July 5, 2023 Leave your thoughtsEvery decade or so I try out the fabled Linux Desktop to check on its progress. After reading a number of glowing comments in early 2023, I decided it’s time to give it a go again. Here is some of my 15-minute experience.
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Culture time with Georgi Gospodinov, author of Booker-shortlisted novel Time Shelter.
A visit to Gare de Lyon‘s legendary restaurant Le Train Bleu, opened in 1900 and run by a Michelin-decorated chef.
March 20, 2022 Leave your thoughtsНашият приятел и колега ни напусна през 2020, но остава вечно при всеки, с когото се е засичал.
A research spaceship approached the sun and unlocked all mysteries of the universe. Shortly afterwards, the crew started growing younger, but their minds deteriorated and they couldn’t operate the ship. Now what?
August 16, 2020 Leave your thoughtsАнонс на филма за Иран. Teaser for the Iran film.
August 10, 2020 Leave your thoughts
In rural Virginia, former Witness Protection (WP) specialist John Kruger (Arnold) is visited by new agents from his old workplace, led by Steven Holabeek. Following a tip-off from the CIA, they start erasing him to protect him from foreign terror group Emerging Justice. While Kruger can take care of himself and then some, the government won’t risk a diplomatic scandal with the terrorists’ home country, a powerful middle eastern ally. Meanwhile, Carina, a Chinese woman (Yennis Cheung) from Internal Affairs investigates corruption inside WP. (more…)
September 23, 2018 Leave your thoughts
They tried to kick me off the flight. Upon presenting my documents at the gate to Shanghai, the employee asked where my Chinese visa was. I don’t need one, because I’ll be using the 6-day visa free stay in Shanghai and its neighboring Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces. That didn’t fly with the flight operator. They were adamant no one lands in China without a visa and asked me to step aside from the queue. (more…)
June 7, 2018 Leave your thoughts