Stories about Slovenia from June, 2007
Slovenia: Photos of Musician Tadej Kenig
Dancing Photography – Borut Peterlin posts photos of Tadej Kenig, a renowned Slovenian clarinetist, “photographed as a shepherd, in a concert suit playing a clarinet to the sheep.”
Slovenia: More Bike-Lane Parking Pics
An update on the “Self-Absorbed Bike Lane-Parking Morons” Project – at Piran Cafe.
Slovenia: Blog Roundup
This week's Best of the Slobs is up at The Glory of Carniola.
Slovenia: Blogres; Best of the Slobs
The Glory of Carniola shares his impressions of Blogres 2007 conference, and posts another of his Best of the Slobs roundups.
Former Yugoslavia: A Tito Documentary
The Glory of Carniola posts a documentary about Tito (with English subtitles) and reviews the film's main highlights.
Slovenia: Blogres
Blogres, the first official gathering of Slovenia bloggers, will take place Saturday, June 9, in Ljubljana, Michael M of The Glory of Carniola reports. His own presentation will, hopefully, follow this outline: “My first point will be to attack the foreign press like a runaway elephant for its generally sloppy...
Slovenia: “Self-Absorbed Bike Lane-Parking Morons”
Outraged – and inspired – by Ljubljana’s “Self-Absorbed Bike Lane-Parking Morons,” Piran Cafe creates a Flickr group and encourages readers to get involved in some activism: “The idea is a simple one. Snap a pic of the offending self-absorbed bike lane-parking moron(s) with the license plate clearly identifiable –like this...
Slovenia: Idealizing Europe
Marko Bucik describes how Slovenians idealize Western Europe: “Mostly, Europe is used of course as a benchmark and something we have to uphold as saint. Of course, Western Europe to be precise, not to be confused with Romania or similar savage places where corruption reigns…”
Slovenia: A Few Links
The Glory of Carniola posts a new Best of the Slobs roundup of Slovenia-related blogs.