Thank you, Vadim

December 2 is the last day of Vadim Elistratov’s work as editor-in-chief at TJ. Starting Monday, December 5th, he will be editor-in-chief at DTF - a new media about games and everything connected with them.

Vadim was with us for more than three years. In 2012, he wrote an excellent analytical text about GTA V on his VKontakte page, and he was called to the editorial office much later, in the fall of 2013, when he prepared a high-quality review of the film Gravity . Since then, countless of his reviews have been published, but, by the way, they will not end with his departure to DTF - maybe he will continue to publish the most resonant ones on TJ. If we all really ask.

But not reviews alone. Let's remember Vadim's best texts - and there is a lot to remember.

Never Google this

Almost every network user has at least once encountered a call not to search Google for some seemingly ordinary word and immediately put it into the search, only to later regret their curiosity for a long time.

The most terrible selection in the history of TJ, especially for which we had to “blur” the screenshots and display them by clicking.

https://tjournal.ru/p/never-google-this - 1487136 views

Bypassing blockages for dummies

TJournal tried the most popular means of bypassing blocking and found among them versions “for dummies” - in which everything works right away, without settings.

An eternal helper with every blockage is a list of tools to bypass them.

https://the.tj/p/3537 — 1312874 views

Hackers staged a large-scale leak of intimate photos from stars’ smartphones

Late in the evening of August 31, Moscow time, social networks were blown up by the news about the leak of photos from iCloud of actress Jennifer Lawrence.

The first information about the threat appeared on August 30, but went unnoticed by most media until the publication of the images themselves. Within minutes, it turned out that the hackers had a whole database of erotic photos of celebrities, which quickly began to spread across the network.

The first part of the phenomenon called The Fappening, which debuted on the Russian Internet on TJ.

https://the.tj/p/5624 — 886465 views

Karl: how a popular meme from the TV series “The Walking Dead” reached Russia and went offline

“Karl” received its first real surge in popularity in the country in connection with a scandal in March 2015, when netizens learned that residents of Stavropol on Maslenitsa were fed pancakes from shovels. The corresponding adaptation of the meme has become one of the most popular jokes on the RuNet in recent months.

One of the first detailed articles about memes on TJ, including thanks to which “Karl” became truly popular.

https://the.tj/p/8297 — 541790 views

Double life: how perfect social network profiles drive their owners and their friends crazy

Successful American dermatologist Kiersten Rickenbach Cerveny was found dead in the lobby of a dilapidated apartment building. Her underwear was hidden in her purse, and her death, according to preliminary data, was due to a drug overdose. In addition to the woman’s connection with the HBO producer, the very nature of her death caused a great resonance: for years Rickenbach created on social networks the image of a “blonde excellent student”, far from such dangerous hobbies.

https://the.tj/p/9855 — 506940 views

On Louboutins and *********** [chic] pants: how the “Leningrad” video about women’s lot was filmed

It's nice to work when the customer trusts you. Seryozha almost never comes to filming and very rarely makes changes to our explications and scripts. But during production, rewriting the arrangement of a track five or six times is easy.

There is some strange Russian disease - to come to people with a request to make you a product and, after setting the task, begin to teach them how and what to do, being in a completely different field. The Leningrad group and Sergei Shnurov are an incredible exception.

An exclusive interview published on TJ at the height of the video’s popularity.

https://the.tj/20889 — 496065 views

The photographer tested the neural network search for people on VKontakte on Moscow metro passengers

In the YOUR FACE IS BIG DATA project, I photographed the people sitting in front of me on the subway car, and then searched for them on social networks using publicly available software.

In this way, I learned a lot about a person’s life without making personal contact, and could compare the real image with the online representation.

We supported the photo project that started the viral fame of the FindFace service.

https://the.tj/26065 — 259731 views

Likes for Stepan: netizens supported a schoolboy who was deprived of the attention of his classmates

Hello everyone who is reading this! Thanks for "likes! Today I will continue posting my dinosaurs.

Please do not write obscene words about someone or something. Now I'm leaving for school. When I return I will answer everyone. I didn't have time yesterday.

They brought Stepan to “Evening Urgant”.

https://the.tj/26744 — 158743 views

Live broadcast: Oscar 2016

This year the ceremony turned out to be very lively and cheerful, and its organizers still managed to somewhat soften the loud racist scandal. This, for example, was helped by the successful jokes of host Chris Rock.

There were disappointments that evening (the defeat of Stallone, the victory of Iñárritu and Sam Smith), but on the whole the distribution of awards was quite successful. The most important thing: DiCaprio finally received an award. Although after his calm speech, there is a feeling that we needed it more than he did.

Almost six hours of detailed morning-night broadcast, after which Vadim had to sleep until the evening.

https://the.tj/23892 — 112947 views

Six scientific myths from Interstellar

After the premiere of the film “Interstellar,” which before hitting the big screens was actively promoted for its authentic depiction of various cosmic phenomena, many media outlets published thorough analyzes of what was shown in the film, inviting real scientists as consultants.

TJournal publishes a selection of quotes from astrophysicists and cosmologists about what is shown in the film that is not true, as well as the reaction of director Christopher Nolan himself to such criticism.

The material, including thanks to which an internal meme appeared on TJ about Vadim’s dislike for “Interstellar” and the works of Christopher Nolan.

https://the.tj/p/6437 — 87271 views

Naked-ass philosophers: bloggers collect “deep” thoughts, accompanied by candid Instagram photos

All your thoughts are your material world. Think more globally, because everything you want, everything you come up with, everything you think about will be your life. Think about what could make you happy and be happy!

One of the most viral projects of actor and director Sergei Mezentsev, which became a trend thanks to a successful presentation.

https://the.tj/27730 — 313315 views