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2010-12-16EN
Little Anniversary
A year ago (well, a little over a year) I wrote this world «Hi». This was the beginning of my creative path exhibitionist blogger. In 1 year, I published 97 articles and notes, of which 24 were about travel, 27 about books and films, and 43 about other life nonsense. You, my dear readers, responded to the publications with a…
2010-12-14EN
How the yogurt maker works
I already started talking about making yogurt, but then too early I was distracted by verbiage and did not have time to tell you the most important thing — the principle of the yogurt maker. Before getting to know yogurt makers, for some reason I was sure that, like most electronic goods in the 21st century, they are full of…
2010-12-13EN
Kyiv Circus — Scary, Fun, Funny
Last week I went with my family to the Kyiv circus for the program «Scary, Fun, Funny». This was my first visit to the circus after a 5-year break, so I can say that I took a fresh look at what was happening and even understood something.I realized that no stereo 3d screens can replace the taste of reality. It’s…
2010-12-11EN
Delivery at night
Recently, online stores, and many other trade organizations have switched to delivery at night. More precisely, in the evening, but given that in winter the evening begins immediately after lunch, delivery made at 22:00 can be considered a night delivery. And here I am, for the umpteenth time, sitting alone in an empty apartment (repair has not yet been completed),…
2010-12-11EN
Why is «International Mountain Day» December 11th?
I found out by chance that today, December 11, is International Mountain Day. Another professional holiday (for me)? Excellent! And in honor of what exactly today? We google, we google…. and we don’t find it.Thousands of sites write that Mountain Day has been celebrated since 2002 (which, according to the UN, was the year of mountains), that Kyrgyzstan has something…
2010-12-09EN
OS reinstallation
Reinstalling the operating system fell on me like … in short, not at the most opportune moment. A lot of work, a minuscule amount of time, and then the laptop refuses to see the grid. This problem could certainly have been solved in a different way, but the existing operating system got so slow with its slowness that the decision…
2010-12-05EN
Yogurt in a yogurt maker or antibiotics in milk
A newly purchased yogurt maker suddenly stopped producing yogurt. Not sour and all. The maximum that is obtained is the usual yogurt. To determine the cause, my homework recklessly put on numerous experiments. They try milk from different manufacturers, “wake up the bacteria” (or who should wake up there), sterilize the dishes, read the instructions aloud to the starter (so…
2010-12-01EN
Misha was acquitted — she is not pregnant!
Just a couple of hours after posting «Misha, I pregnant» the story has a continuation. This sentence struck me as very funny. It really smelled like a prank. I decided to check whether bayan is my news. I searched the net … And I found it!Just a week before my article, a series of 4 shots of the same inscription…
2010-11-30EN
Misha, I’m pregnant
Confessions of love , made by paint on the asphalt under the windows of a loved one in almost every yard. Everyone is already used to them and does not pay much attention. I would also have run past this inscription if I had not accidentally seen the addressee’s name — «Misha». Is this a message to a guy, not…
2010-11-28EN
Ipad is not a computer, but a TV
Has everyone already «tried» the Ipad? Well done. I also tried today. I surfed a little, launched the applications, showed the child. And at every step of «testing» I invariably figured out which of my daily tasks could be applied to a toy from Apple.As a result, I came to the conclusion that the iPad is not a computer or…
2010-11-27EN
Insurance companies bought the traffic police base?
For the last couple of weeks, I’ve been getting calls from two or three insurance companies every day, addressing me by name and offering to take out insurance on the car. The question is, where did the insurance information come from? Have they bought the traffic police database and are calling all the motorists in the city?
2010-11-24EN
I bought anti-rain — now I suffer
Today it was so raining in Kyiv that driving a car turned into torture — glass and mirrors covered with drops of water stopped supplying me with information, but only tried to cheer me up with sparkling lights. I endured (peered intensely at this sea of lights), endured (rebuilt at random), endured (prayed to God that an idiot with the…
2010-11-21EN
Entertaining physics in the toilet
I am currently renovating my apartment and therefore I am constantly struggling with the ubiquitous dirt and dust. One of the stages of anti-dust defense is the usual thin polyethylene film, which covers everything in a row — furniture, appliances, pets and postmen.So, it turns out that if you cover the toilet flush tank with such a film, then when…
2010-11-17EN
Kyiv in the fog or fog in Kyiv
Fog covered the glorious city of Kyiv last night. This is a fairly common occurrence in late autumn. The fog comes… and stays. I even got the idea that spending a week or even two under the cover of fog is the most trifling matter for Kyiv.The «Great Dive» simply cannot go unnoticed. It has the most direct impact on…
2010-11-04EN
The series «Scrubs» — Episode about Speed Metal
I am a simple and predictable person — I saw the name of one of my favorite styles of music on YouTube and immediately wanted to click. You know, I couldn’t resist (it is understood that one should fight with the instinct to click where it doesn’t hit) — he clicked and got angry. The carrier-music lover is played very…
2010-10-31EN
Paintball review
Today I played paintball for the first time in my life. The morning before the game, I spent frantically shoveling the Internet in search of advice to beginner paintball players.And now, after just three hours of fighting, I’m already a full bowl. Ready to give advice, ready to teach the untrained, ready to sit down and write the Great Encyclopedia…
2010-08-11EN
Terrible live sound.
I rarely go to concerts and this is largely due to the fact that I do not like the sound at these very concerts. Most often, instead of music, I managed to get by with a terrible mess of sounds. The vocalist is not audible, the guitars merge into a continuous rumble, only the drums are more or less distinguishable.…
2010-08-10EN
Swimming secrets.
At Eurosport, the European Swimming Championships (more precisely, in water sports) are in full swing now. Looking with one eye (working) at what is happening on the screen, I involuntarily became interested in some questions (why do swimmers-athletes need wetsuits, do they shave their legs, what are the splashes for, etc.).Let’s call them the secrets of swimming, although, of course,…
2010-08-04EN
Experimental Google Image Search.
Yesterday all evening I was the witness of Google experiment. Instead of the usual interface of Google Images search results (Google Images), I was «showed» an experimental version — large images without captions, divided into pages.If you hover over the image, a pop-up window appears with an enlarged image, caption, size, and a link to the source. This version of…
2010-08-04EN
Airborne Forces Day in Ukraine.
I have no idea how the Day of the Airborne Forces was celebrated in Ukraine in general, even about Crimea, which is close to me now, I can say little. I am writing an article only because I learned about the day of the paratrooper this year, not from a news release (fights on the day of the Airborne Forces…
2010-07-22EN
Review of the dinosaur exhibition at the Red Caves
This summer, the entire Crimea is hung with advertisements for the dinosaur exhibition, which was organized near the Red Cave (village of Perevalnoye, Simferopol District) . My three-year-old son was so keenly interested in «real dinosaurs» that we decided to call the organizers and ask for prices. By pure chance, at that very moment, free invitations to the exhibition were…
2010-07-13EN
Summer boots with a hole
This summer, only the blind could not notice that the beautiful half of humanity is embraced by a new wave of fashion — everyone is vying with each other experimenting with summer boots with a hole (they are also called lace or knitted boots). Most often they are worn with miniskirts and short dresses, less often with shorts or overalls.…
2010-07-12EN
The game «Carrom» — a mixture of «Chapaev» and billiards
While traveling in Nepal, I could not help but pay attention to the curious game, which was enthusiastically given to old and young (mostly still young) in every Nepalese village. This is something like a mixture of «Chapaev» with billiards — you need to snap your fingers on the cue ball to drive the opponent’s chips into the pockets.Six months…
2010-06-08EN
Eski-Yurt Spring
This spring is designated in the updated 500-meter «Soyuzkarta» as the source of Eski-Yurt. The coordinates taken on the ground did not coincide with the map data a little — the captured spring is located 100 meters to the west than it is drawn.It is very easy to find it — if you walk from Lesnoye along the dirt road,…
2010-05-11EN
Isaac Asimov — Land of Canaan
The main fantastic works of Asimov were read by me with delight as a child, and since then my impressions have not been updated. But the author’s popular science prose has come into my hands twice in the past year («Words in History» and «Words on a Map»).It was thanks to this that I was already well acquainted with Isaac…
2010-05-10EN
Onotole in the cell!
It’s funny to meet an unusual person in an ordinary place. The president is in line at the checkout of a supermarket, or a TV presenter in a district clinic. We are used to the fact that the «stars» live in another world, and having met them on the sinful earth, we do not believe our eyes.I met Onotole in…
2010-04-18EN
What are you listening to? — Van Cliburn
«Operation «Y» and Shurik’s other adventures» I watched a million times. But only for the last 10 years, in the episode when Shurik comes to Oak for notes, I listen intently — I try to make out what it is that Oak is listening to. Either «Bon-Cleaver», or «Ban-Cleaver».And just today I finally figured out that the phrase can be…
2010-04-17EN
The state of the road to the Crimea
After a cold and snowy winter, the prospect of traveling from Kyiv to the Crimea by car caused me some concern. I was afraid, of course, because of the state of the road to the Crimea. On TV, they shouted that the road surface had «come down» along with the snow, that at the current pace, road repairs would be…
2010-04-13EN
genetically modified organisms
I don’t remember exactly when all the goods in supermarkets suddenly got «GMO Free» stickers. I generally try not to remember any bullshit and unimportant crap (I’m sorry).But I will remember this day for a long time. Today, for the first time, I personally encountered genetically modified organisms and the very first meeting almost cost me my life…
2010-03-29EN
Explosions in Moscow: what to do?
An explosion is something that is, by definition, abrupt and unexpected. Of course, filmmakers managed to accustom us to super-loud detonations and powerful clubs of gasoline flames, but it turns out that there is another kind of explosions that can throw us out of the cozy world of everyday life. And it’s not about the power of the charge, and…