Blog Archive: October 2013
An ex-pat living in Georgia since 2011, I trade stocks, take photographs, work out at the gym, and many more. Here I write about travel, finance, and other things that might interest me.
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Exporting Made Easy: How Drupal Simplifies Transferring Content Across Websites
Drupal is a versatile content management system (CMS) that provides users with a range of features for managing and publishing digital content. One of the many advantages of Drupal is its ability to export content to other websites, a feature that can be particularly useful for organizations that have a presence across multiple digital channels. In this article, we will explore how to export content to other websites using Drupal and why this…
China's Belt and Road Initiative: How Georgia Fits In
China's investment in Georgia has been a topic of increasing interest in recent years. Georgia, strategically located at the crossroads of Europe and Asia, has become a key player in China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and an important partner for China's economic and political ambitions in the region. China has invested heavily in Georgia's infrastructure, energy, and transportation sectors. One of the most significant Chinese investments…
Democratic Republic of Congo - The World's Poorest Country by GDP Per Capita (2013)
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has long been recognized as one of the poorest countries in the world, with a GDP per capita of just $394 in 2013, according to the World Bank. The country faces a range of challenges, including political instability, conflict, and economic underdevelopment, which have contributed to its position as one of the world's least developed nations. In 2013, the DRC was still recovering from a long period of…
China vs USA - empires at war
<p>Find this documentary from 2007 in Youtube. In France 5 produced documentary authors speak of first confrontation of Chinese and American army in 1996 close to Taiwan.</p><p>In 2007 year produced documentary it's told that China has advanced and modernized it's war technology, by learning USA technics in First Gulf war, Kosowo, Afghanistan, Iraq and other. </p><p>China has deployed system that…
Will China's economy to be worlds largest?
<p>It seems is a hot topic in our days - Will China out perform United States by GDP in close future. I'm more skeptical than others, and I don't believe this will happen in next 10 years. After 10 years, who knows - maybe. </p><p>United States accounts about $15.8 trilion GDP in 2012, whilce China's GDP is about $8.227. Some opportunists have called year <a href="http://www.globaltimes.cn/…
How to upgrade Drupal 6 to Drupal 7
Drupal 6 was released in 2008 and Drupal 7 was released in 2011. While Drupal 6 is still used by some websites, it is important to upgrade to Drupal 7 as it provides improved performance, security updates, and new features. This article will guide you through the preparation process for upgrading Drupal 6 to Drupal 7. Backup your website Before making any changes, it is important to create a backup of your website. This will ensure that…
Make Me a German
<p>Entertaining documentary from BBC, where Brit journalist with his wife and kids moves to Germany, to see what is the averege life of German people. Journalist gets a job in German pencil factory, and needs to get up exactly at 06:23 AM. Meanwhile his wife needs to be a real housewife and do house works 4 hours and 10 minutes each day. They send their kids to children garden in Woods.</p><p>Fun, entertaining and positive:…
Kazakhstan then, now, future
<p>Recently I have compared economies of <a href="http://reinisfischer.com/armenia-then-now-future">Armenia</a>, <a href="http://reinisfischer.com/georgia-then-now-future">Georgia</a>, <a href="http://reinisfischer.com/turkmenistan-gdp-1990-2014">Turkmenistan</a>, <a href="http://reinisfischer.com/ukraines-gdp-growth-1990-2012">Ukraine</a&…
Putin, Russia and the West: "New Start"
<p>Found this documentary on YouTube, and watched in Saturday evening. </p><p>In this documentary is showed time when Dmitry Medvedev was president of Russia, and how Barack Obama decided to deal exactly with him, and not with Vladimir Putin. </p><p>In this documentary Dmitry Medvedev is portrayed as wise and independent leader, how he started reforms in Russia. As well it's showed how USA…
Few shots from Tbilisi Cheese Festival
In these days the second Cheese Festival was held in Tbilisi Open Air Museum. My mom was visiting me in Georgia, and today her plane back home was. We decided to spend last hours together. The weather was not so great. We didn't found much cheese, but we spent a lovely time. Here are few shots I captured with my old Sony DSC camera and three years later post-processed using Adobe Lightroom. European and Georgian cow I find a lot of…
How to Create a Contact Form in Drupal: A Beginner's Guide
If you have a Drupal website, adding a contact form can be a great way to improve communication with your visitors and potential customers. In this article, we will discuss how to add a contact form to your Drupal website, step by step. Download Webform Extract it to sites/all/modules Enable from the modules page Almost done. After enabling Webform, go to admin/config/content/webform, and check the box next to the content type, you…
How to Showcase Popular Content on Your Drupal Website
Drupal is a popular content management system used by many businesses and organizations to create and manage their websites. One of the key features of Drupal is the ability to display popular content on your website. By displaying popular content, you can increase engagement and drive more traffic to your website. In this article, we will discuss how to display popular content in Drupal. On the picture above, you can see the most popular…
Georgia 10 years after Rose Revolution
<p>In 2014 will be already 10 years since Rose Revolution events happened here in Tbilisi, Georgia.</p><p>As we probably already know, after Rose Revolution - Mikheil Saakasvhilli took power in country, by being elected as President of Georgia.</p><p> </p><p>On October 27th again will be elections here in Georgia, and new president will be elected. <a href="http://reinisfischer.com/…
Optimizing Your Drupal Website for Search Engines: How to Create a Sitemap for Google Webmasters
A sitemap is a critical aspect of any website, including Drupal websites. It helps search engines like Google to discover and index all of the pages on your website, making it easier for users to find your content. In this article, we'll guide you through the steps to create a Drupal sitemap for Google Webmasters. Step-by-step guide: Download the XML Sitemap module for Drupal Extract it to sites/all/modules Enable it from the Modules page…
Estonia to catch up Scandinavia in next 10-15 years
I have red some interesting article on Estonian Public Broadcasting (news.err.ee) in which professor of economics, at Tartu University, Raul Eamets predicts that it will take 10-15 years for Estonian incomes to catch up with those of Nordic countries. Income level is not the same as GDP, but knowing GDP we can tell something about income level, isn't that right? I decided to make some quick GDP comparison levels of Nordic countries and…