Gaiko's Tabernacle of Infectious Net Notions

My first earthquake!

2011-01-20T01:59:00.003-05:00

I was sitting at my computer yesterday, at home (Holiday in Georgia), and all of a sudden the house began to shake. For a split second I thought it was the military doing more tests at the nearby...

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Conspiracies according to different countries in the world.

2011-01-15T01:22:00.006-05:00

I am always interested in conspiracy theories, kind of a absurd fascination. Everything from X-files to Flash Forward (TV). In my work in developing countries I am always hearing some pretty creative...

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Georgia (The Country) Needs more Libertarians

2011-01-07T00:47:00.003-05:00

I am working on a project in the country of Georgia and like the country pretty well. While I was in Azerbaijan I was constantly sickened by all the corruption that I saw on a regular basis. I have...

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Its not the hardware (tablets)

2010-11-20T06:02:00.000-05:00

There has been all this talk about tablets lately (thanks to apple) but I hear so many reasons why tablets haven't taken off (and MS has been pushing tablets for close to ten years); to me its the...

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Strange experiments afoot in Georgia?

2010-11-12T02:59:00.002-05:00

The only thing better than a good fictional conspiracy theory is a good fictional conspiracy theory about livestock (forget that livestock alien abduction stuff :) ); but what trumps em' all is...

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How Much Sugar in Shakes and Smoothies?

2010-11-04T09:08:00.001-04:00

I am always interested in knowing ingredients especially sugar (gut control) but the amounts shown grams ounces etc never quite regisered with me, i am a pretty visual person. I recently came across...

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The other Minority in Georgia

2010-10-19T09:41:00.001-04:00

Here in Georgia they have a larger mix of nationalities/ethnicities that you would ever guess from a distance. I am constantly hearing about Armenian disobedience, Azeri cattle business, Samagrelian,...

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No Dough!

2010-09-04T20:36:00.001-04:00

I recently took a job with an agricultural development project in the country of Georgia and it seems pretty interesting, certainly in my line of work (Agriculture) but at the same time it seems to...

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Got chai?

2010-05-26T12:22:00.004-04:00

I was driving to a diner party in another town (in Azerbaijan) and got pulled over. I calmly got all my docs together etc and promptly handed them to the policeman. He unfolded one doc then refolded...

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Government Apathy

2010-04-25T01:25:00.001-04:00

In my work in Azerbaijan one of the most frustrating parts is government apathy. I am working with a livestock project where we are working with feed companies to help them more effectively sell to...

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Got Cha'!!!!!!

2010-04-14T08:02:00.006-04:00

Ok, so for weeks now there has been at least one uninvited visitor in my house (aka mouse) who has been eating my food, pooping in my shoes (on my desk, around my kitchen, etc) and has been generally...

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Meglomania

2010-03-04T10:21:00.000-05:00

The president of Azerbaijan, the "benevolent-dictator" İlham Əliyev had originally expressed no interest in being "elected" to take the place of his father. A friend of mine pointed out an article...

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OMG U Drank Cold Water?!

2010-02-05T08:47:00.001-05:00

This weekend I apparently caught a bug that didn’t go away by Monday so I called in sick but was informed there were a few small things that were really urgent so I went for those small things. Every...

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Made in China

2010-01-29T02:30:00.001-05:00

I was recently in a "big box store" in Georgia with a Georgian and an Azeri. They were scrutinizing every product and when they saw "made in china" they would wrinkle their noses and put the product...

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Okawix

2010-01-23T09:46:00.000-05:00

In working in various developing countries one of the most difficult parts has been the mediocre Internet access (hey, we all have our "must haves"). Bandwidth is a precious and often expensive...

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The maturing of Linux… applications.

2010-01-10T06:48:00.000-05:00

For years, since I installed (very very painfully) Slackware Linux v2.1 in 1995 I have heard about how Linux is “ready for the masses”, at the time it was totally untrue and now… well it is as ready...

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Heating Issues

2009-12-05T10:12:00.000-05:00

Heating IssuesOriginally uploaded by gaikokujinkyofusho Well I am in the middle of a Southern Azeri winter, which is about like winter in the Southeastern US, pretty mild. This is my second winter in...

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Closed mind?

2009-11-07T14:28:00.000-05:00

I remember in school very often people would form their groups, usually based on social class, life philosophy and race/nationality.I look at the development community and am somewhat reminded of...

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OpenOffice.Org demos ribbon-style UI prototype

2009-10-27T08:16:00.000-04:00

I just read a bit "OpenOffice.Org demos ribbon-style UI prototype". I am totally not a fan of the "ribbon style" in MSO or (apparently) the up and coming open office. While i admit that my...

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A Turning Point For Afghan War, And For Obama : NPR

2009-09-30T01:40:00.000-04:00

I was reading an article on the NPR site (A Turning Point For Afghan War, And For Obama : NPR) and one line struck me: "While some U.S. officials say that Obama is considering a plan to pull back...

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The death of Google's "Do no evil" mantra

2009-09-08T02:23:00.000-04:00

I recently came across an article "Google's not fighting Gmail subpoenas" that tells about how google is just handing over the information of some of its users. I remember reading about an instance...

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Fantasies of a computer hobbyist

2009-09-02T08:13:00.000-04:00

Asides from the obvious (lewd) ones which I will not go into I am dreaming of an i7 Core with USB v3.0. Yup, those are the two biggies for me. Of course gratuitous amounts of memory (4+ gigabytes,...

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İsanın doğum günü münasibətilə!!!

2009-08-31T06:53:00.006-04:00

Isanin dogum günü münasib?til?!!!Originally uploaded by gaikokujinkyofusho Ok, that was supposed to be “Merry Christmas” in Azeri but it actually (literally) means “With the birth of Christ” which is...

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Nixon dug deep for dirt on Ted Kennedy - Yahoo! News

2009-08-28T07:36:00.001-04:00

I just came across this article today "Nixon dug deep for dirt on Ted Kennedy". I guess it is not a surprise to some but the dispicable levels that Nixon sank to, levels that you thought "na, even...

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Offensive Thriftiness

2009-08-26T03:38:00.002-04:00

Yesterday one of my staff asked if I would mind meeting two European inters who were doing some sort of evaluation of cheese production in Azerbaijan. I will post another time about my thoughts on...

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