https://linasblog.netlify.app/categories/posts/ Recent content in posts on Linas NZ Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Sun, 08 Mar 2026 10:00:35 +1300 https://linasblog.netlify.app/2026/2026-04/ Wed, 01 Apr 2026 12:51:00 +1300 https://linasblog.netlify.app/2026/2026-04/ <h2 id="reading">Reading</h2> <p><img src="https://linasblog.netlify.app/2026/2026-oliver.jpg" alt="Book cover Oliver Twist"/></p> <ul> <li>Reading/listening to <a href="https://wcl.overdrive.com/media/195601"target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens</a> </li> </ul> https://linasblog.netlify.app/2026/2026-03/ Sun, 08 Mar 2026 12:51:00 +1300 https://linasblog.netlify.app/2026/2026-03/ <h2 id="reading">Reading</h2> <p><img src="https://linasblog.netlify.app/2026/2026-book-emperor-maladies.jpg" alt="Book cover Emperor of All Maladies"/></p> <ul> <li>Finished reading/listening to <a href="https://wcl.overdrive.com/media/577350"target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee</a> <ul> <li>It&rsquo;s an ebook but <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hyperionics.avar"target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">@Voice Aloud Reader (TTS) - Apps on Google Play</a> read it out to me on my phone</li> </ul> </li> </ul> https://linasblog.netlify.app/2026/2026-ceburekai/ Sun, 08 Mar 2026 10:00:35 +1300 https://linasblog.netlify.app/2026/2026-ceburekai/ <p>Lithuanian čeburėkai</p> <h2 id="ingredients">Ingredients</h2> <h3 id="ingredientai-tešlai-po-lino-modifikacijų">Ingredientai tešlai (po Lino modifikacijų):</h3> <ul> <li>500 g miltų (high grade),</li> <li>250 ml šilto vandens,</li> <li>žiupsnelis druskos,</li> <li>3 šaukštai aliejaus</li> </ul> <h3 id="ingredientai-įdarui-po-lino-modifikacijų">Ingredientai įdarui (po Lino modifikacijų)</h3> <ul> <li>200 g pork mince,</li> <li>0.5 onion,</li> <li>2 cloves garlic,</li> <li>Salt (0.75 tsp), pepper (0.25 tsp),</li> <li>a bit of dill</li> </ul> <h2 id="method-dough">Method Dough</h2> <ul> <li>Mix all ingredients and kneed (or mix in a stand mixed) for 10 minutes</li> </ul> <h2 id="method-filling">Method filling</h2> <ul> <li>Smulkiai supjaustykite svogūną, česnakus ir krapus. Suberkite į faršą smulkintas daržoves, berkite prieskonius ir gerai išmaišykite.</li> <li>Imkite tešlos gabaliuką ir ant miltais pabarstyto stalviršio išminkykite ploną blyną. Dėkite šaukštą mėsos įdaro ir sulenkite per pusę ir šakute suspauskite šonus.</li> <li>Kepkite gerai įkaitintame aliejuje.</li> </ul> <h2 id="notes">Notes</h2> <p>Patarimas: Kad paruošti kepimui čeburėkai neliptų - galima patepti lėkštę aliejumi (Taip pat bandžiau pabarstyti ant lėkštės miltų - nelipo, bet tuomet miltai aliejuje sudegė.)</p> <p>Čeburėkus lengviau išvolioti po vieną - iš 90g tešlos gaunasi vidutinio dydžio čeburėkas (2 sutelpa į mūsų ketaus keptuvę)</p> https://linasblog.netlify.app/2026/2026-02/ Sun, 01 Feb 2026 07:01:41 +1300 https://linasblog.netlify.app/2026/2026-02/ <h2 id="reading">Reading</h2> <p><img src="https://linasblog.netlify.app/2026/2026-book-silk-roads.jpg" alt="Book cover Silk Roads"/></p> <ul> <li>Finished listening to audio book <a href="https://wellington.borrowbox.com/product/BOL_241808/title/the-silk-roads"target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Silk Roads - A New History of the World by Peter Frankopan</a> </li> </ul> https://linasblog.netlify.app/2025/2025-12/ Mon, 01 Dec 2025 07:01:41 +1300 https://linasblog.netlify.app/2025/2025-12/ <h2 id="geeking">Geeking</h2> <ul> <li>Added (locally on my copy) keyboard navigation support to RSS/Atom feed reeder <a href="https://github.com/spacecowboy/Feeder"target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Feeder</a> .</li> </ul> <h2 id="reading">Reading</h2> <p><img src="https://linasblog.netlify.app/2025/2025-book-kindred.jpg" alt="Book cover Kindred"/></p> <ul> <li>Finished reading <a href="https://share.libbyapp.com/title/5054049"target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Kindred by Rebecca Wragg Sykes</a> </li> </ul> https://linasblog.netlify.app/2025/2025-10/ Mon, 06 Oct 2025 07:01:41 +1300 https://linasblog.netlify.app/2025/2025-10/ <ul> <li><a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/575040/jobseeker-changes-punished-for-economic-crisis-they-didn-t-create"target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Jobseeker changes: &lsquo;Punished for economic crisis they didn&rsquo;t create&rsquo; | RNZ News</a> </li> </ul> https://linasblog.netlify.app/2025/2025-09/ Mon, 01 Sep 2025 11:43:05 +1300 https://linasblog.netlify.app/2025/2025-09/ <h2 id="just-stuff">Just stuff</h2> <ul> <li>I dropped my tablet and cracked the screen. Ordered a new tablet.</li> </ul> <h2 id="reading">Reading</h2> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60784549-in-the-lives-of-puppets"target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">In the Lives of Puppets by T.J. Klune | Goodreads</a> - finished reading</li> <li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/213877810-a-very-short-history-of-the-israel-palestine-conflict"target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">A Very Short History of the Israel–Palestine Conflict by Ilan Pappé | Goodreads</a> </li> </ul> https://linasblog.netlify.app/2025/2025-08/ Fri, 01 Aug 2025 11:43:05 +1300 https://linasblog.netlify.app/2025/2025-08/ <h2 id="reading">Reading</h2> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26082916-ready-player-two"target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Ready Player Two (Ready Player One, #2) by Ernest Cline | Goodreads</a> - started listening to this audio book and then abandoned it.</li> </ul> <h2 id="apps">Apps</h2> <ul> <li><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vilnius.kovas.csa"target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Kovas - Apps on Google Play</a> - Vilnius pristatė programėlę „Kovas“ gyventojų saugumui užtikrinti</li> </ul> https://linasblog.netlify.app/2025/2025-07/ Tue, 01 Jul 2025 11:43:05 +1300 https://linasblog.netlify.app/2025/2025-07/ <h2 id="geeking">Geeking</h2> <p>TBD</p> <h2 id="movies">Movies</h2> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt28493734/"target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Ms. Information (2023) - IMDb</a> </li> <li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13640696/"target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">See How They Run (2022) - IMDb</a> </li> </ul> <h2 id="watch">Watch</h2> <ul> <li><a href="https://epika.lrt.lt/pasauliui"target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Pasauliui, LRT Epika</a> - Lithuanian TV programs and movies that are available for streaming overseas.</li> </ul> <h2 id="apps">Apps</h2> <ul> <li><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vilnius.kovas.csa"target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Kovas - Apps on Google Play</a> - Vilnius pristatė programėlę „Kovas“ gyventojų saugumui užtikrinti</li> </ul> https://linasblog.netlify.app/2025/2025-06/ Sun, 01 Jun 2025 11:43:05 +1300 https://linasblog.netlify.app/2025/2025-06/ <h2 id="geeking">Geeking</h2> <p>TBD</p> <h2 id="reading">Reading</h2> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43582376-the-body"target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Body: A Guide for Occupants by Bill Bryson | Goodreads</a> - finished reading</li> <li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13055592-redshirts"target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Redshirts by John Scalzi | Goodreads</a> - started reading</li> </ul> <h2 id="family-in-the-news">Family in the news</h2> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360710820/cooking-and-cows-perfect-ingredients-long-marriage"target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Cooking and cows the perfect ingredients for long marriage | The Post</a> </li> </ul>