7 little kittens

July 10th, 2014

The internet loves cats. Cat videos are like the backbone of all life on the internet. And you have probably seen a lot of cat videos in the past, but I doubt you have seen anything as cute as this. Cat SYNCH!

Bus stops from the USSR

April 6th, 2014

I have lived my whole life in a former USSR republic and I have never even given a second thought about the beautiful bus stops that we had. While traveling in the Belarus and Ukraine as well, I faintly remember seeing bus stops that were not just a piece of concrete covering travelers from the rain, but had sculptures and mosaic in them. Beautiful, beautiful bus stops. This man though, went out of his way to take photos of the most interesting stops around the former USSR. All I can say is that you guys should take a look at the video and if you can visit Russia, there is a lot of beautiful architecture there.

Twitch Plays Pokemon

February 28th, 2014

Twitch Plays Pokemon

If you don’t know what this is, I think it is time to climb from under the rock you have been hiding for the past 2 weeks and start watching & participating! This is not just Pokemon, oh no, this is much more. As Wikipedia put it, Twitch Plays Pokemon (TPP) is a social experiment, I’d say it has become a social phenomenon. Basically what TPP is, it is a stream of a Pokemon Blue game modified to accept the commands typed into the chat of the stream by the people who are watching, thus making them the players. As this idea is new and original, the concept became super popular and thus amassed over 70,000 people to play at a time (though it has died down and only 30,000 are playing at the moment, but still!).

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Why JamieJakov?

January 4th, 2014

I have been asked this question multiple times, and would always give a tl;dr version. Now I can finally tell the story in full.

So where did this obscure nickname come from? It all began a long time ago when I just started going to Klass English Language School back home in Riga. It’s wasn’t really me learning English, it was more of practicing it, so that I wouldn’t forget. Anyway, the real reason I got given this nickname is because of a peculiarity in pronouncing my name in English vs Russian. For English speakers, pronouncing my real name (Vadim) isn’t too hard, just a bit awkward as the name is unusual for this part of the world. For Russian speakers however, pronouncing my name naturally, in English, is very hard, as they are used to the Russian pronunciation. So as a result, they end up saying it with Russian pronunciation, and thus messing up the whole sentence due to the changes between Russian and English pronunciations. Thats when I realised that, I needed a solution for this.

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Confessions of a Blogger

December 9th, 2013

thoughts

My friend Sebastian mentioned me in a tweet saying that I should also write up a post describing my blog life. After a week or so of contemplating, I decided why the hell not.

When did you first start blogging and why?

My first blog post dates back to May 20th 2012, however I did write up a few anime reviews on my Google+ account, which I later on transferred here so that people can read. Why? …. hmmmm I guess because In the first year of uni I meat Ruben and he showed me his awesome blog. Ruben is my sempai and I respect him a lot, in him I saw someone who I wanted to be when I was his age (IT wise), and so I started little by little – from making a blog to writing small apps as a hobby.

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Russian Nike

November 30th, 2013

More Vocaloid

November 19th, 2013

Jožin z bažin

September 15th, 2013

Watching KVN when suddenly this. Jožin z bažin

В выпуске на открытие дома КВН, команда Станция Спортивная спела песню про грузчиков. Они использовали минусовку этой песни про ёжина с бажина.

Don’t Mix Cosplays

August 20th, 2013

CollageHumor make some pretty funny videos at time, and today I stumbled upon this one about cosplays at Comic-Con. This has been a trend recently to combine different characters in one costume to make them unique. But sometimes it can go horribly wrong.

The Weirdest Thing on the Internet Today

July 9th, 2013

Dash IT! from Alexandr Tanana on Vimeo.