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SMS to EMAIL

Finally I figured out how to send SMS on somebody's email. SMS to EMAIL. Very easy. One should type in SMS dialog box as follows ( for example on sending to myself): [email protected]:subject of message:body of message . Thereafter one should send that message on 07171010 ( the number of service by my croatian mobile provider ). Done. I don't know is this standardised SMS-to-MAIL protocol for writing. Only the service number would be different which depends on your mobile phone provider.

Radio kill the radio star

I was so tired yesterday I hadn't had lust going out. My girl went with friends in Koprivnica. I thought I would go very early in bett but it turn out I couldn't sleep . So, I watched TV , listen my favourite medium- radio. Yep, it's my favourite medium. Not web :-)
But radio programme was yesterday just boring. Now, I feel exhausted and tired. My girl just send me SMS on mobile phone to see how I am doing. Well, It seems I am playing with TypePad. It seems I should get another turkish coffe. Or Nescafe. No, turkish taste better. Yesterday one customer in our local restaurant requested Nescaffe ( xy taste, flavour) and waiter told: "we don't serve it ". I said to her:"Take a pen and make note to buy Nes, you should have it next time when someone asks, and say to customer that next time you'll have it ". It's service. Customers have allways right.

On bicycle in Romania

Crazy guy on the bike rides on. He's now somewhere in Slovakia. Thanks for putting me on email list.
Here's what he wrote latest about trip:

When I go to Nyí²¥gyhạ, I first stopped at McDs to eat. It is shameful to do that in France, but not in Hungary! Then I went hunting for a hotel. That turned out to be a challenge, even though I saw a sign for the hotel I am staying at near McDs. It said 800 M, but I wasn't sure in what direction. Eventually, after asking several people for help, I made it here.
This a Hotel Europa which is chain of good value hotels. This one will cost me around $30 with breakfast. When I got here, the lady at the reception desk was kind of sullen, but she did what was needed to be done. When I asked about internet access, she was confused, but when I said internet cafe, she pointed to a door in the lobby of the hotel!

Crazy guy reports

In one of my previous posts I wrote that I met Mark Boyd. Crazy guy on a bike. He posted update on his website, which is actually travel-log. Nice to see all this pictures and comments he made during his tour with bicycle here in Croatia. On one of these could be found my face too. It was shot in front of the restaurant. Who knows where he's right now. Probably in Romania. Here's how he described our conversation:

In the last village before Durdevac, I stopped at a restaurant to ask if they would take Euros. I'd spent the last of my Kroners for a snack while riding on 28. They wouldn't, but, as I was getting ready to leave, a customer called out to me and asked about my tour. Then he invited me to sit, have a cup of coffee, and talk about internet related things. He runs two weblogs and we talked, for a long time, about the web, Linux, etc. It was enjoyable, but it also made me quite late getting into Durdevac

Sorry, Mark, It was enjoyable for me I couldn't resist asking about all those things. Sorry to hear that he had a not so nice breakfeast and sleep in our hotel. Well, it's continental part of Croatia and customer service isn't on the level one should expect. Those hotels on croatian cost are much better. I think that someone from croatian tourist board should read what Mark said, after all he had firsthand experience.So, here's what he said about Durdevac hotel:

The sun came up at 6, shining directly into my room. Speaking of rooms, this one, at the hotel in Durdevac, is OK, and supper here last night was pretty good, but the mattress is like a box spring and breakfast was not great. Hotels are not cheap here, and they aren't very good either

Yes, it's me on that pic

Finally, I posted my picture on the sidebar. So, now the world can see who's behind this blog. In the course of my blogging on my original blog I didn't liked idea of posting my picture cause I thought It would be way too much ego.
By the way , thanks to my friend Mironitzky who shot that picture with his digi-cam.
I write under my nick name. Only my friends and those who are really interested in my blog knew my real identity and name.
That was my approach to blog identity. I am nobody improtant to preach on internet under my real name . In case I would blogging for some official and more purposefull reason I would use my real name.
I think that the best strategy for running blog would be: use short amount of time for writting, don't waste money on that, be polite to the people, have fun and don't take yourself too seriously.

Weekend

I'll be off this weekend. So, maybe some light blogging or perhaps not a word. I was planning to go to Osijek, eastern part of Croatia watching street races with my friends./ acctually I don' like watching them but it's about meeting with friends and some family I have in Osijek - I graduated on Osijek Law University / But I changed my mind because, as I call it, "financial construction" does not allow me so much expenses. So, I'll be going with my girl to some night club in Pitomaca tonight.
And on Sunday I'll go visited my grandmom in hospital. I hope she's better right now .
Speaking about tonight , little reminder :-))) :

Crazy guy on a bike

I had a great afternoon. Today I met Mark Boyd. He's the man called " crazy guy on the bike ". He teaches computer science at the university of North Carolina. We discuss so many things today I do not know where to start describing. He is on the trip with his bicycle troughout Europe and he's currently here in Croatia heading for Hungary.
Today he was here in my county. I've learn so much about him. He knows so much people I was enjoing listen to him. You know, he' s the guy who knows Richard Stallman, a father of open source movement. He even wrote the book called Emacs. Mark says that Stallman was mad as hell because they ( friend with whom he wrote)published the book and made money. Stallman is really extremist. :-))
O, Mark knows Linus Torwalds too. Great. I am not techno guy so this names wasn't familiar to me until year ago. We spoke a lot about United States goverment ( he is admire of Noal Chomsky ), about the state of the US media today ( Mark was in 80s managing public radio station in Kansas ), about Microsoft and Gates, universities in US-a, computer science, Linux, about Bush, about Croatia, his trips (every year he travels )
He made so many interesting points and quotes. Basically , he says Microsoft makes bad software and spoke about back door in Microsoft as a service for US goverment ( no, he's not conspiracy theorist )and thinks US goverment and Gates made a deal.
He is sad because of all that what is happening in USA. He look at me and said : " Have you heard about neocons ? " . I responeded:" I know much about them- those are folks behind idea of Pax Americana, new imperialistic policies that are trying to shape the world by American rules. " Yes, those bastards- Wolfowitz, Perl, Cheney, Laiden.
It was sooo sooo great speaking with him today that I am still excited !! We were drinking cappucino in front of restoran here in my village. He parked his bicycle in front of the restaurant. It's blue bicycle special made for long trips. And, he made big trip. All the way from the coast of Portugal to this point here in Croatia. And where he's heading ? First, Hungary, then Romania to Black See and then back via Hungary, Slovakia, Czech, Poland and Germany. And after two months he'll be back in USA. And I am waiting on those picture he made today. Yes, he will published it on his web site dedicated to his trip. I am looking for it.
And who knows where is Mark Boyd and his blue bicycle at this moment . Probably on Croatia-Hungary border. Crazy guy on the bike !

Let's celebrate new blog

So, this is really nice ? Isn't ? Wine and candles ? Darling why are you now so far away !? Damn. I have new blog. It is very excited . So, you should come and see it . ;-)