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America, 1: California, Berkeley, San Francisco, Silicon Valley, pictures 22 Aug 2013 | 09:48 am
3 weeks ago we moved to the US. Berkeley, California with my wife. I’ve been admitted to Full-time MBA in University of California Berkeley, HAAS School of Business and happily accepted the offer. I ...
Thoughts, pictures, music 7 Apr 2013 | 09:03 pm
Some thoughts I took notes on during last months. Some pictures I took during last years. Some good music. “When you run after your thoughts, you are like a dog chasing a stick: every time a stick...
Memrise: learning languages mnemonically using spaced repetition 13 Mar 2013 | 07:03 pm
You might remember my recent post about “Moonwalking with Einstein” book about memory and mnemonics. What you probably did not know though is that one of the characters, winner of multiple memory cham...
Quora: ask any question 4 Mar 2013 | 06:46 pm
I could not find enough time to post here recently. I certainly have been doing more reading than writing. So, I thought why not to share some of things I read? And I decided to tell you about Quora. ...
Best books, films, music, and posts of 2012 5 Jan 2013 | 11:48 pm
Slightly later than planned, I want to sum up my 2012. There was certainly no dearth of challenges. Quite a few events, quite a few disappointments, but also quite a few achievements. There were thing...
Venture Lab: free Stanford University online courses 23 Dec 2012 | 01:04 pm
I devoted some of my time to self-education in September-December using the opportunity provided by Stanford University Venture Lab‘s online courses. In this post I would like to briefly describe my i...
Vienna, Austria 13 Oct 2012 | 11:19 pm
Schengen visa is still valid. It means we’re going for the next trip to Europe. First Copenhagen and Malmo in March, then Stockholm in September, and now Vienna in October. Actually, I wanted to go to...
Stockholm, Sweden 13 Oct 2012 | 10:38 pm
Morning coffee at home. Train to airport. Boarding. Print-outs about Stockholm. Over there by lunch time. After Copenhagen and Malmö in March I continued discovering Scandinavia and decided to visit S...
Strida folding bike review 13 Sep 2012 | 11:00 pm
For 3 years I postponed my plans to buy a bicycle, but I finally did it this spring. It appeared to be quite a good solution for summer commuting as both my rented apartment and office are in the cent...
Listening to music for the first time 31 Aug 2012 | 07:42 pm
Austian Chapman was born deaf. But recently he got a new a type of hearing aid device which allowed him to listen to music for the first time. Here is how he describes his experience: “When Mozart’s L...
