Category Archives: in English

Don't use 1800flowers.com if you cheat!

Posted on August 14, 2007 by Veni Markovski | Вени Марковски

Nelly Ognyanova gives a link to this amazing story (3.23 Mb PDF file). Leroy orders flowers through 1-800-flowers for his girl friend. He asks that information about this should never be sent to his home or office. Months later 1-800-flowers … Continue reading →

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The British media BBC – criminals? Not really.

Posted on August 12, 2007 by Veni Markovski | Вени Марковски

The Sunday Times published an article under the headline Bulgaria calls BBC reporters criminals. Prof. Nelly Ognyanova responds on her blog: It’s not Bulgaria. It’s not even the media, of which not everyone published the message of the Bulgarian Interiour … Continue reading →

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Music for Weddings and Funerals

Posted on August 10, 2007 by Veni Markovski | Вени Марковски

Ummi Straume is a Norwegian movie director. In 2002 she made a movie called “Music for weddings and funerals”, starring Goran Bregovic. Here’s some official reviews: Music for Weddings and Funerals stars Lena Endre as the famous author Sara, who … Continue reading →

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Bulgarian Site Kreator makes it in Laptop Magazine top Web 2.0 sites

Posted on August 7, 2007 by Veni Markovski | Вени Марковски

The respected Laptop Magazine has published an article about top Web 2.0 products. A Bulgarian site has made it there! It’s the Site Kreator. This is not the first such an article with positive review of Site Kreator. It is … Continue reading →

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Good News About the US Internet Users

Posted on August 1, 2007 by Veni Markovski | Вени Марковски

FCC announced (PDF) this good news (portions quoted below): Today’s Order establishes a framework for a 700 MHz Public Safety/Private Partnership between the licensee for one of the commercial spectrum blocks and the licensee for the public safety broadband spectrum. … Continue reading →

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Goran Bregovic released a new album – Karmen

Posted on July 30, 2007 by Veni Markovski | Вени Марковски

Yes, finally! It’s Karmen (With A Happy End), and it can make you really happy. Goran is at his usual great level, of which I wrote last year! To large extent the album is so good because of the (of … Continue reading →

Posted in Bulgaria, Goran Bregovic, in English | 2 Comments

Call for Nominations for the Jonathan B. Postel Service

Posted on July 30, 2007 by Veni Markovski | Вени Марковски

This came out of ISOC. If you know someone that can be nominated, please, do so. Each year, the Internet Society awards the Jonathan B. Postel Service Award. The award is presented to an individual who has made outstanding contributions … Continue reading →

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Shooting in Bulgaria's city of Petrich, 17 wounded, 1 dead

Posted on July 2, 2007 by Veni Markovski | Вени Марковски

Few minutes ago in the city of Petrich (near the Greek border) has been shooting. According to the “Focus” news agency (in Bulgarian), there are 17 wounded, one of which died from his wounds. The shooting took place in region … Continue reading →

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The New York Times published a positive article about Bulgaria's night life

Posted on June 30, 2007 by Veni Markovski | Вени Марковски

Today’s New York Times published a good article about night life in Bulgaria. It starts with a description of a well-known place for all Bulgarian students – the Studentski grad (Google’s Maps), or Student’s Town – a place, where majority … Continue reading →

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GPL v. 3 is released

Posted on June 29, 2007 by Veni Markovski | Вени Марковски

The Free Software Foundation released version 3 of the GNU General Public License (GNU GPL), the world’s most popular free software license. “Since we founded the free software movement, over 23 years ago, the free software community has developed thousands … Continue reading →