oooh now that all my internets are working again i should mention an exciting development for russian speakers.  an old text i wrote about packing lightmaps into texture sheets has been translated into russian and posted on www.gamedev.ru!  you can check it out at www.gamedev.ru/users/coriolis/articles/Packing_Lightmaps

russian letters are so cool! they've even got a backwards N.  that's perfect.  :)