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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Week #4 of blogging 365 days in a row
<p>3d week of blogging resulted in 15 blog posts. Nothing much to tell more.</p><p>At the end of 3d week I realized there is need to implement some Twitter strategies, do drive traffic to my blog. Decided to use Twitter strategy for whole month of November.</p><p> </p>
Dauphinoise potatoes
Time by time, I like to experiment with food preparation, this time I decided to make a Dauphinoise potato, inspired by BBC Good Food recipe. As it might happen, it happened this time as well - I didn't stick to BBC food preparation methodology. What did I do? I sliced potatoes, made a bechamel sauce. Took a pan, made the first layer with bechamel sauce, few rows with sliced potatoes, again bechamel sauce, salt, and pepper, again sliced…
Building a Drupal site from scratch - part 3 - Better administration
Recently I started a tutorial series - How to build a Drupal site from scratch. In part 1 I'm talking about planing a site. In part 2, I'm showing how to make a subtheme from Bootstrap theme. Before digging deeper in site customization, I'm willing to show how to tune a little bit up Drupal administrative tasks. By default (out of box) Drupal is not very user friendly for making admin related tasks. But it can be easily solved by adding few (…
Building a Drupal site from scratch - part 2 - Applying a subtheme
Recently I started a tutorial series - How to build a Drupal site from scratch. In part 1 I'm talking about planing a site. In this tutorial I'm giving a real example for building a tourism companies web site for real customer. In part we learned that it's a wise to create a content type, which best describe products/services we gonna add (in our example tours). So I have added few tours to our site: As you can see from picture above, I'm…
Irakli Garibashvili has been appointed as new Prime Minister of Georgia
Some speculations have been raised lately, who will Bidzina Ivanishvili appoint as the new Prime minister of Georgia. And here you go - Irakli Garibashvili, 31-year-old, former Interior Minister, again appointed by Bidzina Ivanishvili. I will not discuss a lot about the new Prime Minister, because, as said before, I'm not so much in Georgian politics, my Georgian political source - Tbilisi taxi drivers, have not been wrong. Yesterday holding…
Turkey could join Eurasian Union
That said makes me think, that Turkey has no serious plans to join Eurasian Union. IMHO Turkey is teasing European Union. And why shouldn't? Turkey has long, long history on it's attempts to join European Union, but there always are some obstacles from EU side. And that makes Turkey angry. From one side - EU is feeling fears, if Turkey will join EU, then mass migration of Turkish job seekers will over flood EU, on other hand it sounds kinda…
Today will be announced new Prime minister of Georgia
Recently I wrote an article about Georgian press discussing whether the new Prime Minister of Georgia will be David Seergenko. To this day Georgian Press, has already 3 candidates: David Sergeenko, Irakly Gariabshvili and Giorgi Kvirikashvili. As I wrote about Georgian president candidates before elections - I had no clue who is who - so I can confirm, I have no idea who are these guys except some of these or somebody else, will be appointed…
Display YouTube videos on Drupal site with YouTube field module
Recently I started a new topic series - documentaries, where I publish documentaries I have watched and recommend to watch others. I write a brief description of what each documentary is, and then I embed a YouTube link to show a video on my blog. How To Embed YouTube video in Drupal 8 (CKEDITOR) But lately I started to think of creating my own Screen-casts, and the idea of embedding a video on content didn't satisfy me anymore. What I…
First Month Blogging Results: Blog Statistics October 2013
As a new blogger, it's exciting to reflect on the progress made in the first month of blogging. I've put in a lot of effort to create content, and it's interesting to see the results. One of the key metrics to track as a blogger is the number of visitors to the site. In the first month of blogging, I had 39 unique visitors. Although this number may not seem high, it's important to remember that the site was only online from October 10th. With…
30 days Twittering in a row
As you may have noticed, I recently ran a contest for 365 days of consecutive blogging. Now that it's the start of November and I'm brainstorming ways to drive more traffic to my blog, I've decided to give Twitter a try. The idea is to use Twitter to interact with like-minded individuals and, of course, to promote the content available on my blog. I'm not sure yet whether I'll end up writing a bot to automatically publish tweets to Twitter, but…
Getting Started with Building a Drupal Site from Scratch: Content Types, Fields
Building a website, whether it's using Drupal or not, requires careful planning and consideration. It's important to determine what the purpose of the website is, who the target audience is, and what value it will bring to your business. For instance, if the website is for a tourism company that offers fishing, hunting, and skiing tours, the first step would be to gather high-quality photos that showcase the destinations and activities offered…
Google Analytics (not provided) - how to solve
Lately, more and more webmasters (including me) are complaining about huge increase in (not provided) keywords in their Google Analytics reports. Well this actually started to happen, since Google introduced it's new TOS back in March 2012. [block:block=38] Update: This tutorial originally was written back in 2013, but it still applies in 2017 I can just agree, how annoying is to see this (not provided). Seems there is no ultimate…
The Lost World of Communism, Documentary about East Germany (2013)
The recently released BBC documentary sheds light on the experiences of life in East Germany, providing a deeper understanding of the country's tumultuous past. The film focuses on the deportations of ethnic Germans to Siberia in the late 1940s and early 1950s, highlighting the extreme measures taken by the East German government to maintain control over its citizens. One of the key features of the documentary is its exploration of the role of…
Future Forecast of GDP in CIS, Baltic States, and Georgia in 2018 - An Analysis
I recently wrote an article exploring the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Baltic states, and Georgia in 2012. Now, I'm turning my gaze to the future and examining what the economies of the former Soviet Union republics may look like in 2018. Why 2018? I'm relying on IMF forecasts, and as of now, the closest future projections available from the IMF extend until 2018. As per the data provided by…
Upgrading Your Drupal 7 Site: Tips and Tricks for a Smooth Transition (Minor Upgrade)
Upgrading a website can be a daunting task, especially if you're not familiar with the process. But upgrading your Drupal site is necessary for security, bug fixes, and new features. In this article, I'll be discussing the process of upgrading a Drupal 7.10 site to the newest version of Drupal, a minor upgrade. Before you start, it's important to understand the difference between a major and a minor upgrade. A major upgrade, such as upgrading…