http://bobg.net Daily Travel, Technology and ESL news Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:44:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This holiday, relatively unknown to most of the world is actually observed by more people than any other. Most people who do know the holiday mistakenly refer to it as 1/2 Christmas. The holiday is, of course, My Birthday. And yes, I did pick the 25th of June so ... http://bobg.net/2008/06/25/most-widely-celebrated-holiday-in-the-world/ ...are not part of my life right now. Which explains why I've been quiet. To give you something to look at while I take pictures of my bike or something to post about, take a look at Gorod Killerov. I'm trying to bring the campus game Assassins to Russia. ... http://bobg.net/2008/05/15/wild-and-crazy-adventures/ Video! Edit: here are all the pictures from today and a few days ago. http://www.flickr.com/photos/26490626@N08/page2/ http://bobg.net/2008/05/09/video-of-victory-day-tanks-etc/ Around 11pm May 8th 1945, the Fascists officially surrendered to the Allies in WWII. In the US, there are several holidays to commemorate those who have served in wars, or are still serving, but we lack any particular WWII remembrance day. Rhode Island is the only state to ... http://bobg.net/2008/05/09/victory-day/ Extending my quiet and humble return to blogging. I've changed my LifeWikified template. I know, big whoop, 2 seconds of my life wasted, why bother. Well, at least I've done something today. Whenever I Stumble Upon something I fancy, I'll link to it from my wiki. If you ... http://bobg.net/2008/05/09/2-for-2/ Tanks in Red square as per Mandy's request. I hope to have at least 1 picture (me foreground, tank background probably not actually in Red square, although me in tank would be cool too). My Bike, and the weather My plans for the future, to get feedback That is probably enough for ... http://bobg.net/2008/05/07/things-i-will-post-about-come-hell-or-high-water/ Between this: and this: http://bobg.net/2008/04/16/can-you-tell-the-difference/ If you are reading this by RSS, then you'll be the first to know I haven't died, just sorta stopped writing here for a bit. This is usual for me, and my habitual waxing and waning of interest in things. If you aren't reading this through an RSS ... http://bobg.net/2007/12/14/not-dead/ I may not be able to offer my readers reward for reading my blog regularly beyond the obvious rewards of the excellent content and writing that you can only get from bobg.net. What I can do is tell you about RSS feeds. Almost everyone has them, I do. ... http://bobg.net/2007/10/04/read-for-rewards/ On October 4th 1957, the Soviets scored a crushing blow in the Cold War and opened up the space race. Not the complete and total victorious first step that the Communists touted it as, Sputnik was more luck than revolutionary engineering. Sputnik (Спутник) means 'fellow traveller' or 'satellite' in Russian ... http://bobg.net/2007/10/04/sputniks-golden-anniversary/