Last Class at Bentley University

Hi, Reader!

Today I told my roommate that mouse and rat are two different animals, he was really surprised and got excited about it. If you want more info on this topic click here.

So, tomorrow is my last class at Bentley and it is very symbolic that President of Bentley - Gloria Larson will be there. We have a final presentation about our analysis of the information privacy practices of Boston Urban College. As Bentley's President is a privacy lawyer, she was invited by our teacher to our presentation.

Hopefully I will do a great job tomorrow and finally I will be able to graduate :) Well it is past midnight, I better sleep, cause tomorrow is kind of a big day :)

I'll keep you posted!

Roma

Falling asleep in class? Blame biology

Hey!

I just read a CNN article that claims that high school students feel sleepy in classes because they don't sleep enough. The research was conducted by the University of Kentucky in Lexington and they have some "amazing" findings. Here is a quote:

"Research conducted at the University of Kentucky in Lexington found that when Fayette County high schools delayed their start time by an hour, the percentage of students getting at least eight hours of sleep per night jumped from 35.7 to 50 percent.The study, published Monday in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, surveyed 10,000 students in the Kentucky county before and after their schools changed the start time from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m."

Now, Excuse me how many researchers and people with PhD degrees does it take to figure out that by changing start time from 7.30 to 8.30 more people will be able to sleep more???? Duh, they made a "research"... Now , I bet if you make the starting time at 11, the percentage of people who are able to sleep at least for 8 hours will increase even more.

I hope researchers can also answer my question. Whenever I play with my computer throughout the day(sometimes I even stay up till 4 am) I hardly feel sleepy, but when I go to classes I honestly feel sooo sleepy like I haven't slept at least for a day. So whom can I blame for feeling so sleepy in classes? My classes are from 5 p.m. to 7.20 p.m. Can I blame biology also?

So, what is my conclusion? World is full of bullshit. Here is one more example, whenever I email my papers to certain professors they claim that they have never received the email or they just forget... Are you serious??? Email is a very reliable technology, if you didn't get the message that your email bounced then you can be 99% sure that it was delivered.

I'll keep you posted, stay in touch!

Roma,

P.S. I cant believe no one commented on the previous post - an awesome story about Ian Usher! If you haven't read it check it out, it is AMAZING!!!!

P.P.S I know my blog is very random, but that is how I like it! LOL!

Sell your life on Ebay -> Fulfill your Dreams

Hey Reader!

I am glad to have you back! As I promised today we will talk about a guy who sold his life on ebay. So in June 2008, an Australian immigrant Ian Usher sold all of his possessions: house, everything in the house, car, jet ski, trial period on his job and an introduction to his friends. After the break up with his wife Ian was very sad and he decided to change things! Ian said that after the sale is done he will walk out with wallet in one hand and passport in another hand. His life was sold for $384,000. After that Ian has 100 goals that he wants to complete in 100 weeks. And his goals are just his dreams! Isn't that amazing, you get to complete your dreams for the whole 2 years?!!!! All I wanna say is "WOW, Bravo Ian". I wish I could take at least a year and do something random!

If you want to know more info about Ian, here:

• Fox news article about the sale
  
• An official site promoting the sale: A life 4 sale
  
• What is Ian up to, after the sale: 100 goals in 100 weeks
• Video about Ian in Ukrainian
• Video about Ian in English
  

If had money this is what I would like to do:

1. Visit Niagra Falls
2. Drive on US Route 1, it is a beatufil view in California along the ocean.
3. Drive from LA to Boston
4. Live with a native American tribe for 3 month
5. Teach English in China or Japan for 6 month

So what would you like to do, if you had money and time?

P.S. We have 2 new subscribers: D and O. So welcome :) As always feel free to invite more people!

Roma

Exciting changes to this blog + Riga Sprats

Hi!!!

IT IS THE WEEKEND!!!!! SO I wish you HAPPY WEEKEND! Perhaps I shouldn't bother you with my blog on the weekend. But Monday I will be back, for sure, with exciting story about the man who sold his life! Anyway, what is your plan for the weekend?

So what are the exciting news for today? Well I have found new script that allows you to comment on my blog without entering your google id. From now on all you need is to enter your email! I hope this will result in more comments :) Also if you haven't signed up yet for my updates please do so by entering your email in the box that is on the left hand side! (For all of you who have already signed up I am sorry that you guys have to read this message. It is just we only have 9 readers so far, so I want more :)

Well, I will tell you one more exciting story! Today I bought Riga sprats(шпроты). This made me very happy as it reminded me of my country! Besides I bought them at Shaw's right near to my house!!! And the price is ok, just $ 1.99 So here they are (Рижские шпроты):


If you haven't tried them, you should, they are good! Once again, have a great weekend! Stay in touch!

Roma

USPS Insurance Hassle

Hi!

Today we are going to talk about United States Postal Services(USPS)! So let's say you have decided to mail a package with USPS and lets say the package has something that is really valuable. Well in that case you need to buy insurance. Why would you ask? Well apparently USPS is not responsible for any loss or damage if you don't get insurance. Now how is this even possible in the USA? So basically if I don't get insurance I am paying someone money to potentially lose my package? Comes to mind the following quote from Everyday Regular Normal Guy 2 (youtube it if you are interested):

She really hurt me,

She called me stupid face,
How is that even possible?
A person can be stupid ,
But a face, that's impossible!

Now let's get back to USPS. So you have decided to get an insurance for your package. For a small fee you can get pretty good coverage. But hold on, don't be so happy! If your package will be lost you have to present bill of purchase, proving the value of lost item. Now what about that tea that I bought in China? Or what about something personal, like it is not worth a lot of money but is very precious to you? Should one just lie and insure for a higher value and present a bill of purchase for something else, which was purchased earlier? Or just hope it will not get lost and insure for a small value, or don't insure at all? Well I'll let you decide on these issues.

Take Care,

Roma

What is an inflatable package?

Hi Reader!

This is my first video post ever! Enjoy!



Roma

It all crashed...

Hi Reader!

What a weird day today!

First of all, my Chrome (the new internet browser by Google) had stopped working. It can no longer display any page, it says page is not available. As an IT person I tried to troubleshoot and followed Google's advice on it, but failed.

Secondly, my QIP (a client based on ICQ) had also stopped working. The thing is, ICQ has changed their protocol and I guess QIP couldn't keep up. However they did release a new version of QIP, which I tried but still failed. Later on, I installed ICQ 6.5 but it doesn't work as well. So I guess updating the protocol was to much even for ICQ. Ha ha.

Lastly, I was playing with my Firefox and disabled navigation bar, so I couldnt get access to browser's menu. What a hassle, out of 3 browsers that I have two became useless on the same day. However, thanks to IE I was able to get the navigation bar back, so Mozilla is now up and running!

Finally, why do things have to crash on the same day! I noticed this kind of stuff happens within a small period of time and then it will not happen at all for a while. It is like if you are waiting for an email and it doesnt come within one week then next week there will be two emails that are of equal importance on the same day. Or if your blog didn't have any visitors for 10 hours , you might get 4 visitors in the next hour! This whole thing is sooo weird! Does this happen to you 2?

Let me know,

Roma