I noted something funny

Because it’s Thursday and I’d rather sit at home instead of going quizzing, I noted something funny. If my ability to read Russian amounts to anything (it doesn’t really), the Internet bank for ВТБ24 (my Russian bank) is designed by Art Lebedev in 2007. Surely doesn’t look like a 2007 design to me. And it’s […]

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This never gets old

This never gets old. On the left is a stack of all the worth-shit рубли (and a surprisingly large pile of even more worthless копе́йка) I’ve picked up during the last two months. On the right is a couple euros I found in my bag. How much more is the stack of euros worth more […]

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Google Translate and a Russian internet bank are a winning combination

Google Translate and a Russian internet bank are a winning combination. I’ve always wanted my bank to have an “Output” operation and to serve “Classifieds.” The original for the output one is Выход, which is written on all exits in the Metro, but I prefer a more toilet-oriented interpretation.  I’m sure the classifieds one is […]

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