Top 16 Best Selling Intel Core i9 32 GB RAM Laptops

15 February, 2021 | Laptop Reviews | 171 seen

Intel Core i9 laptops are not rare in 2021, nor laptops with 32 GB RAM memory

Best suited for business professionals and demanding gamers, here is the list with the top 16 best selling Intel Core i0 32 GB RAM laptops on Amazon

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• 15.6" FHD, Anti-Glare Wide View Angle 300Hz 3ms | NVIDIA GeForce RTX2070 Super 8G GDDR6
• Core i9-10980HK 2.4 - 5.3GHz Killer Wi-Fi6 AX1650 (2*2 ax)
• 1TB NVMe SSD 32GB (16G*2) DDR4 3200MHz 2 Sockets; Max Memory 64GB
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Pāvilosta / Jūrkalne 4K HDR / DJI Mavic Air 2

12 February, 2021 | Tourism objects | 16 seen

Good day at Pāvilosta and Jūrkalne seashore bluffs. Did some 4K HDR filming with DJI Mavic AIR 2

• Filmed November 15, 2020
• Music by Scott Holmes - Sunset moments

Vilgāle flat Renovation - tearing down walls, removing floors

11 February, 2021 | Home Remodeling | 11 seen

Welcome, to yet another exciting photo series to our latest renovation project - Vilgāle flat.

I bought this flat at an online auction back in September 2020, it took me a few months before all the legal procedures were done and we could actually start renovation works. 

For actual renovation works, I hired local contractors at Kuldīga town. Not to speak more here are photos from our first "operation" - tearing down the walls and removing the floor. During these renovation works, I was absent and enjoyed our time in Jūrmala. 

Inner walls removed at Vilgāle flat

Here itš planned to install a modern kitchen

Inner walls removed

by removing this wall we are making a spacious united living room with kitchen

Walls removed at bathroom

WC and bathroom were separated

Bathroom

It's planned to install a free standing bath, shower, wc and a sink here

Vilgāle flat renovation

Master bedroom

It total cost me EUR 775 to remove walls and floors (including taking care of transporting and storing debris)

As a next…

Dubulti Beach Winter 2021

9 February, 2021 | | 7 seen

At the end of January 2021, we temporarily relocated back to Dubulti (Jūrmala). We are looking to stay here for the next two months and hopefully get back to Tbilisi by April 2021

In today's Piece of Life series - Dubulti beach in Winter

Make sure to check out our previous article back from 2018 - Winter near The Baltic Sea (Dubulti beach, Jūrmala)

Dubulti beach in Winter

After a long time, I took again my old Canon DSLR and made a few handheld HDR's 

Jūrmala in Winter

Laidi / Laidu muiža / DJI Mavic Mini Latvija

5 February, 2021 | Tourism objects | 13 seen

A quick drone flight around Laidi village in Kuldīga municipality / Laidi manor and former kolkhoz Spartak.
I'm starting to enjoy these long-range flights without any signal interference as seen in big cities.
DJI Mavic Mini / music by Scott Holmes - Storybook. October 26, 2020

Property prices for Real Estate in Tosmāre, Liepāja

4 February, 2021 | Real Estate | 32 seen

Tosmāre is a neighborhood of Liepāja, located between Lake Tosmare, the Karosta, and Zaļā Birze. Not as chic as the city center of Liepāja, we still find this a very luring neighborhood and most important - undervalued

In one of our previous articles, we shared an idea of possible investments in the Karosta / Tosmāre neighborhoods of Liepāja. See: Invest in Liepāja Real Estate / Tosmāre / Karosta

Today we decided to visit Tosmāre, and take some cool drone photography while exploring the area

As we have applied for 2 online auctions in the Tosmare neighborhood, and while we are still waiting for the final bidding day (November 23) , today we visited properties to gain an overall idea  - we left amazed by what we saw. 

Tosmāre from a drone flight

Currently, we have applied for two online auctions in Tosmāre on Nākotnes street. The dwelling houses are very cool and it looks they are from the times of Tsarist Russia. 

Current starting bids for 30m2 apartments in these houses are EUR 1,800 and EUR 1,600. That's about 60 EUR per square meter. Taking into…

January 2021 Dividend Income Report - $50.95

3 February, 2021 | Stock Portfolio | 49 seen

Welcome to the forty-fifth (#45) dividend income report, covering earnings I've made from dividend-paying stocks and peer to peer lending in January 2021.

The last January we spent in Latvia, did a lot of planning with our flat in Vilgāle, order new windows, got a construction permit, and started the first renovation works (hired local contractors). At the end of January, we relocated to Jūrmala, where we plan to spend the next two months.

Cēsis Castle in Latvia

On January 2, we paid a shot visit to Cēsis and Valmiera in Latvia

From the perspective of dividend income - Last January was one of the lowest in the already 4-year-old dividend income portfolio. My dividend income keeps falling because I'm shifting away from junk stock. In total, we took just shy  $50.95 in dividend income last month. I would wish more for a 4 years old dividend portfolio, but things are as they are.

Compared to the previous January in 2020, when we took $164.99 in dividend income, our monthly dividend has decreased by -65.27%  (-$114.04). A year ago we did…

Forest House / Golden Fall / Ķemeri / DJI Mavic Mini

29 January, 2021 | Tourism objects | 7 seen

Another short from DJI Mavic Mini drone, with little post-processing done in Adobe Premiere Pro, applied some cinematic filters
Filmed on October 24, 2020
Music by David Hilowitz - Equilibrium I Cello version

How To Display Drupal 8 Block on all Taxonomy pages (taxonomy/term/)

28 January, 2021 | Drupal Development | 39 seen

Today working on my favorite website - optionsbrew.com, for a moment I faced a small issue - how to display block (s) on the default taxonomy/term page.

I remember I was doing such tricks back in 2012 or 2013 and was wondering does it still applies in 2021, turns out -  it does!

Here is the solution: on the Configure block page, under the Pages tab, enter /taxonomy/term/* and save

Configuring Drupal 8 block

Here is how our taxonomy term page looked before:

Drupal 8 default taxonomy term page

And here is after

Drupal taxonomy term page with custom blocks in sidebar

Hope it helps!

Jūrmala Self-Isolation

22 January, 2021 | Tourism objects | 16 seen

Here comes another weekly video, shot at the end of October 2020 in Jūrmala, while taking 10-day self-isolation. We finally managed to fly to Latvia, but were forced to self-isolate for 10 days during the Covid-19 Outbreak. We rented huge house in Jurmala and spent quite nice time over there.

Another short from DJI Mavic Mini drone, with little post-processing done in Adobe Premiere Pro, applied some cinematic filters
Filmed on October 17 and 20. 2020
Music by Scott Holmes - Motivational

Cēsis Castle

21 January, 2021 | Tourism objects | 26 seen

Cēsis Castle is one of the most iconic and best-preserved medieval castles in Latvia.

The foundations of the castle were laid 800 years ago by the Livonian Brothers of the Sword. The most prosperous period Cēsis Castle experienced was during its next owners, the Teutonic Order. It became one of the key administrative and economic centers of the Teutonic Order in Livonia and was a seat of Landmeister in Livland.

The first serious damage was done to the castle during the Livonian War, when it was besieged by the army of Ivan the Terrible. In the course of the siege of 1577 approximately 300 people within the castle committed mass suicide by blowing themselves up with gunpowder. Cēsis Castle was still in use during the following century but it fell into disuse after the Great Northern War. Today the castle is the most visited heritage site in Cēsis and one of the 'must see' destinations in the Baltic states.

Cēsis Castle from a drone flight

It was on January 2, 2021 we took our rental car from Riga and visited both Cēsis and Valmiera, with one of our stops at Cēsis Castle

Cēsis…

Daytrip to Kakheti / Ujarma fortress / Alazani river / Vineyards in Georgia / DJI Mavic Mini

15 January, 2021 | Travel guides | 4 seen

Here is another interesting drone video showcasing Ujarma fortress, Alazani river, and vineyards in Kakheti

More fun with a drone or a day trip to Kakheti. Ujarma Fortress, stunning views of Alazani river and of course vineyards. October 3, 2020, taken with DJI Mavic mini Music by: Scott Holmes - Storybook

Piltene Lutheran Church

14 January, 2021 | Churches and Monasteries | 12 seen

Piltene Lutheran church is located in Piltene, some 20km from Ventspils. The church was originally built-in 1557.

The pride of the Piltene church is gilded wooden altar and pulpit, organ with 9 stops, wooden images of XII century Apostles, benches, and separate lodges with doors with kettle-hinges.

I first discovered the Pitlene church at the sart of 2021, while doing random wanderings in the area

Pitlene church from a drone flight

The church was built in 1557. During the Great Northern War, the church building began to collapse, and in 1708 the congregation decided to build a new church.

In 1710, the great plague began and the construction was stopped, in 1717, during the aftermath, 257 peasants survived in the 34 manors belonging to Piltene.

In 1719, the current stone church was completed on the site of the collapsed wooden church. In 1722, an organ with nine registers was made, the author of the prospectus was Liepaja wood sculptor Joachim Kreicbergs. The church still has wood carvings from the 16th century. Instead of the wood-carved image of Christ, as it was in the first church, the new one had a painting of the…

Gray Dune Area in Ventspils

12 January, 2021 | Tourism objects | 16 seen

Gray dune area in Ventspils is a part of “Preserving, Exhibiting and Developing Tourism of Culture History and Nature Heritage of Northern Courland” of the Ventspils Museum project, during which the creation of an infrastructure of the South Western part of the city was carried out, has been completed. A new parking lot and two new entries to the beach are currently available to the residents and guests.

I first discovered the Gray dune area in January 2021, while doing a random driving around Ventspils. As it was winter we met here more snow than sand.

Gray dune area in Ventspils

The infrastructure development project was implemented at the end of the Saulrieta Street and in the Jurmala Park, where a new street with lighting and rainwater sewerage, new combined-cover pedestrian and cyclist paths, a parking lot for 60 cars, including four parking spots for people with impaired movement and two - for the families with children were created during the construction works; the territory has been supplemented with newly planted trees, benches and trash bins, as well as two entrances with wooden footbridges to beach have been built.

Martkopi Monastery Complex from a Drone flight

8 January, 2021 | Churches and Monasteries | 13 seen

Martkopi monastery complex is located some 30km from Tbilisi, Georgia.

This place is best reached by car, but some could get here by hiking too, see: Hiking Route in Georgia - Norio Village - Martkopi Monastery

Filmed with DJI Mavic Mini on September 23, 2020, Post-production in Adobe Premiere PRO
Martkopi monastery complex, located just some 30km from Tbilisi
I was told - they are sheltering some 100 people here. That's the true spirit of Church!
First discovered back in 2017, returned here with a drone in 2020.
Music by Scott Holmes: Discovery