Hi, I'm Rauf Aliev.

Two worlds – two childhoods.

23.12, morning. On the left – Masha’s desk, on the right – Liza’s desk.

Find ten differences

Yesterday I tried to find a nice place in the city center through Foursquare. “Sisters Grimm” turned out to be converted into some bar, despite the operational website (sgrimm.ru).

The next attempt to visit Bookcafé ended with a surprise that instead there was now “Grey Wolf” (probably alongside “Little Red Riding Hood” at the same spot).

It all ended up at “Ziferblat”, which turned out to be very cozy and homelike.

I’ve made my game Wordrive for iOS free of charge. Feel free to download it. It has always been free for Android and Bada versions.

I would also appreciate any feedback. For instance, it was found that on Android 4.4 for LG G3, you cannot select themes (the checkboxes won’t uncheck). @[100000419822676:2048:Eugeny Krouglov], perhaps you have ideas why? Maybe something else will come up.

@[617283947:2048:Renata Mussina]

Simply wonderful! 🙂 “What to do with Vyatka kvass” will soon hit Lurkmo.re, no other way)

By the way, for those in the know, how is this even possible? Why couldn’t I get in there with Hybris/TeamIdea?..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbLcFlbgdP0

“Meduza” has a great slogan for broadcasting Putin’s press conference — “Read what’s impossible to listen to”

By the way, from Almaty, both LJ and Meduza are inaccessible. Using VPN

https://meduza.io/live/2014/12/18/bolshaya-press-konferentsiya-vladimira-putina

Headline of the Day at Kommersant

http://www.kommersant.ru/doc/2635037

Walked down from the Talgar Pass to the mid-station at Chimbulak. Shaking snow out of my boots, drinking mulled wine at Chalet. Missed the sunshine, should have come earlier. Overcast 😦

Time to get back to work

My phone number in Kazakhstan for this week is +77089124587

Here’s such a politically correct vending machine located in Vnukovo, selling t-shirts for 1500 rubles. “The most polite of people”, “CRIMEA”, “Everything is fine” (aka “Sailor in a cap” and “Sailor in flowers”). And other inscriptions.

Found an interesting comment:

“I can’t understand.

Today I bought bananas. 38 rubles. Just like a year ago, like 5, like 10 (!) years ago, they cost between 30 and 40 rubles depending on the season and the point of sale.

Bananas do not grow here; logically, they are purchased with foreign currency, and as a perishable good, their price should fluctuate along with the dollar. But that is not observed.

Theories:

1. Bananas are not bought with dollars, but are bartered for oil (weapons)

2. Bananas are supplied for free, as payment for the debts of banana republics

3. The ruble exchange rate is strictly tied to the banana.”