Užupis (prounounced OO-zhoo-pis) approximately means “a place behind the river”. It’s said to have a mystical appeal. It’s full of gothy-looking ruins and old buildings.…
It’s that time of the year! Linucon 2 — a joint Linux and science fiction convention — is upon us! After spending a frustrated half…
On September 25, 2005, Book People, an independent bookstore in Austin, TX, hosted a meeting with the author Neil Gaiman. Gaiman read an excerpt from…
Pictures of various semi-interesting things I saw on in Lithuania in the summer of 2005, and other miscellaneous pictures. Seen in a supermarket in Vilnius:…
Two days before we left we got together with my family again. Baby E was passed around among family members.
Here I collected examples of Vilnius street fashion that caught my eye because something about them stood out, whether that be an unusual mixture of…
Fried cheese made by my sister, September 2005 At my sister’s and her partner’s apartment, left to right: my brother’s mother-in-law, S with our daughter…
On Monday, September the 5th, we headed back to Vilnius via a scenic route that goes along the Nemunas river. Nemunas is the biggest river…
On Saturday, September the 3rd of 2005, my parents, I, S, and our daughter E drove to Palanga, a coastal town and a popular Lithuanian…
While we were in Lithuania, we went to the annual picnic of the Vilnius science fiction club Dorado. The picnic took place in Pūčkoriai. It…