October 2009
4 posts
My way, your way, their way
What you see in the image below is a timeline of the universe, from the big bang to the present. In order to get a sense of how big this is, imagine that the lines around the cylinder are about a bilion years apart. As you can see the diameter of the cylinder is increasing. This increase represents the expansion of the universe.
Somewhere deep in that huge universal silence, people say that...
Today's meaning of 25
I employ numbers for various purposes and I guess you also do. I am taking 25 for a ride today. I want this number to tell a story for me. I promise it’s very short. Here I go: Today, I am 25 years old! Done.
Twenty Five. Copyright Octav Druta
I’m no different than bacteria or any other organism in this Universe. We all struggle to be different and that makes us all the same....
You are what you watch
I often hear the expression: “X shaped my Y” (i.e: Networking shaped my relationship with people, Exercising shaped my body, etc). I use it myself quite often. In fact, I’ll use it right here. Here I go: “Movies shaped my culture”.
The picture above represents a selection of the movie genres that I prefer. How did I get to it? Well, jinni.com knows most of the...
You are what your friends are
In Romania there’s this popular saying: “Tell me who you befriend so that I can tell you who you are”. You might have heard this saying in various forms in your home country. Photo Copyright: -Antoine-
Is my behavior influenced by my friends? I did some empirical observations on Facebook, my primary social network.
I often immerse myself in the stream of items (photos,...