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August 24, 2010: From Mediterranean to Lake Como and Bellagio

2012/05/20
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Bellagio - Salita Serbelloni

Next morning, Tuesday, August 24, 2010 we went to swim in Mediterranean Sea before breakfast. I didn't swim.  Only Lira swam, and I was in charge or taking pictures from the pier. Out next point of interest could have been Milan, but as usual we decided to skip cities and continue for a tiny Bellagio (pronounced like in word "pleasure") on lake Como.  As much I dislike prestigious and expensive places, 2 years ago I was pleasantly surprised by Venice.  And now, we were about to try even more exclusive and posh Bellagio. On the way there, we made a lunch stop at Tortona (Piemonte). This is so not a tourist...

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Extremely Slow Windows XP Shutdown - Fixed

2012/05/19
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WinXP-Slow-Shutdown

Several years I had this problem in one particular instance of Windows XP Professional - an extremely slow shutdown upon clicking on Shutdown button.  For several minutes system would completely freeze, and then Shutdown/Restart dialog box would finally come up. What did I know about the problem.  It was extremely annoying.  It was persistent. ...

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Откуда Берутся Идеи?

2012/05/18
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Origin of an Idea

Пустой лист бумаги.  Перед вами просто ровное поле обязанностей и дел.  И вдруг, откуда ни возьмись - гора-гигант - ИДЕЯ. Естественное расписание спать и есть еще перемежается с работой, детьми и подарками - получить, подарить.  Человек устраивается в этой решетке.  Все удобно и продумано.  Но идеи не вписываются в эти квадратики.  Правда ли, что...

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Windows 7 - How to Copy and Delete Massive System Directories

2012/05/17
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2007-07-07

Problem: You have an old discarded instances of failed Windows 7 installs.  You can rename the directories, but they still clutter your hard drive, and they are very hard to get rid of. I simply can't take this painful and slow process of deleting huge system directories under Windows 7.  Remember this endless stream...

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August 23, 2010: Camogli – San Fruttuoso – Portofino and Back

2012/05/16
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Camogli - Eclectic View

On Monday, August 23, we woke up in Genova to proceed to the southernmost point of our trip - Italian Riviera. We took an advice of our host Stephan (75% sure the name is correct) to avoid more popular and more remote Cinque Terre.  We dropped our bags and started to drive further South...

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Why flags are lowered today? - May 15, 2012

2012/05/15
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May 15, 2012 - USA - President's Executive order. Why flags are at half mast today? US President announced this day to be the Peace Officers Memorial day, and all are recommended to lower their flags - both businesses and personal. On the election year it is all about gestures.    A few months away...

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Invisible Files in Windows 7 Program Files

2012/05/15
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Program Files in Windows Explorer

Summary First of all - it is not a virus! It is not a bug either. It is a feature, that doesn't allow legacy applications to write files inside Program Files directory.  This feature allows legacy applications think that they are writing to a system folders. Symptoms You can see your custom files inside...

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What Are Animal Proteins And Why to Avoid Them?
(in progress...)

2012/05/14
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So many people nowadays are arguing about complex biochemical matters.  Where all these specialists came from all of a sudden?  Do they really know what they are talking about?  This matter seems serious enough to start our own investigation. Let's start with main questions: What is SO DIFFERENT about animal proteins as opposed to...

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Win 7 Photo Viewer: Can't Rotate Images on a Network Drive - Solved!

2012/05/13
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Win 7 Photo Viewer: Can't Rotate Images on a Network Drive - Solved!

It is the the LITTLE problems that annoys the most!  I love Windows, but why Windows is so awkward in same strange and unexpected ways? This article is about one of such problems - Image viewing and rotation.  Why it is so hard? Do not even think to joke here. There is a very simple...

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