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• Can You Read This in Kazakhstan?

  I suppose it would be a badge of honor to be on the list of 13 foreign sites blocked by Kazakhstan (that article seems to no longer be there, but this link takes you to the same article) because, “These Internet resources … spread materials with propaganda of terrorism and religious extremism and open calls […]

  8/20/11 • (3)

• Grandfather’s Google

  Either because of the fuss made over it, or because of a genuine legal issue, Kazakhstan will allow Google to use google.kz. Google wrote a post saying that Kazakhstan had asked them to shut down google.kz or move the servers physically to Kazakhstan. An update on the Google blog post now says that the law […]

  6/19/11 • (Comments Off on Grandfather’s Google)

• Google.kz Equals Google.com

  Following a new law in Kazakhstan that all sites with a .kz domain must have its servers physically located inside Kazakhstan’s borders, Google announced that it will redirect google.kz to google.com. In blog post accusing the government of Kazakhstan of trying to restrict the Internet, Bill Coughran, SVP, Research & Systems Infrastructure, wrote: Some governments, […]

  6/13/11 • (1)

• A Transparent PM

  Prime Minister Karim Masimov announced the other day that he is setting up a new section on his blog to rate the effectiveness of government workers. It isn’t clear exactly what role the blog will play in this or what he will put up, but as of yet the transparency section, as Masimov is calling […]

  4/09/11 • (2)

• Kazakhstan Search Engine

  I’ve been playing with Kazakhstan’s search engine. It’s pretty clear that it covers mainly .kz domains, but also a few .ru sites. English language searches are therefore limited-but you can find sites in English. Overall it has a preference for formal resources. Searching for крем (cream) brings up resources about the Kremlin way before you […]

  4/08/11 • (Comments Off on Kazakhstan Search Engine)

• What Americans Notice About Life in KZ

  A Peace Corps volunteer has a series of great posts on cultural tidbits in Kazakhstan, which really come down to what Americans find interesting or different about habits and life in Kazakhstan. This one cites the habit of wrapping babies up in so many layers they can’t move. I call them “potato sacks” because the […]

  3/28/11 • (1)

• How to Find Odd Things in Kazakhstan

  While Kazakhstan does have a ways to go in developing useful web services, there have definitely been some interesting developments. I have friends who use online grocery shopping services, I believe from Astrakhzhan. And I mentioned Pomidor.kz in an earlier post as a pretty good review site for local services. From the other side, international […]

  3/19/11 • (2)

• 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)

• Survey of Expats About Life in Kazakhstan

  Kazakhnomad has yet another interesting series of posts up on a survey she did of expats living in Kazakhstan. If you start from that post and go forward in time, you’ll be able to see all the questions and results. I thought it might be fun to answer the questions myself as well, or at […]

  12/29/10 • (12)

• The President’s Speech at Nazarbayev University

  Besides the appeal to scientists to to stop the effects of aging, which made world news, Nazarbayev did have other things to say in his speech to students at Nazarbayev University last week. Kazakhnomad has some of her notes up and it’s worth going through. I think the admissions that Kazakhstan is behind in the […]

  12/21/10 • (2)

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