Dolphins & humans

This is really incredible - the fact that sme dolphins are really helping humans :D

In fact it might be just a form of reciprocical help, as also this way the dolphins can catch they prey easier.

Skiathos - insula din Sporade

Insula Skiathos este o insula greceasca care se regaseste in vestul extreme al Insulelor Sporade. Este considerate cea mai frumoasa insula care are iesire la Marea Egee. Cel mai mare oras de pe insula situate in partea de Sud Est dar si principalul port poarta acelasi nume: Skiathos.  Portul se regaseste in partea estica a insula si este un punct cheie al vietii de pe insula jucand un rol important inca din timpurile stravechi. Zona portului este un loc excelent pentru plimbari, plin de cafenele si taverne. Singura localitate de pe insula, Chora este de fapt si capital care este construita pe o colina plina de verdeata in forma de amfitreatru. Pe strazile capitalei se regasesc o multime de biserice capele si case albe construite intr-un stil traditional.

Cel mai important punct de atractie religios de pe insula este “Biserica Trei Ierarhi” care timp de 150 de ani a jucat un rol foarte important pentru regiune fiind catedrala insulei. Este locul in care anula vin zeci de mii de turisti in pelerinaj din Grecia dar si din restul Europei. Lacasul sfant este un obiectiv touristic foarte important ce nu trebuie ratat deoarece veti descoperi o serie de lucruri cu specific grecesc.

Un alt punct foarte important de pe insula care trebuie vizitat este orasul vechi Kastro care din pacate astazi este abandonat. Este un obiectiv touristic destul de greu de gasit, iar pentru a-l gasi trebuie sa folositi o harta si sa fiti foarte atent la indicatoarele de pe drum. Orasul este mai mult ruine insa mai sunt in picioare cateva bisericute unde este racoare si va puteti trage sufletul - deci locul perfect pentur un sejur.

Daca ajungeti pe insula, neaparat trebuie sa va imbarcati intr-o calatorie cu barca. Eu am fost in 3 astfel de calatorii: in tur de insula, in Skopelos si chiar pana in Alonissos (fara a vedea promisii delfini), iar recomandarea mea este sa incercati turul de insula deoarece astfel veti putea ajunge pe plajele Lalaria, Aselinos si Tsougria.

Searching for the best real estate appraiser in Orange County

For years I have been in search for the best real estate appraiser in Orange County, California - you see in my everyday job I need to work with all sorts of appraisers from all kind of places all over California and beyond.

In the beginning I worked with several local companies, in fact I had a collaborator/appraiser in each city I was doing business in but in the long term I needed someone whom I could use on regular basis in my appraisal needs and someone who understood my schedule and the way I organize myself. That's when I started searching for a true professional that was able to do all the necessary tasks quickly and in an really professional manner.

During the last few years I went through at least 10 appraisers, as I was not able to collaborate with them in a professional way. There were always problems, delays and other things that did not allow me to conduct my business fast enough. Also, they all started out with a good attitude but eventually we had problems with them and their quality and turn time became substandard.

One day, I met Kevin Howell from Sammco Appraisal Group at the best Orange County Appraiser when I needed an appraisal in Orange County and none of my previous appraisers were answering the phone. I want to say that the experience with Kevin was extraordinary, and from that day I am working only with his company.

Doing business in California can be challenging, but sometimes you just find some great people like Kevin and you know that things are going to greatly improve. Kevin can be reached at 714 872 8770 or 949 566 8833

Should I recommend fiverr... or not?

Well... a while ago I have heard about fiverr and I was thinking that it si absolutely crazy to do work for only 5$ - it is almost like working for free - and I have also being shocked by the fact that the online world is providing extremely cheap work, wich I found absolutely abnormal.

How could the serious local companies manage to be productive given the fact that the indian programmers are extremely cheap or people from other countries are also very cheap? I don't understand how can this be possible.

But now that I tried to sell various services on Fiverr I can say that it is even worse from a financial point of view, because fiverr gets 1$ from your earnings for each 5 you earn, which is 20% (A LOT).

But there are also some good things:
- I can get cheap labor if I want to hire
- I meet new people
- I enlarge my experience and I can fill out my spare time in a productive way

It just happens to...

Be sick and tired with the nasty weather in Berlin - last week it was definitely too hot, way to hot for this latitude, for the northern Europe (where it seems that no one is having air conditioning systems) and basically half of the city population was transformed into walking zombies that tried to run away from the hot (but where?).

Now - in just 3 days I can say that it is already autumn - and not any kind of automn, but it seems to be something like an late autumn, with temperatures barely passing over 15 degrees Celsius - which means that I already need to put a jacket on me.

I don't know how much I will be able to resist in Berlin's climatig area, but it is certainly a strange/changing environment.

Hopefully the winter will be more pleasant :)

Using a click fraud detection system

In the latest weeks I have tries to find the perfect click fraud detection software that one would have been able to develor.

I tried to imagine how I would make the algorithms, how I would make the software work (with normal tracking, javascript tracking, automatic IP blocking and so on) and I was going in the search of the perfect solution that was able to detect click fraud for my website.

Finally I have found 5 pieces of software:
- XionaGrup
- AdsProtector
- ClickCease
- Improvely
-  AdWatcher

I need to say that the best thing would be to combine features from all of those software providers and ypu will get a nice tracking solution, but it still won't be enough, as each system has its ups and downs - probably the best thing would be Xiona, but I am not sure.

Also, if you want to detect click fraud for Bing (so I am leaving Google AdWords behind now) or let's say... Yandex you will shurely have a hard time finding those.

As for the conclusion - I think that I will let those solutions mature, and then talg again.

Cruises in Mediteranean see (*romanian)

            Daca dorim sa parcurgem cu privirea cat mai multe peisaje si sa trecem relativ repede dar in intregime peste toate obiectivele importante pe o harta, orientativ, atunci o croaziera reprezinta cea mai buna alegere din acest punct de vedere.

            Fiind foarte comod de cele mai multe ori atat datorita pretului cat si modului rapid de vizitate, o croaziera reuseste de fiecare data sa atinga exact ceea ce ne va interesa intr-o excursie.

            Nu uitati cateva sfaturi practice pentru o croaziera cat mai reusita si placuta: in cazul in care plecati intr-una participand cu un grup de 15 persoane, sa anuntati intotdeauna. Daca incepe cumva de dimineata excursia, mai bine serviti micul dejun in cabina decat sa riscati sa o pierdeti stand la coada la bufet. Un alt sfat ar fi in privinta hainelor si a spatiului de depozitare, bagajele de dimensiuni mai mici fiind de preferat. Puteti lua la dumneavoastra mai multe hartiute de Post It-uri, nu nuami sa marcati in caz de nevoie camera dumneavoastra, dar poate va fi necesar la un moment dat si sa lasati un mesaj stewarzilor pentru a schimba cate ceva in camera, prosoape, gheata etc.

            Inca un sfat practic ar fi legat de numarul de persoane cu care plecati in croaziera. Daca sunteti zece sau un alt numar mai mare, e foarte posibil sa va ofere o reducere. Luati legatura cu agentia de turism.

            Personal, singurele croaziere in Mediterana care le-am facut au fost in doua insule grecesti, care mi-au placut extrem de mult. Capitanul nu s-a grabit deloc cu noi si nici cu programul, desi in unel locuri ne-am fi dorit mai mult timp pentru a savura acea liniste specifica doar catorva insule din acea zona. Ba mai mult, capitanul ne-a incantat mereu cu povestiri despre diferitele obiective turistice, facand atatea trasee, in mod cert va cunoaste o multime de povestioare si detalii absolut semnificative si interesante. Un capitan care sa stie sa intretina o atmosfera poate face de cele mai multe ori diferenta in astfel de situatii.

            Indiferent de locatia pe care pe care o veti alege, va doresc sa va bucurati din plin de experienta si sa aveti o croaziera de vis!