blog of Girts Niedra » General http://girts.niedra.org Girts Niedra blogging about stuff of interest - work, life, etc. Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:59:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 RIP – Mārtiņš Freimanis :( http://girts.niedra.org/2011/01/rip-martins-freimanis/ http://girts.niedra.org/2011/01/rip-martins-freimanis/#comments Fri, 28 Jan 2011 13:10:56 +0000 Girts Niedra http://girts.niedra.org/?p=331 http://girts.niedra.org/2011/01/rip-martins-freimanis/feed/ 0 Sugar & fructose health effects – the bitter truth http://girts.niedra.org/2010/08/sugar-fructose-health-effects-the-bitter-truth/ http://girts.niedra.org/2010/08/sugar-fructose-health-effects-the-bitter-truth/#comments Sun, 15 Aug 2010 10:17:21 +0000 Girts Niedra http://girts.niedra.org/?p=277

]]> http://girts.niedra.org/2010/08/sugar-fructose-health-effects-the-bitter-truth/feed/ 0 Preferred song for my funeral http://girts.niedra.org/2010/07/preferred-song-for-my-funeral/ http://girts.niedra.org/2010/07/preferred-song-for-my-funeral/#comments Sat, 10 Jul 2010 09:43:38 +0000 Girts Niedra http://girts.niedra.org/?p=257 Although not original, but certainly, when I happen to hand over my spoon (hopefully not too soon :) ):

Simon and Garfunkel – The Sound Of Silence

P.S. And while I am at it – definitely cremated.

Hello darkness, my old friend
I've come to talk with you again
Because a vision softly creeping
Left its seeds while I was sleeping
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains
Within the sound of silence

In restless dreams I walked alone
Narrow streets of cobblestone
'Neath the halo of a street lamp
I turn my collar to the cold and damp
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
That split the night
And touched the sound of silence

And in the naked light I saw
Ten thousand people maybe more
People talking without speaking
People hearing without listening
People writing songs that voices never shared
No one dared
Disturb the sound of silence

"Fools," said I, "you do not know
Silence like a cancer grows
Hear my words that I might teach you
Take my arms that I might reach you"
But my words like silent raindrops fell
And echoed in the wells of silence

And the people bowed and prayed
To the neon god they made
And the sign flashed out its warning
In the words that it was forming
And the sign said "The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls
And tenement halls
And whispered in the sound of silence

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http://www.dfz.lv/dfz/01/
I know, it uses flash which sucks etc. But it looks cool and is really user friendly.

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]]> http://girts.niedra.org/2010/02/caprica/feed/ 0 Meteorite crate in Latvia – update – fake http://girts.niedra.org/2009/10/meteorite-crate-in-latvia/ http://girts.niedra.org/2009/10/meteorite-crate-in-latvia/#comments Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:31:35 +0000 Girts Niedra http://girts.niedra.org/?p=128 Update – even if it still made out to be a big story, it was all a big joke most probably :)

Heard the big news yesterday evening, that a meteorite fell down nearby Mazsalaca, Latvia.

Some guys have managed to get the site on tape. Looks impressive.

The location, Mazsalaca, Latvia:

View Larger Map

P.S. Maybe Latvia has got her own Superman now ;)

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]]> http://girts.niedra.org/2009/09/google-cache/feed/ 0 Move to girts.niedra.org http://girts.niedra.org/2009/06/move-to-girtsniedraorg/ http://girts.niedra.org/2009/06/move-to-girtsniedraorg/#comments Tue, 02 Jun 2009 14:54:17 +0000 Girts Niedra http://girts.niedra.org/?p=22 So, I have moved to http://girts.niedra.org/ . With the moving, as usually, you have to change the wallpaper, move the stuff from the old place, etc.

I will write more than I did before.

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