Archive for October, 2005

How Much Is Your Blog Worth?

Thursday, October 27th, 2005

I found this fun little calculator that works out how much your blog is worth. The calculator works out the number of links to your blog and assigns a value based on the same ratio as the recent AOL-Weblogs deal.
Link to Blog Worth Calculator
And… The value of www.andrewsblog.net is…

My blog is worth $6,774.48.How much [...]

Gediminas Castle – Vilnius

Sunday, October 23rd, 2005

Grand Duke Gediminas 1275-1341 was the founder of the state of Lithuania in 1316. At the time the city of Vilnius was basically not much more than a wooden cathedral, Gediminas Tower at the top of the hill and some basic wooden buildings inside the city walls. Now the view from the top of the [...]

Movie Review – Merchant Of Venice

Saturday, October 22nd, 2005

Went to see ‘The Merchant of Venice” this week at the flicks. Ahh the memories of high school English and memorizing patches of verse.

“Hath not a Jew eyes? If you prick us do we not bleed? If you poison us do we not die?” That was about all that I remembered from the play [...]

Cili Kaimas – Lithuanian Cuisine

Friday, October 21st, 2005

In the western world we have been duped. Good pure natural food and the taste that comes with it has been stolen from us.
One of the best things about Lithuania is the taste of the food, for an Australian or even worse an American the taste is a revelation. I believe this is what [...]

Movie Review – Brothers Grimm

Thursday, October 20th, 2005

Terry Gilliam is the director of this strange movie. I’m a big fan of Gilliam and most things deriving from the original Monty Python stable. I’m not quite sure what is going on in Gilliams head but it’s something very interesting, lets leave it at that.
Gilliam is responsible for the wonderfully bizarre ‘Fear and Loathing [...]

Four Layers of Clothing

Thursday, October 20th, 2005

You know it’s very cold when.

1) You need to wear 4 layers of clothing. T-Shirt, Shirt, Jumper and Jacket and you still feel cold.
2) You have to learn how to put on a scarf correctly, yes there is a method to this.
3) You look like a smoker just from the clouds your breath forms.
4) You [...]