Latgale Blog

I wanted to make low carbohydrate cookies, but they turned out much more like scones, here you are!

Today I made tasty thin waffles all by myself and decided to publish the recipe. I added the recipes page and published the first recipe – Thin Waffles.

Writing about coding or server configuration or anything to deal with source code requires a solution to embed and display the code in your website in a pretty and readable way. Upon trying different options I have found that hilite.me does the job brilliantly! It is web based and free source…

I just migrated to use Let’s Encrypt certificates instead of paid for certificates and free StartSSL. I also migrated one server to use ISPConfig 3.1 RC1 for the reason of Let’s Encrypt support. This time I decided to go deeper in exploring encrypted SMTP. I had TLS configured with the old…

I am a user of BT Internet services and a long term one. I am always been quite happy with the service, but I like to be in control of my own home network. As you can imagine BT Home Hub is not a device which puts you in control….

At the beginning of this year summer BBQ season I was left without a grill due to the old one deteriorating. I was not rushing to buy a new one, but used my old portable one. It did the job, but was too small and took too long. One hot,…

To get some feel I have added some photos from Latgale region in Latvia. Enjoy. Photography by Jevgenija Pigozne.

Burghfield Common Scarecrow Trail Photos – missing one by the Garlands school. Hope you had a chance to walk it yourself. My favourite was the “Invisible Man”.

Warning – very spicy. Chicken in green chilli sauce or sambal originates from Padang, Sumatra. The crispy chicken with spicy green chilli and warm rice is a must try when you visit Indonesia. Here is the recipe if you want to try at home. Chicken in Green Chilli Sauce or…

Whether you own online or offline business; owning a website is the basic to keep it grow in this modern world. Building websites can be both difficult and easy; it is difficult if you do not know how to do it and it is easy if you know the secret…

Latgale is eastern region of Latvia where I am from. Easy. The thing is – Latgale is beautiful place with many blue lakes and hills. And nice people – that’s the main thing. When I registered the domain my intention was to make a bit of community page/portal. That requires…

I finally resurrected this site! It took me at least a year I think. Hopefully I will be able to post some useful  stuff periodically. We’ll see! Thank you.