Category Archives: misc

Google :-(

Posted on 2011/12/05 by

For past few days (days!!!) I’m not able to log into my account at Google (except GMail, thanks for that! – Voice/Blogger/Plus/Docs/… are all broken though). I’m either getting this message: Or I’m sent to infinite redirect loop. None of … Continue reading →

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Death to Mituzas!

Posted on 2010/11/25 by

What? Gediminas monument nearby Vilnius Cathedral was vandalized (lithuanian media coverage). It says… “Death to Mituzas [family], …”. Our name is not that common, and usually everyone carrying it is a relative of one kind or another. Oh well. (image … Continue reading →

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When bad things happen!

Posted on 2009/12/29 by

When bad things happen, like… ‘strace -f’ or ‘gdb’ or any other process inspection tool decides to hang your precious processes (they show up in state T in process lists), there’s always help: #include <sys/ptrace.h> #include <signal.h> main(int ac, char … Continue reading →

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update

Posted on 2009/11/18 by

In past few months I had lots of changes going on – left the Sun/MySQL job, my term on Wikimedia Board of Trustees ended, I joined Facebook and now I got appointed to Wikimedia Advisory Board. This also probably means … Continue reading →

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Knight's Cross!

Posted on 2009/07/05 by

We had very special State Award Ceremony today. Special, as it happens at the year we celebrate “thousand years of Lithuania”, special as it is the last one given by our very special President Valdas Adamkus. Though for me, it … Continue reading →

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flying…

Posted on 2009/04/25 by

so, I’m cruising now at 38000 feet, 530mph, flying directly over I-5 in California. In-flight wireless internet works, in-flight entertainment has some albums of my favorite artists I didn’t hear before (Jazzanova!) and movies I didn’t see. Guy in front … Continue reading →

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Pictures! Trips!

Posted on 2009/03/22 by

Apparently I didn’t take too many pictures in 2008, but today I did upload quite a few to my flickr photostream. Though last year I traveled more than ever (though at least 6 trips were to SF area… ;-), I … Continue reading →

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tax

Posted on 2008/12/19 by

I love my country. Yesterday a law came in, in two weeks I’ll start paying triple income taxes (for all expenses too). I’m just knocked out today.

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Computer art

Posted on 2008/08/29 by

One immediately realizes Apple computers are very artsy, and why they’re loved by designers and such. Instead of showing BSODs, they start making abstract art. Thats how it shows me my mail:

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TV movie guide for sunday evening

Posted on 2008/01/13 by

Lithuanians have spectacular movie choices on national TV channels this evening: LTV – 21:00 – The Company LNK – 21:00 – Bad Company TV1 – 21:00 – In Good Company

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