Hi, I'm Rauf Aliev.

A couple of thoughts have crossed my mind

– the apple watch firmly believes that walking my dog counts as a workout for me

– I don’t allow my dog to go into our backyard after dark. Because it’s too late

A couple of thoughts have crossed my mind

– the apple watch firmly believes that walking my dog counts as a workout for me

– I don’t allow my dog to go into our backyard after dark. Because it’s too late

Today is Nadya’s birthday. Well, maybe not exactly eighteen, but somewhere in that range. At least, in spirit.

And while she’s off at yoga somewhere, I’ve been glued to our photos together on my phone.

I’m doing what I can to make each year at least a little happier than the last for her, and to bring more and more vivid colors and impressions into her life 😉 though it’s quite a pleasant activity for both of us, there’s always a bit of chance and luck involved. Just to make sure it’s never quite enough! But overall, we seem to enjoy the same things.

Basically, I wish not to slow down! I’m not even sure who I’m wishing for, it’s her birthday, but I’m wishing for both of us. Because our paces are closely intertwined. And to Nadya, I wish fewer worries, especially in her volleyball coaching life. It’s incredibly hard in sports, but still;)

Kisses and hugs! ♥️

Nadezhda Shulga

Seems to me like my dog really believes that this loveseat couch was bought only for him to replace his small fluffy cuddler bed. And there’s me thinking about why he gave me those weird looks when I was sitting down on the couch next to him. Like, come on daddy go and eat my bowl food then if it comes down to it

TIL that in Hebrew and Arab music, accidentals might appear unusual. Eb, F#, Bb! Additionally, TIL that musical notation, typically written from left to right, can coexist with Hebrew or Arabic text, which is written from right to left. Hebrew words are divided into syllables (read from right to left) and are then organized from left to right. Quite confusing. There is also mirrored musical notation. Ivan Shapovalov Tatiana Loisha

I believe that in about five years we will see the first examples of compact drones “living” autonomously on roofs in big cities, in places of comparative safety, occasionally descending to carry out certain tasks. I’m not sure, perhaps surveillance or graffiti tasks. They will be powered by solar energy, and programmed to autonomously locate a safe nesting place on roofs for recharging (solar panels). Recharging may take a considerable amount of time, but who cares about a single drone when there is a swarm working in unison. Periodically, they will be able to connect to the Internet to upload the collected data to a secure cloud storage for their owners and to receive crucial updates about their mission from the cloud. They will be able to continuously communicate with nearby drones to coordinate their actions. From a technical perspective, all necessary technologies are already available today. It’s now down to producing the first operational prototypes.

Anyone in need can obtain food to meet nourishment needs. Similar organizations help with free clothing. Anyone who does not have enough money for food and clothing can get them for free.

What you get if you cross Brubeck’s Take Five with Bach’s Prelude in C minor (BWV 999 — that’s why Club Nine)

I am currently reading about Rubens. I liked the text of the passport issued by the mayor of Antwerp in the year 1600 to Rubens for his entry into Italy. Check out the text (Rubens Peter Paul. Letters, documents, judgments of contemporaries. Translations. Compiled by K. S. Egorov.):

“To all and everyone who reads or hears this document read, the mayor and magistrates of the city of Antwerp wish happiness and prosperity.

We vow and hereby confirm that in our city and region, by the gracious providence of God, one can breathe healthy air and that neither the plague nor any other contagious disease is raging here.

Furthermore, as the below-mentioned Peter Rubens, the son of Johannes, formerly a syndic of our city, has told us that he is currently planning to travel to Italy on business, and in order that he may enter and exit everywhere freely without suspicion of being afflicted by any, and especially a contagious disease, because he himself and our entire city, by the grace of God, are spared from the plague or any other contagious disease, – the aforementioned mayor and magistrates, called to testify to the truth, have issued him this document, sealed with the seal of our city of Antwerp.”

P.S. I even managed to find the original. It was not easy 🙂

Universis et singulis praesentes litteras visuris sive legi audituris, Consules et Senatus civitatis Antverpiae salutem. Votum facimus ac harum serie testamur, apud nos et in confinibus nostris, divina favente clementia, salubrem spirare auram, nec ullam pestis aut contagii labern grassari. Tum quoque die in calce praesentium scripto, ex parte Petri Rubbens, quondam Magistri Joannis filii, expositum nobis esse, eumdem Petrum nunc temporis ex hac civitate Antverpiae Italiam versus profecturum, negociorum suorum causa, et ut absque ulla difficultate et suspicionc morbi praesertim contagiosi, ubicumque admitteretur et venire possit, cum nimirum ipse et tota haec civitas (Dei beneficio) sit immunis a peste similique morbo contagioso, idcirco nos Consules et Senatus praedicti, ad veritatis testimonium prohibendum requisiti, eidem has praesentes litteras nostras concessimus, sigillo ad causas huius civitatis Antverpiae munitas, die octava Maii 1600. (

It might be useful for some of you to know that “Siri, delete all my alarms” exists