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A recent test at untangle presented some concerning results regarding antivirus solutions. After testing some of the most popular tools on the market, with a sample of 18 viruses (not sure how relevant this sample is), only three candidates managed to detect all the viruses: Kaspersky, Norton and ClamAV. Even more surprising is the fact that one of the contestants detected less than 10% of the viruses.

I always liked those kinds of photos where there is a human subject, yet no identity; this can be done by photographing the subject from the back, from the side or even photographing them from the front with a lot of light coming from their back (note to self: I'll have to try this as well). Maybe it's just me, but an anonymous subject brings mystery - and mystery is always nice to have.

It's been some time my last post, but I won't complain about the lack of time or anything like that. I'm thinking about making a couple of changes to the blog; this might also include moving away from Mephisto.

This certainly looks very trivial, but after reading (I admit, it was more like skimming) the prototype.js documentation, I couldn't find a way of doing this. Of course it can be done just by using plain Javascript, but I really wanted to take advantage of the Prototype "abstraction" layer and avoid any possible cross-browser issues.

I took this photograph in one of those circumstances when you go to shoot something specific, but then find something else which gets your attention. This photograph was taken one the stairs to an old castle (maybe I'll post some photos with it later) - as we were returning from our visit, I noticed this snail shell on the ground.

Bánffy Castle from Bon?ida is an architectonic monument built by the Bánffy family at Bon?ida, in Cluj county.

Internet Explorer 7 fixed the "* html" bug (also known as the "mysterious container bug"). The W3C specifications say that "* html" should select no elements, but browsers older than IE7 used to select a mysterious container at the root of all elements.

Having a table layout page (not very great, I know), I wanted to make a Flash clip scale on the entire surface of one table cell; I also wanted to preserve the scale ratio and to align the clip content nicely with the rest of the page, making a smooth integration with the HTML elements.

The Haller Castle from Coplean, Cluj, Romania was built between 1721-1771, designed in a baroque style. Forgotten for decades, it currently stands on the verge of collapse.

A new version of Flock, the social web browser has been released! It adds some major improvements compared to the previous version, a brand new interface and integration with services like ma.gnolia and YouTube. Together with the new version of the browser, a new design of the official Flock web page has been launched.