Monthly Art #22

This is a monthly “newsletter”, containing a list of what I enjoyed the most last month. Whether it was a full length movie, short film, music album, book or even a painting.

Brazilian movies weekend

On the contrary to Indian movies, Brazilian movies are full of pain, struggle, and tears. These movies deeply reflect the history of their country, uncovering all the problems which exist even upon today. They were recommended to me by an architect from Brazil I’ve met in Lithuania. Central Station (1998) “An emotive journey of a former school teacher, who writes letters for illiterate people, and a young boy, whose mother has just died, as they search for the father he never knew.

Monthly Art #21

This is a monthly “newsletter”, containing a list of what I enjoyed the most last month. Whether it was a full length movie, short film, music album, book or even a painting.

Велосипедный маршрут №2 по Ульяновской области

(Cycling route in Ulyanovsk Oblast #2) Сложность (difficulty): легко (easy) Протяженность в одну сторону (distance, one way): 9.6км (6.7 miles) Сначала любуемся домами богатых жителей Ульяновска, проезжаем кружок по лыжной базе “Заря” (внимание: штраф 20тр, но всем пофиг; главное не наглеть и пропускать спортсменов). Далее едем в парк 40лет ВЛКСМ и назад через лес. Большая часть пролегает по сосновому лесу, так что воздух там отличный. (First we look at the homes of wealthy people of Ulyanovsk, passing around a ski training base “Zarya” (note: the fine is 20000 RUB, but nobody cares; the important thing is to respect others and give way to athletes).

Indian movies weekend

On my way from Berlin to Warsaw I’ve met 2 really cool guys from India - Winny and Raghav. They asked me to recommend 3 Russian movies to them and I did. Then I asked to return a favor. I watched all of them and they are amazing. No wonder they all have a very good score on IMDB. So, thank you guys! Swades (2004) A project manager from NASA decides to go to India to find his nanny.

Abstracting the logger interface in Go

Wrote a blog post a few days ago for my company’s blog about our experience of moving from a static logger to an interface and adapter for the go-kit log package. https://blog.cosmos.network/abstracting-the-logger-interface-in-go-4cf96bf90bb7

Велосипедный маршрут №1 по Ульяновской области

(Cycling route in Ulyanovsk Oblast) Сложность (difficulty): легко (easy) Протяженность в одну сторону (distance, one way): 17.7км (11.268 miles) Небольшой участок пути придется проехать через лес (сразу после Поливно). По приезду в Полдомасово можно искупаться. Вода чистая, проточная (течение сильное) (You will have to bike through the forest at some point (small piece of the track right after Polivno). Upon arrival in Poldomasovo you can go swimming. The water is clean and refreshing.

Monthly Art #20

This is a monthly “newsletter”, containing a list of what I enjoyed the most last month. Whether it was a full length movie, short film, music album, book or even a painting.