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Some observations from my trip to Ukraine
Posted on March 7, 2015 by Andri Kyrychok
Good Article
The war has affected everything. The economy runs on loans from foreign governments that Ukraine will be hard-pressed to ever pay back. Thousand have been displaced or lost their jobs. The Donetsk region has been hit especially hard. Villages have been decimated — caved in walls, collapsed roofs, and broken windows are the norm.
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Quartz: These videos from Mariupol show life under Russian bombardment
Posted on January 24, 2015 by Andri Kyrychok
Quartz: These videos from Mariupol show life under Russian bombardment. http://google.com/newsstand/s/CBIwvtGIsyA
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Useful Secret Android Codes
Posted on January 24, 2015 by Andri Kyrychok
Basic Codes:
*#*#7780#*#* – This code is used for factory restore setting.This will remove Google account setting and System and application data and settings.
*2767*3855# – This code is used for factory format, and will remove all files and settings including the internal memory storage. It will also re install the firmware.
*#*#4636#*#* – This code show information about your phone and battery.
*#*#273283*255*663282*#*#* – This code opens a File copy screen where you can backup your media files e.g. Images, Sound, Video and Voice memo.
*#*#197328640#*#* – This code can be used to enter into Service mode. You can run various tests and change settings in the service mode.
*#*#7594#*#* – This code enable your “End call / Power” button into direct power off button without asking for selecting any option(silent mode, aero plane and power-off).
*#*#8255#*#* – This code can be used to launch G Talk Service Monitor.
*#*#34971539#*#* – This code is used to get camera information. Please avoid update camera firmware option.
W-LAN, GPS and Bluetooth Test Codes:
*#*#232339#*#* OR *#*#526#*#* OR *#*#528#*#* – W-LAN test (Use “Menu” button to start various tests).
*#*#232338#*#* – Shows WiFi MAC address.
*#*#1472365#*#* – GPS test.
*#*#1575#*#* – Another GPS test.
*#*#232331#*#* – Bluetooth test.
*#*#232337#*# – Shows Bluetooth device address.
Codes to launch various Factory Tests:
*#*#0842#*#* – Device test (Vibration test and BackLight test).
*#*#0588#*#* – Proximity sensor test.
*#*#0*#*#* – LCD test.
*#*#2664#*#* – Touch screen test.
*#*#2663#*#* – Touch screen version.
*#*#0283#*#* – Packet Loopback.
*#*#0673#*#* OR *#*#0289#*#* – Melody test.
*#*#3264#*#* – RAM version.
Code for firmware version information:
*#*#1111#*#* – FTA SW Version.
*#*#2222#*#* – FTA HW Version.
*#*#44336#*#* – PDA, Phone, CSC, Build Time, Changelist number.
*#*#4986*2650468#*#* – PDA, Phone, H/W, RFCallDate.
*#*#1234#*#* – PDA and Phone
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Hubble’s High-Definition Panoramic View of the Andromeda Galaxy | NASA
Posted on January 22, 2015 by Andri Kyrychok
Hubble’s High-Definition Panoramic View of the Andromeda Galaxy | NASA.
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Beautiful, Historic Worcester Common!
Posted on January 21, 2015 by Andri Kyrychok
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Branded Babies?
Posted on January 21, 2015 by Andri Kyrychok
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Lincoln’s Pocketwatch
Posted on June 30, 2012 by Andri Kyrychok
‘In 2009 the Smithsonian found a “secret” message engraved in Abraham Lincoln’s watch by a watchmaker who was repairing it in 1861 when news of the attack on Fort Sumter reached Washington, D.C.
‘In an interview with The New York Times April 30, 1906, 84-year-old Jonathan Dillon recalled he was working for M.W. Galt and Co. on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, where he was repairing Lincoln’s watch. The owner of the shop announced that the first shot of the Civil War had been fired. Dillon reported that he unscrewed the dial of the watch, and with a sharp instrument wrote on the metal beneath:
‘The first gun is fired. Slavery is dead. Thank God we have a President who at least will try.’
‘He then signed and dated the inscription and closed the dial. Dillon told The New York Times in 1906 that to his knowledge, no one ever saw the inscription.
‘After being contacted by Dillon’s great-great-grandson, the museum agreed to remove the dial to see if the watchmaker’s message was inside. The museum did find a message inscribed on the brass underside of the movement. The wording was slightly different from Dillon’s own recollection. The actual engraving says:
‘Jonathan Dillon
April 13-1861
Fort Sumpter [sic] was attacked by the rebels on the above date J Dillon
April 13-1861
Washington Thank God we have a government
Jonth Dillon
‘“Lincoln never knew of the message he carried in his pocket,” said the director of the National Museum of American History. This inscription remained hidden behind the dial for almost 150 years.’
Wikipedia: Fort Sumter is a Third System masonry coastal fortification located in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. →
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Shanghai, 1990 – 2010
Posted on May 29, 2012 by Andri Kyrychok
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Looking Through The Lens 