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The new generation of teenagers

Victor — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:41:20 +0000

Unfortunately, I find myself in the impossibility of figuring out how the teenagers now-a-days think like around the world, either in Romania or in Denmark. I am mostly referring to the way they interact, socialize and create impressions about another one of their age.

I remember when I was in the 6th grade and one of my classmates had a black and white (actually, black and orange) screened Alcatel 301. We were all playing on it, creating stupid ringtones on its software. And yes, some of us did consider him cool for having a mobile phone! Then I got to high school and everyone had a mobile phone. Come to think about it, when I got in high school, nobody really gave a crap about which mobile phone you had but then again, the iphone was not launched at that point.

Now I got to college and mobile phones are the least of anyone’s worries. Except receiving messages from extremely beautiful girls, my mobile phone is only used as an alarm for waking up in the mornings and evenings. However, the only gadget we can actually compare in class are the laptops and nobody seems to give a crap about them anyway! I mean, I do have this feeling that people owning a Toshiba are noobs but I am trying to change my mind…

I’ll just go back to the teenagers now. I honestly have no idea how they think like and how it is like to be a teenager. 5, 6 or 7 years ago we didn’t have any social media network on our hands (well, maybe MySpace but nobody really used it in Romania). When you liked someone, you were struggling to find out whether or not they have a boyfriend or girlfriend. You were dying to see them the next day at school since you couldn’t see any photos of them on hi5 and it also makes me sad to imagine how teens ask for the messenger id of the people they like.

Therefore, I would like to ask for anyone who has some info about this: how is it like to be a teenager, today? How often do you use the internet to contact your “friends” and how often do you actually interact through some old fashion methods?

Web Design and Development useful links

Victor — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 23:07:42 +0000

I’ve been stuck with this flu for quite some time now and the fever just won’t let me go. I guess I’m just too lovely hee hee.

So, anyway, I’ve decided to publish my list of bookmarks. These have helped me hundreds of times and most of them are worth at least one glance. Don’t forget that from time to time, I also post some interesting links on my twitter account so, go ahead and follow me

CSS Related

Design Related (useful materials)

Typography and other design related bookmarks

Javascript, jQuery, PHP, WordPress and so on…

I hope you’ll find something useful among these links. Some of them are real gold!

Youtube suffers of PMS

Victor — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:39:14 +0000

It’s not a joke:

Compilation of ASCII characters used by Emo kids

Victor — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:14:29 +0000

I just thought it’s interesting to see. I’ve been seeing them for quite some time now and I have no clue how the hell they find them. Hope they won’t reach this blog though and collect these:

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♥ ß α я ĭ ε Κ η
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Ƹ̴Ӂ̴Ʒღ☺

Useless post, I know but yeah, that’s what I thought: HOLY SHIT!

New iMDB tweak

Victor — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:43:39 +0000

After launching the italian version, the internet movie database has provided us with another tweak, creating a better visual experience for its users on the page relevant for each actor. Therefore, the movies that particular actor has worked upon are displayed in a more appealing manner: alternate row colors and movie posters. Here’s an example for Leonardo di Caprio’s page:
Don’t forget you can also check the movies that I have watched and rated by clicking here.

My Portfolio

Victor — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 01:50:32 +0000

I have finally managed to finish my long-awaited portfolio. I tried to keep it as simple as possible but still make it a little bit stylish and grunge style at the same time. It’s only made out of 3 files ( .html , .jpg, .swf) and it should be very well visible on any kind of resolution. If you encounter any problems, please let me know so I can fix them in time.

The idea behind this portfolio layout came out of nowhere sometime this morning and it wouldn’t leave me alone ever since. For the past month, I have made at least 6 or 7 layout mock-ups in Photoshop but none of them seemed worthy of the “Victor’s Portfolio” title

And now, I have to ask: What do you think about it? Don’t be shy

I’ve got a bunch of babies

Victor — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:24:23 +0000

I’ve stumbled upon a hilarious website with the help of my sister. This website basically takes facial features of two people and with the help of an algorithm creates an image of how the babies of the “couple” would look like. Here are some of my possible babies (well, not that possible considering the people I “had the babies” with but anyway)

Special prize for anyone who knows whom I have had these babies with