http://www.anatolyivanov.com/prose/en ANATOLY IVANOV / PROSE / EN Mon, 15 Feb 2010 08:35:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I use a bogus birth date on web social apps. Facebook, MySpace, Plaxo and others show February 15, 1980. A nice, round figure. But it’s only part bogus. The year is correct. The month is the right one. The day ... http://www.anatolyivanov.com/prose/en/AI.7.00103/ One of my recent photography projects: the portraits of DJ Andrey PUSHKARËV. A mix of night and day shots. Andrey is one of the main artists behind the excellent DeepMix.eu web radio. He prefers to play deep and minimal techno DJ sets, mostly ... http://www.anatolyivanov.com/prose/en/AI.7.00158/ Cascade Designs have improved the entire MSR cookware range for 2009. Lots of great stuff, from minimal titanium cups for 1 to maximal non-stick hard-anodized aluminum buckets for 4. 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