Schematic Diagram of a bicycle. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
“The automobile is not a luxury, but a means of transportation!”
Ostap Bender, 1931, Udoev
I remember, when in 90s many things suddenly became cheap. It became cheap to get a Zenit SLR camera in good condition, and the crappy compact was much more expensive. Continue reading
I hate Facebook mostly because of the way they fuck my brains there. And the people who do this are people, whom I know, respect and enjoy talking to in real life, people, who are very pleasant and nice personalities around a table, in various life-events and generally in life. But for some reason, when they login to Facebook – they undergo a transformation. Continue reading
Internet speed in Armenia continues to grow at a mind-blowing pace. A direct indicator of this comes from the statistics provided by YouTube, according to which average download speed of videos from Armenia has reached about 3.2 mbps in March 2012.
As the French parliament passed a bill criminalizing the denial of the Armenian Genocide, a Turkish guy’s hillariously failed attempt to post pro-Turkey messages in an Armenian group in Facebook have grabbed the attention of Armenian social networks and blogs. Continue reading
Yerevan's Former Mayor Karen Karapetyan
Yerevan’s mayor Karen Karapetyan resigned last week offering an explanation to his fans (and he did have a lot of fans in fact) on Facebook, which basically read like – he got a better job offer in Moscow. Continue reading
Tagged Armenia, Facebook, Karen Karapetyan, Moscow, Robert Kocharyan, Serzh Sargsyan, Sistema, Yerevan
Katy Pearce, PHD, a good friend and a dedicated researcher of Armenian technology world, has put together a great presentation on the two most popular social networking sites in Armenia: Facebook and Odnoklassniki.
“Chenq lrelu” initiative presents the photo exhibition of my good friend, photographer Hayk Barseghian (his photos have been featured as the header of this blog for about two years now). Continue reading
Online media are seen as the most trustworthy news source by 54% of Armenians, beating TV (47%), Radio (45%) and Newspapers (44%), according to “Armenia 2011 Media Public Opinion and Preference Survey” published this week.
Posted in Armenia, Politics, Society, Tech
Tagged Armenia, Armenian, Facebook, Internet, Media, Odnoklassniki, Serzh Sargsyan, Skype, Technology
Air in Yerevan was polluted with strange yellow dust today. It was very unpleasant with no air to breathe. The dust mingled with slight morning moisture and stuck to the car’s front window, as I drove my son to school. Continue reading
Armenia’s radical opposition rallied thousands in capital Yerevan on March 1st. The date was set to coincide with the 3rd anniversary of deadly street-violence in the capital after 2008 presidential elections, where 10 people died in clashes between supporters of opposition presidential candidate Levon Ter-Petrossian and riot police forces. Continue reading
Tagged Armenia, Azerbaijan, Egypt, Facebook, Levon Ter-Petrossian, Opposition, Twitter, Yerevan
