{"id":4898,"date":"2012-10-09T17:50:12","date_gmt":"2012-10-09T21:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/?p=4898"},"modified":"2012-10-09T17:50:12","modified_gmt":"2012-10-09T21:50:12","slug":"tuesday-night-tallinnriga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/2012\/10\/09\/tuesday-night-tallinnriga\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday night &#8211; Tallinn\/Riga"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Greetings from Riga.. life is better today.. my bag finally got here as I was leaving Tallinn.. I had a good day of customer meetings, media stuff and a nice talk at the Tallinn Technical University. The Estonians are very cool. they&#8217;re quiet .. and very smart and gracious. My impression is that they have the strong Eastern European math\/science academic skills and kind of Scandinavian focus on Design.. It&#8217;s a cool combo.. and it seems to be working !<\/p>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t get out much today.. but I did get some good Hotel window shots<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/oct1012\/oct1012009.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/oct1012\/oct1012015.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/oct1012\/oct1012016.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/oct1012\/oct1012017.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/oct1012\/oct1012018.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/oct1012\/oct1012019.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/oct1012\/oct1012020.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/oct1012\/oct1012021.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The University was nice.. i enjoyed the students question.. unfortunately.. we had to run at the end to get back to the customer event.. so I didn&#8217;t have time to talk to the students.. but fun, just the same<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/oct1012\/oct1012011.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/oct1012\/oct1012012.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/oct1012\/oct1012013.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>saw this sticker on a car in the parking lot.. thats me baby.. a mood mess !<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/oct1012\/oct1012014.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>the IBM event ended with a 40th birthday party for IBM Estonia complete with a Marylin look alike doing the &#8216;happy birthday Mr president&#8217; shtick. pretty .. uhhh.. interesting !<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/oct1012\/oct1012024.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>trip to Riga was quick.. made quicker because I was traveling with new friend Martin.. used the time to get some work learning in..\u00a0\u00a0 Got to Riga.. and lo and behold.. My bag is there !!.. complete with my folded up hoola hoop !<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/oct1012\/oct1012032.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\ngot to the hotel and was shown around by Zene and her crew. one gave me a traditional Latvian carrot and potato thingy.. yum ? I think ?<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/oct1012\/oct1012033.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nI had a work call to get back to so I took a quick walk around the beutiful old city by myself. it&#8217;s really very beutiful.. but in a completely different way than Tallinn is beautiful !<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/oct1012\/oct1012034.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/oct1012\/oct1012036.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/oct1012\/oct1012037.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/oct1012\/oct1012038.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/oct1012\/oct1012039.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/oct1012\/oct1012040.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/oct1012\/oct1012041.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/oct1012\/oct1012042.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/oct1012\/oct1012044.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/oct1012\/oct1012045.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/oct1012\/oct1012046.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/oct1012\/oct1012047.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/oct1012\/oct1012049.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/oct1012\/oct1012051.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/oct1012\/oct1012052.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/oct1012\/oct1012053.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/oct1012\/oct1012055.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/oct1012\/oct1012056.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/oct1012\/oct1012057.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/oct1012\/oct1012058.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/oct1012\/oct1012059.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/oct1012\/oct1012060.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/oct1012\/oct1012061.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/oct1012\/oct1012063.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nGot hom in time for my call. but not before spying an LMAFO grafitto.. The world is truly flat.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/oct1012\/oct1012064.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>OK.. Thats it for now.. im trying to get some good sleep tonight.. More tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>nite all, nite sam<\/p>\n<p>-me<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greetings from Riga.. life is better today.. my bag finally got here as I was leaving Tallinn.. I had a good day of customer meetings, media stuff and a nice talk at the Tallinn Technical University. The Estonians are very cool. they&#8217;re quiet .. and very smart and gracious. My impression is that they have &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/2012\/10\/09\/tuesday-night-tallinnriga\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Tuesday night &#8211; Tallinn\/Riga<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[601],"class_list":["post-4898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-tallinnriga"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4898"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4898\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4900,"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4898\/revisions\/4900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}