Kids for multicultural tolerance

Czechs kids are going to be taught to respect and be tolerant to multicultural and national differences of social groups living in their country. Schools will benefit from internet flash presentation called CzechKid which features virtual characters with different backgrounds.

I have tried the site and laughed terribly when I have found that one virtual buddy is actually Slovak boy Jožo whose parents came to work in Czech Republic because of better economic conditions :)
However, the young generation of Czech university students, at least the majority of those studying at University of Economics in Prague, might stop being racist against Slovak students (about 10%).

Okay I am having fun but I appreciate this kind of effort and wish it success. Personally, my piece of advice towards promoting tolerance would be to send EVERY student/politician/person to study abroad program like Erasmus - the opportunity to drink together with multiple national, religious, ethnic, language-speaking groups totally makes you forget stupid xenophobia!

PS1: Respect to facebook which I have been surfin' often recently. I have discovered many of friends from my Erasmus stay last year in France. It just feels good knowing that they are doing well + keeping in touch a little!

PS2 for Empty, Satankay, Vjerka: Check out Pavla virtual character at CzechKid. Notice the resemblance to one particular person ;) When you finish laughing, check Hassles "Trable - Občas se mi smějou, že jsem socka..." ;) After you finish laughing, check this pic I made like 4 years ago and compare. I guess I had an epiphany...

But behold of my great Photoshop skills! 2003 Wallpaper which resembles a condom in time spiral ;)

Free stuff in NYC

Everybody loves free stuff. I love free stuff only when it is useful. Like this initiative of NYC. What a cool souvenir!

http://nyccondom.org

Actually, the initiative is fighting against the HIV/AIDS in the city. According to my sources, NYC has one of the highest AIDS cases rates in the country, "with more AIDS cases than Los Angeles, San Francisco, Miami, and Washington DC combined.". So remember to wear one of those when you are sightseeing there. NYC themed condoms are a hit, the city has given away 5 millions of packages in a month (compared to 1,5 million usually). Posters on the streets are both in English and Spanish.

The letters on the packet are type using NYC subway lines, I guess everybody noticed. In Prague, all they can do is teach us the alphabet. So unfair!

Principles of economics, translated

If economics was taught this way at my university, I would love it!

Did You Know; Shift Happens - Globalization; Information Age

Another video, this time much more serious. Worth watching though :)

I would just change the phrase in the end, for me it is "Shit happens"! :)

Guys Skis Down Tube Escalator

Hehey this is great, the title says it all.
Can you believe someone placed a sticker to that escalator later on, saying "No skiing"?

Brilliant. Happy Easter!

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How to remember

I found amazing site called MNEMONICS GUIDE which will help you to remember a lot of common things you always forget!

Like how many days a month has, names of tropics, wonders of world etc. Also many more interesting things. Did you know that:

February has a smaller "leftover" amount of 28 or 29 days because pre-45 B.C. it was the last month of the Roman calendar year which started every March.

Or that weekdays are named after sky objects? SUNday, MOONday, and then 5 bright Roman
planets - Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. This works for French and Spanish while English used the Norse gods/godesses.

The site has amazing stuff, just see it for yourself!

Progress

Yesterday I finally quit my job so I have time to finish my thesis. Multitasking ain't working, you know? When you do 2 things at once, you don't do either of them perfectly.

So select the thing you really have to do now and focus on it until it's done. Just like me.

Nice deed was that I got three free tickets for evening concert of teenage german rock band Tokio Hotel. Nothing special, just the tickets were for VIP skybox lounge in huge Sazka Arena stadium. What can I say - room comfortable sofas, bar with chilled Stella Artois beer (on my boss, of course!) frequently replenished by a hostess, LCD screens, private bathroom. .

It was like a flat which I could live in! ;D

Google offers Google Paper Service!

1st April 2007 will be the day in history when Google introduced off-line archive version of Google Mail.

Just select mail which you want to be printed out by Google and delivered to you, including photos which are printed on glossy photo paper. There is no limit in number of emails and the whole service is very environmentaly friendly. Follow the link below.

About Gmail Paper