Archive for May, 2007

updates

May 26th, 2007

Fixed an issue with the sidebar weather plugin that is displayed on the right of this screen. Wordpress, is an open source software, and among other great things, has plugin support. I wrote the weather plugin, using Google Maps API and RSS weather data from Yahoo! that is updated continuously. The architecture of the plugin […]

Just plain weird!

May 26th, 2007

Cats and Dogs, not to be undone by the Donkey and the Wolf. Now it’s getting a little weird … seriously

A cat nurses a puppy near the town of Mamurras, 50 km (31 miles) from Tirana, May 24, 2007. The cat, which had lost her kitten, started caring for the puppies after their […]

Albania gets desperate to join NATO

May 26th, 2007

As reported here:
“The last meeting of the NATO countries’ foreign ministers considered it indispensable to add more forces to Afghanistan, therefore we decide to send a supplementary company of our troops there,” Sali Berisha told his cabinet.
There is an old, very old lamenting Albanian song, about a solder serving under the Ottoman Empire, crying out […]

Hail to the new Ceasars of Europe!

May 23rd, 2007

Sweet revenge for Milan, winning this year’s Champions League. And what a beautiful game! Loved the second goal, Kaka as always showing his touch of a genius in that splendid pass. Liverpool, for all the good effort of Gerrard, just couldn’t cut it this year. What I don’t understand though: Why was Crouch kept on […]

Albania wins Eurovision!

May 15th, 2007

The Albanian song “Ndarja” of Soni Malaj has won this year’s Eurovision contest. The song however was performed by the Serb singer Marija Seferovic as “Molitva”, and presented as a Serbian song. This is the second time Serbia plagiarises in a Eurovision contest. Several European newspapers (The Sun, Bild among others) reported the plagiature. […]

Tony Blair and Tonibler

May 11th, 2007

Yesterday Tony Blair declared that he will step down as a PM. Meanwhile in the village of Rakitnica, Kosova, his namesake Tonibler Dajaku is enjoying a happy childhood, which would have not been possible without Tony’s determination to human rights and bringing justice to the world. Had Tony - the PM - simply decided to […]

4 dicks

May 11th, 2007

Now, this is interesting! Expecting a conspiracy theory to come out of it.
Further elaborated here :
The informer, sent to penetrate a loosely organized group of men who liked to talk about jihad and fire guns in the woods, had come to be seen by the suspects as the person who might actually show them how […]

Sandina, Sandina!

May 11th, 2007

Sadina Alla, Miss Albania 2007, enjoys the beach in Cancun, Mexico, Thursday, May 10, 2007. She will compete for the title of Miss Universe 2007 during the 56th annual Miss Universe competition in Mexico City next May 28.

Where’s Comrade Stalin?

May 10th, 2007

That Russia is sliding back towards autocracy is not a secret anymore. However is interesting to note the soviet nostalgia overtones, even during official celebrations, such at this event, commemorating the end of the WWII.

The humanity of the wolf and the cruelty of the humans

May 9th, 2007

As reported in the Albanian press: A wolf was caught in the mountains and was put in a cage in the village of Patok in Lezhe, about 4 months ago. They put a donkey in the cage, for the wolf to eat. Apparently, the lonely wolf, was more hungry for friendship. Since then they […]