Monthly Archives: October 2007

Bulgarian bloggers top 100

Posted on October 31, 2007 by Veni Markovski | Вени Марковски

There are several ratings published in the last few days about the top 100 Bulgarian bloggers. Check it on your own: Top 100 egoistic bloggers (where you can find “I” most often) Bulgarian Top 100 Blogs according to Technorati Just … Continue reading →

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The Last Supper in 16 118 035 591 pixels

Posted on October 28, 2007 by Veni Markovski | Вени Марковски

You can view Leonardo Da Vinci’s “The Last Supper” in complete detail. How? On the Internet, of course. Here, to be more precise. The Italian company HAL9000 has made a digital scan of the famous picture. See the technical details: … Continue reading →

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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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Уикипедия 100,000

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

от Portal.bg ??нициативата „Уикипедия 100 000“ е доброволческа кампания по привличане на медиен и обществен интерес и нови редактори към българския клон на свободната електронна енциклопедия Уикипедия. ??нициативата започва през септември 2007 година, няколко месеца преди Българоезичната Уикипедия да навър??и … 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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