It is a bright and merry holiday in the Orthodox world today – Christmas is being celebrated. My sincere greetings go out to all of you and if you’re into Russian or Latvian, please take your time and watch, or read on, the Christmas Message of Metropolitan of Riga and all Latvia Alexander. Merry Christmas! [...]

Last week, I found a free newspaper called “New Riga” in my mailbox. The piece of paper turned out to be a political advertisement, a campaign of LPP/LC party. Run, of course, by Ainars “Who Else Could It Be” Shlesers. The man is eying a chair of Riga Mayor, which prolly is a good thing. [...]

This BarCamp week-end has been much more spiritual for me than in some other way technical, geeky or otherwise. Some of y’all know from my tweets that I was about to become a Godparent on Saturday. Christened a new born baby boy by the beautiful Russian name of Gleb – a second son of a [...]

It’s known around that Spring is the usual time to start off romantic relationships and ish like that. Kind of, plant the seed, see how it grows over the Summer. But the thing is though, what you plant in Spring, is gonna be dead by Fall. You can then dry it and save it for [...]

Over the last few months I’ve been implementing the Getting Things Done system in my life. I’ve read the book by David Allen and all, tryna see where it takes me. A couple words about it though – that’s a personal and business productivity management tool, sorta what I used to call time management. Only [...]

Today, while shopping at SKY, I thought that I’m not gonna take those plastic bags. Don’t know, how did I come up with the idea, looks like it just becomes stylish. It all began way before the sunset, when I decided to take a walk around Mezhciems and breathe some fresh air. The weather was [...]

It’s known around that NO alcoholic beverages of any kind can be purchased in Latvia after 10 PM. Yeah, so what. If you plan a house party or any kind of event that needs some alcohol shopping, you’ll be at the liquor store way before the party’s about to start. Let me guess usually it’s [...]

To all Orthodox Christians, Merry Christmas, have a bright holiday and enjoy this day! Smile, understand and love each other, always! I am touched by the speech of Alexy II, which I watched yesterday on 1st Baltic. Patriarch especially emphasized the importance of relationships and love in the modern society. It’s just as timely for [...]

Я вернулся с моим первым постом на русском. Привет, мир! Как достойный моряк, хоть и привязан к стенке мой галеон вот уж несколько лет, не могу быть не обеспокоен происходящими в последнее время авариями на море. Керченский пролив – халатность капитанов в штормовых условиях и критических обстоятельствах. Неопытность? Нарушения при оценке технического состояния судов судовладельцами [...]

Pēdējā laikā saasinājies šis jautājums, šķiet, lielākai sabiedrības daļai.. Un tieši tai, kas ir jauna, aktīva, hm.. maksātspējīga – vārdu sakot, progresīvākai un perspektīvākai mūsu mazās valstiņas daļai. Palikt vai nepalikt? Latvija vai Īrija? Lielbritānija? Var būt Spānija? Tur vismaz siltāk.. Šādas domas rodas nepārprotami, apdomājot gan politisko krīzi, jezgu valdībā, inflāciju, gan arī pēdējās [...]