re:kodi again

Installing XBMC, a.k.a. Kodi, again. Remembered that I once wanted to try OpenELEC. Turned out you can’t change the root password in it, and in general it’s a heavily precompiled system. Tried it on ubuntu-server, but the graphics were pretty …

perepichka

Tried a perepichka. Pretty decent thing — a sausage in dough, extremely hot. It got me thinking about Ukrainian marketing: over two decades, one modification, one stall, no advertising, nothing — and there are queues. Quite interesting )

Wednesday. Morning. A police bicycle patrol is pushing a stalled minibus stuck in traffic. Pushes it, then rides on.

Wonders never cease.

Insurance

The USG insurance company is once again refusing to cover the claim, which baffles the doctors and frustrates me.

I’m thinking, maybe it’s time to switch this corporate policy for something else — one with “all inclusive” coverage.