Category Archives: in English

Interesting blogs: Ethan Zuckerman

Posted on October 25, 2007 by Veni Markovski | Вени Марковски

Ethan’s an old friend, who has a wonderful blog named “My heart’s in Accra“. It is one of the good collections of articles, impressions, views and observations, related to Africa. And his blog turns 4 in a few days. He … Continue reading →

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Interesting blogs: Milena Fuchedjieva

Posted on October 24, 2007 by Veni Markovski | Вени Марковски

I have this category of interesting blogs. One of them is Milena Fuchedjieva’s blog. It is in Bulgarian (sorry non-Bulgarian speaking folks; it’s probably time to consider studying this rare language:-). Milena is a Bulgarian writer, who lives in Los … Continue reading →

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Check your MS Windows Startup List – esp. if your computer boots slowly

Posted on October 23, 2007 by Veni Markovski | Вени Марковски

Many times your MS Windows XP computer may be booting very slowly. To solve that, one needs to go into Start -> Run, and type msconfig there, and then press “Enter”. This will start the System Configuration Utility, where you … Continue reading →

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Microsoft gave up their fight with the European Commission

Posted on October 23, 2007 by Veni Markovski | Вени Марковски

Microsoft gave up their fight with the European Commission! And it did even more (see below Commissioner Kroes statement) The question today is, when is the Bulgarian Fair Trade Commission going to reverse its decision from 2005, which says that … Continue reading →

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Intel: no e-mail day (Zero Friday)

Posted on October 20, 2007 by Veni Markovski | Вени Марковски

Interesting idea from Intel: no e-mails on Fridays. Here’s the main idea, read the whole story at IT@Intel: “Actually this is a misnomer, since email is not forbidden on the Friday; the idea is to solve the problem articulated by … Continue reading →

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Russian keyboard layouts

Posted on October 20, 2007 by Veni Markovski | Вени Марковски

If you are looking for a Russian keyboard, and you don’t have an actual one, e.g. you are outside of Russia, here’s a solution to your problem: virtual keyboard! You can choose among 4 standard keyboard layouts (йцукен, йцукен typewriter, … Continue reading →

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Funny George Bush video

Posted on October 20, 2007 by Veni Markovski | Вени Марковски

Thanks to Joi, here’s a funny George Bush video:

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An Inconvinient Truth

Posted on October 16, 2007 by Veni Markovski | Вени Марковски

(first published on May 25, 2006, but decided it’s good to bring it to the front, as Al Gore just won the Nobel Peace Prize for his work) A group of people – 40 altogether – we went to see … Continue reading →

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The next President of the United States? Knock-knock.

Posted on October 16, 2007 by Veni Markovski | Вени Марковски

I* had a breakfast today with Hillary Clinton – the woman many consider to be the next President of the United States. I’ve published some pictures from that breakfast on flickr, but here’s what impressed me most (and I am … Continue reading →

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Larry Lessig talks on corruption

Posted on October 13, 2007 by Veni Markovski | Вени Марковски

See Larry Lessig talking about corruption on Danish TV. Some quotes from the interview: “… in America, at least, most people think, government is corrupt…” “…I find my own academic colleagues, increasingly selling their views to the higher bidder, and … Continue reading →

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