The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Vote for Obama :)

Peter Kurishev — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 21:00:05 +0000

“This can not happen in America! May be in Ohio, but not in America” :)

Who looks like Mitsubishi L200

Peter Kurishev — Sat, 31 May 2008 11:01:20 +0000

I’ve just realized what is looking similar to Mitsubishi L200 pickup. I’ve been looking on this car for more than 15 minutes, while waiting my car to pass the checks in the dealer’s car shop / technical station. At that moment I had a concrete view of this car’s “face” as a stormtrooper’s helmet from StarWars. Ok, right now I think that this analogy can be not so straightforward for other people. But for me, a StarWars fan it is quite obvious . Pictures follow.

Snowing in May

Peter Kurishev — Sun, 18 May 2008 21:33:10 +0000

Ok, I’ve heard that something like this happens in some regions, but seen such a thing with weather only when I’ve been living on Sakhalin island during my childhood. Some days ago (14th of May 2008), there was enough snow at the morning to speak about weather abnormality. I’ve realized that it is not a good thing to find the car in snow in the morning in May when you have to be in time on your working place. Anyway, the road was fine. Not perfect, but no difference with it after the heavy raining. It thawed as fast as appeared.

Photo shows my car exactly how it was found by me at the morning. I’ve been shocked. Really!

I’ve realized that I can’t shot a picture with snow when I’ve arrived at my working place. It completely gone. You can find more pictures in the gallery.

I usually do pick Slava at Shushary before driving to work. There was a kind of winter forest picture there:

Road was ok:

No snow after arrival:

Free cheese @ Microsoft.com

Peter Kurishev — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 21:51:17 +0000

There is a funny thing I’ve found out right now (sorry link is in Russian). I’ll snigger in bed. You know, I’m not a fan of Redmond giant, but it will be not a malefic sniggering. Just it :). It is funny. I’ve realized from the news that on partner forum which took place in Moscow several days ago (at 25th of April to be exact) they (Microsoft) have been dispensing usb memory sticks with the virus inside. It was a Trojan.Win32.Delf.abx. I do understand (hope?) that there were no dirty thought from their side. But this is funny cause they’ve been speaking so much about the security several last years. Oh, damn. And these people are making software!

Selftest

Peter Kurishev — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:04:41 +0000

Hello again. This week started for me with the interest to online testing. Thus, I’ve started passing tests one by one an one of them called “Brainbench Personal Assessment”. I’ve decided to place results here. May be this will be interesting for you in order to understand what kind of person I am.

PERSONALITY EVALUATION

Trait	Range	Trait
Introverted		Extraverted
Candid		Considerate
Impulsive		Cautious
Excitable		Relaxed
Practical		Imaginative
Concrete		Abstract
	Range

INTERPRETATION NOTES

Your Social Boldness: Introverted VS Extraverted

You are slightly introverted. Do you ever say to people, “I’m really an introvert” and then they look at you funny? That’s because you can be both Extraverted and introverted, but in social situations people see you as an Extravert. Your enthusiastic and self-confident personality, plus your ease at talking to strangers gives the appearance that you are outgoing, even though you may attribute it to just being a friendly person. You find yourself at the center of attention, even though you may not actively seek that position. You are such a warm person that people like to follow you. Which is good, since you have no problem accepting your role as a leader when it is given to you. With your ability to flow easily from shy to outgoing, you may tend to easily flow from exciting adventures to relaxing times at home. This makes you a fun person to be around, because you do not always have to be on the go, yet you know there is more to life than reading and watching TV.

Your Agreeableness: Candid VS Considerate

You are very considerate. You are a popular person, aren’t you? Of course you are. You truly value harmony in dealing with others. People recognize your friendly, generous, and helpful personality. Your easy-going, agreeable nature makes you such a joy to be around. This is especially true in meetings or general conversations. The topic may become heated, but you are considerate of other’s feelings and you will find a happy medium in order to placate those around you. This is because you have an optimistic view of human nature and you realize that if you trust people with their decisions that they are not trying to hurt you or take advantage of you. This special and rare quality is also seen in your altruism. You enjoy helping others. To you it is not a sacrifice; to you it is fulfilling to help others in need.

Your Self-Control: Impulsive VS Cautious

You are very impulsive. You are an independent thinker. You do not need a book of rules to tell you how to behave - you know inside what is right and what is wrong and you act accordingly. You are able to live life spontaneously, because you are able to make decisions without endless deliberation. In fact, when you and another person are making a decision, you are able to reach a solution fairly quickly while the other person has to cautiously plan every step. Eventually, they will agree with you, which is frustrating when your first impulse is usually the correct one in the decision-making process. You tend to be a little more casual, and you do not feel out of sorts when your home or office is not perfectly neat. In general, your life is pleasurable - you know how to have fun and will never be accused of being staid or stuffy.

Your Anxiety Level: Excitable VS Relaxed

You are slightly excitable. You have the ability to cope just fine in stressful situations. You feel the stress and frustration in pressure-filled situations, but you are able to overcome any negative feelings. You tend to worry slightly, but not enough to interfere with your activities. If you are experiencing a tough time in your life, you are able to stave off feelings of depression. You are able to think clearly and realistically in difficult circumstances, so that you can devise a sensible solution. Sometimes you can be impatient, other times you can be relaxed - it just depends on the circumstance and how much you can control it. People are not afraid that you will lose your temper. You are able to manage your emotions when necessary. When you do become angry, it is only because something is out of your power.

Your Openness to Change: Practical VS Imaginative

You are quite practical. You want just the facts - keep it plain and simple. You are practical, pragmatic and well grounded. You have no time for carelessness and impracticality. You prefer to keep your emotions to yourself, rather than exposing your feelings to the world. Life moves along much better for you when you can maintain a schedule and have routine in your life. Unexpected surprises and chaos are a major inconvenience to you. You tend to be conservative and are somewhat resistant to change. Others respect your ability to act properly in your everyday life.

The way you Think/Reason: Concrete VS Abstract

You are slightly abstract in your thinking. Your thinking is neither simple nor complex, to others you appear to be a well-educated person but not an intellectual. You tend to be intellectually curious and have the uncanny abilities to distinguish imaginative, creative people from down-to-earth, conventional people.

(1) The report sent to your computer screen upon the completion of this assessment is only a temporary web page. When you exit your web browser you will not be able to return to this URL to re-access your report. A copy of the report is emailed directly to you when you complete the assessment.

(2) Personality traits describe, relative to other people, the frequency or intensity of a person’s feelings, thoughts, or behaviors. Possession of a trait is therefore a matter of degree. We might describe two individuals as extraverts, but still see one as more extraverted than the other. This report uses expressions such as “extravert” or “high in extraversion” to describe someone who is likely to be seen by others as relatively extraverted.

(3) Please keep in mind that scores on a personality assessment are neither good nor bad. As with any personality inventory, scores and descriptions can only approximate an individual’s actual personality. Questions about the accuracy of your results are best resolved by reviewing and discussing your report with people who know you well.

Sunny

Peter Kurishev — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 12:18:55 +0000

It was quite good day today. Sunny, but cold. Anyway Spring is definetely will come to our nothern city this year. See the photos attached. They were made by me today from window of my apartment. It is quite cold, but sunny. Can’t belive it was snowing only 2 weeks before. Hovewer, as you can see the next problem we are going to face is mini-lakes :). Several photos follow:

Vice president of USA is a Man, bro!

Peter Kurishev — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 11:15:31 +0000

UPDATE: The reflection in sunglasses is just a fishing rod!

There is a link I’ve got in one of the forums: http://www.whitehouse.gov/vicepresident/photoessays/outdoors/06.html. Do you see what is reflected in the glasses of this man when he “spents afternoon fly-fishing on the Snake River in Idaho”? Fish? Mermaid? Security? Anyway, the most funny thing is that this photo is placed on white house official site.

Dick Cheney rocks! Mr. Cheney, you’ve just justified your fist name and made my day:

Not sure that this photo will exists on site all the time, so, there is a screenshot from my browser:

Oh, damn, it IS a hand with a fishing rod: http://images.salon.com/tech/machinist/blog/2008/04/11/dick_cheney_sunglasses/dickCheneySunglassesLargeCrop.jpg

CV updated

Peter Kurishev — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 22:24:55 +0000

I’ve found time and updated the cv of mine. You can find it in the pages section of the menu placed at the left side of this page. Do not know if I’ll need it soon :), but now you can read something about me in a kind of “concentrated” form. Feel free to give the comments about it. Nothing is perfect. It seams the the next version of the CV will be made with xml / xslt / xsl-fo / FOP, or something else xml-based. Cause it is really an interesting task and I’ve been just looking for the sample to have a chance to play with all this XML stuff. I need one source of information, several languages and a lot of output formats.

R-Kioski @ Pietari

Peter Kurishev — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 11:03:04 +0000

Hello again! One of the curious things I’ve seen this month in the Saint-Petersburg city in one of the shopping centers is a R-Kioski localized in Russian (click on picture to make it bigger):

As you know this network of small sale outlets is quite common for Finland, but this was fist time I’ve seen it somewhere in Russia.

The shopping center called “Raduga” (rainbow in Russian) is located on place of empty space:

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And morning came…

Peter Kurishev — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 08:50:14 +0000

It is a kind of update for the post I’ve made yesterday. Morning was brighter, but with water which replaced the snow. And ice. I found our family car covered with ice. Completely:

It took about 15 minutes to make it possible to look through the forward and side windows:

After this I could start a way to the working place. It was not so bad as yesterday. Tight, but not critical

UPDATE: It is snowing again.

New photos in gallery start from here.