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Referendums par/pret Zatleru

Girts Niedra — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 17:18:36 +0000

Pret – no manas puses.
Zatlera rīkojums/runa nr. 2 mani nepārliecināja. Nepārliecināja ka viņam ir plāns kā rīkoties tālāk, ar vai bez Saeimas atlaišanas.
Ir jāsaprot, ka Saeima ir tautas spogulis – un lai mainītos attieksme tur, ir jāmainās mums pašiem.
Kalvīši, Zatleri, Eināri – ir papilnam mums apkārt. Ja nenāks labāki, tas ir bejēdzīgi.
Varam vēlēt cik Saeimas gribam.
Jānāk kādiem kam

ir plāns ko darīt
grib darīt
dara

LV labā

Outdoor Games

Girts Niedra — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 17:45:22 +0000

Nice event – film festival for extreme sports enthusiasts.

South-park character

Girts Niedra — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:19:03 +0000

Google Reader fullscreen mode

Girts Niedra — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 19:41:01 +0000

I wrote a rant some time ago of Google Search not using the potential of flat screens. Well this is one step in the right direction – just add it to search
http://googlereader.blogspot.com/2010/08/fullscreen-and-more.html

Melancholic Waltz by Emils Darzins

Girts Niedra — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 18:36:59 +0000

It is sad to see that in a Google search for “Melancholy Waltz” only one result relates to Emils Darzins and his beautiful waltz – even less for the better matching translation “Melancholic Waltz”

Although Darzins was accused of plagiarism by Jean Sibelius – I would like to hear the work from Sibelius that supports the accusations. Sadly, the information on the internet is poor on this as well.

Ryanair electronic equipment policies

Girts Niedra — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 18:18:59 +0000

Frak you Ryanair.
Going to Riga and back this weekend, I was twice denied to use my HTC Hero in airplane mode to play Sudoku (the flight attendant was aware that it’s in flight mode, he just referred to a policy).

if there are working phones not in flight mode in your pockets – no problem
if you use a laptop with WIFI activated and/or built in GSM module – no problem
if you consume as many alcohol as possible because of the boring flight (that was not me, FYI, but just because had to drive a car afterwards) – no problem

other complaints (this included) nicely compiled, totally agree to all
http://puckstownlane.wordpress.com/2010/03/04/i-want-to-be-proud-of-ryanair-but-they-make-it-impossible/

Art needs it’s models – literally

Girts Niedra — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 20:26:41 +0000

More in http://worldmysteries9.blogspot.com/2010/03/hyper-realistic-acrylic-body-painting.html

Why latvians are pessimists

Girts Niedra — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:53:48 +0000

Language and its nuances can reveal many things about the language users and their characteristics.
The Germans are optimists or at least neutral, they say “halb voll” most of the time, and “halb leer” from time to time. Well, even its not true, they have the choice
For Latvians, there is a word for “halb leer”=”pustukšs”
but no word for “halb voll”, which literally would be “puspilns” – which could only be used if a person is almost drunk, but not quite yet.

We are waiting for you, merry dwarf

Girts Niedra — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 11:36:21 +0000

The Russian “president” is going to visit Omsk. They had some posters in the city advertising a spectacle for kids named “We are waiting for you, merry dwarf”.
Government ordered to get rid of those, as it might offend the feelings of some small men (162 cm.)
Also ordered to cover the dirty snow in the city with a fresh one, that looks better.

That is so Soviet… miserable.

Latvia in The Simpsons

Girts Niedra — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 19:12:46 +0000

Yeah! Maybe because of the story on Haralds Silovs in the sports media, maybe randomly, Latvia made a first appearance (AFAIK) in The Simpsons, Season 21, Episode 12.

As I have seen all episodes, I admit that I’m an addict of the greatest comedy cartoon ever.