Occasionally one comes across a blog with a whole bunch of unexpected combinations of things. SoftPanorama is one of those. It is a vast, practical and, in many cases, if one needs that information, a life saving resource. It's not especially beautiful to look at, has some quirky Russian-English grammar/misspellings but is seriously worth exploring, bookmarking and sharing with friends.
It was created by Nikolai Bezroukov. Among the many things I love about his website is that it is not just academic information, it's based on his practical experience. It's not just full of wisdom, science, knowledge, links, it has plenty of humor as well as some really entertaining video links too.
First there is the excellent and very useful
Then there is this page with ideas about coping with lousy bosses
There is this brilliant and very useful page
Then there is a fascinating essay exploring the political manipulation of science under the malignant narcissism of a political 'leader' such as Stalin. The author calls this a technocult, Nikolai Bezroukov's Short Introduction to Lysenkoism. The term "Lysenkoism" denote a very dangerous phenomenon: an effort to suppress and/or outlaw a field of research or opinions when they conflict with a dominant political agenda.
It's included in a group of links called
Then there is a strange and delightful collection of Russian Oldies, wonderful to explore.
Were you curious what the Russians were up to during The Cold War? Well, here's some of what they were listening to before the monster, post-Soviet business oligarchs took over, the Berlin wall came crumbling down and the USSR broke into many pieces. Warning: Amusing Soviet kitsch ahead as well as some amazing singing.
These are a few examples of Russian Oldies:
ВИА Верасы "Люблю тебя" Песня года - 1979
My Address is the Soviet Union
VIA "Flame" Song of Friendship
VIA "Verasy" I live with my grandmother
На сопках Манчжурии / The Hills of Manchuria
(With English subtitles)
Then there is the basso profundo collection. Wow. I never heard any human voice that low! (Except for the Gyuto Monks Tantric Choir)
check this one out. Knocked my socks off.
Vladimir Pasjukov - Do not reject me in my old age
Basso Profondo LOW G CAGE MATCH!
Whoa! This is lowwww!
lowest note Vladimir Pasuik & Viktor Wichniakov
Another bass singer: Bass Eugene Orlov sings Rachmaninov Cavatina Aleko
The Largest bass voices
Russian Red Army Choir - Song of the Volga Boatmen (1965)
Evening bells - Вечерний звон - Abendglocken
Charming to think of a flea as having a song. Aww.
Mark Reizen sings Song of the Flea
It was created by Nikolai Bezroukov. Among the many things I love about his website is that it is not just academic information, it's based on his practical experience. It's not just full of wisdom, science, knowledge, links, it has plenty of humor as well as some really entertaining video links too.
First there is the excellent and very useful
Classification of Corporate Psychopaths
Then there is this page with ideas about coping with lousy bosses
Coping with the toxic stress in IT environment
There is this brilliant and very useful page
Communication with Corporate Psychopaths
Surviving a Bad Performance Review
Authoritarians
It's included in a group of links called
Science, PseudoScience and Society
Then there is a great resource, all connected with Information Technology and computers
Then there is a strange and delightful collection of Russian Oldies, wonderful to explore.
Were you curious what the Russians were up to during The Cold War? Well, here's some of what they were listening to before the monster, post-Soviet business oligarchs took over, the Berlin wall came crumbling down and the USSR broke into many pieces. Warning: Amusing Soviet kitsch ahead as well as some amazing singing.
Russian Music Oldies on YouTube
These are a few examples of Russian Oldies:
ВИА Верасы "Люблю тебя" Песня года - 1979
My Address is the Soviet Union
VIA "Flame" Song of Friendship
VIA "Verasy" I live with my grandmother
На сопках Манчжурии / The Hills of Manchuria
(With English subtitles)
Then there is the basso profundo collection. Wow. I never heard any human voice that low! (Except for the Gyuto Monks Tantric Choir)
check this one out. Knocked my socks off.
Vladimir Pasjukov - Do not reject me in my old age
Basso Profondo LOW G CAGE MATCH!
Whoa! This is lowwww!
lowest note Vladimir Pasuik & Viktor Wichniakov
Another bass singer: Bass Eugene Orlov sings Rachmaninov Cavatina Aleko
The Largest bass voices
Russian Red Army Choir - Song of the Volga Boatmen (1965)
Evening bells - Вечерний звон - Abendglocken
Charming to think of a flea as having a song. Aww.
Mark Reizen sings Song of the Flea
Drug Dealers vs. Software Developers
| Drug dealers | Software developers |
| Refer to their clients as "users" | Refer to their clients as "users" |
| "The first one's free!" | "Download a free trial version..." |
| Have important South-East Asian connections (to help move the stuff) | Have important South-East Asian connections (to help debug the code) |
| Strange jargon: "Stick," "Rock,", Joint," "Dime bag," "E" | Strange jargon:"SCSI," "RTFM,", "Java," "NAS" |
| Realize that there's tons of cash in the 14- to 25-year-old market | Realize that there's tons of cash in the 14- to 25-year-old market |
| Job is assisted by industry's producing newer, more potent mixes | Job is assisted by industry's producing newer, faster machines |
| Often seen in the company of of pimps and hustlers | Often seen in the company of marketing people and venture capitalists |
| Their product causes unhealthy addictions | DOOM. Quake. SimCity. Duke Nukem 'Nuff said. |
| Do your job well, and you can sleep with movie stars who depend on you | Damn! Damn! DAMN!!! |
Then there is a whole page of economic crisis humor
which includes these gems:
and
Ok, saved the charmingly likable for last. His lovely page of
Songs from Famous Russian Cartoons on Youtube
Here are a few I love:
Львенок и черепаха мульт (the lion and turtle song)
Винни-Пух (Winnie the Pooh)
The Soviet animations link was dead but led me to this link with fragments of Soviet animations,
And that led me to this beauty, The Humpbacked Horse, vol 1, but I guess I'll have to explore the amazing world of Russian animation on another day
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