Blog Archive: July 2018
Early Spring 2018 in the Yard
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Since early 2018 we have been relocated to Jūrmala resort town in Latvia. It was in early April 5th morning I decided to run my second 365 days photo challenge. I didn't sleep that night, I thought about making a cool sunset photography at Jūrmala beach. I actually did.
Once we returned from the nearby sea to our yard - I decided to make a panoramic photography of the yard we have spent so much time. Piece of Life.
Our yard for 2018 (panoramic photography)
Restaurant Istabas In Talsi Review
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Restaurant Istabas in Talsi is among the best restaurants I've tried in Latvia lately, located on Liela street 31 in Talsi city, the restaurant offers great views of Lake Talsi .
Istabas restaurant serves great European/American cuisine.
First visited back in the Summer of 2017, since then have returned here for a couple of times.
Restaurant Istabas in Talsi
Located in a three-storey building, seems there is a hotel available as well.
Lovely patio (during Summers)
Salmon tartar
Well made, great looking and tasty
Burger menu for hungry men
Galaxy Iraklio 5-star Hotel Review (Heraklion, Crete)
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Located in Heraklion's elegant district, this 5-star hotel offers 2 gourmet restaurants, a free wellness centre and a large freshwater pool. Luxurious rooms feature balconies with pool and city views.
We booked this hotel for a one night stay back in the Summer of 2017 and paid about EUR 100.
Top 5 star and Luxury hotels in Heraklion
Disclosure: this article contains links to Booking.com, by clicking on links on this page and by making a reservation on Booking.com site, I might earn an affiliate income, at no cost to you.
All accommodation in Galaxy Iraklio offers work desks, satellite LCD TV and free Wi-Fi access. Air-conditioned rooms are equipped with pure Egyptian cotton linen and pure wellness or hypoallergenic rooms are available. Some units feature whirlpools.
Breakfast at Galaxy Iraklio Hotel
Vetri Restaurant serves an American buffet breakfast prepared with fresh, local ingredients and Cretan cuisine. Per Se Lounge offers casual meals, wines and cocktails. The Pool Deck serves light meals and drinks. 24-hour room service is available with additional in-room dishes…
How To Fix "gzip is failing for js files" Nginx
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From Drupal Reports status page I noticed gzip is failing for js files error
The web servers configuration will need to be adjusted. In most cases make sure that the webroots .htaccess file still contains this section "Rules to correctly serve gzip compressed CSS and JS files". Certain default web server configurations (nginx) do not gzip HTTP/1.0 requests. If you are using cloudfront you will have to add metadata to the .gz files. There are some other options if using cloudfront.
For Nginx web servers there is an easy fix, adding just a few lines of code to the server block
here is the fix (source: Enable GZIP for CSS and JS files on NGINX server for Magento)
sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/yourdomain.comcopy following under the server config
gzip on; gzip_http_version 1.0; gzip_disable "msie6"; gzip_vary on; gzip_proxied any; gzip_comp_level 6; gzip_buffers 16 8k; gzip_min_length 256; gzip_types text/css text/javascript text/xml text/plain text/x-component application/javascript application/json application/xml application/rss+xml…June 2018 Dividend Income Report - $147.44
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Welcome to the #14 dividend income report, covering earnings I've made from the dividend-paying stocks (Baltic and European) and peer to peer lending (both fiat and cryptocurrencies).
Last June turned out much better than I thought before, more precisely it turned better $40 thanks to the bitcoin lending on Poloniex.com
The total income generated in June was the highest so far for 2018.
Disclosure: This article contains affiliate links to mintos.com peer to peer lending website, by clicking on links on this page and by making an investment on mintos.com, I might earn affiliate income at no cost to you. Also, I'm not a financial advisor and I don't give you any advice, I'm just sharing my own experience. Investments in stocks, funds, bonds or cryptos are risk investments and you could lose some or all of your money. Do your due diligence before investing in any kind of asset.
Interest income in June 2018From the stocks, Mintos.com peer to peer lending and from cryptocurrency lending on Poloniex.com I got following income last…
Postcards from Crete
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It has been now over a year since we visited the Greek island of Crete, during the past months I've already documented many stories from this trip. In today's Piece of Life series - one of the last days on the island back in 2017.
Town in Crete
The town is most probably Argiroupoli, as somewhere in this area we enjoyed a cup of coffee, see: Palios Mylos Restaurant Review near Argiroupoli Springs, Crete
Rural Crete
See: Discoveries in Crete - Rough Road To Balos Beach
Narrow roads in Crete
See: Crazy, Stupid, Love - Tranquil Rough Adventures in Crete
Mountainous Crete