Mihai Moga's blog

You may be the best photographer in the world, but sometimes all...

Sat, 26 May 2012 19:30:30 +0300

You may be the best photographer in the world, but sometimes all it takes to take the best shot is being in the right place at the right moment. It doesn’t even matter if you take it with your cell or high-end DSLR. Often, you won’t even notice you made an incredible picture until you come home and transfer your photos to a computer.

However, that doesn’t mean you should stop improving your photography skills and just wait for that one and only moment. As a popular saying goes: “Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.”

So be prepared for it and be lucky! Here one of are 33 perfectly timed photos to get you inspired.

"For tech entrepreneurs and managers, there is no “right” major or field of study. While having a..."

Sat, 26 May 2012 19:27:58 +0300

“For tech entrepreneurs and managers, there is no “right” major or field of study. While having a degree in slinging code may present a short-term advantage at startup time, it may comprise an equally important disadvantage if the degree came at the cost of other critical “soft leadership” skills required to focus, lead and grow companies. So, it’s time for Silicon Valley to get over its obsession with engineers. And, if you run a startup, hire that psychology Ph.D. You may get a lot more than you bargained for.”

- Silicon Valley needs humanities students | VentureBeat (via planetary)

Joke of the day

Sun, 20 May 2012 14:57:06 +0300

Interviewer: There are 50 bricks on an airplane. If you drop 1 outside. How many are left?
Applicant: That's easy, 49.
Interviewer: What are the three steps to put an elephant into a fridge?
Applicant: Open the fridge. Put the elephant in. Close the fridge.
Interviewer: What are the four steps to put a deer into the fridge?
Applicant: Open the fridge. Take the elephant out. Put the deer in. Close the fridge.
Interviewer: It's lion's birthday, all animals are there except one, why?
Applicant: Because the deer is in the fridge.
Interviewer: How does an old woman cross a swamp filled with crocodiles?
Applicant: She just crosses it because the crocodiles are at the lion's birthday.
Interviewer: Last question. In the end the old lady still died. Why?
Applicant: Er... I guess she drowned?
Interviewer: No! She was hit by the brick fallen from the airplane. You may leave now!

We arrived today by bike at Mogoșoaia (40km round trip)

Sat, 12 May 2012 19:32:56 +0300

We arrived today by bike at Mogoșoaia (40km round trip)

"You may not be her first, her last, or her only. She loved before she may love again. But if she..."

Sat, 05 May 2012 09:01:22 +0300

“You may not be her first, her last, or her only. She loved before she may love again. But if she loves you now, what else matters? She’s not perfect - you aren’t either, and the two of you may never be perfect together but if she can make you laugh, cause you to think twice, and admit to being human and making mistakes, hold onto her and give her the most you can. She may not be thinking about you every second of the day, but she will give you a part of her that she knows you can break - her heart. So don’t hurt her, don’t change her, don’t analyze and don’t expect more than she can give. Smile when she makes you happy, let her know when she makes you mad, and miss her when she’s not there.”

- Bob Marley

Server de fișiere cu SQL Server

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 09:03:15 +0300

Tema de casă care am avut-o de rezolvat pentru a fi angajat la firma Inside Software SRL consta într-o aplicație MFC pe arhitectura Doc/View, 2 module ActiveX și 2 componente COM (una pentru client, alta pentru server). Aplicația MFC trebuia să afișeze cele 2 ActiveX (unul afișa lista de fișiere de pe server, iar celălalt să afișeze efectiv conținutul fișierului curent selectat din primul ActiveX). Comunicația între client și server se realiza prin 2 componente COM: componenta COM client implementa apeluri către server pentru upload, download și interogare de fișiere în/din baza de date SQL server; componenta COM server implementa efectiv aceste apeluri către baza de date SQL Server prin ADODB. Una din cerințe a fost ca fișierele importate/exportate din baza de date se se facă prin operații de Read/Write succesive din blocuri de maxim 64KB (a se vedea funcțiile OpenStream, ReadStream, WriteStream, CloseStream). Schema bazei de date SQL Server folosită de această aplicație este în HomeworkBrowser.SQL

Soluția implementată in Visual C++ 2005 o puteți descărca de aici.

Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye.

Sat, 28 Apr 2012 09:01:22 +0300

Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye.

Sub razele primăverii, la plimbare prin București…

Sat, 21 Apr 2012 14:30:26 +0300

Sub razele primăverii, la plimbare prin București…

A boy asked his mom: “How will I be able to find the right...

Sun, 15 Apr 2012 08:58:55 +0300

A boy asked his mom: “How will I be able to find the right woman for me?” The mom answered: “Don’t worry about finding the right woman, concentrate on becoming the right man.”

Update: Bușteni, România 16-18 march 2012

Sun, 18 Mar 2012 20:21:01 +0200

Update: Bușteni, România 16-18 march 2012

Stațiunea Bușteni, județul Prahova, este asezată pe cursul...

Sun, 18 Mar 2012 09:00:06 +0200

Stațiunea Bușteni, județul Prahova, este asezată pe cursul superior al râului Prahova, între munții Bucegi și munții Baiului. Orașul, situat la 135 km de București și 37 km de Brașov, se întinde 7 km de-a lungul văii între Vadul Cerbului și tunelul săpat în pintenul muntelui Muchia Lungă. Localitatea oferă cea mai frumoasă panoramă a munților Bucegi de la o înălțime ce variază între 830 si 900 m.

Stațiunea oferă locuri de cazare în hoteluri, vile, case private, hanuri si popasuri turistice, cabane, iar pentru tratament sunt disponibile instalații pentru băi cu plante, băi cu dioxid de carbon, pentru electroterapie, hidroterapie, masaj, etc.

Mijloace de transport pe cablu:

Telecabina Bușteni – Babele cu lungimea traseului de 4.350 m, diferența de nivel 1.235 m, timp de parcurgere 13 minute, capacitate 25 persoane.
Telecabina Babele – Peștera cu lungimea traseului de 2.611 m, diferența de nivel 560 m, timp de parcurgere 10 minute, capacitate 35 de persoane.

Bușteni este recomandată pentru tratamentul neuroasteniei, pentru revigorarea organismelor slăbite, pentru recuperarea ulterioară suprasolicitărilor fizice sau intelectuale, pentru tratamantul rahitismului si a problemelor de creștere a copiilor, in convalescențe, etc.

Climatul tonic și stimulativ, cu aer curat si ozonat, bogat in radiații ultra violete, numeroasele izvoare cu ape minerale clorate, cu iod, sodice, cu calciu, cu magneziu, carbogazoase, hipotonice reprezintă principalii factori curativi.

Clima este specifică zonelor alpine, cu aer puternic ozonat.

Temperatura medie anuală este în jur de 6 grade Celsius.

Verile sunt răcoroase (media din iulie este de doar 15,5 grade Celsius), iar iernile geroase (cu o medie a temperaturii in luna ianuarie de -5 grade Celsius). Umiditatea este ridicată (media anuală de 80%), nebulozitatea moderată, precipitațiile abundente (in jur de 900 mm anual), iar presiunea aerului relativ scazută.

Căi de acces:

Rutiere: București – Brașov pe DN1 (E 60) sau dinspre Râșnov pe DN 73 A, joncțiune cu DN 1.
Feroviare: Gara Bușteni, pe linia București – Brașov.

Open Icon Library

Sun, 11 Mar 2012 09:00:06 +0200

Open Icon Library:

Open Icon Library is an archive of icon files from various sources, design to offer a single location for free icons. The icons in this package are under various free/open licenses such as GPL, Creative Commons, etc.

Server de fisiere cu arbori B

Sat, 10 Mar 2012 09:00:00 +0200

Căutând prin fișierele mai vechi de pe computerul personal am dat peste o problemă pe care am avut-o de rezolvat pentru a putea fi angajat la firma SIATEL Roumanie SRL. Problema consta în a memora într-un server de fișiere un fișier pe baza unui identificator unic, cu posibilitatea de a extrage acest fișier pe baza identificatorului unic asociat, iar arborele creat pe disk sa fie perfect echilibrat. Cateva informatii utile despre soluția implementată sunt:

Pentru fiecare fișier nou creat pe disk se generează un identificator unic cu o valoare aleatoare in intervalul 1 si MAX_RANDOM_DATA;
Pe lângă identificatorul unic atașat unui fișier este memorat și un numar unic ce reprezintă nivelul la care s-a ajuns în urma inserării în arbore;
Acest nivel îmi permite să rearanjez fișierele în momentul în care este șters unul dintre ele, ne mai creându-se spații în structura arborescentă;
La iesirea din aplicație toate datele sunt memorate in fișierul „filelist.txt” și recitite în momentul în care se selectează directorul fix de lucru;
Atât nivelul cât si calea relativă a unui fișier stocat sunt memorate în obiecte de tip CMap pe baza identificatorului unic (m_mapFileCode, m_mapFilePath).

Soluția implementată in Visual C++ 2010 o puteți descărca de aici.

ANGER ISN’T A STRATEGY.

Sun, 26 Feb 2012 09:00:06 +0200

Not getting along isn’t a winning strategy for long-term success. You just end up looking like a fool.

While it’s only human that you have an opinion, forcing your opinion on everyone else all the time just isn’t a winning formula for getting people to follow you.

It is guaranteed to backfire.

Anger, at first, creates options. It allows passionate people to choose sides. It creates urgency. It defines the cost of the battle.

For a little while, anger is energizing.

But, anger for too long creates confusion and resentment. Both sides go too far. Things are said that can’t be taken back. The original cause of the conflict seems to have been forgotten in the quest for not having to take a step backwards.

Anger may be a great way to get your business strategy off the ground, but the lift you get will only be short-term. You had better be ready to turn outrage and paranoia into an idea that everyone can get behind.

You don’t want to turn into your own target.

Playing to the angry mob only works if they have an enemy other than you.

Get angry. Rage loudly. And then use that anger to create change that matters.

Anger by itself is a losing strategy.

It’s what you do with your anger that matters.

Medicină Funcțională, o creștere a speranței de viață și a...

Sun, 19 Feb 2012 09:00:05 +0200

Medicină Funcțională, o creștere a speranței de viață și a calității acesteia

Pentru a dobândi succesul personal ne trebuie deopotrivă...

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:00:05 +0200

Pentru a dobândi succesul personal ne trebuie deopotrivă spiritualitate interioară și succes exterior.

Did your Joomla upgrade to 2.5.0 from 1.7.3 crashed?

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:41:00 +0200

Here is some updated (and hopefully helpful) information. I have been testing the 1.7.3 to 2.5.0 update on http://works.mihaimoga.com/ and here is what I have found so far.

1. It appears that, if the update can be completed in less than 2 minutes exactly, it works ok. If the update takes longer than 2 minutes, you get Internal Server error and it is aborted at that point.

2. The state of your site depends entirely on how far along you were when the 2 minute limit was hit. If you are lucky, the update either doesn’t get started or finishes loading the files. If you are unlucky, the 2.5.0 files are partially copied and the site is rendered unusable.

3. It doesn’t seem to matter which update method you use. The 2-minute limit holds true for all of them. So none of the methods is safe on GoDaddy at this time.

4. There is an update method that works and it can also be used to recover from a crashed partial update. It is not ideal, but it works. The steps are as follows:

a. Copy the Joomla_2.5.0-Stable-Update_Package.zip to your root html folder.

b. Using the FTP File Manager, Unarchive this file. Check the Override Existing Files box.

c. After this completes, the site should load.

d. In the back end, go to Installation Manager: Database. It will likely show problems. Click Fix and it should fix the problems.

e. Go to Installation Manager: Discover and click Discover. It will likely show new extensions. Select them all and click Install. It should install the new 2.5 extensions.

f. At this point, everything should be OK except that it will still indicate that you need to update to 2.5.0 in the Update tab (even though you don’t!). To fix this, you need to edit a row in the database.

g. Go to the phpMyAdmin and find the row in the #__extensions table where id=700. In the manifest_cache column, you will see the text: ”version”:”1.7.3” Change this to “version”:”2.5.0”

Be careful to not change anything else in this column.

At this point, your site should be OK.

Chuck Moore on the Lost Art of Keeping It Simple

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:15:39 +0200

Chuck Moore on the Lost Art of Keeping It Simple:

Why it is so tempting to solve a problem we don’t really have?

First, one doesn’t understand the problem initially and thinks it’s more difficult than it is. In the course of solving the problem, one learns about it. But in the rush of completing it, never re-examines the premises, rewrites and simplifies. This is not a small omission; code can be an orders of magnitude too elaborate.

Second, it’s irresistible to anticipate the future and expect the problem to grow in a certain direction. Thus code is added to facilitate future changes, which rarely occur. This is a good strategy, but can be put off until the future arrives.

Finally, a difficult problem is more fun to solve than an easy one. So the problem is enhanced to be more worthy of attention. Artificial Intelligence is often applied in this way.

Andy Rooney on Women Over Forty

Sat, 14 Jan 2012 19:00:05 +0200

As I grow in age, I value women who are over forty most of all. Here are just a few reasons why: A woman over forty will never wake you in the middle of the night to ask, “What are you thinking?” She doesn’t care what you think.

If a woman over forty doesn’t want to watch the game, she doesn’t sit around whining about it. She does something she wants to do. And, it’s usually something more interesting.

A woman over forty knows herself well enough to be assured in who she is, what she is, what she wants and from whom. Few women past the age of forty give a hoot what you might think about her or what she’s doing.

Women over forty are dignified. They seldom have a screaming match with you at the opera or in the middle of an expensive restaurant. Of course, if you deserve it, they won’t hesitate to shoot you, if they think they can get away with it.

Older women are generous with praise, often undeserved. They know what it’s like to be unappreciated.

A woman over forty has the self-assurance to introduce you to her women friends. A younger woman with a man will often ignore even her best friend because she doesn’t trust the guy with other women. Women over forty couldn’t care less if you’re attracted to her friends because she knows her friends won’t betray her.

Women get psychic as they age. You never have to confess your sins to a woman over forty. They always know.

A woman over forty looks good wearing bright red lipstick. This is not true of younger women. Once you get past a wrinkle or two, a woman over forty is far sexier than her younger counterpart.

Older women are forthright and honest. They’ll tell you right off if you are a jerk, if you are acting like one! You don’t ever have to wonder where you stand with her.

Yes, we praise women over forty for a multitude of reasons. Unfortunately, it’s not reciprocal. For every stunning, smart, well-coiffed hot woman of forty-plus, there is a bald, paunchy relic in yellow pants making a fool of himself with some twenty-two-year-old waitress.

Ladies, I apologize.

For all those men who say, “Why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free,” here’s an update for you. Now 80 percent of women are against marriage, why? Because women realize it’s not worth buying an entire pig, just to get a little sausage.

You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats...

Fri, 30 Dec 2011 07:46:00 +0200

You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him. - James D. Miles