Summer is over September 1, 2008

So, the summer is over and today is the independence day of Uzbekistan and beginning of the most important month is Islam — Ramadan.

And BTW, I am back in Uzbekistan.

Geirangerfjord, Norway

Vi ses snart August 14, 2008

Off to CPH via RIX.

Hello, Mr President! August 11, 2008

Uzbeks and Kazakhs August 5, 2008

Uzbeks and Kazakhs have a some kind of rivalry since ancient times, which (supposedly) continues to date. This can be seen in the everyday language that we, Uzbeks, use.

For example, in Uzbek the word “Are you stupid?” can be said in many different ways, the “correct” form of it being “Jinnimisan?”. But many people, at least in Tashkent, use “Qozoqmisan?” which literally means “Are you a Kazakh?” and which is the synonym of “Jinnimisan?”

You can not feel this rivalry in daily life, but the Uzbek language still resembles the old times.

Better World Books August 2, 2008

Better World Books is an e-shop with really cheap new and used books. Used books cost $4 and onwards, and worldwide delivery costs $3 per book (free in the US) — very cheap.

Bought 2 books there, it took less than 3 weeks to be delivered to Uzbekistan — good service!

Highly recommended.

Summer vacation August 1, 2008

So, the final preparation has been made — I’ve received a Schengen visa. Travelling to Denmark, Norway and Germany from 15 to 25 August.

Pictures from the sky July 26, 2008

Check out more magnificent photos taken from up above here

Yahoo! Domains — crazy! July 26, 2008

According to many sources, the domains registered by Yahoo! now cost $34.95 to renew every year — a $25 increase. You can verify this by checking the billing status of your domains.

I had 3 domains registered with them… until yesterday. Yesterday I transferred them to DreamHost (I use their one and only hosting plan) and will be paying $9.95 every year.

No more Yahoo! domains.

Funny signs July 20, 2008

 

More funny signs can be found here and there.

Never ever use Windows Live Photo Gallery July 11, 2008

If you just need a simple and fast image viewer — use XnView and never ever use the sluggish Windows Live Photo Gallery (what a long name!) on Windows XP.

Why?

Because it is so slow — even in my 3.3 GHz Core 2 Duo and 2 Gb of RAM it takes about 2 seconds to start.

And you can’t just point the cursor to the upper right corner of your screen and click to close this program — you actually have to point to the “×” button, because it is around 10 pixels away from the actual corner of the screen.

And it has an awful zoom, so it blurs your text to death when not in 100% zoom.

Awful.

PS. I am just talking about the viewer part. Never used the organizer part, so no harsh feelings towards it.

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