Raoul

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A pair of yellow daisies by Raoul Pop

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Pink hydrangeas by Raoul Pop

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Wet pinna by Raoul Pop Via Flickr: Pinna is the name for the little fern leaflets

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Ligia’s Kitchen: raw vegan tiramisu Here's a quick video recipe from Ligia for a raw vegan tiramisu that can be made in a few minutes using a blender. Bon appetit!

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On self-driving cars

Here is a video I made about self-driving cars, and which I recorded in our VW Passat Station Wagon, which has a feature called Adaptive Cruise Control. When I got this car, I was amazed at how it could apply braking and acceleration as needed in order to keep the car at a safe distance from those in front of it. The only thing I needed to do was keep my hands on the steering wheel.

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Dr. Eugster on aging, work and exercise If you're not familiar with Dr. Charles Eugster, he's 93 years old and began working out when he was 80-something.

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The 1956 Maserati A6G-2000 Allemano A lot of great cars are featured on Jay Leno's Garage. Out of all the episodes I've watched over the years, this 1956 Maserati Allemano is one of my top favorites.

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Ligia’s Kitchen: how to season cast-iron cookware In this episode of her show, Ligia shows you how to season cast-iron cookware. We use it almost exclusively for cooking in our house.

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Ligia’s Kitchen: lentil soup with scallions Here's one of Ligia's recipes for lentil soup, flavored with scallions and garnished with mint, both freshly picked from our garden. Bon appetit! LK-058-RO-HD Released 03-05-2017

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We passed through the Bucegi Mountains recently (they’re part of the Carpathians). Some of the photos you’ll see below are taken in Bușteni and the others were taken somewhere between Predeal and Râșnov. Enjoy!

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Bușteni, România

Photos from the Bucegi Mountains We passed through the Bucegi Mountains recently (they're part of the Carpathians). Some of the photos you'll see below are taken in Bușteni and the others were taken somewhere between Predeal and Râșnov. Enjoy!

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As promised, here are more photos of the spring blossoms in our garden.

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Springtime in our garden As promised, here are more photos of the spring blossoms in our garden.

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Ligia’s Kitchen: a raw vegan glazed-chocolate cake topped with edible flowers We upped our game for this episode of Ligia's Kitchen and filmed it with five cameras. It was a bit nerve-wracking but the end result was worth it. Bon appetit!

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Here’s an early spring assortment of flowers and other creatures from our garden. I’ll have more in the coming weeks, as our fruit trees begin to bloom.

Springtime in our garden Here's an early spring assortment of flowers and other creatures from our garden. I'll have more in the coming weeks, as our fruit trees begin to bloom.

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A timelapse of the Bucegi Mountains This is a timelapse video shot in the Bucegi mountains in Romania in spring (14-15 march 2017), more specifically in Fundățica village, Brașov county.

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Permanent data storage

We need to focus our efforts on finding more permanent ways to store data. What we have now is inadequate. Hard drives are susceptible to failure, data corruption and data erasure (see effects of EM pulses for example). CDs and DVDs become unreadable after several years and archival-quality optical media also stops working after…

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The care of our bodies In this follow-up to my post entitled "Stewardship or possession", I talk about the care of our bodies, which in a way are our ultimate possessions.

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Ligia’s Kitchen: A different sort of salad Here's a greens salad made with a range of sprouts, wild garlic, kale leaves, green onion leaves and tomatoes from our garden.