I just got an email from a friend, who has been living in Lwiw for over a year now, and he’s telling a few sordid details about the election and the entailing protests:
* Ballot boxes made of glass
* No envelopes to put the voting slip in, which becomes interesting when combined with the glass ballot boxes
* University authorities standing next to ballot boxes watching as students put in their votes
* Employers asking for employees’ passports shortly before the election in order to stop them from voting
* Thousands of people marching the streets of every major city in the Ukraine
* Militia blocking access roads into Kiev by unloading sand, in order to keep protesters out
* National TV ignoring those protests, showing movies and cartoons instead of covering protests
Sounds like a big party to me. I just read that the official election committee announced Moscow-favoured Yanukovych the winner of the election (with a few members of the committee not willing to sign that announcement). Criticism from all over the world regarding that faulty election is being dismissed by Ukrainian officials, as well as Russia’s Putin who called it “inadmissible”. Well, sure, that’s how Russia treats criticism all the time, so why stop now? I’m going to keep posting new isider information as soon as I get some.
Update: Support against totalitarian regimes is great, but hearing US representatives say they don’t accept the result of the election because the proceedings didn’t meet international standards is somehow, uhh, strange.
I found this in an article about Google suing a company which systematically clicked ads in order to earn some cash.
A growing alternative employs low-cost workers who are hired in China, India and other countries to click on text links and other ads.
Now that’s a job. I just wonder what the classifieds look like. Maybe like this:
Make lots of $$$ with light physical work. Strong digits of advantage. Must know what a computer-mouse is. Must be comfortable with looking at inane collections of words and blinding assortments of jumping and flashing colours eight hours a day. Not suitable if susceptible to migranes and epileptic seizures. NO health-insurance.
Well, I think I’ll stick with going to university.
I’ve finally implemented Matt’s Intelligent Menus. I think it’s grand, especially with that crafty CSS I’ve applied. Tell me if you like. Or dislike.
The quotes on the sidebar simply were too much. I’ve deactivated them for now, until I find a better place for them. If you’re reading this and have no idea what I’m talking about, just ignore it and read on below. Have fun!
Despite an abundance of signs indicating I would, I didn’t win the lottery. Which is bad, because I already made plans with these 32 million €. Well, back to start. I’m in the process of quitting my smoking habit for a while, until I’ve saved enough money to buy an mp3 player. Ideally, it would be the iRiver H340. Unlike a lot of people, I don’t think the iPod is the best thing out there. It may be stylish and easy on the eye, but apart from that, it doesn’t offer that much. That iRiver thing though, has superior functionality, and I won’t have to install a whole lot of new drivers and modules just to dock it into my linux. So, if you want to do me a favour, either buy me that iRiver or a three month cigarette supply.
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