Best of the Slobs Archives

—> How to make a good, happy pizza
And here’s how to make a truly American pizza.

—> I’ve built a simple page for checking weather in Slovenia.
As cool as the weather is these days.

—> Radovljica of old
Great pictures of the old town in Upper Carniola.

—> Slovenian streets at night.
Just three pictures, but great ones.

—> Slovenes are very trusting to have glass/wood doors.
Writes a Spanish immigrant, who likes this most about Slovenia

—> Dr. Fil settles the Lipizzaner origin question
At length and in glorious detail.

—> STOP SENDING THE GATES E-MAIL AROUND!
It’s a hoax; an old, stupid hoax, dammit.

Have a great weekend! And I’m serious about that AOL/Gates e-mail. Please don’t send it to me anymore.

—> Slovenia is the 15th Greenest Place to Live
Finland is first; Ethiopia is last

—> Slovenian beauties visit sick children.
This photo is simply and awfully overwhelming.

—> English author reports on the Golden Drum ad festival.
“It’s a much smaller, more familial affair.”

—> Peng picks apart Slovenia’s new(?) political party.
And does it with style… A legendary post.

—> Bojana is back!
Let’s hope it’s not one of those, ahem, fake comebacks that are just a big tease.

Have a great weekend!

—> Bumping in the dark.
Every dwelling needs a sign like this.

—> Videos from the recent Siddharta marathon concert.
A round-up of posts about the concert is here.

—> Beautiful videocard from Ljubljana Castle.
Bonus points to anyone who spots the Carniolan eagle.

—> Eating Slovenian Dormice.
Apparently they taste a bit like iguana.

—> Is it possible to be good friends with an American?
Interesting post from an uncharacteristically down Slonček.

—> Great new blog by an American journalist in Ljubljana.
Do not ask what is it, let us go and make our visit!

—> Michael Palin’s ‘New Europe’ (feat. Slovenia) was crap.
Much, much more here.

—> Free Aguilera perfume in the U.K., Germany or Slovenia(!?)
No, seriously. What an odd combination.

—> Some nice traditional Slovenian dancing videos.
Two videos are at the bottom of the post.

—> What to put on your Slovenian license plate?
Whatever!

—> Beloved blogger Dr. Onyx has left the building.
The doctor will be missed. [Slovene only, but it’s a helluva story]

Have a nice weekend!

UPDATE: Dr. Onyx is back.

Slovenia was seriously flooded last week. Here are some of the haunting pictures that bloggers posted of the unfolding disaster:

—> Železniki took the brunt of the storm.
Pictures of the town two days after the flood.

—> Scenes of chaos and repair.
I find the last photo in the series particularly heartbreaking.

—> The tops of car roofs are barely visible.
Roughly 150 cars were swept away in Železniki alone.

—> The Franja Partisan Hospital is gone. It is no more.
An Italian blogger beautifully laments its loss here.

—> Two videos of the torrential flooding in action.
And also some information on donating.

Have a safe weekend!

—> Maribor graffiti just plain sucks.
Well, it certainly doesn’t beat any of these.

—> Prime Minister Janša has trouble saying the word “nuclear.”
Not unlike other world leaders you may know.

—> A naked blonde in front of Ljubljana University. (nsfw)
Enroll today… and get your learn on!

—> Camille has made the jump from New York to Radovljica.
What a crazy idea… Welcome to the chicken, Camille!

—> The Strojan Roma Family is now in its 11th Month of Exile
With many beautiful photos and an audio statement by Elka.

—> Leaving Drama behind.
A very symbolic picture.

Have a pleasant weekend!

—> Slo-American girl uses my guide for blueberry schnapps.
And whips up some koroška šarkel to boot. Awesomeness!

—> Tanja Stumberger speaks about socialism in U.S. Congress.
I get the feeling that Milka chocolate was big in Yugoslavia.

—> Malignant Slovenia Seeks Serbia’s Dismemberment!
I love the depiction of Slovenia as some kind of Wormtongue-looking dude. An instant classic.

—> VIDEO: Welcome to Džouzef Sputnik airport.
Ljubljana’s new airport can be a confusing mouthful for foreigners. [via alcessa]

—> Yet another “art attack” on Ljubljana.
Note that there’s some embedded music on the page.

Have a wonderful weekend!

—> What you don’t want to see when you open your online bank.
Not as bad as it looks, though, if you read the comments.

—> Somewhere in Greece, they got all the languages right.
Except “Slovene,” of course. [via Loxias]

—> A big-ass photo of Bled made of 26 photos stitched together.
Incredibly nice, mega-sized goodness here.

—> Slovenia beach.
I love Slovenia’s beautiful sandy white beaches and… wait.. what?

—> Portrait of Miss Slovenia 2004, Živa Vadnov.
And here’s the photographer’s album of Slovenian models on Flickr.

—> Mouth-watering pictures of homemade marmalade.
I think I find these pictures more fun to look at than the Slovenian models…

Have a great weekend!

—> “I would suggest declaring World Slovenia Day”
…because this may be the first country where Firefox usage > 50%.

—> Jernej’s puppies are ready for owners
So tempting. So very tempting.

—> R A I N B O W S !
It’s been a great summer for them.

—> Pengovsky’s guide to the horrors of Slovinglish.
When I came, “full cool” caused me a lot of confusion.

—> Tomaž posts a whole lot of Louis Theroux documentaries.
This is great, great stuff. Louis is a God.

Have a great weekend!

—> I had to go away to Slovenia for five years and study the language so that I could come back and understand the lyrics to the chorus of Refrigerator Door. And tell the world about it.
An amazing post by Wes about uncovering a secret message on an old American LP.

—> Branding Violations
I ♥ “Crusti Croc chips.” And “Choc me.”

—> Behold this wordpress plugin for Blogorola
Courtesy of ma.tija. It’s even official now.

—> Elvis sighting in Ljubljana’s National Gallery!
Elvis lives!

—> Pictures from the set of Prince Caspian in Bovec, Slovenia
Mostly of the bridge they’re working on.

—> Slovenian bloggers can see Transformers for free (Slovene)
But does anyone want to?

Have a wonderful weekend, with or without any rock ‘em sock ‘em robots!