April 2013
2 posts
They Just Won't Stop Trying, Will They?
Hello, people of the interwebs! Time for more NASA news!
NASA are currently celebrating the 40th anniversary of Pioneer 11, the second probe to visit Jupiter (the first being Pioneer 10) which gave way to the Voyager program, that is still going today.
Some research was done at NASA (ba-dum tish), and it turns out that the Jovian moon Europa has got… Wait for it… HYDROGEN PEROXYDE!...
Super Hexagon : Reinventing Rage Quits
Hello. Do you know what a rage quit is? I know what a rage quit is, but we’re not here to talk about that.
Yesterday evening, I bought Super Hexagon for my iPad. Some of you may not know this, but Super Hexagon is probably one of the hardest games out there. It has six levels that are rated by difficulty as : Hard, harder, hardest, harderest, something else and hardestestest. Summed...
March 2013
7 posts
NASA Budget Cuts
The new budget has now been made by Congress (something that we all dread… Even though I’m not american) and it turns out that NASA hasn’t been given a very big budget (‘cos the americans get their noses into everything and start wars which means that they have to pay for that) which means that not all science will be carried out. Now that’s lovely, innit?
To find...
NASA news #2
That was quick! This is a short update, though.
The three astronauts on the Soyuz TMA-08M have reached the International Space Station in just under six hours and four orbits. I think that’s the fastest time they’ve ever managed!
Apart from that, the Herschel space observatory has taken some images of a big star cloud known as ‘W3’. So we now know how big ol’ stars...
NASA news
Hullo! I’ve been clever enough to start a new series! It will be just like my good old “Tube updates” series, that sadly ended on an abrupt note. It will come up every time something interesting happens at NASA. So!
The next trio that will launch to the International Space Station will be launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome at 4:43 pm. EDT. The crew is :...
Kerbal Space Program - The Best Indie Game Ever... →
Map-It Part 2
And so, here are the maps for Cross Country and East Coast! Once again, station names not included in the original package. Station names are available as DLC for just 1 pound.
Guten Tag,
Max
Chelsea Weren't Useless!!! Yay!!!
…About a week or so ago, yes I know, I’m very slow when it comes to news…
Still, can’t really say much, I fell asleep at half-time, all I can say is the first half wasn’t good, neither was it infernally catastrophic. I felt like I was going to kill Steaua…
Yay!
Chelsea are useless
Chelsea were useless on Thursday night. Full stop.
Torres had quite a few opportunities to score a goal, but for some reason he kicked the ball right out o’ the stadium. Nnnnnnnnice. Indeed.
Benayoum (probably the worst player), by coincidence, had a REALLY, I mean REALLY good chance to score a goal, but he shot it in the wrong direction. Ya-yea.
Steaua was bad, too, BUT AT LEAST THEY...
February 2013
2 posts
South West Trains Maps
Hello! I have decided that today, I shall put up my South West Trains maps! The logo is not that good, I know, but anyway, here you go (station names not included and they might not be in the right order, but I’m sure you can sort that out.)
Map-It
Okay, I know the title may sound lame, but if you’ve seen my previous post, it’s a project that I’m currently working on. I want to draw every bit of National Rail, operator by operator. I started with South West Trains, because my uncle works for them, and I have an ambition of following in his footsteps, and becoming a driver on SWT. After that, I started in alphabetical order,...
January 2013
2 posts
The true scale of the Universe →
I've been busy, ok?
Hello, lovely viewers! I haven’t done a post for months! Why am I putting exclamation marks for no reason!
Anyway, I am dreadfully sorry that I haven’t been updating this thing. I have reasons:
1. I didn’t do anything for the summer because I was taking a break.
2. I am now in 4th grade (I live in Romania), so I need to do lots of tests and stuff so I can get to 5TH grade...
May 2012
1 post
Chelsea FC Wins UEFA Champions League
Last night (more or less 1 a.m.), the final match of UEFA Champions League was held in Munich between Bayern Munich (who have won the cup four times before) and Chelsea. At the end of the first half the score was 0-0.
At the end of the second half, the score was 1-1. Due to this, 30 minutes were added.
At the end of extra time, the score was 1-1, so each team took five penalties.
At the end...
April 2012
8 posts
Kraftwerk Retrospective 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 at MoMA,...
On the 7th night of their retrospective, K.W. performed their 1991 release “The Mix”, which is really a remix album, but I bothered to put up a video, anyway…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xE8hCEfRakE&feature=related.
I have not found any “Tour de France” recordings yet, from night 8.
Stickers on the Central Line - A funny blog about... →
Kraftwerk Retrospective 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 at MoMA,...
Hello, hello, welt (I’m running out of ideas of how to say hello). On the 15th, the Mr. Machines performed their 1986 album “Electric Cafe”, nowadays known as “Techno Pop”. I did find SOME links, and it was a bit hard, as the search engine hates me. (Example: It shows me the EXACT same video for about 10 pages.)
For “Boing Boom Tschak”...
Kraftwerk Retrospective 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 at MoMA,...
On the 13th and the 14th, Kraftwerk have performed their 1978 album “The Man-Machine” and “Computer World” respectively. I found both audio and video recordings :
http://soundcloud.com/ryanjonik/kraftwerk-new-york-moma-computer-world for a 20-minute rip of the “Computer World” show, including the intro, “Meine Damen und Herren” (Ladies and...
Kraftwerk Retrospective 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 at MoMA,...
On the 12th, the legendary four Germans performed their 1977 release “Trans-Europe Express”. I luckily found all of the album songs performed that night.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhLtLi4HFqY for “The Hall of Mirrors”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZGgmL5CSfo&feature=relmfu for “Europe Endless”
...
Look what I found...
I found some more songs that they performed on the 11th!!! (Well, one, really).
I found it on the “Rolling Stone” website a couple of minutes ago. The video came along with the tracks “The Robots”, “Radioactivity” and “Radio Land” which was never performed live before.
Here be the link,...
Kraftwerk Retrospective 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 at MoMA,...
Hello, world. On the 11th Kraftwerk performed “Radio-Activity”
I only found a clip of the title track, sadly… Here it is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1yUVstjbiY
Dad says that there will be a DVD released sometime in the future. (I don’t actually believe him, though)
Apparently, they did perform songs like “The Voice of Energy” and “Ohm Sweet...
Kraftwerk Retrospective 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 at MoMA,...
Guten Tag, Welt! Today (10th April 2012) was the first night of the Kraftwerk 12345678 Retrospective, where they played “Autobahn” (literal translation: Highway) from 1974. Tomorrow they shall be playing “Radio-Activity” from 1975.
I my dear friends live in Romania, which is more or less on the other side of the world, so sadly, I could not film the show (or even GO to...
March 2012
2 posts
Farewell '67 stock...
Today, we all stand at Seven Sisters, the station next to the Victoria Line depot. Now, comes the last of it’s kind, a to-be extinct species, THE 1967 VICTORIA LINE TUBE STOCK!!!
Says me 1 year after the tour of the last 1967 stock train left the station. It had a good time, rolling for half a century. The trains were brilliant, having a nice working smile on the front, with the annoying...
Plans for this summer
Hello, people! I have appeared out of nowhere! (again).
Today I shall be posting what I will do over the summer:
First, I shall be going to my grandmother’s house and I will stay there for a month (which means eternal silence for 3-4 weeks).
I will stay home for a few days and then I will go to England for about 14 days.
Then I’ll take the Eurostar to Perrrissss and stay there...
December 2011
2 posts
Touching toxic material
Hi! And yes, I did touch toxic material. It’s one of my wishes, actually.
THE STORY:
I had to bring some floor varnish to school, to make some bells shiny after I painted them. The substance is toxic, indeed, but I was ready. I bought some protective gloves along, with some desk protection. It went pretty well, until I went home. I realised that there was some kind of liquid in the bag,...
Status
Hi, people! 21 days till Christmas! I simply can’t wait enough! Do you remember that novel I mentioned a couple of posts ago? Well, it’s almost done! I just need to do last minute corrections, after which I shall post chapter 1 on Tumblr next weekend.
See if you can decode this message in Morse code:
.- .. .-. .— .- …- . … .- .-. . … .— .. -....
November 2011
2 posts
Photo diary part 9
HI, HI, HI. Photo diary time.
Best rabbits stick together!
And really, that was it. I wasn’t looking forward going back to school.
Do you like electronic music? Do you know the band Kraftwerk? The one from Dusseldorf in Germany? Then here is a video from their latest concert: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufOiGvBiJts&feature=related.
Bye!
Photo Diary part 7 and 8
HI. PHOTO diary TIme.
On the Hastings Miniature Railway (HMR). For more info, visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hastings_Miniature_Railway.
Me, by one of the locos, Swee’ Pea.
Granddad, mum and Valeria on the train.
A little work shed, where a new diesel loco, Speedy Fizzle, is being built…
Rock-A-Nore Station sign.
Indeed it is.
After returning from Hastings,...
October 2011
4 posts
Photo diary part 7
Part seven of Photo diary!
Watch out! There’s a duck in the restaurant!
Tudor houses in Rye.
On the simply FREEZING BEACH OF Rye.
Waiting for the train to depart on the HMR (Hastings Miniature Railway)
Different angle.
Me, about to drink a bit of my milkshake, by one of the locos, Swee’ Pea. For more info on the HMR, go...
Photo diary part 6
Yo. Photo diary time!
Admiring the view. With the seagull.
In the Fisherman museum. Nice place, it is.
At Bodiam castle.
“Stop, radioactivity!” said Valeria, trying to let Japanese people live.
A happy duck family. Cute little ducklings, right?
Eating lunch.
Photo diary parts 3 and 4
Indeed. 2 in 1!
Us at the British Museum, London with me imitating the statue.
A text about building a pyramid and me pretending to build one.
Outside the British Museum. It was cold that day, by the way.
My mum by our GINOURMOUS caravan in Hastings.
Now I know how it’s like on an English beach! I seriously never been on an English beach before.
In a little no-car street...
Photo diary part 2
Hi! Photo diary time.
Us on the “Spinning Spider” at Legoland Windsor.
Valeria about to take her first driving test at… Oh, you get the idea!
Valeria driving her own Lego Car after watching the how-to-drive video.
We are the new King and Queen of Atlantis!
Us on the “Oriental Expedition”. A Lego giraffe was sitting right in front of us. By the way,...
September 2011
2 posts
Srry...
Hi, sorry for the slow uploads, people. Some of you might be wondering why i’m not uploading posts on my blog. Well, the answer lies in my google docks account. I’m working on a fictional story. Plot, characters, etc. will not be revealed until release on tumblr. So this is my new work program:
Monday-Friday… Story
Weekends… photo diary
Hope you understand what...
I'm Back
Yes, indeed I am. It’s Brilliant to be back it is. Lots of good things have happened this Summer. Now, here is a photo diary of my Holiday:
This is my Sister, Valeria (AKA: Vale) on “Seastorm” at Chessington World of Adventures, South east London.
Vale with the Dragon (Good photo).
This My Uncle Dean with me and my mum (behind). He’s screaming and shouting and it...
June 2011
2 posts
They have started!!!!
HI! On 1 July a new 2-station branch of the Bucharest metro will open! also, Metrorex have started building the M5!!! (at last *rolls eyes*) AND the planned lines have appeared on the maps! (AT LAST!!!). But 1 July is the day when i’m going to London and im going to stay at grandma for 2-3 weeks… so we cant redo the metro challenge… Anyway… Im going to london! Expect videos...
“Hello, pussycat! Do you want milk?
Yes, please
Where’s your money?
In...”
May 2011
1 post
What i've been doing this week
HEY! This week was one of the best weeks in my life. Here’s why:
16th May: Nothin’ much
17th May: Nothin’ much
18th May: I learn to ride a bicycle and get ready for…
19th May: CHOCOLATE FACTORY VISIT!!!
20th May: I have a test at school.
21st May: Another test, I get 100p at it, Go 10km with my bike
22nd May: I’m writing on Tumblr
23rd May: SONIC’S...
April 2011
1 post
2 Laps without stopping
Hi! I must tell you that from now on every 3-4 days I go swimming at Daimon Club in the indoor swimming pool… And I also had a McDonald’s! Now what makes me very proud is the fact that I swam 2 laps in the swimming pool without stopping. Think it’s easy? There were some of twists that screwed me up in past efforts.
They are:
The swimming pool is 20 meters long;
I...
March 2011
3 posts
Live travel news... At last
Yo, WAZZAP???!!! Live travel news (at last) and some thingy called “The Works Calender”
Central: Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 March, no service between Liverpool Street and Leytonstone. Replacement buses operate.
Replacement buses operate as follows:
Service A: Leytonstone - Stratford
Service B: Snaresbrook - Leytonstone - Leyton - Stratford
Circle: Saturday 12 and Sunday 13...
Guess what? I found out that there were fires at the flood too!
Earthquake followed by tsunami...
…title says it all. But, its true. It just did in Japan a few hours ago. Go to http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12709598 for more info. O_O
February 2011
1 post
Max the Sonic fan
Hi! I’ve gotta tell ya: IM A SONIC FAN!!! For the DS I have 2 games, and 5 for the Wii, 1 bought on Amazon, one Bought from the shops, 2 downloaded from the Wii Shop Channel with Wii Points, 1 locked-on. Im a huge fan of him.
GO SONIIIC!!!!!!!!
and his arch-rival:
SHADOOOOOW!!!!!!!!
December 2010
1 post
Christmas Countdown!
DUDES Christmas is in a few days and I wanted to tell you that I just have to get Wii Party. Really fun game. If I do get it i’ll post it on my Youtube channel.
So this is what I suggest:
Each day (15-25 Dec.) you will do different goody good stuff (help other people, dig through snow, etc.).
And my Dad wont bring the Wii that I got almost 1 month early than planned. WITCH SUCKS...
November 2010
1 post
Wii and Christmas list!
Yo, heads up. For this Christmas I would like:
1. Wii
2. Wii Party
3. Clubpenguin: Game Day!
4. map of trains in Romania
5. mum’s fitness (I mean her to be fit)
6. Horrid Henry books
7. Asterix and the class act
8. good luck for Santa
9. cuddly toys!
10. New Super Mario Bros. Wii
What do you think? If yes thx. If NO then I wont be angry just a bit… you know…...
October 2010
3 posts
Amersham - Verney Junction/Brill
Dudes, there is something i gotta tell ya.
On the London Underground, Amersham, Metropolitan line, when you get off at the station, you will see that the track goes on… Cos in the 1930 the line was electrified as far as Rickmansworth and from there steam trains went to words Verney Junction or Brill. In 1935 the branch from Quanton Road to Brill closed. The branch to Verney Junction...
Live travel news time! Yep the tube does not have delays but closures!
Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 October, closed for the circle line srry.
Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 October, no service between Putney Bridge and Wimbledon. Rail Replacement buses operate. Service D: Wimbledon - Wimbledon Park - Southfields - East Putney - Putney Bridge Service E: Wimbledon - Putney Bridge non-stop for the...
Secret is out!
Hi guys! I have some news to tell you. This time it’s not about LU or anything like it, it’s about my friend from school, Toma.
He is my best friend, and there is a secret I have about him (it’s not like im giving his secret… it’s just strange that hes keeping it a secret). I will give you a photo of him later.
Bye!
September 2010
16 posts
Bucharest Metro stock
Hi guys! (dudes) I did promise i will post a post about the stock used on the Bucharest Metro!
This is the old ASTRA IVA stock that runs on the M1 shuttle, M3 and M4.
This is the new Bombardier Movia 346 stock that runs on the M1 and M2 (possibly on the future M5).
And something else…
The map of the system!
Planing to visit Bucharest? Then take a copy of dad’s guide...
Stock on the London Underground
Hi Dudes! I will now show you some photos of the stock that runs on the London Underground.
We will do it in Alphabetical line order. Lets start:
This is the 1972 stock on the Bakerloo line.
This is the 1992 stock on the Central and Waterloo & City lines.
This is the C stock on the Circle, Hammersmith & City and the part between Wimbledon and Edgwere Road on the District line....
