Windows to Russia

Good Morning from Tiny Russian Village… First things first… http://www.astra-linux.com/ I have compiled a version of the new Russian based Linux. Called Astra and it is simply the “Cat’s Meow”… It is what I am running on now and it is stable, fast and is far from being done. I decided that using Windows wasContinue reading Big Russian Village: Vova and I made it there and almost back…

Image cut today from the Google Search Engine. Not sure how long it will last, but Google loves WtR right now and I will keep on doing what I am doing. Almost 6000 posts in over 10 years of blogging. Ups and downs, actually many more downs than up. But, like I say, “Take oneContinue reading WtR (Windows to Russia) hit the Google Big Time…

Enjoy the photos, they are of the last few days… I went to bed; weather said, “-10 and tomorrow -4”, they lied and my weather station lied. Boza woke me up at 4 a.m.and it was -20 at that time and as I write this article, it is now -21… Boza went outside and shivered.Continue reading -21 this morning! Nice while it lasted…

We almost got plowed out yesterday. But something happened (?) and the tractor turned around and left. We simply have a mess down below in the valley, but there has been a huge parking area made. I guess we do not rate good enough to get fully plowed… 🙁 Today,I will walk out to theContinue reading Oh well, plowing did not happen, but the coffee is fantastic… TRV

Days of tending the fire and finally last night, the weather started to turn to the better. It has been bitterly cold and I have had to check on the fire every hour all day long. The wood stove is old and has its limits. We need a new one, but cost is prohibitive. IContinue reading Sleep finally and only – 6 Celcius…

I am taking a break today…. Might walk to highway and get on a bus to the Big Village? Then again, Maybe not! Tiny Russian Village is cold and I have lots of work to do. Had to keep a fire going for three days straight now and very little sleep between that and BozaContinue reading Just No Post… well a little one I guess…

Chinese billionaire and Alibaba founder Jack Ma: Had a few profound statements to say about the US and the woe’s of life, as the whining from the Western Empire reached a peak at DAVOS… “So it’s not that other countries steal jobs from you guys (USA,) it is your strategy! You do not distribute theContinue reading So it’s not that other countries steal jobs from you guys, it is your strategy!

Just a normal day in the Tiny Russian Village… I gathered firewood and got it stored in the village home. It will be super cold for about three days and I can hope that they are wrong. I hope by tomorrow the cold eases. But always be ready, is what the Tiny Russian Village demands…Continue reading Just a normal day in the Tiny Russian Village…

-26 Celsius and a dancing doggy made me realize it was cold this morning again. There are several types of cold, some -20 and belows are almost gentle and not an issue. But when a breeze is blowing and the humidity is high enough, cold becomes a true reality and this morning, the moon wasContinue reading Bitter Man! Just plain Bitter Cold… TRV