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Uncertainty is the Beast

admin — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 05:15:37 +0000

Uncertainty sucks. It’s stressful, and this is one of the reasons why only some ‘exceptionally few’ might stand it fine.. stand it ‘like a man’, i.e.

Here’s a Wikipedia article on ‘Entropy’, and as you know, the entropy is a measure of uncertainty used in information theory. My question is, ‘do we need a thorough knowledge of these theories for managing our average, day-to-day’s lot of uncertainties?” Go figure, what my suggestion is.. (more…)

Making Clash is Rude

admin — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 20:25:14 +0000

It’s amazing, literally to this present day I’ve had only a vague knowledge of these guys, the rock band from Britain’ . While making my own ‘clashmaking’ for a long enough. “C’mon, what a ‘clashmaking’ you’re talking about here?”, you’d ask me. And you don’t even try to hide your derisive smile (more…)

Once a Hack, Always a Hack

admin — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 01:19:34 +0000

Stumbled upon another piece of ‘witty observation’ by Stephen King in his book ‘On writing‘:

“..it is possible, with lots of hard work, dedication, and timely help, to make a good writer out of a merely competent one. (more…)

Circle of Trust

admin — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 02:56:52 +0000

Jack: Let me ask you a question, Greg. Let’s just say you have kids… and you wanna get out of the house, spend a night on the town. So, you hire a baby-sitter, someone you think you can trust. References, work experience — it all checks out fine. But then how do you really know for certain… that your loved ones are safe with this stranger? I mean, can you ever really trust another human being, Greg?

Greg: Sure, I think so.

Jack: No. The answer is, you cannot.

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Dream Ocean. Ocean Dream

admin — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 14:52:40 +0000

Looking at this picture makes me want to cry: “I am a ’small fish’! I don’t wanna go any deeper! I’d be totally satisfied living in these warm and, how it looks to me - ‘placid habitat’ in the Great Bahama Bank” (more…)

Over the U.S.A. To Cuba

admin — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 21:55:19 +0000

I got this map from FlightAware flight tracker web-site using a ‘print screen’ feature on my Mac. Them guys in Flight Aware might object to such a ‘freely’ use of their ’stuff’, but I’ll beg them pardon me. (more…)

Grammar

admin — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 03:49:32 +0000

“Grammar is not just a pain in the ass; it’s the pole you grab to get your thoughts up on their feet and walking.”

Stephen King, ‘On Writing’

I thought this citation is a bit too long for Twitter.. But it’s not, it would fit into 140-character message. OK, then, here’s one more praise to grammar from Stephen King:

“One who does grasp the rudiments of grammar finds a comforting simplicity at its heart, where there need to be only nouns, the words that name, and verbs, the words that act.”

Morning Paper

admin — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 19:13:15 +0000

Well, it’s not the morning, to be exact - time is rolling towards noon already, and the paper pictured here is too outdated to be considered ‘today’s morning paper’ either.

Actually, I’m busy with cleaning up old ‘pile-ups’ horded since a while ago, and before anything goes to the most appropriate destination - a trash bean - the stuff is browsed perfunctory in case there’s some ‘pearls went unnoticed’. (more…)

Dacha in Dominican Republic

admin — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 01:58:53 +0000

‘Dacha’ is a well-known Russian word stating for a ‘piece of country-side (sub-urban) property’ used by many Russians as a ’second home’, a kind of ‘getaway retreat’, a place for some ‘R&R’. Often people have fruit trees planted on the dacha’s adjacent lot, grow vegetables and flowers there, keep some chicken, ducks, and so on. (more…)

Another Morning

admin — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 15:51:05 +0000

No doubt, coffee at home is way better than any ‘hotel’ coffee. This one says ‘Costa Rica’ on the bag. No, it’s not from a ’supply’ we bought in Costa Rica when we traveled there in 2008. That would have constituted rather a large supply, - the one that goes back as far as to 2008. (more…)