We (my wife and myself) are now proud members of the North Albert Field Archers club and the 3D Archery Association of Australia. Starting regular practice with my (ultra) traditional Grózer Nomad G 5 – Old Hungarian bow…

A significant problem of the dominant web search model is the lack of a realistic way to acquire user search context. Search engines use implicit feedback, which is extremely sparse and does not allow users to properly define what they… Read all

The Federal Government has announced it will withdraw tax benefits from families whose children are not immunised (news: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-11-25/immunise-or-lose-benefits-parents-told/3694236).

Immunisation is a (very invasive) medical procedure and as such requires informed consent by the patient. My son being less than… Read all

Starting to get pissed off with how everyone just assumes it’s entirely OK to follow me around the web to see what I’m doing, what I’m searching for, who I talk to etc.

Last year my university email account was… Read all

I recently sent a letter to Medicare Australia asking a simple question about the effectiveness of child immunisation, which I assumed would get an informative answer thanks to the Freedom of Information Act. However, I got a formal reply which… Read all

A significant problem of the dominant web search model is the lack of a realistic way to acquire user search context. Search engines use implicit feedback, which is extremely sparse and does not allow users to properly define what they… Read all

The current search engine model considers users not trustworthy, so no tools are provided to let them specify what they are looking for or in what context, which severely limits what they are able to achieve. Instead, search engines try… Read all

Due to the lack of in-built tools to navigate the web, people have to use external solutions to find information. The most popular of these are search engines and web directories. Search engines allow users to locate specific information about… Read all

Welcome to pavka.com.au!

This is both the personal site of Pavel Kalinov, and the company site for his web development company pavka, registered in Australia.

You will find personal information here, as well as some info on projects of the… Read all