Blog Archive: January 2014
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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Plan your trip to Georgia (country)? Here is what you will need
| 0 viewsGeorgia is an amazing country located in South Caucasus. If you are planing your trip here, or like I am looking to stay a bit longer, here I have created a few, but as I guess really useful guides in Georgia. Here are my three favorites: 16 Places To Visit In Georgia And Tbilisi 5 Days In Georgia Itinerary List - Make Most Of Your Trip…
Boutique hotel Meg - Yerevan, Armenia
| 12 viewsWe stayed at this boutique hotel in Yerevan for 2 nights at the start of January 2014. This hotel is one of the best I have visited lately. It's truly a boutique hotel - apartments are clean and warm. The King size bed is awesome and Sateliite TV with more than 200 Russian (and not only) channels is all the traveler needs.The hotel offers a really…
A Simple Workaround to Display AdSense Ads in Drupal Views
| 8 viewsGoogle AdSense is a popular platform for publishers to monetize their websites by displaying ads to their visitors. If you have a Drupal website and want to display Google AdSense ads in your views, there is a simple workaround that can help you achieve this goal. In this article, we'll guide you through the steps to display Google AdSense ads in…
Record numbers of visitors visit Georgia - hoax or true?
| 2 viewsToday and yesterday I was reading some articles, claiming that record number of foreigners have visited Georgia in 2013. According to Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia - 5 365 356 foreigners crossed Georgian border in 2013.Why I dont like this data?Well in 2013, I have crossed Georgian border for some 6 times I guess. 3 times leaving and 3…
GEL continues to be weak against USD - is it time to start get worried?
| 2 viewsAt the end of December I made post about that Georgian lari continues to be weak agains USD. Today I decided to see what exchange rates are for today (07.01.2014)And for my surprise GEL CONTINUES to be weak against USD, so much, that for me it seems like hidden devaluation of national currency of Georgia - Lari. In last 14 days - Georgian lari…
Browser wars - Google Chome 55%, IE 3%
| 1 viewsRemember the Mosaic, early days of Netscape browser? I actually don't, but have heard of them a lot. For many years my default choice has been Google Chrome browser - I even sometimes was so lazy, that didn't the cross-browser testing for smaller web projects I'm working with - who needs cross-browser testing - everyone uses Chrome, right? Right…
Blog statistics December 2013
| 2 viewsDecember was quite a busy month - I managed to post everyday, but my enthusiasm has gone away.Top 10 blog posts according to Google Analytics:Christmas Charity Fair In TbilisiDrupal views taxonomy mapUkraine vs Poland by GDP 1990-2012Best spent $ 5 this yearEstonia to catch up Scandinavia in next 10-15 yearsBaltic's vs Caucasus by GDP 2012Fast…
Latvia Joins the Euro Zone (2014): A New Era Begins
| 1 viewsLatvia is set to become the latest member of the Eurozone when it joins on January 1st, 2014. This will make the 17-nation currency bloc one country bigger, following the lead of two other former Soviet states, Estonia and Slovakia. The small eastern European country, with a population of just 2 million, became a member of the European Union free…