Year 2009

Upstart in Ubuntu 9.10

Upstart is the ‘new’ event-based sysvinit replacement by Canonical, that has been widely adopted in the linux world ever since it first appeared in late 2006. The idea is centred around causality, that is, defining relationships that are not loosely defined by some measure of time, but by the presence (at runtime that is) of […]

On the Motorola Droid

It should be no surprise that Verizon would invest in Android, given the onslaught that AT&T’s exclusivity with the iPhone has brought to everyone, despite the fact that Verizon’s network is superior to AT&T’s, the fact that it has a number of popular handsets and services etc. And while Europe remains the place where mobile […]

Here comes the Cavalry!

Welcome Google! About a year since we first came up, designed and implemented Geo|Ads, Google just launched their own Location Based Advertising in the States. We always knew we were tiny. Some thought we had interesting ideas. At least now we know that they are not exactly bad from a business point of view either =) <div style="width: 480px; margin: auto; margin-top: 10px; "

Μια κριτική για το AthensBook

Παρ’ότι τον τελευταίο καιρό βρίσκομαι μακριά από τα δρώμενα στον θαυμαστό κόσμο του διαδικτύου και αδράζοντας την κάθε ευκαιρία να διατηρήσω την επαφή τόσο με τα όσα συμβαίνουν στον κόσμο όσο και με τους δικούς μου ανθρώπους, διάβασα μόλις πριν από λίγο — με περισσή θλίψη — την πρώτη αρνητική και στο μεγαλύτερο μέρος της […]

Inglourious Basterds (2009)

To say that I’m no fan of Quentin Tarantino is no exaggeration. I find Tarantino gifted, but the gift lies not in his direction, his cinematography or his script-writing: it is his deep knowledge of the cinema and a twisted sense of æsthetics, ethics and bold storytelling fascinate and engage audiences and critics alike. But […]

So long.

The quintessential photo from this summer's trip to Kythira (clickety click on the image for a 'moderately' higher resolution image) and a pretty good time to take a break.
Kythira Panorama (from Agia Moni)

Μια αναποτελεσματική σπατάλη.

Πριν από κάποιες ημέρες συζητούσα με ένα φίλο σχετικά με τη σπατάλη που συνεπάγεται η συντήρηση ενός — αναλογικά — ‘ακριβού’ στρατού και κυρίως η μη-αξιοποίηση των συνεργιών που κάτι τέτοιο θα έπρεπε να συνεπάγεται για την ελληνική οικονομία. Λίγες ημέρες αργότερα ο Τάσσσος έγραψε σχετικά με το θέμα στο reality-tape, παρουσιάζοντας παράλληλα την περίπτωση […]

Ye Olde Google Maps

Google Maps is an invariably fantastic service that has slowly become a de facto platform for easy geographic representation of data. Lots of sites use the service, APIs and tools provided to visualise, inform and project information onto maps. In Hellas (Greece), Google has — with the help of Teleatlas, the primary data provider for […]