Blog Archive: April 2014
A Time Lapse of green wall - Day 1
| Living in Georgia | 7 seen
There is a one really nice looking wall located in Tbilisi, I would like to show it to you, that building is left from the brick wall building opposite to me, and I'm seeing it every day, for the last one year.
The wall is grown with some greens, and in Summer it looks cool green, in Autumn it turns red, in Winter it's naked, and now I'm looking to make a time-lapse of this wall turning from naked into the green.
Here is a Day 1 photo:
I'm not sure how many days I will need, to see that wall completely green, but I promise that at the end I will create a Time-lapse video, like some 30 seconds or like that.
Georgia - Day of National Unity
| Living in Georgia | 6 seen
25 years ago, on April 9th, 1989 in Tbilisi, then Georgian SSR tragic events took place, what later were named as Tbilisi tragedy, Tbilisi Massacre or April 9th Tragedy.
Nowadays April 9th is marked as public holiday and called a the Day of National Unity.
Basicly Soviet Government turned against it's citizens and sent tanks out in streets to dispress opposition. Tbilisi events later turned to Vilnius events and other.
Prelude of Tbilisi tragedy
The anti-Soviet movement became more active in the Georgian SSR in 1988. Several strikes and meetings were organized by anti-Soviet political organizations in Tbilisi. The conflict between the Soviet government and Georgian nationalists deepened after the so-called Lykhny Assembly on March 18, 1989, when several thousand Abkhaz demanded secession from Georgia and restoration of the Union republic status of 1921–1931. In response, the anti-Soviet groups organized a series of unsanctioned meetings across the republic, claiming that the Soviet government was using Abkhaz separatism in order to oppose the pro-independence movement. The protests reached their peak on April 4, 1989, when…
Performing Joomla 1.5 convert to Drupal 7
| Drupal Development | 9 seen
Over past couple of years, I have many times seen a bad Joomla site, which either is hacked or is not working as it should, and I have converted those sites to Drupal.
The most strange things is, there is always some Joomla developer, who has created that site, but when problems occur, that Joomla developer is gone.. Strange right? How can one call himself a Joomla developer, when first problems occur, he is gone?
So I got another Joomla site request to perform a Joomla major Upgrade from 1.5 to 2.5.
I thought, hell, why not - let's fix this site, by not converting it to Drupal (As I usually do), but let's stay on Joomla.
Site works, there has been no hackers yet. So I started to do Joomla upgrade. At first I made a minor upgrade, to update Joomla database to latest stable. I was reading a lot Joomla developer forums and blogs, what are they suggestions. In order to perform major upgrade for Joomla, you have to install some mystic upgrade extension... Ok, I did, I followed to all the best practices from Joomla community for upgrading Joomla site... And then.. It sucks.
There…
Father's David church, Mtatsminda pantheon and other
| Tourism objects | 18 seen
What to do in weekends when in Tbilisi? Grab your camera, and make some scenic views.
This time - photos from Tbilisi, taken in April 5th, 2014, visiting Mama Daviti church, Mtatsminda pantheon and other.
6 month of blogging each day has passed
| Blogging | 5 seen
I started this blog on October 4th, 2013, and I started my blogging experience with a promise to blog 365 days in a row (including Christmas, New Years day and other)
I'm half way there. So I decided to give some insights how I'm performing for now.
My blog traffic stats has raised from very modest to decent modest, in January I even experienced my first traffic spike, when someone posted link to my blog, on highly popular site.
I'm experiencing traffic gains step by step, last month (March) I got 542 unique visitors which of course is pretty modest number. My plan by end of September is to get stable 6000 unique visitors per month. Pretty much to grow, right? I must increase my traffic by some 12 times.
Top 10 articles
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As you can see, some economical articles are more popular over other types of articles. I like economics and statistics, so for now, it seems, pretty ok.
My AdSense earnings for my blog is really modest, it might me some $3 over last 6 months. So I decided to work with my sites layout, to get higher CTR.…
My online income report - March 2014
| Blogging | 10 seen
My online income in March dropped by half, and totalled to really modest $5.51.
In average I earned about $0.177 a day, what is significant drop compared to previous month, when in daily average I earned $0.34
- Highest earnings per day: $1.06
- Days making more than $1: 1
- Days without making earnings: 7
Blog statistics March 2014
| Blogging | 7 seen
March was pretty good month in terms of visitors from search engines. My blog managed to attract more than 500 visitors this month.
500 is pretty modest result, but still it's growing number, compared to little more than 300 in previous month.
This month I'm aiming between 750-1000 unique visitors. I believe I will manage this, thanks to organic search results.
My aim is to get about 6000 uniques by end of this September/October.
Living in Georgia already 3 years
| Living in Georgia | 5 seen
Today it has been already three years, since I have been living in Georgia. My first arrival to Tbilisi was at night from April 1st to April 2nd.
I knew little, not to say, nothing about Georgia, before then. I knew that Georgia once was part of the USSR, I have heard something about war in 2008. I feel much more educated about Georgia now!
The reason I decided to come to Georgia, was an article on Forbes, covering Georgia, and saying that Georgia is fast reformer and it has one of best business environments in the World. (Yes, I was a bit naive back then)
The driven force was economic changes in Georgia. So I decided to see them, and so I have been living here for already 3 years. Nice, right?
I have been living in Tbilisi, with 6 month period living at the Black sea resort town of Batumi (2012).
What can I tell about Georgia 3 years latter?My feeling are ambivalent, there are so many things I like, and there are few things which I would like to be different.
In overall Georgia is small nation with small nation complex and prides. Georgians are warm welcoming, but they are…
Video Parody: President Obama Calls Vladimir Putin to Discuss the Situation in Ukraine (2014)
| Documentaries | 7 seen
In recent years, the use of video parodies as a form of political satire has become increasingly popular. With the rise of social media and the availability of sophisticated video editing tools, it is now easier than ever for anyone to create and share their own political parodies. One such example is the video parody of a hypothetical phone call between President Obama and Vladimir Putin, in which the two leaders discuss the situation in Ukraine.
The video opens with a simulated phone call between President Obama and Vladimir Putin. In the call, President Obama expresses his concern about the escalating conflict in Ukraine, and Putin responds with his own perspective on the situation. Throughout the call, the two leaders engage in a humorous back-and-forth, poking fun at each other's positions and making light of the political and military tensions between the United States and Russia.
One of the standout moments of the video is when President Obama jokingly asks Putin if he has seen the latest Hollywood blockbuster movie, to which Putin responds that he is more of a fan of Russian films. The exchange is a nod to the cultural differences between the United…