Russian Embassy


Half a day in Nicosia trying to get into Russian Embassy. It’s trips like this one that remind me why I don’t want to go back to Russia.

Ugly picture. About 30 people are standing in front of a bullet-proof metal door for more then 4 hours under a direct sun (luckily, it’s neither very hot or cold today, like it could be). A couple of kids, a pregnant woman, and a guy with a broken leg. Few foreigners that don’t speak Russian. Some that don’t even speak English. All together. Trying to organize some kind of queue. Once in a while a metal door opens and a couple of people from the queue are allowed to enter. Some other people are called by names. These are lucky ones. Yucks. Setup like this basically forces people to bark at each other. Hatred all over the place. And there is no hope they will change the procedure any time soon.

Beer thoughts

While having few beers out with Vladimir, I had few thoughts that I wanted to right down. Maybe even rethink and repost. But now, when I am home I’ve forgot all of them. There are sudden flashes in my head but they are not even thoughts. And here is the question that puts me to sleep: Does being able to type as fast I can think makes me a fast typer or a slower thinker? :) Good night.

Gramps and GraphViz speak Russian

Today is the very great day in history! :) I’ve managed to convince gramps to correctly export my family tree into GraphViz format. It did preserve all the names in Unicode, so I just had to install a unicode TrueType Arial font and generate a GIF and PNG. Both of them are now available in the “Family tree” section. And I am off to sleep… first time in the last couple of days. :)