Šis un tas
Heijā, šeit nav mēstuļu!
January 24, 2006
The trendiness of Gmail has worn off a bit (it’s so 2004, after all), but the free Web-based e-mail service provided by the California-based search engine company Google continues to grow in popularity. The service offers loads of storage space for messages. In its publicity about Gmail, Google says the company believes users never should have to throw away e-mail. (Our account, for example, has 2.6 gigabytes of space available—and the figure continues to grow.)
But we’re not here to plug Gmail. We’re here to plug the Latvianized Gmail. Folks might not know that it is possible to set Latvian as your display language (it’s one of almost 40 choices).
So what? So nothing. Except it’s just cool to be able to use a Latvianized program on the Web. And when you dump all the spam in your mailbox, it’s just cute to see the message, “Heijā, šeit nav mēstuļu!”
— Andris Straumanis
What's new
Reviews
11 Feb 2012
Despite 25 years of making music, Bumerangs has just two albums
Bumerangs, from the northern Latvian city of Valka, has long been a Latvian schlager music institution. Celebrating its 25th anniversary in December 2011, the band has been one of the hardest working—playing, in some years, hundreds of concerts, and entertaining audiences not just in Latvia, but elsewhere in the world.
Multimedia
09 Feb 2012
Ar videoklipu biedrība mudina latviešus celties un iet balsot valodas referendumā
Biedrība “Par latviešu valodu” 9. februārī Rīgā atklāja akciju mudināt latviešus piedalīties 18. februāra referendumā un balsot pret grozījumiem Latvijas satversmē, kas noteiktu krievu valodu kā otro valsts valodu. Akcija ieskaita televīzijas reklāmas videoklipu ar nosaukumu “Celies un ej”, kurā dažādi sabiedrībā pazīstami cilvēki aicina skatītāju piedalīties referendumā.
News
08 Feb 2012
For upcoming language referendum, absentee ballot applications top 1,200
The hot-button language referendum scheduled Feb. 18 apparently has lots of voters abroad interested in letting their voice be heard, if figures from absentee ballot requests are any indication.
In the forums
Help with Latvian newspaper translation posted by shellym on 11 Feb 2012
The Arts Diplomacy Festival 2012 posted by ICD Academy on 09 Feb 2012
A place to see before dying... posted by anita on 07 Feb 2012
Who to trust Kremlin or Russia Greenpeace? Fire at Nuclear research institute! posted by Talisman Browns on 05 Feb 2012
«Karš bez noteikumiem» posted by Peteris Cedrins on 02 Feb 2012
