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Archive for October, 2006

Update: Static pages and Google’s newsgroup

I created a Google newsgroup, basically a mirror of the blog part of this website. If you’re used to Google and prefer Google’s newsgroup, now you can read my blog via this medium by simply subscribe to it. If you want me to add you, just send me your email address. [Thanks R. for the [...]

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Video: Welcome to Bosnia

Bosnia’s tourism promotion ad. Have you enjoyed the video? Ok, good! Now seat back, relax and get ready for a dose of reality as “Bosnia and Herzegovina is not as singularly idyllic as the video below shown,” said another blogger who happened to blog this same video. There is nothing wrong with canoeing along the [...]

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Video: Turkish hiphop/rap

Update: This video is removed by youtube. I leave it here until I find something else. I know this video has nothing to do with Sarajevo and Bosnia, but I simply can’t resist the pop, the beat and the melody. But maybe I was wrong. I spent countless time sipping Bosnian/Turkish coffee in coffee shops, [...]

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Largest Bosniak population in the US, St. Louis , MO

Added: CNN says the darnest thing! As of October 30th, 2006, St. Louis is the most dangerous city in USA. St. Louis was the town marking the beginning of Lewis and Clark’s discovery, an expedition which led to the US’s expansion westward, forever changing American history. This courageous and adventurous spirit also served as the [...]

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Runaway Gere

Having played in the movie “Runaway Bride” with Julia Roberts, who is the runaway bride, Richard Gere found himself a runaway actor from Sarajevo while filming for the next movie “Spring Break in Bosnia.” The movie is about two reporters trying to catch Radovan Karadzic, former president of Republic of Serbia and a war crime [...]

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Virtual tourist site

http://www.virtualtourist.com/travel/Europe/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina/Sarajevo-359732/TravelGuide-Sarajevo.html I will check some of these recommended places out before giving further 2-cents

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Heavy technical make-over

Added 10/8: Discovered site was a complete messed up viewed by IE. Given that IE users are still in the majority, I have to figure out a way to fix this problem asap. I’m in the process of transferring posts from my old wordpress to this site, creating more features and fixing technical bugs. It’s [...]

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