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Sukhishvili vs Lord of the Dance

Few days back we went to Georgia’s National Dance Ensemble “Sukhishvili” in Limassol. It was an amazing show. Being a wannabe-professional dancer at my fragile ages of 6 till 12, I can tell you that these guys deserver lots of respect.

From my point of view, they are comparable with Lord of the Dance (I liked Lord of the Dance back in 2001 in Bucharest at Sala Palatului when Flatley was still in the show, however the recent one in 2009 in Larnaca could be better).

I can say somewhere Sukhishvili are even better. The complexity of the moves, the high tempo (along 90% of the show) of around 200 BPMs, the tricks with knives and spade-fights at this tempo, the crazy pirouettes on reversed toes - this is just amazing, speechless…

Here are some nice mixes of their work:

More here and here

Wish my Moldova had the same thoughtful management towards the great talents in culture (which they seem to throw to garbage ). Why ensemble “Joc” is not getting proper funding having such talents as can be seen below.

Enjoy ensemble “Joc":

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The Pula Fashion

Desi un pic radicali sau directi… imi plac! Imi plac ideile, imi place muzica aleasa, imi place ce si cum filmeaza…

Enjoy!

“Creditul pentru orice… PROST!”

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“(B)Ani de Liceu”

http://gallery.maxim.ro/protest/bani_de_liceu_01.swf

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“Salvati zidurile!”

http://www.thepulafashion.com/revolutie.swf
http://www.thepulafashion.com/index_ziduri.html

EuSecWest 2010 - ‘Hacking printers for fun and profit’

Most probably you have come to the right place if you were looking for:
- “Hacking printers for fun and profit” paper from EuSecWest 2010
- Andrei Constin or Andrei Constantin presentation from EuSecWest 2010

Actually, by a mis-fortunate spelling mistake on the initial publication of the speakers list for EuSecWest 2010, which (given the copy-paste and propagation effect of the blogs and mailing-lists) transformed my correct name Andrei Costin to become Andrei Constin which then by Google’s “wisdom” became Andrei Constantin.

Download here: EuSecWest 2010 “Hacking Printers for fun and profit” Andrei Costin

Download here: Remote-initiated PPE (printer payload exploit) using Java applets.

ESW10 Feedback

Seems some people really liked the talk, paper and the ideas, while others took their most hilarious laughs ever (not sure if it was because of my talk or because of Amsterdam treats =)) ).

Tweetfeeds of the conference can be found here and here.

All in all, the event was very nice. Special thanks to Dragos and all the crew for organizing a great event.

After hearing about hackers on the plane and hackers on the train, we were doing hackers on the boat on Amsterdam’s canals. Also, it was nice to see that a cool crowd from ESW10 DoS-ed the tram literally on their way to the boats .
PS: we almost got owned by the boat captain like a group of kindergarten kids =))… shhhhh and quiet, otherwise get kicked in the ass

And yeah, props to Dragos for the pelican case full of beer and to the guys caring the heavy devil of ice and beer .

Domnul Mihai Ghimpu in Limassol, Cipru

Disclaimer: Nu fac nici un fel de PR pentru domnul Ghimpu sau partidul al carui membru este. Este o parere personala, mai mult o impartasire de impresii.

Vineri, 12 iunie 2010, in incinta Atlantic Bay Hotel, domnul Mihai Ghimpu, presedintele parlamentului al RM si totodata presedintele interimar al RM, ne-a onorat cu prezenta la intalnirea cu o parte din cetatenii RM stabiliti in Cipru.

Desi sunt departe de politica si in general sceptic fata de astfel de intalniri, am ramas foarte placut impresionat de atitudinea dumnealui atat in stadiul pregatirii acestei intalniri cat si in decursul acesteia.

Un discurs bine gandit, coerent si fara tenta electorala din punctul meu de vedere (sau cel putin fara indemnari grosolane sau evidente). Desi se afla in doua posturi importante ale statului, a lasat suficient loc pentru o atmosfera relaxata de dialog. O persoana simpla si deschisa - imagine care s-a suprapus perfect peste cea pe care am vazut-o si-n mass-media.

Ce m-a impresionat foarte mult a fost rabdarea si calmul cu care ne-a ascultat toate intrebarile, problemele si propunerile (desi o parte din ele fie erau mai mult cazuri-particulare ale unor probleme generale, fie nu tineau nici pe departe de atributiile sale). La fel, m-a surprins atitudinea si rabdarea dumnealui fata de cei trei copilasi simpatici (si evident galagiosi - cine priveste video complet va intelege) prezenti si ei la intalnire .

All in all, dau o nota pozitiva intalnirii (invingand tot scepticizmul mei caracteristic pentru domeniul politicii) - o supriza placuta cu alte cuvinte.

PS: multumiri lui Vadim B. pentru captura, editare si prelucrare video, cat si echipei Consulatului Onorific al RM in Cipru pentru promptitudinea si profesionalismul acordat in pregatirea acestei intalniri (si anume sala de conferinte oferita la Atlantic Bay Hotel in timpul minim in care au fost anuntati)

Linkuri:
http://andreicostin.com/parlament
http://topofthetubes.com/video/VIDEO_D4ysBY_JoPmLT/mihai-ghimpu-cipru-intalnirea-cu-moldoveni-20100611-original
http://www.mefeedia.com/video/31531579
http://moldpres.md/News.aspx?NewsCod=5260
http://www.moldova.ms/?l=ro&a=7&i=2873

Liquid Mountaineering

via Lena

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Alimentara comunistă: mic ghid turistic (2)

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Meet Will Urbina

One of his interesting techno-design works: