Houston Week Four In Houston, and The Woodlands It’s been almost a month of living in hotels and motels, by now I have figured out which ones I like, lets just say the Days Inn Shenandoah is way underrated while
Birmingham Leaving Birmingham Dear Birmingham, I'm sorry! A bit over two years ago I left for your greener pastures on a promise of equity and fortune. Well, "the cake," as gamers say, "was
Music My Top 5 Concert Experiences Building well over 500 music artist websites I have had a chance to see a great share of bands live. More than a hundred shows, some, Buzzfests featuring ten or more acts in
Singapore Orchard Nights - Chapter Four Back on Orchard road and a week into my evenings at the Coffee Beand and Tea Leaf I met an adman from the Netherlands working on a local media campaign. Gentlemanly with a
Singapore Work Life - Chapter Three In early 2015, I spent two weeks training in Singapore. Third installment of my Singapore series, focusing on working in Singapore. It was a nerve-wracking Monday morning. I had not slept much Sunday
Singapore Exploring Orchard Road - Chapter Two In early 2015, I spent two weeks training in Singapore. Exploring Orchard Road. The second part of my Singapore journey. It was the street around the hotel and probably one of the most
Singapore Touching Down - Chapter One In early 2015, I spent two weeks training in Singapore. Below is the beginning of my story in Singapore. We landed about five forty-five a.m. local time. But after the second eleven
Security Instating Compulsory Federal Service It is an odd thing for a naturalized citizen - who has never served in the military service - to advocate but it is crucial to America’s continued success. Let me walk
Music Review: Concrete and Gold - The Foo Fighters I really wanted to like this album but having listened to the whole album now, all I can think of is: What the actual fuck? It is a tirade of depression and desperation
Personal To Houston and Back Last weekend I, my fiance's son (Enrique), and my great friend (Randy), drove down to Houston. Thanks to a bunch of cool and giving people we were able to drop off food at
Personal Post Harvey, Texas Bound I'm back to blogging! Since my last post I have had an eventful summer but I can share all that later. I want to talk about Houston and all the areas devastated by
Music State of a Band Following up on my post from last Sunday, I Love Music. I have been super lucky to digitally see the rise and fall of many bands through the years. While at BubbleUp, I
Music I Love Music I have loved music since moving to America in '93. My parents got me an alarm clock with a sleep timer, and I used it every night to listen to the radio as
Personal Reviving OWASP Alabama My general interest in security started a few years ago at BubbleUp. We had lots of intrusion attempts and it was clear I needed a strong foundation. One beyond the tutorial based knowledge
Technology #securityfirst It seems like almost every day we hear of a new hack of: a government, a bank, a social network, or other business. It makes it too easy for each one of us
Personal My List: Best Business Books Today, my friend, Jason, asked me about my favorite business book I have read. I had to think about it, I have not ready many, 6 to be exact. Each contributed in a
Technology Managing Technical Teams Over the years I have had the opportunity to work with and manage some great technical personnel, from coders to devops engineers. At BubbleUp, we've built a CMS to that runs the sites
Grocery Getting Your Grocery Store Ready for eCommerce While not every grocer is ready to jump head first into the world of eCommerce, you can make sure that when you are ready that the process is a smooth one. There are
Technology A Modern Grocery Store Experience While working on new features for Carted today [and talking to my friend, Dave] I had a chance to think and explore what I thought would be a perfect grocery shopping experience using
Music Review: Metallica - Hardwired A.K.A. Back to the '80s Never has rehashing the same-ole sounded so good! Taking heavy inspiration from Master of Puppets, Metallica executes well on their tried and true metal sound. What it lacks for in originality it makes
Technology Review: My First 24 Hours with Ghost Blogging Platform v0.9.0 Let me start with the conclusion: fast, slick, easy to use, but without built-in commenting. Less than 30 minutes from download to blog. Now back for a little background. I started a blog
Birmingham Back to Birmingham The ten hour drive from Houston can easily turn into twelve or more with anything from an unplanned stop, a traffic hiccup, to full out flooding. It can be a lonely road, too,
Birmingham Welcome to TheCrazyRussian.com Hi there! I decided to build a blog to express and share knowledge and views of technology, music, local, and personal nature. Thanks for visiting! Working on two stories right now. Utilizing the
