Hi, I'm Rauf Aliev.

Four and a half hours behind the wheel flew by unnoticed. “Compromise” is a collection of short stories about the daily life of a simple Soviet journalist, an alcoholic and a slacker. Dovlatov on the profession of journalism in that era. Cynically and with very soft humor

We’re heading home. Somewhere in a godforsaken place, two hours away from our village into the forest, at a gas station there’s a terminal for selling bitcoins (specifically, BTC, LTC, ETH). The ATM claims there are already over 3000 of them

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The coffee at the hotels for breakfast is so peculiar that we brought our own coffee machine, cappuccinator, and oat milk on the trip, and now we can even enjoy their muffins and bagels.

Watched a documentary about the Soviet “Lun” ekranoplan. Ekranoplans are a hybrid between an airplane and a ship, utilizing what’s known as ground effect. The Lun was radar-invisible, traveled over water at airplane speeds, carried guided missiles, and was impervious to mines—all of which was simply fantastical for that time (the ’80s). Like many things from the USSR, the Lun was abandoned and forgotten, and nothing new of the same scale has appeared not only in the USSR/Russia but also globally in thirty years. Went on to Google what interesting things are currently being produced. I found “Flying Ship” ekranoplans in the 2021 news—they are not only ekranoplans but also (semi) autonomous, essentially full-size drones. As a result, they use half as much fuel compared to airplanes while being 10 times faster than boats. Considering that there’s almost nothing substantial regarding ekranoplans, this startup looks very intriguing.

Peeked at the contact us—they have an office in my “village”! 15 E. Market Street, Suite 615, Leesburg, Virginia 20178. Literally five minutes from home. Very unexpected to come across such a thing.

Now I have a drawing table. It’s like an easel with an adjustable angle, combined with a table. I’m furnishing my man cave. I’m planning five zones – work, drawing, music, electronics, and 3D printing. It’s still unclear how to fit all this in one room, but I’ll solve problems as they come.