English is not my native language. I am not a writer. I’m not even a blogger. Though, I speak some English. I’ve traveled to several countries and lots of locations, and I like to take photos. I have a kid. Programming is my profession. My hobbies include intellectual games like chess or go as well as history study and reading, but unfortunately it happens too often that I pick some new hobby once in a while, and that distracts me a lot. I have lived in three cities and two countries which are Russia and Uzbekistan. Probably I can shed some light on several topics which might be of some interest for you. That is the first post in this blog, and I fill it with many “I”s on purpose, it’s intended to be a short introduction of the author of this blog. Let’s get started.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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