TIO

Tio

my personal place

Blog

Blog

210509779967714d3bed11f430177871-1
TROM in numbers
Some TROM numbers! TROM.tf Social (friendica): we have 1.100 users and this year it was a record of...
58211178146749a1926704e168918451-1
First 2 days in the motorhome
We’ve been living in the motorhome for the past 2 days. We worked so much these past weeks on the...
image-1024x767
Spanish driving license. Stressful, slow, expensive.
1.620 Euros, 30 hours of practice, 8 months in the making. Overall a lot of stress, a cult of driving,...
10410244166701f16c8a36c023073809-1
Blabbing.
I will probably close the gofundme campaign for TROMhome soon. It was likely not a good idea and we are...
image-9-1024x372
TROMhome and some recent thoughts
https://tromhome.com is now live! But what is it about? This is the motorhome that we want: I...
577904584166dce0ad83441856598199-1
Two things scare me the most....
Two things scare me the most, personally. First is death or health related issues. It is normal, if I...
49416711126676d2101df54934577878-1
Updates, updates. And future plans.
Unfortunately I may not be able to start any new video series for TROM anytime soon, due to the circumstances...
5619913331665703020d7e5803085135-1
Not a TROM meeting, meeting.
This month a bunch of “trom” people visited us and we had such a wonderful time together. We...
cf06e350-1c7b-4210-932d-c78da5a56207
Rediscovering amber!
This is the coolest thing on Earth! — https://videos.trom.tf/w/oQ9amzYkm8FgT6Jzum9yWA (recorded...
909549680166321f3decf54454741904-1
This society is still primitive.
Do not forget that the internet, youtube, netflix, cars and supermarkets, lightbulbs and modern medicine,...
2024-07-28_22-37
I finished reading Sasha's book
I finished reading @Sasha ‘s book after reading a rough draft some 2-3 years ago. I wrote a review...
1021772378660f012e549bc135921512-1
A book years in the making
This is @Sasha and her most valuable project to date: A book. But a book is not simply a lot of words...
FILE PHOTO: Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny is pictured in 2020 in Moscow
Navalny
No surprise that Alexei Navalny died….unfortunately the situation in this world is not like a movie,...
2024-07-28_22-42
Why TROMnews is important, and why no one uses it
We have a brand new TROMnews website – https://tromnews.com/By @Tio The plugin that we’ve...
Being trapped in the bullet train of nonsense and ugliness
Even I forget that I released a massive documentary some months ago…and that I worked so hard on...
image_proxy
Adam ruins the social networks conversation
In this video Adam Conover argues that people cannot leave Twitter because everyone is there and Mastodon...
8228441922654d10d725402332050589-1
A lesson about why "free" is not free
This November Facebook is rolling out a subscription model for EU. Their options: pay 10 Euros a month...
PXL_20231105_202438674
Astrophotography with the Pixel 4A
How I can do astrophotography with a very cheap phone. Bonus: a timelapse of timelapses 🙂
image-6
The Smartphone World and how I cope with it
This is my 20 years journey into the world of the phone. I was here when it started, I was amazed by...
Screenshot_2023-10-20_00-43-32
The best backup tool?
After testing so many backup tools, I may have found the best one. So fast, so reliable!
17637484396531220350920570199391-1
Divorcing myself from this retarded society
I need to divorce myself more from the society/politics/conflicts part of our world. It is insane what...
image
Moving from Contabo to Hetzner
How I moved the massive TROM.tf to Hetzner and what I learned from it.
1899132662651771b1ea58b302735256-1
Best notes app
I rarely change my Notes app because I have a lot of notes and I need to use them. I can’t afford...
2023-09-26_03-45
Moving from Contabo to Webdock
How I moved a lot of websites from Contabo to Webdock using Yunohost.
zday-experience
The ZDay experience
ZDay is over so here's my overall experience of it, and of my travels to Prague. I got to meet really...
3050258001650b156170769649572320-1
To change Healthcare and Transportation
Transportation. In Germany they came up with a plan: pay a monthly fee of about 50 Euros and have access...
The wannabe activists
I am quite sure that what prevents me from going into a deep depression is my workaholism. I am always...
190581798364be819633c10847957153-1
Bitching about billionaires is stupid
Just bashing the billionaires and big corporations, is shortsighted. People think that Musk, Bezos,...
Google wants to end adblocking
Did you ever realize that the most popular browser in the entire world, is made and controlled by an...
203296095464bb1ea824620486246337-1
200 for TROM
We need 200 people to support TROM forever. And they only have to give us 2 cups of coffee a month. See...
122022166164b5f7dfd44b4948996581-1
How I cool down my laptop and why?
I bought a Dell Inspiron 7620 2-in-1 (mouthful) some 6-7 months ago. Took me many months to choose a...
The situation with the trade-free instances like Invidious, Nitter, and Teddit.
The situation with the trade-free instances like Invidious, Nitter, and Teddit. As some of you already...
2023-05-17_01-35-768x541
Making TROM II. 3 years in one post.
6 months to record the interviews 40 hours of interview recordings3.3 terabytes of project files13.000...
image-1024x615
The last TROM Meeting. Maybe?
Why this may be the last TROM Meeting and why it was fun, and tiring, and stressful, and overall wonderful...
5994855761644af3a997bb3529098633-1
Share the waste!
I donated my old laptop to a dear friend who also helps with the TROM project. I used this laptop for...
media_Ft-qn1PXwAAowXc
It's all about that trade.
When I scream about how trade is the origin of most problems, some people think that I am crazy and I...
551939324364284f4e107dd807962092-1
AI is ASS
Back in 2015 I wrote a book for TROM about humans and the machines they have created. It is called the...
1616472665640df88a2f2e9669854834-0
Why I hate smartphones.
My mother has a Samsung Galaxy J5 that she bought several years ago. The phone is in great condition...
322175161864060af5f0986977117586-0
Schools are not for learning.
School can be seen as an abusive and inefficient system that has little to nothing to do with “education”. Children...
186135429163e3a1cf816cf589334726-1
Do people have thoughts anymore?
Yesterday I went to the dentist. I didn’t have to go for the past 4 or so years so that’s...
135695850763d9061b401e1177455784-0
The war in Ukraine: 1 year later, 10 thoughts.
It’s been almost a year since the war started. Here are my condensed thoughts. 1. It is only Russia’s...
The best chatbot in the world?
@Aaron and @Alexio made me aware of this chatbot called ChatGPT and I said to give it a try. I was so...
486789601163c2b9b2e937c646986348-1
Relying on donations is great, and sucks.
In 2011 after I released the TROM documentary someone who was helping me proofread parts of it suggested...
529684867563c08a5f1b2a1760766900-1
Why I am keeping this laptop?
This is it:I needed a new laptop to get rid of my old one that was not portable. I made 3 posts already...
785361726963bcc28b7fbc1430416754-0
The Bullshitters, but better.
We Live In The Age of The Bullshitter is an interesting and truthful article about the biggest bullshitters...
148931224063a51401b0a0b184356164-1
My laptop journey: Dell Inspirion 7620 2 in 1
I got a refund for the Slimbook Executive 16 that I sent back. Although they refused to pay for the transport...
16545851266399f2aa9d6b8990290516-1
Are Tuxedo and Slimbook rebrands of a Hong-Kong laptop company?
I was trapped into a mystery for the past few weeks. You see, I like what Slimbook and Tuxedo provide...
13744357036398adb5d78a2013775642-0
Why I like the Slimbook but won't keep it.
I made a blog post a few days ago when I received my Slimbook Essential 16 and basically I was not happy...
13776001306393479ca1745858349745-1
My first impressions of the Slimbook Executive 16
Quick background: I want to buy a laptop that is really well built, easy to upgrade and repair, and portable....
9757982851637a06a35fd3a445349781-1
The UN has done it! We will fix it. Finally!
Oh look “leaders” are still meeting to talk about climate change – https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/11/1130832...
5239349971636832cd89b68700951414-0
Mastodon is getting traction. Good and bad.
On the front page of the BBC website I see an article about Mastodon: That is great, but also not so. It...
1852311268635dd484ca712352288852-1
A very bad laptop design.
3 days ago I was writing about a laptop I bought for 100 Euros that impressed me. How well it was design...
8975768781635d340c02079105854711-1
My plan for the next year.
My plan for the next year. Release TROM II, have a wonderful TROM meeting in May, save as much money...
1610965590635941590851c330855139-1
A better made laptop for 100 Euros
A relative of ours who does not have much money, had an old computer. Then she had no more. It went kaboom....
12862195136343437a3cc4d313785474-1
Muting the TROM Discussion chat + working again on TROM II
In short, I need and want to finish the TROM II documentary before our TROM Meeting in May next year....
13621270226342304d7b97e072423774-1
You are being scammed!
If you feed your brain with culture, then culture is your operating system. But culture is a human invention....
1793950837633f76c61ef47735809539-1
Is Russia going nuke?
You know I made a post some months ago being quite concerned about WW3, and I really try to keep my tits...
111088100962fc1441bd32c009356534-0
The internet is not built for brains.
You know what feature would make sense to have online for mind-sanity? A toggle that disables all comments...
177801647262f860af20da8688050090-0
TVP and TZM....are they dead?
So the TZM frontpage still talks about a future event in 2021… I saw them a little active on Twitter...
158810219862f31ec1326d9720622863-0
I hope you're amused!
When Snowden showed us the NSA leak,When Putin’s exposed by Navalny the “prick”,When...
161070005162ee8c787ac5b157383233-0
Free Software Nonsense.
If you call a software “free” then you should not trade for it. It means, it is given to...
870484211162cf4e0015952489718373-1
The Online has become the Offline
Around 2005-2007 I was swimming in the online world. I had my own blog, and I was following other blogs...
image-4
TROM II rebooted + awesome help
Ok it is time to reboot the TROM II documentary work! Let's do it!
526061854862c3eff4b37dc743171373-1
Your health will get better
Now I am in pain. A lot of. Right side of my throat hurts like a hundred big needles got stuck there....
imageproxy
From Fireworks to Drones
Are drones gonna replace fireworks? Probably. But is it that good?
214144727462a5517e76bbc491094963-1
Birthdays
Apparently today was my birthday. I have become 34 years old. Sounds old to me, but also uninteresting.The...
35384956146298caf064d42848750932-1
My most used Linux apps. 11 in total.
This is the list of the apps I use the most on my Linux machine. 1. Firefox. I have multiple windows,...
1631154828629792f462404517275071-1
My/Our plan for this year
I and Sasha. I am 1.8 meter tall, she is a meter and a half. She is quite short, but I really like that....
11289088676296a803144f9924863916-1
Posting from Friendica to WordPress!!
I just tested it and posting from Friendica to my WordPress blog seems to work now. This is amazing and...
image-1024x575
Updates: TROM II, moving, making money, etc
I am very active on the fediverse but when it comes to more important posts I will still use my blog...
Why I don't post on my website again?
I started in 2005 or so with a website. In Romanian. My blog. My own place where I could write my thoughts....
musikwave
Bye bye MusikWave. Hello alternatives!
Today I am closing down musikwave.com. I started this website a few years ago just so that I could listen...
729665main_A-BlackHoleArt-pia16695_full
My theory about black holes 🙂
Shut'up. I know, 'am no physicist. And no scientist for that matter. That's fine. I just had an idea...
dfdsf
Should I moderate videos.trom.tf?
I've been debating in my head, and discussing with others, about moderating videos.trom.tf. Here are...
1f642
Am I using your emotions to make you donate to me?
A few people accused me of doing this, and I think they are as far from the truth as we are from the...
Broke.
I and Sasha have 900 Euros in total. That's it.
2021-04-12_15-13
Yellow is not a special color
How I got so disappointed because of my brain. Who are you, brain?
wp
Federate the WordPress. How cool!
How to make WordPress work with the Fediverse.
dbbd08c1
yes.no.yes.no.yes.no. ? !
For the past several months I have fluctuated between excitement to do this or that, and total lack of...
friendica
The Beginner's guide to Friendica
Move to Friendica. Forget about Faccebook, Twitter and the like.
2020-10-01_16-20
The social ad-networks, the Fediverse, and my Live is back
How to give up these trade-based ad-networks and make use of the wonderful Fediverse.
image
My experience with the Manjaro Forums
This is about my past 2 years experience with these people, but to be honest it is an experience with...
2020-02-04_17-07
Why I got married?
This is me, Sasha, and the mayor of a small Romanian town. He, through the power of himself, declared...
20190523_063730
The best/worst time of my life.
I feel a bit sick and I am peeing blood. Quite a lot of it. I also canceled TROM-Cast for today. So I...
responsability
Take responsibility! And how to do it properly!
Long time since I wrote a blog post, and I’ll explain you why in another big one when I have the...
scarcity
Why trade and not scarcity?
So these days we had a TROM-Cast, like we usually do, but this time we discuss about our new trade-free.org...
tvp-logo-011
TVPC - The Venus Project Company
HEY! Mind you, this is posted in “rants”. I allow myself to let my brain vomit when it comes to rants....
watch me
The Internet "see me" mentality
So today I learned something that really bothered me and I am sure many people think it is stupid to...
chew
Chewing more than I can swallow
When I was in highschool I LOVED movies. Loved them! So much so that I would watch at least 2-3 a day,...
2019-01-20_15-10
Another 'big' change to VideoNeat
I started VN a few years ago because I wanted to reference good documentaries for articles or in general...
20190113_171708(1)
Me and Aaron 🙂 - and TROM
Aaron came to visit me and we spent an entire month having really deep and interesting discussions about...
20181013-202542-7805584645bc254c65c52e-th
My Facebook Advertising experience
So, Facebook is this monster that is so big no one can fuck with. They have 0 competitors and a “privacy...
2018-09-29_02-54
Moving from Ubuntu to Manjaro + testing Windows after 6 years of using Linux
Ubuntu is an operating system that relies on Canonical (the company) to survive and evolve and this is...
Inbox - Unified Folders - Mozilla Thunderbird_009
Ditching Gmail for Thunderbird
My quest of using only FOSS (free and open source software) continues. One of the things I could not...
Selection_004
Romania, Romanians, and their craziness
I am originally from Romania but I live in Spain most of the time – for the past 3-4 years I haven’t...
evil google
TROM Google Account back!? WTF!
As you may know Google deleted my entire TROM Google account in May this year without a warning. Everything...
net-neutrality-op
Net Neutrality Bullshit.
The idea goes like this: some companies want to make the Internet like cable TV – if you want to...
videoenat (1)
VideoNeat is back, and why that's important.
A month and a half ago, half of VideoNeat went offline. I knew this will happen one day and I was prepared...
fake news
Dealing with 'fake' news.
Someone sent me this question last night via TROM FAQ: “What can we do, individually, to better distinguish...
jacque fresco
Why Jacque is not dead
Since I found out about Jacque and TVP I knew in the back of my head that this day will come. I will...
googleemail
The end of VideoNeat and TROM Series youtube channel
Last night I finished rendering the next TROM Series episode, 1h 16min long episode. Today I wanted to...
weare fucked
I think we are fucked
Honestly, I think we are fucked. 😀 I just think the world is dumber and dumber, to the point of idiocracy,...
castle2 (1)
New website, hurdles writing books, plans for the future, and more
NEW WEBSITE: My old website was based on a very old template that made the website unstable and unsecured....
trom_main_poster_by_tromdocumentary-d3ahfwn (1) (1)
TROM Dissected after 6 years
This dissection will be brief but important. Since I made TROM (started in 2010 and finished in 2011)...
Facebook Ban
Short story short: I published the documentary “The Raw Ones” from VideoNeat to Facebook...
TVP and ME
This article represents my own interpretation of the following ‘situations’. Keep that in mind. But not...
Many issues striking at once
Lately I could not do much work for any of the projects I manage (TVPMagazine or Videoneat) and lots...
smartphone microscope (1)
Smartphone microscop
I’ve seen a couple of such solutions online but all were mostly about a fixed kind of microscope...
iss_endeavour_2009july26_crop (1)
4 things that amaze me (2)
This may become a series since there are around 40000 things that amaze me. But here’s what it is for...
musikwave (1)
My Own Music Website
MusikWave – http://www.musikwave.com/ I don’t listen to music that often (I prefer listening...
phone-photographer (1)
Living your dream
Here’s something interesting: if we were able to decode dreams and play them in a movie-like format,...
social prsssure
Social Pressure
Social Pressure: The Force Behind Societies This girl falls pretty hard at a ballet concert and hits...
03e3f80585f76cdd9a55a903d34d7f7a (1)
Less talk, more work
Some people have asked me many times over the past 4 years how I could create TROM documentary alone,...
VideoNeat taken down
VideoNeat is a project that I started to gather all of the wonderful scientific video-materials that...
car (1)
I was hit by a car today
Today I’ve been hit by a car on the crosswalk. The car was a police car (first irony) and everything...
TheGodfather_Rex (1)
The most unfair game
The most unfair game you will ever play: Think of this world, the monetary system, as a Monopoly game. Alex...
Other (1)
Not part of any group
I am volunteering for The Venus Project for the past few years but I never felt myself as a TVP Supporter...
atom-wave-function-1
4 things that amaze me (1)
This may become a series since there are around 40000 things that amaze me. But here’s what it is for...