Blog Archive: January 2015

Hi! My name is Reinis Fischer (39), a proud dad and devoted husband. CEO and Founder of Terramatris crypto hedge fund, stock analyst, quantitative options trader, drone enthusiast, world traveler, photographer, and passionate lover of Georgian cuisine (vegetarian).

An ex-pat living in Georgia since 2011, I trade stocks, take photographs & make video's, work out at the gym, and many more. Contact me

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Portfolio Grows to $7,827.75 Despite MS Credit Spread Adjustments

Last week marked another milestone for our investment portfolio, demonstrating resilience and steady growth despite some strategic adjustments. By the week's close, our portfolio value stood at $7,827.75, reflecting a modest but positive 0.04% increase compared to the previous week.This growth comes despite the need to adjust our credit spread on…

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From Fitness Centers to Rafting Adventures: Living in Georgia's Top Activities

| 3 views | Travel guides Collections Georgia

As a celebration of my 100th post in the 'Living in Georgia' category, I decided to put together a travel-friendly guide of the best places, activities, and ideas that I have discovered during my time living in this…


'Bank Republic' Georgia Offers Check Redemption

| 8 views | Living in Georgia

Some time ago I made a post about how Amazon Associates are getting paid in the Republic of Georgia, I was wise enough to call that article "Part 1" because I knew there will be a long and probably complicated procedure…


'Hilton Batumi' Hotel Will be Opened in May, 2015

| 4 views | Living in Georgia

Today looking through Georgian news, I found another interesting news about plans of opening Batumi Hilton hotel in this (2015) May.  I lived for a short period of time in Batumi, back in 2012, and I do remember they…


Veterinary Clinic Natia Beridze in Tbilisi

| 43 views | Professional services Photo Georgia

In case you are looking for a veterinary clinic for your pet, I can suggest you Natia Beridze on Nutsubidze street in Tbilisi. Natia is a fantastic person, she just loves animals so you shouldn't be worried that of your…


Drupal 8 Configuration for Nginx Server Blocks, Ubuntu 14.04

| 5 views | Drupal Development

After a long period of doubts should I start testing and developing with Drupal 8, which stable version is not yet released, yesterday I decided to give a try for a Drupal 8 beta release. I bought a new Linode VPS,…


Il tredicesimo apostolo (The Thirteenth Apostle) TV series

| 36 views | Worth to Watch

A long time has passed since I wrote about the TV series I watch - it could mean just one - I watch them less. Well, that doesn't mean I'm not watching any more TV series at all. I'm! So - here comes one interesting TV…


Affordable Rental Prices in Catalonia, Spain - Starting EUR 400.00/month

| 9 views | Travel guides

Today I was looking for long term apartment rentals in Spain and I was surprised of how cheap some of them are. Honestly, looking through some of the photos I was surprsied.I have been in Spain just once, and I have…


Restaurant 'Деловой ...' Review in Tskneti

| 5 views | Restaurant reviews Photo Georgia

Welcome to another Tbilisi Restaurant review - today I will speak of a restaurant located in Tbilisi Suburbs in Tskenti. The problem is that I don't know name of this restaurant, today I asked a locals and they told it…


Kopala Bowling Review in Tskneti

| 34 views | Entertainment Photo Georgia

Kopala Bowling is a bowling center located in the suburbs of Tbilisi, the mountainous village of Tskneti. This is one of the few places in Tbilisi and the neighborhood to play bowling.  We have been familiar with this…


Mobile Devices in Digital Economy: My Case Study with Black Friday and Cyber Monday

| 5 views | Blogging

Today I red an interesting article on Forbes The Digital Economy Is The New "App Economy"  By Ross Mauri, IBM. According to the annual IBM Digital Analytics Benchmark results, overall online sales rose 13.9 percent for…


Second Traffic Spike Happened - more than 3,500 Unique Visitors on January 19

| 1 views | Blogging

Another major traffic spike to my blog happened on January 19, 2015, when total unique visitor count reached 3,584. Update: Read how I got 10,000 page views in day a year later. Previous or first major traffic spike…


The Dezerter Bazaar (Market) in Tbilisi - Day Before New Year's Eve

| 13 views | Living in Georgia Photo

In this article, I have listed a few photos from the visit to the Tbilisi Dezerteer market on December 30, 2014 ( Warning - Some of the images may be inappropriate for some users, on few of them are pictured…


Public Coffee Tbilisi Review (Aghmashenebeli avenue)

| 4 views | Restaurant reviews Photo

Welcome to another Tbilisi "restaurant" review. This time I would like to talk about Public Coffee on Aghmashenebeli avenue (Right next to McDonald's). Update: Seem this place is out of business The reason I enjoy…


Proposed New High Speed Rail Line - Moscow - Beijing could cost ~$ 230 bln

| 1 views | Railway / Bus / Ferry

<p>While <a href="http://www.reinisfischer.com/pictures-khazar-islands-azerbaijan-tower">… are building it's super expensive project Khazar Islands</a> with estimate costs of ~ $100 bln…


Pictures of Khazar Islands, Azerbaijan Tower

| 295 views | Macroeconomics Photo

I have never been to Azerbaijan, but have heard a lot of it's plans to build a super expensive project of Khazar Islands and worlds highest tower - Azerbaijan, somewhere close to it's capital city Baku. More than a…


South African Fish Farms in Georgia (Sagarejo, Sartichala)

| 18 views | Farms Photo Georgia

The other day I was contacted on my blog's contact form by locally living foreigner in Georgia originally coming from South Africa. It turned out Afrikaner guy (Johann Kritzinger)  is a manager of South African owned…


Travellers from Poland, Germany and Greece Among Top countries from European Union visiting Georgia - EU From Total Just 4.21%

| 5 views | Macroeconomics

According to Georgian National Tourism Administration in 2014 there was a total of  5 493 492 international travelers arriving to Georgia, what is a increase of 1.9% compared to previous year (2013) Most of the…


Rabati Fortress Complex in Akhaltsikhe, Georgia

| 53 views | Tourism objects Photo Georgia

Georgia will never end to surprise you (at least - me). Few years ago a major tourist attraction was renovated and opened to the public, some would call it a Jewel in the Crown, while others would call it a Georgian…