Cav's Place

I recently stumbled upon a site called Idopia. Yes, I know the choice of name is poor. The goal was something that expressed “utopia of ideas” and I think Itopia, Idetopia or Idepia would have done that far better, Idopia sounding more like “utopia of idiots”, but don’t let that stop you from paying them […]

It would seem that this is UK’s National Downshifting Week. (Also check out the Downshifting Manifesto.) Found out about it yesterday and think it’s a great idea. Just that, like everything along these lines, one day, one week, one year or any other set amount of time is not enough. We should be living this […]

Got the idea to write this after reading a post on the subject (it’s in Romanian) by Tzuni. One can say that truth sometimes hurts, but it doesn’t. Somebody may feel hurt when told the truth, but it’s not the act of telling the truth that hurts. Instead, what hurts is the reality that they […]

I just finished watching a 4-part documentary (one hour each) about the techniques used by companies and politicians in the past century to manipulate people. What’s weird is that it was broadcasted by BBC (although it even aims a blow at BBC’s tactics in the last part), not Channel 4, who broadcast many documentaries that […]

I wonder why do people start a blog if they don’t want everyone to see it. It’s like “I want to be read by everybody but those involved”, talking behind backs, ugh! Or why do others start to write but censor themselves. You choose to make something public but only what you think would put […]