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Entries from June 2008

The Queen to visit Slovenia

June 26th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized

I was very surprised to hear that the British Queen Elisabeth II. is to visit Slovenia soon. The official press release can be seen HERE. The original press release on 26-Jun-2008 read: Buckingham Palace press releases ANNOUNCEMENT OF STATE VISITS TO SLOVENIA AND SLOVAKIA 26 June 2008 THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT IS ISSUED BY THE PRESS [...]

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Firefox 3 is finally here!!

June 17th, 2008 · No Comments · Uncategorized

After a long wait and an apparent server crash (link 2)we finally have the much anticipated new browser from Mozilla. You can get a detailed how-to on the product here. Martin McDowell Firefox 3 download certificate The “big download” should have commenced at 10 am PDT but was delayed at least an hour an a [...]

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Comment given on Michele Neubert’s blog: Ljubljana – on its way to primetime

June 10th, 2008 · No Comments · Uncategorized

This post is just an extension of the comment I gave on on the blog of Michele Neubert, an NBC news producer who has just completed a visit to Ljubljana, Slovenia on the occasion of George W. Bush’s visit to the EU-US summit. I am also from Ljubljana, but living in Wales, UK at the [...]

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Difficult is really worth doing

June 2nd, 2008 · No Comments · skydiving

Channel 4 has been showing adverts names »Difficult is worth doing« introducing skydivers jumping from an airplane and make formations in freefall and one canopy formation. It columnated on May 29th 2008 when a live TV add was broadcast from the Spanish DZ Lillo at 20:10 local time (CET). After exiting the aircraft 16 jumpers [...]

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