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Vlado Vince

blog.vladovince.com

My name is Vlado and I live between Brooklyn, Graz (new!) and Zagreb.

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534 from 12 May 2007 to 30 Aug 2026
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2026 4

  1. The Final Run of the ICN: Goodbye to the Zagreb – Split RegioSwingers
  2. 99 Bottles of Beer: Headless Macintosh Testing
  3. Traveling the Una railroad: thoughts on potential revitalization
  4. Bidding farewell to the Ganz-MÁVAGs

2025 7

  1. Remembering Dejan Ristanović
  2. Traveling across Bosnia and Herzegovina by train, day 3: Sarajevo to Ploče
  3. Traveling across Bosnia and Herzegovina by train, day 2: Maglaj to Sarajevo
  4. Traveling across Bosnia and Herzegovina by train, day 1: Zagreb to Maglaj
  5. Traveling across Bosnia and Herzegovina by train – the background
  6. The history and the future of cross border rail at Dobova station
  7. Trainhopping at Dobova – cross border rail on a 160 year old train line

2024 10

  1. My brand new digitizing workflow using a 25 year old film scanner
  2. Flash modding a third gen iPod in 2024
  3. Personal digital archaeology: recovering this blog 2007 – 2012
  4. Saying goodbye to the SS United States
  5. Taking AppleTalk on the road: a mobile GlobalTalk retrospective
  6. Mitigating the CrowdStrike outage without BitLocker keys + how to get into Windows Recovery mode via SecureBoot toggling
  7. Galaksija and Računari u vašoj kući: 40th Anniversary Celebration
  8. My GlobalTalk Setup: Apple Internet Router configuration
  9. Using TashTalk with Mini vMac to participate in #GlobalTalk from your emulated Mac
  10. I get knocked down, but I get up again: my Sisyphean Macintosh SE/30 struggles

2023 9

  1. There and back again: a Macintosh 512K saga
  2. Yugoslav adventure games
  3. TRS-80 Model I restoration
  4. Sourcing a replacement iPaq 3600-series battery
  5. Designing custom characters for the Galaksija
  6. Yugoslav IEVT TY key switches – SMK style switches in disguise
  7. Making a Galaksija computer FAQ
  8. Macintosh in Yugoslavia – a belated #MARCHintosh2022 retrospective
  9. Reliving my past and de-bricking a Compaq iPaq 3650 in 2023

2022 4

  1. Orao WiFi/RS232 and Orao Terminal emulator
  2. Ode to Twitter
  3. Remembering my grandfather for 100 days
  4. Revolution During Disintegration: Lessons from a Short History of Yugoslav Computing (HOPE 2022)

2021 4

  1. Remembering Josip Gobac, my grandfather
  2. Building a Galaksija, Part III: Audio cassettes, magazine listings and radio waves
  3. Unlocking an SPA-2102 ATA in 2021
  4. Biking in Brooklyn on November 6th 2020

2020 12

  1. Building a Galaksija, Part II: The Origin Story
  2. Building a Galaksija, Part I: The Tech
  3. Encountering WD SMR mess in real life with TrueNAS/FreeNAS
  4. Exploring old computer tech from Yugoslavia
  5. How I traveled internationally during the pandemic and ended up making a COVID testing website
  6. Beepy Model M speaker mod
  7. (Failed) attempt at remotely re-gaining LDAP admin access to a Macbook in 2020
  8. Restoring a 1993 IBM Model M keyboard
  9. Repairing a 2006 black Macbook during quarantine in NYC
  10. Biking in NYC, May 2020
  11. Biking for MS in Croatia: 130km from Zagreb to Sisak
  12. Polar Bear Plunge 2020 at Coney Island

2019 4

  1. NYC DOT Church Avenue Transit & Traffic Improvements presentation
  2. Under Manhattan Bridge, May 2019
  3. Taking a break at 10th Ave, New York, May 2019
  4. Second Avenue protected bike lane, New York. May 2019

2018 2

  1. Coney Island Mermaid Parade, June 2018
  2. Sunset Park, Brooklyn, October 2017

2017 20

  1. Southern Vermont, taken from Amtrak’s Vermonter train in October 2017
  2. Near Hartford, VT. October 2017
  3. Gowanus canal, Brooklyn, October 2017
  4. Brooklyn, September 2017
  5. Baltimore, MD, September 2017
  6. Zagreb, Croatia, August 2017
  7. Risnjak National Park, Croatia, August 2017
  8. Kupa river spring, Risnjak National Park, Croatia, August 2017
  9. New York Penn Station, July 2017
  10. Atlantic/Nostrand, Brooklyn, July 2017
  11. Midtown Manhattan, June 2017
  12. South Slope, Brooklyn, June 2017
  13. Tax March NYC, April 15th.
  14. Midtown skyline, April 2017
  15. Rally and vigil for Timothy Caughman, Union Square, Manhattan, March 2017
  16. We Will End the Refugee & Muslim Ban March & Rally at Battery Park, January 2017
  17. Second Avenue Subway, Manhattan, January 2017
  18. Jamaica Bay, December 2016
  19. The 1 train, the Bronx, September 2016
  20. Park Maksimir, Zagreb, December 2016

2016 33

  1. Zagreb, December 2016
  2. Gundulićeva street, Zagreb, December 2016
  3. Rockaway Inlet, Brooklyn, December 2016
  4. Bay Ridge Promenade, Brooklyn, November 2016
  5. Marine Park, Brooklyn, November 2016
  6. Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn, November 2016
  7. BMT Brighton Line, November 2016
  8. Gowanus Canal, Brooklyn, October 2016
  9. Coney Island, September 2016
  10. Verrazano Bridge, Brooklyn, April 2016
  11. Zagreb Glavni kolodvor, July 2016
  12. Deák Ferenc tér Metro station, Budapest, July 2016
  13. Milano, Italy, July 2016
  14. Downtown Manhattan, May 2016
  15. Coney Island, June 2016
  16. Brooklyn, June 2016
  17. Lady Bird Lake under I-35 Bridge, Austin, TX, May 2016
  18. Federal Plaza, Manhattan, May 2016
  19. Bryant Park, May 2016
  20. Coney Island, February 2016
  21. Coney Island Rapid Transit Car Overhaul Shop, Brooklyn, May 2016
  22. Flatbush, Brooklyn, May 2016
  23. West Side Line tracks, Manhattan, May 2016
  24. George Washington Bridge, Manhattan, May 2016
  25. Verrazano Bridge, Brooklyn. April 2016.
  26. Downtown Manhattan, taken from the Wonder Wheel at Coney Island. March 2016.
  27. Washington Cemetery, Brooklyn. Ferbruary 2016.
  28. Park Slope, Brooklyn. Ferbruary 2016.
  29. Coney Island, November 2015.
  30. Edinburgh, September 2015.
  31. 2nd Avenue Station, Manhattan. January 2016.
  32. Prospect Park, Brooklyn, January 2016
  33. Texas Capitol Building, Austin, TX. December 2015.

2015 20

  1. East Side, Manhattan. November 2015.
  2. Coney Island, Brooklyn. November 2015.
  3. Brighton Beach, Brooklyn. November 2015.
  4. Rovinj, Croatia. 2015
  5. Hacklebarney State Park, NJ. 2015
  6. Inverness, Scotland. 2015
  7. Scaniport, Higlands. Near Loch Ness. 2015
  8. Corona Yard, Queens. 2015
  9. Monument to the Revolution of the people of Moslavina
  10. Pula, Croatia. 2015
  11. Oslo. 2015
  12. New River Trail, Virginia. 2015
  13. Fort Tilden, NY. 2015
  14. Bay Ridge Branch, Brooklyn. 2015
  15. Central Park. 2015
  16. Greenpoint, Brooklyn. 2015
  17. Newton Creek, Brooklyn. 2015
  18. Washington Square Park, New York. 2015
  19. Brighton Beach, Brooklyn. 2015
  20. Brooklyn Bridge Park, 2015

2014 15

  1. East River, 2014
  2. Hudson River, 2014
  3. Fourth of July Parade, Montclair, NJ. 2014
  4. Hackensack River with Pulaski Skyway and Kearny Power Plant in the background, NJ. 2014
  5. Execution Rocks Light, Long Island Sound, NY. 2014
  6. Route 66, TX. 2014
  7. Cloudy General Store. Open sometimes. Cloudy, OK. 2014
  8. Williamsburg, 2014
  9. Portland, OR. 2014
  10. Budapest, 2014
  11. Broadway/Sixth ave, New York. 2014
  12. East River, 2014
  13. Zagreb, 2014
  14. Lower East Side, Manhattan. 2014
  15. Zagreb, 2014

2013 33

  1. Mazatlán, Mexico. 2013
  2. Chicago, 2013
  3. neka glupa koza
  4. Vera
  5. Dobrinj, 2013
  6. Amsterdam, 2013
  7. Uvala voz, Krk, Croatia. 2013
  8. Catalina, 2013
  9. Sarajevo, 2013
  10. Visoko, BiH. 2013
  11. Zagreb, 2007
  12. Zavrtnica, Croatia. 2013
  13. Middle of nowhere, TX. 2013
  14. Austin, TX. 2013
  15. Kanader, Canadair. 2012
  16. Zagreb, 2013
  17. Portland, OR. 2013
  18. Zagreb. 2013
  19. Ljeto, ne spominji. 2009.
  20. Pietro, 2013
  21. Drugi kut, Beograd, 2013
  22. Beograd. 2009
  23. Tillamook Bay, Oregon. 2011
  24. Sarajevo, kristalna sećanja. 2011
  25. Vancouver, BC. 2012
  26. Slavonija/Vojvodina? Srbija/Hrvatska/Jugoslavija? 2013
  27. Zrinjevac, Zagreb. 2013
  28. Maksimir, Zagreb. 2013
  29. Maksimir, Zagreb. 2013
  30. Rome? 2009
  31. Adam, Oregon Coast. 2012
  32. Revolution /Šta je ostalo. 2011
  33. Killing Moon/Mesec žut. 2012.

2012 50

  1. Zach , Skewed Concoctions . Portland, Oregon. 2012
  2. Oregon coast. 2012
  3. Sestrica Vela (Big Sister Island), Croatia. 2012.
  4. Oregon Route 35. 2012
  5. Eastmoreland. Portland, Oregon. 2012
  6. I-84. Portland, Oregon. 2012
  7. ferry. Cres, Croatia. 2012
  8. Brodovi, 2007
  9. Wooden Skyscraper, Zagreb, Croatia. 2012
  10. Portland, Oregon. 2012
  11. Rome. 2009
  12. Zagreb, Croatia. 2007
  13. Seattle. 2011
  14. Reed College, Portland, Oregon. 2011
  15. Zagreb, Croatia. 2012
  16. Eviction of Occupy Portland, Nov 13 2011
  17. Brussels. 2007
  18. Somewhere. At some point.
  19. Istra, Croatia. 2008
  20. Savudrija, Croatia. 2008
  21. Kornati, Croatia. 2012
  22. Kornati, Croatia. 2012
  23. Helsinki. 2008
  24. Portland, Oregon. 2012
  25. My grandfather
  26. Island of Pag, shot from National Park Northern Velebit, Croatia. 2012
  27. Mt. Hood, Oregon. 2012
  28. Jason
  29. Dolac Market, Zagreb, Croatia. 2008
  30. Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb. 2011
  31. oregon coast
  32. Three Sisters, Oregon. 2011
  33. Seattle. 2011
  34. München. 2007
  35. Madrid. 2011
  36. Columbia River Gorge, WA/OR. 2011
  37. National park Kornati, Croatia. 2008
  38. Zagreb, Croatia. 2008
  39. Zagreb, Croatia. 2008
  40. Bruxelles. 2007
  41. Zagreb, Croatia. 2008
  42. Athens. 2009
  43. Madrid. 2011
  44. Vancouver, BC. 2010
  45. Mostar, BiH. 2011
  46. San Francisco. 2011
  47. Portland, Oregon. 2012
  48. Portland, Oregon. 2012
  49. Zagreb, Croatia. 2007
  50. Occupy Portland, Nov 2011

2011 15

  1. Occupy
  2. occupy dogland
  3. 99 2
  4. occupation
  5. occupy portland
  6. end war
  7. american dream
  8. hombres de negocios
  9. fantom i ja prijatelja dva
  10. zbregov
  11. kaj cu ja studirati?
  12. Vera 2
  13. adam car
  14. Sljeme
  15. broadway

2010 6

  1. evo nina je na moru
  2. <3 indonezija
  3. Nina
  4. dublin portret
  5. dublin ulica
  6. akt 1

2009 29

  1. Pietro
  2. ljetni kolaž
  3. lomo fisheye kolaž
  4. Kolaz
  5. PlanB 21
  6. rushour
  7. Pantheon
  8. Deda 2
  9. oblačna vježba 1
  10. upozorenje
  11. autoportret
  12. simplicity
  13. Malo netipično za mene…
  14. Fraktali
  15. 43. zagrebački salon
  16. Dođite na Photoshock 4!
  17. Tamna zahodska komora
  18. Bg
  19. Malo muzike
  20. Belgrade snapshot
  21. Streams of Whiskey
  22. PlanB 17
  23. Kafa i cigarete
  24. Licht und Blindheit
  25. Prezentiramo.. Bezimeni Western!
  26. artistička radna organizacija je otvorena!
  27. foggy notion
  28. Le jour de l’an sans arrière-plan
  29. atmosphere

2008 91

  1. Fully exposed
  2. Što ne valja s austrijskim parlamentom?
  3. ST!llness
  4. Divine intervention
  5. Darkroom
  6. Marš solidarnosti
  7. Zašto volim modernu televiziju
  8. OT: zalazak
  9. F11 na televiziji
  10. Carnage
  11. Otvorili smo izložbu!
  12. Gledajte otvorenje Izlozbe F11 live!
  13. Jadran na Savi
  14. Savski ribič
  15. F11 – Izložba foto blogera
  16. Basket
  17. Gradele
  18. Room service
  19. mjesec za kraj mjeseca
  20. Action shot
  21. naviganje
  22. Noćno naviganje
  23. Tišnjanska vrata
  24. Bliss alternative vol. 2
  25. Okupirani mol
  26. Osorski zalazak
  27. land down under
  28. Moj dragi prijatelj Pietro
  29. Hedonist
  30. Art critic
  31. Druga godišnjica
  32. Vatromet na Bundeku
  33. Koje je slađe?
  34. Bliss Alternative
  35. Web
  36. Segrt
  37. mejs u KSET-u
  38. Free fallin’
  39. mali šoping
  40. 3 mm
  41. I come in peace
  42. Bliss
  43. Helsinki ukratko…
  44. Late night exposure
  45. Bicikli i gradovi
  46. Kraj jednog razdoblja
  47. Helsinki u par slika
  48. Novo putovanje – Helsinki
  49. Observers
  50. Hotel Yesil Ev
  51. Mr. Sleek
  52. foto video: Istanbul
  53. Vratiće se rode
  54. Istanbul – ljudi
  55. Turist
  56. Istanbul – Bazaar
  57. Youtube Turkey ban
  58. Kunsthaus Graz – malo drugačiji pogled
  59. Snow Queen Trhophy – foto video
  60. Maniac
  61. upgrade je lansiran!
  62. Lunatic
  63. snjezna kraljica sve u svemu
  64. silueta
  65. and now something completely different
  66. jos malo snijega
  67. Slalom
  68. Jansrud Kjetil
  69. faca s placa
  70. vera i nusa
  71. inflacija?
  72. pionirke
  73. iskusnjara
  74. pravi klaun
  75. gerijatrija
  76. studentica
  77. i staro i mlado
  78. Babac
  79. prosvjed
  80. twist & shout
  81. sunday paper
  82. kad sunce opet zadje
  83. Styler
  84. ma idi u pm!
  85. landscape
  86. on the road snow again
  87. grafički mačak
  88. panniraj me ne bas tako njezno
  89. retrospektiva
  90. bio tulum..
  91. 2k8

2007 166

  1. call me
  2. walk of life III
  3. zimske radosti
  4. Sretan Božić ;)
  5. panniraj me nježno
  6. the pivo
  7. vlatkica u poznim godinama
  8. Linije 2
  9. k’o borat
  10. romulansko pivo
  11. kako bolje provesti blagdane ako ne bez fotića!
  12. s8er boyz
  13. nigdje nikog
  14. step up II
  15. osnazen konjanik
  16. fotoblogeri na okupu
  17. foto video: Belgija
  18. walk of life II
  19. metalac
  20. 91 71
  21. Cibona – Le Mans (91-71)
  22. Sut
  23. Idila
  24. Deda
  25. ti odlučuješ! (tko će ih voziti)
  26. Amerika i engleska bit ce zemlje proleterske
  27. fotkom na fotku
  28. Barba 2
  29. Poslic
  30. Mudrac
  31. θρησκεία
  32. dirao sam iphone!
  33. ljubljana je bulana
  34. alles gut
  35. hdr jesenska vježba
  36. dijete u vremenu
  37. Zima
  38. jesen stize dunjo moja
  39. mini_mania
  40. the sunny side of street
  41. zračne barikade
  42. down in the tubestation at midnight
  43. Bruges
  44. Antwerp
  45. galija u magli
  46. I d
  47. brussels, #2
  48. ~ borg kjub
  49. pittsburgh!?
  50. brussels, the capital of europe, #1
  51. početak jednog lijepog putovanja
  52. r’n’r zvijezda3
  53. r’n’r zvijezda2
  54. odoh na sjever
  55. svemir.org
  56. crveni div
  57. stigli rezultati fotomaratona
  58. r’n’r zvijezda
  59. Zahod
  60. pare za kestenje
  61. to je tako normalno
  62. da, sir!
  63. step up
  64. Daddy
  65. pcvc u Evropi
  66. ovak’ si ja vidim pipse
  67. preljev
  68. romantika
  69. žestina
  70. Gotika
  71. pozdrav iz splita
  72. umjesto konja, dama!
  73. Svjetski kup u preponskom jahanju
  74. Mara
  75. barba šofer
  76. sumračno veče u sumnjivom kvartu
  77. bratska ljubav
  78. briljantni dječaci..
  79. lovac u mutnom
  80. Cinema
  81. predah [fotomaraton]
  82. Linije
  83. moj dragi prijatelj pelikan
  84. leaving on a.. plane
  85. fotomaraton – dan poslije
  86. imam frenda, on je duh [fotomaraton]
  87. zaboravljen
  88. highway blues
  89. Fotomaraton
  90. zubic vremena
  91. zlatica dva
  92. korporativni obraz
  93. big brother je poceo
  94. Nogalo
  95. ona ima diona + karticu
  96. Nautes
  97. on hvata zjake
  98. Banda Bassotti – Asi es mi vida [2003]
  99. Moj dragi prijatelj Igor
  100. Roza
  101. Baka
  102. a fine addition to my (photo) collection
  103. Cucak 2
  104. BlogDay
  105. a hard rain’s a gonna fall
  106. Lampe
  107. in mjuzik²
  108. sva sreca
  109. crnopac
  110. Rupa
  111. Barba
  112. peroni i cmakanje
  113. * bonaca
  114. Vatra
  115. the mediterranean as it once was
  116. mejs iz bek
  117. Upamtite!
  118. zvončić
  119. prikovan uz zemlju
  120. Arcade
  121. van iz ovog grada
  122. presvlačenje
  123. mali update +
  124. event horizon
  125. konoplje
  126. majmunarenje
  127. good night sunshine…
  128. good mornin’ sunshine
  129. tata-sin
  130. Sljaka
  131. jurassic park
  132. zelembač
  133. ledena krema
  134. svijeća
  135. kamenovi
  136. Visece
  137. Klinac
  138. alternativno, eh?
  139. Pu444
  140. Arena
  141. Recpo
  142. dvije ljepotice
  143. Vrela
  144. sklisko
  145. 136 2
  146. Mozaik
  147. konzultanti
  148. 2095 2
  149. zabranjeno
  150. Kotac
  151. Zice
  152. Citac
  153. La Boqueria
  154. sunčana strana ulice
  155. razglednica
  156. Kruksy
  157. mejs.org
  158. ljubav na pijesku
  159. Geometrija II
  160. Cuvar
  161. Čekaonica
  162. moderna umjetnost
  163. teta i fico
  164. a la sopranos
  165. Geometrija
  166. muzika za van – misho.blog.hr