my programmed visit for my passport renewal. I didn't waste a lot of time, but in typical Romanian fashion, someone managed to use my time with info that is likely useless.

One of the things I've been doing with my life lately is moving to a more “mobile lifestyle” (or “nomadic”, as a friend has described it), which includes digitizing my paper archives and moving everything online. Obviously, this involves some sort of encryption before moving stuff to the cloud, but for now, let's have a look at my old passports, which somehow makes me talk about representative democracy and its inherent corruption.

Quite a few people are (or were back in September, but it takes a while for local news to cross the Atlantic) appalled that Alexandru Arsinel, an aging and beloved Romanian actor, has supposedly bribed doctors (or used his fame) to jump the queue for a new kidney. But isn’t the outrage itself somewhat outrageous?

I found via bucurenci.ro Cosmin Alexandru's article. I jotted down a few quick thoughts.

I recently read a longer article on Bloomberg about Romania and its lagging infrastructure - more specifically, roads and highways. Much to my surprise, all that I was reading on other blogs (or hearing from my relatives) was described and explained as facts. (blmbrg-cows) 

Ultimul articol krossfire mi-a trezit amintiri din copilarie, si una mai recenta, cu concerte si declansatori-initiatori-vanzatori. Si din concerte-n dansatori, ajung la trendsetter-i, seth godwin, kenn si malcolm gladwell. 

Vorbeam recent cu Quebecoisfier despre o dezbatere pe care intentionam s-o purtam cat de curand. Desigur, nu-i prima data cand as incepe asa ceva - am mai avut in trecut pe tema parlamentului unicameral si despre Base. Si m-am gandit c-ar fi cazul sa enunt cateva reguli, cum am facut pentru concursurile generale pentru acest blog si sa dau premii, cum am mai dat.

A weight trainer has gained weight only to lose it. His weight pinnacle was achieved on November 5 and since then it’s been dropping rapidly. Yet some fatties won’t even accept a sendup to that blog – they take it as an insult.

Nu cu mult timp in urma, mi-a venit stralucita idee de a renunta la comentariile native Blogger Blogspot si a instala comentariile IntenseDebate. Si-apoi, nemultmumit de performanta, le-am scos si le-am pierdut pe toate. Desi am decis ca voi pastra articolele tehnice pentru alt blog, voi publica o parte aici, dat fiind ca este vorba de sistemul de comentarii despre acest blog si nu altul.