Silence after the storm

There has been silence over here for a while. Well, I have been in Estonia/Latvia for most of this time and writing blog entries is not really a priority here. And it is terribly cold. It's kind of weird to be back in January/February weather in Atlanta terms. On the other hand, I would not enjoy sweating in 30 degree humid weather of current Atlanta.

Next week I will start my internship in Hansabank in Tallinn, which means I will stay in Estonia for whole summer and will take my flight back to Atlanta on August 27 (though leaving for Helsinki a day or two later). Hope that de Gaulle airport in Paris will be repared by that time. Strange to think that I was in that collapsed place few weeks before crash.

Speaking of travelling, I had some not so nice experience on my way to Estonia. Namely, for saving few hundred bucks I bought a return ticket Atlanta-Helsinki, planning to take a boat to Tallinn. Check in officials in Atlanta did not buy my plans, saying that because my return date is more than 90 days away, I need to show Finnish visa, residency permit, or ticket from Finland to Estonia. They did not accept that as I am citizen of EU, I can just go into immigration agency of Finland and register myself as resident if I wish. Damn.

My situation was complicated, because my ticket was issued by Air France and their office hours started only 30 minutes before my flight, meaning I was going to miss check in deadline. The Air France employees around were not willing to solve my problem either before office hours (it is so French). So what happened in the end? I got advice to buy a full fare (no restrictions) ticket Helsinki-Tallinn that I would just not use and that I could get fully refunded later. Credit cards are helpful in this situation. I also paid $150 for changing the ticket of the flight that I missed. Can I sue the check-in system company to get this money back? Anyway, luckily Air France had another Atlanta-Paris flight just two hours away, so I did not have to go home and wait a day for next flight. And I was in Tallinn 6 hours later than planned.

'nough of complaining. See many of you during summer.

Sasser

Creator of Sasser virus was found because some acquaintances of the author were tempted by Microsoft's $250,000 award. Actually is is money well spent for Microsoft. Wonder, if this German kid from the village of Waffensen, near Bremen will actually be put in prison for 5 years?

Just related note - please keep your Windows updated and don't believe in those clever guys who tell you to avoid automatic updates because Microsoft is collecting some info of you. I hate, when school servers crash regularly because of somebody with virus conntecting to network. End of educational pitch.

Now you can comment

I added this commenting feature, so y'all are welcome to leave your ideas and greetings to this plog. Awsome feature.

At current moment I found out nice way to enjoy fast wireless network in Tallinn (yes, I am here even after failing to check in to my flight in Atlanta). 10 EEK ($0.8) does it all for 24 hours. Yes, there are free networks around, but this Apollo bookstore is nice and conveniently located.