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An American expat living in Astana, Kazakhstan

Tag archive for ‘internet’

  • Gani Kasymov 10 Years Ago

    Much as I don’t want to disparage people from voting for any candidate on Sunday, this interview with Gani Kasymov of the Patriot’s Party from 1999, when he was also running for President on KTK is pretty amusing. While Eurasianet hits a lot of the highlights, they missed the moment at 2:28 when the journalist […]

    4/01/11 • (Comments Off on Gani Kasymov 10 Years Ago)

  • Tomato

    Chris Merriman has up a link to a great resource: Tomato, which is a Kazakhstan-based review site for businesses. A little like Yelp for Kazakhstan, Pomidor (which means “tomato” in Russian) lets people put up reviews and stories of their experiences at different businesses in Kazakhstan. It needs a little more work–be nice to have […]

    1/26/11 • (2)

  • Arta Tablet Computer Prototype

    KazPad for Real

    Arta Software, which produced Astana Racer the first racing game in Kazakhstan, presented the its own Kazakhstani tablet computer. Apparently this was in September of last year and I totally missed it. However in December of 2010 there was a lot of noise about the Prime Minister’s insistencethat all Ministers have an iPad, and Arta […]

    1/17/11 • (Comments Off on KazPad for Real)

  • Kazakhstan Pirates: Twitter.kz

    Twitter.kz does not appear to be affiliated with the real Twitter, but they are using the name, the color scheme and the bird logo. Does anyone know what’s up with this? Apparently it uses Twitter.com because the registration link goes to Twitter. So it just filters Kazakhstan tweets? Why do we need this? Personally I […]

    8/15/10 • (1)

  • Turkish Pirates

    Dear US Polo Association, Perhaps if you want to pirate Ralph Lauren, not only the style and the logo, but also the photoshoots in advertisements, perhaps you could bother to make your website English. When I open a website in Turkish, chances are I’m not going to believe it’s actually a US made product, no […]

    8/13/10 • (2)

  • Kazakhstan Widget

    Wolfram Alpha, the statistician’s Google, has a new feature. You can build widgets that basically take Wolfram Alpha searches and allow users to change selected variables. I was playing around with it and came up with this simple example. Enter the information you want and the year. Clicking the x at on the upper right […]

    8/02/10 • (1)

  • It Was Inevitable

    It Was Inevitable

    KZBlog is now on Twitter. Follow me if you dare.

    4/01/10 • (1)

  • New Media in Kazakhstan

    KplusTVeng is a news show broadcast on Youtube. It isn’t clear who is behind it, but it’s very professional and the first time I’ve heard of locals using new media in such a high quality format. I’m sure the rumors will start about who is funding it and in what way it is biased. But […]

    3/25/10 • (3)

  • Learn How to Drive Like a Kazakh

    Learn How to Drive Like a Kazakh

    Kazakhstan has its first video game! Astana Racer is a racing game set in Astana and apparently features a variety of cars from the Mitsubishi Lancer to a BMW. You can race all over the city from the Left Bank to the old center of town. The game is for sale at Meloman stores and […]

    12/28/09 • (3)

  • You’re so Funny. Not.

    Ok, what was the point of this piece: You Get One Piece of Carrion Luggage? It takes a picture of Kazakhs hunting with hawks and makes a really stupid joke. So what’s the best domestic airline for getting from place to place [in Kazakshtan -KZBlog]? There is one small one that’s kind of unusual. They […]

    12/16/09 • (Comments Off on You’re so Funny. Not.)