Kudos to the people in the pre-car age for building places like Sintra, with its tiny streets and bright colors. Modern architects cannot build that. “But where are they going to keep the cars?” | Continue reading
I hated this book but it shook me, so it can’t be bad. Can it? In a future so good that everyone is mostly satisfied, and so bad that it’s post-apocalyptic, a monk goes to the forest in a search for crickets. Finds an intelligent robot with a child-like curiosity. What happens ne … | Continue reading
Saw a pigeon playing in a frozen puddle. It seemed to drink water but wasn’t in a hurry, having a cold bath. | Continue reading
The knight templars had a sense of drama. The inverted tower in Sintra was used for initiating new knights who had to go downstairs blindfolded and then find the exit by listening to the sound of water. I hope the new knights removed the blindfold by this moment. The pond is pret … | Continue reading
I like posting flower photos, this one is with a twist. My app recognized it as Red hot poker or Kniphopia Uvaria, native to South Africa. The flower’s surroundings. Sintra, Portugal. | Continue reading
The jade city is a place where a small group of people can use the local high-grade Jade to obtain superpowers. Most people, including the foreigners, cannot use jade without losing their minds or can’t sense it at all. The power makes them greedy and hungry for more. Two jade-co … | Continue reading
Not sure who takes care of this buddy but he has a 3-room apartment and a portrait on the wall. | Continue reading
Shout out to Nia, who posts cat photos from Istanbul. Sharing a cat family from Blagoevgrad 🙂 When I take cat photos, they are either staring at me, moving, or both. Here, a brief moment of hugging. | Continue reading
I’m quite impressed by my phone’s camera. Pointed at the towns below me and it somehow captured a photo, despite us moving. | Continue reading
The first Japanese shrine I visited during my business trip. From what I understood, the lanterns are ads by the sponsors, who are all local businesses from Gion. Visiting during daytime would be better. The last photo is one of the nearby shops just outside the temple. Not sure … | Continue reading
AI receptionist. Iconic and ironic. | Continue reading
I spent a few days in Kyoto and have enough photos to flood the blog. But there were only 3-4 things that truly shocked me and they were not the ancient temples, the kimono, or the alphabet. First was the rotating seats in the train. Simple and clever. Why do we not have that? Se … | Continue reading
Hear No Evil, See No Evil, and Speak No Evil (Kikazaru, Mizaru, and Iwazaru) I particularly like this popular Japanese pictorial maxim because it visually represents some of my beliefs. | Continue reading
Cinemax Blagoevgrad is a place where I watched many blockbusters. It lost its computer club a decade or two ago, and now lost its A. I hope it gets the A back. | Continue reading
This beast is one of the few surviving Sofia-B cars. An engineer wanted to build a home-made sports car, followed his dream, and made it, although the car was eventually produced after the communism was over. I’m not sure what kind of enthusiasm is needed to want to build that th … | Continue reading
I believe we can plan the future and forecast the impact of our changes without committing to a prognosis how the future will look like. Any negative prediction would be fortune telling, and any positive prediction would be wishful thinking. So, given that I don’t want to predict … | Continue reading
These people are Kukeri. They chase the evil spirits around Christmas but also on any occasion imaginable. | Continue reading
With a little fellow so smol he’s barely there. | Continue reading
First time this year, a monthly recap post with only 5 books. 4 were good, and 1 was okay. Best Worst | Continue reading
This is one of the most iconic places in Sofia, we used to call it “The Horse”. When I was a kid, I would frequently be asked which leg of the horse is up. When you think about it, there’s a horse and some dude on it, but are the legs up? Nobody knows. Right … Continue reading Th … | Continue reading
Kids play and act like everything is guaranteed to be alright. They hold onto items worth nothing and make it feel like they’re worth everything. Kids smile and cry. They make friends quickly. They fight, forgive, forget, and fight again. They are impatient. I think most of these … | Continue reading
Offler is the Crocodile God from Discworld. He is known for his crocodilian features, mumbling speech, and pragmatic rules. He knows how to keeps his followers. One of the pillars of his faith is that he wouldn’t impose a ban on chocolate because people wouldn’t listen anyway. Nu … | Continue reading
Clay Cooper is a retired mercenary, part of a group of 5+1 named Saga. His band was once the best group, known for defeating countless monsters, even a dragon. The plus one is the bard, which Saga could not keep alive, so they had to replace him or her so many times that the band … | Continue reading
Torn between pull-ups and hiking. Pull-ups are great, you against your weight. Each cookie and chocolate bar you ever ate pulls you down. Your will pulls you up. Who will win? However, I lost my ability to do pull-ups about a year ago and it is not on my list of things to do next … | Continue reading
The WordCamp is coming soon | Continue reading
All of the clouds yesterday were trails from airplanes. Must be terrible for the people who believe in the chemtrails conspiracy. The image also features the tallest building in Sofia under construction, Sky Fort, which is over 200 meters high. | Continue reading
5 books I would normally not buy and one I would normally not read. Starting with Kings of the Wyld this evening. Time will tell if Wyld is a name or some sort of tragedeigh. I have something like airline miles that turned out to be usable for books. I generally prefer e-books bu … | Continue reading
My daily walk today was past the Theatre. This used to be my favorite spot. I worked nearby and had mu lunch in the garden, watching hustlers play chess. It wasn’t as touristy back in the day. I’ve never had the chance to be inside that building. Really wanted to do it as a kid, … | Continue reading
I was too quick on my weekly hiking trip to Cherni Vrah today and the beans soup wasn’t ready. There would be beans, kufte, and kebapche 15-20 minutes later. Missed that but I had lentils and chocolate, and it was fine. Life was good. Appreciating the chance to see the peak one m … | Continue reading
Viv is a powerful orc who wants to be a mercenary but somehow ends up in the bookstore business. Legends & Lattes showed us Viv at the end of her career, tired of killing, and really motivated to run her own business. Bookshops & Bonedust shows us Viv at the beginning of her care … | Continue reading
I have unproductive days when I can’t figure out where did all my time go. I don’t think I often have lazy days, assuming lazy means inactive. All the days feel so full of todo items, including weekend and vacation days. I also push us to do the 10k steps per day, which doesn’t e … | Continue reading
There’s a new initiative by Dave Martin, WordPress.com’s lead of the new Social team called Reader Council. The Reader Council will be a p2 blog dedicated to hearing the community requests for Reader improvements and bugfixes. I’m very happy that this is happening and I hope it m … | Continue reading
I experience a shortage of words to describe the elements of the tunnel digging machine that the big crane is putting in. I consider buying a drone to see what’s inside the hole. | Continue reading
It’s not quite the classy look of Henry Cavill but I’m adjusting 🙂 | Continue reading
Found this gem on X today: The beauty of doing nothing is that you can do it perfectly. Only when you do something is it almost impossible to do it without mistakes. Therefore people who are contributing nothing to society, except their constant criticisms, can feel both intellec … | Continue reading
Facebook keeps flagging my posts as spam. I’m not sure how that happened. Is it an AI assuming that my achievement post about a walk under 10 min/km is spam? Maybe one of my followers on Facebook flags me? It doesn’t support any way to be challenged other than using court. The co … | Continue reading
I was tired this weekend and couldn’t do a hike. I did a walk instead, and hit a new and unexpected milestone. First kilometer under 10 minutes since I started tracking. I was in a hurry to end the walk so I can watch the Starship 5 flight. Ended up at home on time to … Continue … | Continue reading
The municipality is building a new subway line near me. I wanted to see how they put in the giant tunnel digging machine. Kept going to the construction site during my daily walks, hoping to see something. However, it seems like it’s delivered in pieces and assembled inside the h … | Continue reading
I certainly felt more grown up in my teenage years than in my forties. I’m not shy of playing football, chess, or uno. I read and collect gamebooks. However, if we try to be serious, maybe around 31. I likely truly felt like a grown up when I faced life-altering uncertainty. One … | Continue reading
Gorm Ingerson and his crew will fight a Liche, a super-powerful undead wizard who uses Marketing to scare and defeat his living enemies. I was prepared for a bloodthirsty fantasy because the first part was one. Yet, the second part was not that. You have an actual character and r … | Continue reading
Good job to whoever came up with this writing prompt! I have two candidates. I’m now after 10k steps/day average over the course of a year and climbing Vihren in 2025. | Continue reading
Found this in Sofia. First time I see anything resembling blackberries in my area. I spent years of my childhood in Stara Zagora where blackberries are common. I liked the blackberry jam my grandmother made. | Continue reading
I joined WordCamp Sofia 2024 this weekend by responding to the call for organizers. WordCamp Sofia will be held on 24th of November in Sofia Tech Park. I’ve been out of touch with the local community for years. My last WordCamp where I was part of the team was WordCamp Europe 201 … | Continue reading