Today, returning home at 4:30 in the morning from work, I saw a little fox and several deer near the house. Last time, around the same time, I saw a raccoon. I should somehow go out to the forest with a camera at dawn. It seems that real life there begins at night, and during the day, everyone hides and sleeps there.
October 19 2017, 07:33
What gives away in this photo that it’s Ohio, and not a remote Russian village? I found three clues)

October 19 2017, 06:58
I wanted to joke about how now is the perfect time for Petrosyan and K from Anshlag to run as candidates, but then I remembered this story from my post three years ago, when Jón Gnarr won. The rule of the “Best Party” resulted in a complete restructuring of finances, dozens of kilometers of bicycle paths were built, and schools were reorganized. Tourism growth in Reykjavik was 20%. So, who knows what such jokes might lead to…
October 17 2017, 16:22
I recommend it, a good book. The last three chapters include various standard phrases, which adds practical value to the book.
Presentations, Demos and Training Sessions. A guide to Professional English (Adrian Wallwork)
October 16 2017, 19:35
Looks serious. It’s claimed there’s a protocol issue, and either client devices or access points need to be patched. If two unpatched devices come into contact, all the traffic becomes transparent for analysis, including https. A Mitm-type attack due to protocol imperfections. They promise to present it at a conference on November 1st, the article is already available
Let’s see if it’s as bad as the authors claim.
October 15 2017, 21:08
The third and fourth parts of my presentation at SAP Moscow. Last time it was about search analytics, this time it’s about phrase synonyms and automatic facet identification based on search queries. A pair of videos, 10 minutes each,
Welcome to all those interested.
Videos in Russian and English. The English version includes voiceover + subtitles.
October 14 2017, 23:53
Music Memos for iOS – an amazing thing! You play a tune, and it automatically adds accompaniment, guitar and drums, identifying the chords and tempo on the fly. I quickly played “Summertime,” and here’s what happened. Highly recommend!
October 14 2017, 16:58
Shelves from Barnes & Noble near the house. A stand about Russia








October 13 2017, 19:32
You surely know that nowadays, under the threat of hefty fines, websites are obliged to warn about the collection of info, cookies, etc. Some do this with a standard disclaimer, “We collect some data here, if you don’t trust us, please leave the site”. But on the website
, I saw how the right products for this purpose operate – TrustArc Cookie Consent Manager. It displays all services and allows selectively turning them on and off. The list turns out rather large, but also intriguing. It’s fascinating how many services large sites use to better sell products and to better know and track us.
Quite a list, huh?
Acxiom (acxiomapac.com)
Adobe Marketing Cloud – Advertising Services (everesttech.net)
Amazon Ad System (amazon-adsystem.com)
Connexity, Inc. (connexity.net)
Delego Software Inc. (sap-isp-public.delego-cloud.com)
Google Inc. (storage.googleapis.com)
Microsoft Advertising (bat.bing.com, bing.com, c.bing.com)
OnAudience.com (onaudience.com)
Outbrain (outbrain.com)
SAP SuccessFactors Inc (rmk-map-12.jobs2web.com)
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (eaexplorer.hana.ondemand.com)
Visual IQ (myvisualiq.net)
Walmart (beacon.walmart.com)
Wayfair (wayfair.com)
YaaS (profile.yaas.io)
AdGear Technologies, Inc. (adgrx.com)
Adbrain (adbrn.com)
Adelphic Mobile (ipredictive.com)
Adform (adform.net)
Adition Technologies AG (adfarm1.adition.com)
AdotMob (adotmob.com)
AudienceOne (impact-ad.jp)
AudienceScience, Inc. (revsci.net)
Beeswax (bidr.io)
Bidtellect (bttrack.com)
BrightRoll, Inc. (btrll.com, geo-um.btrll.com)
Cardlytics (cardlytics.com)
Centro DSP (sitescout.com)
Conversant (dotomi.com)
Digital Advertising Consortium Inc. (y.one.impact-ad.jp)
Fluct (adingo.jp)
Geniee (gssprt.jp)
GetIntent (adhigh.net)
InfoLinks (infolinks.com)
Jivox (jivox.com)
Lifestreet (lfstmedia.com)
Ligatus (ligadx.com)
LinkedIn (px.ads.linkedin.com)
LiveIntent, Inc. (i.liadm.com, liadm.com)
Media Innovation Group (MIG) (ibeu2.mookie1.com, mookie1.com)
MediaMath (mathtag.com)
Nativo (postrelease.com)
OpenX (openx.net)
OwnerIQ (owneriq.net)
PulsePoint (contextweb.com)
RadiumOne (gwallet.com)
RhythmOne (formerly Burst Media) (1rx.io)
Rockerbox (getrockerbox.com)
Rocket Fuel (formerly [x + 1]) ru4.com
ScaleOut (socdm.com)
Sharethrough (sharethrough.com)
Simpli.fi Holdings (simpli.fi)
Skimlinks (skimresources.com)
Smaato (smaato.net)
Smart AdServer (smartadserver.com)
Smartclip (sxp.smartclip.net)
SpotXchange (spotxchange.com)
Switch Concepts (delivery.swid.switchadhub.com, switchadhub.com)
Taboola (taboola.com)
Teads.tv (teads.tv)
TellApart, Inc. (tellapart.com)
TripleLift (3lift.com)
Turn Inc. (turn.com)
Twitter (cdn.syndication.twimg.com)
erne.co, omnitagjs.com, s3xified.com
Yahoo (yahoo.com)
Zemanta (zemanta.com)
engage:BDR (ebdr3.com)
i-Behavior (global.ib-ibi.com)
sovrn (formerly Lijit Networks) (lijit.com)


