all about web, php, javascript, html, css 2010-03-18T09:28:48-07:00 Flaviu Comanescu flaviucomanescu@yahoo.com tag:balaoo.com,2009:http://www.balaoo.com/feed/ tag:balaoo.com,2009:http://www.balaoo.com/text/JS_Validation_with_addEventListener/ 2010-01-13T03:08:28-08:00 Flaviu Comanescu

About a bug(?) in the JS W3C Dom that prevents you from breaking a forms submit upon validation if using addEventListener to add the validation function to the submit event.

tag:balaoo.com,2009:http://www.balaoo.com/text/lao_tsi_on_war_victories/ 2009-12-11T17:32:38-08:00 Flaviu Comanescu

What the great ancient chinese thinker Lao Tsi has to say about victory through violence and its consequences.

tag:balaoo.com,2009:http://www.balaoo.com/text/De_ce_nu_voi_vota/ 2009-11-21T11:18:33-08:00 Flaviu Comanescu

Motivele pentru care nu voi merge și nu voi vota în alegerile prezidențiale din 2009.

tag:balaoo.com,2009:http://www.balaoo.com/text/Vom_Grossvater_und_America/ 2009-11-11T07:03:31-08:00 Flaviu Comanescu

Was ich von meinem Grossvater und Grossmutter geträumt habe, sowie auch vom Capitol Hill und Herr Mircea Dinescu im Amerika auf dem Fahrrad.

tag:balaoo.com,2009:http://www.balaoo.com/text/Fier_vechi_cumparam_-_online/ 2009-11-09T12:13:25-08:00 Flaviu Comanescu

Despre cel mai dragut spam online primit pana acum... clasicul "fier vechi cumparam" care se aude pe ulitele patriei, de data aceasta varianta online.

tag:balaoo.com,2009:http://www.balaoo.com/text/Sondal_electoral_telefonic_PDL/ 2009-11-09T07:15:10-08:00 Flaviu Comanescu

Despre cum o tanti angajata la PDL m-a sunat azi dimineata sa ma intrebe in legatura cu alegerile prezidentiale 2009 si referendumul pentru un parlament unicameral.

tag:balaoo.com,2009:http://www.balaoo.com/text/Bach_on_God/ 2009-11-06T09:41:02-08:00 Flaviu Comanescu

about what Johann Sebastian Bach thinks on the matter of how God relates to every individual

tag:balaoo.com,2009:http://www.balaoo.com/text/abstruse_goose/ 2009-11-06T09:37:33-08:00 Flaviu Comanescu

about the incredibly entertaining online cartoon abstruse goose, wich I should not compare to XKCD buy I do, cause they're both smart, yet with different flavors

tag:balaoo.com,2009:http://www.balaoo.com/text/the_pixies_-_this_monkey_is_gone_to_heaven/ 2009-11-06T09:26:32-08:00 Flaviu Comanescu

the first and last of youtube junk around - a good song from the pixies with bizarre lyrics very in tune with the balaoo.com logo

tag:balaoo.com,2009:http://www.balaoo.com/text/Oracolul_de_la_Cisnadie/ 2009-10-20T06:15:48-07:00 Flaviu Comanescu

Despre ce parere sau prevestire am eu in urma unei lepse bloghistice in privinta candidatilor care se vor inscrie in cursa pentru alegerea presedintelui romaniei in alegerile din anul 2014.

tag:balaoo.com,2009:http://www.balaoo.com/text/Epictetus_on_greatness/ 2009-10-13T02:02:12-07:00 Flaviu Comanescu

what the ancient epictetus has to say about the way to accomplish a great thing

tag:balaoo.com,2009:http://www.balaoo.com/text/Robert_Penn_Warren_despre_facerea_binelui/ 2009-10-11T15:27:01-07:00 Flaviu Comanescu

despre cum sa faci binele si care este materialul clientului cu care trebuie sa lucram ca singura optiune pe care o avem

tag:balaoo.com,2009:http://www.balaoo.com/text/Orson_Wells_on_film_limits/ 2009-10-11T10:35:05-07:00 Flaviu Comanescu

What the great filmmaker Orson Wells declared in Cahiers Du Cinema about the limits of subjects in filmmaking in general.

tag:balaoo.com,2009:http://www.balaoo.com/text/Credit_Card_Yahoo_Messenger_Fraud/ 2009-10-08T12:04:52-07:00 Flaviu Comanescu

About how I got contacted by a live operator who tried to convince me to enter my credit card data on some site in exchange for viewing a webcam of a horny brunette (supposedly).

tag:balaoo.com,2009:http://www.balaoo.com/text/cramposie_de_dragasani_de_la_casa_isarescu/ 2009-10-04T03:48:11-07:00 Flaviu Comanescu

despre deosebitul vin sec manufacturat in beciurile domnului guvernator al bancii nationale mugur isarescu, care in privat mai detine si o casa de vinuri - casa isarescu, care din intamplare produce si vinul numit Cramposie de Dragasani, din soiul de strugure antic Cramposia

tag:balaoo.com,2009:http://www.balaoo.com/text/thechronicle.ro/ 2009-10-03T13:13:47-07:00 Flaviu Comanescu

despre site-ul thechronicle.ro - site de mare rafinament intelectual si cu un aspect vizual placut (si continut de calitate)

tag:balaoo.com,2009:http://www.balaoo.com/text/despre_naturalete/ 2009-10-02T06:45:07-07:00 Flaviu Comanescu

ce crede iubita mea jovana212 (aka jo212, aka Ioana Malancu, aka bulina) despre naturalete si despre cum am cam pierdut-o in zilele noastre

tag:balaoo.com,2009:http://www.balaoo.com/text/William_James_on_mind_unity/ 2009-09-29T16:43:02-07:00 Flaviu Comanescu

what the great man William James (mind you - NOT his godson William J. Sidis!) has to say about the ideal of unity between reason and mystical thought

tag:balaoo.com,2009:http://www.balaoo.com/text/abstruse_goose/ 2009-09-29T16:38:29-07:00 Flaviu Comanescu

about the incredibly entertaining online cartoon abstruse goose, wich I should not compare to XKCD buy I do, cause they're both smart, yet with different flavors

tag:balaoo.com,2009:http://www.balaoo.com/text/beck_international_-_excursie_speciala/ 2009-09-29T05:06:34-07:00 Flaviu Comanescu

despre cum firma beck international vrea sa ma faca sa le cumpar produsele printr-o strategie de spam mai mult decat de marketing; si anume printr-o excursie la Bran si Brasov, excursia beck nefiind de fapt decat o excursie de shopping

tag:balaoo.com,2009:http://www.balaoo.com/text/Einstein_on_the_human_mind/ 2009-09-29T03:24:52-07:00 Flaviu Comanescu

see what albert einstein has to say on the problem of the human mind and the relation of intuition to reason

tag:balaoo.com,2009:http://www.balaoo.com/text/php_double_versus_single_quotes/ 2009-09-28T07:56:18-07:00 Flaviu Comanescu

about the effects of using double or single quotes in PHP scripting language and the behaviour of PHP

tag:balaoo.com,2009:http://www.balaoo.com/text/studentul_fiinta_inferioara/ 2009-09-23T08:25:47-07:00 Flaviu Comanescu

despre cum in Romania scopul facultatilor nu este de-a fi un loc in care studentul invata ci un loc in care unii, asa-zisi profesori, isi iau salarii fara sa le merite

tag:balaoo.com,2009:http://www.balaoo.com/text/ted.com/ 2009-09-23T00:59:15-07:00 Flaviu Comanescu

on the best site out there on topics at the edge of human knowledge - the gathering of most of the briliant minds of the anglo-saxon world and beyond

tag:balaoo.com,2009:http://www.balaoo.com/text/Ludwig_Wittgenstein_on_the_meaning_of_life/ 2009-09-23T00:54:57-07:00 Flaviu Comanescu

on what ludwig wittgenstein has to say about the meaning of life using the negative approach to it

tag:balaoo.com,2009:http://www.balaoo.com/text/bloggerdammerung/ 2009-09-22T14:34:13-07:00 Flaviu Comanescu

about the inevitable demise of the blogoshpere and the question if it will happen now or maybe some time later

tag:balaoo.com,2009:http://www.balaoo.com/text/X-Men_Origins:_Wolverine/ 2009-09-22T06:45:03-07:00 Flaviu Comanescu

about the 4th X-Men movie in the series about the war between mutants and humans in wich the beginnings of X-Men are shown

tag:balaoo.com,2009:http://www.balaoo.com/text/Mircea_Geoana_-_spam_electoral/ 2009-09-21T10:55:30-07:00 Flaviu Comanescu

despre cum si Mircea Geoana i se alatura lui Crin Antonescu cu un mic spam electoral trimis in pre-campanie neoficiala

tag:balaoo.com,2009:http://www.balaoo.com/text/bing.com_maps_bird-eye-view/ 2009-09-21T01:17:03-07:00 Flaviu Comanescu

about how in Bucharest you can have a great birds-eye-view broutght to you by the evil microsoft (together with street names)

tag:balaoo.com,2009:http://www.balaoo.com/text/Martha_Beck_on_self-improvement/ 2009-09-21T00:43:22-07:00 Flaviu Comanescu

Life coach Martha Beck with a quote about on self-improvement that views the life of an individual as organic (in the sense of holistic approach).

tag:balaoo.com,2009:http://www.balaoo.com/text/Johanna_Hoffman__-_Die_verratene_Heilige/ 2009-09-20T03:43:40-07:00 Flaviu Comanescu

In dem das Leben der Landgräfin Elisabeth von Thüringen berichtet wird und die Gründe dargestellt werden für ihre Anerkennung zum Heiligtum nach ihren Tod

tag:balaoo.com,2009:http://www.balaoo.com/text/Javascript_anchor_value/ 2009-09-19T18:26:49-07:00 Flaviu Comanescu

a short description about how to get the value after the hash symbol in the anchor link in the url with javascript

tag:balaoo.com,2009:http://www.balaoo.com/text/Javascript_nodeType/ 2009-09-19T17:44:57-07:00 Flaviu Comanescu

a short description of the nodeType property of any DOM-Node with a tabel containing default values

tag:balaoo.com,2009:http://www.balaoo.com/text/Ice_Age_3_-_The_Dawn_of_the_Dinosaurs/ 2009-09-19T16:36:53-07:00 Flaviu Comanescu

a short subjective review of the latest adventures of Syd and the uncommon herd towards the end of the last ice age and also the end of the dinosaurs

tag:balaoo.com,2009:http://www.balaoo.com/text/the_pixies_-_this_monkey_is_gone_to_heaven/ 2009-09-19T16:08:41-07:00 Flaviu Comanescu

the first and last of youtube junk around - a good song from the pixies with bizarre lyrics very in tune with the balaoo.com logo

tag:balaoo.com,2009:http://www.balaoo.com/text/Sanda_Weigl_-_Gypsy_in_a_tree/ 2009-09-19T10:00:08-07:00 Flaviu Comanescu

some live recorded songs of Sanda Weigel the gypsy queen of downtown manhattan gathered under the title of gypsy in a tree

tag:balaoo.com,2009:http://www.balaoo.com/text/Samsara/ 2009-09-19T09:19:02-07:00 Flaviu Comanescu

the short synopsis of this beautiful movie, full of old teachings for the modern lost man - Samsara the equivalent of the christian orthodox Ostrov movie

tag:balaoo.com,2009:http://www.balaoo.com/text/aplauze_la_groapa/ 2009-09-19T08:07:07-07:00 Flaviu Comanescu

o mica nelamurire in legatura cu un obicei destul de ciudat in romania, acela de a aplauda la inmormantari

tag:balaoo.com,2009:http://www.balaoo.com/text/pocaiti_si_camatari/ 2009-09-19T05:04:24-07:00 Flaviu Comanescu

despre alte prostioare care-mi aterizeaza in posta si cum incearca firma provident si martorii lui iehova sa ma racoleze

tag:balaoo.com,2009:http://www.balaoo.com/text/Final_Destination_4/ 2009-09-19T04:43:15-07:00 Flaviu Comanescu

a small rant against another horrible hollywood gory flick that only copies other movies without bringing any novelty

tag:balaoo.com,2009:http://www.balaoo.com/text/Basescu_huiduit_tot_mai_des/ 2009-09-19T02:15:48-07:00 Flaviu Comanescu

despre marirea dar mai ales decaderea lui traian basescu un presedinte cu o popularitate in scadere

tag:balaoo.com,2009:http://www.balaoo.com/text/feeds_and_API's/ 2009-09-19T02:14:03-07:00 Flaviu Comanescu

one small revelation I had listening to a Webstock 2009 presentation about API's and REST design principles

tag:balaoo.com,2009:http://www.balaoo.com/text/feed_validation/ 2009-09-19T02:11:09-07:00 Flaviu Comanescu

about the choice of a site feed format and one good tip to maintain it in good functioning order

tag:balaoo.com,2009:http://www.balaoo.com/text/Google_Webmaster_Tools_404_Bug/ 2009-09-18T12:17:19-07:00 Flaviu Comanescu

about a little bug in google's webmaster tools application I happen to encounter while trying to update my sitemap

tag:balaoo.com,2009:http://www.balaoo.com/text/crin_antonescu_spam_electoral_postal/ 2009-09-18T08:05:54-07:00 Flaviu Comanescu

despre cum am primit eu in posta scrisoara lui crin antonescu candidat la alegerile prezidentiale din 2009

tag:balaoo.com,2009:http://www.balaoo.com/text/the_criogenic_worm/ 2009-09-18T03:51:52-07:00 Flaviu Comanescu

a little story about one damn tough worm surviving in harsh conditions in a guy's kitchen environment

tag:balaoo.com,2009:http://www.balaoo.com/text/Goethe_about_classicism/ 2009-09-18T02:12:26-07:00 Flaviu Comanescu

a quote from the genius Goethe on the nature of objects and how he turned in his second life to classicism - thus objectivism

tag:balaoo.com,2009:http://www.balaoo.com/text/nae_ionescu_despre_omul_animal/ 2009-09-17T15:37:49-07:00 Flaviu Comanescu

un citat dintr-un tip foarte destept si acum destul de uitat despre natura umana si destinul omului

tag:balaoo.com,2009:http://www.balaoo.com/text/Food_Matters/ 2009-09-17T13:25:49-07:00 Flaviu Comanescu

one long documentary in favour of raw veganism with plenty of arguments that still need to be verified, in part at least

tag:balaoo.com,2009:http://www.balaoo.com/text/District_9/ 2009-09-17T13:17:00-07:00 Flaviu Comanescu

A good sci-fi movie on the outside with a very good story on the inside, and also very entertaining this debut of a young director you should not miss.

tag:balaoo.com,2009:http://www.balaoo.com/text/taste_in_popcorn/ 2009-09-16T14:28:52-07:00 Flaviu Comanescu

on how to enjoy your popcorn best and on the different kinds of popcorn based on temperature

tag:balaoo.com,2009:http://www.balaoo.com/text/a_wordpress.com_bug/ 2009-09-16T13:17:52-07:00 Flaviu Comanescu

a little bug in the wordpress cms / blog engine that prevents you to post a link in your sidebar as a widget

tag:balaoo.com,2009:http://www.balaoo.com/text/Murray_Gell-Man_on_emergence/ 2009-09-16T09:23:57-07:00 Flaviu Comanescu

a little quote on emergence from Murray Gell-Man, the great explorer of human knowledge of the last century

tag:balaoo.com,2009:http://www.balaoo.com/text/information_proximity/ 2009-09-16T09:06:15-07:00 Flaviu Comanescu

some thoughts about information in the age of the internet and how easy it is to obtain it and how that changed

tag:balaoo.com,2009:http://www.balaoo.com/text/mongolia.ro/ 2009-09-15T15:49:36-07:00 Flaviu Comanescu

the extraordinary story of Mihai touring half of the world from Romania to Mongolia alone on his motorbike named Doyle, a story about great courage and great adventure

tag:balaoo.com,2009:http://www.balaoo.com/text/Noi_Albinoi/ 2009-09-15T14:49:57-07:00 Flaviu Comanescu

a nordic film that depicts the almost tragic story of Noi, a albino guy that lives in a small town somewhere nord

tag:balaoo.com,2009:http://www.balaoo.com/text/grooveshark.com/ 2009-09-15T07:13:39-07:00 Flaviu Comanescu

one absolutely amazing website wich allows you to listen to any song in the world for free! do not miss grooveshark.com

tag:balaoo.com,2009:http://www.balaoo.com/text/Saint_Germain_Des_Pres_Cafe_Vol._2/ 2009-09-15T06:58:50-07:00 Flaviu Comanescu

a presentation of the second compilation of modern jazz music under the brand of saint germain des pres cafe

tag:balaoo.com,2009:http://www.balaoo.com/text/the_purpose_of_labor_unions/ 2009-09-15T04:08:44-07:00 Flaviu Comanescu

a small argument on the purpose of labour unions of state employees and how my idea leads to catastrophic consequences regarding the situation in Romania

tag:balaoo.com,2009:http://www.balaoo.com/text/urban_reconversion_and_the_leaning_twin_towers_of__Cisnadie/ 2009-09-14T23:43:56-07:00 Flaviu Comanescu

about two towers that stand in my backyard in ruin not beeing reused in any way in the city of Cisnadie, Sibiu

tag:balaoo.com,2009:http://www.balaoo.com/text/the_nine_lives_of_tomas_katz/ 2009-09-14T15:44:06-07:00 Flaviu Comanescu

the movie that has absolutely great dialogues and is like an endless journey into the irrational urban london city life

tag:balaoo.com,2009:http://www.balaoo.com/text/some_very_short_seo_advice/ 2009-09-14T14:15:01-07:00 Flaviu Comanescu

small seo tips for others who may overlook them regarding simple things to do to improve your website

tag:balaoo.com,2009:http://www.balaoo.com/text/Saint_Germain_Des_Pres_Cafe_Vol._1/ 2009-09-14T07:24:48-07:00 Flaviu Comanescu

a small presentation of the first volume in a longer series of modern jazz music by the saint germain des pres brand

tag:balaoo.com,2009:http://www.balaoo.com/text/if_your_chair_is_squeaking/ 2009-09-14T05:28:58-07:00 Flaviu Comanescu

a little tip on what you should do if the chair underneath you starts squeaking some day

tag:balaoo.com,2009:http://www.balaoo.com/text/Raluca_Turcan_-_prima_zi_de_scoala_2009/ 2009-09-14T03:18:52-07:00 Flaviu Comanescu

despre raluca turcan si ce-a facut ea urat in prima zi de scoala sfidand sindicalistii

tag:balaoo.com,2009:http://www.balaoo.com/text/website_layout_-_divs_or_tables/ 2009-09-14T01:40:40-07:00 Flaviu Comanescu

some arguments in favour of div layouts and some against table layouts, am only trying to convince you to use divs and not tables

tag:balaoo.com,2009:http://www.balaoo.com/text/sqlite_administrator/ 2009-09-13T13:47:24-07:00 Flaviu Comanescu

a small tip regarding your choice of an sqlite administrator software package if you need such an application

tag:balaoo.com,2009:http://www.balaoo.com/text/single_file_cms/ 2009-09-13T11:55:32-07:00 Flaviu Comanescu

thoughts about constructing a cms in a single php scrip file and how it would be possible to limit the number of depending files

tag:balaoo.com,2009:http://www.balaoo.com/text/Mini_Ion_Iliescu/ 2009-09-13T11:46:06-07:00 Flaviu Comanescu

o minibiografie intr-o duzina si ceva de puncte despre viata lui ion iliescu cel mai important om politic dupa revolutie al romaniei

tag:balaoo.com,2009:http://www.balaoo.com/text/suna_sa_castigi/ 2009-09-13T08:20:48-07:00 Flaviu Comanescu

despre spam la telefon - o firma care incerca sa ma faca sa sun la 0903900040 pentru ca sa castig 3000 de euro

tag:balaoo.com,2009:http://www.balaoo.com/text/little_otik_-_otesanek/ 2009-09-13T07:50:58-07:00 Flaviu Comanescu

about a pretty peculiar movie, but nevertheless very entertaining, based on some old folk story

tag:balaoo.com,2009:http://www.balaoo.com/text/daniel_barbu_-_politica_pentru_barbari/ 2009-09-12T18:21:24-07:00 Flaviu Comanescu

daniel barbu - un autor in domeniul teoriei politice pe care nu trebuie sa-l ratati, politica pentru barbari - o carte care merita citita intru intelegerea politicii la romani

tag:balaoo.com,2009:http://www.balaoo.com/text/idiocracy/ 2009-09-12T15:45:49-07:00 Flaviu Comanescu

my rant about he movie idiocracy and lots of arguments against it and also some good stuff as alternative

tag:balaoo.com,2009:http://www.balaoo.com/text/js_typo_error/ 2009-09-12T13:09:23-07:00 Flaviu Comanescu

about a common error anybody coding has experienced and advice to avoid it

tag:balaoo.com,2009:http://www.balaoo.com/text/html/ 2009-09-12T11:59:27-07:00 Flaviu Comanescu

A not very expanded very subjective definition of what HTML is.

tag:balaoo.com,2009:http://www.balaoo.com/text/ce-i_viata/ 2009-09-09T13:49:50-07:00 Flaviu Comanescu

un gand scurt despre natura vietii asa cum este dansa si altele

tag:balaoo.com,2009:http://www.balaoo.com/text/catre_la_mare/ 2009-08-23T14:05:02-07:00 Flaviu Comanescu

anunt despre calatoria mea la mare in luna august a anului 2009

tag:balaoo.com,2009:http://www.balaoo.com/text/Dersu_Uzala/ 2009-08-22T08:31:22-07:00 Flaviu Comanescu

Un film aproape documentar am putea spune despre prietenia dintre un explorator rus si un localnic din teritorii inca necunoscute in vremea Rusiei tariste.

tag:balaoo.com,2009:http://www.balaoo.com/text/re_all/ 2009-08-21T03:49:25-07:00 Flaviu Comanescu

primul post in care explic care-i treaba cu blogul asta