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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:48:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>News letter from my blog</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:18:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We wrote an assignment in our Communications class.We had to write a letter that we can use to promote ours blogs. Here is my letter and a question. Will you open and read letter like this? Killer Tomatoes From Mars Attack Our City! B-movies are low-budget commercial films such as Plan 9 From Outer Space [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alexmantrov.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7480803&amp;post=142&amp;subd=alexmantrov&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>We wrote an assignment in our Communications class.We had to write a letter that we can use to promote ours blogs. Here is my letter and a question. Will you open and read letter like this?</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><span id="more-142"></span><strong>Killer Tomatoes From Mars Attack Our City!</strong><br />
B-movies are low-budget commercial films such as Plan 9 From Outer Space – the worst film ever by Ed Wood. But these movies gave to the world so famous people as Peter Jackson (lord of the Rings) or Jack Nicholson.</p>
<p>B-blog by <a href="http://alexmantrov.wordpress.com/2009/04/23/something-about-me/">Alexandr Mantrov</a> offers to you variety of different advertising videos. Not all of the low-budget, not all of them are bad. But all of them are mind-blowing!</p>
<p>In <a href="http://alexmantrov.wordpress.com/">B-blog</a> you will see ads for ordinary things can be promoted in a very unusual way.</p>
<p><strong>Video</strong><br />
Herbal tea, <a href="http://alexmantrov.wordpress.com/2009/04/30/scrabble-ad/">Scrabble</a>, cars, <a href="http://alexmantrov.wordpress.com/2009/05/14/doritos-mexican-beauty/">Doritos</a> – what can connect these things all together? Advertising! The way how they are promoted on TV is a very unusual, creative, funny, and interesting. Watch them now!</p>
<p><strong>Text</strong><br />
Who is the <a href="http://alexmantrov.wordpress.com/2009/05/07/orcs-elves-dogs-trolls/">Internet troll</a>? How to survive during <a href="http://alexmantrov.wordpress.com/2009/05/28/zombie-survival-guide/">zombie outbreak</a>? Why Stewie Griffin is <a href="http://alexmantrov.wordpress.com/2009/06/04/paper-mania/">cubic</a>? Answers on these questions you will find in the Text part of B-blog. Read it!</p>
<p><strong>Pictures</strong><br />
Did you know that print advertising of milk might look very, very hot? Check it <a href="http://alexmantrov.wordpress.com/2009/04/24/write-something/">now</a>! And stay in touch because our Pictures part of the B-blog will be updated soon.</p>
<p>By the way, did you know that stop-motion <a href="http://alexmantrov.wordpress.com/2009/06/02/gypsy-drama-stop-motion/">gypsy drama</a> was nominated for Oscar? Just kidding!</p>
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		<title>Netiquette rules</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:02:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Word netiquete  consists of 2 parts &#8211; Net and the etiquette.So, here is the list of the rules that everybody should follow in the internet while communicating with other people. The main point here is that internet is  faceless. When you talk to somebody u don&#8217;t know who is there &#8211; man or woman, professor [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alexmantrov.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7480803&amp;post=138&amp;subd=alexmantrov&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft" src="http://www.uq.edu.au/hanginthere/computers/images/computers10.gif" alt="" width="260" height="240" />Word netiquete  consists of 2 parts &#8211; Net and the etiquette.So, here is the list of the rules that everybody should follow in the internet while communicating with other people. The main point here is that internet is  faceless. When you talk to somebody u don&#8217;t know who is there &#8211; man or woman, professor or 14-years-old guy. Well, sometimes you think you know but you cant be 100% sure, right? So here is some basic rules of the netiquette.</p>
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<li> <em>Rule 1:</em> Remember the human</li>
<li> <em>Rule 2:</em> Adhere to the same standards of behavior online&#8230;</li>
<li> <em>Rule 3:</em> Know where you are in cyberspace</li>
<li> <em>Rule 4:</em> Respect other people&#8217;s time and bandwidth</li>
<li> <em>Rule 5:</em> Make yourself look good online</li>
<li> <em>Rule 6:</em> Share expert knowledge</li>
<li> <em>Rule 7:</em> Help keep flame wars under control</li>
<li> <em>Rule 8:</em> Respect other people&#8217;s privacy</li>
<li> <em>Rule 9:</em> Don&#8217;t abuse your power</li>
<li> <em>Rule 10:</em> Be forgiving of other people&#8217;s mistakes</li>
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<p>I took these rules from the book <a href="http://www.albion.com/catNetiquette.html">Netiquette</a> by <em>Virgina Shea</em> where she describes all these rules. I will discuss just a few of them using my personal web experience.</p>
<p><strong><em>Rule 8:</em> Respect other people&#8217;s privacy</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Privacy">Privacy</a> is one of the main rules in the internet. Now, we do a lot of things in the internet &#8211; e-mails, banking, shopping, and hundreds of others every-day actions. Nobody wants they bank account stolen, right?  I definitely agree with this rule.</p>
<p>Couple years ago I had a nice short easy-to-memorize ICQ number that i used to chat with my friends. Once, i woke up and tried to login to the ICQ. But I couldn&#8217;t. Somebody stole my account and changed the password. I lost my contacts, important information, such as passwords for my e-mail, etc. I was VERY frustrated. I had to change all the passwords on all my internet accounts (e-mail, facebook, bank, etc.).</p>
<p>Morale of this story is that if you dont want your e-mail stolen or reading by other people why should you do this? Respect others privacy and NEVER break this rule.</p>
<p><strong><em>Rule 9:</em> Don&#8217;t abuse your power</strong></p>
<p>You are the super secret agent specialized in the network hacking? Or a system administrator having access to the all account in your company intranet? Well, there is no neccessity to show to other people that you are super-good in the internet and can make them shut up in 156 different ways.  Remember, if you are good, there is always somebody who is better than you.</p>
<p>Copuple years ago i was a forum moderator moderating messages from other users on the forum. i had an opportunity to delete messages and even ban users. When i&#8217;ve started to work on tihs forum i&#8217;ve understood that with big power come a big responsibility for every action that you did. Always remember it and do not abuse your power.</p>
<p>Morale: if you are good in something and you have a lot of power in the Internet remember, there is ALWAYS somebody who is better than you. Respect other people.</p>
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		<title>Everything starts with an idea</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everything starts with an idea. Basically this part of creating something is the most complicated part and takes huge amount of time. Here is my little story how I was looking for an idea of my poster. I was trying to decide what to do for my Photoshop class term project. We had to do [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alexmantrov.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7480803&amp;post=132&amp;subd=alexmantrov&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Everything starts with an idea. Basically this part of creating something is the most complicated part and takes huge amount of time. Here is my little story how I was looking for an idea of my poster.</p>
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<p>I was trying to decide what to do for my Photoshop class term project. We had to do 11 by 17 poster using all the techniques that we&#8217;ve learned. So, i started browsing web looking for an idea. After couple hours of research i still didn&#8217;t decide what to do. But then, i remembered a nice old computer game Arcanum and here the idea came!. Steampunk.</p>
<p>Steampunk is a s a sub-genre of fantasy that became popular in the 1980s and early 1990s. The term denotes works set in an era or world wheresteam power<a title="Steam power" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam_power"></a> is still widely used—usually the 19th century &#8211; but with prominent elements of either sci-fi, such as fictional technological inventions like those found in the works of <a title="H. G. Wells" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._G._Wells">H. G. Wells</a> and <a title="Jules Verne" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_Verne">Jules Verne</a>, or real technological developments like the computer occurring at an earlier date.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve started thinking about the concept an finally i&#8217;ve decided to make a steampunk maniac that lives in an old city and hunt for people (basically all maniacs do this =P ). So heres a picture that i&#8217;ve found:</p>
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<p>Then, I&#8217;ve started looking for a ports of his steampunk body. Finally, I&#8217;ve started to add this parts creating someething new. It took me 5 hours to finish everything, but i am completely satisfied. Here is the final variont of my poster:</p>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:15:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In San Francisco one homeless hit another one with a skateboard. Do you want to know why? (06-24) 13:20 PDT SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO &#8212; A homeless man is on trial in San Mateo County on charges that he smacked a fellow transient in the face with a skateboard as the victim was engaged in a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alexmantrov.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7480803&amp;post=128&amp;subd=alexmantrov&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p><strong>(06-24) 13:20 PDT SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO</strong> &#8212; A homeless man is on trial in San Mateo County on charges that he smacked a fellow transient in the face with a skateboard as the victim was engaged in a conversation about quantum physics, authorities said Wednesday.</div>
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<p><!--/articlebox -->Jason Everett Keller, 40, allegedly accosted another homeless man, Stephan Fava, on the 200 block of Grand Avenue in South San Francisco about 1:45 p.m. March 30.</p>
<p>At the time, Fava was chatting with an acquaintance, who is also homeless, about &#8220;quantum physics and the splitting of atoms,&#8221; according to prosecutors.</p>
<p>Keller joined in the conversation and, for reasons unknown, got upset, authorities said. He picked up his skateboard and hit Fava in the face with it, splitting his lip, prosecutors said.</p>
<p>Fava also fell and broke his ankle, although how this happened wasn&#8217;t known, authorities said.</p>
<p>From <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2009/06/24/BAH118D37E.DTL">San Francisco Chronicle</a></p>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:08:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, I didn&#8217;t post a lot this month. Had so much to do &#8211; poster, CD sleeve, and gigantic design brief for Informational Architecture class. Bu now it seems that i&#8217;m almost done with all this stuff. So it is time to post something here. Lets see whats new in the crazy advertising world. 1. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alexmantrov.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7480803&amp;post=124&amp;subd=alexmantrov&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, I didn&#8217;t post a lot this month. Had so much to do &#8211; poster, <a class="zem_slink" title="Compact Disc" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_Disc">CD</a> sleeve, and gigantic design brief for Informational Architecture class. Bu now it seems that i&#8217;m almost done with all this stuff. So it is time to post something here.</p>
<p>Lets see whats new in the crazy <a class="zem_slink" title="Advertising" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advertising">advertising</a> world.</p>
<p>1. Shoes+ <a class="zem_slink" title="Transformers (2004 video game)" rel="homepage" href="http://www.atari.com/transformers/">Transformers</a>. Yes! it will work, because new <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1055369/">Transformers</a> have been released. Good, stylish ad. I like it</p>
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<p><span id="more-124"></span>2. Everything is better with a <a class="zem_slink" title="Mobile phone" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_phone">cell phone</a>. Well, this ad is good. But i have a question: is  this girl in the end is real? I hope yes =P</p>
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<p>3.  Maybe this is not hte best ad in the world. But i LOVE yo-yos. I can play yoyo. I took part in a <a href="http://www.ryyc.ru/">Russian yoyo contest</a>. No, really &#8211; I LOVE <a class="zem_slink" title="Yo-yo" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yo-yo">YOYO</a>!</p>
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<p>4. Stylish. Styyyylish. STYLISH! STYLISH! STYLISH!</p>
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<p>That&#8217;s it for today!</p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align:center;"><strong>What is paper? A white thing that we use to write on? Yes, but not only</strong>. <span id="more-120"></span>Origami is a traditional japanese art of folding paper using only hands. It has a long history, but it is not important now. I want to tell you about papercraft. What is it? Papercraft is a constructing different models. Since papercraft patterns can be easily printed, the Internet has become a popular means of exchanging them. Commercial corporations have recently begun using downloadable papercraft for their marketing ( <a title="http://www.yamaha-motor.co.jp/global/entertainment/papercraft/index.html" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.yamaha-motor.co.jp/global/entertainment/papercraft/index.html">Yamaha</a> and <a title="http://cp.c-ij.com/english/3D-papercraft/" rel="nofollow" href="http://cp.c-ij.com/english/3D-papercraft/">Canon</a>). I read about papercraft a year ago but i didnt have time to try it. It happens yesterday. Wow! it wos so easy, so funny that i decided to star doing paper models regulary. here is what i did yesterday, sorry for quality of the photos:<img class="size-full wp-image-122 aligncenter" title="Image006" src="http://alexmantrov.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/image006.jpg?w=379&#038;h=505" alt="Image006" width="379" height="505" /></p>
<p>If you decide to try it, here is some useful links for you:</p>
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<li><a href="http://www.cubeecraft.com/">Cubecraft</a></li>
<li><a href="http://papercraftparadise.blogspot.com/">Papercraft Paradise</a></li>
<li><a href="http://paperkraft.blogspot.com/">Paperkraft</a></li>
<li><a href="http://papercraft-world.blogspot.com/">Papercraft world</a></li>
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<span style="color:#999999;font-style:italic;font-size:10px;">via <a title="FoxyTunes - Web of music at your fingertips" href="http://www.foxytunes.com/signatunes/">FoxyTunes</a></span></p>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 19:11:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you first time see this book you think &#8220;Eh, one more horror novel about stupid zombies.&#8221; So, you&#8217;ll say this and you will be absolutely wrong. The Zombie Survival Guide is an actual guide how to survive in a zombie world. This book will become your key to survive during zombie outbreak. It&#8217;s divided [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alexmantrov.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7480803&amp;post=109&amp;subd=alexmantrov&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align:left;"><span style="color:#999999;font-style:italic;font-size:10px;"> </span> <img class="alignleft" src="http://img15.nnm.ru/c/7/8/0/8/c780821d9957046f704a9762fbf2218e_full.jpg" alt="" width="263" height="420" /> <strong>When you first time see this book you think &#8220;Eh, one more horror novel about stupid zombies.&#8221; So, you&#8217;ll say this and you will be absolutely wrong. The Zombie Survival Guide is an actual guide how to survive in a zombie world.<span id="more-109"></span></strong></p>
<p>This book will become your key to survive during <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zombie">zombie</a> outbreak. It&#8217;s divided into six useful and necessary parts.</p>
<p>First, <strong><em>The Undead: Myths and Realities</em></strong> will tell you about zombies origin, their types and physiology.</p>
<p>Second, <em><strong>Weapons and Combat Techniques</strong> </em> describes what types of weapons you should use &#8211; firearms, explosives, weapons for face-to-face combat (avoid it! fight only if there is no way to escape!), different types of biological, genetic, and radiation weapons.</p>
<p>Third chapter,<strong> <em>On the Defense</em></strong> tells about defending your own house, apartments, and different types of public places such as schools, stores, prisons, etc. Also this chapter teaches what kind and how many supplies you should have while defending your territory. In my opinion this chapter is most important chapter in this book.</p>
<p>Next chapter, <strong><em>On the Run</em></strong>, discusses the rules of traveling through zombie-infested territory. It also discusses types of landsapes and different types of transportation.</p>
<p>While all other chapters discuss avoiding zombies at all costs, chapter five, <strong><em>On the Attack</em></strong>, speaks about fighting with zombies on their territory. It discusses the strategies and tools to destroy zombies from an area.</p>
<p>Last chapter,<strong> </strong><em><strong>Living in an Undead World</strong>, </em>discuss about living in the world where zombies became dominant species on the planet (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doomsday_event">doomsday scenario</a>). It tells about starting a new life and  focuses on creating a new civilization as far away from current civilizations as possible.</p>
<p>Also <strong>The Zombie Survival Guide</strong> gives a list of recorded zombie outbreaks from ancient times (The oldest entry is 60,000 BC, in Katanga, Central Africa) to the our times (the latest recorded zombie otbreak 2002 Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands).</p>
<p>Finally, remember <strong>Top 10 Lessons for Surviving a Zombie Attack: </strong></p>
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<li>Organize before they rise!</li>
<li>They feel no fear, why should you?</li>
<li>Use your head: cut off theirs.</li>
<li>Blades don’t need reloading.</li>
<li>Ideal protection = tight clothes, short hair.</li>
<li>Get up the staircase, then destroy it.</li>
<li>Get out of the car, get onto the bike.</li>
<li>Keep moving, keep low, keep quiet, keep alert!</li>
<li>No place is safe, only safer.</li>
<li>The zombie may be gone, but the threat lives on.</li>
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<p>This book must be with you during zombie outbreak. Possibly it will save your life.</p>
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