In the spirit of my resolutions, I wish the very happy Orthodox Christmas to my Russian readers. As you might know, the Orthodox Christmas is celebrated on January 7th, and what is interesting this ye...
WebProNews is currently taking on Digg.com showcasing how a story submitted by an “ordinary mortal” is ignored by the majority, whilst exactly the same submission by one of the elite Digge...
One of the currently featured stories on Digg.com is this Guardian.co.uk article on the upcoming campaign against childhood obesity based on an unpublished Department of Health report. As the report i...
We are growing more and more concerned about the environment, and for a good reason. Last year Rupert Neate reported for The Guardian that Britain was among the worst in Europe at car recycling. More ...
Birmingham – Christmas Safari, originally uploaded by loscuadernosdejulia. This article is primarily about the 1950 MGM adaptation of Rider Haggard’s novel. For the news about the discover...
There are diverse and sundry initiatives happening across the English-speaking Internet with the help of blogs. Blog Action Day, various BlogCatalog appeals, Amnesty International… Add to this t...
When the “is blogging dead?” debate broke out, I thought: I am sure I read about this elsewhere, and it wasn’t on Wired. Ah, here it was: I read about it on Manchizzle blog, on 27 Au...
When I was little, on the 7th November my mother and I once went to see my gran’s sister. Back in 1980s, this day was celebrated as the day of the Great October Socialist Revolution. In the even...
Just to what extent can you take things seriously? There is certainly a limit to the amount of tears one can shed over a particular issue. In Moscow, to my knowledge, people aren’t being given c...
Somehow I have been hooked on the pictures of “cute celebrity kids“, currently featuring on MSN.com. The kids of all ages, forms, genders and colours attend events, matches, are taken for ...