Top 20 Best Touch Screen Laptops

3 March, 2017 | Laptop Reviews | 21 seen

Are you researching your options for a brand new touchscreen laptop? Look no more, in this article I've listed top 20 best-selling touch screen laptop models on Amazon.

Touch screen devices seem have just started to take a throttle, though I remember I had a chance to see first touch screen laptop in action already back in 2012. A brand new or certified refurbished, in 2019 a touch screen laptop can be acquired for as little as under $100 (Galileo Pro 2-in-1 tablet with detachable keyboard). If you prefer some more known brand names, you will find HP, ASUS, DELL and LENOVO among popular touch screen devices in 2019.

A quick note: This article contains affiliate links to Amazon.com, by clicking on links on this page and by making a purchase on Amazon site, I might earn an affiliate income from that. Prices for laptops listed on this page are retrieved using Amazon Product Advertising API and is updated daily. For actual prices please refer on the product page on Amazon.

Rock Garden Extended

3 March, 2017 | Home Remodeling | 9 seen

It was at the start of the September (2016) - we were finishing wall replacement works and already had installed first bearing beams, there were still some things left on home remodeling works, but all the major tasks were done, and everything was done to preserve house for the winter (as we will be absent)

It was good day to spend some hours in garden and continue shaping our rock garden, please see:

Shaping trail in the rock garden

Gravel and soil from pond is used to form trail and on the sidewals soil for the plants.

Would you believe, if I told you, there was actually a dump bellow the rock garden just a few months earlier? See: The Big Spring Territory Cleanup

Second strawberry harvest at the start of September 2016

We lost out harvest in June to the corvine's, while we were on the trip around Spain, see: 7 days in Spain (Region of Andalusia)

Also see how we built a veggie garden in the boxes: Our First Veggie Garden: Planting Plants in Boxes

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5 reasons why Batumi is better than Moscow (or other big city)

2 March, 2017 | Living in Georgia | 64 seen

This article was originally written as a guest post by Ms. Irina Nikolaeva (written back in 2017)

Last 10 years I was living in big cities.

At that time I moved from a small town in Belarus thinking that I need to live in a city with more people and more opportunities.

I started from St. Petersburg. After 5 years in the cultural capital of Russia, I decided that 5 million people is not enough for me and moved to Moscow. But last year everything changed.

I came to Batumi for the holidays, without a back ticket, thinking that it would be only for 2 weeks or 1-month maximum, but I couldn’t leave this place. There are some reasons why.

Batumi Real Estate Crypto Investment

The cost of life. I’m a freelancer. Last year I was working remotely from Moscow. In a month I earn about 1000$. My rented room costed 350$ per month (and it was a cheap price for Moscow), the rest of money I spent on food, transport, health and beauty stuff etc. So in the end of the month I always had only 10$ to buy something to eat. That was really nervous to count each coin choosing what I can buy for food.

Life in…

Outer Walls from AAC Blocks + Installing Bearing Beams

1 March, 2017 | Home Remodeling | 6 seen

As Summer of 2017 is approaching really fast, and I still have so many not post processed images from home remodeling works performed during Summer 206 in Adobe Lightroom library, I decide to extend articles and feature more info in fewer articles.

In today's article I'm sharing a two day construction works performed at the start of September 2016. In day one I continued to construct walls from aerated concrete blocks, and in fact continued to install new rows in the day two + we finally installed two bearing beams, and it's just a matter of time and glue hardening to finish construction works for the so called "pump room" and start thinking of  how to get water supply inside the house from the bore hole we made at the start of Summer (June 2016). 

As Summer is approaching to the end, we have already bought our return tickets back to the Tbilisi - we should keep moving really fast. Unfortunately for the most of the leftover works I was left completely alone. It was stressful, but it was worth of it.

Installing aac blocks

It took me about two weeks to prepare this part of the…

Philadelphia Greyhound Terminal

28 February, 2017 | Railway / Bus / Ferry | 15 seen

There is a super cheap way to travel across the United States using intercity buses. Back in the Summer 2013 I made a long journey from New York to Houston, Texas for about USD 200 per 2 persons using MegaBus. 

Last time I was in the US, we decided to go to Philadelphia from NYC using Greyhound, the ticket price was very cheap some 24 USD, again for two persons. When we traveled back to NYC, we bought even cheaper - USD 10 tickets for return way. 

Either you are on the budget or you just love to travel by buses, greyhound and megabus are great choice. 

The Philadelphia Greyhound Terminal is the primary intercity bus station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is located at 1001 Filbert Street in Center City Philadelphia, immediately north of The Gallery at Market East shopping mall and the SEPTA Jefferson Station, a few hundred feet east of the Pennsylvania Convention Center and Reading Terminal Market, a few hundred feet south of the Trocadero Theatre and the south edge of Philadelphia's Chinatown district, and within 1/2 mile of …

Night Office 2016

27 February, 2017 | Home Remodeling | 4 seen

It's in the far future I will build a fancy working space in our rural country house, for now we are still busy of replacing log walls with aerated concrete blocks.

For now to perform digital nomad activities I'm left with what I have a laptop and high speed internet - and I cannot complain.

See: My Outdoor Working Place During Last Summer (2015)  and My Summer Office 2016

It was on the cold September night, I had to finish some works online, and I opted to enjoy one of the last Summer evenings outside.

It was planed to build a nice outdoor summer terrace for evenings like this, but we didn't managed this year, though it's among top priorities for next home remodeling year.

Night Office 2016

For getting warm I made a small fireplace inside grill. For making long exposure night photography had to use a tripod and really enjoyed light coming out from headlight.

Working scene 2016

Isn't just lovely?

Blog Income: 63% YoY Increase in Google AdSense Revenue

26 February, 2017 | Blogging | 10 seen

Learn how I increased revenue from Google AdSense by 63% Year over Year and how you could too. 

For a prelude: I have been using Google AdSense for already seven and a half years by now, from whom first four and a half years have generated a really modest sum of EUR 100 from many low traffic and let's be totally honest - thin content websites (I had installed AdSense ad units on dozens of sites).

Earnings from Google AdSense 2009-2016

By accessing my Google AdSense reports today (02/26/2017) I noticed that my lifetime revenue from this channel has reached EUR 1305.68 for a time period Sep 4, 2009 - Feb 26, 2017. It is for a seven and a half years. Nothing much, right?  About EUR 174 per year, on the other hand the real increase have started from 2014.

How I Made $1,000 with Google AdSense in 7 years

If compared year over year, during the past year, it has been a whooping 63% increase. 

There was a time when I took a pause from any attempts to build new or maintain existing low value websites for about two years, as they…

Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Secaucus, NJ

26 February, 2017 | Restaurant reviews | 11 seen

Once in the Burger bar - order burgers. That's how in short I could describe my experience at Red Robin Gourmet Burger in Secaucus, NJ.

Located in the some building were La Quinta Inn & Suites Secaucus Meadowlands, in which we stayed during my latest US trip Red Robin was an oblivious choice for meal. They indeed have gourmet burgers and super delicious milkshakes. 

Red Robin Gourmet Burgers in Secaucus

No wonder it's called Red. Everything is so red around you.

Fish & Chips at Red Robin

I wouldn't order them once more. Yes they were eatable, fur far from fish & chips IMHO. Remember - once in a burger place, order burgers and not fish & chips. That's a life lesson I feel I have finally learnt.

Milk shake and shot of Vodka

Yup a strange combination. Let me explain, at that day I felt a bit ill, and a shot of Vodka usually helps :)

First Rows of Aerated Concrete Block For Pump Room

25 February, 2017 | Home Remodeling | 7 seen

Let's keep building walls from aerated concrete blocks - the material I really love - it's easy to install, it's durable and it should be cost effective in combination with proper insulation.

Today I was left alone, no handy hands, completely on my own - at start I was worried, but result turned out really good.

Walls from aerated concrete blocks

Yesterday I did the soil grading, and this part of the house starts looking decent. A couple of days later, we will dig another trenches and for the first time in house's lifetime water will be inside the house. Amazing. But, not so fast, there are still a lot to do, like to finish this wall at first.

View toward house

How To Install GlobalSight Translation Management System on Linode VPS (Ubuntu 14.04)

24 February, 2017 | Servers | 50 seen

There are plenty of translation management systems available on the market, some are better, some have features that other's don't have. And some are paid while some are Open Source (free)

In today's servers article series I will share my configuration I used to install Open Source GlobalSight translation management system on Linode VPS running Ubuntu 14.04

It took me about 8 hours to get it finally runing, but using following tutorial you should be able to manage it under 2 hours (including some testing).

GlobalSight is an open-source Globalization Management System (GMS) that manages and streamlines all of the tasks involved in the translation process - from requesting a new translation to quoting, project management, translating, reviewing, Desktop Publishing (DTP), reporting and so on.

For this test I will purchase a brand new 10$/mo VPS server from Linode and will deploy Ubuntu 14.04 on it. Read Getting Started with Linode guide.

After you have successfully purchased a VPS from Linode, deploy  Ubuntu 14.04 on it and…

La Quinta Inn & Suites Secaucus Meadowlands

23 February, 2017 | Hotel reviews | 12 seen

La Quinta Inn & Suites Secaucus Meadowlands was our first hotel in United States, during our latest trip here. We booked this hotel as a secret deal on hotwire, as we wanted to get a reasonable price for a hotel with easy access to the Manhattan, New York city.

Our booking price was about USD 140 per night here.

Once our reservation was confirmed, it turned out to be located in the New Jersey, we paid for a limo service about $140 to get here from JFK airport, after a long flight, see: About Tbilisi - Kiev - New York Flight by Ukrainian Airlines

Just off I-95, this Secaucus hotel offers easy access to Manhattan attractions with a bus stop right at the hotel. It features spacious suites with free WiFi and a cable TV.

Our hotel room at La Quinta Inn & Suites Secaucus Meadowlands

We got two king size beds, which in fact is nice. At this hotel we stayed for about 4 nights at te end of 2016 and start of 2017. From this hotel it was easy to access Manhattan (Port authority) using a bus ride for about 6USD per ride. Bus stop is located some 200-300 meters from this facility,

A refrigerator, microwave and coffee…

Grading Soil Around Foundation

22 February, 2017 | Home Remodeling | 14 seen

I could probably come up with an article How to grade soil around foundation, but I'm not an expert on this topic.

In today's home remodeling series I will show with images how I leveled soil around foundations using just two tools - a shovel and a rake.

Technically speaking, here is what you should know about grading soil around foundation:

Proper grading around the foundation of your home keeps many potential issues at bay. Without the right grade, water collects at the base, causing erosion, foundation cracks, mold and unhealthy vegetation. To ensure a proper grade, slope any landscape additions away from the base of the structure, so water flows farther out into the yard.

Let's start with what we got:

Newly poured foundation

After intensive couple of last weeks, major foundation works are done, with even one wall been constructed (in the background)

See: Constructing Foundation From Fibo Ceramsite Blocks For Pump Room and The Last Row of Aerated Concrete Blocks Masonry

Grading soil around foundation

After couple of hours work was done. It was originally planed to build a…

Zen Ramen and Sushi House, New York City

21 February, 2017 | Restaurant reviews | 11 seen

Nestled in the middle of financial district, New York City, we discovered this place by an accident. After wondering around Manhattan, I took the wrong subway ride and once we left subway, we were in a cool neighborhood somewhere in Midtown.

This place promised some 50% discount on some select sushi and we decided to go inside.

Zen Ramen and Sushi house in New York City

if you don't read Japanese you should take a careful look around, as it was bright banners that attracted our attention, and just then we notices this might be a sushi place.

Sushi set at Zen Ramen and Sushi house

Wow, that was something really great. I would say the best sushi I have tried (though I haven't tried them too much). But sushi here, was defiantly 200% better than I have tried before. 

More sushi

Spending $4 Per Day On Facebook Ads - Case Study

20 February, 2017 | Blogging | 63 seen

When it comes down to the Facebook Ads, I have love it / hate it relations, let me explain - I believe Facebook Ads are one of the simplest ways for small business to spread the word, while, at least, speaking about my experience the results are questionable.

I'm spending on Facebook ads regularly, my spending/promotion habits are pretty simple - I can spend actively for one month, then stop for some two months and start again.

Generally I'm promoting blog articles related to tourism activities in Georgia. For the better (cheaper) results I'm targeting local Georgian audience as well. Though, during my latest Facebook ads campaign I experimented with targeting other countries as well, and got some decent results.

Facebook Ads reach

For the record, population of Georgia is about 3.72 million. Making my reach of Georgian audience to stand at about 2.6% in January 2016. Awesome.

That's in fact I'm trying to achieve here - build some brand recognition about myself and mine services offered to the people of Georgia.

Now, about two years ago I did come up with and idea: …

Constructing Foundation From Fibo Ceramsite Blocks For Pump Room

19 February, 2017 | Home Remodeling | 7 seen

The long story short - we are continuing to build a pump room, a room to store inside pumps and other aggregates, earlier this Summer we drill a bore hole and we are looking to draw in water to the house. For that we need a pump room.

Unfortunately the old log walls have been rotten and we started to replace them with aerated concrete blocks, prior to that we had to strengthen foundation. During foundation works we found out that there are parts were there are no foundation at all for house, it has been sitting just on few stones for more than hundred years. We had to change that.

The task is neither complicated nor hard, it involves a lot of dealing with different things, planing, leveling, organizing materials and so on.

Constructing foundation from fibo blocks

Fibo blocks are sitting on foundation footing. See: Pouring Concrete Footing

Few days ago we finished pouring footing for this part of house and some week earlier we demolished wall.

Pouring concrete

Concrete is poured over and metal rods are added to strengthen foundation

Support for roof

Yup,we actually…