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Habit Fields
I’ve left writing for my English blog for too long. Today I decided to write more regularly. I hope my friends, who know English better than me will help with my grammar and style. Lets start with this simple link: … Continue reading
Adobe and WIRED shows the future of magazines
Impressive video showing one of the possible directions of digital magazines. This is working in a model, not a computer generated shiny concept.
Get a free drawing/caricature from karikaturas.lv
My friend Gatis has started new blog karikaturas.lv where he is expressing his biggest passion – drawing. Recently he started little experiment – he will draw his blog visitors for free. So, the deal is simple. You just need to … Continue reading
Repression of Free Expression in Latvia
The Latvian Security Police have detained a college instructor for two days of questioning and banned him from leaving the country after his release for making comments, published in a newspaper, about the Latvian banking system and currency.
Posted in Latvia
Tagged blogs in Latvia, free speech, Juris Kaža, Latvia, Latvian banking system, Latvian journalists, Latvian Security Police, video
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Sigur Rós – Gobbledigook
Friday’s (August 22) concert at Riga was truly awesome. Sigur Rós gave the audience the best songs from the previous albums, but the most positive feelings overwhelmed me upon the kickoff of Gobbledigook.
about girls in Latvia
Today, while exploring the fun and useful addictomatic.com, I found how easy it can be to find information about various topics. I decided to have a look at Latvia from the side, and entered ‘’Latvia’’ in the search window. It … Continue reading
Posted in Latvia
Tagged addictomatic.com, BMX, girls, Latvia, Maris Strombergs, Olympic gold medal
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added a photo to wikipedia for the first time
I like the music of Travis, but up until now I wasn’t a huge fan, and didn’t know what they look like, so after sorting through the pictures from the Positivus AB event, I went to wikipedia to have a … Continue reading
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Tagged flickr, flickr.com, Francis Healy, Positivus AB, Travis, wikipedia
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Survey: “Latvian journalists are entering the blogosphere”
A month ago, a survey was carried out and information was published on how much the journalists in Latvia read blogs and are affected by them. (7 guru article in Latvian) Main findings: 82% of the surveyed journalists read blogs … Continue reading
Latvians committing fraud or Latvia Post making money on the side?
I wanted to buy some original t-shirts for the summer. Went to threadless.com and picked 4 really cool shirts from their huge selection. The total order amount was 22 LVL (~49$) – a good price, especially considering that the chance … Continue reading
blogs are being read by at least 151 000 inhabitants of Latvia
Research company TNS Latvia has carried out a survey which has shown that a truly impressive number of the inhabitants of Latvia (151 000 or almost 7% of all Latvians) read blogs. There are 952 000 inhabitants of Latvia which have … Continue reading