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Barcelona, the Mobile World Capital.

It has been pleasure to be back in Barcelona again after a long journey back and currently I’m setting myself again inside Barcelona mobile community. So, last week I attended NSBarcelona (iOS...

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experiences to get decent boots and back bag that could last a little bit

My experiences in my travellers lifestyle has shown that each year I need to buy following things: boots, back-bag and sleeping bag. So I had made a little budget around 100 EUR which I have to earn to...

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Who are responsible for economical crisis

Nowadays even politicians has to face the fact that economy has been collapsed. And somehow I have known this long time. It all started this millennium. Before that business was good and...

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British IT business managers are incompetent arrogant idiots

Previously, I had trusted and admired Brits. During Soviet Time we admired their culture, especially their music and we translated their literature like Douglas Adams “Hitchhikers Guide to Galaxy” to...

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Brits have full right to destroy UK economy 

Recently I read from some article that 25% of Brits demanding migrant workers to go home? Sure, based on my experience they do not even tolerate foreign specialists as they still think they rule the...

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Biggest Estonian criminals are now European commissioners

During Gorbatsov period and before Estonian independence, free markets developed and several Estonian entrepreneurs where able to sell their production to west for badly needed hard currency. But hard...

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Smart Sustainable Cities and Internet of Things

Barcelona is useful place to live. Besides friendly people, free food and low cost of my basic needs, something interesting is happening always. And I’m not talking about protest marches, but about...

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What does it cost to get iOS app to the market

When I had an ideas for mobile apps years ago, I just needed a computer to write those down. It took three years to get one old used MacBook and within few months to get several apps coded but I didn’t...

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Open letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook

Dear Tim Cook I’m not sure where you have learned business, but your company values doesn’t represent those which software industry was once built. Have you ever heard about “Win to Win” business? Your...

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Spellbound: Book One of The Chronicles of Aronshae by J.K. Barber

Title: Spellbound Series: Chronicles of Aronshae Author: J.K. Barber Release Date: 15.09.2009 Spellbound is about the adventures of two young people, twin sisters who have known community and family...

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Gathering Tinder by Julie Wetzel

Title: Gathering Tinder Series: Kindling Flames Author: Julie Wetzel Release Date: 19.09.2014 Fresh from college and with no real work experience, Victoria Westernly considers herself lucky to land the...

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Empire of Magnus by Dwight Dugas

Title: Empire of Magnus Series: Memoires of the Mongrel King Author: Dwight Dugas Release Date: 17.01.2015 Darrian Xavier, a British gangster, recounts his life story to an ancient Egyptian vampire....

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Vermiculus by S.A. Stricker

Title: Vermiculus Author: S.A. Stricker Release Date: 08.05.2015 Man has fallen, only to be replaced by a far more powerful race known as the Vegrandis, and Earth has become something else entirely....

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The Death of Danny Daggers by Haydn Wilks

Title: The Death of Danny Daggers Author: Haydn Wilks Release Date: 01.05.2015 Cardiff. The last few days of summer. Danny Daggers is about to die. He just doesn’t realise it yet. A Leeds University...

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Sound of Sirens by Jen Minkman

Title: Sound of Sirens Series: Tales of Skylge Author: Jen Minkman Genre: Fantasy Release Date: 27.11.2014 When Skylger girl Enna welcomes her brother back from a long sea voyage, he gives her a...

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Barcelona is too hot for me in summers

Each year I have to leave Barcelona. Sometimes during their Pascua holidays end of March, early April but at latest by the end of June. The weather is becoming unbearable hot for me and there is a mass...

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Dead End in Pyrenees by Elly Grant

Title: Dead End in Pyrenees Series: Death in the Pyrenees book 4 Author: Elly Grant Genre: Crime Fiction Release Date: October 31, 2012 Pages: 208 ‘Dead End in the Pyrenees’ is the fourth book in Elly...

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Gerald Freeman – I don’t believe God wrote the Bible

Title: I Don't Believe God Wrote The Bible Series: Get A Life Book 2 Author: Gerald Freeman Publisher: GF Books Release Date: 14. February 2015 After a near-fatal drug overdose in the late 1980s, Gerry...

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It’s Their House; I’m Just a Guest by Douglas Kent

Title: It's Their House; I'm Just a Guest Author: Douglas Kent Release Date: September 21, 2014 Pages: 195 Convicted of Fraud, Douglas Kent is sentenced to 46 months in Federal Prison. This amusing but...

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Open letter to those International trade organizations criticizing Estonians.

Recently US, British, Norwegian, Austrian, Swedish, German and Finnish trade organizations issued an open warning letter to Estonian government, stating that they are concerned in spreading hatred...

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I am sleepless: Sim299 by Johan Twiss

Title: Sim 299 (Book 1) Series: I AM SLEEPLESS Author: Johan Twiss Release Date: October 27, 2015 The planet Ethos is at war with a mysterious enemy known as the Splicers. Their only successful defense...

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Apple hardware is Chinese crap

Easy Plugin for AdSense by Unreal After several years of waiting, finally I got a computer from a Brit as a deal. It was MacBook mid 2009 with old body. And I was happy with it. Started to do...

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Omnibus of Volumes One and Two by Jack Conner

Easy Plugin for AdSense by Unreal Title: Omnibus of Volumes One and Two Series: The Atomic Sea Author: Jack Conner A thousand years ago, the sea began to change, and the change spread. Dr. Francis...

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Stormers Pass by Benjamin Laskin

Easy Plugin for AdSense by Unreal Title: Stormers Pass Author: Benjamin Laskin Publisher: Aretê Books Release Date: November 18, 2014 Star high school quarterback Max Stormer is one season away from a...

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Forestium by Christopher Morgan

Title: Forestium: The Mirror Never Lies Series: Portallas Author: Christopher Morgan Joshua, a young woodsman, is approaching the age ofdecision. Despite the tales of his father having died in a...

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The Agora Files by Adam Oster

Easy Plugin for AdSense by Unreal Title: The Agora Files Author: Adam Oster When dying alone on the hot sands of the Mohave Desert, Cyrus has no regrets. He loves a challenge. Being tasked with running...

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The Sabbath

Title: The Sabbath Author: Arthur Nsenga, Shaunakay Francis The morning after witnessing a spectacular meteorite shower, Cory Shembo and his girlfriend Lana didn’t expect to wake up immortal. News...

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The sign of Devil

Easy Plugin for AdSense by Unreal Akil loves literature. Arabic classes has been his favourites and today as usual, his teacher reads him poems from Maryana Marrach. All classes are now held in...

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The Collar and the Cavvarach by Annie Douglass Lima

Easy Plugin for AdSense by Unreal Title: The Collar and the Cavvarach Series: Krillonian Chronicles Book 1 Author: Annie Douglass Lima Pages: 306 Bensin, a teenage slave and martial artist, is...

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UpWork illegal services are paradise for scammers

Finally, when I got myself a computer, I was happy to take work again. After my evaluation of freelance jobs service sites, I decided for eLance as most professional site with reasonable fees. However,...

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Twisted by Lola Smirnova

Title: Twisted Series: Twisted Book 1 Author: Lola Smirnova Release Date: January 26, 2014 Back in the 90’s, the corrupt post-Soviet Ukraine with its faltering economy, is thrown into a devastating...

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Ravens Peak by Lincoln Cole

Easy Plugin for AdSense by Unreal Title: Ravens Peak Series: World on Fire Book 1 Author: Lincoln Cole A quiet little mountain town is hiding a big problem. When the townsfolk of Raven's Peak start...

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Startups are not businesses

Easy Plugin for AdSense by Unreal Barcelona has been nominated itself to be mobile capital of the World and each year, there has been multiple mobile related events where developers can introduce their...

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Vincent by Mayer, Jonathan G

Title: Vincent Author: Jonathan G. Meyer Genre: Fantasy Release Date: June 26, 2017 Pages: 241 On a remote Caribbean island, far from the eyes of the world, a battle will be waged. A small group of...

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Got scammed again by Freelancer site

After leaving UpWork, I signed up to Freelancer. Their fees are much higher and not much decent projects, but anyway, tried my best to offer professional services there with competitive price and...

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Minimal living of Homeless Traveller

Since I left UK 2007, I have been now living homeless person life over a decade. I went with 70l back bag, but have now downsized my life to 30l. My experience shows, that around 30l is enough to own...

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Estonian Christian Nationalists are not Fashists

After Estonian parliamental elections, there is now huge International media campaign going on to call “Estonian Christian Nationalist Party” Fashists. Even such kind of sources, like “Guardian” in UK...

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Garach Sameer – The Bull Option

Title: The Bull Option: A Wall Street Novel Author: Garach Sameer Publisher: Mare Press Release Date: January 6, 2019 Pages: 359 When Kannada Khan, an investment banker turned homeless man, saves the...

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Written to Death by Zack Abrams

Title: Written to Death Series: Alex Warren Murder Mysteries Author: Zach Abrams It was scarcely the first time that bestselling author Sheila Armstrong had died on stage; it would most certainly be...

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Facebook Zuckerberg is worse than Beria in Stalin regime.

I was born during Soviet Communistic regime. We had KGB and it was rumored, that KGB follows everyone and will prosecute, when you didn’t think as communistic regime wanted. However, that was not true....

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Seaton Carew: Over the Hills and Far Away by Pat Craswell

Title: Over the Hills and Far Away Series: Seaton Carew Author: Pat Craswell Release Date: October 12, 2010 Pages: 244 Seaton Carew in ‘Over the Hills and Far Away’ is a fast paced adventure for the...

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The story of Tarkvara Financials

After the collapse of Soviet Union, I was one of the first to start IT company.  Even got representative rights from Microsoft to all Baltic States in 1990. Somehow I liked Bill Gates business strategy...

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Pirates of the Milky Way by Reed Jackson

Title: Pirates of the Milky Way Author: Jackson Reed When the League moves on a golden planet deep inside Republican territory, war breaks out. Competing forms of galactic government fight to the...

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Pirate radio station behind Iron Curtain

I was born in Tallinn, Estonia during Soviet occupation era. My childhood hobby was transistors and thanks to my parents jobs, I had free access to the best of Soviet electronics.  So, I started to...

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Dark Space by Scott T Jasper

Title: Dark Space: The Complete Series Series: Dark Space Author: Jasper T. Scott Genre: Steampunk Science Fiction Publisher: Anthem Press Release Date: September 12, 2019 Pages: 2134 HUMANITY IS...

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Stealth camping in Europe

I have always wondered why US hikers are desperately trying to find “paid” camping areas to setup their tents in Europe and has beendisappointedon those. So, maybe I have to explain the rules here...

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Banning Google Analytics in Europe was right decision by EU parliament

Early Web servers produced log files. Originally intentioned to track “unusual activity”, webmasters soon figured out that they contain valuable information to analyze your website visitors as well....

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My miserable life in Estonia

Spring 2010 France went to lockdown and I was stuck in Toulouse, France. Just had plans to be in Sweden to get myself a small sailing boat as my new home. I had been homeless enough time and was...

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Getting myself a sailboat as my affordable home

Epilogue As being homeless hitchhiker over a decade, I never wanted this to be permanent. The small flat in “bohemian” region of Tartu, Estonia which I purchased using my cash when arriving back to...

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Mimmis adventures from Sweden to Denmark

I was a proud owner of small sailboat as my dream home and stuck in Landskrona marina. That old Johnsson outboard engine just leaked gasoline whatever I tried. On any information from Internet, super...

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