Nokia X6 ir Nokia X3

Nokia World 2009 renginio metu pristatyti nauji XSeries music Nokia telefonai. Paskutiniame metų ketvirtyje turėtų pasirodyti Nokia X6 ir Nokia X3 modeliai. Planuojama Nokia X6 kaina apie 450 Eur. kartu bus ir "Comes with Music" paslauga. Nokia X3 planuojama kaina - 115 Eur.

Nokia X6 touch screen telefonas turintis 32GB vidinės atminties, 3.2 colių ekranas (16:9 santykis, 360 x 640 pikselių ir 16 milijonų spalvų). Telefonas taip pat turės 5 megapikselių kamerą kartu su 2 LED blykste. Kartu su šia nokia bus galima rasti ir keletą žaidimų, tokių kaip Spore, Asphalt4, DJ Mix Tour.

Keletas Nokia X6 specifikacijos detalių:

• Symbian OS, S60 5-asis leidimas 5,0
• Dydis: 111 x 51 x 13,8 mm
• Ekranas: 3,2 "16:9
  
• 32 GB vidinė atmintis
• Pokalbių laikas: iki 8h (GSM) / 5 val (3G)
• Budėjimo trukmė: iki 406h (GSM) / 400 val (3G)
• Muzikos grojimo laikas: iki 35h
• Vaizdo grojimo laikas: iki 4 valandų (30 fps)
• Procesorius 433.9MHz
• 5 megapikselių kamera, Carl Zeiss optika bei dviguba LED blykstė
• Bluetooth 2.0
• 3.5mm ausinių lizdas
• A-GPS
• WLAN
  

Dabar dar truputėlis informacijos apie Nokia X3. Kaip sako pati gamintoja, tai įrenginys skirtas muzikos mėgėjams. Nokia X3 turėtų būti glotnaus korpuso muzikos prietaisas, turintis stereo garsiakalbius, FM radiją, 3,2 megapikselių kamerą.

Nokia X3 Specifikacijos:

• Dydis: 96 x 49,3 x 14,1 mm
• Ekranas: 2.2 "QVGA, 262K spalvų
• 46MB vidinės atminties
• MicroSD kortelių lizdas
• Pokalbio laikas: iki 7.5h GSM
• Budėjimo laikas: iki 380h GSM
• Muzika grojimo laikas: Iki 26h
• BLUETOOTH
• 3.5mm ausinių lizdas
• 3,2 megapikselių kamera
• FM radijas
  

Rugsėjo 1-oji

Sveikinimai visiems dėstytojams, mokytojams, studentams ir moksleiviams :).

Kažkaip pagailo prabėgusios vasarėlės, o ji kaip visada - nepasivargino ilgiau užsilaikyti...

A. Diuma Paryžiaus mohikanai I

Vis neintensyviai darbuojantis vasaros metu perskaityta dar viena gana įdomi knyga - "Paryžiaus mohikanai" pirma knyga. Trumpai galima priminti ir apie patį autorių, remiantis Wikipedia, Aleksandras Diuma, populiarus prancūzų rašytojas. Vertinamas už istorinius nuotykinius romanus, kurie susilaukė dėmesio visame pasaulyje. Žymiausi A.Diuma kūriniai „Trys muškietininkai“, „Grafas Montekristas“, „Geležinė kaukė“. Pirmoji A. Diuma knyga pripažinimo sulaukė 1844 metais ir būtent tada prasidėjo jo šlovė bei turtingas gyvenimas. Iki tol jo sukurtos pjesės ir kelionių aprašymai tokio pripažinimo nebuvo sulaukę.

Giržtant prie Paryžiaus mohikanų, pačioje knygoje pateikiamas toks trumpas jos aprašymas: Patrauklus, intriguojančio siužeto romanas, parašytas XIX a. romantizmo dvasia, pasakoja apie trijų jaunikaičių - poeto Žano Robero, gydytojo Liudviko ir dailininko Petriuso nuotykius paskutinėmis ponapoleoninės epochos, restauracijos laikų dienomis. 1830-ųjų metų liepos revoliucijos išvakarėse. Piešiama plati to meto visuomenės panorama nuo padugnių iki aristokratiškųjų viršūnių, šiltai vaizduojama nykstančių gatvės artistų, komediantų ir juokdarių, tų Paryžiaus mohikanų karta. Tokiame istorinių įvykių fone išsiskiria romantiškos Žiusteno ir Minos, Kolombano ir Karmelitos, Petriuso ir Reginos meilės istorijos bei paslaptingo geradario Salvatoriaus figūra.

Pirmosios Knygos veiksmas vyksta 1827 - aisiais metais. Pirmame skyriuje vaizdžiai aprašoma to laiko Paryžiaus materialinė bei moralinė padėtis, aprašomi visi socialiniai sluoksniai. Knygoje apskritai labai daug aprašymų, pasakojimų, mažiau tiesioginės kalbos.

Nesileidžiant į per daug gilius ir subjektyvius svarstymus galima sakyti, kad knyga tikrai įdomi, nors skaitant pirmuosius skyrius dar taip neatrodė. Gaila tik, kad perskaičius pirmąją knygą praktiškai niekas neužsibaigia, todėl norint sužinoti kaip viskas baigėsi kaip ir nelieka kito kelio, kaip tik skaityti antrąją knygą.

Hitchhiking from Kaunas to Barcelona and back to Riga – 12 days story [part 11]

20 of May…in the morning we stopped in some petrol station.. the man asked us for money…strange thing to pay then you are hitchhiking…but… but driver had problems with paying because there was petrol station to pay only by cards… so he was looking who could help him… so one good man paid with his card and got money from our driver… stupid situation, but what we could do… it was too late to change the car… going again… border..Germany…finally :) after some hours the driver let away the woman. She wished luck to us and gone. After her leaving driver started to talk about her… how he don't like her and that she is crazy. Latter he begin to talk about himself…that he makes wine and now he is bringing some bottles to customers…blab la blab la … I still don't like him.. and now Vilma don't like him as well…We were glad then our ways separated. Of course we had to walk about 2-3 km to get to right direction. It was sunny morning and to marsh with bags was so hot and tiring but nice weather and nice surroundings helped to have good mood. Actually fields and forest remind Lithuanian ones…so we felt closer to home. In petrol station we had some food and moved along. Now stopped strange driver but in good way. He was working with companies like Ford and other cars companies. He was creating robots or something like that. High quality specialist but not proud. He was always saying “It is JUST a job” “It is JUST a car” (even it was new one). He had really different way of thinking. He told us his story how he hitchhiked to Franc to take a photo for his grandmother :) He was just a student and had no money. His grandmother before death wanted to see something in Franc so asked him to go and to take a picture… and he did it : :) Other strange thing he told was that he is organizing 24houres races of old tractors. :) It was interesting to listen how his minds were flouting …He said “where this world is rolling?” He said that now people behaves not responsible with all dangerous remains … for example remains from nuclear power-station. He said that in past paaaaaast people were more mindful. Now people are just putting all nuclear remains into capsule and digging into ground… In past they were more careful. He asked if we know about Atlántida. Of course we do. Then he spoke again. People in Atlántida had a lot of loot of nuclear remains, but they managed to leave it safe… that it won’t cause harm to future generations. He asked if we know how they did that. .. well no..we didn't know… so he asked other question, if we know a Stonehenge in G. Britain. :) no doubts everyone knows it. :) So his opinion were that people from Atlántida all their nuclear remains had dig into ground and built a Stonehenge as a warning sign. It was totally new explanation for us of Stonehenge purpose. It surprised us… (well in that case now 2009 07 21 I tried to look some information in internet…but I found only theories that it was made on spiritual purpose or healing…but nothing about warinig…http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/science/September-October/Researchers-Disagree-About-Age--Purpose-of-Stonehenge.html , or http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7625630.stm everyone has own opinion.) Spending time with people like him takes you into other world :) Then we stepped out of his car so we said to each other that all our drivers are crazy in their own way…but SO crazy :) and we were like wow this one was good one :) like from television films about boys drowned in science world. :) Nature in Germany was not very special… almost like Lithuanian just maybe hills was a little bit higher… After little break we came back to road. Well not exactly on the road, because in Germany like in Italy, Spain, Austria highways are too dangerous to stand in it and it is forbidden. Better or best place to stay is petrol station or taxing point…but we prefer petrol station the bigger the better :) you can refresh yourself, you can buy if you need something and more people are coming and in petrol station you can go to people directly and speak… or you can stood near the exit and hold a tablet with cities name. Both these strategies has their pros and cons. If you are going to people directly so maybe while you are talking to one who is going wrong direction other person can pass by and could go to right direction. But talking directly you are taking notice… Or even if person is going to opposite side maybe he could give you a good advice how to behave or where to go or something else. Or just can chat a moment with you and give you good emotions. While standing near the exit you can’t take notice to you, your personality or direction you are going. Often people even don't read tablets. But there is and a good side. Then you are standing with tablet or just a thumb up stops only these people who wants to help. Differently then you are going directly to people… everything depends on situation and location. Sometimes one is better and sometimes other.

THE SENTENCE OF THE DAY

laugh brings people together and makes feel closer

THE SENTENCE OF THE DAY

If man turns to left four times, so geometry theory says, that he will come back home. :)

THE SENTENCE OF THE DAY

Do you really think that you will certainly get what you want only because you really want that or that you will be very patient.

(Margaret Kent "How to marry the man of your choice")

Hitchhiking from Kaunas to Barcelona and back to Riga – 12 days story [part 10]

:) Little by little evening was coming. (19 of may )This time truck driver stopped. French also not speaking English. But somehow we managed to have a conversation. :) Somewhere in middle in between Avignon and Lyon also in taxing point we were trying to get other driver…it was almost dark… became dark… finally one car stopped …young nice couple. They took us straight to Lyon. Into the city…:) they were going too fast and skipped last petrol station on highway. So it was almost midnight and we were standing almost in the city :) but view was nice… we were standing near the building…next to us one homeless old man was sleeping. Not much hope left that night to move somewhere… but really fast other car stopped. Couple , but old. They were going just out of city so as they think it would be better for us to get out of city. We jumped in with a relief. :) still mowing. This couple was so kind and suggested to stay in their garage for night if we would like to get some sleep. But it was our first night in the trip so we wanted to move on. It was midnight…and we were somewhere out of Lyon. There were two roads..one old and other new but with taxing points. We would prefer new one but it was not lighted…so it was a little bit scared to walk next to that road….especially then we know how fast cars can go there….so after some time one man stopped and took us.I don't know how long we were going with him… maybe I was asleep. Still somewhere in Franc.
I can say that it is 20 of May, even it is night… and even we haven’t any proper rest…We stepped out in a slam village…we saw petrol station but it was not working…no cars at all… Weird.. and again no hope. But still good mood and we were discussing how we could stay here comfortable for night. If we going to stuck so better to use that time for sleeping. Then two cars with young people came to petrol station … gone… after few moments one car came back and parked near us. Two guys where eating something. :) It remind us how after pubs we were going to eat in city :) they wanted to chat but couldn't speak English but still suggested some cookies. And called us nicely “Madmuasel” ..
Still no other cars…suddenly one car passed us twice and stopped. First we thought that it was a young family with sleeping child on the back seat. But no. There was strange company who said that can take us but we should give 10 Euros for petrol because the driver counted that car is old and we are two and big bags so car would take more petrol. We asked where they are going… it was small city in Germany … we looked into map..it was quite far…well 10 Euros for possibility to be safe in car and take a nap was tempting. So we arranged things more comfortable for all of us and moved. The driver for me was weird from the beginning..I don't liked both the driver and a woman next to him… they were speaking in German… something my ear was catching … they were different from all people we have met… they were weird but not in a best way…I didn't like their company… so the night was quite good… good that we were still moving and we could rest a bit… well maybe I didn't feel comfortable in this car because these people differed with each other…it seemed that driver do not like that woman. But to sleep was not very comfortable….so less of space…and cold….because driver opened a window…he was smoking one cigarette after other…but we were just guests so we tried to sleep and ignore these things…sometimes we awake and behold some wonderful beautiful sights …sunrise in cute villages and some hills…and again asleep…

THE SENTENCE OF THE DAY

...there is some people who is never mistaken, because smart ideas is not bothering them...

THE SENTENCE OF THE DAY

every commodity has its buyer..just it takes time while they find each other...

THE SENTENCE OF THE DAY

i love me, you should too :)

Hitchhiking from Kaunas to Barcelona and back to Riga – 12 days story [part 9]

19 of may … should I say that I didn’t want to get up? :) well we got up quite late. Also we didn’t have any idea from where to start… and how to get there… after quite long thinking we find one solution. Picked up our bags and walked …first to bus. Kristina lead us to bus stop explained a map of bus route and said where we have to step out. Everything looked clear. Bus came. We make our bow . Well we had to step out at third stop. But problem was that bus was not stopping… It stopped only in the end of its route. OOPsss ! The driver took some fruits and it seemed that he will stay here for a while. Everyone went out of bus… we wanted to know how long he will stay here and if he is coming back the same route. BUT :) his English was horrible. So we stepped out. One lady came in the bus and started to talk with driver. After minute came to us and showed to come in…but we didn’t have tickets anymore … but he tried to ask where we are going…then said to stay. After two more minutes (after he ate his orange) he went. In maybe second stop he said to us go to metro and go to city center to get a train or bus :) that was nice. That place where he let us was right one. We just needed to cross the road and start hitchhiking :)


SO from here comes other advice for tourists. If you don't know place, but know a name of bus stop so better don't try to count stops…because some of them you can miss, some of them won’t be marked. It is better to try to ask driver to say to you then will be your stop.


That highway was a bit too fast for that but one old man stopped and helped us. He was listening some calm and classic music so it was making feel us sleepy :) As he told then he was young he was also hitchhiking so that’s why he took us. With him we were driving about 100 km or something like that. He let us out in highway and after few moments came police and said to go out of that area…so we went to sideway there were some taxing points so near them we stood and hoped that someone will take us :) and soon one man took us. He was French and his English was poor but he was happy to use it …Almost all way he was saying that we are behaving wrong by hitchhiking, that it is stress for our parents and so on. He let us soon and we were glad. :) we stood on next taxing point.


It is quite good place, because cars moves slowly …they can notice you and a card with city’s name you are going to. But there is not much space for standing …

Then for us stopped nice young French man :) But couldn’t speak English at all. If we understood right so his job is to drive these fast trains . :) So in highway he also drew fast… after one more 100 km he let us near one more taxing point… in that place were for trucks and in other side were for cars… I was a bit afraid of that highways so we stayed in that side there were for trucks….after while we noticed a car coming to this side…strange..driver stopped and from car stepped out a guy…hitchhiker like we…..then driver asked us where we are going and said “jump in” . Some truck were standing behind him but he didn’t care :)


And small advice if you are traveling with your own car.. better don't go through taxing points which are for truck, because in there are bigger taxes :)


I don't remember much about this driver…soon he us left near other taxing point. Interesting coming to Barcelona we never stood in these places and now while coming back it was the main our stopping point. :) Now for our surprise stopped a lady. :) French. With little nice doggy in front seat. She took us to a better place to hitchhiked …it was about 30 km… also she showed Avignon city :) we took some pictures through the window. She was cute..Her English was poor but she tried and was using sign language.. her French accent was lovely :) we were first hitchhikers who she took. :) Well and again she let us out near taxing point. :) Little by little evening was coming.

THE SENTENCE OF THE DAY

...woman as a flower, unsupervised wont blossom and finally wither...

THE SENTENCE OF THE DAY

In all relations the most important thing is conversations...

THE SENTENCE OF THE DAY

In whose carriage you are sitting - their song you will be singing.

THE SENTENCE OF THE DAY

even in the "darkest" day of your life you can envisage at least one positive thing...it depends only on will...

THE SENTENCE OF THE DAY

World always helps us to struggle for our dreams and doesnt metter how foolish it might appear. It is our dreams and only we know for what price they were saved.



(Paulo Coelho)

THE SENTENCE OF THE DAY

...if old sox stinks so knit new one...

Hitchhiking from Kaunas to Barcelona and back to Riga – 12 days story [part 8]

Next morning (18 of May) we went to see Sagrada Familia. Well I have been inside in January so this time for me it was not necessary and Vilma wasn’t so interested in seeing it from inside or to spend all day in museum. It would take at least half of day. So we just turned around, I told some details I have remembered and we carried on to see buildings like La Pedrera, Casa Batllo. Then a little break in the beach… There differently from Lithuanian beaches you can’t hear sough of waves …and no silence. There all the time people are suggesting you to buy coconuts, beer, sprite or even some Asian women offers you massage or tattoo. Last two you can pick up from catalogue. There is two possibilities or you closing your eyes and ignoring them or staying with open eyes and consistently repeat “No” “No I don't need” “No I don't want” “No thank you” “NO” :) And after while it sounds in your head “ Hola samahe masahe?” “Servesa beer servese” :) So these phrases became some kind jokes between me and Vilma for a while.


Lieing in the beach I remembered that we don't have any food for trip. In Lithuania it would be no problem to do shopping in the evening…quite late evening, but here shops works from 9 am to 9pm. Or even 9.15 to 8.45… I am not sure where that 15 min is but they are. In my plan for that day’s sightseeing was left one more park (Park de la Cuitadela) and Ark de Triumf. So we left beach quite soon. Well and water was cold as in January :) I even couldn’t wade…. Freezing cold. But weather for sunbathing was perfect. Hot sun and fresh wind …


So we quickly walked through the park. Then marched through alley leading to Ark de triumph. Meanwhile not forgetting to take pictures :) We did faster than I expected but still it was not clear if we will get on time to shopping center… well but everything went ok… we did shopping and got some free milk :) and came back home. There we had our last supper with Kristina, Nojus, Driss, Audrone. In that evening we had to taste two interesting things. For the beginning was grilled birdie. :) Nobody could tell us what kind of bird it was but… small and tasty :) Latter on somehow hookah appeared. But the interesting part was minty tobacco. It was best one I have ever tried. Perfect. So we were sitting and chatting though tomorrow morning we planned to start our journey back to Lithuania (but our bags weren’t packed). Oh about tobacco. In Spain it is interesting system. If you want to buy some cigarettes or tobacco you have to go to special shop only for tobacco. :) If you will try to get some in supermarket so you will definitely be out of conceit. But don't worry if you need some at night then shop is not working so go to pub or club and by in a machine (similar we have for coffee).
I wanted that evening never end….

THE SENTENCE OF THE DAY

...save you health in early life and honour in old age...

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THE SENTENCE OF THE DAY

Nobody is perfect :P

THE SENTENCE OF THE DAY

Falling in love does not mean endless chain of pleasant sensation....

(Margaret Kent "How to marry the man of your choise")

THE SENTENCE OF THE DAY

Somebody dare to look for water, and it was found and people start to huddle around him. I think, if you are looking for love bravely it will appear and finaly you will attract more of it. If somebody needs you so everyone needs you. But if you are alone so you will become even more lonely.


(Paulo Coelho)

Hitchhiking from Kaunas to Barcelona and back to Riga – 12 days story [part 7]

Next morning we also slept quite long…It was Sunday 17 of May. This day was for Park Guel. HOT !!! HOT!!! HOT!! And high heels shoes didn't helped :) But still wonderful place. After that we came back to Kristina’s home and made some food :) ate in terrace…cozy moment. Kristina’s husband and son was somewhere out, so again three girls chatting….
I was in Barcelona second time. Most of things I was seeing second time. But I love this country and city so I was glad. Picasso I saw first time. And on Sunday evening we went to see Magic Fountains which was not working in January (then I was here first time). This fountain was working only on weekends evenings. Huge fountain playing together with music.
Later on we went to dance in some clubs. :) nothing special :) Oh the same night we stopped by in one play ground….we like swings :)…in there was a dog…strange one… first he was barking and didn’t let me to swing…but latter he came with small rock and wanted to play :) my four-legged friend :)

THE SENTENCE OF THE DAY

Waiting is torture. Life trying to forget - torture. But the most terrible torture is do not know how to behave (act).

Hitchhiking from Kaunas to Barcelona and back to Riga – 12 days story [part 6]

But we had not so much time so we tried o get us much as possible. So we were in Barcelona on Friday.15 of May. We got a shower, some food some rest, some chat with my cousin Kristina, who just took Nojus from school. Later in the evening we went for a walk..to see a nightlife. But we were tired and quite early came back. And went to bed…mmmm….sleep …slept as much as much as we wanted. :)
Saturday. 16 of May…we went for sightseeing and to the beach…On wharf there is a shopping center where is a really unbelievably tasty ice cream…but expensive one – about 5 euro for two pills(balls). That day was an international day of museums so at night was all museums ready to open their doors for visitors. We went to Picasso museum. A queue was huge, but moved fast. :) so we took our time inside… Really it worth to see that museum even if you don't know about art much. Later we wanted to go to dance. But in streets there were so tumultuous crowed because of Barcelona’ s team victory even without playing in match. :) Interesting thing to be in city then people are expressing their happiness. Everywhere ware so many rubbish …police was arresting people…some streets were closed so we couldn't reach place we wanted to dance… so for a while we were just walking … Till one guy gave as a booklet of one club and asked if we want to see one video clip presentation. Why not? :) We came in.. was crowded and actually after long walking in museum and streets I wanted to take a seat. So we sat and got one typical Spanish drink.. Three girls started to chat :) While chatting we heard twice one nice song. That one’s video clip presentation :) and we missed it .Well…but we heard it at least and liked. I took that booklet home and now I have in my pc both and song and video clip :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dniDWYjQAS0 SO that night nothing special happened and we came back. Our wish to dance was not completely fulfilled. But it was very interesting evening.

Hitchhiking from Kaunas to Barcelona and back to Riga – 12 days story [part 5]

Rain was still pouring …this petrol station was smaller and closed. Luckily it had a shelter near the wall where were a window for customers. There were two black men. Personally I didn't trust them and I am not talking about considering a possibility to go with them. But Vilma wasn’t so negative. They smiled and gave us some coffee and bought some more for themselves. We noticed a plastic utensil on the ground with some remains of food. They had a dinner in there :)
It was third night on the road… I missed homemade food.


Black guys started to chat to us in French… we – in English. :) They couldn’t believe how we could be in Franc and do not know the language. But somehow with signs we had small conversation. In their car was place for 3 people, they were 2 and 2 of us. So even they wanted to take us they couldn't. :) for me it was a relief. :) Don’t get me wrong .. I am not a racist…just sometimes I feel I can’t trust person…doesn't matter if he/she is white or black or whatever…you’ll see latter. :)


We were tired and …tired..sometimes you are more tired psychologically than physically…we wanted to get a shower and bed to sleep :) such simple thinks seamed could make us happy…other thing was…..together 24 +24 + 12 hours (about)… even we haven’t seen each other for long time we already deplete all topics …or we just get tired of talking at all.. and weather didn’t helped this time… mine clothes and shoes was ok but for Vilma was worse…she felt cold and her wet shoes made everything worse… we spend in there few hours..Vilma tried to read her jottings from university, dance…I also had my mp3 but…in my head was Nothing box :) For a while there was no people coming to petrol station…it was about 2 to 4 am… About 5 am..the man who was working there went out to clean the area and noticed us. He was friendly and asked us how long we are here, where we are going and told us that after 30 min he will let us inside the building. But at that time cars started to come and he had to work…First few cars was fool so we even didn’t bother to go to talk with drivers.


A little bit later one posh car came. A man look to a line near reception window and asked us if we are hitchhiking. Interesting stuff that in Franc people mostly by themselves are coming to us. So this man said that if we want he can take us about 70 km. He took something and we all sat in the car…and the man from petrol station ran to as with a map :) he explained something in French to driver and wished good luck to us. :) As we decided that man in posh car was gay…but it was so good to sit comfortably in soft leather seat… and close eyes for a moment… well… about hour :) but it look like a moment. The driver look tired but careful… took us as possible to better place. But he was tired and didn’t showed interest to talk to us . . .


It was getting light …but still cloudy… this petrol station was big…with shopping center and parking for trucks. So here we hoped that will be easy to get a car. But it took some time….Here we tried everything : directly asking people , stopping cars near the exit … But rains was still bothering…So we were spending some time outside and some under a shelter. In that shopping center we found two more hitchhikers (two guys but not friends and one couple). With boys we chatted for a moment. But they were strange and I guess not interested in chatting so we didn't waste our time and went back to look for a driver.


One thing happened which I will not forget for ever :) A posh and big limousine stopped. :) Two black young guys smiled and asked where we are going … Barselona… and they said it is sad but they were going to Cannes….mmmm… Why they were going not to Barcelona… :) But latter on we found on older man who was going to Barcelona ! there was left about 350 km… From first sight that man look scary and not friendly.. But in that time we had spend together we had really great time :) He was laughing at us what we were eating :) Bananas is not food for him it is a dessert :) he made a sandwiches for us and gave some yoghurt, nuts and candies. He was laughing that small girls with big bags running to him and shouting “Mister mister Barcelona ,Barcelona” :) He was sarcastic but kind … showed something and told what he knew about that object. He was like our guide.


Finally then we were in Barcelona…did I told that he was a truck driver was Hungarian? And with truck he couldn’t go inside the city so we were somewhere in one circuit. He stopped at petrol station and demand to call to my cousin or that she called to us.. he was worrying about how we will get into the city… he asked then we are coming back to Lithuania ..maybe he could took us…I don't remember but if he gave to us his phone number or we ours to him….
Just we got out of truck and trying to put warm clothes inside the bags, one guy was watching us…and came to us… he was local and friendly wanted to help for hitchhikers … explained how to get into city and that he was also hitchhiking and knows how it is …such a relief.. and we like saying bye-bye and just for common interest Vilma asked from where he is. And He smiled “ Well I bet you will not know that country, but anyway from Lithuania” :) :) well you can imagine how funny that was :) chatted with him for a while. He took us to his job…he was working near in one hotel. He gave a map and phone number just in case. As he said first we tried to hitchhike near the exit of that area… and after few minutes two ladies stopped. Young girl with mother. They took us into city center. There I knew how to deal with :) metro … and home sweet home :) even it was not mine but could offer me a bed :)

Jūros šventė

Šių metų liepos 31 – rugpiūčio 2 dienomis Klaipėdoje siautė jubiliejinė – penkiasdešimtą kartą organizuojama Jūros šventės ir didžioji burlaivių regata „The Tall Ships Races Baltic 2009“.
Danės krantinėse prisišvartavo daugiau kaip šimtas įvairiausių burlaivių. Buvo galima apžiūrėti kaip kuriuos regatoje dalyvaujančius burlaivius. Ilgiausia eilė buvo nusidriekusi prie didžiausiojo - "Sedov".
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Quickoffice 6.2 S60 3.x ir 5.0 įrenginiams

Quickoffice paskelbė apie naujausią savo Quickoffice Premier 6 produkto skirto Nokia Symbian (S60 3.xi S60 5.0) įrenginiams atnaujinimą.
Naujausia šio produkto versija užtikrina pilną S60 ofiso paketą, pridėta PowerPoint 2007 peržiūra prie jau palaikomų Word, Excel ir PowerPoint failų formatų. Be to, produktas siūlo tiek redagavimo, tiek ir dokumentų peržiūros galimybes populiariuose S60 5,0 įrenginiuose lietimui jautriais ekranais.
Sakoma, kad visi Nokia Symbian prietaisai, kurie parduodami su Quickoffice gaus nemokamą atnaujinimą į naujausią Quickoffice 6 versiją. Tam tikri Nokia Eseries prietaisai papildomai gaus redagavimo palaikymą kartu su nemokamu Quickoffice Premier 6 atnaujinimu. Visi atnaujinimai yra prieinami per Quickmanager, Quickoffice saugus parsisiuntimų vedlys.

Hitchhiking from Kaunas to Barcelona and back to Riga – 12 days story [part 4]

It was nice, warm morning (14 of may). :) We even could sunbath our white faces and hands :) while our guy took shower. Oh by the way in Italy in these petrol station with big parking area for truck, toilets contains and shower – two in one. :) and for free :) so we were going again with this boy. He looked like a boy but was 28 :) and maybe after 30min…in a highway his truck brake down… and we had to leave him. I was scared to go out of car… actually at home in the city I am afraid to cross bigger street not in pedestrian :) and now to stand in a highway…. But after 3 min stopped one Chinese with van. He had a small boy… but he took as :) he couldn't speak English at all.. he tried to speak Spanish but my Spanish is even more worse than German. :) He took us a little out of Milano and left in petrol station… There we spend a bit of time. But weather was good and finally two nice men took us. One was young and other was a bit older. Two farmers. So kind and talkative. They took as to Torino .. They were in Milano because of some business meeting but it went not like they expected . SO the good job of that day was to help for us :) Young guy was trying to remember English. :) It was lovely to watch them trying to say what they wanted :) cute. They told some stories about local places…They discussed for a while and let us in other better way. :) They left us not before city but after.. so all stopping or passing cars would go to right direction.


The weather wasn’t so perfect like before some hours. Rain wanted to start. We went to truck parking place and second driver took us. He was French . Was looking not very nice, but time showed that first impression might be wrong. I don't remember till where we were going with him but about 100 km or more.. direction Lion…but we didn't reached it..


He was interesting. Told about his family, because we noticed some photos in the car and asked. Latter then Vilma was sleeping he asked if I don't mind and put some techno music :) some of songs I had and liked :) But time came and he had to stop for night. He told that if we want, if we are tired and want to stay we can… in that truck he has two beds so there is no problem … if no one stop or it will be cold that we can come back at any time and nock on his door. It is really pleasant then someone cares about you… and .. really we both (I and Vilma) always will remember drivers like this and wish them luck whatever they would be at the moment….Even at night …while rain…in the middle of nowhere you are feeling good. :) We spend quite long time in there… not so many people and all of them were going different direction… one man told as to go to other side of highway and there will be more people who is going to Spain. Third night on the road… Rain… dark.. Ok but we need to move. So we look around and noticed a bridge for pedestrian to cross the highway… We reached it and… doors was locked… shit…we need do go through highway … It was a little bit scary… I was scared that car can hit me and Vilma was scared that between road can be a pit .. like in mountains.. in Austria.. So we held hand in hand and ran to the dividing wall. It was a bit high…and wet… but no pit :) we climb and ran again. Such a relief…. There was less people then in other side :) but one man took us… not far but to better position and gave a map which neither I neither Vilma understand :) …It was quite late night… France… but people friendly and speaking good in English…half of them were coming to us to ask how can they help us and where we are traveling. :) We had I new map . and again somewhere… actually it was near Lion but not … and we needed a direction of Spain… no cars at all… and rain… but two guys came in (petrol station cafe) . They were going right direction but only about 50 km… We asked if they could take us …they said ok.. We went out…They were going with small and really old car…first our impression like “where is back seat?” . Instead of it there were a lot of stuff for gardening. :) They did something ant wuolia! There IS a back seat but still with a lot of stuff… We sit somehow. Between me and Vilma was a basket , near my head stick out a stem of rakes. :) And it looks like car will break down at any moment :) but it did not:) we safely reached other petrol station.

Samsung Application internetinė parduotuvė

Samsung paskleidė žinią, jog liepos 30 dieną planuoja atidaryti savo internetinę parduotuvę "Samsung Application Store" (http://seller.samsungapps.com). Sakoma, jog tai bus tarsi tiltas sujungiantis programinės įrangos ir turinio kūrėjus su galutiniu vartotoju.

Visi programinės įrangos, turinio kūrėjai, kurie nori reklamuoti ar parduoti įvairius taikymus ar turinį Symbian arba Windows Mobile operacinės sistemos naudotojams, gali registruotis aukščiau minėtoje Samsung interneto parduotuvėje tik už vieną JAV dolerį. Ši sistema jau veikė Anglijoje beta versijoje nuo šių metų sausio mėnesio. Pasak Samsung atstovo, šiuo žingsniu siekiama abipusiškai naudingo verslo modelio galutiniams vartotojams, operatoriams ir šios pramonės atstovams.

Sakoma, jog užsiregistravus ir prisijungus prie parduotuvės bus galima matyti detalią pardavimų, populiarumo statistiką. Trečiame metų ketvirtyje Samsung planuoja išplėsti parduotuvės veiklą Europoje.

Visai įdomu, kaip pavyks išplėtoti šią sistemą, registracijos mokestis neatrodo labai didelis, gal ir pritrauks besiregistruojančių.

Korėjiečių šokiai

Sekmadienį Vytauto Didžiojo universiteto (VDU) didžiojoje salėje vyko kolektyvo „Yeongnam Yesuldan“ iš Korėjos nemokamas korėjiečių tradicinių šokių koncertas. Pasak VDU Japonistikos centro vadovo Aurelijaus Zyko, tai pirmas ir vienintelis koncertas Kaune, kuriame atliekami autentiški šokiai iš senosios Korėjos kultūros sostinės Gyeongju. Koncerte buvo galima pamatyti įspūdingą šokį su vėduoklėmis, šokį su kardais bei nemažai kitų. Atlikėjai ir atlikėjos buvo su labai spalvingais kostiumais, galima pamatyti nuotraukose. Kai kurie šokiai priminė net akrobatinius triukus. Žemiau keletas nuotraukų iš renginio.

Hitchhiking from Kaunas to Barcelona and back to Riga – 12 days story [part 3]

:) … The highway was huge, car was not going but flying…and no wayside … We were going to better position to start hitchhiking then we were threatened by unexpected huge sound… turned around and there was a police car…Officers was telling us to go out of highway… ok ok … We came back to the petrol station.. but it was more scary then to go out of it… no we realize how it is dangerous…. Brrrr… In there we had to start asking people directly if they are going to direction of Milano or Italy at least…Long time without success. Finally one guy told that he is going to that direction, but he speaks only German. Well I had some lessons at school , but my knowledge was gone in these 3 years in university where I haven’t used it at all.. I tried to speak with him… He catch the point and I was glad and Vilma proud of me…while I was ashamed how bad I remember what I was learning for 6 years … With him we spoke not too much, because he was talking on the phone with someone. He was driving really fast… 180…holding wheel with one hand… I hoped that he knows what he is doing… Even with my bad German knowledge we managed to clear things out and stay on good way and safe in petrol station  He wished luck for us and speeded away… Here we quickly find other driver who took us also not for long distance.. but..something is better than nothing especially in the evening then rain starts  This driver was about 50 years old and cute..maybe because he looked similar to a soft toy on the window…toy was a copy of Alf. There was a film about small hairy alien. With this driver we were going through huge mountains while rains was pouring. It was unbelievably wonderful, beautiful.



We were still in Austria …rain wasn't pouring …but it was going to do so :) we were again in some petrol station/rest point for truck drivers. We went to trucks and if we saw a driver we were asking where they are going… all of them were staying for the night and one was ready to go. Young guy. Badly speaking English and a little bit strange… He was going to Milano. And took us, but wasn’t sure about taking 2 people. :) Vilma whispered to me that she thinks that he is under drugs…He was Hungarian who was going to Milano, but he will stop for sleep somewhere latter on. It was good for us. Finally someone young and speaking in English (strange English but still English)…After few moments he really took and wrapped stuff and smoked… ok… first he asked what kind of music we prefer. Rock :) Ok but after some smokes he put on some classical music and said do not speak. …he was listening to music, looking to the road…driving slowly. Outside was still raining…and every moment was pouring even more… and night was coming… He was so into music that he even played with lights of truck by the music. We were going through mountains and lot of tunnels…. That part of trip was mystical… I felt asleep… sometimes I woke up… near Venice bay…I don't have words to describe that beauty and majesty I saw… rain and cloudy sky made bigger effect. I was tired so felt asleep again. Woke up. The guy was parking his truck in some petrol station…Night. Not raining any more… He was going to sleep 10 hours and then go to Milan. We thought it is long time and we will definitely find other car. We stepped out and said if we won’t have any luck so in the morning we will come back…


The night was warm…(Maybe because that it was already Italy) really warm and rain stopped..…we walked around petrol station but no one was preparing to go. :) and all night we spend like that: one hour sleeping on bench then walking around and checking if anyone is awake and ready to go…one hour sleeping and walking around… we were lucky that the night was warm that we didn’t need sleep bags :) and actually we didn’t take them to this trip :) we were sleeping just like that on benches :) in the morning we had to come back to our friend :)

Hitchhiking from Kaunas to Barcelona and back to Riga – 12 days story [part 2]

In the morning of 13 of may we were near Krakow. Forest near the road is really good then you was let out not in petrol station but whatever :) So we got our breakfast, “bath” with some wet damp napkins. Our faces needed some refreshments after such long trip…So from here comes some advices for hitchhikers – have with you both dry and damp (best is whose for babies, I am not joking :) ) napkins. It might be useful for refreshing your face, to clean your hands then there is no water around or to clean your shoes or whatever.


Now I guess it is time to say something about polish drivers. They are friendly and always ready to help you. They even are stopping if we are showing a sing with city which is not on their way. They want to lift you though 20 km :) And if someone takes you so they will take you maximum they can and let you in not very comfortable place, because they wanted to do a good thing for you – to lift you as much as possible. :) They want to help but sometimes don’t know what is helping and what harming. So this is why we didn't crossed Germany while reaching Barcelona. You should think twice then you are going with polish driver. Other thing about polish people, they all thinks that we should or must understand their language. They think that it is similar till we start to speak in Lithuanian. :) Polish people don't like Russian, but starts to speak if can’t handle in English. But it is better never start speaking in Russian with them. But if they starts so and you can. Young polish people is a bit different…some of them knows English. Some just pretends…other don't know neither English neither Russian..but still wants to help you :) and it is still possible to communicate in signs language or two different (polish and English). Don’t refuse to sit in a car only because driver can’ t speak in language you understand. You can handle by showing a map and some signs :)


This night was a little bit alarmingly…it was uneasy to be at night in the middle of nowhere with 3 polish people. . . but in the morning we felt better and again in the road with big and heavy bags (ok ok heavy was only mine ). We spoke about what she felt and I … interesting thing that then I was calm she was nervous and conversely. So all the time there were alarm on :) This time stopped other polish driver. This time a bit older but neat. We travel with him from Krakow near to Poland border. Despite this fact we had a nice conversation about that Poland and Lithuania were one big kingdom and that we should help each other. By the way he noticed this historical fact :) Also we were talking about natures beauty in these regions and that to live in homeland is the best. He told a bit of his life story and also asked what we are doing :) he didn’t say that we are crazy or silly to hitchhiked to Barcelona. Even smiled and said that he is finishing his job in the evening and he wishes that he could go to Barcelona as well. Oh with him we were speaking in English. Quite old person in POLAND and knows some ENGLISH !!! :) Not like other polish drivers he let us in petrol station and even helped to climb out with heavy bags.


Near the Poland and Czech Republic nature is a little bit different and roads better then in all Poland. Some mountains was in horizon, sun was shining that afternoon .And if I remember properly so it was about 24 hours in road with about 3 hours sleep :) , but we were happy to be near OUT OF POLAND :) We took some photos of better road and started to hitchhike. Then small car stopped. First we thought that it is a woman :) but no… a bit fat longhaired man. He was first who started asking us what languages we know and where we are going…then he thought for a moment and said OK. :) First time driver was thinking to take or not to take us. Usually we are thinking to go with one or other driver. On the back seat we saw a baby chair. Vilma sat next to the driver and I went around the car to sit behind the driver and saw a broken window. We were shocked to see so many glasses everywhere… He told that last night his car was robbed and pc stolen. I and Vilma were surprised that after robbery he is taking two strangers to his car… With him we were going to Wien. Quite long distance…He was willing to talk, to know about Lithuania and us, but also willing to teach us how to live and it is time to marry and start bringing children to life, and that is too dangerous to travel like that. He let us in some petrol station because in Austria highways are too dangerous to stop. But then we didn’t know that. After small brake and conversation between just girls we went out of petrol station… (These two last pictures were taken from that broken window ) :)

Antuanas De Sent-Egziuperi „KARO LAKŪNAS“

Kažkaip vasaros vakarais patraukė skaityti knygas. Šį kartą į rankas papuolė Antuano De Sent-Egziuperi „KARO LAKŪNAS“. Knygelė nėra labai stora, mano skaityta išleista dar 1967 metais Vilniuje.

Knygos siužetas atrodo gana paprastas: nacistinei Vokietijai užpuolus Prancūziją Antrojo pasaulinio karo pradžioje rašytojas tarnavo žvalgybinių lėktuvų dalinyje 2/33 ir per visą knygą aprašo vieną žvalgybinį skrydį, kurį pradžioje vadina "aiškiai neįveikiama kliūtimi". Galima suprasti, jog autorius jau nebesitikėjo grįžti iš šios užduoties. Juo labiau kad ir prieš tai daug kolegų iš būrio patyrė nesėkmes, panašių skrydžių metu.

Gana mažai aprašomas pats žvalgybinis skrydis. Didžiąją dalį užima rašytojo pamąstymai, filosofavimai, prisiminimai. Vyrauja beprasmio karo, bejėgiškumo prieš geriau ginkluotą nacių armiją ir panašios mintys. Giliau knygoje galima rasti ir pamąstymų apie drąsą, tėvynę, o vėliau pereinama ir prie religijos.

Lakūnams pavyksta įveikti, anksčiau atrodžiusią neįveikiama, užduotį. Gal būt dėl to į knygos pabaigą nuotaika kiek prašviesėje. Atsiranda pasiryžimo kovoti.
Negaliu sakyti, kad knyga buvo labai sudominanti. Vietomis kiek sudėtinga sekti autoriaus mintį. Tačiau gana įdomu paskaityti kaip tuos istorinius įvykius matė sakykim ir kiti žmonės ne vokiečiai, ne rusai.

Hitchhiking from Kaunas to Barcelona and back to Riga – 12 days story [part 1]

Like all stories have their prehistory so and this one does. :) In January I had my winter holidays. So I and my brother and our cousin bought flight tickets to visit other cousin who’s living in Barcelona. We had really great time, but for me it was a little bit strange to be abroad without my good friend Vilma, with whom I was accustomed to travel. Then I came back and told her this she smiled and we were joking that we have to repeat trip to Barcelona in spring.
Laughing grew into serious discussion how it would be possible to do. I was out of my money at that moment and what is more Vilma was studying in Riga that year. But as we like to say that dreaming is good and if you really want your dreams will definitely come true. We decided to hitchhiked because the trip won’t cost :) just food and drinks. Other problem was time. Then I was free – she had some auditorial at school and then she was free I had some …

But finally at 12 of May we started our trip from Kaunas.


We started hitchhiking from Kaunas about 12.30 because Vilma came from Riga by bus at that moment. We were standing around 20 min. and two polish drivers took us. It is really interesting to travel with trucks, because you are sitting high and can see more and here jokes of other trucks drivers you can hear on the radio. :) They took as to Bialystok.. As we knew from other our trip it is quite good place because a lot of drivers passes. But in there we felt a little bit stuck . But weather was great and company good so we enjoyed our time. At Bialystok one quite young driver with car took us. He was friendly and talkative. He was going from Kaunas Urmas :) aaand he is selling meet. It was really interesting and safe to go with him. But he was going not very far on direction we needed, but he spoke on radio and find other driver who took us. I don’t remember his name, but he gave his visiting-card and told if we need some help or places to stay in that and that part of Poland so he or his colleague could help us. The driver who took us latter didn’t know English at all, neither Russian. :) so he was speaking in polish and we were trying to answer in English . With him we traveled not far, just closer to Warsaw .But he was really funny and crazy. He stopped in small village took me to some shop and bought 3 kebabs and 3 Kubush drinks. :) He was eating while driving and eating with both hands :) crazy…and even he had time to shout on a drunk person who was walking through the street. Finally he was first who finished food. He let us out and carefully look at car if we took all our things. Ok.. Also he showed some directions and told where is Warsaw and where we should go and so on.


Put on our heavy bags and went. Ok MY bag was heavy. Vilma’s was quite light :) We walked and started to hitchhiked, but without success. We were stopping cars in both sides of way, but still without results . Vilma started to ask me if we are really in right place… well I guess so… but .. maybe not… one car finally stopped. Young couple didn't speak English but tried to pretend that they understand us… so they showed the direction and said “Warsaw” … …Sooo we were on right road than driver let us but we went on road to Warsaw. That was the reason why nobody was stopping. We went back and really fast… after maybe 2 min stopped truck… If I remember good he was going to Krakow . He mentioned that after hour he has to stop. OK we fought that it will be in some petrol station. Because maybe he has to go to sleep. Oh again he was not speaking English :) so he is speaking polish and we – English . But as time showed he was stopping in some depot to get his truck loaded. We felt like “We stuck!” . It was quite late and dark….and the main road was …em we didn’t know where it left. He brought some friends . One new English a little bit. Really a little bit. They were really surprised that we are going to Barcelona. Well actually all drivers were surprised and said that we are crazy :) They look at us like we were from zoo. They made a coffee for us..Took some cookies and brought some hot chocolate. We were chatting with them for about 4 hours till the driver could go. Also we lost one hour because of time-zone difference.

Then he moved on we slept for a while... maybe 2 or 3 hours... that was our first day on road in this trip ...

Mėnulis Google Earth sistemoje

Kaip tik pažymint 40 metų sukaktį nuo pirmo žmogaus išsilaipinimo mėnulyje, Google pasistengė ir pristatė mėnulio modelį Google Earth programoje.
Pateikiamas 3D mėnulio vaizdas su dabarties, ankstesnėmis nuotraukomis, panoraminiais vaizdais, video turais bei kt.. Dabar kiekvienas Google Earth 5.0 naudotojas gali "pasidairyti" po mėnulį. Pasileidus programą tereikia planetos skiltyje pasirinkti mėnulį. Po marso tai yra antroji planeta pristatoma šioje programoje. Gal vėliau sulauksime ir daugiau išplėtimų.
Prieš kelis mėnesius buvo pristatytas ir vandenynų sluoksnis. Tikriausiai dar taip pat vieta turinti didelį neištirtumo lygį.

Nokia C series?

Tikriausiai visiems žinoma, jog Nokia turi tokias telefonų serijas kaip E - verslo klasės, N - pramogų. Internete pasirodė pranešimų, kad galima sulaukti ir C serijos telefonų.

Natūraliai kyla klausimas, kam bus skirti šios serijos įrenginiai? Galima bandyti spėti, kad C angliškai reiškia Computer? Consumer? Community? Camera?. Tačiau turint galvoje, kad E ir N serijų pavadinimai netiesiogiai siejasi su žodžiais verslas ir pramogos gal būt ir C serijos nereikėtų sieti tiesiogiai su pvz., computer, consumer ir pan.?
E-Series galima šifruoti kaip businEss, N-series - kaip eNtertainment. Tai C serija gal siejasi su aCcess (prieiga), aCcent (mados pasaulio telefonas)?

Gal turite kokių minčių su kuo labiausiai galėtų sietis C serijos telefonai?

IE6 naudojimas

Internet explorer 6, kaip sako The New York Times, naršyklė kuri tiesiog nenori "mirti" nors ir yra gana daug alternatyvų, pavyzdžiui, naujesnė Internet explorer versija, Firefox, Chrome, Safari ir pan.
Galima numanyti, spėti, jog pamažu interneto svetainių kūrėjai tiesiog atsisakys šios versijos naršyklės palaikymo, pavyzdžiui, Youtube tinklalapis. Remiantis The New York Times, kai svetainė atverčiama su IE6 lankytojas pamato pranešimą, kad palaipsniui bus nutrauktas paslaugos palaikymas minėtai naršyklės versijai. Šalia šio pranešimo galima matyti Google Chrome, Firefox, ir IE8 logotipus.

Kas dar naudoja IE6, tikriausiai daugelis vartotojų turėdami galimybę pasirinktų kitą naršyklę. Digg atrado, kad didžioji dalis vartotojų kurie puslapį atverčia su IE6 tai daro iš darbo kompiuterio, nes tiesiog tuo atveju neturi kito naršyklės pasirinkimo varianto. Tik 7 procentai apklausos respondentų pasisakė,kad jie pasirinktų IE6 lyginant su kitomis naršyklėmis. 80% atsakė, kad jie neturi administratoriaus teisių darbo kompiuteryje, kad galėtų įsidiegti kitą interneto naršyklę.

Šalia to galima pastebėti, jog Google naudoja tokius pranešimus kaip "Gmail runs better in Chrome" siekdama paskatinti naudotis jos sukurta interneto naršykle.

Petras Čeliauskas "Nuo Babelio iki esperanto"

Paskaitinėjau šiek tiek Petro Čeliausko pažintinę knygutę (išleista 1989 m.) "Nuo Babelio iki esperanto". Knygos autorius - pedagogas, kraštotyrininkas, esperantininkas.

Knygos pradžioje pasakojama Babelio bokšto legenda - pasakojama, kad kalbų įvairovė atsirado Dievui nusprendus sumaišyti žmonių kalbas, kad jie nebesuprastų vienas kito ir nebegalėtų toliau statyti Babelio bokšto. Toliau pasakojama apie mokslines kalbų atsiradimo teorijas, rašto atsiradimą, rašto sistemų įvairovę, šiuolaikinius „hieroglifus“ - matematinius simbolius. Šiek tiek paliečiama ir gestų kalba bei žargonas, mišrios kalbos.

Pagrindinis knygos tikslas - pristatyti esperanto kalbą. Suprasdami, jog būtų labai patogu turėti bendrą kalbą visiems, kaip pagalbinę greta gimtosios ir užsienio kalbų, žmonės ima galvoti, kaip tokią idėją įgyvendinti. Iš pradžių mėginama tiesiog paskelbti kurią nors egzistuojančią kalbą tarptautine. Tačiau bet kurią nacionalinę kalbą sunku išmokti; antra, tie, kuriems ta kalba gimtoji, taptų „privilegijuotais“. Senosios ar mirę kalbos (pvz., lotynų) yra sudėtingos ir nelabai tinkamos šių dienų naudojimui.
Knygoje aprašomi ir bandymai sukurti dirbtinę kalbą. Plačiau aprašomi keli įdomesni atvejai. Galiausiai knygoje prieinama prie XIX a. antros pusės. Tada buvo sukurtas volapiukas, o netrukus po šio projekto - ir esperanto kalba.
Esperanto kalbos kūrėjas - Liudvikas Lazaris Zamenhofas. L.L. Zamenhofas gimė 1859 metų gruodžio 15 dieną Bialistoke. Dabar šis miestas priklauso Lenkijai, o iki trečiojo Lietuvos-Lenkijos padalijimo 1795 metais jis priklausė Lietuvai. Kurdamas tarptautinę kalbą, L. L. Zamenhofas turėjo du tikslus: pateikti žmonijai logišką tarptautinę kalbą ir įkvėpti jai politinę-filosofinę žmonių ginčų sprendimo dvasią.

Reikia prisiminti tai, kad knyga išleista jau gana senokai ir šiandien situacija yra gerokai pasikeitusi. Gal būt visai gera idėja buvo turėti dirbtinę tarptautinę kalba. Tik dabar greičiausiai ją atstoja anglų kalba. Nekelsiu klausimo ar tai anglakalbius daro privilegijuoatais.

Nokia 3720 classic

Pasižiūrėkime ką pasakoja Nokia apie savo naująjį Nokia 3720 classic. IP-54 sertifikuotas mobilusis telefonas atsparus vandeniui, dulkėms ir smūgiams. Teigiama, jog telefonas įdėtas į tvirtą ir sandarų korpusą siekiant geriausiai apsaugoti viduje esančią elektroniką.
Telefono išmatavimai 115 mm x 47 mm x 15,3 mm ir sveria 94 gramus. Tikimasi, kad mažmeninė kaina bus maždaug 125 eurai prieš subsidijas arba mokesčius. Prekyboje turėtų pasirodyti dar šią vasarą pilkos arba geltonos spalvos modeliai.

Ši nokia taip pat turės LED žibintuvėlį, 2.2 colių QVGA ekraną, 2 megapikselių kamerą, 20MB vidinės atminties, microSD kortelių lizdą (pranešime spaudai sakoma, kad komplekte turėtų būti 1 GB atminties kortelė) ir 2.5mm ausinių lizdą. 3720 classic atrodo taip:


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Klausimai apie Chrome OS

Po pirmųjų naujienų apie Google Chrome OS pasirodymą gali kilti klausimų, kurie turėtų papildyti pačių Google nupieštą gražų paveikslą. Readwriteweb kaip tik ir kalba apie tokius dalykus.

Taigi pirmas klausimas, kuris nebuvo paminėtas pačių Google. Kas atsitiks atsijungus nuo interneto? Jei naujoji operacinė sistema veiks web aplikacijų principus, kaip bus su jomis, kai nebus galima prisijungti prie interneto. Instaliuoti papildomas programas taip pat tikriausiai nebus galimybės. Readwriteweb manymu, vienintelė išeitis šioje situacijoje yra visados būti su ryšiu.

Kitas dalykas, jei nebus galima instaliuoti programų, kaip bus su pavz., photoshop naudojimu, ar video medžiagos redagavimu. Aišku, galima sakyti, jog netbooke retai kas naudoja photoshop'ą, video redagavimo, kad ir neypatingo gal būt gali prireikti.

Dar vienas klausimas, ar kuriama OS galės naudoti trečiųjų šalių programas. Google dar neatskleidė ar visi norintys galės kurti taikomąsias programas operacinei sistemai.

Gal būt Chrome OS bus galima naudoti Firefox. Aišku, mažai tikėtina, kad Google leistų veikti konkuruojančiai interneto naršyklei, tačiau gal būt tai visai įmanoma.

Tai tik keletas klausimėlių pamastymui apie Google Chrome OS. Readwriteweb straipsnyje paskelbtame The New York Times jų iškeliama šiek tiek daugiau. Paliečiami draugystės su Apple aspektai ir kiti. Straipsnio komentaruose taip pat užverda plačios diskusijos, spekuliacijos galimais atsakymais.

Google Chrome OS

Vėlai antradienį Google pranešė kuriantys operacinę sistemą kompiuteriams (PC). Kuriama sistema bus surišta su Chrome Web naršykle. Panašu, kad Microsoft sulauks daugiau konkurencijos.

Programinė įranga vadinama "Google Chrome Operacinė sistema", iš pradžių bus skirta naudoti mažuose, pigiuose nešiojamuose kompiuteriuose dar žinomuose kaip netbooks, kurie paklausa bei pardavimai paskutiniu metu stipriai išaugo. Google teigimu, programinė įranga taip pat galėtų būti naudojama ir pavadinkime pilnaverčiuose galingesniuose kompiuteriuose.

Greitis, paprastumas ir saugumas yra svarbiausios naujosios operacinės sistemos savybės. Kompanijos atstovai blog'e sako, jog kuriama sistema turėtų greitai startuoti ir jau po keleto sekundžių būtų galima naršyti internete. Pichai ir Upson teigimu, programinė įranga bus išleista internete vėliau šiais metais atviro kodo licencijos pagrindu. Tai leis išorės programuotojams keisti programinį kodą. Netbook'ai su įdiegta Google sistema bus pradėti parduoti antroje 2010 metų pusėje.

Netbook'ų rinka Google manymu yra puiki vieta ir proga mesti Microsoft iššūkį. Jie tiki, jog per internetą prieinama programinė įranga yra ateities dalykas. Per internetą pasiekiamos programos galėtų pakeisti veikiančias pačiame kompiuteryje. Tokiu būdu konkurencija ir iššūkis būtų ne tik Windows operaciniai sistemai bet ir visoms Microsoft kuriamoms programoms kurios veikia kompiuteryje.

Pačios Google teigimu dar yra daug darbo prie naujosios sistemos. Galima prisiminti, jog jie jau yra sukurę operacinę sistemą Android skirtą mobiliesiems įrenginiams. Kai kurie gamintojai bando pritaikyti ją ir netbook'ams.

Įdomu į ką išaugs šie Google ketinimai ir kaip pasisuks konkurencija su Microsoft.

Efektyvus CEO

Šiandien The New York Times užmačiau visai įdomų straipsnį How to be an effective CEO. Tikriausiai jau visiems žinoma, ką reiškia CEO, bet dėl visa ko pasikartosiu, jog šis trumpinys išsišifruoja kaip "Chief Executive Officer", vertimas - vadovaujantis darbuotojas/pareigūnas.

Straipsnyje pateikiamas trumpas gidas kaip būti efektyvesniu vadovu, remiantis jau klasika tapusia literatūra ("The Effective Executive," Peter Drucker; "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People," Stephen Covey). Šių knygų autoriai nesistengė sukurti kažkokių naujų teorijų, jose aprašyti dalykai dažniausiai veikia, nes yra remtasi stebėjimais gautais duomenimis.
Peter Drucker "The Effective Executive" parašė dar 1966 metais. Knygoje daug dėmesio skiriama, kaip tinkamai naudoti laiką. Praktiškai daugelio resursų galima gauti daugiau, tik su laiku yra kiek sudėtingiau. Patariama rasti laiko taip vadinamam nepertraukiamam darbui, tai tampa ypatingai aktualu, kai šiomis dienomis plačiai naudojamas multi-tasking metodas.
"The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People" išleista 1989 metais, buvo parduota apie 15 millijonų knygos kopijų. Anksčiau minėtame straipsnyje trumpai aptarti visi septyni punktai. Gal būt galima trumpai suminėti svarbiausius punktus:

1. Aktyvumas;
2. Turėti aiškų tikslą;
3. Svarbiausius dalykus atlikti pirmiausiai;
4. Siekti santykių ir susitarimų kurie yra abiems pusėms naudingi;
5. Siekti pirmiau suprasti ir po to būti suprastam;
6. Sinergija;
7. Pastabumas detalėms;

Straipsnyje dar išskiriami trys dalykai, kuriuos CEo turi gerai daryti:

1. Nustatyti kryptį bei gaires;
2. Paskirstyti išteklius;
3. Suburti geriausią komandą;

Pasakojama, jog dažnai praktikoje neužtenka gerai daryti tik šiuos tris dalykus. Paprastai veiklos pradžioje, ypatingai tuo atveju, jei tai yra kažkoks antrepreneriškas sumanymas, tenka daryti žymiai daugiau veiksmų. Būti atsakingam ne tik už finansus, bet dažnai ir kažkiek už dizainą, programavimą, produktų vystymą ir pan.
Paprastai patariama susikurti kokį nors perėjimo planą, kuris leistų numatyti kaip paskirstyti atitinkamus darbus kitiems darbuotojams. Minėtame straipsnyje taip pat aptariamas trumpas penkių žingsnių toks planas. Dažnai antrepreneriai būna ir pirmą kartą CEO.

Truputis spam statistikos

Google pateikė šiek tiek duomenų apie tai, kokias atakas, jų kiekius, patyrė spam'o aptikimo programinė įranga per paskutinį ketvirtį.
Pasak Google, bendras šlamšto (angl. spam) lygis antrąjį 2009 metų ketvirtį buvo 53% didesnis nei per pirmąjį ketvirtį, ir 6% didesnis nei prieš metus. Nors po McColo ISP išardymo bendras šlamšto lygis sumažėjo 70%, reikėjo tik keturių mėnesių, kad bendras siunčiamo spam'o lygis pasidarytų toks kaip buvęs. Praeitą mėnesį buvo uždarytas 3FN, dar vienas didelis taip vadinamo šlamšto šaltinis. Po to siunčiamų šiukšlių kiekis sumažėjo apie 30 %. Labai tikėtina, jog atsiras naujas šaltinis ir bendras šiukšlių kiekis vėl padidės.

Taip pat Google pastebi, jog atsinaujino paveiksliukų spam'as (angl. image spam), kas yra labai keista, nes šiukšlių aptikimo programos paprastai gana gerai filtruoja tokius dalykus. Amanda Kleha, Google žinučių saugumo bei archyvavimo komandos narė, bando tai paaiškinti tuo, jog po McColo ir 3FN uždarymo, atėjo nauji vadinami spam'o šaltiniai naudojantys naujus metodus. Dar pastebima tai, jos spammeriai gali dabar testuoti, kokio pobūdžio pranešimai geriausiai prasibrauna į pašto dėžučių Inbox katalogus.

Pranešime taip pat pažymima, jog per vieną didžiausių paskutinio ketvirčio spam atakų, buvo panaudotas senas taip vadinamas naujienlaiškio metodas. Per dvi valandas buvo paleistas didžiulis šiukšlių skaičius. Taigi galima manyti, kad už viso to yra sudėtingas ir galingas tinklas galinstis išsiųsti didžiulius šlamšto kiekius. Gal būt spammeriai nebeturi naujų idėjų naudodami senus metodus, o gal būt tikimasi, kad seni primiršti dalykai sėkmingai suveiks.

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