Day in brief

  • In queue for check-in at LCA. #
  • Waiting for boarding with beer, sandwich, and chips. #
  • Cashier recognized that I am Russian and offered us shot glasses for vodka, even though we haven't ordered any vodka. #
  • We're on the plane. Hmm, yeah. #
  • In Prague airport, waiting for boarding onto a Frankfurt flight. So far so good. #
  • On the plane yet again. #
  • Good morning, Frankfurt! #
  • Experiencing Frankfurt. After a walking tour we ended up in a beer garden by the dom. Waiting for sauseges and beer. #
  • Back from Frankfurt tour. Waiting for a train to Karlsruhe in about 50 minutes. #
  • Arriving to Karlsruhe. Exhausted. #
  • Cheched in into Novotel hotel. Everything looks awesome. However we are physically dead. Will have some food, a pint and off to sleep. #

Day in brief

Cyprus Mail – the new on-line face of the local newspapers

Cyprus Mail

I’ve noticed that @cyprusmail Twitter account became much more active recently.  Today I followed one of the posted links to read the news article, and was surprised by the new newspaper’s web site.  It is still in beta, but it’s already pretty good!

Finally, there is someone who knows what he (she?) is doing.  Based on Drupal CMS, utilizing Amazon S3 service, integrating with Twitter, Flickr, YouTube and Facebook, featuring proper RSS feed, slick feedback form, and even placeholders for stuff blogs – that’s quite an achievement!

I definitely welcome the new face (and body) of the Cyprus Mail and wish them great success and to keep up the good job.  Now their content is finally matched by its presentation and surrounding functionality.

Daily tweets digest

  • All of a sudden, favicons started working (again?) in my Google Reader. My life is so much easier now! #
  • Favicon stuff probably started working due to an upgrade of Better GReader Firefox Addon http://bit.ly/Xek4Q #
  • The History of Computing Video Shows Why We Are Doomed [Computing] http://bit.ly/2TuzyY #
  • Flying to Germany tomorrow. Have to post-process and upload all previous pictures. Last night to go over roughly a 1000 images. #