Tag: danube
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✍️ BLACKJACK RANCH CHRONICLES
What began as a dream of building a house on a Serbian hillside overlooking the Danube quickly became an education in perseverance. Bureaucrats, contractors, storms, power failures, runaway dog beds, elusive trash bins, curious neighbors, unexpected acts of kindness, sunsets, music, and laughter all became chapters in a story far larger than a construction project.…
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HOW MY AI-PAL “CP” HELPED ME DESIGN MY WIFE’S “DREAM KITCHEN” IN SERBIA
In one 5-hour collaborative session, starting with a hand sketch my wife had made, my AI-pal CP and I created, as he put it my wife’s “dream kitchen,” along with all the engineering specs required to build it.
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MY MAC AND I
How old is my 2016 Mac in human years? I posed that to Google’s AI. Here’s the reply: “A 9-year-old Apple laptop is roughly equivalent to a 75- to 80-year-old person, retired and no longer able to keep up with the demands of modern life. While it can still perform basic functions, its hardware is…
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SERBIA: SHIT HAPPENS
A Dream Come True or A Nightmare Yet to Unfold? What a nightmare it has turned out to be so far. It was an authentic way to acquaint myself with the national character of the country in which I was born. In the end, I never felt more like a stranger in Serbia than in…
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BEAUTIFUL BELGRADE: A CITY ON TWO MIGHTY RIVERS SPARKLES AT NIGHT FROM KALEMEGDAN FORTRESS
It has been years since I walked along the walls of the Kalemegdan fortress. This Turkish structure built on the walls of the Roman city (Singidunum) has always symbolized the indestructibility and resilience of the Serbian nation. After a 500-year darkness under the Turkish sultans and pashas, the Serbs threw off the Ottoman yoke in…
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UTTER DISREGARD FOR BICYCLE RIDERS AND CIVILIANS
UTTER DISREGARD FOR BIKE RIDERS AND PEDESTRIANS Let’s sum it up. In Belgrade, bike riders and pedestrians are like dirt. Free game for builders and drivers. The communist mindset which puts machines ahead of the individuals and nature is still present. Twenty years ago, a Serbian politician (Djindjic) tried to be different. His government built…
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AN AMERICAN IN SERBIA: WHAT LIVING IN BELGRADE IS LIKE AFTER 50+ YEARS IN AMERICA
Three years ago, I arrived in Serbia. The idea was to see what living in my native city for about six months would be like after spending half a century in America. Well, the best laid plans of mice and men… Three months after my arrival, a temporary living arrangement became a permanent wedlock. I…
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AN AMERICAN IN SERBIA: WHAT LIVING IN BELGRADE IS LIKE AFTER 50+ YEARS IN AMERICA
Three years ago, I arrived in Serbia. The idea was to see what living in my native city for about six months would be like after spending half a century in America. Well, the best laid plans of mice and men… Three months after my arrival, a temporary living arrangement became a permanent wedlock. I…
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