Blog Archive: September 2014

Building a Savings Account in Georgia (2014)

30 September, 2014 | Living in Georgia | 7 seen

n September 2014, I started a journey to build a savings account in the fast-developing economy of Georgia.

With a strong command of the Georgian economy, I saw the potential to grow my income from my online sources and put it to work for me in the form of savings.

My Income Sources At the time, I was earning my income solely through the internet. My primary sources of income were Google AdSense and affiliate marketing, with the latter accounting for about 90-95% of my total income.

Starting My Savings Account The first step in my journey was to open a bank account in Georgia. The second step was to open a savings account with that same bank. With both of these requirements fulfilled, I deposited my first amount of money into the savings account on September 29th, 2014. The starting deposit was 300 GEL, which equates to approximately $170 or 131 EUR.

Tracking My Savings Progress To keep track of my progress, I created a table to follow my savings. The table includes information such as the deposit amount in GEL, the annual and monthly interest rates, and the actual interest rate. Additionally, the table includes the exchange rates for both USD…

16 Best Sony Laptops You Can Buy Online - Amazon

29 September, 2014 | Laptop Reviews | 47 seen

Sony has been known for producing top-quality laptops with excellent design and features. While Sony no longer produces laptops, there are still many great options available for those who are looking for a reliable Sony laptop.

In this article, we have compiled a list of the 16 best Sony laptops that you can buy online from Amazon (Though it gets harder and harder)

The Sony VAIO SVP13213CXS is a sleek and lightweight laptop that comes with a 13.3-inch Full HD touchscreen display. It is powered by an Intel Core i7-4500U processor and has 8GB of RAM and a 256GB SSD.

The Sony VAIO SVE15135CXS is a stylish laptop with a 15.5-inch Full HD display. It comes with an Intel Core i5-3230M processor, 6GB of RAM, and a 750GB hard drive.

The Sony VAIO SVF15218CXB is a powerful laptop with a 15.5-inch Full HD touchscreen display. It is powered by an Intel Core i7-3537U processor, has 8GB of RAM, and a 1TB hard drive.

The Sony VAIO Pro…

Highest Deposit Interest Rates in Europe

28 September, 2014 | Macroeconomics | 459 seen

When it comes to choosing where to invest your money, finding a high-yield savings account is a priority for many. Across Europe, there are numerous banking institutions offering competitive interest rates on deposits. In this article, we will compare the highest deposit interest rates in both European Union (EU) member states and non-EU countries, so you can make an informed decision about where to save your money.

Currently, the EU member state with the highest deposit interest rate is Bulgaria, with an average rate of 0.41% for a 12-month deposit. This is followed by Greece with an average rate of 0.38%, and Portugal with an average rate of 0.36%. Other EU member states with relatively high interest rates include Romania (0.27%), Latvia (0.24%), and Malta (0.23%).

Several countries in Europe that are not part of the EU also offer high deposit interest rates. These countries include:

Boosting Your Financial Future: How to Open a Savings Account in Georgia with ProCredit Bank (2014)

27 September, 2014 | Living in Georgia | 6 seen

For many years, I have been envisioning how to optimize my personal finances. Despite my aspirations, I have never established a savings account. However, I have decided to rectify this situation. A savings account serves as a secure repository for one's funds, and numerous options exist for opening one. For example, a compound interest savings account will provide earnings on deposited funds.

While residing in Georgia, I opted to focus my search for savings accounts within the country. Fortunately, I did not need to search far. After recently opening a bank account with ProCredit Bank, I decided to entrust them with my savings as well.

One noteworthy feature of ProCredit Bank is their provision of information in English. According to their website, the bank offers two options for savings accounts: a Savings Account and a Savings Plan. Although similar, they vary in certain respects.

The Savings Account allows you to deposit and withdraw any amount of money at any time and earn high interest.

Advantages of the Savings Account:

• Flexible access to your money;
• Access to…

How to solve Nginx: 413 Request Entity Too Large error

26 September, 2014 | Servers | 62 seen

If you have ever encountered an error message that says "Nginx: 413 Request Entity Too Large", you know how frustrating it can be. This error message usually pops up when you try to upload a file that is too large for your server to handle. The good news is that it is possible to fix this error message.

In this article, we will discuss some methods you can use to solve the "Nginx: 413 Request Entity Too Large" error.

client_max_body_size 100M;

This will increase the client_max_body_size limit to 100MB. You can increase or decrease this limit to suit your needs.

Drupal Panels: A Powerful Tool for Layouts, But Are They Too Complicated?

25 September, 2014 | Drupal Development | 10 seen

As a content management system, Drupal offers a range of powerful features that make it a top choice for developers and businesses alike. One such feature is Drupal Panels, which allows you to create custom page layouts without needing to write any code.

However, some developers and website owners find that Drupal Panels can be complicated and time-consuming to use. In this article, we'll explore what Drupal Panels are, how they work, and some common concerns that people have about using them.

Drupal Panels is a module that provides a visual layout tool for creating pages and managing their content. The module allows you to create custom layouts for each page or content type on your website, without having to write any code.

With Drupal Panels, you can create pages with multiple regions, each of which can contain different content, such as images, videos, or text. You can also use Drupal Panels to create custom templates for different content types, such as blog posts, news articles, or product pages.

To use Drupal Panels, you'll need to enable the module in your Drupal site and create a new…

How to Install ownCloud on Linode - Ubuntu 14.04

24 September, 2014 | Servers | 10 seen

OwnCloud is a self-hosted, open-source file sharing and cloud storage platform that allows individuals and organizations to store, access, and share files securely from any device. With OwnCloud, users can create and collaborate on documents, calendars, and other digital assets, while keeping full control over their data and privacy.

OwnCloud offers a range of features such as file synchronization, version control, encryption, and integration with third-party apps, making it a popular choice for businesses, schools, and individuals looking for a flexible and customizable cloud storage solution.

Find my first impressions with the ownCloud server here. 

 I decided to create a simple tutorial where I have noted have one (perhaps you) can install his/her own file-sharing server - ownCloud. I'm going to use Linode VPS, Ubuntu 14.04, and Apache

Actually, I tried to set ownCloud on Ngnix, but there were some problems with it, so i stuck with Apache

• At first, I bought a new VPS from Linode.
• Quickly deployed a new Ubuntu 14.04 server
• And rest was handled using SSH (Putty)

The University of Georgia (Tbilisi)

23 September, 2014 | Professional services | 73 seen

The other day I accompanied a person visiting The University of Georgia. And for a surprise for me - I found this educational institution as pretty good. No I have no thoughts of studying in Georgia, but you never say never.

The University of Georgia

Students have free Internet access

The University of Georgia offers studies for international students

Coffee machine for students

After lectures students can rest on cozy coach

Georgian Flag at the main entrance of The University of Georgia

Another interesting thing I noticed in those short 15 minutes I was in The University of Georgia, while joining my mocachino from coffee machine - students, pretty much are dressed in American college student style - I mean jackets and accessories. Well, maybe they were American students? :)

For me this was an interesting experience to visit University of Georgia, though I have no idea what they are teaching here, what is the tuition fee and how well a degree from The University of Georgia helps latter in life, I got a pretty good first impression of this…

Lenovo's Top Gaming Laptops: Which One is Right for You?

22 September, 2014 | Laptop Reviews | 9 seen

Lenovo is a well-known brand when it comes to laptops, and their gaming laptops are no exception. Lenovo offers a range of gaming laptops that are equipped with powerful hardware, great graphics, and unique features that cater to the needs of gamers.

In this article, we will take a closer look at Lenovo gaming laptops and what makes them a great choice for gamers.

Disclaimer: This article contains affiliate links to Amazon. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. This means that if you click on a product link and make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no additional cost to you.

The Lenovo Legion Y540 is a great gaming laptop for budget-conscious gamers. It features an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 graphics card, 9th Gen Intel Core i7 processor, and 15.6-inch Full HD display. It has 16GB of DDR4 memory and a 512GB solid-state drive, making it a fast and reliable machine for gaming.

The Lenovo Legion Y740 is a high-end gaming laptop designed for serious gamers. It features an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 graphics card, 9th Gen Intel Core i7 processor, and 15.6-inch Full HD display. It has…

Visit of Tbilisi Theater Reminds me Drive in Marshrutka (2014)

21 September, 2014 | Living in Georgia | 4 seen

This autumn season we wanted to start with something beautiful.

At the end of every September, the Tbilisi International theatre festival is held. Actually, it might come as a surprise for some, but Tbilisi is a city that loves theatres. At least there are dozens of them in the city, there are some smaller ones and then there are some larger ones, the ones which receive state funding.

So, on September 20th we went on one play which was held in the frame of the Tbilisi International Theater festival

We decided to buy some tickets, by using Georgian biletebi.ge (we have used this system before, for buying tickets for other events in Tbilisi, for example, concert of Boris Grebenshchikov and Aquarium @ Tbilisi Concert Hall)

We bought tickets for 25GEL in the high first flow (balcony) on the play of Songs of the Wanderers, took our taxi, and went to Shota Rustaveli State Drama Theater.

As usual, it happens in Georgia, organizers don't care about queues:

Queue at Rustaveli theater

It turned out everyone is waiting for the State president:

I had an opportunity to take one Instagram with…

New Asia - Tbilisi Restaurant Review

18 September, 2014 | Restaurant reviews | 37 seen

New Asia is a Chinese restaurant located in Tbilisi on Griboedov street (just next to Rustaveli Avenue). The idea to visit this Chinese restaurant came spontaneous... you see - khinkali, khachapuri or barbecue... there are times you get sick and tired of them in Georgia.

So one of the alternatives is to visit some other type cuisine - and this time our choice was Chinese cuisine.

Entrance at New Asia Restaurant in Tbilisi

For a surprise, the restaurant was full of people even on this Wednesday's evening. 

I decided to stick with something casual and ordered corn soup with egg for a starter:

Corn Soup at New Asia Restaurant

The soup come with some chips (I guess made from dough?)

And for a main course I chose shredded beef with vegetables in sweet and hot sauce:

Shredded beef with vegetables in sweet and hot sauce

We ordered chicken as well

Chicken in sweet sauce

I didn't made much photos of interior here, but overall it's pretty good

Interior at New Asia

New Asia was one…

Open Atrium - Love it or Hate it

17 September, 2014 | Drupal Development | 21 seen

<p>Some potential customer of mine would like to build an intranet site after several meetings we have negotiated we could use Open Atrium for building a companies intranet site.</p><p>Honestly speaking I'm not very familiar with Open Atrium, and I have ambivalent feelings regarding this.</p><p>I can only agree that OA probably is one of the best open source solutions for your companies intranet, on the other hand it involves a huge learning curve, even for me. It took me several hours to find where the default overrides come from, documentation kinda suck or is to technical even for me.&nbsp;</p><p>At few stages I even considered to screw Open Atrium and build it from scratch, but then again I come back realizing that I would need to build all those features from scratch. For now it seems OA intranet will be a project I will work for next couple of months, learning it and mastering it, meanwhile providing end product to customer.</p><h2 class="component-title ng-binding">What is Open Atrium?</h2><div class="content ng-binding"><p>Open Atrium is open source collaboration…

Abother mobile blog post

14 September, 2014 | | 3 seen

<p>My blogging motivation is down due to my longer travel abroad. So again I'm making post just not to miss a day.</p><p>Tomorrow I'll be back home and I hope will get back to everyday routine.&nbsp;</p><p>Yes I'm naking this post from my mobile device. This is a neat feature I created for my Drupal powered blog.</p><p>Actually I m thinking of creating an Android app for better mobile expierience.&nbsp;</p><p>Time will show.</p><p>At end of this October a I m off for week long trip to Barcelona; &nbsp;so I must get prepare better.</p>

Today I will miss minimum 500 word count per article

13 September, 2014 | Blogging | 6 seen

<p>I must admit again - it's hard to stay focused when you are on your travel. And so did happens today and probably will happen tomorrow as well.</p><p>But I still will make this blog post, to get me better focused next time on my travels.</p>

How To Enable Google Analytics Display Features

12 September, 2014 | Blogging | 58 seen

Some time ago playing around with my Google Analytics reports, I noticed a tab called Demographics. In fact I have  noticed this tab already in past though this time I decided to enable it (or to find a way to enable) and learn more about it - how it could help me in my blogging adventures.

This is the default screen on Demographics tab, in order to see real data, we must add a minor changes to our Google Analytics tracking code.

Here is what Google says about that:

The Demographics and Interest sections include Overview reports, along with new Age, Gender, and Interest Categories reports.

• They allow you to better understand who your users are.
• You can segment the rest of your Analytics data by these same characteristics so you can understand how converting and non-converting users differ (and many other such comparisons).
• These are the same demographics & interest categories used to target ads on the Google Display Network. Use these insights about your users to refine your ad campaign strategies…